The Second Prince pretended to be surprised, "Xin'er wants to serve the porridge herself?"
"Your Highness, I want to go. I want to do something for them." Xie Zixin said this with tears on the verge of falling.
The Second Prince put down his teacup and looked at Xie Zixin seriously. "But this will be very hard. I can't bear to see Xin'er like this. And today, my father urged me to have a child as soon as possible.
I still want our own child more. If Xin'er goes to distribute the porridge herself, the eldest son may not be ours. After all, the emperor is really urgent, and Xin'er knows that I dare not disobey the emperor's will. "
After the second prince finished speaking, he looked at Xie Zixin with pity, his face full of sadness.
He would not let Xie Zixin organize this matter personally. This kind of person could foresee the future and had the support of the people. Not to mention whether he could tolerate it, his father would not tolerate it first.
The second prince doesn't want to lose this person who can foresee the future for the time being. Maybe he will be useful in the future.
When Xie Zixin heard the Second Prince say this, she felt extremely conflicted. She really wanted to go to Buzhou, after all, reputation was sometimes a good amulet.
However, she also couldn't accept the fact that someone else had a child in the mansion first, especially the title of eldest son. Her future child no longer had the title of legitimate son, and she would not be willing to accept the fact that she no longer had the advantage of being the eldest son.
Xie Zixin hesitated for a long time, and could only reluctantly say, "How about I only go for half a day?"
Seeing that Xie Zixin was still unwilling to give up on the matter of Buzhou, the Second Prince could only gently coax her again: "I am also very busy now, and sometimes I may not be able to coordinate with your schedule. And I am also worried about Xin'er's safety."
Xie Zixin looked at the Second Prince's embarrassed and distressed expression, and she instantly lost her own position. "Then I will obey Your Highness. Can I send a trusted person to take charge?"
Xie Zixin felt that even though she couldn't go herself, sending a trusted person would have the same effect. At worst, she could just ask her trusted person to mention her name a few more times.
Second Prince Li Jingchen was stunned when he saw Xie Zixin agreed so readily. If he had known that the title of eldest son would be enough to make Xie Zixin agree to have a child quickly, he would have used it long ago.
The Second Prince was born of a legitimate wife, so he actually had a strong sense of the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children. Especially since he also had an older brother who was born of a concubine, he could understand that feeling even more.
He had never planned to have a concubine's eldest son before, but the current situation in his house required Xie Zixin to have two more children so that he could better control Xie Zixin.
As for his legitimate son in the future, if he has one, he will give him the treatment he deserves, but it also depends on whether he can live up to his expectations.
The second prince was not too worried about this issue. After all, he felt that the wife was so weak that she might not be able to give birth.
No matter how much the Second Prince was thinking at this moment, he still looked at Xie Zixin with a deeply moved expression, "This prince knows that our Xin'er is the best. I thank his mother on behalf of our future child."
When Xie Zixin heard what the Second Prince said, she smiled even more. In her previous life, her two children were indeed very filial, but one died at the age of one, and the other died at the age of five.
At that time, she and the emperor both started to investigate, but they didn't find anything. But it was always those people in the harem who did it, and she hated everyone in Li Jingchen's harem.
She will definitely protect their two children well in this life, and no one will dare to hurt them.
If Zhou Qiongyue knew what Xie Zixin was thinking at this time, she would definitely sneer at her. One is only one year old and the other is only five years old. How can they be seen as filial?
The next day, when the Second Prince went to the main courtyard, he gently said to his wife Duan Jianing, "Ning'er, take good care of your health. I'm still most looking forward to our child. But Ning'er's health is also very important."
Duan Jianing had already received the message from Princess Fu'an last night, so she was not surprised at all to hear the Second Prince mention the child.
She even smiled in a particularly gentle and generous manner, "I understand, Your Highness, don't worry about me being sad. It's time to have a few more children in the backyard, so it will be more lively. Your Highness has been married for so long, if you don't have a few more children, it will be inappropriate for outsiders to see it."
The Second Prince did not expect Duan Jianing to say this. Don’t most women want to have a child first?
"Ning'er, aren't you sad?"
This is the double standard of a male chauvinist like the Second Prince. I may not want you to have a child, but you cannot not want to have one.
Duan Jianing didn't pretend to be weak, but instead gave a gentle explanation, with a hint of disappointment occasionally flashing in her eyes, which the Second Prince could just see:
"It's sad! But this is not your highness's fault, it's because I am not in good health. You can't forbid the sisters in the backyard from getting pregnant just because I am not in good health and am not suitable for pregnancy at the moment? If that gets out, how will others view your highness?
For the sake of your highness's reputation, I don't care about this sooner or later. But if I give birth to a daughter in the future, your highness, can you please pamper her more?"
Duan Jianing knew the importance of Xie Zixin, so she didn't care about this matter any more. She didn't worry about her future son. With the title of legitimate son, the Second Prince couldn't be too partial to one.
On the contrary, if she gave birth to a daughter in the future, she would worry about her daughter's situation. She didn't want her legitimate daughter to be treated worse than Xie Zixin's future son.
Duan Jianing thought that she should first make her presence felt and get some protection for her daughter who she didn't know whether she would even exist!
When the Second Prince heard Duan Jianing say this, he was deeply moved when he knew that even though Duan Jianing was in poor health, she still wanted to give birth to a child for him.
Of course, he would agree to whatever she said. And Ning'er's request wasn't excessive. It was only natural for him to pamper his legitimate daughter a little more.
The Second Prince was extremely gentle and considerate to Duan Jianing at this time. "Don't worry too much. Just take good care of yourself. You will have a child. Besides, our daughter is my legitimate daughter. I will definitely dote on her."
He really liked his wife. Apart from her poor health, she was good in every way. She always put his interests first and would not make a fuss over trivial matters. She also managed the prince's residence very well.
Even though Ning'er didn't get the news of the drought in advance, she was still very courageous and stockpiled enough food for the mansion after the imperial edict came down.
And her body was in bad condition because she was shielding him from the arrows. How could he not like such a wife?
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Zhou Qiongyue didn't know what the second prince would do after returning home. On the second day after returning home, she sent Gulan and Guju to the farm to help Luo Yong recruit refugees to work.
Zhou Qiongyue recently planned to take this opportunity to open a small shop in Yuan'an to sell ice, but Yu Hai was not in Yuan'an at the moment. She lacked a trustworthy shopkeeper, so she was worried about this recently.
I don't have time to find out about the mess going on in my second cousin's house.
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