In the main courtyard, the Fujin (principal wife) had a severe headache before dinner time in the evening. After being massaged by Granny Qian, she felt somewhat relieved, but she lost her appetite and soon went to bed.
When she woke up late at night, she ate two zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) in accordance with the season. However, after the maid peeled off the bamboo leaves and the wife tasted half of one, she felt her mouth was too greasy and stopped eating.
Just then, Wang Jinzhong came outside to say that the Fourth Prince had returned, and he muttered again, "Soon after the Second Prince's third-day celebration, it will be his full-month celebration. Is the Second Prince feeling any better? The Empress in the palace has said many times that she wants to see the princes and princesses in the mansion. In the past, she only used the excuse that the eldest princess was sick to refuse. But the eldest prince in the South Courtyard is almost a year older than the Second Prince. We can't let the Empress only have eyes for the eldest prince."
The princess consort has always thought long-term, and now that she spends all her time lying in bed, she thinks even more.
Granny Qian then repeated what the imperial physician had said.
The second prince was weak when he was born, but he seems to have gotten a bit heavier these past few days.
Ultimately, when the second prince was born, he was at full term. However, the princess was frightened during her pregnancy and never fully recovered, which led to a difficult childbirth.
But at least the Second Prince was getting better day by day.
As for the Princess Consort, she had tried all sorts of expensive medicinal soups and herbs since giving birth to the Second Prince, but her health still did not improve.
When the Fujin asked about it, Qian Mama still managed to evade the question.
Just then, Yu Ru hurriedly lifted the curtain and came in to report that Si Jie had gone from the front courtyard to the east courtyard.
The Fujin's expression was not good: "Anyone who didn't know better would think that it was Li Shi who was unwell? She's acting like she's more precious than anything else just because she gave birth to a princess."
She was in a bad mood at the moment, and soon, as if she had thought of something, she said, "Could it be that the Fourth Prince wants to give the Third Prince to her because she gave birth to a princess?"
Granny Qian had been trying to persuade the Fujin (principal wife) before, and now that she saw the Fujin was interested, she naturally wanted to add fuel to the fire.
"My lady, forgive my impertinence, but it's perfectly understandable that you want to dedicate yourself to raising the Second Prince. However, the Third Prince has lost his mother. Even if you only mention wanting to adopt him to the Fourth Prince, it would still earn you a reputation for virtue. As you've said, we can't just let Consort Li of the East Courtyard benefit from this, can we?"
What Granny Qian didn't say was that the Fujin had indeed given birth to the family's legitimate son.
However, he only has this one legitimate son, while the favored concubine Li in the East Courtyard might not be so certain.
Granny Qian naturally hoped that the main wife would have more support in the future.
The doors and windows were tightly closed, and the Fujin felt stuffy. However, even a slight breeze would give her a terrible headache, and now, listening to Granny Qian's words, she also had a terrible headache.
The princess pressed her temples impatiently, unusually not in the mood to think about such things: "Then I'll do as you say, Granny. Tomorrow, after the Fourth Prince returns to the mansion, I'll trouble you to personally make a trip to the kitchen to have a bowl of soup made. I'm tired."
The Fujin (principal wife) truly did not want to raise another third prince in the main courtyard. She disliked the seductive Xie Shi when Xie Shi was alive, and now that Xie Shi was gone, she felt no affection for Xie Shi's offspring.
But now, hearing from Yu Ru that the Fourth Master went to the East Courtyard after returning to the mansion, she became wary.
The Princess Consort was indeed unwilling to raise the Third Prince, but she was even more unwilling to let Lady Li raise him.
If we were to say that the former Fujin (principal wife) disliked Xie the most, then the second most would be Wu and Li.
Let them raise them. If Xie Shi's children are kept around, she can still mistreat the Third Prince from time to time, right?
Thinking this way, the princess felt much more at ease.
Why is it that the second prince, whom she almost gave birth to in a difficult labor, was sickly, while Xie, who suffered a difficult labor and severe bleeding, was able to give birth to the third prince safely and without any problems?
The princess consort never liked anyone getting in her way.
She used to dislike Li's favoritism, and now that the Fourth Prince still favors Li after she has given birth, she is also dissatisfied.
The same applies to offspring. She gave birth to a prince, while Li gave birth to a princess, which was something the Fujin was happy to see. However, Xie has now given birth to a healthy third prince, which has made the Fujin somewhat dissatisfied.
The princess consort thought about it for a long time and started to have a headache again: "Wang Jinzhong was too careless back then. Did he deal with all the servants he saw in the garden? We must not leave any evidence."
Yu Ru pressed the acupoints for the Fujin and responded very gently: "The Xie family's courtyard is close to the front courtyard. The servants in the garden have all been dealt with, but it is hard to guarantee that there are no fish that have escaped from the front courtyard."
However, that was the front yard, so the wife's hand naturally couldn't reach that far.
This was also something the Fujin was vaguely worried about. It was just that Wang Jinzhong was not careful enough in his actions, and the medicine that Granny Qian brought into the mansion did come in handy in the end.
However, it would be even better if it weren't for the Third Prince.
The princess consort sighed with regret, but her eyes were filled with sarcasm: "This matter must be handled cleanly, at least so that the Fourth Prince can't find out anything. The Fourth Prince has never liked to take action against his offspring."
However, the princess was never a kind person.
They never thought that the primary wife in any household's backyard was untainted by blood.
When the Fujin in the backyard extinguished the candles, the candles in Song Gege's courtyard were also about to go out.
Song Shi naturally also had the idea of adopting the Third Prince. She had injured her body when she gave birth to the eldest princess, and she was also an old servant in the mansion. She was the first person selected to serve the Fourth Prince after Xu Shi, so her status would be somewhat different.
Liu Xu was also giving her princess advice. Sending her medicine was too cliché; her princess had done it too many times and never received any good feedback.
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