Li Chenjiao gave a cool smile: "You're the one who's gained weight."
The dinner was very "pleasant." Li Chenjiao didn't say a word throughout, and Fourth Master, who was always concise, also remained silent.
Li Chenjiao didn't take a walk in the courtyard to digest her food today. After washing up and taking a bath, she went straight to bed.
After the lights were turned off, the Fourth Master began to touch her, and Li Chenjiao said in a coquettish voice, "Master, this servant has started her period..."
You drank her tea and still want to touch her?
Li Chenjiao has become much bolder recently, mainly because she has discovered that Fourth Master is quite indulgent towards her.
Fourth Master paused for a moment, then remained silent for a while: "I remember you were at the end of each month..."
This is very...
Li Chenjiao blushed with embarrassment: "Perhaps Master remembered it wrong?" How could Fourth Master remember something like this? That shouldn't be the case.
Actually, it was because the Fourth Prince came to see Li Chenjiao on April 28th and went to Jiangnan the next day. However, on the 28th, the Fourth Prince did not touch Li Chenjiao because Li Chenjiao was menstruating.
But today is already the ninth day of the seventh lunar month.
Fourth Master pinched Li Chenjiao's waist and then directly touched her.
...
The moon hid behind the clouds, its face blushing.
This story teaches us not to lie, as the consequences can be severe.
Li Chenjiao, who almost couldn't get up the next day, was crying. Then at noon, Su Peisheng came with a bunch of things.
A box of books, with a layer of silver covering the bottom of each bookâvery typical of the Fourth Master.
Then there was a box of lip rouge. Yes, that's right, a big box. Li Chenjiao casually picked up two small boxes to look at, and to her surprise, the colors were quite pretty.
Well, Su Peisheng seized the opportunity and said that the Fourth Prince had chosen her when he was in Jiangnan.
Then there was a brocade box, the first two layers of which contained various kinds of flower cakes, and the bottom layer contained two small jars of flower tea leaves.
Then Su Peisheng brought out two books, saying, "These are extra books that Fourth Master asked me to give to the Princess, saying that the Princess will understand them."
Li Chenjiao took the book and was stunned when she saw the title. Wasn't this the two classics and histories she had talked about with Fourth Master yesterday?
Li Chenjiao flipped through it and saw that Fourth Master had made annotations, though the handwriting was somewhat immature.
Good heavens. Fourth Master has dug out his books from when he was seven years old to prove it to her.
After having Xiao Luzi see Su Peisheng off, Li Chenjiao looked at the pile of things and suddenly couldn't help but laugh: "Fourth Master is quite nice."
Later that evening, the Fujin (principal wife) sent over more fabrics, saying they were brought back by the Fourth Prince from Jiangnan, and were all delicate colors.
Li Chenjiao smiled and told Qiu Hu to put it away.
...
In the main courtyard, the Fujin was in a good mood: "It seems that Bai Jia is truly beyond saving. Has Dan Gui been settled?"
Yu Ru lowered her eyes and replied respectfully, "It has been arranged properly, and Song Gege has no doubts whatsoever."
The princess's eyes flickered slightly, and she smiled: "She is cautious, but not very clever. The clever one is the one in the east." She was referring to Li Chenjiao.
Yu Ru dared not reply.
The princess waved her hand: "Go ask my mother if there's anything that makes it difficult for a woman to conceive."
Yu Ru twisted her clothes: "What does the Princess Consort mean?"
The princess smiled quietly, her delicate face cold: "I like people who are well-behaved, but being well-behaved alone is not enough..."
Take Song for example. Didn't she become restless after becoming pregnant? I originally wanted her to give birth to the child safely, but since she didn't know what was good for her, then she'll just have to suffer.
Being favored is fine, being pregnant is fine, but nowadays, there absolutely cannot be any concubines, absolutely not!
If they insist on courting death, she wouldn't mind pulling out their claws and teeth, ensuring they can never rise again.
The princess smiled slowly.
The Fourth Prince entered the palace early in the morning to see Consort De. When he came out of Yonghe Palace, he bumped into the distraught Thirteenth Prince.
The Fourth Prince quickly grabbed the Thirteenth Prince: "Why have you become so thin? Has the person you're with mistreated you?"
The Thirteenth Prince's eyes reddened. His mother had been ill for so many days, and those people in the palace were flattering and belittling her, saying that the imperial physicians were taking care of her, but they were only making her condition worse!
It was only because of her mother's compassion that she invited the head of the Imperial Medical Academy to come, and her mother felt better afterward.
"No, it's just that the weather is hot now, and my brother isn't eating much. Isn't Fourth Brother in Jiangnan? Why haven't we heard from him since he came back?" The Thirteenth Prince choked up.
The Fourth Prince didn't want to say it was because of the Thirteenth Prince, only saying that he had returned early because the matter in Jiangnan was settled.
The thirteenth prince stammered, "Fourth brother... Fourth brother, I would like to borrow some silver from you. I will pay you back when... when the Golden Festival arrives." The thirteenth prince looked up at the fourth prince, his thin face full of hope.
The Fourth Prince pondered, "How much do you want? Did the Imperial Household Department withhold your money?"
Princes received a fixed annual salary, paid by the imperial court. Similarly, their primary consorts and concubines in the harem also received such stipends.
The thirteenth prince shook his head, embarrassed: "No... it's just that I want to buy a hundred-year-old wild ginseng for my... Zhangjia clan to help her take care of her health."
Lady Zhangjia was only a concubine, and the thirteenth prince couldn't even call her "Mother".
The Fourth Prince gently patted the Thirteenth Prince's head: "Your Fourth Brother still has two wild ginseng roots. I'll have Su Peisheng send them to you later. This year, the Shandong Governor has also presented a lot of donkey-hide gelatin. I got some too. You can send it to Lady Zhangjia as well. Don't worry too much; your studies can't be neglected..."
The thirteenth prince almost burst into tears: "Fourth brother! Thank you, fourth brother. I just don't know how much silver this will cost. When I've saved enough, I'll send it to you, brother."
Fourth Prince waved his hand and patted Thirteenth Prince's shoulder: "You're not well-off either. Alright, what's with all this crying? If you have any problems, go find Fourteenth Prince, or have Fourteenth Prince come to me. You should also visit Thirteenth Prince more often."
"Little Thirteen" refers to the thirteenth daughter of the emperor.
The thirteenth prince replied, "Thank you, fourth brother, thank you, fourth brother..."
It's easy to add flowers to brocade, but difficult to provide charcoal in the snow.
Besides, he is currently poor and disliked by his father, the Emperor. He doesn't think his fourth brother has any ulterior motives; his fourth brother treats him very well.
After bidding farewell to the Thirteenth Prince, the Fourth Prince was somewhat worried and instructed Su Peisheng: "Go and find out how the Thirteenth Prince is doing at the Princes' Residence."
In fact, the Fourth Prince knew that the Thirteenth Prince was poor. Although being a prince seemed glamorous, young princes had no title or income, relying only on their meager annual salary and small holiday rewards.
And you have to give gifts for your brothers' birthdays, right? And for your nephews and nieces' births, the third-day celebration, the full-month celebration, the 100-day celebration, and the first birthday celebration, right? Of course, it's the legitimate sons and daughters. There are also various favors to be made, and clothes to be made for all four seasons. At the end of the year, there's really not much money left, let alone for those who aren't favored.
The Fourth Prince now has a title, although he is only a Beile (prince), but his salary is not small. Moreover, after the Fourth Prince was granted the title of Beile, Emperor Kangxi also bestowed three imperial estates upon him.
In addition to the charcoal offerings for winter and the ice offerings for summer, his own private property, including several estates in the suburbs of Beijing, shops in the capital, and the private property left behind by Empress Xiaoyiren after her death, which was previously managed by the Emperor, was all given to the Fourth Prince after his wedding.
Therefore, the Fourth Prince's private treasury was very rich.
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