Wu was not the only one puzzled by the fact that the Fourth Prince had gone to Xu's place for the first time. However, when Wu heard from her servants that the Fourth Prince had returned to the front courtyard after dinner, she did not take it to heart.
It was just a visit to see the Third Prince. Although it was a bit strange that the Fourth Prince would go to see the Third Prince, the Third Prince posed no threat whatsoever to her First Prince.
What great things can a prince raised by a concubine accomplish?
If you count the days, it's been quite a while since the Fourth Prince last visited the First Prince.
Thinking of this, Wu couldn't help but feel a little lost.
Meanwhile, the principal wife of the emperor was furious when she heard Yu Ru's reply.
“My second prince is ill now. How can you go to see the third prince? He is a son of a concubine who has lost his birth mother and is being raised by someone like Madam Xu. Why would you think of him? Why don’t you come to see my second prince?”
The Fujin (Prince Consort) could still maintain some clarity regarding the favoritism shown to her in the inner court, but she found it difficult to accept the same things happening to her own second prince.
The princess forgot that while the Fourth Prince was indeed the Second Prince's father, he was also the father of all the children in the mansion.
The wife's attitude is rather stubborn.
If it were Li Chenjiao, she wouldn't even have such thoughts.
For example, the Second Princess, besides the Fourth Prince as her father, doesn't she also have her as her mother?
In Li Chenjiao's mind, Fourth Master was like a businessman who went out to work hard to make a living for his family, and it was common for him to be away from home for ten days or half a month.
With servants attending to her in the left and right courtyards, all she needed to do was live a good life with her and her second daughter; that was more important than anything else.
As for when the Fourth Master comes, she will happily prepare for it. After all, when the Fourth Master comes, she can have a better dinner here and the bed will be warmer. Why not?
After rolling around in bed with the Second Princess for a while, Li Chenjiao fell soundly asleep.
People shouldn't drive themselves into a dead end.
In the following days, the Fourth Prince still visited the Second Prince several times, making sure to visit him at least once every two days. Fu Lu, who was by his side, served the Second Prince during the day.
Besides that, the Fourth Prince also stayed overnight at Madam Song's place and visited the First Prince at Madam Wu's place. However, it is estimated that the Fourth Prince was not in a good mood at that time, so he did not stay overnight. Instead, he went to Li Chenjiao's East Courtyard.
Li Chenjiao didn't mention anything about outsiders. Knowing that Fourth Master had finished his dinner, she pulled him to sit on the couch. She didn't ask him to do anything, and Li Chenjiao just nestled on the soft couch, playing with persimmons.
The persimmons are getting rounder and rounder now, and they feel even more comfortable to touch.
The cat thoroughly enjoyed the persimmon.
However, the Fourth Master, sitting opposite Li Chenjiao, looked at her with an indescribable expression.
After all, Li Chenjiao was an extremely clean person. Normally, if the Second Princess came back tired from playing outside and didn't change her clothes, she wouldn't be allowed to climb onto the soft couch. But now, she was so brazenly carrying the persimmon onto the soft couch.
If Li Chenjiao knew what the Fourth Master was really thinking, she would definitely twitch her lips and retort. She wasn't disliking her daughter; it was just that the little girl had come back from playing in the snow outside, and if she didn't wipe the sweat off her body before huddling on the soft couch to warm herself by the fire, the combination of hot and cold would surely cause her to catch a cold.
Yes, it snowed in Beijing.
The snow started falling lightly on the twelfth day of the eleventh lunar month, but it stopped after only two days. Today, there is no snow outside.
On the fifteenth day, the weather was unusually warm, and a faint rosy glow could be seen on the horizon.
Over the past two weeks, Fourth Master has visited Li Chenjiao's East Courtyard the most, after all, Li Chenjiao is favored and is now pregnant.
After that, he would always go back to Song and Wu's places to visit and see the children. As for Xu's place, the Fourth Master only went once, but it's unclear whether he forgot or not.
After that, he went to the main wife's house the most. After more than half a month, the Second Prince's health finally showed some improvement thanks to the careful treatment of the imperial physicians and the painstaking care of everyone in the main wife's house.
The cold had long since subsided, but the Second Prince was still somewhat confused, coughing and wheezing from time to time, which was heartbreaking to hear.
However, he did regain some color, and the Fujin's complexion gradually improved as well.
Similarly, on the fifteenth day, Niohuru's three-month confinement was finally lifted.
Today's greetings were all received, which meant there was bound to be some excitement to watch.
Li Chenjiao was woken up early in the morning by the baby in her belly. She lay down for a while and waited for the baby to calm down before calling out.
Who's outside?
The three green ones now take turns serving Qiu Hu and Qiu Ci.
The curtain was quickly lifted, revealing Green Bamboo's round face: "Master, it's your servant."
Green Bamboo carefully helped Li Chenjiao to her feet, and Li Chenjiao shivered as soon as she stood up.
The weather is getting colder and colder.
After washing up, Li Chenjiao sat down at the dressing table, and a hand warmer was immediately placed in her lap.
Green Bamboo may seem carefree, but she is actually very meticulous.
Li Chenjiao got up a little earlier today and was still able to have breakfast, but her appetite wasn't very good. After eating two crystal-clear steamed buns, she felt a little nauseous, and she only ate half a bowl of millet and pumpkin porridge.
Although there was no rain or snow today, it was still quite chilly under the warm sunshine.
Li Chenjiao wrapped a light blue cloak around her body, the cashmere trim around the collar being quite warm and comfortable.
However, the occasional breeze still made her feel cold, so Li Chenjiao hugged the hand warmer in her arms again, and suddenly remembered something halfway there.
"The weather is getting colder. Take some time to make a few knee and wrist supports. I'll make the ones for Fourth Master myself. You can send the ones you make to my brother when you have time. It's damp in the south in winter too."
The food made for the Fourth Prince was prepared for him to use during the New Year holidays. After all, he would have to kneel for most of the month during the holidays, working from dawn till dusk, and the food was often unappetizing.
Fortunately, Li Chenjiao was spared the ordeal of going to the uterus this year because she was in the later stages of her pregnancy.
Qiu Hu agreed, understanding why his master had suddenly brought this up.
Just a few days ago, the young master wrote a letter to let his master know that everything was alright.
Li Chenjiao kept in mind that she hadn't forgotten her father and mother's share either, but there was still more than a month until the New Year, so there was no rush.
Besides the gifts for her elder brother, Li Chenjiao also prepared gifts for her sister-in-law and her nephew whom she had never met before, as was her custom.
Li Chenjiao has always been thorough and meticulous in these matters.
After giving these instructions, we arrived at the main courtyard.
Qiu Hu removed her cloak, and Lü Zhu helped Li Chenjiao inside. The servants standing under the eaves bowed respectfully. The maids of the main courtyard, who had already changed into winter clothes, pushed open the door, and inside, another maid in the same color lifted the curtain.
Everything remained the same as before.
But when Li Chenjiao glanced over, her eyelids twitched.
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