The princess is still recuperating in the main courtyard.
Although Granny Qian and Yu Ru kept it a secret very well, saying that the Fujin was taking good care of her health, the Fujin herself was still aware of her own condition.
If she really took good care of herself, then why did she still not completely expel lochia even after two months of postpartum confinement?
Furthermore, the princess herself could feel her body becoming weaker and weaker.
It's certainly not as good as it used to be.
Only now did the Princess Consort finally focus her attention on the Second Prince, as she could vaguely sense that she might find it difficult to have more children.
So when the Fujin heard that the Fourth Prince had gone to Li Shi's place in the East Courtyard again today, she was still a little upset.
"Bring me last month's booklet."
That booklet records the places where Fourth Master rested each month.
The Princess rarely flipped through that book, after all, the Fourth Prince had only entered the inner courtyard a handful of times in the past.
The princess was flipping through the booklet under the lamp when she became increasingly dizzy and her eyes were blurry. She only glanced at it briefly.
"Last month, Fourth Master went into the backyard a total of twelve times, and rested in the east courtyard eight times, once for Madam Song and once for Madam Wu."
The rest of the time was spent resting in the main courtyard on the first and fifteenth of each month.
However, the Fujin knew very well that the Fourth Prince never shared a bed with her in the main courtyard.
As for the records, they all show that the Fourth Master stayed overnight, but the number of people who asked for water was even smaller.
The princess threw the booklet aside and gave a soft snort.
"In a few days, that guy from the East Courtyard will probably be all over me."
However, the Fujin knew in her heart that she could be dissatisfied at the moment, but she could not say these things to the Fourth Prince.
Even words of advice would be inappropriate.
Advising a man not to pamper a woman who is currently in favor is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.
Granny Qian, who was standing by, paused upon hearing this, and after a long while, lowered her head and said, "Since the Princess Consort is reluctant to speak up, then let's find someone who can."
The princess looked up and quickly understood what Granny Qian meant.
Granny Qian's face remained calm and expressionless: "The Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner."
This Mid-Autumn Festival, all the children and masters in the mansion will be going to the palace.
The Princess Consort was not in a position to offer this advice to the Fourth Prince, but the Lady in the palace was.
The princess suddenly smiled after thinking it through: "Let her be smug for a few more days."
The empresses in the palace have always been the most disciplined, and favoring concubines over wives is something they absolutely cannot tolerate.
However, the princess forgot one thing: the concubines in the palace are not really empresses. Even if a concubine is one of the four consorts and has two sons and a daughter, she is still just a concubine in the harem. When she dies, she will not even be qualified to be buried with the emperor.
Moreover, as far as Consort De was concerned, she should indeed keep an eye on the Fourth Prince's household affairs. However, as the Fourth Prince grew older, it was not appropriate for her, as his mother, to interfere too much in the affairs of the household.
Moreover, she had always known the Fujin's temperament. If Consort De knew that the Fujin wanted to talk to her about this, she would probably just give it a perfunctory response.
In August, Li Chenjiao would embroider things in her spare time, preparing them as gifts for the Empress during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Last year, Li Chenjiao copied Buddhist scriptures for the Empress's birthday. This year, she felt it inappropriate to copy Buddhist scriptures again to give to the Empress. Instead, she decided to make a fan with the image of flowers and a full moon for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Fortunately, there was still some uncarved warm jade in the warehouse. It wouldn't be cold to hold while fanning in the autumn, so it would be perfect for making fan handles.
When Li Chenjiao was making it, she measured it out and used the remaining warm jade to make a pendant for the Second Princess. She specially asked the miscellaneous items department to make it in the shape of a begonia flower.
On the day she entered the palace, Lady Wang from the Song family's courtyard arrived early in the morning carrying the eldest princess, who looked as if she had just woken up.
Li Chenjiao also got up early today.
This time, the visit to the palace to pay respects was different from before. In the past, when entering the palace, one would go directly to Consort De's Yonghe Palace, but this time, one would first go to Empress Dowager Cining Palace.
Empress Dowager Borjigit was not the biological mother of the current emperor.
However, His Majesty values filial piety and has always been very respectful to the Empress Dowager. Li Chenjiao remembered that next year would be the Empress Dowager's sixtieth birthday.
Then we'll probably have to hold a big celebration.
However, Li Chenjiao was still sleepy because she had gotten up early. When she heard Qiu Hu say that the eldest princess had arrived, she was stunned for a moment before she remembered that the Fourth Prince had said last time that when he went to the palace for the Mid-Autumn Festival, he would let the eldest princess ride in the same carriage with him.
Li Chenjiao scratched her hair: "Let's ask Wang Shi to sit in the side room first. Has the Second Princess woken up yet? Oh, and ask the First Princess if she has had breakfast. We can't let the First Princess go to the palace hungry, or she'll have a hard time later."
Li Chenjiao let Qiu Hu comb her hair. Today, she had chosen a lilac-colored brocade pomegranate branch embroidered with hibiscus flowers, and Qiu Hu combed her hair into two small buns as usual.
There were no special hair ornaments on her head, but she wore a pair of silver earrings with jade beads on branches carved from sparrows.
This is one of the pieces of jewelry that the Fourth Master had been given as a gift a few days ago. Although it is made of silver and is not as precious as gold, the small white bead under the pair of green jade beads is a rare item.
Li Chenjiao specially selected the two lowest-quality pearls from the box of pearls that the Fourth Master had sent her before, and then had them ground into smooth, small beads to adorn the pearls.
It's perfect for this kind of occasion; it's neither ostentatious nor tacky.
Just as Li Chenjiao finished dressing, Qiu Ci came in from outside and reported that the eldest princess had eaten breakfast. However, according to Wang Shi, the eldest princess got up early today, but didn't have much of an appetite and ate very little.
Li Chenjiao simply asked He Shi in the small kitchen to make some easily digestible cakes and porridge, because she couldn't let the child go hungry.
However, Li Chenjiao's breakfast was very hasty, just enough to fill her stomach. She checked the items she had brought to the palace that day, gave instructions to the two maids who stayed behind to watch over the East Courtyard and Xiao Luzi and others, and then left the mansion to take a carriage to the palace.
Today, Li Chenjiao brought Lin Mama with her to the palace, giving Lin Mama a chance. After that, she brought the wet nurses of the eldest princess and the second princess.
This time, the carriage arranged by the Fourth Master was much larger, and it wasn't crowded even with four or five people plus two little girls sitting in it.
Li Chenjiao boarded the carriage and, upon seeing the pastries on the table, knew it was the Fourth Master's idea.
Every time she goes to the palace, the one bad thing is that she has to get up too early. Like today, it was only dawn when Li Chenjiao left the mansion.
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