A few days ago, the Empress Dowager's birthday celebration was very grand. I heard that His Majesty even personally composed the "Long Live the Emperor" poem, and the Third Prince, who is good at writing, also had a chance to show off.
Li Chenjiao didn't go into the palace, but she did listen to the commotion. Fireworks were set off above the Forbidden City at night, and the noise could be heard from afar. She and a few maids watched the commotion from under the eaves in the courtyard.
Ah Man was indeed daring, or perhaps the sound of the fireworks was too far away to hear clearly. While being held in Chen Mama's arms, Ah Man clapped and laughed as fireworks were set off in the palace.
Li Chenjiao couldn't see the Forbidden City; she could only see fireworks in all shapes and sizes above the dark sky, and the voices of the maids were in her ears.
It does have a bit of the atmosphere of Chinese New Year.
Today, Qiu Ci found a pretext to punish Lü Lan, and with the ever-cold and unapproachable Granny Lin around, plus Xiao Lu Zi's quick and efficient actions, Lü Lan didn't even have a chance to go to the main courtyard to inform them and beg for mercy.
They promptly and efficiently sent the person to the estate for disposal.
If Li Chenjiao wanted to punish a servant, probably no one outside of the Fujin (the wife of the deceased) would dare to object.
However, today is the Empress Dowager's sixtieth birthday, and His Majesty has arranged a lively celebration in the Forbidden City to show his filial piety.
By the time the Princess Consort and the Fourth Prince returned to the mansion, it was already quite late.
As expected, the Fujin (principal wife) had no time to inquire about matters in the inner courtyard. In addition, among the people in the main courtyard who knew about Lülan, there were only two: Granny Qian and Yuru.
Both of them went to the palace with the Fujin today. Yu Ru was even busier. After returning to her residence, she went back to the Ulanara family residence first. Although she was young, she couldn't handle such hard work.
I'll wait until after Fei Yanggu's burial on October 28th before I have time to inquire about the news in the backyard.
The Fujin only learned the next day that Li Shi in the East Courtyard had dealt with Lülan. However, tomorrow was the Fourth Prince's birthday, and although the Fujin had made arrangements in advance, she still couldn't help but check on him.
So the princess had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being.
Li Chenjiao is almost six months pregnant, but things are not going smoothly.
It was at least much more difficult than when Li Chenjiao was pregnant with the second princess. Normally, women experience severe morning sickness during the first three months, but Li Chenjiao was already past the third month and was still vomiting badly.
As a result, my appetite also decreased significantly.
These days, when she feels a little better, it's when she's playing with the Second Princess; otherwise, she simply doesn't feel like ordering food.
She vomited everything she ate, and she drank very little soup. Whenever she had free time, she would just go to sleep. The maids saw this and could only try to serve her the foods that Li Chenjiao used to love.
Even though Li Chenjiao ate it, she still couldn't help but vomit again.
Every day, Li Chenjiao would touch her belly and the image of her chubby little prince would appear in her mind, which would make her angry.
She, as the mother, truly endured countless hardships during her ten months of pregnancy, but the child, on the other hand, looks even rounder and chubby than Aman.
Li Chenjiao felt a mix of emotions she couldn't quite describe.
However, this meant that even if Li Chenjiao remembered the Fourth Master's birthday, she really wouldn't have time to prepare a birthday gift for him.
The storeroom wasn't without good things, but those were either gifts from the Fourth Prince during festivals or rewards from the empresses in the palace. Most of the things she brought into the mansion were for her own use, so it wouldn't be appropriate to give them to the Fourth Prince.
Moreover, none of those gifts were prepared by Li Chenjiao herself, so Li Chenjiao simply decided not to send a birthday gift to the Fourth Prince this year.
She gives gifts every year, but not this year. That shows she put thought into it, right?
Li Chenjiao said she wouldn't send a gift, but in the end, she still wrote a piece of calligraphy after having breakfast early on the morning of the Fourth Prince's birthday.
It was a poem written by the Fourth Prince in the past, which was mostly about winter snow. However, winter had not yet arrived this year, and the snow had not yet fallen. It could be said that Li Chenjiao wanted to see snow, so she chose this poem.
However, the only poems written by the Fourth Prince that Li Chenjiao could remember were a few about the solar terms.
Li Chenjiao wasn't used to writing while sitting, so she stood up to finish the poem. After finishing, she felt a slight ache in her lower back.
Seeing that she was rubbing her waist, Qiu Hu quickly massaged it for her. Li Chenjiao lay down for a while before she felt better.
However, Li Chenjiao didn't feel better until evening.
Today is the Fourth Prince's birthday. Since the Fourth Prince returned to the mansion, it has finally become lively again, at least much more lively than the last Golden Festival.
This time, the Princess Consort even hired an opera troupe again.
This year, the capital is bustling with activity. With the Empress Dowager's birthday celebration earlier, and the Emperor himself leading a group of ministers on an inspection tour of the Yongding River, the city is becoming more relaxed.
However, when Madam Song heard that the mansion had hired an opera troupe, she couldn't help but laugh: "The Princess Consort is quite carefree. Her father has only been gone for a short time and she's already organizing such a grand event. It must be really hard on her."
Liu Xu knew in her heart that her princess was mocking her in her own courtyard, but she still couldn't help feeling uneasy.
It's just that Song might not be the only one with this idea; it's just that others might have such thoughts but dare not voice them.
After all, these days the Fujin (wife of the emperor) has been managing both affairs. She is concerned about the funeral arrangements for Fei Yanggu in the Ulanara household, and she is also taking care of everything else in the household.
Furthermore, they also intended to take back the control of the sewing room from the Wu family.
After all, with a new lady now in the household, as time goes on, she will eventually realize that the power to manage the household is not entirely in the hands of the Fujin (princess).
If it were in the hands of Consort Li Chenjiao, it would be fine, but since it's Lady Wu, it doesn't sound very good.
But Wu turned around and led the eldest prince to the front yard, saying that the eldest prince missed the fourth prince.
The struggle for control of the household has been ongoing for the past two days. Although Liu Shi in the backyard has only been in the household for a short time, she has already figured things out.
She understood the situation in the mansion, but she still went to the main courtyard to pay her respects without fail.
The Fujin (principal wife) was too busy to see her a few days ago, but she still managed to see Liu Shi yesterday, the 29th.
It was obvious that the manor had changed somewhat because of the new woman's arrival.
However, Niohuru was still under house arrest, and the Fourth Prince had not yet entered the inner courtyard these days, so everyone was unable to figure out the Fourth Prince's current intentions for the time being.
Everyone naturally assumed that since Consort Li of the East Courtyard was pregnant, and the Fourth Prince would eventually go elsewhere after entering the inner courtyard, wouldn't that be a perfect opportunity?
In addition, October 30th is also the Fourth Master's birthday, so everyone put a lot of effort into dressing up.
Today's procession to the Qing Courtyard was quite lively.
A hundred flowers bloom in competition, but in the end, it all depends on the Fourth Prince's wishes.
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