"Madam, something has happened." Yu Ru's face looked very bad.
The princess panicked for a moment, but managed to remain calm as she asked, "Is the Second Prince unwell again?"
As she spoke, she straightened up, wanting to see the Second Prince.
However, Yu Ru shook her head: "Don't worry, Madam. It's not the Second Prince. Someone from the palace has come. Zhao Mama, who serves Your Highness, has sent word that you need to go to the palace early tomorrow morning."
Ever since learning during the day that the concubine in the East Courtyard had given birth to the Fourth Prince, the concubine returned to the main courtyard and paid even more attention to the Second Prince. The number of servants and maids serving the Second Prince here has more than doubled.
With Granny Qian watching over them like the eyes of a beet, there was naturally no chance of anything going wrong.
The fact that the Empress sent a message late at night asking the Princess Consort to come to the palace the next day didn't seem like anything good.
After all, it wasn't a holiday or festival, and the woman in the east courtyard of the mansion, Madam Li, had just given birth. It's highly likely that it's related to Madam Li's childbirth. Could it be...?
The first thing that came to the Fujin's mind was that there were spies planted by Consort De in the household. Thinking deeper, she naturally thought that perhaps Consort De knew something...
Naturally, it was even harder to fall asleep that night.
In reality, the reason why Consort De sent Zhao Mama to deliver a message late at night was because the Fourth Prince had been guarding the East Courtyard during the day and forgot to inform the Consort of the Palace of the good news that Li Chenjiao had given birth to the Fourth Prince. The Princess Consort thought that the Fourth Prince had already sent word, so she did not let anyone take any rash action.
She assumed that Consort De had learned something during that day, and naturally felt very uneasy.
In reality, it was only the Empress who had just received the news, and she genuinely wanted to ask the Princess Consort some questions.
The Fujin (principal wife) in the main courtyard had difficulty sleeping, as did Song and Wu.
In the past, Madam Song still had some pity for Madam Li, and even with her favor, what good was it? She still only had the Second Princess, not even as good as Madam Wu.
But things are different now. Now, Madam Li has both a son and a daughter, so Madam Song can't help but feel resentful and doesn't give the eldest princess a friendly look...
Ever since she gave birth to the eldest princess, this favor seemed to have been cut off.
How can people be so different when they all give birth to princesses?
However, I heard that Li was also greatly weakened after giving birth to the fourth prince, and I don't know if she will be able to have another child in the future.
As a woman unable to conceive, Song naturally thought of her own difficulty in conceiving again after giving birth to the eldest princess, and was naturally filled with sorrow once more.
However, she couldn't help but think to herself that the Fourth Master must know that Li Shi's vitality was severely damaged, and that in the future... he would follow in her footsteps, right?
Thinking this, Madam Song leaned against the window, bathed in the silvery moonlight, and couldn't help but murmur, "Thinking about it this way, Madam Li is really pitiful..."
Liu Xu, who came in to add candlelight, stumbled upon hearing her mistress's voice and fell, seeing stars.
Has their princess gone mad? How could she say something like "the concubine is pitiful"?
Fortunately, there was no one else around at the moment...
Liu Xu silently retreated, shooing the two little maids at the door away.
It's understandable that my princess is upset about the birth of the Fourth Prince, but I'd better have the royal physician come and check on her tomorrow, just in case she's upset because of the birth of the Fourth Prince.
As for the Fourth Prince's lavish rewards, the maids were happy, but Madam Song didn't care much about them.
While the Song family didn't care about these things, others might.
The Wu family is very particular about these things.
“When our eldest prince was born, only our South Courtyard received a month’s allowance. But now, with the birth of the fourth prince, the entire mansion has received three months’ allowance? What does the fourth prince mean by this? Besides, the same thing happened when the second prince was born.”
However, after the Second Prince was born, the Empress in the palace quickly sent gifts to the mansion. However, the gifts were sent directly to the main courtyard, so it is unknown what the Empress gave.
However, what gave Wu a little comfort was that when her eldest son was born, the palace also sent a reward. At that time, for some reason, His Majesty also sent a reward.
Although the Second Prince received a greater reward when he was born, the Fourth Prince in the East Courtyard has not yet received one.
After weighing the pros and cons, although she still valued her eldest son more in her heart, she was still somewhat uncomfortable.
Anyone can see how much the East Courtyard Consort is favored now. With the birth of the Fourth Prince, the son will benefit from his mother's status and may very well gain even more favor from the Fourth Prince...
His eldest son was already inferior to the second son because he was a son born out of wedlock, and now there's the fourth son, who is also the youngest son in the household...
Wu Shi naturally became more and more uneasy.
In ordinary families, the eldest son or the legitimate son is always the most valued, followed by the youngest son.
This principle can also be seen to some extent in the current emperor.
However, Wu could only keep these thoughts to herself and dared not voice them.
But as the children grow up, a woman's life changes. When she was young, she considered her own status, but after having her own children, she naturally considers her children.
How far your child goes is the measure of your own life in your later years.
Finally, Wu Shi rested peacefully on the golden silk pillow symbolizing both happiness and longevity, and after having some unknown dream, she finally fell asleep before midnight.
In the backyard, all the lights were finally extinguished by midnight.
Fourth Master hadn't been to the Ministry of Revenue for two days. Last night, seeing that Li Chenjiao seemed to be in better spirits, he got up a little late the next morning, which was unusual for him.
However, even though Fourth Master got up a little late, it was still not time for Li Chenjiao to get up.
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