"It won't be easy to become a secondary consort. Unless you give birth to a prince first, but once you give birth, the child will be taken away! It will be very difficult to become a secondary consort before giving birth, unless the primary consort is willing to help you!" Xinghui said truthfully.
“She will absolutely not help me. Just like my elder brother said, she had already planned it all along. As long as I give birth to the prince, she will take him and raise him.” A hint of annoyance flashed in Yan Yu’s eyes.
"So how do you plan to become a concubine? I can help you, but I can't interfere in the Fourth Prince's inner quarters," Xinghui asked doubtfully.
"I know, but surely you can create some phenomena, right, big brother? If I become pregnant with Fourth Master's child, and if strange phenomena occur before the child is even born, what do you think Fourth Master will think? As the mother of this unborn child, wouldn't it be very likely that I would be promoted before the child is even born?" Yan Yu glanced at Xinghui and said.
Xinghui was stunned by her words. He had known for a long time that this little sister was very cunning, but he didn't expect her to be so shrewd.
He stared at the jade thumb ring on his thumb and said hesitantly, "You want me to create some extraordinary phenomena for you? But how can you connect those phenomena with your child?"
Yan Yu smiled and said, "Fourth Master has few children now, and he cares a lot about having offspring. If I can let him know that I am pregnant at the right time, and some unusual phenomena occur, Fourth Master might believe it. In short, anything can be done before it is done, and the result is often unexpected."
Xinghui was stunned by the young girl in front of him, who was only a teenager. Even he was not as persistent as Yan Yu. She was willing to do anything to achieve her goal, which really impressed Xinghui.
"Well, brother, if I could become a concubine and give birth to a child with extraordinary birth signs, do you think the Fourth Prince would listen to me more?" Yan Yu said with a charming smile, seeing Xinghui's expression and knowing that he had been persuaded.
Xinghui pondered for a moment, then looked at Yan Yu and said leisurely, "Why don't you tell me what kind of phenomenon you need?"
Yan Yu seemed to have anticipated Xinghui's words, and said with a smile, "For example, the appearance of white fish, the emergence of springs from the ground, the capture of nine-colored deer, etc. As long as you can help me create these strange phenomena, I will have a way to make Fourth Master believe that they are related to the child in my womb!"
Xinghui stared at Yan Yu for a long time, then the smile on his face vanished and he asked, "These all require a great deal of manpower and resources. We can find the Nine-Colored Deer and the White Fish, but it's probably not so easy to make springs emerge from the ground."
“Brother, if you don’t try, how can you not do it? Actually, I came here today to tell you that I am pregnant with Fourth Master’s child. If you can help me at this time, I will surely repay you in the future,” Yan Yu said.
Then, the Fujin (principal wife) and Granny Li arrived at Huangjue Temple. Guided by the incense-offering monk, they lit three incense sticks for the Guanyin Bodhisattva who grants children at an auspicious time, and then gave a lot of incense money. Gazing at the clay-sculpted, gilded Guanyin Bodhisattva, the Fujin knelt on the soft cushion, clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and silently murmured some words: "Bodhisattva, if your faithful wife, Ulanara Xiayu, can have another son, I will gladly come every year to have the Bodhisattva's image gilded and donate incense money."
The princess knelt on the cushion with her eyes closed for about fifteen minutes before standing up with the help of Granny Li. Similarly, a young servant came and asked the princess to see the abbot, saying that he could tell people's fates and that his predictions were extremely accurate.
"Madam, shall we go and take a look?" said Granny Li.
"Well, let's take a look." The princess nodded and followed Xiao Shani into the abbot's inner quarters. It was still the same old monk who had examined Lanqin's portrait before.
"It is truly an honor for our temple to have the honor of Your Highness's presence. May I ask what Your Highness wishes to ask?" The white eyebrows and beard of the attendant had drooped, but his eyes remained clear and bright.
"Master, our Lady wishes to know if she is destined to have a son?" said Granny Li at the Lady's behest.
The abbot stared at the princess's face for a long time, seemingly unable to see through it. He stroked his beard with one hand and said, "I cannot see the princess's fate clearly. It seems that she will have a son, but there are uncertainties. Whether she will have a son or not depends on what she does!"
Upon hearing this, the Fujin said, "Please enlighten me, Abbot!"
The old monk said, "There are many women around the Fujin, and their children are also considered the Fujin's children. As long as she chooses a boy to raise, the Fujin can say that she has another son."
The princess and Granny Li exchanged a glance, then the princess said to the old monk, "Thank you for your guidance, Abbot."
As Granny Li helped the princess out of Huangjue Temple, the last rays of dawn were almost disappearing into the clouds.
"Granny, do you think Yan Yu is acting a bit strange today?" The Fujin stood at the high entrance of the mountain temple, watching a few crows fly further and further away in the afterglow of the sun.
“This old servant noticed it too. She suddenly said her stomach hurt, as if she wanted to hide something. It’s alright, this old servant will ask the two sedan bearers when we get back to the manor,” said Granny Li.
“If I, as the Princess Consort, truly must have another son through another woman’s intervention, then Yan Yu is the most suitable candidate. He will still be a member of our Ulanara family’s bloodline, while children born to others will not be of our family’s bloodline,” the Princess Consort said.
“Indeed, as soon as Ninth Princess becomes pregnant, the Princess’s wish will be fulfilled. In this old servant’s opinion, Ninth Princess has the appearance of being a mother of a son,” Li Mama comforted her. Only she knew that in the initial days after losing the First Prince, the Princess spent almost every day in tears. Fortunately, the Fourth Prince suddenly came to the main courtyard again, which truly made Li Mama happy.
"I'm afraid she won't be satisfied. Granny Li, send someone to keep an eye on Yan Yu's every move." The Fujin raised her hand and straightened her collar.
When the Fujin returned to the mansion, Yan Yu had already arrived before her. The Fujin immediately said to Granny Li, "You go and question those two sedan bearers first, I'll go check on Yan Yu!"
When the Fujin and Chunliu arrived at Yan Yu's room, the latter managed a weak smile upon seeing that the Fujin had arrived so quickly.
"Eldest sister is back. How was it? Did you not draw a good lot?" Yan Yu noticed the coldness in the depths of the Fujin's eyes, so she asked first.
"No, the lots drawn were all favorable to the Fourth Prince's residence and the Fourth Prince himself. I wonder if my sister is feeling well?" the Fujin asked.
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