"Princess, are you really going to use that kind of thing?" Yuhen asked, trembling.
“I had no other choice. Without the Fourth Prince’s favor, I would have been controlled by the Fujin and at her beck and call. You saw how I survived hell!” Yehe’s eyes shot out an almost resolute look.
This was a look that Yuhen and Yulu had never seen before. Even when she was framed by Nian Shi, neglected by the Fourth Master and ridiculed, and even when she was forced to wear that harmful bracelet, she never showed such a look.
“Last time, I went out under the pretext of visiting my mother. Besides getting that kind of thing for the princess, I also made a special trip to that kind of place to get this booklet for her.” Yuhen took out a small booklet from her sleeve and handed it to Yehe.
Yehe took the book, opened it, and her almond-shaped eyes widened instantly, a blush spreading across her face.
"Hehehe, good, you actually managed to get this for me, that's like adding wings to a tiger." Yehe suddenly closed the booklet and said.
“Since Princess is already planning to use that medicine, learning bedroom arts from a brothel woman will help her better win over her master’s heart,” Yuhen said. It turned out that when Yuhen was sold back to the Yehenara mansion, she had been sold from a brothel by her own mother, a brothel woman. She didn’t want her daughter to suffer the same fate, so she preferred to sell her into slavery rather than let her serve men in such a place and eventually become an even lower-class prostitute after her beauty faded.
Yuhen knew her true parentage; she was the child of an unknown client, and her mother was still living as a prostitute in a place she would never forget.
"Alright. I'll learn what I need to learn before the Fourth Prince returns. And don't let the Princess Consort know that I still need her help before I can win the Prince's favor." Yehe had no choice but to negotiate with the tiger.
After several days of recuperation, Lanqin's feeling of heaviness in her lower abdomen lessened.
On this day, Madam Song came to see Lanqin.
"Tell me quickly, what's going on? How come the pregnancy seems to be going wrong?" Madam Song had just received the news and knew that Lanqin was still sleeping, so she hadn't come to disturb her pregnancy these past few days.
"It's all alright now, sister, don't worry. What have you been busy with these days, sister?" Lanqin asked with a smile, touching her large belly.
"What else could I possibly be doing? Just making clothes for your little monkey, and also for the one in the eldest princess's belly." Madam Song's face was beaming with joy; she had come today to tell Lanqin the good news. The eldest princess had just sent word that she was pregnant.
"What?! Mo Yaqi is pregnant?" Lan Qin exclaimed in surprise, her face showing an expression of disbelief. In her heart, she thought: Fourth Master is not even thirty yet, and he's already going to be a grandfather!
"Yes, it was the Fujin who sent someone to say so." Madam Song was clearly very happy.
When Moyaqi came to report the good news, she had to go through Fujin first; Songshi could only learn about the news from Fujin.
"Cui Niang, go and prepare two sets of jewelry for the eldest princess. One set is a gift from me, and the other is a gift from Sister Song. Choose the kind that is gold and heavy, so that the eldest princess can melt it down to use as jewelry to beat her children." Although Lanqin felt emotional, she was also very happy for Song Shi.
"How can that be? I've already prepared a gift for Moyaqi, you don't need to prepare one for me!" Madam Song quickly stopped her. She came from a minor official family and had never seen her family members since entering the Fourth Prince's household, which showed that the Song family was not wealthy. In recent years, the Fourth Prince had rarely given her any rewards, so Madam Song really couldn't offer anything comparable to the Fujin (the Princess Consort).
"Sister, don't be so polite. You know my personality! Those things are just gathering dust. Why not give them to the First Princess and let her melt them down to make jewelry?" Lanqin indeed never wore heavy, shiny gold headdresses. However, they were all genuinely fine pieces! Gold combined with various large gemstones, even disassembled, would be priceless treasures, made by the Imperial Household Department as part of the allowance for a secondary consort. The Fourth Prince would also have jewelry made for Lanqin, all of them exquisite and unique pieces, unlike any other.
"Thank you so much, sister! Alas, I wonder when Fourth Master will return? Your belly is so big. I heard that Lady Nian is also pregnant!" said Madam Song.
Lanqin smiled faintly. After Song's words, she felt a little uneasy. Although she had deliberately tried not to think about it these past few days, she had now inexplicably suffered from musk poisoning, without even knowing the cause. She also thought of the bracelet given to her by Yehe, but Doctor Liang had examined it repeatedly and found nothing wrong with it; it was indeed a fine jade bracelet!
"Don't take my words to heart, little sister," Song said quickly when she saw Lanqin looking a bit dazed.
"Sister, has Yehe been staying in her room lately? She hasn't come to my place for quite some time." Lanqin shook her head and asked a different question.
"Hmm, she's in the room, I wonder what she's up to! It's best if she doesn't come, so as not to disturb your pregnancy. I always feel that she has something to do with the Fujin (wife of the deceased princess)," said Madam Song.
"Sister, to tell you the truth, I was poisoned by musk without even realizing it. During this time, only you and she have come. And she's come more often than you. I suspect she did something, but I can't find any clues," Lanqin said. She hadn't wanted to say it, but considering Fourth Master's absence, she had no choice but to tell Madam Song.
Startled, Madam Song quickly took Lanqin's hand, her gaze sweeping over her as she anxiously asked, "Why didn't you say so sooner? I've been rambling on for ages! How is the baby in your belly now?"
"Dr. Liang has prescribed me medicine to prevent miscarriage. I've been taking it for a few days and I feel a bit better, but I'm afraid the baby has still been affected to some extent." Lanqin said calmly, but she had long since grown extremely disgusted with the Fujin. She knew it was definitely the Fujin's doing again, but she couldn't bring herself to expose her ugly face!
"It's outrageous! Why won't she let you go? The incident with the Third Prince last time was probably related to her too. But it was clearly her, only one Lady Yin died. The Prince clearly suspected her, but he didn't do anything to her!" Lady Song also loathed the Fujin, but unfortunately, she was of low status and had no say in front of the Fourth Prince.
“The greatest guarantee for the Princess Consort is not her position as Princess Consort, nor the former First Prince, but the entire Ulanara family! As long as the power she represents remains intact, she will not be punished. Even the Prince cannot punish her, although he may not even know it,” Lanqin said with a hint of helplessness.
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