Chapter 100 Chapter 100 "Do your part!"...
Li Shuyao blinked her eyes, and then realized that she seemed to have done something very inappropriate and shocking with her little baby. Her pretty face quickly turned red.
The other white and tender little chubby face was also stunned, but in less than a second, he turned his head away naturally and continued to play with the object in his hand as if he didn't notice anything.
——He is just a one-year-old baby, what does he need to understand?
You should not be sensible, you should do what you want, you should do whatever you want!
in spite of!
After thinking about it and confirming that the small thing in his hand was made of pure gold, little Yinzhen turned his head again and continued to stuff it into his mother's hand.
Take it all away, take it all away, and use it to fill his mother's coffers.
If his mother didn't want it, she could also put it in his small storeroom. He remembered that his future wife was very fond of such rare items, and so were Hongshi, Hongli, Hongzhou and others. The more precious the item, the more they liked it!
Li Shuyao was caught off guard and her baby stuffed a pure gold ornament into her mouth. She was so shy that she didn't know whether to accept it or not.
Finally, it was Concubine Tong who looked at her with a smile, her voice so soft that it could almost squeeze out water: "Since it is a little gift from the child, please accept it."
Heart, mind?
Li Shuyao lowered her head and looked at her hands which were filled with valuable ornaments, gold, silver and jade, and suddenly fell into silence.
*
The famous scene at little Yinzhen's one-year-old birthday banquet spread quickly.
But this time no one dared to point out anything, and most of the people who circulated in private were beautiful phrases such as "The little prince is extremely pure and filial."
Li Shuyao felt very uncomfortable after hearing this.
But she couldn't tell what was wrong. She could only hold her baby and think hard for a long time. Only when she saw the baby's understanding eyes did she give up thinking any further.
After the first birthday banquet, Yinzhen began his "journey of diligent study" - learning to speak diligently and practicing to walk hard.
It took only more than ten days for him to change from "staggering gait" to "walking briskly". I don't know where the strength came from. His two chubby legs looked short and soft, but once he started running, he could run very fast and fiercely.
Even Li Shuyao herself couldn't catch him easily.
——Usually he was fine, and he wasn't a bad boy who liked to bother the wet nurse. But every time he saw Li Shuyao, he would subconsciously turn around and run, run a few steps, stop, and see if his mother was keeping up.
Instead of following her, he stood far away, clenching his two little fists and looking at her with a serious expression.
However, once she followed, the baby would quickly turn into the hardest-to-hold piglet during Chinese New Year, dodging left and right, braking and stopping, coming and going like the wind...
And he would giggle while running.
After running like this a few times, Li Shuyao quickly concluded that this naughty baby was deliberately tormenting her!
Every time, he would have to see her sweating profusely after chasing him before he would stop reluctantly, walk over softly, and lie in her arms. The fat boy pointed at the kettle on the table, motioning her to feed him some water because he was thirsty!
Thirst, thirst, thirst. How come she doesn’t feel thirsty when I’m flying her around like a kite?
...When you're tired, you just look for your mother?
Humph, too late!
Li Shuyao puffed out her cheeks childishly, angrily threw him into Nanny Yan's arms, and said maliciously, "You're so heavy, just like a little piglet. I can't hold you!"
After saying that, she reached out her hand and gently rubbed the baby's "little swimming belly" which had two or three layers of it, then she turned her little face away proudly and went straight into the house to rest.
Little Yinzhen and Nanny Yan were left standing there. They looked at each other and sighed.
…
The first time little Yinzhen clearly called out "Mother" was on the fourth day after he learned to walk briskly.
It’s not that he is stupid. In fact, when he was about eleven months old, he could vaguely say some simple words, such as "mu", "ma", "ba", "eh", "er", etc.
It was probably because his uvula had not yet fully grown, so every word he uttered was vague and difficult to hear carefully.
Several times, the wet nurses heard him and thought he was hungry or had to go to the toilet, so they would come over and lift up his clothes, touch his belly first, and if his belly was bulging and he didn't look hungry, they would pull his pants open and stretch their necks to look at his butt.
...How could a person who has lived for more than 30 years in his past and present lives endure such "shame"?
I immediately gave up the idea of speaking.
It was not until he turned one year old that he slowly began to regain his previous "skills".
Fortunately, this time it went very smoothly and his pronunciation was much clearer. Little Yinzhen practiced privately several times with several wet nurses. Only after he could pronounce the word "E'niang" quickly and accurately did he start his "performance".
——"Mother!"
The little baby's voice is bright and sweet.
Li Shuyao's hand, which was reaching out to take the snacks, paused for a moment, and she almost thought she was hallucinating.
She looked up in surprise and doubt, and saw Tian Jiarou and Yue Shu standing not far away. They had covered their mouths with excited expressions, and looked behind her with sparkling eyes.
She... behind her?
Wasn't the person behind her the little Yinzhen who had been knocked down on the couch by a poke of her finger, flapping his hands and feet like a little turtle but unable to get up no matter what?
So the "mother" just now came from little Yinzhen's mouth?
Thinking of this, Li Shuyao suddenly turned her head and saw that the "little turtle" lying in a pile of pillows had given up struggling at some point and was lying there with a red face, looking at her with a slightly shy expression.
Seeing her turn her head to look at him, the "little turtle" bit his lower lip and mustered up the courage to utter two more words, "Mother!"
This time Li Shuyao heard it clearly, the sound came from his mouth.
Instantly, a huge surge of joy filled her heart. She quickly smiled and rushed over, rescuing little Yinzhen from the pile of pillows and dolls. She placed him on her lap and quickly asked, "Just now, was it Yinzhen who called mother just now?"
"Um!"
Little Yinzhen nodded his head heavily, and the flesh on his face swayed.
Li Shuyao was immediately touched by his cuteness. She reached out and carefully poked his cheek, then asked, "But when did Yinzhen learn to speak?"
She clearly didn't teach him herself.
To be honest, she is a mother with no ambition.
Other people’s mothers would hold their children in their arms and guide them and practice vocalization when they were only seven or eight months old.
But she is different.
She doesn't even have enough time to play herself, so how can she have the mood to take care of the children?
More importantly, she herself believes that walking, talking, and eating independently are skills that a person can learn automatically as they grow, so there is really no need to force them.
Only every once in a while, when the imperial physician came to check his pulse, he would specifically instruct them to check little Yinzhen's legs, feet, and vocal cords, and do some things similar to what modern human cub quality inspectors would do, such as using thumbs to lift little Yinzhen to do pull-ups, using colorful things to attract his attention, and other checks.
After confirming that there were no problems with little Yinzhen's body parts, they just... let him grow freely.
So at the moment, she really didn't know from whom little Yinzhen learned to call her "mother".
Little Yinzhen puffed up his cheeks and thought for a while, then pointed to the door and said, "Pot, pot, pot Luo... count, count."
Li Shuyao:?
What is this baby talk?
She seemed to need someone to translate for her.
Seeing the confusion on her face, little Yinzhen anxiously grabbed the dragon flower on her chest. His little finger stayed in the air for a long time and began to tremble slightly.
He shouted loudly: "Guo, Guoguo, mother! Guoguo, count, count, mother!"
Seeing that Li Shuyao was still confused, Nanny Yan couldn't help but walk over and translate for her in a low voice, "Brother, what you said should mean 'Brother said mother'."
"Brother is talking about mother?" Li Shuyao frowned, becoming more confused.
Nanny Yan: "He must have heard his brother call out 'mother', so our little prince memorized it and learned it privately. Only after he learned it did he speak in front of the empress."
Nanny Yan’s words were very reasonable and well-founded.
Little Yinzhen nodded repeatedly.
Li Shuyao's eyes widened. "You knew what 'mother' meant after just hearing it twice? And why did he learn it secretly without telling me? How did he know for sure he had learned it correctly?"
Little Yinzhen was stunned.
I feel like I made a stupid move before.
His mother's guess made sense. No child in the world could be so smart.
Just by observing others mention "E Niang" twice, you can understand what "E Niang" means, and if you practice it privately, you can also... clearly know whether the pronunciation you practiced is correct.
Little Yinzhen lowered his head guiltily.
I started to count again the more than 30 years of my life in the past life and wondered if it was lived in vain.
Once reborn, does the baby's body really have such a big impact on me?
I can't even think logically anymore...
On the other hand, Li Shuyao did not think about the bizarre "rebirth".
The same goes for Nanny Yan.
With a kind smile, she reached out and touched the few strands of hair on the round, pink, and white head in Li Shuyao's arms. After tidying it up, she spoke again, with an inexplicable sense of pride in her tone, "That's probably because our little prince is so smart!"
Li Shuyao followed her hand and looked at little Yinzhen's round head. After a while, she nodded hesitantly.
"I guess so."
"Isn't it said that children with big brains are smarter?"
"Woo, ow!"
As soon as Li Shuyao finished speaking, the baby in her arms raised its head in a fierce manner and made a sound similar to the barking of a puppy.
One hand tightly grasped her Longhua, and the other hand was clenched into a small fist. Her eyes were wide open and her brows were frowned, and her expression looked a little "ferocious".
Li Shuyao was stunned.
Nanny Yan burst out laughing, "Young Master, this seems to be the understanding of what the Empress said."
She continued, "Your Majesty, please be careful with your words and actions in the future. Our little prince is so smart, Your Majesty must not set a bad example for him."
"Bad example?" Li Shuyao murmured.
Nanny Yan nodded and said meaningfully, "For example, eating ice cream to cool down in the summer, not sleeping at night, not getting up in the morning, and so on..."
Li Shuyao: "..."
She gasped unconsciously.
The next second, she met the smug gaze of the baby in her arms.
Li Shuyao's eyes froze. Was her baby laughing at her?
Isn't this a bit too smart?
What would she do in the future? She already had Nanny Yan, who was very strict with her. If there was another Nanny, how would she be able to live like this?!
Li Shuyao could hardly imagine the future.
But Yinzhen could imagine it. His mind was working very fast, as if all the wisdom of two lifetimes was used at this moment. With just one glance, he could see from his mother's dull eyes what she was afraid of.
So he glanced at his mother with a smile, and while his mother was distracted and didn't notice him, he fluttered his little feet and quickly retreated from his mother's arms. He crawled around his mother on the couch, came to the small chest of drawers, and gently pulled with his white and tender little fingers.
Several booklets fell out of the chest of drawers.
Nanny Yan's attention was focused on him, and she became curious when she saw him reaching out to open the cabinet door.
She bent down and picked up the fallen books in her hands. With her cloudy old eyes, she carefully examined them: "The Treasure Mirror of Appreciating Flowers", "The Nine-tailed Turtle", "The Marriage of Three Smiles"... [1]
This seemed to be the notebook that her mother often held in her hands and read.
...So they are actually books about flowers, plants, spirit turtles, and marriage between men and women?
By this time, Li Shuyao had regained consciousness. Looking back, she saw Nanny Yan holding a few familiar pornographic books in her hands, and carefully examining the titles of the books in the sunlight coming in through the window frame.
Cold sweat broke out on my body instantly.
She rushed over and snatched the book from Nanny Yan's hand, her cheeks slightly red as she was struggling to explain.
Nanny Yan suddenly spoke up, "This old slave actually misunderstood the Majesty."
Misunderstanding, what misunderstanding?
Li Shuyao's fingers tightly grasped those pornographic books, biting her lower lip. Not knowing how to speak, she heard Nanny Yan say again: "If your Majesty likes it, next time I go to the flower and grass room, I will ask for a few more books for you to read more, okay?"
It's a good thing to love learning.
The more you learn, the better you will be able to communicate with the emperor in the future.
Only in this way can we ensure that the Queen's favor and blessings will continue to last.
At this moment, several book titles quickly emerged in Nanny Yan's mind. They were all books that the Empress Dowager had specially found for her to read after Emperor Taizu entered the Pass.
Unfortunately, the Empress Dowager gradually developed a grudge against Emperor Taizu due to the increasing neglect she received. She no longer wanted to learn Chinese to please him, and those books gradually gathered dust in Shoukang Palace.
Decades later, Nanny Yan still remembered the titles of several of the books and secretly made up her mind to find them all and show them to her mother in a few days.
Li Shuyao still had no idea what Nanny Yan's imagination was.
After hurriedly grabbing the books in her hands, she held them tightly in her arms, stepped back a few steps, and stood far away, fearing that the baby would come up with some strange ideas and make Nanny Yan curious about the contents of the books.
As for her fame in this life, oh no, she didn’t have any fame at all.
...Mainly, the company is dead!
The scene will be very ugly and socially disastrous!
I can’t die any more!
The kind that can’t be saved even if we change planets!
Therefore, I absolutely must not let Nanny Yan know what weird things I watch every day.
Countless thoughts flashed through Li Shuyao's mind, and she didn't hear clearly what Nanny Yan said. She only remembered nodding her head hurriedly after she finished speaking, "Okay, I'll listen to Nanny Yan."
"Whatever Nanny Yan says is what it is."
"It's good that Your Majesty is eager to learn." Nanny Yan smiled with great relief.
Li Shuyao was still immersed in panic and just nodded in agreement no matter what Nanny Yan said.
The atmosphere between the master and servant suddenly became harmonious.
There was only a little ball on the couch, sitting steadily with his legs crossed. He looked at this and that with a confused expression.
After a while, he tilted his round head and asked, "What are they talking about?"
*
In fact, Yinzhen didn't know what books his mother was reading.
He had only witnessed his mother hiding books in panic several times. Every time his mother had just locked the books in the chest of drawers, Nanny Yan's figure would appear behind the screen in the small room.
Slowly, he understood.
He didn't dare show the books his mother was reading to Nanny Yu Yan.
That's why he had such a bad idea today, wanting to deliberately embarrass his mother in front of Nanny Yan.
By the way, take a look at what books his mother usually reads.
When Nanny Yan spoke, she did not directly mention the names of the books. She only mentioned something like "Flower and Grass House" and "the desire to learn".
Little Yinzhen looked at the expression on his mother's face, and although he was a little confused, he felt that it was not like that.
However, on second thought, his mother's character was very pure, and her mind was much simpler than other concubines. She could be described as very smart and intelligent, so she should not have any bad intentions.
So maybe it was just as Nanny Yan said, he wanted to work hard secretly behind everyone's back, and read more appreciation books on flowers and plants in private, so that he could show off in front of his Khan Ama in the future?
Little Yinzhen quickly convinced himself.
He turned around and put the matter behind him.
He stretched out his two short, fat little arms and asked his mother for a hug with a cute expression, "Mom!"
"Hey." Li Shuyao raised her eyes and responded, "Wait a moment, mother will come and hug you later."
She had already composed herself. She first gave her own little instructions to her stinky baby before walking over to Tian Jiarou's side. She stuffed the books she was holding tightly in her arms into her hands and whispered, "Find a place where no one is around and burn these books. Got it?"
These books suddenly appeared in Changchun Palace.
The place of appearance is in the uninhabited rear hall.
After Tian Jiarou discovered these books, she immediately took them to her.
Li Shuyao was still wondering at that time whether it was left by the previous owner of Changchun Palace.
But Tian Jiarou said that these books were placed safely in a side room in the back hall, in the drawer of a cabinet, and did not look like they were accidentally left behind.
Furthermore, before Li Shuyao was awarded the title by the emperor and was granted the right to live in Changchun Palace, the Imperial Household Department sent dozens of people to empty out all the old things in Changchun Palace. After renovating it, the emperor personally inspected it before they began to purchase household items.
Now it has been almost a year since Li Shuyao moved to Changchun Palace.
If it was an old item left behind by a former concubine, it shouldn't have been discovered only now.
Therefore, Tian Jiarou tends to believe that someone deliberately stuffed this person into Changchun Palace.
But why would others do this?
With this doubt, Li Shuyao slowly opened the "Flower Appreciation Treasure Mirror", and the next second she was dazzled by some of the contents in the book.
This is definitely a banned book, no matter which dynasty it was published in...even if it was published in the 21st century, it is definitely content that parents, teachers, and laws and regulations do not allow people to read.
But Li Shuyao was very interested. After all, she had never seen such exciting things from childhood to adulthood, from modern times to the Qing Dynasty.
So I decided to leave the things behind for now.
Tian Jiarou was still a little worried. It was obvious that someone outside was deliberately trying to make trouble for her mother. Why did her mother accept it?
Li Shuyao's reasoning for this was, "People want to see me fall, so if I fake a fall, wouldn't that make them let down their guard? If I just destroy it, what if they realize their plan didn't work and try another? Then maybe they won't be so lucky and know about it in advance."
Tian Jiarou was fooled by her convincing words.
As the force in his hand loosened, the books fell into Li Shuyao's hands.
She flipped through it for a few days and found that it was just like that, and her naughty baby also found it.
If it is not dealt with soon, what if it leads to the misconduct of her baby one day?
Then he ordered Tian Jiarou to burn the books, and added: "Remember to make a few copies before burning them and put them... well, put them in my room. That way, if someone wants to bring the emperor to search the palace... well, first of all, I will definitely be fine, and then the emperor will be very angry. In this way, we won't have to deal with the traitor in our palace ourselves..."
After traveling through time for more than a year, Li Shuyao felt that she had grown a lot in her mind.
So that she won't fall into the trap set by others.
However, Tian Jiarou hesitated, "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that the Emperor will have a grudge against you?"
Heart knot?
Li Shuyao was puzzled.
Tian Jiarou explained to her, "You knew someone was plotting against you, but you held back and didn't tell the emperor. You fell into the trap yourself, and now you have to ask the emperor to clean up after you..."
Isn't this quite similar to the previous incident where Concubine Hui used the eldest prince as bait to lure out the person who poisoned her?
Li Shuyao didn't wait for her to finish.
She knew what Tian Jiarou wanted to say, but these were obviously two different things. Last time, someone wanted to poison the eldest prince, and this time, someone wanted to harm her.
Concubine Hui had used her own son as bait, so she didn't even change the poison. But she was different. Yes, she used herself as bait, but she had changed the book. So no matter how the person behind the scenes searched, there was no way to pin the crime of possessing a banned book on her.
Another reason is that she and Concubine Hui left different impressions on the emperor.
After all, Concubine Hui has been in the palace for many years. In the emperor's heart, she has always been gentle, sensible, virtuous, and not noisy.
And what about her?
She doesn't study hard, her handwriting is not beautiful, she has no skills, and no ambition. She is also a bit stupid, dull, gluttonous, lazy, and stupid. She has no advantages except for her decent face. She is just a useless beauty.
She knew this from the first time she served the emperor in bed.
The emperor probably found a kind of happiness similar to nurturing in her.
And because he had invested too much time, attention, and effort in her before, he now likes her more and more.
Like, not love.
So Li Shuyao now feels more and more that the emperor raising her is actually a bit like raising a precious and beautiful cat.
A pretty cat only needs to be pretty.
But if they could occasionally show their little paws, or occasionally show a little trust and intimacy to their owner...
Well, Li Shuyao is sure that no cat lover can resist this temptation.
Even if he is a wealthy emperor, it is the same.
Therefore, Li Shuyao had no intention of explaining to Tian Jiarou. She just shook her head calmly and said, "Just do as I tell you. It's okay."
The calm demeanor quickly suppressed the uneasiness in Tian Jiarou's heart. She took a few steps back and bent her knees towards Li Shuyao, "I'll go right away."
*
A few days later, there was indeed another disturbance in the harem.
There was a nobleman named Lan who, while strolling in the imperial garden, discovered a pair of young eunuchs having sex in the bushes. He also found several banned books in their house that were expressly prohibited from printing, selling and reading by the imperial court.
The case was reported to Concubine Tong on the same day. Concubine Tong took it very seriously and sent people to investigate. She discovered that there were quite a few palace maids and eunuchs who were having affairs in the Forbidden City, and she also found more than dozens of banned books in their rooms.
When the Empress Dowager learned about this, she was extremely angry and issued two imperial decrees requiring Concubine Tong to thoroughly investigate the harem.
...naturally, nothing can be found.
Because Tian Jiarou was accidentally caught by Nanny Yan while she was imitating a book cover.
The young girl, who was not very scheming, panicked and actually called Li Shuyao out.
Li Shuyao: "..."
Li Shuyao is even less scheming than her.
As soon as Nanny Yan came in with the books, she pinched her ears and confessed everything before she could even speak, and even told Nanny Yan about her self-righteous plan of "luring the enemy into a trap".
After hearing this, Nanny Yan frowned and said that she was confused.
They said that privately keeping banned books was a serious crime. At that time, there would be no need to bring the emperor to Changchun Palace. They only needed to create a little bit of a spearhead to let people know that these banned books were also privately kept in Changchun Palace. By then, no matter whether this matter was related to Li Shuyao or not, at the very least, it would be considered as not being strict with her subordinates, and at the worst, it would be considered as debauchery in the harem. In short, they would dare to put any kind of crime on Li Shuyao's head.
Li Shuyao was so frightened that she almost cried. She could only hold Nanny Yan's hand with red eyes and repeatedly promised that she would never dare to do it again.
Nanny Yan took the book to the small kitchen and burned it herself.
When he came back, he asked Li Shuyao if she had ever read the contents of the book.
Li Shuyao was silent.
Nanny Yan sighed, looked at her with a look of disappointment, said nothing more, turned around and went out to check for the traitor.
It only took one night to catch the young eunuch who smuggled the banned books.
Therefore, before Concubine Lan discovered the eunuch couple, Nanny Yan had already thoroughly investigated Changchun Palace over and over again, both openly and secretly.
This time, the disturbance ultimately failed to reach Li Shuyao.
Among the twelve palaces in the east and west, only Li Shuyao's Changchun Palace, Qingyao's Yiku Palace, Anpin's Jingren Palace and Tong Guifei's Chengqian Palace are relatively clean.
In the other palaces, some bad things were found to a greater or lesser extent.
But Nanny Yan didn't tell her what it was specifically.
After this incident, many concubines in the palace were fined their monthly wages.
Only Li Shuyao and a few others were commended by the Emperor and the two Empress Dowagers.
Li Shuyao felt very guilty about this. After all, she was very close to making a big mistake, and in the end she was able to turn the tide with the help of Nanny Yan. So after Nanny Yan and the others registered the rewards, she picked and chose for a long time in the booklet in her hand, and finally copied out a new booklet.
She handed the booklet to Tian Jiarou and said, "Go open the warehouse and move all the items in this booklet to Nanny Yan's room. Tell her that I'm thanking her for saving my life this time."
"How can it be called a life-saving grace? Your Majesty, you are exaggerating."
As soon as Li Shuyao finished speaking, the familiar voice of Nanny Yan was heard at the door of the study.
Li Shuyao was startled by her voice, and her first reaction was to hide the booklet. So she put the booklet on the chair next to her with a "pa". Then she quickly picked up little Yinzhen from Yueshu's arms and put him on the chair.
Little Yinzhen was still biting his little finger in a daze.
Caught off guard, my butt felt cold, as if I had sat on something like a wooden board.
"Mammy, why are you back so soon?"
As Li Shuyao spoke, she grabbed the edge of the baby's clothes to cover the little booklet that accidentally exposed a little bit of skin under his buttocks.
Nanny Yan had already entered the room. Seeing her mother squatting next to the little prince's chair, she knew that her mother had probably hidden the booklet on the little prince's body.
Nanny Yan walked over and picked up the little prince.
Li Shuyao was very quick-witted and pulled the book back and hid it behind her.
Little Yinzhen, who was still adjusting his sitting position in Nanny Yan's arms, took a look and said, "Wow, there, there you, there you are."
He pulled out a few wet little fingers from his mouth and pointed them behind Li Shuyao.
Li Shuyao immediately glared at him fiercely, "You are a bad boy. It's fine if you don't help your mother, but why did you snitch on her?"
As he spoke, he quietly took a few steps back.
"Hehe." Little Yinzhen was not afraid of her scolding, and even gave her a bright smile with only a few teeth.
She swayed her butt on Nanny Yan's arm, pointing with her little finger more vigorously, "There, there, there, Nanny, there!"
Apart from "mother", the two words he used most clearly now were "mammy".
Nanny Yan lowered her head first and wiped the little prince's wet fingers with the handkerchief in her other hand.
Then he returned him to Yue Shu's hands. After thinking for a while, he couldn't help but said, "Take the little prince downstairs and wash his hands first."
The smile on little Yinzhen's face froze for a moment. He couldn't believe that he was actually disliked by Nanny Yan.
Now it was Li Shuyao's turn to be proud. She stuck out her tongue at him with a somewhat joyful expression, "See? Nanny Yan hates you for sucking your fingers. You make a mess everywhere. Will you dare to suck your fingers next time?"
Little Yinzhen ignored her and continued staring at his fingers.
Yueshu and Tian Jiarou were worried about what to do if their queen's child got angry and made the little prince cry.
They were so anxious that they didn't even have time to greet each other. They carried the little prince and ran to the opposite room. One of them went to prepare new clothes, and the other went to prepare warm water for the little prince to wash his hands and face.
After they left, the study suddenly became empty and quiet.
Li Shuyao then remembered that she had wanted to give her a gift behind Nanny Yan's back.
Nanny Yan walked up to her and held out her hand, "Your Majesty, could you please let me take a look at the booklet first?"
Li Shuyao had no choice but to hand the booklet to her.
After thinking for a moment, she said, "I've already gone through it. I didn't dare write down any of the imperial gifts. Most of them are medicinal herbs, cloth, jewelry, and other gifts. They're not very expensive. Madam, will you accept them?"
She had just finished speaking when she saw Nanny Yan turn around, pick up the brush on the table, and draw seven or eight lines on the booklet.
Finally, he put down the brush, read it carefully, and then handed the booklet back to Li Shuyao.
Nanny Yan smiled and said, "Since Your Majesty is willing to reward me, I can only accept it with a smile. However, there are several pieces of jewelry in this booklet that are not suitable for rewarding others. Your Majesty must remember this and don't make a fool of yourself later."
Li Shuyao lowered her head and looked into the booklet, and saw that most of the names crossed out by Nanny Yan were of jewelry.
She frowned and thought for a moment, vaguely remembering that these pieces of jewelry were either inlaid with pearls or had exaggerated shapes...
Oh yes, pearls. Pearls are extremely valuable and are indeed not suitable for rewarding others. Even if Nanny Yan had the courage to accept them, she would not dare to wear them afterwards.
It turned out that she was not cautious enough.
Li Shuyao sighed in her heart.
There's no way. Although she has traveled through time for more than a year, her thoughts are still closer to the modern society's ideal of equality for all.
After all, they had not suffered the beatings of the ancient class system, but had suddenly crossed the class system and become the superior person. Naturally, they would not have such a sense of vigilance in their hearts.
Fortunately, Nanny Yan was by her side.
Li Shuyao was thankful in her heart and handed the booklet to Nanny Yan again, "Nanny, just remember to go to the storehouse and take the reward away."
After saying that, he walked straight out of the study.
Coming to the side room, he took his sweet son, who had been cleaned up by Tian Jiarou and Yue Shu, into his arms and said, "Let's go and play with your mother Yi and little brother."
*
At the same time, Yikun Palace.
Having just received a reward, the entire Yiku Palace was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
Guo Luoluo Qingyao stood in the yard holding little Yinqi and talked for a while. She also rewarded each palace servant with a month's salary, and then carried Yinqi back to the house.
Lingluo followed her, her face full of smiles, "That's great, you and Concubine Ling have both been praised by the Emperor and the two ancestors..."
Before she could finish her words, a little palace maid suddenly ran in from outside, "Your Majesty, it's bad, there's news from Yongshou Palace, the Fourth Prince is dying!"
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The fourth prince Wanfu was born to the noble lady Nara of Yongshou Palace.
When Concubine Nara was about to give birth, she accidentally fell in the imperial garden. Although she fell on the palace maids around her, she was quite frightened. When she was sent back to Yongshou Palace, there was blood under her body.
Therefore, the entire delivery process was extremely difficult, and it took a whole night before the fourth prince Wan Fu was born.
After that, I almost had a hemorrhage. It took me two months of confinement before I gradually recovered.
When the Fourth Prince Wan Fu was just born, he was as thin as an unweaned kitten, and his cries were so intermittent that it made people feel very uncomfortable.
He had fallen seriously ill twice before he was a month old, and his health had not improved since then. Among the four seasons of the year, he got sick less often in summer.
Noble Lady Nara had always taken good care of him, always thinking that it didn't matter if he was sick, as long as he was alive. After all, he was a member of the royal family and couldn't be without medicine. He just needed to grow up a little bit, a little bit more. Maybe, with constant care, he would be forty or fifty, or even sixty or seventy before he knew it.
But unexpectedly, one day...
In Yongshou Palace, after Wan Fu fell down, Concubine Nara's eyes went dark and she fainted.
The palace maids around her had lost their backbone and were in chaos for a while. They didn't know what to do first. Fortunately, Concubine Xi stood up at this time.
The first thing he did was to send someone to the Imperial Hospital to invite the imperial physician;
The second thing he did was to have someone clear out a side hall and move the fainted Noble Lady Nara to the side hall to rest.
The third thing was to move Wan Fu to Noble Lady Nara's room so that the imperial physician could diagnose his pulse and treat his illness.
After the imperial physicians took the patient's pulse, they all shook their heads, their expressions solemn, not knowing how to start. Finally, they simply formed a circle and quickly started arguing.
Concubine Xi was listening nearby. After a while, her heart suddenly sank, and she quickly sent all the palace maids in Yongshou Palace out to inform the empresses in each palace.
Li Shuyao and Qingyao received the news one after another. At that time, Li Shuyao had just carried Yinzhen out of the gate of Changchun Palace when she saw a young eunuch in dark blue clothes rushing into the gate of Yiku Palace not far away.
Then another young eunuch hurriedly stopped in front of her and knelt down in front of her with a "dong" sound, shouting, "Lady Lingpin, I am from Yongshou Palace. Lady Xipin ordered me to ask you to come over. The Fourth Prince, the son of Lady Nara, is in danger!"
He was afraid that he spoke too fast and Concubine Ling would not be able to hear clearly, so he lowered his head and repeated it two or three times.
Li Shuyao:?
What Fourth Prince, what's wrong.
Who is this little eunuch scolding?
Li Shuyao's mind was in a mess, and she almost thought he was talking about the little Yinzhen in her arms.
...Not to mention her, even the little Yinzhen in her arms thought so.
The mother and son clenched their fists, and their similar facial features showed the same angry expression.
Fortunately, Nanny Yan came out at this time. She quickly squatted in front of the young eunuch and asked, "Is the Fourth Prince in trouble? How is he in trouble? Has Concubine Xi sent for the imperial physician?"
The young eunuch said, "We don't know what's wrong yet. Concubine Xi has sent for the imperial physicians, but every one of them is helpless, constantly muttering something like 'nothing can cure her, just leave it to fate.' My Concubine has never seen anything like this before and is terrified, so she ordered this servant to come and invite all the other Concubines to come with her."
Nanny Yan asked again, "What about the Emperor and the two ancestors..."
The young eunuch said, "Of course, someone was sent to pass on the message."
The two of them exchanged a few words, and the Yikun Palace next to them suddenly became noisy.
Li Shuyao finally came to her senses and realized that her baby was not the Fourth Prince yet.
In history, Changsheng and Wanfu didn't actually live to this time... That's not right, it should be that her little Yinzhen was born a little earlier than in history...
It doesn’t seem right either.
Li Shuyao suddenly fell into deep thought.
However, Nanny Yan was not in such a good mood at the moment. She quickly ordered someone to call a sedan chair over, first took away the little prince in her queen's arms, and handed him to Tian Jiarou to take back to Changchun Palace. Then she personally helped Li Shuyao onto the sedan chair, settled her down, and then followed the sedan chair, hurriedly heading towards Yongshou Palace.
Yongshou Palace is not far from Changchun Palace, but it is closer to Qixiang Palace.
Therefore, when Li Shuyao arrived, Concubine Jing of Qixiang Palace was already standing beside Concubine Xi to comfort her.
Along the way, Li Shuyao also sorted out the timeline. In real history, Changsheng died a year before Yinzhen was born, and Wanfu died a few months after Yinzhen was born. Therefore, neither of them was included in the order of birth.
In the novel, the time of death of both people was delayed due to the author's personal setting.
After the heroine Uya died, the plot in the original novel began to become a little unclear. So Li Shuyao sat in the sedan chair and thought for a long time before she finally remembered that in the original novel, Xiao Changsheng should have died at the hands of Uya.
That was the time when she and Concubine Rong were fighting the most fiercely.
Wan Fu died of illness due to frail health, and the time of his death was about the same as now.
However, in the original novel, Yinzhen was born on the same day as in history, so when Wanfu died, Yinzhen was only a few months old. At that time, Uya had not yet developed any hatred for her son.
And because he was taken away by Concubine Tong when he was just one month old, Uya was immersed in grief all day long at that time, so the book rarely mentions Wan Fu's death, and only mentions it briefly.
After she traveled through time, she probably broke the plot line of the original novel. Not only did she get rid of the original heroine, but she also received favor much earlier than the original heroine.
Coupled with her exceptionally strong body, she became pregnant not long after receiving the favor...
Therefore, little Yinzhen was born several months earlier than in the original novel and history, which caused her to forget about Wan Fu's death for a while.
I just thought that if Wan Fu didn't die when Yinzhen was a few months old, then he should be fine.
I've calculated several times in my mind what position my little baby should be in the ranking now, sixth? Sixth prince?
Xiaoliu seems to be a good number too. It’s a very auspicious number.
Then Qingyao's baby would be the Seventh Prince. After the Sixth Prince born to Uya died, it would be the turn of the Seventh Prince born to Daijia to be the Eighth Prince. Then the Eighth Prince would become the Ninth Prince, the Ninth Prince would become the Tenth Prince... until the Thirteenth Prince became the Fourteenth Prince. Only then would the order of the Princes become the same as in history and novels.
But unexpectedly, Xiao Wanfu...
"Sister Lingpin is here too?"
Seeing Li Shuyao, Concubine Jing greeted her. Beside her, Concubine Xi was still shaking violently. Upon hearing her words, she just raised her head, gave Li Shuyao a serious look, nodded, and continued to hold Concubine Jing's hand without saying a word.
Li Shuyao pursed her lips, quickly walked up to the two of them, and asked in a low voice, "What did the imperial doctors say?"
Concubine Xi shook her head.
Jingpin said: "Still watching."
Li Shuyao: “?”
Didn’t the imperial doctors already check it out?
Perhaps sensing her doubts, Concubine Jing continued, "Several imperial physicians came before, and after examining her, they all said... that 'medicine and stone are ineffective.'"
Jingpin's voice sounded very difficult.
After a pause, he continued, "A few more imperial physicians came later, and Concubine Xi asked them all to go in."
"I'm still watching from inside."
Li Shuyao nodded and glanced around, only then did she realize that there were many palace maids kneeling outside Noble Lady Nara's house, one or two of them lying on the ground, crying uncontrollably.
Li Shuyao didn't see Noble Lady Nara, so she asked again, "Where's Sister Nara? Why isn't she here?"
As they were talking, Qingyao also came over.
It can be seen that she hurried over after settling Yinqi. She didn't even change her clothes. The white dragon flower on her chest was a little wrinkled. When you get close to her, you can clearly smell the milky fragrance emanating from her body.
Concubine Jing and Concubine Xi also nodded to her.
Qingyao held Li Shuyao's hand and responded to the two of them.
Li Shuyao whispered to Qingyao what Jingpin had just said. Jingpin waited quietly for her to finish before answering Li Shuyao's question, "Noble Lady Nara has fainted and is currently resting in that room."
Li Shuyao asked, "Is there anyone taking care of her over there?"
Jingpin nodded. "The senior palace maid beside her is waiting over there. Just now, Xipin's sister sent two imperial doctors to take her pulse. I think she should be coming out soon."
Not long after she finished speaking, two old doctors in their fifties came running out from the side hall, "Madam, what a joyful occasion!"
"Lady Nara is already over two months pregnant!"
As soon as he said this, everyone present fell silent.
I guess everyone was stunned by the news.
Li Shuyao quickly turned her head and looked at Qingyao.
Qingyao was also confused.
On the opposite side, Concubine Xi didn't know whether to be happy or sad. Noble Lady Nara was a member of her palace, so the children born to Noble Lady Nara, whether they were held in her lap or not, should respectfully call her "E'mother".
If nothing happened to Wan Fu today, then... that would naturally be a happy event.
But why did it have to be today?
Concubine Xi could hardly catch her breath, her vision went dark, and she felt like she was about to faint.
Li Shuyao stood aside, paying attention to her movements all the time. When she saw her breathing suddenly become rapid, she knew that something was wrong with her. She quickly took off the purse filled with mint leaves from her waist and put it directly under Concubine Xi's nose.
Jingpin and Qingyao also hurried over to help.
The two imperial doctors kneeling beside her were suddenly startled, thinking that something was going to happen to her.
Fortunately, Concubine Xi gradually recovered on her own.
On the other side, imperial physicians kept rushing over from the Imperial Hospital. As soon as they entered Yongshou Palace, they were directly invited by the head nanny of Yongshou Palace to the room where Prince Wanfu was to take his pulse.
On the other side, Concubine Tong and other concubines also quickly rushed over, as did the two ancestors.
As for the emperor, he was discussing the affairs of the Three Feudatories with officials from the previous dynasty, so Liang Jiugong didn't dare to interrupt him rashly and could only pace around anxiously outside the imperial study.
After all the officials had finally left, the emperor rushed to Yongshou Palace after receiving the news. However, all the imperial physicians had already withdrawn from Wan Fu's room and were kneeling in front of the Empress Dowager, trembling.
Seeing that all the doctors were helpless, the Empress Dowager's hands, which were holding the crutch, trembled almost weakly.
She closed her eyes, her drooping eyelids trembling violently for a few times. Then, suppressing her grief, she whispered to the emperor, "Emperor, please go in and take another look at Wan Fu."
Then he said to the concubines sitting next to him: "You all should go yourselves, and the noble concubine can stay."
Li Shuyao was pulled by Qingyao and looked at Concubine Tong with some worry.
Seeing that she was still worried about her at this time, Concubine Tong felt relieved. So she winked at her, signaling her not to worry and to just go back to Changchun Palace.
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Wan Fu's premature death was not caused by human factors, but by illness.
After waking up, Noble Lady Nara of Yongshou Palace cried until she almost fainted. She held Wan Fu's gradually cooling body in her arms and refused to let go.
She couldn't even listen to the emperor's words, and naturally forgot that there was a little life still growing in her belly.
Finally, she fainted again, and the emperor took the opportunity to take Wan Fu's body out of her arms.
Wan Fu's funeral was handled by Concubine Tong.
Concubine Tong was busy with the funeral ceremony and taking care of Concubine Nala's health. At the same time, she had a lot of accumulated palace affairs on her hands. After a few days, she lost a lot of weight.
Li Shuyao felt very distressed when she saw this.
So he took the initiative to go to Chengqian Palace, intending to ask Concubine Tong for some work to do.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Tong's first reaction was: "What? You want palace affairs, but someone in the Imperial Household Department is being harsh on you and Yinzhen?"
As she spoke, a fierce look unconsciously appeared on her pretty face, as if she was about to rush out to support Li Shuyao in the next moment.
Li Shuyao was so frightened that she waved her hands repeatedly and made a lot of explanations, which made Concubine Tong give up the idea of rectifying the Imperial Household Department.
Then he asked her, "So what do you want to do with palace affairs?"
Li Shuyao carefully considered her words, "I just want to help Her Majesty and do my part to help her!"
Concubine Tong: “…”
She sighed directly, her expression looking very sad. "But you can't even tell the directions, how can you help me solve my problems?"
"Besides, you can't even write well, and you barely recognize a single word. Most of the palace affairs I have piled up right now are related to account books."
"So I'm really worried that after I hand the account books over to you, they'll be a mess, which will make it even more difficult for me to sort them out later."
If Concubine Tong had not known Li Shuyao's personality well, she would have suspected that when she said "contribute a little", she might not have meant "let out a sigh of relief". [2]
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