After returning from court, Yinzhen, having shaken off the day's fatigue, headed towards the main courtyard in a cheerful mood.
Before he even arrived at his destination, he kept thinking about his wife and the faces of his two mischievous little monkeys.
It's hard to imagine that someone as quiet and reserved as him, and a wife as virtuous and gentle as her husband, could have such a lively child.
Ren Yinzhen couldn't fathom how the twins would grow up to look like this.
As soon as he stepped into the main courtyard, before even entering the house, Yinzhen heard sounds coming from inside. He smiled slightly, his brows relaxed.
Su Peisheng secretly observed his master's expression and felt a little happier upon seeing this. His master had been very angry while he was on his errand today, and only when he came to the main courtyard of the Fujin could his master relax and be a little happier.
Ruining happened to be standing in the spot closest to the door, and was the first to notice that Ama had returned.
Seeing the familiar hem of his clothes, Ruining happily ran to the door with her short legs, hugged Yinzhen's leg, and said sweetly, "Father, you're back! Ruining missed you so much!"
He picked up his lively and adorable daughter and skillfully touched her forehead, only feeling relieved when he didn't feel any sweat.
It's already late autumn in September, and it's quite chilly in the mornings and evenings. Children are active and energetic, and they tend to get hot easily. After sweating and being exposed to the wind, they are very susceptible to catching a cold.
Yinzhen is now a father of several children and has some experience in raising children. He is not unfamiliar with these things at all, but rather very skilled at them. He looks like a good father.
"Your Highness is back!" Yunyi smiled gently as she saw Yinzhen walk in, and when she saw her chubby daughter being held, she couldn't help but tease her a couple of times.
"Put Ruining down quickly, sir. She's getting rounder and rounder, and I can hardly carry her anymore. You should let her get down and walk around a bit so she can get some exercise."
Although Yunyi's words were not pleasant to hear, they were indeed the truth. Ruining, the little girl, loved to eat, and at only three years old, she was already chubby.
Although she looks good, Yunyi is worried that she will get fatter and fatter, so she encourages her to exercise more to control her figure and stop gaining weight.
She's still young and doesn't know how much weight or beauty affects her. If she were in modern times, as long as she's healthy, being a little chubby wouldn't matter.
But this was in ancient times, when a woman's appearance was the most important thing. If she was really too fat, she would suffer a lot of ridicule in the future.
Yunyi didn't want her daughter to experience these things in the future, so she could only start now to deliberately control her weight and prevent her from becoming too fat.
Fortunately, although Ruining loves to eat, she also loves to move around. When Yunyi encouraged her to move around more, she listened and played wildly with her brother outside every day. After a month, although she hadn't lost weight, her weight hadn't continued to increase either, which put Yunyi at ease.
Hearing her mother's teasing words, Ruining protested. She was not fat at all, and her mother was wronging her.
With a pout and a frown, Ruining's face was full of anger as she protested to her mother.
Yinzhen suppressed a laugh as he sat down, placed his daughter on his lap, and held her in his arms, whispering words of comfort.
Hongchao, as the older brother, also put down his toys and ran over to comfort his younger sister.
Seeing that she had angered her daughter, Yunyi quickly stopped smiling and apologized to her daughter with a look of regret.
Seeing how her father, mother, and brother acted, little Ruining, being a magnanimous adult, decided to reluctantly forgive her.
It's clearly just a tiny little kid, but it insists on acting like an adult, creating a huge contrast that looks both strange and funny.
Yunyi and Yinzhen exchanged a glance, both suppressing their smiles. They were afraid that if their daughter saw this, she would get angry again. Their daughter had already been angry once today, and they dared not provoke her a second time. She wouldn't be so easy to appease later.
Just then, a maid from Lady Xitala's courtyard came to report that the Fifth Prince had fallen ill again.
In the past three years, no one in the inner quarters has become pregnant. Only Lady Hitara, who entered the household three years ago, was lucky enough to become pregnant and give birth to the Fifth Prince of the household.
But she was also a bit out of her mind. When she was pregnant, she thought that eating more supplements would help her raise the baby well, so she ate a lot.
She wouldn't listen to anyone's advice and insisted on doing things her own way, overdoing it with supplements, and almost had a difficult delivery because the fetus was too large.
She was incredibly lucky and managed to give birth to the child without any major complications. However, the Fifth Prince was quite weak because he had been in the womb for a long time, but he still managed to grow up to be over a year old without dying.
At this moment, a maid came to report that the Fifth Prince was not well. Yunyi and Yinzhen were not surprised at all. This kind of thing happened several times a month, and everyone was used to it.
At first, Yinzhen would go over to check on the child from time to time, but after he learned that the child was alright, he only went over occasionally.
Despite her behavior, Lady Xitala did not change. Whenever something happened, she would come to Yinzhen, thinking that if the prince came, she would be in luck.
It was also because of the difficult childbirth that Hitara was unable to conceive again. She became reckless and acted without considering the consequences, only caring about what she liked.
When Yinzhen heard the maid's report, he felt somewhat helpless, but remembering that his son's complexion had indeed been a little unwell yesterday, he spoke to his wife about it.
Yunyi nodded, being very virtuous and generous, and let him pass without saying anything in objection.
When Yinzhen arrived at Xitala's courtyard, he saw his youngest son, whose face was flushed red from the fever.
Sometimes, Lady Hitara might have indeed been trying to curry favor by exaggerating her son's condition to attract Yinzhen's attention.
But today, Lady Hitara was not lying; the Fifth Prince was indeed ill.
As the weather gets colder, his health deteriorates, and he develops a fever immediately after being exposed to even a slight breeze.
Despite his deep affection for his son, Yinzhen quickly instructed Su Peisheng to take his token to the Imperial Hospital to invite a physician to treat the Fifth Prince.
The doctors outside were no match for Physician Sun from the Imperial Hospital, who specialized in treating the youngest son's illness. Yinzhen knew his youngest son's health well and was not comfortable having the doctors outside examine him. He only felt at ease after inviting Physician Sun over.
Yunyi only learned of the Fifth Prince's illness a while later, when Wanzhou reported it to her, saying that she saw Eunuch Su, who was by the prince's side, leave the mansion with a token, seemingly to fetch the imperial physician.
Upon hearing Aunt Wanzhou's words, Ruining nestled on her mother's lap and asked with some concern, "Mother, is my brother sick again?"
After finishing her conversation with Wanzhou, Yunyi affectionately patted her daughter's head and whispered, "Yes, your fifth brother is sick again, so you have to be careful not to catch a cold, otherwise you'll have to drink all those bitter medicines."
Ruining believed her mother's words without a doubt. Upon hearing this, she cried as if the medicine had already been fed into her mouth.
Hongzhao, who was standing nearby, knew that his mother was teasing his younger sister. He covered his mouth and chuckled, not daring to let his sister see.
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