This quiet atmosphere lasted for more than half a year, until the end of the year when the joy of the New Year diluted the sorrowful atmosphere in the mansion.
After so much time has passed, Lady Fucha has recovered from the grief of losing her daughter and has begun to recuperate in preparation for having a second child. As a woman in ancient times, it is normal for her to have this idea.
Putting aside her sorrow, Lady Fucha was still the flawless Fourth Consort, the one who satisfied the Emperor, Empress, Consort Xi, and Hongli.
At the New Year's family banquet, Lady Fucha performed exceptionally well, displaying poise, elegance, and proper manners. She was a daughter-in-law whom Yinzhen was satisfied with, and she had the makings of a future empress.
Because he was satisfied with this daughter-in-law, Yinzhen, who was usually known for his serious and cold demeanor, actually said a few words of comfort to Lady Fucha.
With the Emperor's words in mind, Lady Fucha dared not wallow in the grief of losing her daughter, and told herself every day to fulfill her role as the Fourth Prince's Consort.
Perhaps due to the excellent care she received, in June of the eighth year of the Yongzheng Emperor's reign, shortly after the first birthday of Yunyi's eldest son, the primary consort, Lady Fucha, was diagnosed by the imperial physician as pregnant.
Having grown another year older and already having given birth to one child, Lady Fucha's pregnancy this time went smoothly without any problems, and the journey was peaceful and uneventful.
This time, Granny Chen was extremely prepared, even more attentive than when she first served Lady Fucha, fearing that if she didn't serve her well, there would be problems with this pregnancy again.
Fortunately, everyone's efforts paid off. In the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign, Lady Fucha gave birth smoothly, and the fourth prince, Hongli, was born as his legitimate son.
This was the eldest son born to Lady Fuca. Emperor Yongzheng placed great hopes on this grandson and specially bestowed upon him the name Yonglian.
The Lian is a sacrificial vessel, which implies the succession of the empire. Yongzheng's intention was very clear, and it was similar to what Hongli thought.
Yonglian was well cared for in the womb and was born healthy and chubby. At the full moon banquet, he cried very loudly in the arms of Granny Xi. Many noblewomen present smiled and praised him, saying that the Third Prince was born healthy.
With a healthy son, Fucha felt a great weight lifted from her heart. Her legitimate son had been born, and her mission was complete.
Seeing her most favored daughter-in-law give birth to her eldest grandson, Niohuru was overjoyed. With a legitimate son, her son finally had an heir, making Gao's eldest son less important.
Niohuru didn't want to see the Gao clan, whom she disliked, rise to power, nor did she want to see her looking too smug. She would only be happy if the Fucha clan and the legitimate prince were ahead of her.
The princess consort gave birth to the third prince, but Princess Fucha was not in a good mood.
Although she knew it in her heart, the eldest and third princes had been given names by the emperor, but her own son had not, which made Princess Fucha feel somewhat unhappy.
The eldest prince was the eldest son, the third prince was the legitimate son, and his own son was neither legitimate nor eldest, and without the vanity of being named by the emperor, he was inferior to his brothers.
Princess Fucha thought about this matter day and night, telling herself not to care, that the master still loved the second prince very much, but she still couldn't help but think about it.
Just then, news came that Princess Gao was pregnant, which made Princess Fucha even more unhappy.
Qingdai was initially worried that the eldest prince, born to the Fujin, would be neglected by the master.
But then came good news that made her forget her worries: her mistress was pregnant again.
Qingdai put aside those thoughts and focused wholeheartedly on taking care of her mistress. However, while serving Yunyi, she did not forget the eldest prince Yongjie and took good care of the little guy.
It's quite a coincidence that Yunyi just announced her pregnancy, and then Princess Fucha also said she was pregnant.
With two more princesses pregnant, Hongli's joy never faded, with one surprise after another.
When Consort Xi in the palace heard this news, she was furious again and dragged out Liang Mama, who had done a poor job, and scolded her.
If she hadn't failed in her duties, how could the Gao family be having so many children?
Granny Liang was originally one of Consort Xi's most capable nannies, but because she did something wrong, she was disliked by Consort Xi, and her life has plummeted, far from being as comfortable as before.
Because of this incident, Granny Liang harbored resentment and blamed all the mistakes on Princess Gao. Feeling indignant, Granny Liang began to stir up trouble.
Knowing that Consort Huang in the Fourth Prince's backyard was Consort Xi's person, she falsely conveyed an imperial decree, ordering Consort Huang to take action and harm Consort Gao's unborn child. Only when Consort Gao was unhappy would Granny Liang feel better.
Yunyi learned about this not long after, because she noticed that Huang Gege had been acting strangely lately.
Years of experience with time travel told her that something unusual must be amiss. After becoming suspicious, Yunyi secretly investigated Huang Gege and discovered that it was Liang Mama in the palace who was behind it all.
Yunyi didn't act rashly, wanting to see what Huang Gege would do.
Huang's method of harming people was very simple and brutal. When Yunyi found out, she really wanted to cover her mouth and laugh for a while. She hadn't seen such a simple method of harming people in a long time.
Taking advantage of people's greed, Huang bribed the maid in Yunyi's courtyard to smear oil on the road, hoping that Yunyi would slip and fall while taking a walk, thus causing her to miscarry.
Yunyi ignored it, leaving such matters to Qingdai to handle. As a result, the little maid was caught as soon as she made a move, and the matter eventually reached the ears of Lady Fucha.
Huang was very good at hiding her identity. When her people came into contact with the maid, they did not reveal their identities, so the maid did not reveal any information and could not find out who did it.
When one plan failed, Huang came up with another, but little did she know that she had already been targeted by Hongli.
Yunyi didn't want to deal with Huang Shi herself, but she was also worried that Huang Shi would take action. She was also annoyed by constantly being on guard against Huang Shi, so she secretly pointed the finger at Huang Shi and let Hongli discover these clues.
Hongli knew that Huang was his mother's person, but he was a very filial son and felt that it was nothing for his mother to place people in his backyard.
Moreover, Huang was good-looking and had a somewhat spoiled and manipulative personality, which Hongli found appealing, so he was quite fond of her.
However, all of this paled in comparison to Gao Gege, whom he loved even more. Upon discovering that Huang Shi might be the one who harmed Gao Shi, Hongli became much colder towards Huang Shi.
Not only that, he also sent people to keep an eye on Huang to see if she would give herself away.
Huang was completely unaware of this; she was still thinking about how to succeed in completing the task assigned by Consort Xi.
A sudden idea struck Huang, and after careful consideration for a moment, she finalized her plan.
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