Two months later, Song Gege went into labor and gave birth to a daughter, the eldest daughter of the Fourth Prince, who gave her special permission to raise herself.
Another month has passed, and at the eldest princess's full-month celebration, Li Gege revealed that she is three months pregnant.
Li was still somewhat sensible; she didn't bring it up during the daytime banquet, but rather at the family dinner that night.
Even so, Yinzhen still couldn't help but turn cold.
He disliked Li Shi at all, and the only time he favored her was because she was drugged.
After that incident, he ordered Li to be confined to her quarters for three months. She was only released when the eldest princess's full moon celebration was approaching. Unexpectedly, as soon as she came out, she dropped a bombshell on him.
Yunyi reacted quickly and instructed Wanzhou to invite a physician from the Imperial Hospital to examine Li Gege's pulse. The result was that the news was true.
Although he looked cold and unhappy, Yinzhen, under the wife's quiet persuasion, still instructed Su Peisheng to deliver the reward.
At this moment, Yinzhen's mind was in turmoil. Of the two princesses in the backyard, one had given birth and the other was pregnant. When would the child he was looking forward to with his wife arrive?
Yunyi had no choice; her current physical age was only thirteen. Even if she could do things that were inappropriate for children, getting pregnant would be difficult.
For her own safety, she should consummate her marriage at the earliest at fourteen and have a child at fifteen; any earlier is not acceptable.
When Lady Li announced her pregnancy, Consort De was quite pleased and praised Li Mama, who had chosen the maids, saying that she had good judgment and that both of the maids she selected were happy, which made her look good.
In a good mood, Consort De also bestowed some gifts upon Consort Li, instructing her to take good care of herself during her pregnancy and strive to give birth to a son, thus producing her eldest grandson.
During her pregnancy, Li did not cause any trouble. She knew that her previous behavior had displeased the Fourth Prince, and her priority was to take good care of the child in order to plan for the future.
Unfortunately, Li's and Consort De's wishes were destined to be in vain. In June of the thirty-fourth year of Kangxi's reign, Li Gege successfully gave birth to a daughter, the second daughter of the Fourth Prince.
Although Consort De was slightly disappointed that she hadn't given birth to a prince, she quickly put that disappointment behind her. She hadn't really liked this son anyway, so she didn't care about not having a grandson.
But Li was different. She had high hopes for this pregnancy. In order to get pregnant and to serve the emperor, she did not hesitate to use the medicine, even if it displeased the fourth prince. But now she has not been able to get what she wanted.
She had made all the plans. Even if she was disliked, she was confident that with the prince around, she could regain his favor. But now she had given birth to a little princess. What was she to do?
Without the emperor's favor, and having already fallen for the fourth prince's trick once, it would be even more difficult for her to conceive again using the same method.
In the backyard, without the prince's favor, all the beautiful future she had envisioned would become a fantasy. How could she possibly fulfill her family's expectations of her?
Having no other choice, Li Yuhua could only turn to her aunt for help.
Ever since her niece gave birth to the second princess, Granny Li has been thinking about how to help her niece out of her current predicament.
But now the situation has been ruined by Li Yuhua and there is no way forward. Even the experienced Granny Li can't think of a good solution for the time being. She can only comfort her niece and tell her to take good care of the second princess.
The second princess's full moon celebration was not as grand as the eldest princess's because of Yinzhen's attitude. Besides, the eldest daughter had an advantage over the second daughter.
Without the excitement of becoming a father for the first time, and with the child born to a woman he didn't like, the second princess's full-month celebration was...
Recently, Yinzhen has often been in a daze, no longer the shrewd and wise man he used to be.
From thirty years ago to now, thirty-four years have passed since he married his concubine. This May, his concubine celebrated her fourteenth birthday.
In ancient times, this age was not considered young; it was an age when one could get married, have children, and be married.
A few days ago, Lady Tongjia summoned her son and urged the young couple to find time to consummate their marriage.
Lady Tongjia was very satisfied with her daughter-in-law Yunyi, and naturally hoped that her eldest son could be born to her primary wife.
With both Li and Song having become pregnant, Tongjia was worried that the eldest son from a concubine would be born first. Fortunately, Heaven had eyes and did not allow either of them to give birth to a son from a concubine.
Now that her daughter-in-law had reached a certain age, Lady Tongjia urged the two of them to consummate their marriage quickly and have a child. In the end, the first child was a prince, allowing the legitimate son to claim the firstborn.
But after several days of talking, seeing her son hesitant and unwilling to take any action, Tongjia was so frustrated that she had no choice but to call her daughter-in-law over herself.
When Yunyi came out of Chengqian Palace, she was blushing. She was young when she got married, and although the Jueluo clan gave her a mysterious booklet as part of her dowry, they did not tell her about it in detail.
Tongjia was aware of this as well. Now that she wanted her son and daughter-in-law to consummate their marriage, she blushed and handed a new booklet to her daughter-in-law, telling her to take it home and read it.
Yunyi asked Wanzhou to keep the pamphlet for her, while she herself returned to the prince's residence with a flushed face.
Once inside her main courtyard, she dismissed the palace maids who usually served her and leaned against a small couch to examine the booklet.
After reading it, Yun Yi felt calm and composed. There was really not much content in this booklet, and the drawings were blurry. It might be able to fool some naive children, but it wouldn't be very effective in fooling someone like her who was probably quite old.
After reading it, Yunyi casually stuffed the booklet under the cushion on the small couch, and called out to Wanzhou to come in, saying that she was hungry and wanted some snacks.
In the evening, Yinzhen returned from the Imperial Study and somewhat awkwardly sent away his three younger brothers who usually accompanied him to study, before returning to his residence alone.
Yinxiang was an honest and good younger brother. Without asking why, he went straight back to his place, but the Ninth Prince Yintang and the Tenth Prince Yinxiang were not happy about it.
Yinzhen is now a loyal fan of Yunyi. Every day when he comes to his fourth brother's place, he discusses arithmetic problems with his fourth sister-in-law and benefits greatly from it.
As for Yinzhen, he didn't do it for studying or math problems; he simply wanted to eat the snacks his fourth brother and sister-in-law made.
Fortunately, Yinzhen knew in advance that his two younger brothers were difficult to deal with, so he prepared pastries and questions in advance and gave them to his two brothers, thus sending them away.
I walked back with a heavy heart, but then I found myself walking into the main courtyard with practiced ease.
Yunyi, with her sharp eyes, immediately spotted the familiar hem of a garment at the doorway—the very garment she had made for Yinzhen.
"Master, why didn't you go to the study? Didn't your ninth, tenth, and thirteenth brothers come today?"
He inwardly grimaced, somewhat dissatisfied that his wife hadn't asked him but instead asked his three younger brothers. A little jealous, Yinzhen went over and took his wife's hand.
"They all had things to do today, so they didn't come. You've already finished your studies, so I came to see you."
Yunyi smiled and teased him knowingly, "Didn't we just see each other this morning? Haven't you had enough yet?"
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