Xu Lejin said "good" three times, then asked, "Is His Majesty aware of Princess Gongjing's pregnancy?"
"His Majesty has three princesses who have married. Princess Chunxi and Princess Rongxian married into the Khorchin and Bairin tribes, respectively, and it has been a year since then, with no news of them becoming pregnant. Princess Gongjing, however, became pregnant after only three months of marriage to the Yehenara family. This is good news."
"Princess Gongjing's child is the Emperor's first grandson. Whether it is a boy or a girl, he is of noble birth."
Liu Ying responded softly, then smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Gongjing has already had her consort report to Eunuch Liang, who serves in the Emperor's court. I imagine His Majesty already knows about it by now."
"Um."
Xu Lejin responded, and then bestowed some gold and silver jewelry, medicinal herbs and tonics upon her, instructing her attendant Xiao Luzi to deliver them to Princess Gongjing's residence to congratulate her on her pregnancy.
In Consort Hui's Palace
An hour later, Consort Hui learned that Princess Gongjing was pregnant. The first person to report it was the Imperial Noble Consort, not her. She almost bit her teeth to pieces.
With a ferocious expression, Consort Hui cursed, "What an ungrateful wretch! I raised her for years for nothing. After her marriage, she didn't even come to pay her respects on her homecoming day. Three months have passed since her marriage, and she hasn't sent me a single letter. Now—"
"Now that she is pregnant, she immediately informed the Imperial Noble Consort. She is a heartless and ungrateful wretch. I should have left her to fend for herself in the princes' quarters back then, and never cared about her life or death."
"The worst thing I could have done was to arrange her marriage to the Yehenara clan. I should have sent her to the harsh lands of Mongolia, to let her..."
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