Looking at the familiar eyes that were slightly blue as they held her, Qingyin had only ever seen one person like him before. She looked at her father-in-law in surprise.
"Consort, you recognize me?"
A teasing voice, so soft that only Qingyin could hear it, rang in her ears, stirring up wisps of breeze.
The man holding Qingyin on the delivery bed looked reluctant, but this scene was definitely not a reason for him to stay. He was fine holding Qingyin in the rush, but there was no way a father-in-law would stay in the delivery room.
Because of childbirth, Qingyin was thinking about the Wuyuan Master who had gone from a high monk to a sweeping eunuch. She drank the fertility pill and pain relief pill from the chicken soup that Songzhi fed her, and then prepared for childbirth.
Yinzhen and Yixiu, who had been notified outside, also arrived at the door. However, their thoughts were exactly opposite: one hoped for the safety of mother and child, while the other hoped for the deaths of both mother and child. Their determination, however, was the same.
Inside the room, Dongmei was also checking each of the midwives, making sure that everyone was clean and dressed before allowing them to enter. Seeing this, the two midwives' eyes clearly showed panic, which Dongmei noticed and had them taken out immediately.
While giving birth in the inner courtyard, Qingyin noticed a nanny who seemed hostile towards her. She warily observed the nanny's actions, and sure enough, an hour later, just as the baby was about to be born, the nanny reached out and tried to push the child further in, but Qingyin caught her immediately.
"What do you want to do!"
Before the midwife in green could even be shocked by the concubine's strength, she was dragged away by other burly maids. Seeing this, the other midwives were terrified and obediently helped Qingyin give birth.
Outside the courtyard, Yinzhen's face darkened as he watched the nannies struggling to explain themselves. Madam Nian, standing to the side, wished she could torture them to death. The fierce looks from the group sent chills down the spines of the nannies with ill intentions. Meanwhile, Yixiu, realizing that her planted people had been caught, felt a pang of guilt and stood frozen in place.
Soon, a loud baby's cry came from inside the house. The person hiding in the tree and pretending to be working also breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the brightly lit delivery room filled with tenderness.
"Congratulations, Your Highness, congratulations, Princess Consort, it's a little prince."
Yinzhen stood there stunned. Before he could even excitedly look at the child, Geng Yuebin, who was lifting her skirt and disregarding her image, was even faster. She looked at the wrinkled baby with loving eyes. Because of Qingyin's beauty filter, she found the baby with wrinkled skin adorable no matter what.
The nanny holding the baby prince was stunned. Normally, the prince would hold the baby and let him see it, but the first one to rush up was the prince's concubine, Geng Gege. It seems that Consort Nian and Geng Gege have a good relationship. She hesitated and presented the swaddling clothes to Geng Yuebin.
Fortunately, Yinzhen quickly realized what was happening and took his place without lingering. He then took the young prince, who was still howling loudly, directly from the nanny's hands.
"His voice is quite loud; he's a strong man." Yinzhen looked tenderly at the little prince who was howling loudly without shedding a tear, held him for a while, then ignored Yixiu and put the child back into Lady Nian's arms.
He ignored the attempts of others to stop him and went straight into the house to see Qingyin, who had just given birth.
Watching Yixiu pass by and hand the child to Madam Nian, her heart was filled with venom. Did she not give it to her because she discovered that he had tampered with it? Yixiu was filled with fear and hatred, and looked at Yinzhen's back with resentment.
The palace also received news that the concubine of Prince Yong's mansion had given birth to a little prince. Consort De of Yonghe Palace paused for a second while combing her hair. "What a useless thing, she can still give birth to such a child. Qinglian, go and wipe away the marks."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Meanwhile, Kangxi, who was in the study, nodded and said, "This can now be considered the fourth prince's first son, right?"
Liang Jiugong smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes."
"Then let's name him Fupei. Liang Jiugong, you can give him some rewards, one level lower than the Crown Prince's."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Liang Jiugong withdrew, having guessed at the Emperor's generosity towards the Fourth Prince. It seemed the Emperor valued the Fourth Prince quite a bit.
Thinking of this, he selected items with auspicious meanings and had them respectfully delivered to Prince Yong's residence.
In the Yong Prince's Mansion, Qingyin lay on the bed enjoying the shrimp wontons fed to her by her mother. Qingyin originally wanted to eat by herself, but due to Madam Nian's doting affection, she let her mother feed her personally. It can be said that she truly lived a life of leisure where everything was done for her.
After finishing her meal, Qingyin looked at the large number of high-quality and beautiful gifts that had arrived from the palace, her eyes crinkling with laughter, which amused Madam Nian.
"We always make sure you have all the good stuff, how come you're still so greedy?"
"Hmph, Mother, you don't know, do you? You can never have too many good things!"
Seeing Qingyin's playful and mischievous antics, Madam Nian and the maids in the room were all amused, and the room was filled with laughter.
The original Wuyuan master, who was diligently sweeping the floor outside, heard the laughter from the unknown fake eunuch. A slight smile appeared on his lips, and he had the illusion that his wife and children were inside. He then swept the floor even more diligently.
A month passed quickly, and Madam Nian returned to the General's Mansion. Qingyin, who had just finished her postpartum confinement, took a long and refreshing bath. Meanwhile, the increasingly handsome little Fupei was taken by her father to the outer courtyard for his third-day celebration. Because she was a concubine, Qingyin didn't need to worry about anything. She was also very relieved about the little Fupei who had been taken away, since the child was under the system's monitoring and protection, and nothing could go wrong.
This time, however, Qingyin directly gave the child a face like Emperor Kangxi, allowing the child to win without any effort and avoid some scheming. Not to mention how shocked Yinzhen himself was, even Yixiu, who was seeing Fupei for the first time, couldn't help but show astonishment and understood the impact of this face.
At the banquet, the princes were shocked to see Fupei, who looked exactly like their father, the Emperor. Wasn't this supposed to be a prince? This was a get-out-of-jail-free card! Thinking of this, everyone cast envious glances at Yinzhen and the Nian family.
Regardless of what they were thinking, Nian Xialing looked at his grandson, who looked exactly like his boss, with a mixture of pride and worry. His lips twitched slightly. Why did he want to pinch his chubby little face so badly?
If anyone knew what Nian Xialing was thinking, they would definitely give him a few shameless looks. He got the benefits and still acted innocent. He's really shameless. Wouldn't it be better to give them this kind of trouble? Envy looks still came out from the bottom of their hearts.
It seemed that the original gift for the young prince was no longer appropriate. With this in mind, the guests and princes took out even more valuable items, which shocked Nian Xialing and the others with their wealth.
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