The Crown Prince said he was going to see Tong Yunyao, but on the way he ran into Princess Tang, who was out for a stroll. This Princess Tang was quite interesting; the road was so wide, yet she still bumped into the Crown Prince.
Then the Crown Prince naturally didn't go to see Tong Yunyao, and went directly with Tang Gege.
When Tong Yunyao received the news, she was so angry that she tore up the handkerchief in her hand on the spot.
"Shameless bastard, he saw me halfway through and wouldn't let him come over, he really doesn't respect me at all..."
She launched into a tirade of rants, and only after she finished did a palace maid speak up, saying, "Your Highness, anger is bad for your health. You're carrying the little prince in your belly, so please don't let it upset you."
Hearing this, Tong Yunyao was still angry, but she didn't continue to curse.
However, she still wouldn't let it go: "It was Tang Gege who snatched it today, right? I'll remember her. She'll just have to wait."
The palace maid standing nearby lowered her head and remained silent upon hearing this.
Ruthless people usually do ruthless things; what's the point of just making threats?
After a while, Tong Yunyao finally calmed down and started to think.
"Go and fetch the imperial physician, and tell him that I have an upset stomach."
After saying that, she instructed a young eunuch: "Go to that little wretch and call the Crown Prince over."
The palace maid and the eunuch replied, "Yes, Master."
After the two left, she took the old woman's hand and lay down on the bed, looking like she was half-dead.
Finally, the imperial physician arrived, and the crown prince also arrived.
The imperial physician examined her pulse, found it all puzzling, and finally said, "Consort Tong needs to rest quietly; two doses of pregnancy-preserving medicine will suffice."
The pregnancy-preserving medicine didn't cause any problems, so the imperial physician said he had no psychological burden at all.
After the imperial physician left, Tong Yunyao looked at the Crown Prince with a delicate expression and said, "Your Highness, I am not feeling well. I apologize for disturbing you."
The Crown Prince disliked her, but out of consideration for her status and health, he still spoke gently: "Your health is of utmost importance. Since the imperial physician has advised you to rest, for the sake of the child in your womb, you should go out less in the future."
Tong Yunyao said shyly, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I will remember it."
The Crown Prince didn't know what to say to her. It was fine before; he would come over at night as usual. She was an average person, but she was quite pretty. When she wasn't talking, she would just go to sleep in bed.
But it was daytime, and he couldn't sleep, so chatting with her made the Crown Prince feel somewhat awkward.
After saying a few words, he quickly made an excuse that he had other business to attend to and left.
Tong Yunyao continued to make a scene, and the Crown Prince didn't say anything to her, after all, she was pregnant. But he turned to the Crown Princess and said, "Tell Tong to behave herself, but don't go too far."
The crown prince agreed readily, but she felt deflated after he left.
"Granny, tell me, what did I do wrong to deserve this suffering?"
Tong herself is restless; what can she possibly do?
Why should she have to care about these things?
Everyone says that the Crown Princess is noble, but in her position, she didn't feel particularly noble; she only felt tired.
There are endless worries, people to guard against, and sorrows to bear.
What terrible things did she do in her past life?!
“Your Highness, you are the Crown Princess. No matter what they do, they can't surpass you. The Crown Prince still respects you.”
Yes, the Crown Prince respects her, but is that the kind of respect she wants?
She's a woman, generous and virtuous, yet she also longs for someone to pamper her. What good is her virtue if she's not virtuous?
Can a virtuous woman live a more comfortable life than Consort Li?
In fact, she was not living a comfortable life, and because she had not been able to get pregnant, she had not stopped taking her medication.
Everyone says that the First Princess Consort is unlucky. She had four pregnancies and gave birth to four princesses, but what about her? She can't even get pregnant.
The Third Prince's wife gave birth to a son. Although the Fourth Prince's wife was not pregnant, she didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. The Fifth Prince's wife had only been in the household for a short time, so she was even less in a rush.
Thinking about it this way, the Crown Princess felt that there was absolutely no hope in living like this.
"How come even someone like Lady Tong can get pregnant, but my belly is so uncooperative!"
"My lord, I heard that Consort Tong was keeping her door closed and acting strangely before she became pregnant. Should I go and investigate?"
The Crown Princess was taken aback upon hearing this, and then shamefully became tempted: "Go and investigate."
Tong Xueyao has indeed been acting strangely these past few months, but because she is not well-liked, people just think she's having a mental breakdown.
The old woman was just making up an excuse; she didn't really intend to find out anything.
However, this investigation did indeed lead her to believe that she had found something.
"My lord, according to the people around Consort Tong, she has been praying to Buddha recently and burning paper money for rag dolls. She has also been chanting incomprehensible incantations. The rag dolls have the Fourth Prince's birth date and time written on them."
Upon hearing this, the Crown Princess was startled. She asked for the Fourth Prince's wife's birth date and time.
"Tong Shi and her fourth sister-in-law have no reason to be together. Why would she write her birth date and time on a rag doll? Even if she wanted to curse, she shouldn't have cursed her fourth sister-in-law."
"This servant has inquired and learned that Consort Tong is not cursing; she is borrowing luck."
The Crown Princess didn't quite understand: "Borrowing luck?"
"I don't know where she heard it from, but she said that the Fourth Prince Consort has great fortune and a rare blessed destiny. Tong has been trying to borrow fortune from the Fourth Prince Consort for several months now."
The Crown Princess fell silent. This sounded absurd; borrowing luck seemed like utter nonsense.
But when she thought of Tong's pregnant belly, the Crown Princess wondered if it might really work.
She thought back carefully and realized that the Fourth Prince's wife was indeed very lucky. Her brothers were harmonious, her father and mother were loving, and she had heard that several of her sisters-in-law treated her like a younger sister.
She got married! She married the Fourth Prince. At the time, many people thought that a pampered girl like her, who was spoiled at home, would be bullied terribly by Consort Wuya. But what happened?
Every time, Consort Wuya gets so angry that she has to call the imperial physician from time to time, and she suffers from a splitting headache year-round.
As for the man she married, everyone used to say that the Fourth Prince was as cold as ice, and that his future wife would probably find it hard to open her heart to him. But what happened?
The Fourth Prince only stayed with her, and all the other women in the inner quarters were dismissed.
One by one, who can say this isn't fate?
Could it be that some people have good fortune?
The Crown Princess thought of herself. She came from a good family, but her father had many concubines in his harem, and the infighting was fierce. From as far back as she could remember, she had helped her mother fight against the concubines and vie for control of the household. Even after she got married, she was still fighting and vying for power...
Is this just fate?
The more the Crown Princess thought about it, the more confused she became. In the end, she wondered if borrowing luck was really true.
She was exhausted, especially with the comparison to be made.
Before meeting Tong Cheng'er, she felt that her life was okay, after all, isn't that how most people live?
Because of her high status, many people tried to curry favor with her.
But when she compared herself to others, she felt that her life was incredibly miserable.
She inexplicably instructed the nanny, "Don't alert her. Investigate how Tong Shi operated and how she knew about borrowing luck."
The old woman replied, "Yes, Master."
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