Ji Chenglin glanced at Dan Ruo, and a rare hint of tenderness appeared in his usually cold voice: "Of course I like you."
Then he said calmly, "Aunt, please discuss Wanqing's marriage with the princess. Wanqing is my cousin. If she is wronged in her husband's family in the future, the princess will naturally support her."
When Li Wanqing heard Ji Chenglin's words, she ran away crying. How could her cousin like that bad woman? Why didn't he like her and wanted her to get married so much?
Madam Li looked embarrassed and guilty. "It's my fault for not disciplining my daughter well. I will definitely have Wanqing apologize to the princess in person later."
Dan Ruo knew how much Ji Chenglin valued Madam Li, so she smiled and said, "Don't worry, Auntie. My cousin is still young, and she will be fine in the future."
On the way back, Ji Chenglin went to the study.
Caiyue couldn't help but worry: "Princess, that cousin is obviously in love with the prince, and the prince has his eyes on Madam Li. I'm afraid she will become your rival in the future."
Dan Ruo smoothed Cai Yue's frown, "My little housekeeper, this matter depends on what the prince thinks. It's useless for us to overthink it."
The Queen Mother claimed to be ill, so naturally there was no arrangement for her to enter the palace the day after the wedding.
After meeting Madam Li, the stewards from various places came to pay their respects to the princess.
The palace's steward had already prepared the gifts for her return tomorrow, the third day after tomorrow. But then the doorman said an invitation had arrived from Duke Cheng'en's mansion, saying they were hosting a banquet tomorrow to honor Ning Rongrong as their legitimate daughter, and specifically invited the prince and princess.
Caiyue's face turned ugly. "The princess is returning home tomorrow, but they've chosen a different date to hold a banquet for the fifth young lady. This is really bullying."
Dan Ruo directly asked the housekeeper to reply that he would not go tomorrow as he was not feeling well.
Ji Chenglin rushed to the inner courtyard after hearing this, fearing that she would be sad. Everything she was going through was because of marrying him. "Tomorrow, the king will take you to the hot spring villa. We will spend a few days there."
I was clearly out having fun, but I spent more time in bed than playing. Fortunately, I should be pregnant by now.
On December 15th, Ning Rongrong, with her ten-mile-long red wedding dress and a full 180-load dowry, entered the palace as queen.
Afterwards, the emperor stayed in the harem for ten consecutive days before he began to show his favor to the new concubines who had entered the palace during the selection, giving the harem enough face.
Ning Rongrong, however, had a lot of troubles. She felt much weaker after falling into the water, and the imperial physician told her that it would be difficult for her to get pregnant. So Duke Cheng'en chose the sixth girl Ning Yingying as his concubine. Every day when the emperor came to the palace, Ning Yingying would sleep with him, so that he could get pregnant quickly.
Moreover, the imperial concubine seemed to have handed over the palace power to him smoothly, but she left a lot of messes for herself.
The Queen Mother gave her the nanny who was given to Dan Ruo at that time, but she was in power for the first time and did not want to listen to the orders of a few old slaves. She was exhausted but many things were not done well, so she was called in by the Queen Mother and scolded.
As the January deadline approached, she spent 10,000 taels to buy the antidote from Danruo.
At the New Year's Eve palace banquet, Danruo appeared in front of everyone for the first time as the Regent Princess, looking radiant.
Throughout the entire banquet, Ji Chenglin protected Dan Ruo very tightly. Everyone thought that Ji Chenglin was torturing her by marrying her home, but they didn't expect him to dote on her so much.
However, looking at Danruo's beautiful face, everyone felt that it was understandable. It seemed that the Regent was also unable to resist the temptation of beautiful women.
As the banquet was coming to an end, the imperial concubine reported the good news to the emperor, saying that Luo Changzai in her palace was already three months pregnant.
Ning Rongrong secretly resented that she had just been queen for less than a month and a little concubine was pregnant.
The Imperial Concubine is really something. She was the Emperor's princess before, but she was able to give birth to so many children in the harem. Now someone in the Imperial Concubine's palace is pregnant again, causing trouble for herself.
The emperor didn't even remember Concubine Luo, but he was very happy and immediately promoted her.
Because he felt that he had always been suppressed by the Regent, and it seemed that he was better than him only in having children.
So he was very happy, "Royal brother, now that you have married a princess, you must work hard to expand the royal family."
Ji Chenglin ignored him and continued drinking.
Seeing that the emperor was unable to step down, the queen mother thought for a moment:
"The late emperor has known for some time that the Regent has married. If he is still alive, he appeared in my dream yesterday. He told me that the Regent was injured for the sake of the court and should not be left without a child. He asked me to consider adopting a son for the Regent."
"Thank you Queen Mother for your kindness. I don't want to raise a child for the time being. I have to prioritize state affairs. Now that the kingship in the north is changing, I'm afraid they will be ready to make a move."
The ministers became worried and began to discuss things in the north.
Ji Chenglin easily changed the subject.
After the palace banquet, the two returned to the mansion. Ji Chenglin took out the jade comb he had polished and gave it to Danruo as a New Year's gift.
Danruo sat in front of the mirror, letting Ji Chenglin comb her long hair, her eyes moving. The comb meant growing old together, and this gift was also Ji Chenglin's way of expressing his love.
The temperature in the room gradually rose. Ji Chenglin carried Danruo horizontally to the bed. When he was about to press down on her, Danruo pushed him away.
Ji Chenglin stared at Dan Ruo in confusion. Dan Ruo said slowly, "My period is seven days late."
Seeing that Ji Chenglin didn't understand, Dan Ruo continued to remind him, "She should be pregnant, but it's been too short a time. I'm afraid the doctor can't diagnose her."
When the Emperor and the Queen Mother said that to him at the banquet today, he was actually unhappy.
However, he didn't know whether his hidden illness was completely cured or not. He was already satisfied with getting Danruo and didn't think much about the issue of offspring.
Now, having suddenly received this good news, he was stunned for a moment, and then fell into a state of ecstasy. Danruo looked into his bright and shining eyes, and then fell into his arms, listening to him excitedly say: "We are going to have a child, I can have a child..."
Ji Chenglin called the doctor overnight and got the news that although the pulse was still weak, there was no doubt that she was pregnant, but he could wait a few days to check again.
It was late at night, but Ji Chenglin had no desire to sleep. He was fantasizing about his baby and had already started naming him.
Danruo thought that one name was not enough.
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