Seeing that Yinzhen said this, Yin Qingyi was no longer in a hurry and waited patiently.
"Are the children awake?" Yinzhen looked around but didn't see any children asking.
"No, I thought it was still early, and if I woke the children up they would start making a fuss, so I didn't ask them to wake up. I can just carry them to the car later." Yin Qingyi shook her head. To be honest, Yin Qingyi didn't want to go through all this trouble with three children in such cold weather, but the advantage was that many things in the royal family weren't as she wished. The people in the palace had wanted to see the triplets for months, and it would be a bit unreasonable not to take them during the holidays.
"Yes, you've thought of everything." Yinzhen nodded.
The two only talked for a short while, about fifteen minutes, before Su Peisheng returned with the porridge. It was only because the kitchen staff had cleverly left some soup behind that it arrived so quickly.
Yin Qingyi tasted it; the temperature was just right. She quickly finished a bowl of porridge. Yin Qingyi put down the bowl. This was the correct way to eat breakfast. Those two pastries were just for filling her stomach; they didn't count as breakfast at all.
"Let's go when you've finished eating. The car is already waiting at the door." Yinzhen looked at Yin Qingyi with smiles in his eyes. This little fox is satisfied with just a bowl of porridge.
"Yes. Granny Naqi, please take care of the three children." Yin Qingyi nodded and whispered to Granny Naqi behind her as she looked at the three children who had already been brought over.
"This old servant knows, mistress, please watch your step." Granny Naqi nodded, reminding Yin Qingyi.
A large group of people arrived at the front courtyard, where they found the Fujin (Prince Consort) already waiting. Seeing Yinzhen and Yin Qingyi walking hand-in-hand, the Fujin's expression immediately darkened.
"Fujin!" Yin Qingyi looked at the Fujin, gave a slight curtsy, and stood up before the Fujin could say anything.
"..." The Fujin was already seething with anger. She had waited for so long, and this wretched woman still dared to give her such a hard time! The Fujin didn't speak, but just looked at Yinzhen with a bad expression, to see what Yinzhen was going to say.
"Everyone, get in the carriage. Lady Yin and the children will ride in my carriage." Yinzhen seemed not to have seen the look in his wife's eyes. Of course he had seen the little woman's perfunctory actions towards him, but why was she acting like that? Didn't the little woman know why she was looking at him like that?
"Your Highness, if Consort Yinzhen keeps wasting time like this, it will probably be late!" Consort Yinzhen's face turned green with anger when she saw that he didn't speak.
"How do you know it was Lady Yin who wasted time? Besides, the fact that you're saying these things here is already wasting time!" Yinzhen said to Lady Yin with a stern face. After speaking, he didn't wait for Lady Yin to say anything and took Lady Yin to his carriage. The three wet nurses got into the carriage one after another.
The Fujin stood outside watching all this, feeling utterly ridiculous about her title of Fujin!
"Mother." Honghui had witnessed everything. He had never met this concubine, whom his mother had described as scheming, before. This was the first time he had seen her, and she was somewhat different from what his mother had said. In his eyes, this concubine was a very gentle person. He also knew why his mother was targeting him. Although he was young, he was precocious. He had already understood the cause and effect of the incident with the Taoist priest a few months ago. It was all his mother's own doing, and had nothing to do with this concubine. In fact, this concubine was a victim, and he had no right to blame her. However, seeing his father protecting this concubine and seeing his mother's injured state, Honghui couldn't help but feel a little sad.
"Mother is alright, let's get in the carriage." The Fujin was brought back to her senses by Honghui's call of "Mother," and after composing herself, she led Honghui into the carriage behind.
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"Your Majesty, you don't blame me for being so disrespectful to the Princess Consort?" Yin Qingyi asked Yinzhen, who was sitting next to her, after the carriage started moving. To be honest, she had already prepared herself to be scolded by Yinzhen.
"Sigh~ How could I bear to blame you? It's one thing to act like this in front of me, but you can't do this once you're in the palace, you know? At least you've put on a good show." Yinzhen said earnestly, holding Yin Qingyi's hand.
"Of course I know that, I'm not stupid." Yin Qingyi was happy. Of course she knew she had to put on a good show in front of outsiders, but she had also done so in front of Yinzhen before. Today, she did it on purpose to see how Yinzhen would handle the matter. When she found out that Yinzhen was on her side, Yin Qingyi had to admit that she seemed to like Yinzhen.
"Hmm, you're the smartest." Yinzhen chuckled, secretly pleased. He knew Yin Qingyi was testing him, but so what? The test showed that this little woman cared about him, which was a good result, wasn't it?
The two exchanged only a few words before Yin Qingyi looked at the three children sleeping soundly and couldn't help but yawn.
"If you're sleepy, take a nap. I'll wake you when we get there." Yinzhen looked at Yin Qingyi, whose eyes were glistening with tears, and felt a pang of tenderness in his heart.
"Forget it, my head will be a mess after I sleep." Yin Qingyi reached out and touched the exaggerated decorations on her head. To be honest, if she hadn't been cultivating, these headdresses would have crushed her! They were too heavy. She didn't know how these women could chat and laugh with heads weighing over ten kilograms. Yin Qingyi admired them from the bottom of her heart!
"Yes, that's true. I've never seen you dressed so formally before. You look very beautiful, but you actually look even better without all these things." Yinzhen looked at Yin Qingyi seriously. He really thought that this little woman's usual attire was already very beautiful, and this formal attire was a bit too exaggerated. But everyone dresses like this during the New Year, so it would be strange if you didn't dress like this.
"Right? I think so too, but Granny Qi insisted that I wear these. This headdress weighs over ten kilograms. Wearing it all day would break my neck." Yin Qingyi said exaggeratedly. Actually, it wasn't an exaggeration. If it were her in the past, her neck really would have broken.
"What nonsense are you spouting? Children speak without thinking!" Yinzhen glared at Yin Qingyi. Was it something to say so casually about a broken neck?
"...I'm already a mother of three, how can you say such innocent things?" Yin Qingyi glared back at Yinzhen.
“You’ve only just turned eighteen this year, so it’s only natural for children to speak without thinking.” Yinzhen was a little stunned when he said this. Yes, this little woman was only eighteen years old. No wonder he had always had the illusion of raising a daughter.
"...Then I'm also a mother of three!" Even if Yinzhen hadn't pointed it out, Yin Qingyi wouldn't have noticed. She was only eighteen! She was only eighteen and already a mother of three! Yin Qingyi was speechless, not wanting to talk to Yinzhen anymore. She closed her eyes and comforted herself, "This is the Qing Dynasty. It's normal to become a mother at eighteen in the Qing Dynasty! It's very normal!"
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