"Your Highness, are you really not angry? If you are angry, you should let it out. Don't hold it in, you're pregnant now," Granny Naqi asked cautiously after Chunlan left.
"Granny, I'm really not angry. What's there to be angry about? I'm not surprised at all that Niohuru would do this. The master's harem is practically non-existent now, so it's normal for them to be restless. As long as they don't succeed with such low-class means, I'll just pretend I don't know anything. Anyway, I'm definitely not the only one who's angry about this. If the people who should be angry aren't angry, then what's the use of me being angry?" Yin Qingyi was very open-minded. If Yinzhen wanted, she would rather die in front of him than compromise like this. If Yinzhen didn't want, then she wouldn't do anything, and Yinzhen would handle these things himself.
"It's good that you can think this way, my lady. I was afraid you would get angry but not say anything. If you keep it inside, you'll only suffer in the end." Granny Naqi looked at Yin Qingyi with relief. It's good that you can be so open-minded.
The matter passed just like that. Yin Qingyi didn't mention Yinzhen either because she didn't know that Yinzhen planned to deal with Niohuru after the New Year. After all, Niohuru was a prominent clan, and also because there weren't many people left in his harem. If another one got into trouble, his father might not be able to stand it and would have to fill his harem with more women. He didn't want any more women in his harem; he had his little fox, and that was enough.
Yinzhen had told Kangxi that no female relatives from his household would be coming to the palace this year. Kangxi naturally knew that Yinzhen's wife in the backyard was ill, but if the wife didn't come, shouldn't the other wife come?
"Don't you have a concubine in your household? If the main wife is unwell and doesn't come, then why doesn't the concubine come?" Kangxi said with displeasure.
"Your Majesty, my concubine is pregnant, so..." Yinzhen looked at Kangxi with difficulty.
"It's common for women to be pregnant. If others can come, why can't she?" Kangxi didn't accept this reason. After all, many women entered the palace pregnant every year, so why was she an exception? Originally, if Yinzhen's primary wife could come, Kangxi wouldn't care whether a secondary wife came or not. But since neither the primary wife nor the secondary wife could come, Kangxi disagreed. It wouldn't be proper if at least one person from the inner palace came.
"To be honest, this time Consort is pregnant with twins, which is quite difficult, so I came to tell you. If she were pregnant with a single child, I would never have come to tell you such a thing." Yinzhen showed a look of shame on his face.
"Twins! If I remember correctly, your first pregnancy as a concubine was also a multiple birth, wasn't it?" Kangxi paused for a moment after hearing this, then said with a hint of surprise in his expression.
"Father remembers correctly," Yinzhen replied respectfully.
"Your concubine is quite fortunate. Since that's the case, I grant your request. However, Fourth Prince, your harem is still a bit too small. Never mind, we'll discuss that later. You may leave now." Kangxi smiled, though he had intended to say something. But his mind was already made up. He decided to leave these matters to others. He was getting old and shouldn't interfere in his son's affairs anymore.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I take my leave." Yinzhen was on tenterhooks, fearing that his father would bring up the matter of placing women in his harem. Fortunately, he had thought of many ways to refuse without angering his father, but unexpectedly, his father changed the subject and didn't mention it again. It was better that his father didn't mention it, so he didn't have to think about how to refuse.
Five days later
"Tomorrow you don't need to deal with those women in the back courtyard. Just eat and drink in the courtyard, understand?" Yinzhen said to Yin Qingyi with concern, holding her close.
"I know, I know, you've said it so many times, I can recite it by heart." Yin Qingyi was exhausted. Why had Yinzhen become so nagging? He had said the same thing seven or eight times already. She wasn't a three-year-old child, how could she not remember it?
"I'm just worried about you. I'll be busy for half a month and won't have time to come to the backyard to see you. You must eat well. If you feel even slightly unwell, be sure to tell Granny Qi to ask the royal physician to come and see you. If you really feel unwell, have Su Peisheng go and invite the imperial physician. I'll leave Su Peisheng in the front yard for the next half month. If anything happens, just have someone go to him, understand?" Yinzhen laughed out loud at Yin Qingyi's tone. This little woman didn't know what was good for her. She was the only one in the world who could make him care about her like this, and she was still impatient.
"Okay, I know. I'm sleepy, can you let me sleep?" Yin Qingyi was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open. This jerk had been nagging her all night, and now she wanted to sleep, so couldn't she just let herself go?
"...Go to sleep." Yinzhen was neither angry nor amused at the same time, and finally had no choice but to let her go to sleep.
Upon hearing this, Yin Qingyi fell asleep in no time. She was naturally sleepy, and normally she would have slept for half an hour by now. However, Yinzhen had kept her talking until now. It was already quite remarkable that Yin Qingyi hadn't fallen asleep while Yinzhen was talking.
The next day, Yinzhen got up early. He should have stayed in the front courtyard last night, which would have been more convenient, but he was worried that the little woman would come to Luoxue Pavilion and talk for a long time. After she finished talking, she didn't want to leave, so he had to get up even earlier today. The weather was still cold, and he braved the cold wind to return to the front courtyard before getting into the carriage and heading towards the palace.
When Yin Qingyi opened her eyes, the sun was already high in the sky. It was a rare good day, so it seemed that the people in the palace wouldn't have to suffer so much today.
That evening, Yin Qingyi, having been repeatedly warned by Yinzhen the previous day, naturally wouldn't dine with the women in the back courtyard. She was far more comfortable eating in Luoxue Pavilion. She wasn't worried about being poisoned by those women; just the way they looked at her was enough to fill her up, making it impossible for her to eat anything.
"My lady, please take a nap after you finish eating. We have to stay up to welcome the New Year later. If you don't sleep now, you won't be able to stay up until then." Granny Naqi said helplessly as she watched Yin Qingyi playing cards with Qiuju and the others after finishing her meal.
"I'll go to sleep after I finish this game." Yin Qingyi knew that she would have to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year, and she also knew that she would not be able to stay up until then, so she did not argue at all, and nodded as soon as Granny Qi said it.
"I lost again. Here, here, here, I'll give them all to you. Looks like my luck isn't very good today. I'll continue after I wake up!" Yin Qingyi threw down the cards in her hand and distributed all the gold leaves in front of her to Qiu Ju and the others.
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