Ji Huan accepted the imperial decree and immediately began to focus on her pregnancy, as her pregnancy was not going well.
During her pregnancy, the harem remained relatively peaceful. There was no way around it; the recent turmoil had been too much. Although there was still one vacant concubine position, the other concubines were clearly not as capable of causing trouble as the women in the harem.
During this period, Ji Huan's happiness mainly came from Consort Jia.
I'm just waiting to see her make a fool of herself.
Emperor Qianlong was vengeful. After the Imperial Concubine was chosen, he finally remembered Consort Jia, and thus, Consort Jia began to suffer misfortune.
Emperor Qianlong certainly had many ways to torment people, and Consort Jia certainly had a difficult time during this period.
Ji Huan was thoroughly enjoying the spectacle.
The palace is a lonely place, but having something entertaining to watch is a good thing.
Finally, before Ji Huan gave birth, Consort Jia was demoted to Consort Jia for misbehaving in front of the Emperor. After her demotion, Emperor Qianlong lost interest in tormenting her. However, after experiencing so many things, she realized that what she had done had been discovered.
Then I got sick, and it was quite serious. So I started to stay in bed to recover.
At this time, she and Consort Ling gave birth one after the other, and both gave birth to princesses. They both looked weak and needed to be carefully cared for, and it was very likely that they would not grow up.
Emperor Qianlong was not at all surprised when he thought about what had happened during their pregnancies.
However, he did not know that Consort Ling's princess was truly frail, while Princess Jihuan's was feigning frailty; her pulse simply appeared weak. In a few years, she would recover under her mother's careful care.
After giving birth, Ji Huan remembered her enemy, Consort Ling, and decided to teach her a lesson.
Thinking that she was similar to Consort Jia, both being easily fertile after conception, the reason why she conceived slowly but came into the world so quickly was simply because the quality of Qianlong's sperm declined.
Therefore, she decided to restore Consort Ling's historical "fertility-promoting" constitution.
Honestly, in her opinion, making a woman keep getting pregnant is one of the most vicious punishments in the world. Let her belly never be idle, fine.
Thus, three months after Consort Ling finished her postpartum confinement, she was diagnosed with the good news that she was two months pregnant.
A group of people went over to congratulate her and envy her good fortune in getting pregnant.
As for Ji Huan, she devoted herself entirely to her daughter, and her dedication led Emperor Qianlong to privately admire her as a good mother on several occasions.
What impression did Ji Huan leave on Emperor Qianlong?
She was both unlucky and somewhat lucky, both weak and strong, dependent on and obedient to him, outstanding in appearance, and overflowing with talent. She could respond to his words in poetry and songs, and she was kind-hearted. Most importantly, she also had the heart of a loving mother.
She is a woman who needs his protection.
Although Emperor Qianlong had repeatedly suspected and tested her, this did not prevent him from reaching this conclusion.
While Ji Huan was diligently "nurturing" her daughter's health for two years, Consort Ling gave birth to two more children, a son and a daughter.
However, during this period, Consort Ling's second daughter died because she was not properly cared for.
Emperor Qianlong had some reservations about Consort Ling regarding this.
He felt that Consort Ling did not take her children seriously. Back then, Ji Huan and Consort Ling had daughters one after the other. Ji Huan cared about her daughter every day and raised her well, but Consort Ling's daughter died young.
The imperial physician said that Consort Ling's daughter was even healthier than Ji Huan's daughter, and with careful care, she should be able to survive.
Based on this idea, Emperor Qianlong began to distribute Consort Ling's children to other concubines who did not have children.
Consort Qing was promoted to Imperial Concubine Qing last year, and she has been supporting Consort Ling's fourteenth prince.
There was also Consort Wan, who was raising Consort Ling's youngest daughter.
Her eldest daughter, due to her age, has been sent to the princess's residence, but it is said that her health is not very good.
Frequent childbirth, coupled with the declining quality of Emperor Qianlong's sperm, resulted in Consort Ling giving birth repeatedly, but none of her children were healthy.
In the twenty-first year of the Qianlong Emperor's reign, a few months after Consort Ling gave birth to her fourth child, she became pregnant again.
The concubines in the harem, who initially envied her, no longer do so; instead, they feel a touch of pity.
Although humanity has progressed to the point where it is still in a state of ignorance, it has also accumulated its own wisdom.
Women in this era are valued for procreation, but they are human beings. They know that many children bring many blessings, but they also understand that such frequent childbirth consumes their lives.
Consort Ling looked at her belly. Her appearance was still there, but her eyes no longer had the liveliness they once had.
Frequent pregnancies put a huge burden on her body, but she dared not openly use contraceptive medicine because she did not have a healthy son and did not dare to completely destroy her fertility.
Unfortunately, she is extremely fertile, and it's not possible to forgo her favor just to avoid getting pregnant.
Consort Ling is now caught in a dilemma, unable to move forward or backward.
Having many children is not necessarily a good thing.
Ji Huan was also revealed to be two months pregnant three months after Consort Ling became pregnant.
A few months later, the two gave birth to three princesses, one after the other.
That's right, Ji Huan is a twin this time.
During the Qing Dynasty, multiple births were considered very taboo, but the taboo was against male births. In common society, the birth of twins or multiple sons was regarded as an omen of bad luck, and those who were seriously injured would be punished.
But my daughter is fine.
Emperor Qianlong was quite pleased with this and held a grand full-moon celebration for his two daughters.
In the following years, Ji Huan focused on raising her child. In fact, playing with the child was much more interesting than competing for the emperor's favor. Of course, she also put her heart into the relationship with Emperor Qianlong, because life in the harem was not easy without his favor.
In recent years, Consort Ling's belly has been almost constantly pregnant, no longer one child a year, but two children every three years, which has given her a chance to recuperate and catch her breath.
Similarly, her children were given to other concubines to raise after they were born, and they were all sickly, but they did not die young.
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