"Didn't you say something, sir? Why are you silent now?"
Yinzhen came to his senses and said, "When we have a grandson in the future, I will decide to give Honghui a child to adopt."
Ulanara's eyes finally broke free of their placid depths and became excited: "Is what you're saying true, Master?"
"I keep my word, but I still need my wife to take care of things in the household."
Ulanara knew it was an exchange, but she didn't mind.
The ancients valued the continuation of the family line. Honghui was only eight years old when he passed away, too young and without an heir. It was not appropriate for him to be adopted by a child of the imperial clan. However, if Yinzhen, as the father, wanted to do it, naturally no one would stop him.
In fact, in her previous life, Ulanara secretly supported Hongli because Niohuru and Hongli promised Ulanara that they would adopt a child for Honghui in the future.
But Ulanara died earlier than him, and Hongli had long forgotten about it.
"Rest assured, Your Majesty, I will certainly ensure the safety of the household and allow you to have no worries. However, I would like to ask Your Majesty to grant me one request: I do not want Consort Li's child, nor do I want Honghui's child."
Yinzhen was taken aback, then realized what was going on. So she already knew that Honghui had been murdered so early on!
When did the Princess Consort find out?
Yinzhen's words were ambiguous, but Ulanara understood them immediately. She gave a sorrowful smile and said, "Your Majesty has probably forgotten that Honghui was my own child. His passing was sudden, and it was impossible for me not to investigate. Ulanara still has some influence. I know that Your Majesty's sudden neglect of Li is because she did something she shouldn't have done."
She understood everything, knowing that the neglect was a way of keeping her in check, since Consort Li was still the mother of several children. But it still hurt her. If she could, she would rather Consort Li remain in favor. Why did it have to cost her son his life?
“Li Shi is indeed somewhat lacking in manners. It is my fault for indulging her to the point that she doesn’t know her place. I don’t care how you want to deal with Li Shi, but for the sake of the children, I will leave her some dignity.”
"I promise you, but the child of Li's adopted child will be given to Honghui. However, Hongyun is a weak child, and Li doesn't know how to raise children. You, my lady, can inquire about his well-being more closely."
Ulanara lowered her head and said, "I understand what you mean, my lord. The child is innocent."
This is a promise not to harm Hongyun. In his previous life, Yinzhen investigated and found that Li Shi was responsible for Hongyun's death, and the Fujin (consort) also interfered a little. He hopes that the Fujin will not do so in this life, and he will send someone to take care of Hongyun.
"I will not let the mastermind who harmed Honghui get away with it."
"I will obey whatever you say, my lord."
After saying this, the couple had nothing more to say.
The closest of couples can be the most distant, but these two are far too distant. They were clearly a young couple who supported each other all the way through life, so how did things come to this?
Watching Yinzhen leave, Ulanara gave a bitter smile. Oh well, this is fate.
The two were destined not to be husband and wife, and could only maintain this polite and distant relationship.
Ulanara didn't care much about Le Shu. No matter how much favored she was, in her eyes, she was at most a little better than Consort Li.
However, stability within the household was indeed important. Considering the turbulent situation in the court, Ulanara felt that the household could not be allowed to continue like this and that it was time to make changes.
It's really outrageous that no one else in the household has given birth to a child except for Madam Li. She's hoping someone will give birth to a son soon so she can have a grandson.
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After leaving the main courtyard, Yinzhen went directly to Le Shu's place.
He remembered that Le Shu had mentioned a complete guide to heated brick beds, a complete guide to wool processing, and a formula for honeycomb briquettes. Since this winter was cold, he quickly had people make them and promote them so that fewer people would freeze to death.
With that thought in mind, Yinzhen had already arrived at Shaoguang Courtyard.
Upon entering the courtyard, Yinzhen, without waiting for them to bow, asked directly, "Where is your princess?"
Xiao Lan: "Gege is inside the house."
Xiao Lan raised her voice considerably and reminded Le Shu inside the room.
Le Shu did hear it, but Yinzhen and Su Peisheng both saw Xiao Lan's actions. To be honest, they were both speechless. Couldn't she have been a little less obvious?
Someone else might have thought there was something shameful in the house!
Yinzhen investigated Xiaolan and found her to be a good person, but now she seems to have some issues.
"Su Peisheng, you personally teach Xiaolan the rules. She doesn't need to come in with you."
After saying that, Yinzhen went straight into the house.
Xiao Lan was dumbfounded, and Su Peisheng felt even more helpless seeing her bewildered expression.
Xiao Lan: "Eunuch Su, what did Master mean by what he just said?"
Su Peisheng: "What Master means is that Miss Xiaolan needs to relearn the rules, otherwise she might cause trouble for your princess."
Xiao Lan's eyes widened, then a hint of fear flashed in them: "Please teach me, Eunuch Su."
Su Peisheng: Although he is not clever, he is obedient. As for loyalty, it is hard to say how he was before, but now he must be loyal.
When Yinzhen entered the room, Le Shu still stood up and bowed, saying, "Greetings to Your Highness."
"No need for formalities in private. I'm not used to your way of speaking, and I'm not used to hearing it either. It's settled then, just call me by my name."
Le Shu stood up abruptly: "Don't try to fool me. You really don't need to bow? Are you trying to flatter me to death?"
Yinzhen found her thought process quite strange: "Praising you to death doesn't have to be limited to private conversations. I'm not being polite to you, and I still don't know how you came up with the idea of praising you to death."
"It's not my fault. We don't have as many rules and no concept of hierarchy. I've seen in TV dramas that many emperors and princes like to tell their favorite concubines that they don't need to follow the rules, but after a while, they will use the rule-breaking to convict them."
"That's utter nonsense. What emperor or prince would do that? What kind of TV drama is this?"
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