"Princess, Lady Xiulan has brought over some clothes."
After being busy for so long, Le Shu almost forgot that all she originally wanted was to be able to wear something cool in the summer.
"Let her in."
Only Xiulan came this time. Xiumei's skills are better than Xiulan's, but Xiulan has stronger social skills. The two now have a clear division of labor and have several embroiderers under their command.
"Greetings to the master."
"Get up."
Xiulan stood up: "Thank you, Master."
Le Shu looked at Xiu Lan, who was followed by a number of people, each carrying a tray with a stack of clothes on it.
"Why are there so many! There's no need to rush, I can't wear them all anyway."
Xiulan quickly explained, "Reporting to Master, half of these clothes were ordered by Master. Master also assigned several embroiderers from the embroidery workshop to come over and keep busy."
Knowing that Yinzhen loved designing clothes for others, Le Shu wasn't surprised and casually asked, "When did this happen?"
Xiulan gave a time, and Le Shu belatedly realized what had happened the night before that day.
She dismissed Xiulan and then examined the clothes one by one. Half of them were nightgowns, which were even more revealing than the ones she had designed.
Le Shu: ……
Fine, I'll change into it tonight. Anyway, she's not the one who'll suffer in the end.
These clothes did indeed live up to Yinzhen's original design intentions, but they were consumed rather quickly. After summer, Xiulan's embroidery workshop made several more batches of nightgowns.
Fortunately, Yinzhen is now wealthy and has no shortage of fabric, so this nightgown doesn't require much material. Otherwise, if people found out about this way of spending it, he would definitely be criticized.
——
In the blink of an eye, summer passed and autumn arrived. Le Shu finally agreed to leave Shaoguang Courtyard.
We don't go out in the summer, mainly because it's too hot.
When Yue Shu came out, she was naturally not alone; Yinzhen accompanied her.
Yinzhen helped her take a walk, and after walking around the small garden twice, they found a pavilion to sit and rest for a while.
I had just sat down when someone came over.
Consort Li, along with the Third Prince Hongshi and a group of people, came towards the pavilion.
"Greetings to the master."
"Get up, what brings you here?"
Yinzhen's tone remained completely unchanged. He wouldn't do anything to Consort Li, but there were some things he couldn't forgive.
Since she was confined to her quarters, Yinzhen had not seen her. When he wanted to see the child, he would have someone bring the child to the front yard to see him.
Consort Li's eyes were filled with affection, yet also with a sense of grievance: "My lord, it's been so long since you last visited Hongshi."
Although the punishment for what Hongshi did in his previous life was indeed excessive, did Hongshi also do something wrong?
He pleaded for his political enemies, acted inappropriately, and was perceived as cold-hearted and ruthless towards his brothers. As for this son, Yinzhen would not do anything to him, but it was indeed difficult for him to like him.
The key point is that, given Hongshi's mindset, being a wealthy and idle person for the rest of his life would actually be a good thing for him.
"Hongshi, you're doing very well. I'm very relieved."
Consort Li felt a lump in her throat. What kind of talk was this? Did she think she didn't need her father anymore since she was being well cared for?
Furthermore, Hongyun and the eldest princess were often summoned to the front courtyard to cultivate their relationship with Yinzhen. Could it be that she did not raise Hongyun and the eldest princess well?
She was slightly biased towards her younger son, but she didn't neglect her two older sons. Hongyun was in poor health, and she had invested too much emotion in him, so she was afraid she would have to go through the pain of losing a son again.
As for the eldest princess?
What's the point of having a good relationship with a princess if she might marry into Mongolia in the future, since she can't inherit the royal family anyway?
Consort Li was about to say something when Hongshi's crying interrupted her: "Mother, I want to go back, I want to go back..."
“Hongshi, be good, this is your father.”
Hongshi looked at Yinzhen's cold face, which wasn't actually that cold, just expressionless. Yinzhen had accumulated a great deal of authority. Hongshi glanced at him and became even more frightened, crying even harder.
"No, Father! Mother! I don't want Father! I only want Mother! Waaah... I want to go back..."
Seeing that he was so disobedient, Consort Li's patience ran out, and she sternly scolded him, "Stop crying!"
Hongshi stopped crying in fright and looked at Consort Li with fear in his eyes, clearly terrified.
Yinzhen frowned: "Li Shi, why are you yelling at the child? Where is the wet nurse? Hurry up and take Hongshi back. Su Peisheng, send someone to call a physician from the manor to take a look at Hongshi. Don't let him cry himself hoarse."
After saying that, Yinzhen stared at Consort Li with an unfriendly look: "I think you never learn. Go back and confine yourself to your quarters. You can come out again when you have learned how to be a good mother. As for Hongshi, send him to be raised by Consort Geng."
Hongzhou will never be born in this lifetime. Geng Gege is a kind and honest person. Hongzhou is a bit absurd, but he is very good at protecting himself. Let Hongshi learn more from him and not be like Li Shi, who always likes to be clever.
Consort Li cried and shouted that she was wrong, but Yinzhen ignored her and waved his hand, telling Su Peisheng to arrange for someone to take her away quickly.
Once everyone had disappeared, Le Shu asked, "Did Consort Li do something to upset you again?"
"Mrs. Li is getting more and more confused. Hongyun has suffered a lot because of her favoritism. And the eldest princess, ever since Hongshi was born, she has become less and less concerned about this daughter."
Only then did Le Shu truly realize that Consort Li was indeed not very smart.
Consort De was a biased mother; there were already plenty of examples, yet she still managed to fall into the trap. She was quite a character.
"Has Consort Li always been like this...without any sense of propriety?"
“She wasn’t like this before, but she’s become increasingly extreme.”
Le Shu frowned: "Could it be postpartum depression?"
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