The Fifteenth Prince came up to He Xue and looked curiously at her belly. "Second Sister-in-law, are you carrying a baby boy?"
He Xue touched the Fifteenth Prince's forehead and said, "Maybe it's your eldest niece!"
"My niece is good too!" The Fifteenth Prince tilted his head and looked at He Xue in confusion. "Second Sister-in-law, why is he in your belly? Did you eat him?"
The Fifteenth Prince's words made everyone burst into laughter.
He Xue patiently said to the Fifteenth Prince, "Because he is still young, he needs my protection!"
He Xue originally wanted to explain things clearly to the Fifteenth Prince, but considering that the Qing Dynasty was not like the present, she did not go into details. Besides, the Fifteenth Prince was still just a child, and if he told everyone, she would be too ashamed to face anyone.
"Oh!" The Fifteenth Prince nodded as if he understood. "Second Sister-in-law, from now on I'll take my eldest nephew to climb trees and raid bird nests. I'll protect him after he's born!"
"Then, Second Sister-in-law, thank you on behalf of your eldest nephew!" He Xue said with a smile.
"Fifteenth Brother, do you only protect the child in your second sister-in-law's belly? What about your eldest sister-in-law's?" the First Princess Consort teased the Fifteenth Prince.
"Sister-in-law, I'll protect him too!" The Fifteenth Prince turned to the First Princess Consort. "But if I take him to raid bird nests, will my brother spank me?" the Fifteenth Prince asked, rubbing his bottom.
"What did you do this time? Why did your brother spank you?" He Xue asked.
"I didn't do anything!" the Fifteenth Prince said, waving his hand.
He Xue thought that the Fifteenth Prince must have been naughty again, otherwise he wouldn't have said that.
"Fifteen, go find Jilan and Shushu to play!" He Xue said.
"No, those two look down on me. I'm an elder, even though they're older than me. I'm still their fifteenth uncle, and they're scolding me like a grandson!" the fifteenth prince said with great dissatisfaction.
"Haha, haha!" The people inside burst into laughter.
The Fifteenth Prince looked at the First Princess Consort, his eyes suddenly lighting up. He took He Xue's hand and asked, "Second Sister-in-law, why didn't Father Emperor give birth to me sooner? That way I would be older than Jilan and Shushu!"
He Xue didn't know what to say for a moment. "You're not your Emperor's youngest son; he'll give you many more brothers in the future!"
"Second sister-in-law, do you think it's possible that I wasn't born to Father Emperor? Father Emperor is too old!" the Fifteenth Prince asked innocently.
“Of course you weren’t born to Father Emperor, you were born to your mother!” He Xue said with a smile.
"No, Second Sister-in-law, I don't think I'm Father Emperor's biological son. I think I might be Eldest Brother's son!" the Fifteenth Prince said, looking up.
He Xue almost choked on her own saliva. [How did such a sensational topic even come up in the middle of the conversation?]
Everyone else looked at the Fifteenth Prince with surprise.
The First Princess Consort was completely bewildered. When did she have such a big son? How come she didn't know! But the Fifteenth Prince was alright; she could say he was born to her and the First Prince. If she had said he was born to the First Prince and Consort Mi, the First Prince would have been in trouble.
"Fifteen, how could you have such a thought?" He Xue asked.
"Because Father Emperor is too old, and Shushu and I are about the same age, I think I am the son of my elder brother and sister-in-law!" the Fifteenth Prince explained earnestly.
Everyone was astonished; the child's idea was truly peculiar.
He Xue quickly comforted him, "Fifteenth Prince, you are the Emperor's son. It is normal for half-brothers to have different ages."
The Fifteenth Prince was still puzzled. "I'll go ask my eldest brother!"
Before He Xue could stop him, the Fifteenth Prince had already run out.
"Don't worry, let's go take a look!" the First Princess said to He Xue.
"Okay!" He Xue didn't dare to delay and immediately chased after them, otherwise she didn't know what kind of trouble she might cause!
Upon seeing the eldest prince, the fifteenth prince asked, "elder brother, am I your and your sister-in-law's child?"
"What?" The eldest prince looked at the fifteenth prince in shock. "Who spread rumors about you?"
“I came up with this myself. Father Emperor is too old, and I’m about the same age as Shushu! So I think I might be your son!” the Fifteenth Prince said.
Upon hearing this, the eldest prince's face darkened, and he glared at the fifteenth prince. "Don't talk nonsense!" If someone were to accuse him of causing trouble in the palace, he would be unable to clear his name no matter what.
The Fifteenth Prince was startled by the First Prince's reprimand and looked at him with a wronged expression, "If you don't want me, I won't want you either!"
The eldest prince, both amused and exasperated, grabbed the fifteenth prince by the collar and said, "Come on, I'll take you to find your father!"
"Let go of me!" the Fifteenth Prince cried, flailing his short little legs.
At this moment, Xue and the others also caught up.
"Brother, put Fifteen down first, his face is all red from being strangled!"
Upon seeing this, the eldest prince immediately put the fifteenth prince down.
He Xue stepped forward to comfort the Fifteenth Prince, "Fifteenth Prince, think about it, don't you and your other brothers look very alike? This shows that you are all Father Emperor's children."
The fifteenth prince stopped crying, blinked and thought about it carefully. It seemed to be somewhat similar, so he nodded with some doubt.
Seeing this, He Xue breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to explain things clearly.
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