"A little prince has been born!" Consort Yi said with a smile. "His Highness the Crown Prince is so focused on his wife that he's forgotten all about his son!"
The Crown Prince rarely showed a hint of embarrassment. "Your mother is joking!"
"He Zhu, quickly go and tell Father Emperor and the Ancestor!" the Crown Prince instructed He Zhu.
"I'm afraid the Emperor already knows by now. Didn't you see that Liang Jiugong is gone? As soon as he heard the news, Liang Jiugong ran off to report the good news to the Emperor!" Consort Hui said with a smile, covering her mouth.
To be honest, Consort Hui was somewhat unwilling. Not long ago, the First Prince's wife gave birth to another granddaughter for her. Although the First Prince no longer had any intention of vying for the position of Crown Prince, she still wanted to see her eldest grandson be her grandson.
When Emperor Kangxi decreed that all his princes should marry later in life, she was secretly pleased, believing it was the will of Heaven that her grandson would be the eldest grandson. Who would have thought that the First Consort would give birth to three girls in a row?
Upon inspection, the Crown Prince found that Liang Jiugong had indeed left sometime earlier. However, the Crown Prince still sent He Zhu to make the trip, as the proper procedures still needed to be followed.
At this moment, the Imperial Noble Consort came out carrying the tidied child. "Crown Prince, come and see, this is your child with He Xue!"
The Crown Prince looked at the child in the Imperial Noble Consort's arms and thought, "Why is he so ugly? He's all wrinkled, his face is dark and red, and he's covered in hair. His son looks like a monkey. Neither she nor He Xue are bad-looking, so why is the child so ugly?"
Kazuki likes pretty things. Will this child be sad if Kazuki sees them?
"Mother Tong, is this my son?" the Crown Prince asked with difficulty, pointing at the little monkey. If they weren't in Yuqing Palace, he would have suspected that someone had switched his son with another child.
"Yes, how adorable!" the Imperial Noble Consort said affectionately.
The crown prince pursed his lips; he really couldn't see what was so cute about it.
“Your Highness, newborn babies are like this. They’ll get better with time!” Consort Rong noticed the Crown Prince’s slightly disgusted expression.
"Really?" the crown prince asked skeptically, gently touching the little monkey's cheek with his finger. "You'd better grow up to be handsome quickly, otherwise your mother will be heartbroken. Making your mother heartbroken is unfilial!"
The child in the Imperial Noble Consort's arms grinned. If he knew what the Crown Prince was thinking, he would surely say, "Shouldn't he have the imperial physician check his back? This burden is too heavy for him to carry!"
"Really!" Consort Rong said with a smile.
The Crown Prince suddenly remembered the question Xue had been worried about, "Mother Tong, is this child's limbs all intact?"
Consort Hui, Consort Rong, and Consort Yi stared at the Crown Prince in shock. [What does Your Highness mean by this? How could you have such a thought?]
The Imperial Noble Consort suppressed a smile. The Crown Prince and He Xue were indeed a perfect couple; when their child was born, He Xue's first words were also these: "Don't worry, everything is fine!" He Xue had asked the same question!
The crown prince smiled awkwardly.
Consort Hui and the other two were completely bewildered. What were the Crown Prince and his wife trying to do?
"Your Majesty, great joy! Great joy!" Liang Jiugong ran all the way back to the Qianqing Palace.
Liang Jiugong knew that even if he ran naked through the palace today, Kangxi would only praise him for running well, so he ran even more recklessly, shouting as he ran.
Seeing Liang Jiugong running over, Li Dequan immediately ordered the eunuch to open the gates of the Qianqing Palace, "Open them quickly, open them!"
Liang Jiugong ran non-stop until he reached Kangxi, then gasped for breath.
Emperor Kangxi was extremely anxious. "Speak quickly! Why did you run away for no reason?!"
"Your Majesty... has... given birth to... a little prince!" Liang Jiugong finally managed to say it.
"Good, good!" Kangxi was overjoyed upon hearing this.
This is his legitimate son and grandson! What can those Han people say now? This is also a symbol of Heaven's approval of the Qing imperial family.
"How is the Crown Princess?" Kangxi then remembered to ask Hexue.
Liang Jiugong caught his breath and said, "Your Majesty, the Crown Princess is well!"
"Excellent! A generous reward indeed!" Kangxi said happily. "Come with me to the Cining Palace to report the good news to the Empress Dowager!"
Incense was lit in the delivery room to dispel the smell of blood. The prince walked in and told everyone in the room to leave.
The prince approached He Xue and shakily reached out to check her breath; thankfully, she was breathing.
Only after the Crown Prince saw He Xue with his own eyes did he feel completely relieved.
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