Shu Chengfeng shook his head: "Alright, stop pretending. Why aren't you telling people to set the table?"
As he spoke, he quickly changed the subject and told A-Luo about it.
Naturally, the letter wouldn't be mentioned; it would just be left vague.
"Ah, that's just how women are. They fall in love so easily. Look at me, I'm a prime example. Although I've only been with Your Highness for a year, it feels like a century. You're the only one in my heart." Yan Nangui smiled. "No matter what, A'Luo was an actress in the past. Actresses, I don't look down on them, but how difficult their situation is?"
"That girl, A Luo, is disdainful of those who like her. But those who love her want to push her to the highest place that all women in the world want to go."
Even the most hard-hearted person would be moved, right?
"Oh? If you were her, would you be touched?" Shu Chengfeng came over now that she felt warm.
Yan Nangui let him pull her to sit at the kang table.
He first waved his hand, telling Jiangxiang to go to the kitchen: "It's cold, bring some warm food. Anything from the lamb, except for nourishing dishes, will do."
"Yes," Jiangxiang replied and went off on her own.
Yan Nangui poured tea for Shu Chengfeng himself, saying as he poured, "If I were her, I wouldn't let go of someone I like. If you come into this world and meet someone you like, you'd beg and plead to be with them. I'm afraid I couldn't do it if I had a man in my heart and went to sleep with another man. But this Miss A Luo is different from me; she can endure what ordinary people cannot."
"On one hand, there's unrequited love; on the other, there's constant companionship and deep affection. On one hand, there's indifference; on the other, there's everything done for her. On one hand, there's no hope at all; on the other, there's the promise to make her empress..."
Yan Nangui smiled and asked, "What is Your Highness's choice?"
"I am not a woman, so naturally I do not know," Shu Chengfeng shook his head.
"If it were me, I wouldn't have agreed in the first place. I'd rather die in front of the man I love. If that man insists on making me go, I'll naturally hate him. I'll hate both of them."
As Yan Nangui spoke, he gave Shu Chengfeng a threatening look.
Seeing this, Shu Chengfeng covered his mouth with his fist; he really couldn't help but laugh.
This woman.
Doesn't she know that even if A Luo was sent by him, does he think he can make Yan Nan return to anyone else?
But she knows everything, yet she pretends to be something she doesn't...
"Today, kneeling on my knees isn't good enough," Shu Chengfeng said quietly as Yan Nangui was about to sit back down.
Yan Nangui chuckled and sat back down: "You're sitting on the kang, and I'm sitting on you? Isn't that a tiring position?"
Upon hearing this, His Highness the Crown Prince finally couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.
At dinner, there was pork bone and lotus root soup, but Yan Nangui felt it was a bit too rich and didn't drink it.
So in the end it was returned as is, because Shu Chengfeng didn't like it either.
This is a minor matter; the people in Jiyue Pavilion don't care.
But in the kitchen, Chef Dou looked at the untouched soup and laughed, "Is it because the masters don't like it?"
"It must have been delivered along the way. Although the soup is still warm, it's probably a bit greasy, isn't it?" said the young eunuch Du Ruo.
"Tsk, then heat it up and you can share it." Although the kitchen is never short of food and drink, this soup is really in short supply today.
"Hehe, we've struck gold! You won't find this anywhere else."
This "elsewhere" refers to Kim Bong-ui.
It's not that I'm trying to make things difficult for her, but this soup is really scarce today. I just delivered it to the main courtyard, to Consort Murong, and to Consort Yan.
Not many people in the manor liked this to begin with. Now, Jiyuexuan won't need to send it anymore.
So when Kim Bong-yi came to ask for it back, it was really gone. There were still some bits and pieces left in the pot, which was unacceptable.
But who would have thought that it would remain intact like this?
Things in this world are full of coincidences.
That's what I'm talking about.
Kim Bong-yi was pregnant after all, so she sometimes had certain requests.
After dinner, she wanted a few more snacks, so she asked someone to bring them.
Now the people around her have changed, and those who come are not exactly respectable.
She saw several eunuchs eating, and what they were sharing was a porcelain bowl of soup, the very soup she had asked for at dinner time, which they said was no longer available.
Now it seems that it is the eunuchs who are drinking, and the women's etiquette is not as good as that of the eunuchs.
She didn't dare to say anything, and just took the snacks and went back.
Aunt Yang has already returned to the front yard.
Kim Bong-yi was also quite angry when she heard her story about the kitchen.
“I am not as good as I used to be, and even the kitchen dares to treat me badly now.”
"How about we talk to the head of the household?" the maid asked cautiously.
That's how it should be.
But Kim Bong-yi still hesitated.
After a long while, she sat down and said, "Never mind, let's talk about it later."
After one incident after another, she really didn't dare to cause any more trouble.
Now that the pregnancy is stable, I dare not fail to pay my respects every day.
So the next day, he went to pay his respects as usual.
In the main courtyard, the Crown Princess looked unwell today.
She's not even three months pregnant yet, but she's already started experiencing morning sickness.
It's uncomfortable because I can't let anyone see it.
So he just said a few words and then told everyone to disperse.
Those who knew what was going on didn't ask any more questions and went back.
Inside Wangchun Pavilion, after changing her clothes, Consort Su said, "It's not right for the Crown Princess to excuse everyone from their greetings without a reason. Now it seems she's a little overwhelmed, isn't she?"
"Yes, I've inquired, and the main courtyard has been eating very little these past few days. They do seem to be enjoying some fruit," the maid said.
Consort Su smiled and said, "The Crown Princess has it tough too."
She got pregnant again less than a year after her miscarriage, and she was very careful.
"Yes," the girl thought to herself, "when will you be able to get pregnant?"
Consort Su was, in fact, the most favored concubine in the household.
Even now, His Highness comes quite often, but with so many people in the backyard, it's inevitable that they'll be scattered.
But his own concubine was not pregnant yet.
Consort Su naturally thought of this as well, and sighed inwardly. It could only be said that their time for offspring had not yet come.
In the main courtyard, just after everyone had left, the Crown Princess rushed over and vomited.
He looked dejected: "Give me a few plums."
She really can't eat anything right now, and can only eat some sour things to relieve the discomfort.
I feel like vomiting even when I drink water.
But eating only plums isn't enough.
The imperial physicians were helpless; all they could do was wait. It would get better after three or four months. The Crown Princess was unlucky; she was vomiting so much during this pregnancy.
"It's been a few days since I've seen the eldest grandson?" she asked after recovering from the shock.
“It’s been four days,” said Fei Yue.
"Bring it here, let me see it." She still needed the child, even though the gender of the baby was still unknown.
Feiyue agreed and went to hug him.
Peiyue hurriedly followed.
A short while later, Peiyue came in carrying the child, followed by the wet nurse.
“Your Majesty, look, she’s just woken up,” Pei Yue said, bowing her head.
The Crown Princess was pregnant, so naturally she wouldn't hold the baby. She just looked at it and played with it through the swaddling clothes. The baby itself was fine.
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