Wanxia was startled by Nian's expression and quickly coaxed, "Master, would you like to go for a walk on the mountain? It's springtime now, the scenery should be quite nice."
“Hehe, they really are all her children…” Madam Nian immediately understood. Her gaze swept over Hongli, then over Fuerguochun, and finally lingered for a moment on Qian Shengyan’s slightly protruding belly before she laughed.
She said, "Don't you always say I'm lucky? Silly Sunset, see? This is what real luck looks like."
Ms. Nian said slowly but firmly, "I should have just as many children."
Evening Glow was taken aback, and in a flustered state, she quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Oh, if it weren't for that old woman, Master's son would be quite grown up by now..."
These words caused a pang of pain in Nian's heart. Even though she had lost her memory, the pain of losing her child was still etched into her soul. Deep down, she had a lingering feeling that because of that lost child, she might never have another child in her life.
She had refused to believe it before, but... looking at the other concubine with three children, she, who received the most favor from the prince, had no children of her own.
The prince is in his prime, and the two have been happily married for a long time. How could there not be good news?
Ms. Nian's hand unconsciously rested on her lower abdomen, then suddenly released it. She stared intently and longingly at the receding figures of one adult and two children, and without thinking, followed them.
"Master!" Wanxia was stunned. She served Lady Nian personally, but she knew that Lady Nian was mentally ill. Now that Consort Qian was pregnant, what if Lady Nian did something? What... what should they do!
She stamped her foot and quickly ordered her maid to find Zhang Defu or Su Peisheng, whichever of the prince's men came. She hurriedly followed them and even tried to grab Nian's arm to make her return to the main courtyard.
Why come out for a stroll? You shouldn't have come out at all!
“Your Highness woke up late today and hasn’t had breakfast yet. Why don’t you go back and have breakfast before coming out to play?” Wanxia tried her best to dissuade her. “Your Highness should also think about your health…”
"Sunset," Mrs. Nian asked calmly and slowly, "I can't have children anymore, is that right?"
As she spoke, a hint of resentment and pain flashed in her eyes. After a pause, Wanxia suddenly laughed.
She said, "I was afraid of upsetting my master, so I never dared to tell him about this before."
Mr. Nian paused, turned to look at the sunset, and looked puzzled and confused.
"It's like this, Master was harmed by that old woman, and his health was damaged. Indeed, a doctor said he could not have children. Later, the Prince and the Second Master of the Nian family found a famous doctor in Sichuan, surnamed Su. He was an old man with white beard and white hair. Does Master remember him?"
Wanxia has now realized that Nian's amnesia is not a complete loss of memory; she retains some recollection of certain things. Sure enough, upon hearing this, a hint of joy flashed across Nian's face, and she nodded in agreement.
“Last summer, the Prince brought her to the Lion Garden in Rehe. Doctor Su treated her for half a year, and now she has fully recovered and there are no problems at all,” Wanxia said with a smile. Seeing that Nian’s body was slowly relaxing and not as stiff as before, she continued, “It’s just that the Prince is worried about the lady and wants her to rest more before having children.”
"Your Highness..." Lady Nian's face flushed with embarrassment and a slight blush. "Is Your Highness truly so considerate towards me?"
"That's right." Wanxia breathed a sigh of relief. "Yesterday, when the master was asleep, the prince stayed with him for a while before leaving."
Ms. Nian was even happier. Accompanied by the evening glow, she sat in a pavilion for a while before returning home.
The day passed quickly. Qian Shengyan was busy in the fields and with her children, while Nian Shi waited between anticipation and fantasy.
In the late afternoon, Wanxia served Nian a bowl of bird's nest soup. She smiled and said, "Your Highness said the bird's nest soup didn't taste good. Last night when the Prince came, I begged him. This morning, the Prince sent someone to deliver a new medicinal soup recipe. Does Your Highness feel better after drinking it this time?"
"Hmm, as expected, there's no taste of medicine anymore." Madam Nian's cheeks were flushed, and she tasted sweetness from the bird's nest soup.
She had planned not to sleep at all that night, but as evening approached, she felt extremely sleepy and could barely keep her eyes open. Madam Nian could only instruct Wanxia to wake her up if the prince came again.
After the sunset was over, Mrs. Nian finally felt at ease and went to sleep.
Presumably preoccupied with something, Lady Nian did not sleep soundly, tossing and turning, and occasionally calling out "Your Highness."
Evening Glow didn't dare leave her side, only staying by her bedside, cursing her bad luck in her heart, but comforting her with words: "Your Highness misses the Prince so much, and the Prince knows it."
“No… it’s not… longing…” Who knew that the woman on the bed would reply to Wanxia’s words in a broken voice.
The evening glow was startled, then filled with curiosity: "What else could it be but longing?"
“Brother… said… to… firmly grasp… the Prince’s… heart… and bear… a son…” Lady Nian’s mouth moved slowly, and her words were intermittent, “If the Prince… ascends the throne… my son… will be… the Crown Prince…”
Wow!
This ambition really startled the sunset!
Although she shouldn't, she couldn't hide her curiosity and asked, "But what about the prince's older brothers? How can you guarantee that the master's son will... uh, that position?"
Forgive Wanxia; she simply dared not utter such rebellious words.
Slowly, slowly, a sinister smile appeared on Nian's face: "They're all... dead... wouldn't that... be better..."
Sunset: ...
"My son... ascends the throne... I... Empress Dowager... hahahaha..." Lady Nian laughed heartily in her sleep, not forgetting her family and second brother, "Duke, Imperial Uncle... isn't my Nian family... above all others..."
Sunset: ...
The evening glow patiently guided her, "Your Highness is in the prime of life, so... it will be a long time from now."
"Kill him...that would be good..." Even in her sleep, Nian made no attempt to hide her ambition. "Son, I want a son...I must have a son!"
Sunset glow: !!!
She was drenched in cold sweat and practically scrambled out to find the eunuch beside the prince. A quarter of an hour later, Yinzhen arrived at the main courtyard and listened to what Wanxia had said again.
Only Su Peisheng remained in the room as his attendant, but even so, Su Peisheng kept his head down, wishing he were not there.
Good heavens, the Nian family really dares to dream big!
Scheming against the prince, scheming against the prince's offspring—Nian Gengyao, true to his military background, has quite the audacity!
Yinzhen, on the other hand, kept sneering. He had his suspicions about these things, after all, Nian Gengyao's disrespect was about to be revealed, especially since that man had been trying to contact the third prince, Prince Cheng, which showed that he was ambitious!
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