Yinzhen and his children, who were waiting in the main hall, did not breathe a sigh of relief.
Although the twins were relatively healthy, they were born prematurely, less than eight months into the pregnancy. Both babies were very small, and their cries were extremely weak. Yinzhen glanced at them and then looked away, not daring to look again.
Imperial Physician Yu examined each of the princes' pulses and said that although the princes were small, they were all quite healthy and just needed to be well cared for.
Imperial Physician Liu also reported on Qian Shengyan's condition: "The Imperial Noble Consort is too tired and has fallen asleep due to exhaustion. Fortunately, she is in good health and there is no need for a prescription. I will prepare some medicinal dishes for her to replenish her energy."
“Alright, from now on, I will still come to Yongshou Palace every day to check on your health,” Yinzhen said.
The two young princes began to cry softly, like kittens. Hongli couldn't help but frown when he saw them, but he didn't dare to say anything when he saw Yinzhen's expression. He only glanced at Fuerguochun, who also had a tense face.
The room fell silent, not because they didn't want to congratulate the Emperor, but those two tiny little princes, no matter how you looked at them, didn't seem like they could stand on their own two feet...
Even someone as shrewd as Su Peisheng didn't dare to step forward to offer his congratulations. Instead, a thought raced through his mind: "Why did the Imperial Noble Consort suddenly give birth prematurely?"
No matter how hard Su Peisheng racked his brains, he couldn't figure out what was wrong with the court and the harem. The court was firmly controlled by the Emperor and the Thirteenth Prince, so it was impossible for them to extend their reach into the harem. The harem was currently run by Consort Yu and Consort Guo. Although no one is perfect and everyone has selfish desires, Su Peisheng felt that unless Consort Yu had lost her mind, she would not lay a hand on the Imperial Noble Consort.
In short, as long as the Imperial Noble Consort is doing well, she can still be Consort Yu, and the Fifth Prince can still have a future. If she really wants to harm the Imperial Noble Consort...
Su Peisheng sincerely advised her to eliminate all threats and take action against the Emperor, the Fourth Prince, the Sixth Prince, and Princess Gulun Huaiyue all at once.
"Father, my brothers are so small."
Children speak without restraint; only Xiao Hongshan could say such things without any distraction.
Yinzhen twitched his lips, unable to say "You were this small when you were little," and only said, "My little brother will grow up."
The two princes, who were born into great privilege, were given nicknames on the first day of their lives: one was named Nikan, and the other was named Maolin.
Doesn't it sound pretty good? But Nikan means "cow" in Manchu, while Maolin means "horse" in Manchu...
According to Yinzhen, a lowly life is easier to raise, and he also hoped that his two children would be as healthy as cattle and horses on the grasslands. Such names don't sound like human names either, so they won't be recorded in the King of Hell's Book of Life and Death, and thus won't be taken away.
What they said made a lot of sense, but Qian Shengyan couldn't accept it.
She risked her life to give birth to these two children, not to give birth to two oxen or horses. Things are alright now, but what will happen when the children can run? Will the little eunuchs chase after them all over the imperial garden, shouting, "Brother Ox, slow down!" and "Brother Horse, stop hiding!"
This really doesn't sound like a person's name.
So the two agreed that they would give the child a cute nickname when he turned one year old, and Qian Shengyan would choose the name so that the palace servants could call him that.
The two children were twins, both boys, and they looked very similar in infancy, making them difficult to distinguish. They were usually wrapped in swaddling clothes of different colors, and the palace servants temporarily called them "the eldest prince of Yongshou Palace" and "the youngest prince of Yongshou Palace".
When Hongshan heard this name once, he came to Qian Shengyan in a huff, complaining, "Mother, isn't Hongshan the eldest prince who was born in Yongshou Palace?"
Qian Shengyan: ...
What can we do then? Can we still call the two children Little Prince and Little Little Prince?
Yinzhen probably felt that this way of addressing him was not a good thing, so he simply revised the imperial genealogy, removed Hongshi from the list, and gave Hongshan and his two younger sons their proper names.
Although princes are supposed to be given their proper order of age at eight, the Emperor insisted, and the Imperial Household Department dared not question it. Thus, Hongshan became the Sixth Prince, Xiaoniu became the Seventh Prince, and Xiaoma became the Eighth Prince.
As for Fu Hui, who was still praying at the temple... Yinzhen didn't mention him at all, but this time the Imperial Household Department thought the emperor had forgotten, so they mustered up their courage and asked. The next day, Yinzhen issued an edict to adopt Hong Shan to his deceased younger brother Yin Zuo.
Yinzhuo and Yinzhen were brothers born of the same mother, but Yinzhuo died when he was five years old. In the year Yinzhen ascended the throne, he posthumously conferred the title of Prince on his younger brother Yinzhuo. Now, he is going to adopt a son to carry on the family line. It seems that they are very close brothers, and there is nothing to say about it.
However, because of this, it would be somewhat inappropriate for Fu Hui to pray for his stepmother, Ulanara. Yinzhen simply had him stay at Jingling for a long time, for the sake of Yinzuo, as well as for Kangxi and Ulanara.
With two more princes suddenly appearing in the palace, even though they were premature and seemed fragile, it was still a joyous occasion, making the Lunar New Year's Eve of the fifth year of Yongzheng's reign exceptionally lively. Qian Shengyan, who needed to undergo forty days of postpartum confinement after giving birth to twins, did not attend the banquet, but she still received all sorts of congratulatory gifts from all directions. From the twins' one-month celebration onwards, the private treasury of Yongshou Palace was almost overflowing with gifts by Lunar New Year's Eve.
She rushed to open the storeroom for the New Year, giving a bunch of things to Fucha, a member of Hongli's family, and also giving some fabrics and ornaments to one of Hongli's concubines, who had just been found to be pregnant before the New Year.
Afterwards, some personal gifts were given to Folgochun. In order to be impartial, some were also given to Hongshan and the two younger ones. However, since they did not have their own private treasury, Qian Shengyan kept them for the time being.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Qian Shengyan finally received permission from both the nanny and the imperial physician to leave her postpartum confinement period. She washed her hair and took a bath, and after seeing her youngest sons who had grown up, she was greeted by Hongli with a dark face.
After bowing, Hongli stood there with a perpetually displeased expression. Qian Shengyan teased, "You're almost going to be Father's woman, why are you still so easily angered?"
“Mother…” Hongli sighed, “Please dismiss everyone else, I have something to report.”
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