At first, Jiaming was not used to her son having a new wife.
Moreover, this daughter-in-law was very diligent, coming to pay her respects every two or three days.
She wasn't used to it and felt it wasn't right for the other person to come and pay her respects to her every day, since the Fujin (princess's wife) only paid her respects once every ten days.
So he instructed Lady Xilinjueluo to come to her place every ten days in the morning to pay his respects, and then they could go to the Fujin's place together.
Gradually, after a month or two, Jiaming got used to it.
After all, this daughter-in-law, Xilin Jueluo, didn't have many opportunities to appear in front of her, while Hongxuan still followed Hongjing and Hongxu around. Every time Hongjing and Hongxu returned to Taoyuan on their days off, Hongxuan would also come back with them.
As for the Fujin Xilin Jueluo Shi, Hongxuan did not bring her back. At first, Jiaming thought it might not be a good thing, but after looking at her three sons who were more at ease without their daughter-in-law, plus the Fourth Prince who often came back, she realized that the situation was different.
After thinking about it, she decided to leave it at that and not try to persuade Hongxuan.
But before she could get used to it for two months, a surprising piece of news came, making her feel uneasy again.
She looked at herself in the mirror; her fair and delicate baby face made her look incredibly young.
She couldn't help but touch her cheek and exclaimed: "I never thought that I would be a grandmother at such a young age!"
Tsk, this feels a bit unsettling!
That's right, Consort Hongxuan is pregnant, an hour later than Consort Hongshi.
Jiaming didn't think there was anything to compare about the fact that Consort Hongshi got pregnant later than Jiaming, but Li Shi did not. She rarely showed off to Jiaming when she was paying her respects to Consort Hongshi.
Jiaming felt she was being a bit confused. So what if she got pregnant a month earlier? What was there to argue about? The baby would be born sooner or later anyway.
What's there to brag about?!
The Fujin glanced at Jiaming, who looked bewildered and couldn't understand what Li Shi had to be so smug about. She then looked at Li Shi, who was still gloating, and couldn't help but snort inwardly.
Could it be that this Li woman can't see Yongcheng? Her grandson Yongcheng is the eldest grandson of her grandfather.
Li had no idea that her boasting had added another debt to the Fujin's account.
Hongshi's wife became pregnant first and gave birth first.
The child was a princess, and the Fourth Prince was quite pleased to hear that. He even had Su Peisheng give her gifts, and he also took the little princess's third-day celebration very seriously, inquiring about it in detail.
But when the child was born, Jiaming noticed that Li's face fell.
Jiaming was speechless. This Li was clearly a time traveler, so how could she still have the idea of valuing sons over daughters?
Tsk, what kind of thinking is this? Could it be that the Li family was originally a family that favored sons over daughters?! Jiaming couldn't help but speculate in this direction.
As for Jiaming herself, she didn't really care whether she was a princess or a prince born to the Xilinjueluo clan; she didn't discriminate against girls.
Even if she was a princess, even if the Qing Dynasty had a policy of pacifying Mongolians with princesses, she was not afraid.
After all, it will be more than ten years before this child grows up.
More than a decade later, she was certain that her son, Xuan'er, would be able to protect his daughter; she had always believed in her son's abilities.
A month later, Jiaming came to Hongxuan's courtyard to oversee her daughter-in-law, Xilinjueluo, who was giving birth in the delivery room.
Jiaming never let her guard down, so even though life in the backyard of Prince Yong's mansion had been quite peaceful these days.
The midwives were all properly investigated by Jiaming, who also took precautions against anyone trying to harm them. When Xilin Jueluo gave birth, she arranged for her trusted confidants Hongtao and Lvliu to keep an eye on them.
The wet nurse, having undergone rigorous screening by Xilin Jueluo, Jiaming, and Hongxuan, was also deemed to be of good standing.
As expected, with everything prepared and under control, Lady Xilinjueluo successfully gave birth to a son.
When Li found out, her face contorted in disgust.
Rumor has it that she embarrassed Hongshi's wife on the spot, since she couldn't give birth to a prince herself, so she made someone else give birth to one.
Jiaming was speechless after hearing this.
She seriously doubted whether this Li family member had actually traveled through time. What did the woman have to do with whether the child was a boy or a girl? Wasn't this Hongshi's problem?
In short, after Lady Xilin gave birth to a son, Hongshi's wife's life became even more difficult with Lady Li.
In the palace, Emperor Kangxi had been keeping a close eye on the situation at Prince Yong's residence. He had always doted on and valued Hongxuan, and in recent years he had not hidden it much. Now that the news of Hongxuan having a son had been conveyed to Emperor Kangxi as quickly as possible.
When Emperor Kangxi found out, he was overjoyed.
They also asked Hongxuan in detail about the weight of his child, his health, and how he was growing.
The next day, during court, Kangxi noticed that the Fourth Prince's expression was gentle and his eyes were filled with joy. He knew that the prince was very happy that Hongxuan had a son and that he had another grandson.
However, Emperor Kangxi himself was also petty. He still remembered that Hongxu had pulled up his beloved flowers and plants, and he had made a grudge against the fourth prince, Yinzhen.
In a stroke of inspiration, Kangxi came up with an idea to provoke the Fourth Prince.
He heard that the fourth brother had been looking through books recently and felt that the name he had given Hongxuan's son was not good enough and wanted to change it.
Heh! In that case, let's ask our Emperor, who's so skilled at naming, to help him out. Besides, this will kill two birds with one stone; it'll be perfect for testing the waters.
Then, when Hongxuan's son was celebrating his third-day birthday, an imperial edict was issued to the Yongqin Prince's Mansion.
It was an imperial edict bestowing a name upon Hongxuan's son, Yongheng.
Having prepared in advance, Fourth Master wrote his name on a piece of paper. His expression was stiff, but his hand holding the paper couldn't help but twitch.
Why does Father Emperor like naming things so much? It's one thing to name his sons, but why does he even compete with him, the grandfather, for naming his grandsons?
Fourth Master was initially frustrated, but after calming down, he immediately thought of another possibility.
The Emperor never named any of his grandsons' sons, not even Hongxi and Hongyu, whom he had previously favored.
Only his son, Hongxuan, had this honor.
Thinking of this, Fourth Master glanced around and, sure enough, saw that many people had already realized what was happening.
Kangxi's test was very successful. Everyone in the court understood how much he valued Prince Yong and his fourth son, which is why he specially named his newborn great-grandson.
In an instant, everyone realized that the position would likely fall to Prince Yong.
The fourth prince of Prince Yong was the one whom the old man favored to succeed him.
Upon realizing this, there was some initial turmoil in the government and among the people, but gradually, everything calmed down.
Even the Eighth Prince and others who had previously fought fiercely with the Fourth Prince calmed down.
Seeing that no one in the court had any objections, Kangxi was not afraid of the Fourth Prince; on the contrary, he felt at ease.
After all, he's old, and even if he wanted to hold onto power, he wouldn't be able to hold onto it for long.
In the sixtieth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, not long after the New Year, the Fourth Prince was appointed Crown Prince by the Emperor.
The entire Prince Yong's mansion was stunned by the news. Before they could even feel happy, the Fourth Prince, who had regained his composure, sternly suppressed their joy. They could only keep their happiness to themselves and remained as disciplined and cautious as ever.
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