During this month, she watched helplessly as the prince visited every courtyard, even the Fujin's courtyard three times, but he never came to hers.
Every time she paid her respects, that woman surnamed Nian would subtly or overtly mock her.
She felt she could no longer sit idly by and wait for her fate; she had to find a way to make Lady Nian lose favor with the prince.
Otherwise, if this woman surnamed Nian were to give birth to a child, then her sons Hongyun and Hongshi would be in danger.
However, Li Jingshu still miscalculated one step.
On the 25th day of the tenth month of the 49th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Hongyun died at the young age of eleven.
On that day, everyone heard Li's cries.
She only had these few children. After Hongpan died young, she went through many hardships to conceive Hongyun.
After Hongyun was born, she watched her son like a wolf, fearing that someone would harm him.
Unexpectedly, even so, they still couldn't keep the child.
Later, she took the initiative to ask the Fourth Prince for a Buddha statue to keep in her room, where she burned incense and worshipped the Buddha every day, praying that her son Hongshi could grow up safely.
Because he pitied Li Shi for losing her son again, Yinzhen visited Li Jingshu's courtyard several more times.
"Consort, Eunuch Gao has arrived."
Nian Yunrong was sitting on the couch embroidering a purse for Yinzhen when she heard Gao Wuyong arrive. Thinking that the Fourth Prince had also come, she quickly got off the couch.
Unexpectedly, Gao Wuyong said:
"Consort, the Prince said he is too busy with official duties today to come."
Nian Yunrong pretended to be nonchalant and said with a smirk:
"It's nothing, thank you for making the trip, Eunuch Gao."
"You flatter me, Consort."
Just as Gao Wuyong was about to leave, he heard Nian Yunrong ask:
"Eunuch Gao, what is that food box you're holding?"
"Oh, this is what Lady Geng asked me to give to His Highness. His Highness has not had a good appetite these past few days, so she specially asked Lady Geng to make some seasonal snacks."
"I see. Then I won't disturb you any longer, sir. Please take care."
Qingxi followed Gao Wuyong to leave, and Nian Yunrong clenched her fist holding the purse, then threw it hard to the ground.
Qingxi happened to see this when she returned, and she quickly went forward to pick it up.
"Consort, what are you doing? You've been embroidering this purse for days."
Nian Yunrong was in poor health and had been taking various supplements to improve it.
Embroidering a purse for your beloved is a painstaking, laborious, and time-consuming task, which caused Nian Yunrong to lose sleep.
But now, the Fourth Prince's coldness over the past few days and the snacks sent by Geng Youran have made her lose her composure.
From their first meeting on their wedding night, she fell in love with this man with a mysterious aura.
She could accept her status as a concubine, and she could accept that Yinzhen would stay overnight in the Fujin's courtyard, but she was unwilling to accept that there was a woman more favored than her by Yinzhen's side.
"Qingxi, stop the medication."
Nian Yunrong planned to harm her own body so that Yinzhen would see her again.
Qingxi initially disagreed, but Nian Yunrong's attitude was adamant.
A few days later, Nian Yunrong fell ill.
Coincidentally, Nian Gengyao was also present when the Fourth Prince learned of this matter.
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