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Around noon, Li Dequan personally went to the Yuanmingyuan Garden and summoned the families of Yin and Yin to Changchun Garden for lunch. Consort Tong specially prepared delicious food for the twins.
"Shu, have everyone prepare. The children will be here soon," Consort Tong instructed Shu.
She really missed the twins who had been away from her for several months. Emperor Kangxi occasionally received secret memorials from Yinzhen and even specially handed them over to Consort Tong.
"Your Highness, everything has been prepared for the young princes and princesses." Shu smiled and said, "Consort Hui specially prepared some food from the palace, which is said to be all Princess Songkri Yierha's favorites."
"Outsiders say that Consort Hui favors sons over daughters, but I know that she prefers the princess. If the little girl hadn't been Yin's first child, she would definitely have been taken to the palace by Consort Hui to be raised by her now," Consort Tong said with a smile.
Consort Hui personally made many palace dresses for the little maid. Everyone else thought they were made by the Imperial Wardrobe, but she knew that Consort Hui had made them stitch by stitch.
Back then, even Yinzhi never enjoyed such treatment; two-thirds of his clothes were made by the nannies around him.
"If Prince Zhi knew how popular his daughter was, he would definitely be unhappy!" Shu whispered.
Consort Tong shook her head. Yin should only just realize that every single piece of clothing specially prepared for Songkri Yierha in the Yuanmingyuan Garden was made by Consort Hui.
Yin and Yin met at the entrance of the courtyard, and Yin noticed that Yin's expression was not good.
"Oh, Songkriyirha, your clothes are very beautiful!" Qingyan glanced at the little girl's clothes, a bright red palace dress, with bats and peaches embroidered on it in gold thread, and the eyes of each bat were made of black jade.
"Of course!" Yin nodded immediately. "Mother prepared them all herself, how could they not be beautiful?"
Yin was somewhat troubled. Consort Hui had actually made clothes for her granddaughter herself, and there were a great many of them. He personally went to look at the wardrobe and saw that each piece had taken a lot of effort to make.
"What?! Mother Hui made it herself?!" Yin looked at him in astonishment. He must be right.
Yin nodded helplessly: "My mother made me only about 20 sets of clothes herself, this is just a small fraction of what I prepared for the little girl."
At this moment, Yin was truly distressed. He cherished the clothes that Consort Hui had given him, so when he saw his daughter's wardrobe, his heart ached.
"Brother, you just realized that I'm the same. Mother prepared more clothes for the twins than for me, and more for Father Emperor!" Yin said in a low voice.
He had no one to confide in before, but when Yin brought up the topic, it was as if Yin had found someone to talk to, and he spoke without any reservations.
What?!
Yin was taken aback. Kangxi loved the purses made by Consort Tong the most. He had heard his mother mention it before. Since Yin came into the world, Kangxi had complained to Consort Hui quite a bit.
Consort Hui was one of the first people to accompany Emperor Kangxi, and he was more like family to her, a close friend with whom she could talk about anything.
"Pfft, look at those two, they're jealous again." Yin Genjue Luo Shi and Qing Yan walked behind the two of them and laughed as they listened to their conversation.
Qingyan shook his head. Yinzong always said that Kangxi was unfair to him, and now, he is not even fairer to the children.
"He's so critical of Yiken'e, but he dotes on his daughter!" Qingyan was giving Yingenjueluo a heads-up.
“I understand. We also want to give Songkelierha a younger brother. After she gets married, the two siblings will be close in age and have a good relationship.” Yin Genjueluo thought about it for her daughter. The sibling relationship they had built up over ten years should be deeper than others.
Songkri Elha is a very loving older sister who dotes on her younger siblings. You can tell from the fact that she takes care of the twins that having a younger brother would be a good thing.
"Mother, can I have a younger brother?" Songkriyirha envied twins, who could have a companion as they grew up.
Although the two sometimes bickered, years later, when they looked back, they felt a warm feeling instead.
"Yes, do you hope it's a younger brother?" In recent years, Lady Yin Genjue Luo has been recuperating, and Qing Yan hopes she won't die young. If Songkelierha loses his mother, he might be schemed against by his stepmother, just like in his previous life.
"Mmm!" Songkrilha nodded.
Qingyan remembered that she had specially asked Minsheng Pharmacy to prepare some secret recipes for conceiving a child, which were excerpted from ancient books.
"Little darling, the secret formulas of Minsheng Pharmacy are with me. Do you want them back?" Yin Genjue Luo Shi discovered that Minsheng Pharmacy was completely under the control of the Imperial Household Department, and these collected formulas were not intended for her.
Qingyan shook her head: "Consider those as gifts for your sister-in-law. As long as it doesn't get out, it's fine. The sons shouldn't be too close in age, otherwise, you'll have a headache later!"
Yin Genjue Luo nodded. Qing Yan's hint was correct. If the children started fighting, she would definitely be in great pain.
The infighting among the princes has now chilled Yin's heart. If Yin weren't a decent person, the princes might all be exploiting each other like the Crown Prince.
"Master said to remind you to be careful of the Fifth Prince's wife!" Lady Yin Genjue Luo pouted. "That person may seem incompetent, but in reality, she's incredibly cunning."
In fact, Lady Yin Genjueluo was schemed against by the Fifth Prince's wife several times and was almost misunderstood by the Empress Dowager.
"If my mother hadn't explained things for me back then, I might have been misunderstood by the Empress Dowager. Fifth Prince Consort, relying on Yinqi's relationship with the Empress Dowager, would often complain about me," Yin Genjueluo reminded Qingyan, urging her to be careful.
This year, everyone celebrated the Golden Banquet Festival at Changchun Garden. The Empress Dowager's phoenix frame would only come out of the palace closer to the festival.
“If Mother accompanies the Emperor, they will definitely not approve. Didn’t you see that the Empress Dowager has always wanted Consort Xin to accompany the Emperor?” Yin Genjue Luo Shi said to Qing Yan.
Consort Xin?!
Qingyan looked at the First Consort with confusion: "Could it be a newly selected Mongolian concubine?!"
Yin Genjueluo nodded. This person had a very good relationship with the Empress Dowager, and they were very close by blood. Therefore, the Empress Dowager had always supported Consort Xin.
"There's already some commotion in the palace. We can just watch the show during this Golden Festival!" Their trip back to the capital was short, and they wouldn't know Consort Xin's character.
"The last Consort Xin was schemed against by the other concubines and sent directly to the Cold Palace. The Empress Dowager actually found a replacement, and Father Emperor didn't think of any other name, so he continued to use the name Consort Xin." Yin Genjue Luo Shi sneered.
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