In June of the 32nd year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, the weather was gradually getting warmer, and Khoja was already more than two months pregnant.
Little Zhenbao and Hongyu are playing together in the small garden.
He Zhuo sat under the grape trellis, drinking honey water, feeling extremely content.
The Third Princess Consort walked gracefully in with her maid: "Sister-in-law, you are enjoying yourself, drinking tea and cooling off."
He Zhuo greeted her warmly: "Sister-in-law is here, Donghui. Make her a cup of this honey tea. Try it, it tastes good."
The Third Princess Consort sipped her tea and ate some sliced watermelon. Her voice drifted over: "Sister-in-law, you haven't contacted your family these past few days, have you?"
He Zhuo found the Third Princess Consort acting strangely today, being sarcastic and unpleasant, and immediately became less polite.
“We’re in the garden, and we can’t see our mother every day. What do you mean by that, Third Sister-in-law?”
The Third Princess Consort glanced at the First Princess Consort's belly.
It's because the First Consort is pregnant again, so she's so fertile, while she hasn't even conceived a single egg yet. As a result, she's been lectured by Consort Rong every day, and she's become haggard lately. Consort Rong said she'd give her another two years, or else she'd invite a Second Consort back.
The Third Prince's wife has been feeling resentful lately because of Consort Rong's antics, and she especially dislikes the First Prince's wife.
Now that we have "good news," we naturally have to share it with our sister-in-law.
The Third Princess's voice couldn't hide her schadenfreude, and her eyes were full of malice: "Today at the Grand Court, Minister of Revenue Ke'erkun was impeached by many people for forming cliques and engaging in corrupt practices. He used my mother's birthday celebration as an excuse to extort money, collecting more than 45,000 taels of silver during my mother's birthday celebration. He was accused of embezzlement and bribery and was reprimanded by Father Emperor in court."
He Zhuo was so startled that he stood up, not even noticing that he had dropped his teacup. He grabbed the Third Princess's hand and demanded that she explain. The Third Princess had just come from Consort Rong's palace and was in a bad mood, so she was impatient to explain to the First Princess.
One was holding on, preventing the other from leaving, while the other was trying to break free. The two were pushing and shoving each other, and the maids and servants quickly came to break them up.
During the fight, He Zhuo keenly sensed that a young maid was trying to push her stomach with malicious intent.
He Zhuo only wanted to find out the reason from the Third Prince's wife, and he would not risk the child in her womb. After dodging the question, he immediately pretended to faint.
"Ah!" As soon as He Zhuo fainted, a maid screamed, startling the Third Princess and the others.
"Madam, what's wrong? Madam, you're pregnant!" Although Granny Shi knew about her Madam's extraordinary abilities, she was still very worried, since pregnancy is inherently dangerous for a woman.
Several maids and servants immediately began to wail, and Donghui signaled to the young eunuch to quickly fetch the imperial physician.
The Third Princess Consort was stunned by the scene and didn't react for a moment. How could the First Princess Consort have fainted in front of everyone? She couldn't shake off the smear campaign.
Although the maidservant did it discreetly, Bai Xia, with her sharp eyes, saw it and grabbed her hand, refusing to let go: "Third Princess Consort must give an explanation today. Why did you harm my Princess Consort and instruct this lowly maidservant to push the Princess Consort's belly?"
Granny Shi was an old nanny with many years of experience, so she naturally knew the art of language: "Third Princess Consort, my Princess Consort treated you with courtesy, and you not only provoked me with your words, but also pushed me. Don't you know that my Princess Consort is pregnant with the Emperor's grandson, or are you deliberately trying to harm the little grandson and instructing this lowly maid to murder the imperial heir?"
Chunfen cried out for the Third Prince's wife, saying that she was heartless and had no grudge against him.
The two children ran over when they heard the noise. They were terrified when they saw their mother fall. When they heard what the nanny said, Xiao Zhenbao stepped forward and kicked the Third Princess Consort, shouting, "Bad person! You're trying to hurt my brother! You're a bad person!"
The two children were crying together. Hongyu was still young and kept calling for his younger brother. Qiufen comforted him, saying that the imperial physician was coming soon and that someone should be sent to inform Consort Hui and Yinzhi.
When Little Zhenbao heard the news to Consort Hui and Prince Yinzhi, she started crying and shouting, wanting her grandmother and father, saying there was a bad person here who was harming her mother.
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