Concubine Li was young and pregnant. Although she was still a concubine, she had already started to receive the share of a noble concubine. She was no longer as bright and smart as before. The Qionghua Palace where Concubine Li lived was extremely luxurious. Although Emperor Jianzhang was frugal, he gave this favorite concubine extraordinary treatment.

But for some reason, she got some butterfly spots on her face during this pregnancy, which slightly deteriorated her appearance. Although it is not very noticeable after she covered it with makeup, a beautiful woman will not allow herself to have any deterioration.

The people around her flattered her, "Your Highness is so beautiful. I also heard that Princess Chen had yellow-brown spots on her face when she was pregnant. It's the same thing, but it will disappear automatically after giving birth."

"Princess Chen? Her beauty is rare in the world. No wonder Prince Chen loves her like the apple of his eye." Concubine Li has been serving the emperor for many years, and she is not completely without complaints in her heart.

The emperor has grown old, and especially after his illness, his health is not as good as before. Although he looks normal on the surface, as his bedmate, she knows best what he is really like.

Chang'e has loved young men since ancient times. She is not without envy of other young couples, but what is rare is that they are devoted to each other. The prince of Chen is already in a high position and has great power, but he only has one wife and no concubines or maids.

"The Prince of Chen loves her, and she has also worked hard. She gave birth to the eldest grandson of the Emperor right after she got married, and now she is pregnant with another child. Everyone in the Prince of Chen's mansion has good things to say about her."

In fact, Princess Chen doesn't go out very often and tends to stay at home. Of course, this is normal. It's not right for her to go out every day when her husband is not at home.

Concubine Li, however, was thinking that Emperor Jianzhang was not young anymore and he might die someday. It was impossible for her to say that she had never thought of letting her son become the emperor, but the eldest prince's fate was tragic. Concubine Li was born in a humble family and wanted to find a backer for herself, but it was a pity that concubines could not make friends with princes.

Especially the young concubines, who could do nothing but serve the emperor.

But her fifth prince is only two or three years old, still too young. It is impossible for him to compete for that position now. Even if he really sits on that position, he may not be able to control himself.

Concubine Li is very aware of this.

Concubine Yan and Concubine Li have nothing to do with each other. They both hold the position of concubine. Concubine Yan has more seniority. Although she is not favored, she also has the Fourth Prince. Concubine Li, on the other hand, is deeply loved.

But when Concubine Li saw that Concubine Yan looked haggard, with red eyes, and seemed to have not slept well for a long time, she was also shocked to see such a state.

The women in the palace, even the senior maids, all valued respectability. There was no one like Concubine Yan.

At this time, in the Yu Garden, Yao Niang was playing with Cheng Yun. She put a cushion on the stone bench and watched Cheng Yun running around. After a while, he picked a flower for Yao Niang.

"Are you giving it to me? Thank you so much." Yao Niang said with a smile.

"Mom, put it on, mom, put it on." Cheng Yun even wanted to help her put it on himself.

Yao Niang shook her head: "Mother doesn't want to wear it, we will put it in the bottle when we go back later, okay?"

Chengyun nodded. Yao Niang looked at the sun, which was about to set, so she said, "Let's go home now."

After playing for an afternoon, Cheng Yun was also tired. His wet nurse held him. Seeing his little head pecking at rice like a chicken, Yao Niang said, "The prince is tired. You should wipe his sweat off first and let him rest."

"Of course." The wet nurse also thought Yao Niang was very meticulous.

There was no prince's wife or concubine in the palace who personally raised and cared for the children, but she was particularly different.

Cheng Yun had always been treated with special favor by Consort Hong. When he went to pay his respects in the morning, Consort Hong waved to him and said, "Come to the Imperial Grandmother and have a hot drink. This hot drink contains milk, which is very fresh and mellow."

Xing Er came over quickly, bent down and said to Cheng Yun, "Young Master, I'll take you to have a hot drink, okay?"

Seeing that it was Xing'er, Yao Niang felt relieved. She was the head maid here. Concubine Hong was very strict with the servants and often managed the palace affairs. She would not do anything bad to her own grandson.

But Yao Niang was different from others. She had a morbid distrust of all the clothes, fabrics and food given to her by others. This was probably a habit she developed in her previous life when she was with Gao Shuo, the prince of Zhou.

Therefore, Yao Niang walked over, picked it up and took a look. When she found that there was no problem, she said, "Chengyun, let Sister Xing'er serve you."

Xing'er also looked normal, but after Yao Niang greeted and left, Xing'er smiled and said to Concubine Hong: "People usually say that Princess Chen is meticulous, but I have never seen that. Now that I see that Prince Chen even checks what our young master eats, I know how meticulous Princess Chen is."

Concubine Hong thought of Yao Niang's expression just now, but she didn't care. She even spoke up for Yao Niang: "This child is always like this. She is very careful about what Cheng Yun wants to eat. Don't think that I am fine. The third child is not at home. She only has this son. How can she not be careful and cautious?"

Xing Er praised: "That's true, I think so too."

"Well, I don't want anything else in the future. Now that she is pregnant, I just hope she can give birth safely. It doesn't matter if it's a daughter or a son, as long as it's safe."

There are countless babies who have died in this palace, and a safe birth is better than anything else.

Xing Er nodded: "You are right. Our princess is pregnant too. The gift list you asked me to prepare that day has been written. Would you like to take a look at it first?"

Xing Er's list was correct, and Concubine Hong said happily, "Okay, just follow this and open my warehouse."

After hearing Concubine Hong's order, Xing'er turned around and prepared to do it. After a while, she came back and reported: "I saw a green jade Buddha statue there. It seems that you mentioned that you wanted to give it to Princess Chen the other day. I don't know why you forgot about it. It is still in the warehouse."

Concubine Hong Guifei remembered that this incident really happened, so she said, "Then you can go and deliver it to Princess Chen for me. If you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten it."

Therefore, when Yao Niang saw Xing'er bringing the Green Buddha Mother over, she was a little surprised: "Why was it Sister Xing'er who brought it over?"

"The Imperial Concubine asked me to deliver it. I have just finished delivering it. I still have to go to the princess's mansion. The princess is pregnant. I wonder how worried the Imperial Concubine must be." Xing'er said.

It turned out that it was because Princess Zhenyang was pregnant. Yao Niang said, "In that case, I have a gift here, so why not ask you to take it over for me."

In fact, Yao Niang had delivered it before, but now her mother-in-law wanted to deliver it again, so she couldn't go empty-handed.

As the saying goes, politeness is not a problem.

Xing Er thought for a moment and said, "When you are ready, I will send someone to get it. However, I would like to remind you that you must not bump into the Imperial Concubine's. It would be bad if you do so."

This is also a kind reminder that when sending the same gift, you need to choose carefully to show your sincerity.

"Okay, I understand. How about this, I'll write a list for you first, and if there's a collision, I can just copy it for you." Yao Niang asked Bai Ying to give the reward money again, and Xing'er went down respectfully.

Since it was to be given to Princess Zhenyang, it couldn't be of too bad quality. Yao Niang went to her own warehouse to take a look and personally drew up a list.

But after Bai Ying delivered the list, a little girl came over. She had her hair in a bun and didn't look very old. Yao Niang knew that these new maids would start by running errands.

"Your Highness Princess Chen, our sister asked you to go to Kunning Palace. There are two things that I don't understand. The sedan chair has been brought here. Please go quickly."

The little girl looks very anxious.

Bai Ying and Bai Zhi said, "It's getting late now. Is Sister Xing'er in a hurry to leave the palace? That's why she's in such a hurry?"

The little palace maid nodded quickly after hearing this.

But Yao Niang suddenly said, "Come here, take her down for me."