The next day, the children went horseback riding and hunting with Yinzhen as usual.
Changning stayed in the yurt with Hongmin, Hongchen, and Hongyang, waiting for their mother and father to arrive.
Normally, she was required to be present when receiving Mongolian noblewomen, but since the Fujin (princess) had come along this time, she was able to take a break and relax.
"Oh my god, you're pregnant and you're still eating this cold stuff? Don't do anything reckless!" As soon as Suochuoluo came in and saw her daughter eating iced yogurt, she started yelling and gave her a lecture.
Changning stuck out her tongue and weakly protested, "It's not cold, it's just a little cool. I'm just too hot."
Sochoro glared at her: "How old are you? Your children are all grown up, and you're still so annoying."
Changning pouted, knowing her mother enjoyed making a fuss, so she turned to Boder and said in a coquettish tone, "Father! Look at my mother!"
Boder had a thick beard and was tall and strong. Apart from his attire, he looked no different from the local Mongolian men.
As soon as he came in, he tucked Hongmin and Hongchen under his arms and played with the children.
Upon hearing Changning complain to him, Boder laughed and said, "Come on! If your father dared to talk back to your mother the other day, she would have beaten me to death with a rolling pin."
Changning chuckled to herself. Hongmin and Hongchen also adored Bodel, each of them tightly gripping his clothes. Bodel swung the two children around like a whirlwind.
But the two of them kept laughing and didn't seem scared at all.
This made Hongyang envious, and he kept yelling "Ah ah ah!" Suochuoluo picked him up and hugged him, weighing him a few times: "Not bad, this kid Hongyang must weigh about twenty pounds now."
Changning found this arrangement strange, like weighing pork.
“He can eat a lot, just like his older brothers. Those boys all need two or three wet nurses to feed them properly.”
Bodel was delighted to hear this: "The more you eat, the stronger you'll become! When you grow up, you can practice martial arts with Guo Luomafa too!"
Speaking of martial arts, Bodel couldn't help but praise, "Hongyan and Hongzhao are really promising. They've brought honor to our Fucha family. All those old friends have been praising them to me."
Sochoro was in a good mood holding Hongyang, but she still had to remind him: "Honghui came along this time. When you come and go, you should bring him along too. Don't just play by yourself and make it seem like we're excluding him."
Hearing this, Changning asked suspiciously, "Mother, what rumors have you heard?"
"Hmph, what kind of things can be hidden in such a tiny place? They'll keep talking about it over and over again after just a few casual conversations. I heard someone say that Hongyan made a big splash yesterday, and it seems that the Fourth Prince has a bright future and could be made a king. Maybe the title of heir apparent will fall on his head next. I wonder if Ulanara can tolerate this."
Changning looked at her mother and scoffed, "There have been at least eighty or a hundred of these divisive remarks."
Seeing that she didn't take it to heart, Lady Suochuoluo poked her forehead with her finger: "You little darling, don't be silly. What good could someone who spreads such rumors have? The higher-ups have gone mad for some reason. Maybe this is aimed at your Fourth Prince's residence. Didn't you say last time that Consort Yi planted a spy? Did you get anything out of her?"
Changning shook her head: "She's an idiot. She knows nothing when asked. She just says that her family arranged it. She only listens to her parents. She doesn't know who's behind her."
Bodel interjected, "What she said might not be entirely false. There aren't that many people in the Eight Banners. They're all related to each other, it's a complicated situation, so it's normal that it's hard to figure it out."
Suochuoluo was somewhat worried: "That's true. But Consort Yi isn't a good person either. Who knows who she's colluding with?"
Changning felt that the three princes, the eighth, ninth, and tenth, who were inseparable, must be related to them, and none of them were up to anything good.
Sochoro changed the subject: "Didn't you say last time that you wanted to find a family for Hutuli? I've inquired about it, and now there's a good family background and a promising young man. The Nara and Shumulu families have suitable candidates."
Changning thought for a moment and asked, "What about the Chen family?"
"Who is it?" Sochoro asked, still a little confused.
Bodel reacted quickly: "You mean Chen Tingjing's great-grandson?"
Changning nodded: "Didn't they say he and Dorsey are on good terms? He won last night too."
Before Socholo could speak, Bodel praised him, "This young man is quite good. I saw that he has a solid chassis and some ability."
"His family is well-off, but they're a bit big; they're three or four years older than Hutuli."
Bodel laughed: "What's that? Three or four years is just right. I'm four years older than you, aren't I? Back then, you were always infatuated with me, following me around all the time. Aren't we still pretty much in love now?"
"What nonsense are you spouting, you little rascal!" Sochoro immediately exploded, "In front of the children!"
Changning chuckled to herself.
The family of three had lunch together again and talked for a long time before going home.
Changning has already made up her mind; she will discuss Chen Zhihuai's matter with Yinzhen when he returns.
If you've chosen a suitable man, you must give him advance notice. You can't let them put other women in his household. Otherwise, in a year or two, he'll have concubines, and then it will be too late.
Just like Xingde of the Ulanara clan, she is now keeping herself chaste for the sake of the eldest princess, Yierha.
The Ulanara clan was filled with trepidation. Their wife was already out of favor, and their eldest son, Honghui, was in poor health. Now, the Fourth Prince was willing to marry his eldest daughter into their family, which was an honor and a blessing for them.
To everyone's surprise, when Yinzhen returned that evening, Changning was already asleep.
The spring hunt had already begun. Yinzhen went up and ran around a few times, and after killing a few foxes with thick fur, he thought he would give two fox pelts to Consort De and the rest to Changning.
She always liked to lay leather on the floor, calling it a carpet.
It was indeed quite comfortable to walk on, and you didn't need to wear shoes. It was also very warm in winter, so Yinzhen took note of it and prepared a lot more leather for her to use for paving her house every year.
Moreover, she was quite delicate and loved leather, but she couldn't stand the smell during her pregnancy. She had to be carefully scented with a fumigation basket, and she couldn't use ready-made perfumes because she still couldn't stand the smell. She had to use fresh flower juice.
Yinzhen thought that one day he would personally make a fragrance for her, not too heavy, just a light and sweet scent, just like her, refreshing and unforgettable.
Hongzhao had a great time riding horses today, but his only unhappiness was running into that Mongolian princess Naritai again.
He was planning to come back and complain to his mother, but she had already fallen asleep.
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