"Your Majesty, I thought you would stop His Highness and the Fourth Prince from thinking this, but I didn't expect you to actually want to get involved. What if you mislead the two princes?"
Mu Sili's mind unconsciously appeared the image of two shy men talking to her in a coquettish voice, and she couldn't help but shiver.
What Ziyuan said made sense. She couldn't let Xiaowu and Xiaoliu be harmed because of their deliberate misleading. She still loved them, so the matter ended here.
"Go tell Baocheng and Xiaosi that if they dare to disguise Xiaowu and Xiaoliu as women, I will make sure they experience what it feels like."
Zi Yuan was satisfied. At least the queen listened to her advice, and her poor little princes were not in danger.
"I will go tell the two princes right away. Your Majesty, don't worry. They are the most filial. Knowing that you don't want them to do this, they will definitely not oppose you."
"Really? Why do I feel that's not the case? If I remember correctly, the Emperor seems even less reliable than I am."
Yes, how could they forget Kangxi? This was the suggestion he gave them. It was possible that he had this idea in mind. It seemed that he had to tell Liang Jiugong about it.
As the most trusted eunuch around the emperor, the emperor would definitely listen to him. For the sake of her poor little masters, she decided to find Liang Jiugong first.
"Your Majesty, I will talk to Liang Jiugong later. When he speaks in front of the emperor, he will definitely give up this idea."
Mu Sili thought about the possibility of this matter seriously, and suddenly felt that Ziyuan was wrong. Kangxi would never compromise.
This is a rare opportunity for him to see his son being humiliated, and it can also be a topic for teasing them in the future. He will not give up.
"I think you might be overthinking it. From what I know about the Emperor, he won't let go of such a good opportunity. He will definitely support them in doing this.
No, I have to bring this up with the Emperor myself. I don't want to have two sons who are incompatible with each other. I'd blame myself if I did."
"Your Majesty, you can't do that. You just gave birth, and you shouldn't be exposed to the wind. If you get sick from postpartum illness, I will be blamed for your death.
How about this? Anyway, we will hold a full-moon banquet for the two princes in a month. You can talk to the emperor in detail then. I believe the emperor will agree.
If the Emperor still has such thoughts, you can persuade him according to the circumstances. The Emperor loves you so much and will definitely not let you down."
Now that things have come to this, what else can Mu Sili say? Naturally, whatever she says is what counts.
"That's the only way. Luckily, they'll be staying with me for the next month to recuperate. Baocheng and the Crown Prince won't be able to harm them. Go tell them first, lest they get upset."
"I will tell the two princes to have a good rest. I will be back to serve you in a moment."
"Go ahead."
At this time, Yinreng and Yinzhen were working on the gifts they had prepared earlier. They wanted to pick out some for their two younger brothers to wear.
"Brother, this is great. Isn't red a festive color? They will look really cute in it. When they grow up, we'll give them skirts. They will definitely look great."
"That makes sense. Let's go with these two sets. The pink one is nice too. They look so alike. I need to differentiate the custom dresses from now on. Otherwise, I won't be able to tell them apart."
"Who said it wasn't true? The Empress Dowager is really something. It would have been fine if she had twins, a boy and a girl, but why did she give birth to two younger brothers? The thought of having two little brats calling me brother and sister makes me feel so uncomfortable."
Yinreng suddenly looked at him with disgust, as if he liked hearing him call him brother, but he also disliked him.
"Second brother, what's with that expression on your face? Don't tell your younger brother that you dislike him too. Do you know that this will make your younger brother sad?
"I didn't say anything. It's all your imagination. I advise you not to let your imagination run wild. You know I've always loved my brother. How could I possibly do that to you?"
Yinzhen looked at him with suspicion, always feeling that he was speaking in a sarcastic way. If he really disliked him, it seemed that there was nothing he could do!
After thinking about this, he was instantly deflated. Why did he have such a brother? He felt so wronged and wanted to find someone to complain to, but he was also afraid that he would be beaten when no one was paying attention. Why was he so pitiful?
"This servant pays respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince."
"Why is Aunt Ziyuan here? What instructions does the Empress Dowager have?"
"Yes, the Queen asked this servant to bring you two a message. The Queen said that the young princes are princes, not princesses. She asked you and the Fourth Prince not to treat them as women, as it would mislead them.
You also know what the Qing Dynasty thinks of men who like men. It would be bad if these two princes thought they were women because of this little thing."
"That shouldn't be the case, right? I only plan to do this when they are two or three years old. After all, what I want is a real sister, not a sister with a penis like them."
"This is the Queen's order. I know you won't do this for long, but children's cognition is so strange. Once they make up their minds, they make up their minds, and no one can change them.
In order to prevent this situation from happening, Your Highness and the Fourth Prince please give up that idea. The Queen said that once her body recovers, she will give birth to another princess to fulfill your wish.
"Now that Her Majesty has said so, you two shouldn't have such thoughts anymore, right? After all, fake things don't smell as good as the real ones. For the sake of the little princess's safe birth, you two should stop."
Now that things have come to this, it would be unreasonable for them to continue to hold on to it. Since the Empress Dowager has said that she will give birth to a younger sister for them, let's let them go for now.
"Aunt, please tell the Empress Dowager that I and my fourth brother will not do anything to my fifth and sixth brothers. Please rest assured. However, this idea was proposed by the Empress Dowager. I don't know whether the Empress Dowager will give up on me."
"The Empress said she would speak to the Emperor in person. You don't have to worry. Now that the message has been delivered, I will go back to serve the Empress. The Empress cannot do without someone."
As soon as Ziyuan left, Yinzhen lowered his head in grievance. His brothers could no longer wear the clothes he had worked so hard to pick out. He felt so wronged and wanted a younger sister so much.
"Second brother, do you think the Empress Dowager can give us a little sister next year?"
Yinreng was speechless. How could he know? The Empress Dowager had given birth to twins this time, and she had insisted they needed to be raised for a few more months. He had even consulted the imperial physician, and he knew that having children back-to-back wasn't good for one's health.
Besides, since the Empress Dowager has said that she will give them a younger brother, she will definitely not let them down. It’s just that no one knows when she will give birth.
"We'll have to wait until the Empress Dowager is out of confinement to find out. It also depends on how her health recovers. Fourth brother, don't worry. The Empress Dowager won't go back on her word."
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