Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1194 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 118

The Ministry of Internal Affairs was cleaned up again, and even Prince Heng couldn't help but sigh: "It is said that the world is bustling with people because of profit, and the world is bustling with people because of profit. Now I can feel it firsthand."

After Big Fat Orange's anger, he calmed down a lot. He did not continue to say things like those slaves were never satisfied. Instead, he took the initiative to start thinking about the issue of the rising channel.

"Fifth brother, you also said that people in the world pursue profit. The sources of Baoyi can be roughly divided into three categories: household slaves, criminals and prisoners of war."

"Among them, household slaves and criminals are the most ambitious. They may be willing to work hard for their masters for one or two generations, but by the third or fourth generation, they will more or less want to become officials."

"Originally, I also thought that the story behind the miscarriage of the princess in Hongli's house was really absurd. Now that I think about it, I feel that when people are desperate, no matter what they do, it doesn't seem so unbelievable."

Prince Heng understood the truth. He sighed and said, "But who in the world is willing to give up their power and interests to others?"

“People who truly hold power and interests will always hate that they don’t have enough.”

Prince Heng himself was such a person, but he knew deeply that the emperor above him was a very petty person, so he could only suppress his greed and work carefully under Big Fat Ju. Even when he had made many contributions, he did not dare to ask for mercy for his sons.

He wanted a position as an iron-hat prince, but Fat Orange gave the only vacant position to his beloved thirteenth brother, Prince Yi.

There are only eight iron-hat princes, and most of them are related to Da Pangju within the five generations. Prince Yi has been close to Da Pangju since childhood. During the years of fighting for the throne, he not only supported Da Pangju consistently with his actions, but he also very likely took the blame for Da Pangju. What's more, Prince Yi died on the eve of Da Pangju's successful ascension to the throne, so Prince Heng knew that he would definitely not be as good as Prince Yi.

But if another position of iron-hat prince becomes vacant, Prince Heng feels that he has a chance to compete for it. It all depends on whether Fatty Orange is willing to support him.

The affairs of the previous dynasty were so busy that the Fourth Prince had no time to grieve for his first child who never saw the light of day. He ran between the Ministry of Revenue and various mansions in the capital every day.

The Third Prince was extremely jealous of the Fourth Prince's job, even though anyone with a discerning eye knew that this job would offend people. He was so envious that he even forgot about the child in Qingying's belly.

Since there was the experience of Concubine Ning's family accompanying her during childbirth in the palace, Jiang Xinxin was too lazy to stop Concubine Nabul's request to enter the garden to accompany her during childbirth. However, on the day Concubine Nabul entered the palace, she couldn't even get through the main gate to let in light. Jianqiu stopped her outside the gate and rejected Concubine Nabul's request on the pretext of taking her to see Concubine Qi.

Lady Nabul knew that there was no way back for Yixiu and the Ulanara clan. She simply bowed towards the house and took the initiative to help herself out: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for fulfilling my heart of love for my son. I really want to fly to Lady San right away."

Jianqiu was very satisfied with Nabul's attitude and was willing to cooperate with her: "The Queen said that the Queen should have come in to accompany the birth earlier, but the Queen has been busy these days and kept the Queen waiting for a long time."

Lady Nabul would not let the conversation drop, and continued to carry the sedan chair for Jianqiu and Jiang Xinxin: "Aunt, that's not right. The imperial palace is more important than any other place. Even the Old Summer Palace is a royal garden. It is a great honor for a minister to come here to accompany the birth. The last person who had such an honor was Concubine Ning."

Concubine Qi originally didn't want to show any good face to Lady Nabul, her cheap relative, but she couldn't help but let Jianqiu come with Lady Nabul, so she could only force a smile and exchange a few casual words before sending Lady Nabul to Qingying's residence.

Jianqiu had no good feelings towards either Concubine Qi or Lady Nabul, but she always remembered to protect Jiang Xinxin's face. She knew that Concubine Qi would definitely make things difficult for Lady Nabul, so she specifically said to Concubine Qi: "Madam Qi, the Third Lady's due date is getting closer, and Lady Nabul may not have time to take care of him."

"Empress Qi, you are the Third Prince's biological mother. The more times like this, the more you need to be alert. Don't let the Third Prince lie in the delivery room, and don't be distracted by other matters."

Concubine Qi was annoyed and hated Jianqiu, but Queen Jiang Xinxin was standing behind Jianqiu, so she didn't dare to lose her temper with Jianqiu. She could only vent her anger on Qingying, her daughter-in-law.

But Qingying is a tough girl. Now that she is about to give birth, even if she doesn't care about Qingying's belly, she still has to consider her own reputation and that of the Third Prince. So she doesn't even dare to throw things to vent her anger, and can only tear her handkerchief behind people's backs.

"This mother-in-law of mine is really a coward!"

"Scolding your daughter-in-law will lead to a reprimand, and even her family members will respect her!"

How could the servants dare to step forward to persuade her? In the past, they would only follow Concubine Qi's wishes to criticize the Third Concubine and denounce the Third Concubine's family, the Ulanara clan, as useless.

But Big Fat Ju obviously still remembered that Ulanara was the maiden family of Empress Chunyuan. When Lady Nabul came to the palace, Big Fat Ju was rewarded. So even if Jingren Palace did not like Ulanara, it depended on Big Fat Ju's opinion. Who outside would dare to scare Ulanara to death?

Fortunately, the Third Prince was not completely brain-dead. Even though he quarreled with Qingying all the time, now that Qingying's mother came in to accompany her in delivery, he was able to pretend to respect Lady Nabul.

But Lady Nabul is not the kind of person who can be fooled easily. Just looking at Qingying's reluctant attitude towards the Third Prince, you can tell that the relationship between the couple is really average.

Without waiting for Lady Nabul to persuade her, Qingying spoke to comfort her, "Mother, don't worry about these trivial matters. My child is enough for me now. The imperial physician said that it will probably be a prince. I am very satisfied."

The relationship between Mrs. Nabul and her husband is really good, especially since Nabul has no concubine. Moreover, even though they only have two daughters now, Nabul has no plans to take a concubine or have a son. She is very content.

Because her marriage life is very happy, Mrs. Nabul hopes that her children can also enjoy such happiness.

Therefore, when she saw the obvious estrangement between Qingying and the Third Prince, and that the Third Prince did not show more care for his pregnant wife who was about to give birth, and did not even have any hope of having his own bloodline, it was really hard for her not to worry.

"Qingying, my daughter..."

Qingying really didn't think that it was unacceptable for a couple to have no love. Leaning on Lady Nabul's shoulder, she felt a visibly sore nose and something slid across her cheek lightly and quickly, bringing a slight and even slight itch that was almost negligible.