Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1198 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 122

The Fourth Lady's life was not easy this year. She was almost always running between the Qianxi Four Residences in the palace and the Old Summer Palace. She had only had a leisurely time for more than half a month before that. Except for the miscarriage of Princess Fucha, she went back and never came back.

When Qingying gave birth, she hurriedly packed up her things and came to attend Yongxi's third day bath and full moon celebration. After these things were over, Dapangju packed up and prepared to return to the palace for the winter.

The prince's room had no underground heating and the place was small, only slightly more spacious than the courtyard where she lived when she was in the boudoir.

But when she was at home, she occupied the entire yard by herself. Now that the place is a little bigger, it has to be divided into front and back, and she even has to share the back with Fucha Gege and Gao Gege.

In addition, the buildings in the palace are almost all built with high walls and deep courtyards. Even if you stand in the middle of the courtyard and look up at the sky, you can only see a small square area, which can bring great pressure to people.

As the army returned to the palace, Concubine Qi was able to show some kindness to Qingying for the sake of her fat grandson. However, she was more attentive to her fat grandson, and her kindness to Qingying only meant that she would not curse at Qingying directly. She still showed the necessary disgrace.

That day, she carried Yongxi back to the prince's residence. While A Ruo was busy trying to cover her and Yongxi, she couldn't help but complain, "What a jerk Concubine Qi is. She looks like she loves our prince like crazy, but what she does doesn't seem like she truly loves him at all!"

"If she really cared about our little prince, she shouldn't have let him go there in such cold weather!"

Qingying also agreed with Ah Ruo. After carefully confirming that Yongxi was not cold on the way back, she still looked depressed: "Ah Ruo, go to Changchun Palace and tell her that the weather is getting colder. The little prince is not like an adult and can't stand the cold wind all day long."

Ah Ruo bowed quickly and responded crisply, "Princess should have done this a long time ago! Why let our little prince suffer like this?"

A Ruo hurried out to seek justice for the little prince. On the way, she asked someone to ask the imperial physician to come and check the little prince's pulse, while she went to speak to Concubine Qi.

As soon as A Ruo left, the Fourth Lady entered the third room. When Qingying saw the Fourth Lady coming, she hurried to greet her. Yongxi had already fallen asleep again because of the warm environment. The Fourth Lady watched for a while, then reluctantly accompanied Qingying and sent Yongxi to bed.

After the two sisters-in-law came out and sat down, Qingying picked up the teacup and said with a smile: "There is no need to say more about our relationship. If you have anything that is embarrassing to say, I will send someone to leave."

As she spoke, Qingying had already signaled to the palace maids in the room, and even the head maid beside the Fourth Lady retreated.

When there were only the two sisters-in-law in the room, the Fourth Lady was still too embarrassed to speak, and her face turned red.

Qingying was not in a hurry. She just talked about tea and snacks, and did not try to guess what the Fourth Lady wanted to say. Sure enough, after a while, the Fourth Lady prepared herself mentally and finally spoke: "... Third sister-in-law, after seeing Yongxi, I am really a little anxious..."

Qingying didn't rush to say anything, but just asked: "Your Suolentzhuo clan was no weaker than the Aixinjueluo clan back then. Even though you weren't the first group to enter the capital, you also participated in many subsequent battles. Didn't you collect some useful things?"

The Fourth Lady also smiled apologetically: "You also said that our Suolentzhuo clan was not the first batch to enter the capital, and we didn't get any great benefits following behind, and we are not as good as your Ulanara clan."

Qingying felt sympathetic when she thought that even someone as thoughtful as the Fourth Lady would be so worried about having children. After all, she still remembered the Fourth Lady's story. After thinking for a while, she said, "Ulanara does have a secret recipe for pregnancy, but my family told me when they gave it to me that it's best not to use this recipe unless it's absolutely necessary."

"Because most fertility-enhancing prescriptions are all about nourishing the woman's body. Only when the woman's body is healthy can she be more likely to get pregnant."

"However, this kind of prescription cannot guarantee that a woman will get pregnant, so it can only be regarded as an ordinary health-preserving prescription."

"And the prescription I have is guaranteed to make someone pregnant, but the consequences are very obvious. For example, if you are not careful, you will lose the chance of getting pregnant again. Another example is that the child will be born weak, and if you don't take good care of him, he will easily die."

After Qingying said so much, the Fourth Lady also understood that she definitely did not choose to use the Ulanara family's secret recipe for having a child, but since she was here, she shamelessly continued to ask: "Then Third Sister-in-law, you——"

Qingying really wanted to help the Fourth Lady, so she said, "You and I are of similar age. Go back and let the imperial physician take good care of you, and then relax. Who knows, by this time next year, I will be preparing for my nephew's third-day baptism and full-month ceremony."

After saying that, she leaned close to the Fourth Lady's ear and lowered her voice, teaching her a new method of calculating the days, asking the Fourth Lady to sleep with the Fourth Prince more often during those days.

The Fourth Lady felt her ears burning when she heard this, but she was reluctant to look away and even held her breath involuntarily.

The Fourth Lady did not come empty-handed. She saw clearly what happened between Qingying and the Third Prince. So, as a woman, she only wanted to make Qingying happy that Qingying now had Yongxi to rely on. So she brought a set of pearl headdress and a pair of solid gold mice.

Don't underestimate this pair of little mice. Not to mention the craftsmanship that has gone into making their whiskers appear in exquisite detail, their three-inch size alone is astonishing enough.

Qingying felt it was very heavy in her hand and said in surprise: "You are really generous today. This pair of zodiac animals is worth several thousand taels of gold alone!"

The Fourth Lady pushed Qingying's hand and asked her to accept it quickly, "It's not like I didn't gain anything today. I can't take your secret recipe for nothing."

"Besides, this pair of zodiac animals was prepared for our Yongxi. I couldn't bear to let the midwives take them away during the third day of the baby's birth, so I kept them until today."

As soon as the Fourth Lady left, A'ruo came in with the imperial physician, smiling.

In fact, the weather was quite good today, the sun was high in the sky and there was not a single breeze, so Concubine Qi sent a message early in the morning, asking Qingying to take Yongxi to Changchun Palace.

But Yongxi was too young, a baby less than a hundred days old. Besides, it was really cold outside. There was frost in the morning and there were some ice crystals hanging under the eaves.

Fortunately, Qingying was fully prepared, and Yongxi didn't get cold during his trip. The imperial physician only said that Yongxi should not be allowed to go out in the wind within a hundred days, and should pay more attention to keeping warm in the next two days.

When A'ruo came back a while ago, she saw the pearl headdress and the pair of red gold mice that Qingying had not had time to put away. When she saw the pair of little mice, she immediately thought of Yongxi's zodiac sign and knew that it must be for Yongxi.

After sending the imperial physician away, Ah Ruo asked Qing Ying, "Princess, who gave our little prince such a valuable gift? This pair of pure gold zodiac animals must have cost tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Qingying watched her put the pearl head ornaments into the dressing box, and casually told Ah Ruo to pack up the pair of little mice for Yongxi and register them. "Fourth brother's wife just came, she saw how cute Yongxi is, and she got anxious, and asked me if I had any secret recipe for having a child."

"I didn't dare give her our secret medicine. I only told her a few recipes I used."

Ah Ruo had a very good impression of the Fourth and Fifth Furen. When she heard that the Fourth Furen was anxious to have a baby, she couldn't help but feel sympathetic. "Alas, the Fourth Furen seems to be in a good position, but the two princesses behind her are more difficult to deal with than the Tian and Jiang in our house. This year, because of Princess Fucha, the Fourth Furen couldn't even go to escape the summer heat."