Flowers have fragrance, moon has shade (above)

  After attending the memorial ceremony at Prince Yi's residence with Hong Li, Yunzhu went to Junya's house to visit her and saw that her face was a bit pale, with worried eyes falling on her high-pitched belly.

  She waved her hand to dismiss the servant, and Yu Ya let out a sigh. "It's all right, but Hong Tun is worried about Hong Chen, I'm afraid he might neglect himself, so I have to keep an eye on him..."

  People who are not in good health should avoid overthinking, and pregnant women also fear overwork. The King's wife, Yi Qin, was also in a bad mood, with extra thoughts focused on the loss of her companion, Hong Zhen, and naturally could not consider her weak son and pregnant daughter-in-law as thoroughly as before. On the contrary, as a daughter-in-law and sister-in-law, she still had to share some tasks, such as helping to entertain female guests who came to pay their respects.

  "It's not easy to get pregnant, you have to be careful and pay attention, it's already eight months now?" Yunzhu asked Mingxin to bring up the supplements she brought, "These are specially brought for you."

  "Yeah, it's been eight months now, and these few days have been a bit busier. Actually, Ama and Mother-in-law still care about the baby in my belly very much. They even got the dietary restrictions and recipes for pregnant women that you had someone bring over, and they're really taking care of me.

  Jiaya's hand stroked her belly as she looked at Yunzhu with gratitude, "Thanks to you all these years, otherwise we wouldn't have this day as a couple."

  "Besides, I'm getting angry when you say that." Yunzhu smiled lightly and said, "It's all mutual, if you're not good to me, I won't be good to you either, isn't it?"

  "You're right." Junya's face darkened and her movements slowed down, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

  "What's wrong, is there anything else you can't tell me?"

  "Actually, even if I don't say it, you might know after a while. Do you know why Princess Xilin Goloro died of depression just over a year after marrying over here?"

  Yunzhu was taken aback. Yuanya was a kind-hearted person, how could she refer to the recently deceased Princess Consort of Ningguo in such a way with her true affection for Hongchen?

  "That's because she already had an affair with someone." Seeing Yunzhu's shocked expression, Junya's face showed a hint of anger. "Earlier, I heard from Mother that she was talented and gentle, so I thought maybe Hongyun would like her... But it turns out she's been cold and distant to Hongyun, not to mention the rest of the family, with an attitude that doesn't fit in at all. At first, Mother and I thought it was Fourth Brother's fault, but it turns out... It was last May when she took a servant and left the house, saying she was going to burn incense, but someone discovered her secretly meeting with someone."

  Yunzhu was speechless, she couldn't believe that among the noble ladies of the Eight Banners, there could be a "Cui Yingying"!?

  "It's fortunate that the matter didn't blow up, and Mother restricted her movements, telling outsiders that she was ill. Junya sighed bitterly, "This isn't actually a big deal, who hasn't had a crush on someone like Xiao Ai? But if she can't understand what kind of person to marry... Once married, one should live a good life... You don't know, the past year or so, Fourth Brother's life has been what it is, he didn't say it out loud, but in his heart... and Mother feels even more guilty."

  Moreover, the birth of her own daughter - Hehui Princess who was raised in the palace - descending into Mongolia, Yunzhu suddenly felt some sympathy for Yixian Wang's consort. It was indeed a mess. "The death of Xilin Gioro..."

  "She later actually fell ill, perhaps feeling hopeless and ashamed to face people. After the incident, only her mother came to visit her once in a hurry." Juan Ya said calmly, "I don't understand her, I just can't figure it out. Is Hong Zhen not as good as that person in her heart? She can even give up on her parents, relatives and herself."

  Yunzhu couldn't help but think of the famous Qiong Yao drama in later generations, "Perhaps, there are always some people in this world who live only for love." For so-called "true love", parents, family, money, status can all be abandoned, worldly etiquette can be ignored, and even imperial power can be defied. However, Xilin Jueluo was obviously not at that level yet, otherwise it wouldn't have ended in such tragedy.

  If she were a bit braver, would King Yi really force her to become his daughter-in-law? Didn't the emperor say to Junya when he betrothed her to Hongtun as his di wife: "In the future, if Hongtun passes away and you want to remarry, I will marry you off like my own daughter"? This shows that he is a broad-minded and considerate person.

  If she were a bit more honest, not cold to Hong Jin, not resentful and self-tormented, but told him that there was someone else in her heart, would Hong Jin still force her?!

  After all, Yunzhu, who can sit here and analyze the situation and behavior from a rational perspective, is completely incompatible with Xilin Ruo's "love above all" personality, whether in thought or concept... not even on the same level.

  ……

  At night, the two of them sat together, chatting quietly, and learned about the matter of Xilin Gioro. Hongli's face was filled with disdain, "This Xilin Gioro deserves to die." How dare they tarnish the honor of Aixinjueluo's family... Hmph, fortunately, that Zhuolin Tai is clever, otherwise the entire Xilin Gioro clan wouldn't be worthy of being buried together.

  "If you were the lover of Xilin Jueluo, wouldn't you be moved?" In a certain popular TV series later on, he even had a famous gege with such a woman.

  Hongli raised an eyebrow, looking at the curious face in his arms, and said: "This kind of woman is not as good as a courtesan. At least courtesans are driven by survival or to escape their fate, so they speak of love with such elegance and purity. But she, born into a noble family, with every aspect of her life meticulously taken care of, from food and clothing to education, parents, and servants... yet she still does something like this. It's clear that she's heartless and not worthy of sympathy. If you're entangled with her and don't meet her expectations, your life... Ha! What Hongjing suffered before his death was still relatively good."

  Looks pretty clear, does this count as a successful correction plan? Yunzhu curved her lips and fell asleep with her eyes closed.

  Time flies, one day in May, Yunzhu was diagnosed with a pregnancy of more than a month during her regular morning greetings, Yongzheng and Xi Guifei were overjoyed, and separately rewarded her with a pile of tonic, cotton silk brocade, gold silver jewelry.

  "Let me think, it should have been during the time at Jing Shan Zhuang Zi that you became pregnant." After Hong Li experienced a moment of incoherent joy, he finally regained some sanity and stroked her belly.

  "Uh-huh." Yunzhu stroked her still-flat belly, feeling full of joy. Actually, she had a feeling about it half a month after returning to the palace. After being nourished by space, her body was extremely sensitive, and she could always sense even the slightest change in time.

  She took a glance at the man lying beside her, who was still unaware that his other concubine was also pregnant, and even earlier than her by a month. Well, it wasn't necessary to pay attention to someone who had been hiding themselves with great difficulty, but now that she was pregnant herself, she needed to find something to shift the target... Hehe, one's own pleasure is not as good as everyone's pleasure.

  "Tomorrow, several princesses will come to pay their respects. Why not ask the imperial physician to take their pulses as well?" After all, the prince's consorts were not qualified to have their pulses taken for pregnancy, "Although I have some guesses about the changes in my body, but at such an early stage of pregnancy, I really dare not confirm without the imperial physician's pulse diagnosis."

  "You're in charge." He replied nonchalantly. Yunzhu's skin was indeed much more sensitive than ordinary people, and he enthusiastically stroked her body, carefully examining it to find some subtle changes, a bit plumper, heh heh.

  She grasped his hand, "It's still early days, don't you dare get out of line."

  "Don't worry, my baby son is inside." He just kissed and touched a few times.

  "Are you sure it's a boy? What if it's a girl?" This is the eternal unchanging topic of couples who are expecting a child.

  "I like both sons and daughters, they are our children. However, Mr., your son's pressure won't be that great." He turned back to her face, "It's not like we can only have one child."

  His words made Yunzhu laugh and smile, then they discussed the issue of having a few more children, and the two of them stuck together for a while before falling asleep.

  The next day, the couple finished their breakfast together. He went to attend court, while she took the Lingque substance and walked around the courtyard for a circle, returning to the house just at the time of Chen Zheng. The people who came to pay their respects had been waiting in the main hall for a while.

  "Let's go." Yunzhu smiled at Lingshuo and Suwen, the two of them had already received Gu's instructions to follow her closely.

  "The concubine greets the madam with a bow and wishes her good fortune."

  "Get up." Yunzhu looked, even Su Bao Rou, who was five months pregnant, had arrived. "Everyone sit down. Su Gege, wasn't your courtesy call excused? Why did you also come?"

  "Madam has good news, and the concubine also wants to come over to congratulate. Moreover, it's only a five-day courtesy visit, and the concubine's body is not uncomfortable, Madam sympathizes with the concubine and exempts her from the courtesy visit, but the concubine cannot be without rules, relying on favor and becoming arrogant." She is now pregnant but not valued by the Fourth Prince, and cannot serve in bed. If she doesn't come to pay respects again, she will become a transparent person. Su Bao Rou is also very helpless.

  "It's fine as long as you think it is." Yunzhu said lightly, turning her head to others and saying, "I've invited the imperial physician today, and I'll have him take a look at all of you too, just in case any of you are pregnant with a shallow month and don't know it, and end up harming the child."

  "This is Lady Fucha's kindness, and we concubines are still not done expressing our gratitude." Fucha Fulina said, her eyes seeming to sweep over Gao Lumeng's body with a hint of something. Gao Lumeng's eyes condensed slightly, then returned to normal, softly responding with a "Yes."

  Corey seemed to infer something from the situation in front of him, his face turned pale, and then he lowered his eyelids, covering up the bitterness and resentment inside.

  "Madam, Dr. Su has arrived." Feng Yi reported as he came in.

  "Please let him in." Just taking his pulse, everyone was also dressed neatly, and Yunzhu didn't bother with those screens or other coverings.

  "Your humble servant pays respects to Fourth Mistress." Dr. Su bowed to Yunzhu as soon as he entered the hall.

  "Doctor Su needn't be polite. Doctor Su has taken the trouble to take the pulse of several princesses." Yunzhu said straightforwardly.

  "Yes." Dr. Su responded with a bow and stood up to take the pulses of several people.

  The first one to take the pulse was Fu Chai. Fuling Ah. Su Tai's pulse was cut off in front, and it only took a few seconds to confirm that the person in front of him had no pregnancy, but this pulse... His eyes swept over Fu Chai's face without leaving any marks, his nose moved slightly, with the scent of jasmine powder, and could not be confirmed.

  Yunzhu saw Dr. Su's gaze shift to Fucha, and his eyes fell on the cloud-patterned flag dress that Fulinga was wearing. The corners of his lips curled up slightly, did Dr. Su notice? It wasn't in vain that he had copied those two books and given one to him, indeed there was some progress. "Dr. Su, how is it?"

  "Empress Fu Shou is not pregnant, and neither is Consort Hua." Doctor Su did not dare to confirm the conjecture in his heart, and naturally would not express his suspicions at this time. Having served in the imperial hospital for decades, he had witnessed many palace intrigues and had grown accustomed to being cautious.

  "Then next one."

  With a preconceived notion, Dr. Su quickly discovered that Korriyehtegge also had the same "poison" as Fucha Gege when he was taking pulses from several members of the Gao family, only it was much milder and almost imperceptible compared to Fucha Gege's. In fact, if not for his accidental discovery of a book depicting various miraculous effects of medicinal herbs, he wouldn't have been able to infer that Fucha Gege's seemingly healthy but actually depleted pulse was due to poisoning. The same applied to Sugege who was pregnant.

  Only Gao Zhen was pregnant for more than two months and had not been poisoned, but her physical foundation was not very good. However, among the imperial concubines in the palace, there were not a few who were as delicate and weak as she was, so it was not particularly strange.

  The problem is that among the two palaces, there are only four imperial consorts and Princess Gao who do not have that "poison". This is very suspicious. Dr. Su's eyebrows furrowed, what to do? Should he report back to the Emperor?

  "Is that Dr. Su?"

  "Oh, Lady Fuheng, this high-ranking lady is already two months pregnant, but her body is a bit weak. The fetus was quite weak in the first few months, so she needs to be careful."

  "What a great joy." Ignoring Fucha, Fulinga and Keliyete's unpleasant faces, Yunzhu smiled and said, "Thanks to Doctor Su for prescribing some medicine to calm the fetus."

  "Yes." Dr. Su followed Feng Yi down to open the medicine.

  Fu Chá. Fú Líng ā stared fiercely at Gāo Lù Wēi, who was sitting on the chair with a shocked and delighted expression, and said lightly: "Sister Gāo is really good at this, isn't she?" She had actually managed to undo the infertility medicine that Fu Chá had given her.

  Gaoliu Wei raised her eyes and smiled slightly at her, "Where can I compare to my sister? My sister is the one who gave birth to the eldest son for Grandfather. As for me, whether it's a boy or a girl in my belly, it's still not comparable to the son born by Furen, right?"

  "Of course." Fucha Fulina thought of the sin she suffered when she was pregnant with Yonghui, and said in her heart, Gao Shi, just wait for my revenge.

  "Gao sister is really, two months pregnant and still hasn't noticed." Su Bao Rou covered her mouth and laughed, "Sister's room still has lilies? Ah, now it's May too, lilies aren't blooming either. Why don't you send a few pots of roses to sister instead?"

  Is Su thinking of going against herself? Gao Lu's face sank, and she said coldly: "Father said that we women should take needlework as the most important thing... Sister, it's time to stop decorating the house with flowers. We are all serving Father, so it's better for you to remember Father's words."

  "I'm afraid someone will be hypocritical"

  "Alright, whichever one of you can help me out, I'll be happy. You all go back first."

  "The concubine withdraws."

  On the way back to the courtyard, Qing'e tightly held onto Gao Lü's arm, and Keli Ye was also by their side. Several people saw them and smiled coldly, time is long after all.

  She simply returned to the inner courtyard and received the reward sent by Shang Aiyi, took a look, it was again the high-quality goods from Suzhou Weaving Bureau, brocade and satin, couldn't help but feel frustrated, with a feeling of lifting a stone to hit her own foot.

  Hongli's consort is pregnant again, and Yongzheng ignores it, thinking it's normal. In his opinion, Hongli's previous lack of children was due to being busy with official duties, going to war, and observing mourning rituals. Since Hongli is healthy, having a healthy child is only a matter of time.

  The Empress Dowager was overjoyed, for this was a reversal of the previous situation where Emperor Qianlong only had one son, Yongzheng, who was born on an inauspicious day. "It's been so long since we've had a new addition to the family," she said with a smile. "The fourth household is indeed virtuous and capable." With her mood lifted, she didn't mind praising Yunzhu a few more times.

  In that case, the only ones serving Emperor Qianlong would be two gege and two servant girls. That's a bit too few. "What do you think? Should I assign two more servant girls to attend to Emperor Qianlong?"

  "This, next year will be selected." Qin Ayi hinted, no need to rush.

  It's also now, if it's pointed out, it can only... Xi Guifei carefully pulled aside a serving palace maid, feeling that there was no satisfactory one, and pressed her down. She didn't want to let the servants serve her son either, and one of the Gao family had already made her very uncomfortable, even though she felt that her father was highly valued by the emperor, it still felt like a loss. Moreover, Gao Shi was more and more like the former Dunsu Huang Guifei, which made her very displeased.