Chapter 176 Everyone’s Troubles

While Yihuan was showing her claws to the little wolf, everyone was worried about the child.

Yuqing Palace
Niu Hulu was looking at the doctor with horror on her face, her voice rising an octave: "What did you say?!"

The imperial physician gritted his teeth and continued, "I see that your body is weak. Forcing a pregnancy will definitely have adverse effects on the mother's body. You must take medicine to preserve the pregnancy every day. If you still have spotting, you must use moxa to preserve the pregnancy."

Niuhulu could not accept that she was pregnant with an unhealthy child. Her Hongli was a famous "Ten Perfect" old man. He would continue her longevity genes and live to be eighty or ninety years old without any problem.

The imperial physician felt that the eyes of the prince's daughter, Lady Lin, were truly frightening. From her pulse, it seemed as if her whole body had been hollowed out and she was extremely weak. He didn't know what secret method had been used to give birth to this child. If things continued like this, the child would most likely not be born.

It turned out that although Niu Hulu had a miracle encounter, after the magic medicine took effect, she looked like an ordinary person, but in fact, she needed to supplement nutrition and recuperate. During that time, she hid among beggars and lived a precarious life for a while. It was also thanks to the magic medicine, otherwise she would have collapsed long ago.

The prince didn't care much when he heard this. He already had a legitimate son and a grown-up illegitimate son. He didn't care at all about the baby in Nianhulu's belly.

He gave the child to her as promised, and it was up to her whether she could give birth to the child.

Tong Guining was teaching Hongzhao. She took the Three Character Classic and recited it over and over again without getting tired of it. Little Hongzhao was sitting on the bed playing with a chain puzzle, and it was unclear whether he was listening or not.

"Your Majesty, things don't seem good over there." The palace maid replied after receiving the news.

"Lin is the prince's favorite. There's no need to keep an eye on her. We don't know anything." Tong Guining stopped and Hongzhao opened his big eyes and stared at his mother, as if asking why she stopped studying.

The palace maid felt sorry for Tong Guining: "Madam, you are the principal wife and you have a little prince. If Lin is restless, you might as well give her a warning, otherwise she will become even more rampant."

Tong Guining ignored her and continued to read to Hongzhao for a while. When she felt dry in the mouth, she moistened her throat and then called the eunuch leader over: "Kekou, who is beside me, is not very clean. I gave her a chance to correct her behavior, but unfortunately her nature is hard to change. According to the palace rules, she should be expelled. I remember that she has served me so well, so I will send her to the laundry department to preserve the relationship between master and servant. Keep an eye on her and don't let her get bullied to death."

"Slave takes orders."

Tong Guining looked at the healthy and lively Hongzhao and smiled. As long as the child could grow up safely, she would do anything!

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Eighth Prince's Mansion

Hongwang, who has always been well-behaved and cute, suddenly went on a hunger strike. It is a big deal if the only child in the family refuses to eat.

Guo Luoluo came over and asked, "Hongwang, tell mother, is the food unpalatable?"

Hongwang blinked his big eyes, looking very aggrieved. He wanted to throw himself into his mother's arms and kiss her, but he held back: "Mother, Hongwang heard that his biological mother died. Is it true?"

Upon hearing this, Guo Luoluo's eyes stood up and she glared at the servants in Hongwang's room fiercely. Then she looked at Hongwang gently and said, "I am your biological mother. If Hongwang keeps talking nonsense like this, your mother will be sad."

Seeing Guo Luoluo's red eyes, Hongwang no longer cared about his grievances and quickly pulled her hand: "Mother, did the wet nurse lie to Hongwang?"

"If anyone says something similar to you again, come directly to mother or your father. If you don't believe what mother says, you should at least believe your father!" Guo Luoluo used both lies and coaxing to scare Hongwang.

Hongwang had been on a hunger strike for most of the day and was indeed hungry. He could not resist the temptation of good things and ate a lot with Guo Luoluo's company. Then he fell asleep exhausted.

"Where is the wet nurse? Let her come with me." Guo Luoluo gave Hongwang's servants a warning look and took her wet nurse away.

This wet nurse was selected by the Eighth Lady herself from the Prince's Mansion, but she unexpectedly had her eyes pecked by an eagle.

"Tell me, who ordered you to sow discord between us mother and son!" "I am innocent. The eldest prince was asleep, and I was just chatting with the people in the yard. I got to the point and let out a sentence. Who would have thought that the eldest prince heard it!"

"Fujin, that little Grape must have bad intentions. She's the one who led this!"

The wet nurse knew the Eighth Lady's methods and grasped at a life-saving straw.

Just when the Eighth Lady gave the order to arrest the person, Grape had already hanged herself in her room.

Looking at the dead body, the Eighth Lady suddenly felt that something in the mansion was beyond her control. There must be someone behind Grape. Who could it be?
After waking up, Hongwang found that the nanny and Sister Grape who took care of him had never appeared again. This time he did not cry or make a fuss, but accepted it calmly.

It wasn't that he suddenly grew up, but that he found a note next to his pillow.

Although Hongwang is only in the enlightenment stage, he can still understand a few familiar words.

"Be careful, mom!"

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Prince Cheng's Mansion

"Princess, the eldest prince did not come back yesterday. The prince told you to keep an eye on him and wait for him to come back before interrogating him."

After listening to the report from her servants, Dong E's good mood for the whole morning was completely gone.

It was not known whether this father and son were enemies in their previous lives. They quarreled every day and would get angry even if they had never met each other.

"Where is the eldest prince?" This was not the first time that Hongqing did not come home at night, and as his mother, she could no longer control him.

"After much questioning, the people around the eldest prince said that he seemed to have gone to a newly opened theater."

"Opera House!" Dong E was furious when she heard these two words. "At such a young age, he has learned all of his father's bad habits, and has not learned any good things at all. What a rebellious son!"

"Go and bring the man back to me." Dong E ordered. In fact, the guards in the mansion were familiar with this matter. They already knew them from the places the young master often went.

When Dong E's anger had not yet subsided, she saw Hong Sheng peeking out of the door. She waved to her second son and said, "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be studying at this time?"

"The master is very happy today and gave his son half a day off." Hong Sheng moved closer to Dong E and said, "Mother, please don't frown. It will make you look ugly."

Dong E was amused by his words: "If my mother is still beautiful at this age, she will become a goblin."

Hong Sheng shook his head disapprovingly: "Mother is the most beautiful in my son's heart."

"But big brother made mother angry again?"

Dong E sighed with some worry: "I don't know what's wrong with your eldest brother. He has to go against your father. Is studying so difficult?"

Hong Sheng rubbed her brows and said, "Brother is smart and has a famous teacher in the palace to guide him, don't worry, mother."

"If your elder brother were half as obedient as you, mother would be satisfied." Dong E sighed sincerely.