Chapter 4: Maid Betrays Her Master
In the East Courtyard, Princess Li smashed a set of teacups upon hearing the imperial decree bestowing her name. The servants were already familiar with their mistress's habit of throwing things at every turn, so they skillfully picked up the broken porcelain pieces.

"Princess, you are still pregnant with the prince, you can't be so angry." Seeing that Princess Li had vented her anger, wet nurse Jin tried to persuade her earnestly.

"Now that the master has a legitimate son, how can he see us mother and son?" Li Gege pinched the handkerchief and felt a little sad for a moment, "He hasn't come to see me for a long time."

Nanny Jin sighed. As a concubine, she had to be well-aware. If the master didn't come, she had to find ways to get him to come: "Gege, you know the wife's temper. The master is doing this for the sake of the eldest prince. After a long time, he will naturally remember your kindness."

"You must always be docile, happy, beautiful, and gentle." Nanny Jin reminded her, "Besides, you still have the eldest princess."

"What's the use of her!" Li Gege became even angrier after hearing this. "Madame Jin, why am I so miserable? If she were a prince, the master wouldn't even look at me now. It's all her fault!"

"The court doctor said that this baby is most likely a son." Li Gege regained her spirits, "He will be my lifelong support only if he is born safely."

Nanny Jin wanted to persuade Li Gege to be nicer to Da Gege, but she was afraid that it would backfire.

In her opinion, the master attached great importance to the eldest princess. Sometimes, even if he didn't come to visit his own princess, he would carry the eldest princess to the front yard, which was an important place in the study and no one could enter without being summoned.

Why can't my own princess understand it?

"The eldest princess is crying again?" Li listened to the voice in the warm room and felt suffocated. "Is the wet nurse dead? What's the use of her if she can't even coax a child?! She cries all day long, it's depressing to watch. If it doesn't work, ask the palace doctor to prescribe some medicine. How can I rest if she cries like this?"

Nanny Jin hurriedly told the wet nurse to serve the eldest princess well.

Li Gege touched her belly and started daily prenatal education. The court doctor told her that as long as she talked more, the baby would be able to understand, and early communication would help cultivate better feelings.

Her children will definitely be better than Fu Jin's children.

She firmly believed this.

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"Good Madam, you can't wipe my body, but you can always wash your hair with hot water. Honghui is disgusted by the smell on me."

Yihuadi... I don't know how many times I have discussed this with Nanny Chen. Nanny Chen is willing to discuss everything, but she refused to budge on this matter: "Fujin, a woman should have a good confinement after giving birth to her first child. She can recover from any illness, big or small. You can't catch a cold, get windy or get wet. Just bear with it and it will pass."

"Prince Honghui likes Fu Jin the most, but Fu Jin pushed him away. Seeing that he was so sad, he cried." Hong Xiao's face was full of disapproval, "Our prince is so well-behaved. He has never cried since he was born. If you continue like this, the prince will really ignore you. Let's see if you cry or not."

"Little housekeeper." Yihuan continued to endure helplessly.

Nanny Chen saw that Fu Jin had finally given up the idea of ​​washing up, so she quickly changed the subject: "Fu Jin, for more than half a month, the master has asked Su Peisheng to bring Prince Honghui over to see him, and has never come to the main courtyard once. The master has been staying at Li's for two nights. I wonder if the master was angry on the day of the third day's bath?"

Yihuan yawned and didn't care much: "Li is pregnant, it would be wrong for him not to go and see her. How can I meet people in this state now? If the master doesn't want to come, then don't come. If he comes, I will chase him out."

"Fujin! You are talking like a child again." Nanny Chen advised earnestly, "I am going to say something very bold. You and the master were very respectful to each other before, but it lacked some warmth. Now that Prince Honghui is here, it is a good time to cultivate feelings. If Li also gives birth to a son in the future, you should think about Prince Honghui as well as yourself."

If history continues to unfold, this child of Li's will not live long.

Yihuan thought, after getting used to the comfortable life of being served for the past ten days, she felt a little reluctant to put on the mentality of a worker to please the boss.

"Then go and deliver a portion of winter melon, barley and pork ribs soup. Barley and winter melon are both good ingredients for removing dampness and dispelling summer heat. The weather now is just the beginning of the plum rain season, so it's very suitable." "Yes, I'll prepare it right away." Yu Xiao responded happily.

Yihuan went to bed early. It was not long after she gave birth and she hadn't recovered her energy yet when she heard Nanny Chen's anxious call.

"Fujin, wake up, something happened to Yuye."

"Yuye?" Yihuan had some impression of this maid. She was a charming-looking woman who never stepped forward to do work. However, she was very active every time when Yinzhen or Honghui was mentioned.

Fortunately, she was under the supervision of Nanny Chen and Hong Yuxiao, and ordinary maids were not allowed to get close to her to serve her.

"Yes, that bitch. Yuxiao ate something bad and has been suffering from diarrhea. Yuye said she could help run a trip, but she was so careless that she claimed that you, the wife, ordered her to serve the master, and she was dressed very boldly." Nanny Chen became more and more angry as she spoke, and the handkerchief in her hand was almost torn to pieces. "The master has always remained calm, and he punished Yuye with a stick, and is now beating her. That bitch keeps saying that she followed your orders, what should I do?"

Yihuan sat up and hugged the quilt. This matter was indeed difficult to handle. Yuye had been serving in the main courtyard. Yinzhen had ignored Yihuan for more than half a month. It was reasonable to send a beautiful maid to him in order to win his favor.

If Yihuan wasn't the person involved, she would have believed it too.

Yinzhen must have been furious.

Indeed, Yinzhen's face darkened when he saw Yuye, whose chest was mostly exposed and who was trying to have physical contact with him.

Su Peisheng was quick-eyed and immediately signaled his disciples to drag her away.

It was not until the woman kept calling him "Fujin" that Yinzhen ordered her to be beaten with a stick.

No one was interested in the pork rib soup that had been stewed for half the afternoon.

Yinzhen held the book without turning the page for a long time. The Buddhist beads in his hand turned one by one, showing that the owner was upset.

Su Peisheng bent down and advised: "Master, this girl looks unfamiliar. I don't think she is from the side of the master, the concubine. In my opinion, it is very likely that she acted on her own initiative and accused the concubine."

Yinzhen looked up at Su Peisheng and said, "You are familiar with the maid in the main courtyard."

Su Peisheng lowered his head even more: "I often go there to pass on messages, and after a while I have learned that Master Fujin only uses Nanny Chen and Yuxiao to serve her personally."

Yinzhen snorted coldly. He had been neglecting the main courtyard recently, not because he was dissatisfied with Yihuan's performance at the third-day-birth banquet. On the contrary, he admired this mother's strong behavior.

But she is the Crown Princess after all, so his attitude must be appropriate, not for the Crown Princess to see, but for the Crown Prince and the Emperor to see.

This kind of neglect should have lasted until she was out of confinement, but I didn't expect her to be so anxious!
Su Peisheng thought for a moment and continued, "Think about it, Master. Has Fu Jin ever sent anything to your study before? The study is an important place, and Fu Jin always knows how to avoid suspicion."

Yinzhen:……

This reason strangely convinced Yinzhen that this woman had rules ingrained into her bones and would naturally not do such a shameful thing.

(End of this chapter)