Qing Dynasty: The Imperial Concubine is Pregnant Again

The first month of the 39th year of the Kangxi reign

Since the last New Year's Eve, Defei, who heard that Song had a miscarriage in Yonghe Palace, sent someone to tell her that since the child was lost on New Year's Eve, the Fourth Prince and his family did not need to go to Yonghe Palace, but should wait until the seventh day after the New Year!

As a result, it was delayed until the Lantern Festival.

Unlike the prosperous and festive atmosphere in ordinary people's homes, the New Year celebrations in the palace were still dull and lifeless. Fireworks were not allowed in the palace, and the servants did not dare to laugh happily for the New Year. The entire Forbidden City did not seem to be celebrating the New Year.

Yonghe Palace.

The decoration is very magnificent, and it is obviously the palace of the favorite concubine. Not to mention that you can smell the hot air as soon as you enter the huge palace, even in this snowy weather you can still see the potted plants on the small table, which shows how luxurious it is.

Wearing a light green silk mandarin dress embroidered with white magnolias, with a pink pearl flower and two small light blue hydrangea flowers on her head, and with light makeup, she looked as elegant and refined as a fairy. Tong Nuanyan followed quietly behind Yinzhen and the Fourth Lady, but even so, she still couldn't conceal her lively and bright temperament.

The young eunuchs and palace maids walking on the palace road would look back from time to time at this beauty they had never seen before, and were quietly discussing who would be following behind the Fourth Prince and the Fourth Lady. Smart people would know that this was Tong Jia, who became the Fourth Prince's concubine after the selection last year. Who else would be following behind the Fourth Prince?

Yinzhen and the Fourth Lady, who had just been released from confinement, walked in front in silence. At the gate of Yonghe Palace, they met the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Princes who were also coming this way.

"Fourth brother." Yinxiang, who was polite and always got along well with Yinzhen, spoke first.

The Fourteenth Prince snorted awkwardly and arrogantly: "Hmph, Fourth Brother? How long has it been since you last came to visit Mother? Did you know that Mother is sick?"

Yinzhen was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Fourteenth Prince to ask this. He said with concern: "Fourteenth Prince, mother is sick? Is she okay now?" After all, Defei is Yinzhen's biological mother. No matter what their relationship is like, he wants to reconcile first.

"You really didn't know that mother was sick? No wonder mother doesn't like you!" Fourteenth child liked to use such words to show off that he was favored by Concubine De since he was a child. Whenever Concubine De saw Yinzhen, she would remember that she had no choice but to give Yinzhen to Concubine Tong Jia to raise in order to get promoted. Concubine De always indulged Fourteenth child's words.

Tong Nuanyan, who was standing behind him, saw that Yinzhen's hands were clenched tightly, so she walked forward and shook his hands. "I have met Fourteenth Prince. If you want your brother, Fourth Master, to care about Concubine De, you can't hurt your brother's heart like this. I think Fourteenth Prince is waiting for you this time, right? Waiting to pay respects to Concubine De with your brother, Fourth Master."

The Fourteenth Prince's face flushed as he shouted, "Who are you? What nonsense are you talking about? How could I possibly pay my respects to my mother together with the Fourth Prince?"

Although the Fourteenth Prince spoke viciously, Yinzhen felt particularly miserable at this time. Yes, miserable, a biological brother, who had been speaking so harshly to him since he was a child, and now some people said that this was his brother's love that would never grow up?

"Fourteenth Prince! It's almost time for lunch. Let's go in and have lunch with De'e Niang!" Thirteenth Prince was afraid that Fourteenth Prince would get angry with Yinzhen again, so he stepped out to speak. Fourteenth Prince was always like this, causing discord among the brothers.

The group, led by the angry Fourteenth Prince, entered the Yonghe Palace.

[Host, what do you think this Concubine De is thinking? They are both her own sons, but she treats them differently! If there were two naturally conceived children in the apocalypse year 3022, the entire base would spoil them! ]

Tong Nuanyan sighed in her heart. The times were different and people's thoughts were very different. "805, if the body I entered was of a lower status, even if I passed the selection and became a concubine and couldn't raise my own children, would I be partial?"

Even though Tong Nuanyan knew that it was highly unlikely, she still put herself in Concubine De's shoes and thought about it. [The host would not, because there is no such thing as an if! If there is, the host will love the child even more after the child comes back, and will not hate the child because of the other party's adoptive mother! ]

Yes, what was wrong with the child? No matter what kind of hatred there was between Concubine De and Tong Jia, Tong Jia was dead, and this hatred should not be imposed on the ten-year-old child who returned to her side at that time.

As soon as I entered the main hall, I saw a woman dressed in luxurious clothes. She was not particularly beautiful, but she should have been more beautiful when she was favored since she became a favorite concubine. Now she is nearly forty years old, but she has maintained herself well and looks no more than twenty years old.

"Son greets mother! May mother be blessed!" Yinzhen led the two to pay their respects, and then waited quietly for Concubine De to speak.

Concubine De didn't even show any sign of asking the three to stand up. She picked up the teacup and took a sip, then asked slowly, "Are you the Tong Jia from last year's selection?"

Although Tong Nuanyan felt a little strange, she still answered in a proper manner: "Your Highness, it is me!"

Concubine De glanced lazily and shouted sternly: "Concubine Tong! Do you admit your guilt?"

"What crime have I committed? Please tell me clearly, Your Majesty the Defei!" Tong Nuanyan was a little puzzled. Would the Defei not impose the grudges of the previous generation on her?

"Mother, why do you suddenly say that the concubine is guilty?" Yinzhen asked her from the side.

Seeing that both of them looked confused, Concubine De became angry. She thought Yinzhen was born to be her unlucky!

"I want to ask you, did you give an item to Fourteenth Prince on Yinzhen's birthday?" Defei questioned Tong Nuanyan angrily, "I have kept the item you gave me. By giving me such a thing, do you want to watch my Fourteenth Prince be labeled as a plaything by His Majesty?"

Who could have known that giving a toy to a child would become a sin in the eyes of Concubine De.

"To answer your Majesty, I don't have such an idea. There is no profound meaning in giving this item as a gift. This item is extremely useful for developing the hands-on ability of a ten-year-old child. Although it is made in the shape of a toy, it is not simple at all!"

Tong Nuanyan was naturally much more familiar with such toys than people today. Not to mention that this toy can be moved by a spring, this finely crafted four-wheel drive car is essentially an educational toy. She was indeed right.

"Mother, I haven't even learned how to ride that car yet! Please ask Concubine Zhen to teach me!" Seeing that his beloved car was about to be condemned by Concubine De, Fourteenth, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but speak up. If he didn't stop it, the car would definitely be destroyed by Mother!