Qing Dynasty: The Imperial Concubine is Pregnant Again

"Yes, Yinzhen, is there something wrong?"

Tong Nuanyan looked at the heavy expression on his face and held Yinzhen's hand calmly. "Fourth Master, did I do something wrong to make you so embarrassed?"

Yinzhen looked at it solemnly for a while, and said slowly: "Nothing, where did this cotton coat come from?" In order not to miss any reaction, he looked at Tong Nuanyan.

"Fourth Master, this was bought by my father from a manufacturer in the capital. Many people in the capital wear it, and it's not a rare item." You can't say that this was made by her. Some things can't be put in the open. Now everyone knows that the sanitary napkin and diaper factory belongs to Tong Nuanyan, but from now on all factories cannot be revealed.

The room was quiet, and the rest of the palace maids had been taken away by Su Peisheng. Tong Nuanyan knelt quietly on the ground, and Yinzhen sat on his seat and looked at her. Yinzhen was suspicious and had a clear distinction between love and hate. Love meant life, and hate meant death.

"Yanyan, what are you doing? You don't have to perform formalities when you are pregnant. It's not that I don't believe you, but this cotton matter is of great importance." Yinzhen regained his usual cold face, slightly curled his lips, and walked forward to help Tong Nuanyan up.

Although she knew that Yinzhen was suspicious, she still felt uncomfortable. After a long silence, Tong Nuanyan smiled and said, "I know that cotton is not easy to get. Even if there are seeds, it is not easy to grow. It only grows in extremely cold areas."

As she said this, she looked up at Yinzhen's expression, but she didn't expect Yinzhen to look at her with a smile on his face.

"Yanyan still understands me. This is why I asked you. Cotton is difficult to grow, but you said it can be bought in the capital. What's going on?" Pulling Tong Nuanyan over to sit on his lap, Yinzhen hugged her with both hands and let her lie in his arms.

"Fourth Master, my father said that there is a farm in the suburbs of Beijing that sells this, but this farm is very mysterious and no one knows its origin." Tong Nuanyan said calmly, hoping to make the people of the royal family feel that they could only cooperate and not offend them.

"The owner of Zhuangzi is like a mysterious dragon that is hard to find from head to tail. I guess he must have someone to rely on." Seeing Yinzhen looking thoughtful, she immediately came out to guide him to believe that he had a background and someone to rely on.

Yinzhen held Tong Nuanyan quietly without saying a word, and stroked her pregnant belly with his right hand for a while. He stood up, held Tong Nuanyan and walked to the couch, gently put her down, squatted down and said to her:

"Yanyan, I know your intention. How about giving one of these two sets of cotton coats to Concubine Yu?" The question sounded a little guilty but firm. Yinzhen also knew that this was indeed not satisfactory, but this thing must be given to Concubine Four, so that Tong Nuanyan would not look favored when she wore it.

"Fourth Master, you have already made the decision, why are you still asking me why?" Although she had already guessed what Yinzhen would do, Tong Nuanyan still wanted to act jealous to make Yinzhen feel guilty.

"Yanyan, I like you like this, so beautiful!" Yinzhen curled his lips and smiled, a smile that seemed to melt an iceberg, just like the warm sun on the first snow.

Tong Nuanyan hugged his neck, buried her face in his shoulder, and remained silent. The incense on Yinzhen's body was cold and faint, but it made people feel full of security: "Yinzhen, if one day you find out that someone has cheated you, what will you do?"

"Are you lying to me? If so, I'll kill you with a weapon! Yanyan, you won't lie to me, will you?" He stroked Tong Nuanyan's small face with his right hand, stroking it gently, and uttered cruel words while pursing his lips.

"How could that be, Yinzhen? I would never lie to you, no matter who I am. My child and I need your protection as a husband and a father." Having said that, Tong Nuanyan felt that there was no need to consider letting Yinzhen know about many things.

Yinzhen could never have imagined that the things he had wanted to know for decades would be revealed in this short conversation, and it would be impossible to change the outcome.

...

a few days later.

Front yard study.

"Yanyan, as you said, this Cotton Clothes Manor is very mysterious. We sent two groups of people there, but found nothing and several people died in vain!" Yinzhen didn't know why he chose to let a concubine know such an important matter, but he just wanted to see from Tong Nuanyan whether he was being too suspicious.

"Well, Fourth Master, I don't understand this. Is this manor really so mysterious? Even you, Fourth Master, failed when you sent people to investigate. Who is the immortal who owns this manor?" Guessing that Yinzhen was still testing her, Tong Nuanyan could only accompany him to finish the play. The less she knew, the more real it seemed.

"Well, how did your father get those two sets of cotton coats?" Yinzhen didn't want to admit that after hearing her words he didn't know, he felt relieved and happy at the same time, because he knew Yanyan didn't lie to him!

During these two days, when the emperor was in court, he always suddenly asked about the changes in the people of the capital. As the crown prince, Yin still knew something, but he always answered that it just looked more prosperous than last year. When asked how it became prosperous, he knew nothing.

Prince Yinzhi of Zhi was clueless when it came to military affairs, but knew nothing about people's livelihood.

Now in the court, the prince and Sony are in the same party.

Prince Zhi and Mingzhu are in one party, and the rest are Prince Cheng, him, and the Eighth Beile, a group of people with no power, no party, and no political affiliation. Even the Seventh Beile of Pojiao had some political achievements because he followed Junggar in the thirty-seventh year.

This made Yinzhen, as a half-legitimate son, particularly anxious, but he could not let others see this anxiety because he had to maintain a calm appearance.

Tong Nuanyan looked at Yinzhen who was in a trance and pretended not to see anything.

"Replying to the Fourth Master, my father bought it on the day when the manor opened. At that time, the manor was still doing some limited sales. My father said that he asked several servants to buy it before he was able to buy it!" Tong Nuanyan spoke exaggeratedly, as if she was there and saw it with her own eyes on the opening day.

"Puchi, Yanyan, what you said is not an exaggeration at all. The day before yesterday, in order to get to know this farm better, I also went there, and the business is booming!" Yinzhen couldn't help laughing as he looked at her, agreeing with what she said.

"Fourth Master, I think that we don't have to find the owner of the manor. We can also cooperate with the relevant person in charge. As long as the purchase quantity is large enough, we can also get the price down." Tong Nuanyan spoke tentatively. She didn't know whether Yinzhen wanted to cooperate in purchasing cotton clothes and trousers, or planned to purchase them directly?

"Yanyan, this method is not bad, but I want to present it to the Emperor. If the Emperor insists on purchasing it, then I will do this job well!" Yinzhen also wanted to use the simplest method, but this was related to whether the common people could spend the winter warmly in the future, so he had to report to the Emperor and let him make a decision.

If Yinzhen were the emperor, and had a conscience who served the country and the people, as long as he was not too greedy and the prices of things were affordable for the common people, he would definitely handle relationships well and cooperate well with others to achieve a win-win situation.

When Yinzhen was working hard for the people's livelihood for the first time, a crazy idea came to his mind. In the past, he only wanted to be a wise minister and a wise king, but after attending court for the past few days, he found that the crown prince didn't know much about people's livelihood, and the eldest son, Prince Zhi, knew nothing about it. He felt that his ability was no weaker than those two, so why couldn't he do it?

Half a month later, after Yinzhen's memorial was submitted, Kangxi sent someone to take over the transaction with the person in charge of Zhuangzi and reached a cooperative relationship. In the next 20 years, cotton coats and trousers were available in multiple grades to both common people and wealthy people.

[Host, I personally controlled the robot this time, so you don't have to worry about anyone noticing anything unusual.]

"I believe you. After this cotton clothing cooperates with the royal family, it can also develop trade routes to the entire Qing Dynasty under the name of the royal family. I hope that by doing this, I can make the people of the dynasty live a better life."