Qing Dynasty: The Imperial Concubine is Pregnant Again

The news that Prince Yong's concubine had given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, spread quickly in the Forbidden City, and Kangxi was still reviewing memorials in the Qianqing Palace.

After hearing the news, the emperor was overjoyed. He put down the memorial in his hand and looked at Liang Jiugong beside him with a smile.

"Liang Jiugong, is the information accurate?"

Liang Jiugong was a first-rank eunuch, but at this moment he wore a smile that seemed to be free of charge, which made the wrinkles on his face particularly obvious.

"Your Majesty, this is the good news that Prince Yong personally sent someone to report. Concubine Tong just gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and Prince Yong sent someone here. It's obvious that Prince Yong is thinking about Your Majesty!"

After hearing this, Kangxi smiled even more, and felt that Yinzhen was very filial, as he announced the good news to him right after the baby was born.

"Let's go to Yonghe Palace."

Liang Jiugong's expression remained unchanged, but he felt in his heart that even if he went, Concubine De might not really be happy for Prince Yong.

"Hey! Go to Yonghe Palace!"

Half an hour later.

In the Yonghe Palace, Consort De, Uya, was wearing a Manchu-style dress embroidered with lotus and koi carp, and was feeding the fish in a small pond in the palace with a box of fish food.

This was when she was promoted to Defei. Knowing that she liked koi, Kangxi built the Yonghe Palace and opened a small pond for her.

The senior palace maid beside Concubine De whispered something in her ear. Concubine De tightly clenched the fish food in her hand, her eyes full of resentment.

"How could those bitches of the Tong Jia clan get so much glory! They, the Tong Jia clan, are here to overthrow me!"

No matter whether it was the former Empress Xiaoyi or the current concubine of Yinzhen, each one of them wanted to go against him!

The bitch Xiaoyi stole her son away, and now the woman whom she raised, Yinzhen, has married, has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, all to bring bad luck to her!

"It was Concubine Tong who was lucky enough to give birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Otherwise, if she had given birth to twins of the same sex, she would have been overwhelmed by the bad reputation!"

The head palace maid followed Concubine De's words and began to criticize her master.

After knowing that Kangxi was coming to Yonghe Palace, Defei immediately regained her gentle and elegant appearance and greeted the emperor in the courtyard with a smile on her face.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty be blessed with good health and good health!"

Kangxi stepped forward with a smile on his face and helped Concubine De up. The two of them entered the main hall of Yonghe Palace. As soon as they sat down, Kangxi asked:

"Yinzhen's concubine has given birth to a dragon and a phoenix! Has my beloved concubine received the news?"

The smile on Concubine De's face remained unchanged, but she became more and more annoyed in her heart. She sat next to Kangxi and massaged his shoulders.

"I just received the news, Your Majesty, Tong Jia gave birth to the first pair of twins in the royal family, a boy and a girl. Such an auspicious sign, shall we reward her?"

Kangxi came to Yonghe Palace for this matter. Seeing that Concubine De was so tactful and spoke first, he continued to speak along with her words.

"Do you have any ideas, my dear?"

De Fei paused for a moment while kneading her shoulders, then continued kneading: "Your Majesty, I feel that it is a great blessing for Tong Jia to give birth to twins, a boy and a girl. If we publicize it in a big way, it may not be good."

Kangxi's smile faded a little, but Concubine De didn't notice and continued to give her suggestions:

"Your Majesty, if not, there is no need to make a big fuss about the twins' third birthday. The prince and princess are so young, they may not be able to bear such a big blessing."

"I shouldn't have come to ask you. Go to bed. I'll go discuss it with the Empress Dowager." Kangxi looked displeased and stood up and left.

Leaving behind her, Defei bowed awkwardly. After saying "Goodbye, Your Majesty" in a daze, she fell to the ground.

She still doesn't understand why the emperor suddenly got angry. She thought the suggestions she made were all for the good of the twins, but they made the emperor angry.

Three days later.

In Piaoxue Courtyard, Tong Nuanyan was lying on the bed somewhat bored. In the past few days, she had said many times that she was in good health and did not need to stay in bed.

But Qiuyu and Yunxin both felt that giving birth to two children would seriously damage her health, so they kept her in bed every day to recuperate.

She was lying on the bed so much that she almost grew mushrooms. If she didn't have special powers, her body would have gone bad in this hot August.

"Have the Fourth Prince and the Fourth Princess been dealt with?"

Tong Nuanyan asked, today is the third day of her two children's birthday, she has to pay special attention to it. She only looked at her children twice when they were born, and she hasn't seen her own children much in the past two days.

Just as I was asking, several maids came in from the door, two of them were holding a big red swaddling cloth each.

"Concubine, the fourth prince and the fourth princess have been packed up."

Tong Nuanyan asked them to hold the babies up for her to see, and two swaddling clothes appeared in front of her, one on the left and one on the right.

On the cradle on the left is a baby with a round face, red lips, fair skin, and a pair of narrow eyes. He has obviously inherited Yinzhen's phoenix eyes. This is the Fourth Princess.

In the swaddling cloth on the right is a baby with two chubby cheeks, pink lips, skin not as white as his sister’s, and a pair of round eyes. He is the handsome Fourth Prince.

"The Fourth Prince and the Fourth Princess have become more and more beautiful these days. Xia Xi, you will go out with them to attend the third day bath later."

Xia Xi agreed without saying much. Tong Nuanyan asked her to go because she was a nanny bionic person.

Today is the third day of the baby's birth and she doesn't know if anyone will cause trouble, so she has to ensure her child's safety.

In the front yard, because Kangxi had given his approval, the third-day bathing banquet was held with exceptional grandness, more festive than any previous bathing banquets for the eldest sons of princes and nobles.

There were many more people attending the banquet, even Crown Prince Yinreng, who usually did not attend other princes' banquets, came with his Crown Princess.

"My Lord Crown Prince. May Your Highness live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years!"

As soon as the prince came in, everyone in the courtyard was shocked. Why did the prince come to attend the twins' third day bath?

It seems that His Majesty/the Emperor has a different attitude towards the twins, otherwise the prince would not have come to participate in such a high-profile manner.

"Get up. You are here to attend your nephew and niece's third-day bathing ceremony today. There is no need to be so reserved." Yinreng had a smile on his face and spoke gently, but there was a hint of disgust in his eyes.

As the host, Yinzhen led Yinreng and the Crown Princess to their seats, sitting directly in the first seat, while the Crown Princess went to the side of the female relatives.

Several brothers were arguing with each other at the banquet, and there was an undercurrent of tension in the banquet. When the twins came out, everyone stared at them intently, as if they wanted to imprint the twins in front of them in their eyes.

Two matchmakers came forward with two basins of herbal water made from mugwort and locust leaves and placed them in the middle of the hall. Then the princes, who were the elders, added more water to the basins.

Gold, silver and jade ornaments were thrown into the basin of water one after another, and auspicious words were spoken with mixed feelings. Two matchmakers each held a little baby wearing a bellyband, pouring water on the baby's body and saying words of blessing.

Then he used scallion white to gently pat the two children's white backs three times. The two children felt pain and their loud and powerful cries echoed throughout the hall.

Then the two matchmakers, with smiles on their faces, quickly wrapped the baby in swaddling clothes and handed the baby to the nanny and Xia Xi standing by to hold.

Just as everyone was waiting for Yinzhen to come up with a name himself, a familiar-looking person came in from the door. Upon closer look, who else could it be but Liang Jiugong?

"I wonder why Eunuch Liang came here?"

Liang Jiugong did not try to be mysterious. He walked directly to the head of the table and opened the bright yellow imperial edict in his hand. After seeing everyone kneeling down, he read aloud:

"The Emperor, by the Will of Heaven, proclaims: I, the heir of the Imperial Mandate, have been blessed with a son and a daughter. My fourth son has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl. This is the first auspicious pair of twins in the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty. With the kindness of the Empress Dowager, I shall name my fourth grandson Hongxi and my granddaughter Xinyu. I decree this!"

No matter how surprised everyone was, Kangxi's decree to give names to the twins shocked many people, and at this moment they could all shout "Long live the emperor", and there was nothing else that could be done to change it.

"Prince Yong, please accept my order?"