Qing Dynasty: The Imperial Concubine is Pregnant Again

Chapter 92: New Year

Yinzhen frowned as he watched her about to cry, feeling annoyed.

The Fourth Lady secretly called her a bitch in her heart, and her face was not very good: "It is understandable that Li Gege was delayed for a while, but today is New Year's Eve, please don't cry."

Li Gege froze for a moment, not daring to pretend to cry anymore. She looked at Yinzhen silently, waiting for him to speak.

Looking at these people standing in a Shura-like position, Tong Nuanyan, who was watching the show on the side, remained silent and watched with interest.

Yinzhen's handsome face was somewhat helpless at this moment. He frowned and said to Li Gege: "Remember your identity! You can't cross it in the future!"

As he spoke, he looked at the Fourth Lady and Tong Nuanyan beside him. He wanted to pull Tong Nuanyan's hand to get into the carriage, but because of the rules, he silently withdrew his hand.

He was the first to get on the front carriage, followed closely by the Fourth Lady and Hong Zhao.

Tong Nuanyan glanced at Li beside her indifferently, slightly raised the corners of her mouth, her gorgeous appearance with a decent smile, the whole person was as beautiful as a peach blossom.

"Huai Ke and Hong Yun came to Tong E'niang's place."

Li held the two children's hands tightly, her eyes full of jealousy and resentment. She could hardly maintain her smile and was too stiff to dare to look Tong Nuanyan in the eye.

She suppressed her jealousy and spoke in a flattering tone, "I'll trouble Concubine to look after Hongyun and Huai Ke. If they don't understand something, I hope Concubine won't take it too seriously."

As she spoke, she squatted down and gave instructions to Hong Yun and the other two, mostly telling them not to bother Tong Nuanyan.

Tong Nuanyan did not comment on her words. She stroked the slender golden armor on her fingers, and her voice became indifferent.

"Gege Li, you don't have to be like this. The nanny beside you has been following you all the way. You are thinking too much."

Having said that, she took Hongzhao and the siblings Longfeng directly into a large and bright carriage and lined up behind Yinzhen's carriage. Behind them was a long team of guards and servants.

After sitting for a while, the curtain of the carriage opened again, and Hongyun and Huai Ke got up carefully and sat gently in the corner farthest from Tong Nuanyan.

With Su Peisheng's shout of "let's go", the team marched towards the Forbidden City in a mighty manner, entered the Shenwu Gate, and then changed to walking, entering from the Shunzhen Gate and taking most of the hour.

Jiaotai Hall.

Most of the banquets in the palace were held in this palace. This time they did not go to Yonghe Palace to pay their respects to Concubine De. Firstly, this was a dinner party, and secondly, Concubine De never allowed Yinzhen to pay his respects to her on New Year's Eve, saying that coming in the New Year would show his filial piety.

When Tong Nuanyan took Hongzhao and followed behind Yinzhen, with two maids holding the dragon and phoenix siblings beside them, as soon as they sat down, a plain-looking woman next to them spoke.

"Concubine Tong also brought twins this time? Can I hold them for a while to share in the good fortune?"

Tong Nuanyan looked up, obviously not having much impression, and the 805 in her mind came out at the right time to scan the identity.

[Host, this is the Seventh Prince's wife, Hadana Lama.]

It was not until then that she remembered that she had seen Hong Zhao when he was one month old, and that the Seventh Lady seemed to be pregnant at that time.

"What the Seventh Lady said really embarrasses me. Come, carry her over to show her."

Tong Nuanyan replied with a smile, as the saying goes, one should not hit a smiling person, the Seventh Lady had no grudge against her, and it would not be a big deal for her to look after the child.

The two maids walked over one after the other, squatting slightly respectfully so that the Seventh Lady on her seat could see them.

The seat of the Fifth Beile was next to Yinzhen, which was the seat of the Seventh Beile in the past. I don’t know how the Seventh Concubine noticed her.

Tong Nuanyan looked at the seats carefully. The one in the center was undoubtedly Kangxi, and behind him on the right was the Empress Dowager Xiaohui. On the left were the same bright yellow ornaments. There was no need to look at the prince's seat, as only the Crown Princess and the concubine were there.

Looking from the front, the seats of the concubines on the right hand side, Concubine Xun Tong Jia is the first one, followed by the four concubines Hui, Rong, De and Yi, and after them are some less familiar ones.

On the left are the seats for the princes and their families. Next to the crown prince's seat are the family of Prince Zhi, followed by Prince Cheng, Prince Yong, the fifth beile and the seventh beile. The rest of the princes are in the row behind them.

The Seventh Lady carefully examined the four-month-old babies in the cradle. Both babies had fair and rosy complexions and were obviously healthy children.

She thought again of her daughter who was born last year. She was born weak and is still skinny and small at almost two years old. No matter how many doctors she sees, they all say that her chances of growing up to adulthood are slim.

Her eyes were slightly red, and she turned around to look at the Seventh Prince Yinyou. Seeing that he didn't pay attention to her, she was a little disappointed. She turned around and noticed the Fifth Lady sitting next to her.

Seeing that she wanted to see it but couldn't bring herself to do so, he asked, "Fifth sister-in-law, why don't you share in the blessing together? This is the first pair of twins in the royal family, auspicious and blessed."

When Lady Wu saw that someone was inviting her, she immediately pretended to be helpless and looked carefully at the swaddling clothes in front of her.

When I met those big round and sparkling eyes, my heart was melted by their cuteness. I felt soft all over and couldn't stop smiling.

"Seventh brother's wife, look, look, the little princess is smiling. Is her name Xinyu? Xinyu is smiling at me!"

The Seventh Lady was stunned. How could this Nara suddenly become so... honest?

The Fifth Prince turned around because of her noise and found that a nanny was holding a baby next to his wife.

"Fujin, what are you doing?"

As for Tong Nuanyan, she asked Xia Xi to go over and keep an eye on it, leaving Hong Zhao sitting next to her, with Hong Yun and Huai Ke sitting in the seat next to them.

Honghui sat in the front with the Fourth Lady, not paying any attention to how to sit in the back.

The eunuch at the door announced: "The Emperor has arrived! The Queen Mother has arrived! The Crown Prince has arrived!"

At that moment, everyone in Jiaotai Hall stood up and saluted: "Your Highness, Queen Mother, and Crown Prince, long live the Emperor! Long live the Queen Mother! Long live the Crown Prince!"

Kangxi wore a bright yellow dragon robe. Although he was nearly fifty years old, he was still as energetic as when he was in his prime, and his aura was intimidating without even being angry.

The Empress Dowager was wearing a Manchu-colored dress with a phoenix on a peony pattern, and next to her was Crown Prince Yinreng, who was also wearing bright yellow clothes with python patterns embroidered on them.

"Get up, today is New Year's Eve, relax a little, no need to be so polite."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Kangxi took his seat with the Empress Dowager and the Crown Prince. After glancing around, he looked at Yinzhen's seat, narrowed his eyes slightly, and spoke again.

"Yinzhen, is Tong Jia behind you?"

Yinzhen didn't expect that the first question the emperor asked after he sat down would be about Tong Nuanyan, so he quickly stood up and bowed: "Replying to the emperor, it is my son's concubine."

Tong Nuanyan also stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, long live the emperor!"

Kangxi stared at her without saying anything. The whole hall was silent and no one dared to speak. After a moment, seeing that Tong Nuanyan did not react much and was still calm, he laughed.

"Yes, you are worthy of being Xiaoyi's niece! You are very good. Has my auspicious sign arrived today?"

Auspicious?

When the others heard this, not many guessed what it meant, and some of the people who guessed had gloomy expressions.

Yinzhen felt that he was being glared at more and more, but he still had a cold face and did not show any emotion.

"Your Majesty, Hongxi and Xinyu are here today. Ma, please take the two children to show the emperor."

Tong Nuanyan said this with a smile on her face, and those who hadn't guessed it realized that Yinzhen's eyes were even more threatening.