Qing Dynasty: The Imperial Concubine is Pregnant Again

Kangxi looked from a distance at the pink balls in the arms of the two maids while sitting on a table made of huanghuali wood. He was surprised to see that one of the pink balls looked half like his father.

"Oh, this is Hongxi? He looks quite similar to the fourth brother, but he's not as cold as the fourth brother, hahaha."

Kangxi couldn't help laughing as he spoke. He looked at Yinzhen, who was sitting expressionless and showed no emotion, and then at the baby in the nanny's arms, who was grinning with his mouth wide open.

Although Yinzhen's expression remained unchanged, he felt a little ashamed in his heart. The Emperor liked to make fun of people more and more. When he noticed that the looks of his other brothers became strange, a chill rose throughout his body.

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Xiaohui, who was standing behind Kangxi, also motioned for the nanny to come over and take a look.

Looking carefully at Hongxi's little face, the Queen Mother showed a kind and loving smile. The old lady, who was less than sixty years old, still had black hair. She joked with Kangxi with a smile:

"Yes, Hongxi and Yinzhen looked even more alike when they were children."

When Kangxi heard what the Queen Mother said, he sighed inexplicably. Yinzhen loved to laugh when he was a child. Ever since he caught him having a childish temper, he was in a bad mood. He criticized him for being moody...

Tong Nuanyan quietly watched what was happening over there with Kangxi. She didn't take Kangxi's words seriously. Not to mention the fertility pill from the mall, her own special ability to cleanse the fetus would naturally allow it to inherit the best genes from its parents.

However, the Fourth Lady was very unhappy. Her child Honghui was not called away by the Emperor like this, but Hongxi was already on the Emperor's mind after only a few months.

Not to mention how jealous the Fourth Lady was and what conspiracies she was thinking in her heart, after Kangxi took a few glances, he remembered that Tong Nuanyan was also his mother's family member and had given birth to twins, a boy and a girl.

However, since she was already a concubine, there was no way she could be promoted any further. He had originally wanted to reward her on this New Year's Eve so that some of the princes could have more children and not have to live with only two or three cats at home.

As he thought about it, he looked at Xinyu, whose face was round and tender and whose eyes were twinkling, and he made up his mind: "I have been thinking about what reward to give to the twins for a long time. Now that I have seen it, I have found a better one."

The princes below were startled. Are twins so important? From the time they were born to the present few months ago, the emperor has given them jewels and gold from time to time. What is he going to give them now?

The prince turned his head and stared at the two maids beside Kangxi, his eyes darting back and forth between the two delicate and pretty children, making it impossible to understand what he was thinking.

Yinzhen was even more unbelievable and a little worried that the emperor was paying too much attention to the twins.

The others listened quietly, with different thoughts in their minds, but nothing showed on their faces.

Kangxi glanced around calmly, taking in the expressions of all the princes, and then laughed and said, "Fourth Prince, what do you think about making Xinyu a princess?"

This sentence shocked countless people. Generally speaking, a princess was given the title of a princess when she reached the age of 15, but no princess was given the title when she was an infant.

Yinzhen was in a complicated mood. He walked out of his seat calmly and knelt on one knee: "Father, Xinyu is still young. It is too early to make her a princess."

However, Kangxi had no intention of listening to him. He asked the question just to see how the others would react. He saw that the prince looked a little indignant, and he didn't know what to feel.

The prince could not help but look at the Prince of Zhi on the side, and seeing that he also had a blank expression on his face, he was suddenly not very angry anymore. But what did he care about being conferred the title of a princess?

"Father, I agree with you. Xinyu is the girl of the twins, so she is different from other princesses. It is right for her to be promoted to a princess as an exception."

The prince smiled again, and bowed to Kangxi, supporting the proposal. Then he looked at Yinzhen who was still kneeling on one knee, and his smile faded a little.

In the past year, Yinzhen was crowned a king and was associated with auspicious signs of dragon and phoenix, which attracted a lot of attention from the emperor. I wonder if he has developed any other thoughts?

Tong Nuanyan listened to this conversation, but she was not like Yinzhen. In her heart, her daughter could naturally get better. Besides, she was not afraid of anyone plotting against her. All conspiracies and tricks were not strong enough to use force.

[Host, it's bad. An item is missing on the first day of the new year. ]

When Tong Nuanyan was still looking at what title Kangxi was going to give Xinyu, an alarm bell rang in her mind, and she raised her hand to rub her forehead. Hongyun and Huaike beside her looked over curiously, and Hongzhao, who was sitting next to her, reached out to pull her.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay. Mother will pick up a big chicken leg for you." As she said that, she picked up a chicken leg and put it into Hongzhao's small bowl. Although Kangxi was talking all the time, the imperial kitchen still served many dishes on time.

{What happened? 805, tell me in detail, what did you lose?}

The alarm in her mind stopped ringing, and Tong Nuanyan could feel the arc of 805 crackling, still angry. After a while, 805 cried and said:

[Host, I'm sorry, it was 805 who didn't keep watch, and the thing that was taken away was the 'designated card'. ]

Tong Nuanyan watched Kangxi discussing the title. The Crown Prince made several suggestions, and the Prince of Zhi proposed one, not to be outdone.

{Designated card? What is it for?}

Kangxi made the decision directly: "You don't have to argue anymore. Xinyu is the daughter of the fourth brother, so the fourth brother will decide. Fourth brother, you decide."

The Crown Prince, the Prince of Zhi, the Prince of Cheng, the Fifth Beile, the Seventh Beile, the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Beile were all staring at Yinzhen closely to see what title he would use.

[Host, the designated card is very useful. And 805 discovered that the card was used on Kangxi! ]

Tong Nuanyan was slightly stunned. Was it used on Kangxi?

{Could it be that the reason for the sudden appointment of the princess this time was because of that card?} She didn't quite understand. What benefit would it bring to the person behind the scenes to appoint Kangxi as the princess?

Yinzhen, who was called up by Kangxi, had a tense expression on his face. He knew that the title he chose this time was crucial and he must not let some people have any bad ideas.

"Replying to Your Majesty, I think the title 'Yong'an' is very good. I hope Xinyu will be as safe as the title."

[Yes, and the designated card can be used twice. Now we only know that it was used on Kangxi this time, but we don’t know the next time. ]

Twice? Tong Nuanyan narrowed her eyes slightly. Anyone familiar with her would know that she had the intention to kill. This time, she was just conferred the title of Princess, but it aroused so many people's dark thoughts. Next time...

Kangxi did not realize that his thoughts were manipulated by others. He really wanted to reward him, it was just a coincidence.

"Yong'an, that's right, that's right. In that case, let's hold the ceremony for Xinyu's canonization as a princess on her first birthday."

The Fourth Lady, Tong Nuanyan and others stood up and followed Yinzhen: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After getting up and returning to their seats, Tong Nuanyan felt that this banquet was boring. It was a good banquet, but it was full of conspiracies and calculations.

Hong Zhao didn't think so. He was still very young and loved to eat. He just thought that the more banquets the better, and it would be great if he could eat so much new food every day.

It's just that he was a little disgusted with the pitifully few vegetables and fruits on the table. In Piaoxue Courtyard, his mother would take out a lot of fresh fruits for him to eat. He really couldn't like the wilted, ugly and scarce fruits on the table.

When the banquet was over, Yinzhen drank so much that his cheeks turned red and he even walked unsteadily in response to the toasts from his brothers, which were both congratulations and sarcasm.