The Virtuous Concubine

Yinzhen hesitated for a long time. Everyone thought he was still motionless as usual. However, Malu did not give up. Instead, she clapped her hands gently and said to Yinzhen in a more encouraging tone: "Good boy, come here, mother."

At this moment, for some reason, Malu forgot that she was a concubine in the deep palace who needed to plan everything, and only remembered that she was a mother. Yinzhen looked at Malu who had been holding out her hand, and finally stood up carefully and took the first stumbling step. Malu was very surprised, and also took a few steps forward, opening her arms to welcome the arrival of her son. In this way, Yinzhen staggered into Malu's arms and was hugged tightly by her.

Malu gently stroked Yinzhen's hair, picked up the child, and rocked him gently. Yinzhen snuggled in Malu's arms, closed his eyes as if he was about to fall asleep, but his hands tightly grasped Malu's Longhua. Malu smiled and looked at him for a while, but unfortunately, she was pregnant with twins and her body was very heavy, so she couldn't hold him for long.

She gently put Yinzhen back on the crib, her movements so gentle as if she was afraid of disturbing a cloud. Yinzhen still refused to let go, so Malu had to untie the dragon flower around her neck and gently put it in his hands before putting the child down. Anyway, in Yonghe Palace, it didn't matter if she loosened up a bit.

Nanny Luo, who was standing guard nearby, said softly, "Your Majesty has a kind heart and is reluctant to disturb the prince's sleep." Malu smiled and shook her head, "I think the kid is probably pretending to sleep. You've taken good care of the child. You've worked so hard." Her words showed her appreciation for Nanny Luo and the others, as well as her doting and understanding for Yinzhen.

This was not a polite remark. Malu knew every little move of Yinzhen. At first, she thought that Xiao Si'er was well-behaved and sensible, and easy to take care of. Later, when she was older, she realized that this boy was difficult and picky. In fact, every one of his needs was very detailed. He often had a stern face and refused to cooperate. In fact, he was very emotional, which made people have to pay attention to him and take good care of him.

Malu even suspected that he was autistic. After reading various books and confirming with the system, it was simply a personality problem. He might just be a high-demand baby. When Luo Ma heard this, she couldn't help but smile. Finally, someone understood her! She couldn't resonate with this topic too much. The Fourth Prince was really hard to serve. If it weren't for the fact that Concubine De was considerate and generous, she might have found an opportunity to transfer away after taking care of the confinement.

But she couldn't really say that the Fourth Prince had any faults. This was said by his own mother, and she, a servant, could not say anything. Moreover, as the only prince who was conferred the title of Viscount Bei at the age of one month old, his future could be said to be second only to that of the Crown Prince. Thinking of this, Nanny Luo's eyes became more loving, and she secretly thought that the Fourth Prince was lucky to be reborn with such a favored and intelligent mother.

Nanny Luo just bowed lightly and said nothing.

Malu looked at the child and couldn't help but sigh. Looking at Yinzhen's eyes that looked more and more like Emperor Kangxi, she couldn't help but complain softly: "Little guy, your eyes are getting smaller and smaller. They were bigger when you were born, but now they look less and less like your mother."

Yinzhen listened to his own mother complaining about his appearance, and he stopped pretending to sleep. Instead, he tried to widen his eyes, which were getting closer and closer to the Aixinjueluo family's phoenix eyes, and babbled to try to prove that his eyes were not small. However, the sentence was too complicated, and his tongue was out of control, so he could only utter one or two words.

Malu thought he was just talking nonsense and ignored his protests. She couldn't understand him anyway. She took the new dragon flower that Jingyi found and tied it again. Yinzhen thought to himself, "So what if the eyes are small? The emperor's eyes are not big either, but everyone in the world is in awe of him and doesn't even dare to look him in the face. Women never get the point!"

Ma Lu noticed Yinzhen's serious face and couldn't help laughing. How could he be so young but have so many expressions and thoughts? She bent down and gently pinched his cheek: "Okay, mother won't say anything about you anymore."

Yinzhen was finally calmed down after hearing this. He stretched out his little hand, grabbed one of Malu's fingers, and held it tightly. Malu shook his hand, and seeing that he was just as unwilling to let go as he had been with Longhua, he smiled even more: "You are so clingy. I'll find you a wife soon, so you can cling to your wife."

Yinzhen seemed to sense his mother's happiness and relief, which made him happy as well. He chuckled, as if to say, "No matter what the future holds, now I just want to stick with my mother."

The mother and son stayed together for a while, and then Malu went back to the main hall. She still had a lot of things to do today! Becoming a palace concubine, especially after being promoted to a concubine, always involves a lot of trivial matters and interpersonal relationships, which require a lot of time to handle. She has already passed the cautious adaptation period and left most of the things to Bai Fu, Bai Xia and others.

She also had a lot of things to do. Fitness, embroidery and calligraphy were her unshakable projects. She also had to read books in many fields. These were not only her ways to cultivate her character, but also an important means for her to maintain her status in the palace. She had to come up with new ideas every month to make Kangxi happy. Although she loved Yinzhen very much, she really couldn't give up all these foundations for him.

Human nature is to admire the strong. Compared to a mother who only has her children in her mind and revolves around her children 24 hours a day, being able to retain favor, have a higher status and family strength is what Yinzhen, or what most people yearn for and need.

She gently pulled her hand away and said to Yinzhen, "Mother is going to be busy, you have to be good." Then she turned and left the side hall, changed into a set of exercise clothes she made, and began daily stretching during pregnancy. After finishing the exercise under the guidance of the system, she sat in front of the embroidery frame in front of the window and began to prepare for Kangxi's birthday.

This time, she is going to embroider a double-sided painting of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains. The front side shows the rising sun, while the back side shows the beautiful mountains and rivers at sunset. If the viewer moves from left to right, as the light changes, they can see the magnificent scene of the sun rising and setting, just like experiencing the passage of time in person. Whether from the front or the back, they can see the three-dimensional scene of the endless green mountains and rivers.

If it is done, it will be a masterpiece that will be passed down through the ages.

Of course, she would not really ruin her eyesight just to make you laugh. With the system's abundant computing power, she directly used the document and spreadsheet functions that she had unlocked before to sort out the necessary materials, ready-made drafts, steps, and precautions. She handed over some of the detailed and basic work to the embroiderers in the palace.

What she received two months ago was a roughly formed embroidery, but the most difficult part of the job was left to Malu, especially the embroidery of the sun. More than forty kinds of silk threads of similar colors were needed to embroider the magnificent scene of a sky full of rosy clouds.

Malu's slender fingers flew up and down, and every change of light and shadow was carefully designed and coordinated by her and the system. As the needle and thread shuttled, the rolling mountains and winding rivers gradually appeared on the embroidery cloth, vivid and lifelike. She skillfully used a variety of needle techniques to make the picture have both a three-dimensional sense of distance and height, and a delicate texture, as if you can feel the sparse breeze in the mountains and the gentleness of the endless waves.

At this moment, Malu had entered a flow state, and she did not put down her needlework until the system reminded her that she had completed what she was supposed to do for the day and it was time to rest.