The Virtuous Concubine

Malu is not the only one who is planning to get pregnant.

For example, Concubine Yi was tormenting her sister at this time and making her take some folk remedies from outside the palace.

Concubine Yi had nothing to do today, so she took Noble Lady Guo Luoluo to see the increasingly fair and tender Ninth Prince.

Noble Lady Guo Luoluo did not dare not to go, so she had to take the fourth princess to see her brother.

Originally, they were all happy, but Concubine Yi looked at the Fourth Princess and suddenly said, "Sister, did you take the medicine on time?"

Noblewoman Guo Luoluo was embarrassed: "The child is still here, how can he hear this?"

As he spoke, he touched his daughter's rosy face, asked the nanny to take the princess out to play, and then he carefully answered Concubine Yi: "Sister, I don't know if this folk remedy is effective. I am always uneasy."

Concubine Yi glared at her and said, "What nonsense are you thinking! This is a secret recipe that I got with great difficulty. It will definitely work. How can I harm you? You don't have a child, how can that work?"

Noble Lady Guo Luoluo felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this. Why was she said to be childless?

She lowered her head and stammered, "Having a fourth princess may be all the blessings I have—"

Concubine Yi interrupted her and said in a bad tone: "Guo Luoluo's family already has two princes. If it's not for your own good, why am I urging you like this? What's the use of a girl? Don't take my kindness for granted!"

Noble Lady Guo Luoluo's eyes were slightly red, and she choked up and said, "I know."

Concubine Yi frowned and said, "Sister, I know you love the princess, but in this palace, without a prince by your side, you will have no one to rely on."

Noblewoman Guo Luoluo remained silent.

Concubine Yi held her hand and spoke in a slower tone, "Sister, please trust me this time. This prescription will definitely help you get pregnant with a prince."

Noblewoman Guo Luoluo nodded helplessly: "Forget it, then I'll do as my sister says."

Only then did Concubine Yi feel relieved, and she asked her personal maid to bring two bowls of medicine, and she took the lead in drinking one bowl!

When Lady Guo Luoluo saw her sister drinking the medicine herself, she felt relieved and drank the bitter medicine as well.

In this regard, Noblewoman Guo Luoluo really has some petty thoughts.

Although Concubine Yi was fierce, she was also a very traditional girl from an aristocratic family. This can be seen from the fact that she accepted and helped her sister enter the palace. She may have been jealous, angry, and envious, but she never thought of harming her sister.

She believed from the bottom of her heart that in the harem, a mother's status depends on her son's. This is an immutable rule.

Even though he already has two princes, if he could give birth to a few more sons, he would be able to further consolidate his position and the glory of his family.

The more sons you have, the more say and influence you will have in the harem, and you will be able to gain more benefits and resources for yourself and your family.

Besides, the prince's qualifications and future are really hard to predict. Although I already have two princes, their future development is full of variables.

If you have more children, there will always be a good one, right? And you will be more secure.

Look at Concubine De! She gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and she lives a very comfortable life. She doesn't have to care about the emperor's favor. The fourth prince is so sensible, and he will definitely have a bright future.

By the time Yinzuo grows up, the two brothers will help each other and at least become two princes.

It's pitiful that she has to keep trying to win favor... Concubine Yi regretted her decision when she thought about the Fifth Prince who could only speak Mongolian.

She just didn't believe that the two sisters of the Guo Luoluo family couldn't give birth to more children than Concubine De!

The maid next to her saw that her master looked unhappy and thought that the medicine was too bitter, so she handed over a box of candied fruit: "Madam, please try this candied fruit, maybe it can remove the bitter taste in your mouth."

Concubine Yi glared at the maid fiercely and scolded, "I don't complain about the bitterness of the medicine. You stupid thing, what do you know!"

The maid was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and trembled, saying, "Your Majesty, please calm down. It was my stupidity that offended you."

Seeing this, noble lady Guo Luoluo came to the rescue and said, "Yes, it would be bad if eating candied fruit affects the efficacy of the medicine. You don't understand these things, so you'd better go down."

When Concubine Yi saw that her sister had spoken, she snorted coldly and ignored the palace maid. She was secretly thinking that this time, she must give birth to a boy and let those bitches see how great it was that she had given birth to three sons in a row.

The palace maid retreated tumbling back as if she had been pardoned.

Concubine Yi frowned and said to Noble Lady Guo Luoluo, "Sister, what's the point of you being a good person? These slaves flatter the powerful and bully the weak. They have no sense of propriety and deserve to be beaten to death."

Noblewoman Guo Luoluo nodded slightly and replied, "Sister, what you said is very true, but aren't we praying for a child? We still need to accumulate virtue and do good deeds, and then God will——"

Concubine Yi just found it a little funny: "What does God's will mean? I will fight for it."

At this time, a breeze blew by, blowing up the gauze curtains by the window, but it could not blow away the obsession in Concubine Yi's heart.

Noblewoman Guo Luoluo chatted with her sister for a while and then went back to see her daughter.

The daughter was slowly solving a nine-ring puzzle, but she was not as lively and happy as usual when she saw her mother.

Noblewoman Guo Luoluo did not disturb her daughter. She just let her daughter continue playing while she did some needlework for her daughter.

She was not favored, and although she was protected by Concubine Yi and would not be deducted anything, it was impossible for her to expect the Imperial Household Department to pay special attention to her and her princess.

Many things still need to be done personally by her as a mother.

As she was measuring the size, the princess had untied half of the nine-ring chain, and it seemed as if life was peaceful and tranquil.

But the fourth princess suddenly asked the noble lady Guo Luoluo: "Mother, if you can solve this nine-ring chain, will I be useful?"

When Lady Guo Luoluo heard this, she felt sad. She quickly put down her work, hugged the princess and said, "My child, why do you think so? You are my mother's treasure. You don't need to do anything to prove your usefulness."

The princess blinked her big eyes and said doubtfully, "But didn't Empress Yi say today that girls are useless and that my mother needs to give birth to a younger brother in order to be favored?"

Tears welled up in Lady Guo Luoluo's eyes. It turned out that the child had heard it!

She quickly pinched the princess's shoulders and said, "Don't listen to those nonsense. It's enough for me to have you."

The princess nodded as if she understood, then lowered her head and fiddled with the nine rings.

Noblewoman Guo Luoluo touched the small hairpin on the princess's head and said casually, "Your Madam Yi's idea is her idea, not ours."

The princess was now concentrating on solving the Nine Rings, and she said casually, "But everyone says so. If only Queen Yi said so, I wouldn't believe it."

Noblewoman Guo Luoluo's face darkened, and she glanced at the trembling nurse beside her, but her tone was still gentle and calm: "Everyone says so, so it's right?"

The princess raised her head and looked at Noble Lady Guo Luoluo, her eyes full of confusion: "Mother, if this is wrong, then why do people say this? I really don't understand."

Noblewoman Guo Luoluo patiently explained, "The hearts of people in this palace are complicated. Some people can't bear to see us doing well, so they deliberately say these things to disturb our hearts, so that they can get what they want from you in the end. If you are not firm enough, you will fall into their trap."

The princess nodded obediently, and her little heart agreed with this truth. She lowered her head and continued to solve the nine-ring chain, muttering, "Then I must solve it."

Noblewoman Guo Luoluo felt distressed when she saw her daughter's stubborn look.