The Virtuous Concubine

The Fourth Prince smiled and thanked him, "Thank you, Uncle Emperor. It's just that there is no danger in the battle ahead. The Qing soldiers have already cleared it out. I just took the opportunity to go to the front line to take a look."

As he said this, he mounted his horse, and with only a few guards, he rode away to meet Tong Guogang.

Seeing him so frank, Chang Ning finally felt relieved and ordered his team to set off. It's not that he didn't understand, it's just that he was lazy...

Of course, he understood what the Fourth Prince meant. He wanted him to take the first credit.

Of course he wanted to, but he valued his life more. The fact that the Fourth Prince was willing to go forward by himself showed that the war was indeed going well.

The Fourth Prince was actually afraid too. In his past and present lives, he was not very familiar with the battlefield, and he relied mostly on strategies, negotiations, and marriages to resolve and appease foreign enemies.

Now, I have real military achievements, and I will definitely not lose to the great general King Fourteen!

The Fourth Prince himself did not realize that he was competing with the Thirteenth Prince, but the Fourteenth Prince was quietly eating complementary food with the Thirteenth Prince in the Yonghe Palace.

If the Fourth Prince comes back and finds that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Princes are the best now, I wonder if he will be so angry that he will vomit blood.

Jingyi and Malu have a good relationship. They are both master and servant and friends. Malu naturally would not hide anything from others. During their casual chat, he gave Jingyi a lot of instructions and asked Jingyi to follow them when raising the Fourteenth Prince.

For example, let the child move more and crawl more, don't let the nanny hold the child all the time or let the child learn to walk too early. Malu would usually choose words that Jingyi could understand to explain the reasons for doing so.

Malu held the bowl in his hand and fed each child a mouthful, while his mouth was not idle either: "If the child crawls more, his body will be more coordinated, and his bones and muscles will be adequately exercised. This way he won't get lost in the future, or get dizzy. Besides, he will be able to learn drawing and geometry better in the future."

The Fourth Prince is a geometry fanatic, so Jingyi naturally knows what geometry is.

Jingyi was selecting toys at the side, smiling softly as she picked: "The Manchus conquered the world on horseback, what if one of the princes gets horse-sick? But why doesn't the queen allow the children to drink milk? Shouldn't they drink milk until they are three years old?"

After that, he handed the selected toys to the two children, hoping to coax them to eat a few more bites. However, Thirteen and Fourteen held each other's hands tightly and refused to let go, not even looking at the toys.

Malu shook her head. "Children need all kinds of nutrition to grow up. Breastfeeding is definitely not enough. Look at those children in the harem who were breastfed until they were three years old. Which one of them didn't get sick easily before the age of three? Before the age of three, they were much smaller than the princes and princesses in our palace."

Jingyi seemed to be thinking: "It seems to be true. Not only in the palace, but also in my family. Before the age of three, they often have fevers, their teeth and stomachs are not very good, they seem to speak more slowly, and they are more picky about food."

Ma Lu nodded: "It is said that a child is considered established only when he is three years old. In fact, it is the method of raising children that is wrong. You only need to look at Yinzhen, Yinzuo, and Wenxian to know it."

Jingyi felt warm in her heart. The queen treated Thirteen as if he were her own child and took care of him. She said with emotion: "The queen is so kind, and Thirteenth Prince is really a blessed person. I have no way to repay you... I can only serve the queen and the prince with all my heart and do my best to do my best."

As he said this, he stood up from the chair and wanted to kneel down to express his gratitude.

Malu smiled and pulled her to sit next to him, interrupting her kneeling. Jingyi... Jingyi had been a concubine for a long time, but she was still willing to call herself a slave.

She tried to persuade her, but seeing that she was unwilling, she did not force her. She just pointed at the two children and said with a smile: "Look at them, they can't be separated, they are almost like twins."

Jingyi followed Malu's hand and looked at the two children carefully: "They really look alike, but the Fourteenth Prince is more handsome. After all, it is the Queen who has outstanding appearance."

Ma Lu was relieved to see that Jingyi, who was always very careful, could not see anything wrong with the child's appearance. She joked, "You are also very handsome. So, it seems that the Thirteenth Prince looks more like the emperor. He is a blessed man."

When everyone heard what the queen said, they smiled knowingly.

Your Majesty is really! If you don’t know, you would think that the Queen is saying that the Emperor is lagging behind the Thirteenth Prince in terms of appearance.

In fact, that's what Malu thought. Her previous children were all Kangxi's, and although they all had their own unique looks, they were all good-looking.

But after giving birth to Nalan's child, I realized the power of genes. Nalan was born good-looking, and his child was even more delicate and outstanding. . .

I don't think so when I look at him alone, after all, I'm used to it. But when I compare him with all the princes, even the princesses' children, Fourteenth's looks stand out.

Fortunately, I tried it today and it is still within everyone's acceptable range.

Malu shook her head and put aside her worries about the child's appearance. She began to worry again that if Fourteenth inherited not only Nalan's looks but also his character and talent - would he still be able to become a great general?

I hope you won’t be like the third brother, reciting sarcastic poems to annoy me all day long!

As she stroked Fourteenth's delicate face, she tried to hold back her laughter and thought, Fourth Brother, it's not that mother is partial to me, it's just that your fourteenth brother's little face is much cuter than your old-fashioned appearance.

At this time, the baby in the belly seemed unwilling to be ignored by its mother and made some noise.

This was the first fetal movement of this baby! Malu was startled at first, then a look of surprise appeared on her face. She gently stroked her belly and said softly, "It seems that this baby is also healthy."

Jingyi and others also hurried over, fearing that something might happen to Malu. As they watched, Jingyi glanced at Dachun, then at Malu, and said cautiously, "Is the queen's belly... a little big?"

Before Malu could explain, Jingyi became more and more anxious: "Perhaps this child is growing too fast, Madam, in my opinion, it would be better to ask the imperial physician to take a look."

Malu smiled and called Dachun who was running out: "No need to go. Doctor Gu came to check Ping'an's pulse the day before yesterday and said it might be twins. But the baby is still young and the pulse is faint. We have to wait until June to confirm it."

When Jingyi and others heard this, they all showed surprise on their faces.

Malu smiled and told everyone: "I just said this because there are no outsiders here today. Don't spread it before you are sure. I have to save my reputation. If there is one less, you can give me the replacement."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Seeing this, Malu invited Jingyi to come and have meals with her every day.

There was no way, the people in the palace were too thoughtful. I was pregnant with twins, so I had to eat more - but anyone who cared would pay attention to how much food I left over every day.

When two adults eat together, the amount will change, and outsiders can't tell whether their appetites increase when they eat together, or Jingyi's appetite is just that much.