Everyone in my harem is talented

"Madam, the young lady has been in the palace for such a long time, but she doesn't seem to be pregnant. Aren't you anxious?" The old maid followed behind her madam and asked softly with a frown.

"What's the use of being anxious?" Lady Cheng'enhou replied very leisurely.

"But, Concubine Hui and Concubine Li in the palace are both pregnant, and the young lady..."

"Even if my daughter is childless, she is still Concubine Zhen. So what if Concubine Hui and Concubine Li are pregnant?

It's useless if you can't give birth, and it's useless if the baby dies after birth. It's even more useless if you give birth to a healthy child but then die yourself and let others pick the fruits.

Even if there were no accidents, and she gave birth to a healthy son safely, and became a noble lady? It was just the position my daughter held when she first entered the palace.

What's more, Your Majesty is still young and strong. There will be no benefit in giving birth to a prince too early.

In my opinion, we don't need to have children too early. Having children too early is not good for our daughters.

In the palace, it is best to bloom first and then bear fruit. By blooming, you can rise in status and give birth to another prince. The son is honored by the mother, and the mother is honored by the son."

"Best regards, ma'am."

The wife of the Marquis of Cheng'en picked a white peony flower and put it in her hair, then asked, "How is it?"

"Madam couldn't be richer."

"Tomorrow we will go to the palace to attend the funeral of Crown Prince Zhaohui. Has the master returned from duty?"

"He hasn't come back yet. I asked the concierge, Old Li, to keep an eye on him. When the master comes back, he will ask his nephew, Little Li, to report."

"The two girls born earlier have been living at home for a long time. I wonder what they are thinking? Madam, you are the second wife, so it is not easy to send them back. Tomorrow, the master and the lady will enter the palace. Do they want to follow them?"

"Who would have thought that the master is an honest man, but the two girls he gave birth to are so arrogant. They are already in their thirties, but they still don't stop.

I didn’t notice it before.

But no matter what, the master is their biological father, so they can live here if they want.

As for whether I can enter the palace tomorrow, it has nothing to do with me as a stepmother. It all depends on what the master says.

After all, they are all His Majesty's cousins.

If the master agrees, I will take care of them both. It's nothing.

I am already middle-aged,

Could you possibly seduce His Majesty? Do you have any shame?"

"It's hard to say. The second sister's husband has passed away. She has been dressing up beautifully in the mansion recently. If you don't know her, you might think she is still an unmarried girl who is eager to get married!"

The second lady of the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion, Lu Liniang, was the second daughter born to Cheng'en Marquis Lu Jingren's first wife. She married a juren. When she got married, her aunt was not yet the empress dowager.

The scholar she married died three years ago, leaving behind only a five-year-old daughter.

Originally, Miss Lu Er lived a relatively good life with her daughter in her husband's family, because her aunt was the empress dowager, and her husband's family did not dare to destroy her family or drive her away.

I don't know what went wrong with him some time ago. He left his daughter and went back to his mother's home, where he stayed for several months. He didn't go back for the New Year and didn't see his daughter.

Instead, she instigated her elder sister, who was married and had children, to come back and live with her parents. Every day, she closed the door and no one knew what she was saying.

The eldest daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, Lu Rongniang, was fine. She would occasionally visit the wife of the Marquis Cheng'en in his courtyard.

As for the second young lady who had lived there longer, after returning to the mansion, she didn't even bother to pay her respects to the lady. Instead, she avoided her like a mouse seeing a cat. No one knew what was wrong with her.

"You reminded me.

When you have some free time later, go to the second young lady's yard and tell her,

Let her put away all her bright red, green, and blue clothes, and her jewelry made of agate, coral, and gold.

During the hundred days of his death, whether he was out or in his own courtyard, Crown Prince Zhaohui was only allowed to wear plain hairpins made of silver or white jade and plain clothes.

"Ma'am, will this take a hundred days?"

"No need, but my Cheng'en Marquis Mansion is after all the family of His Majesty's uncle, so we are always closer to him than other families. We should also do a better job. You just need to go and notify him."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Madam, it should be the master who has returned."

The old maid looked at Xiao Li who was waving at her from the moon gate in the garden and said.

"Now go to the Second Miss's courtyard. I will go to the Master to discuss the matter of entering the palace tomorrow."

"Yes, ma'am, I'll go right away."