Harem Daily Life

Chapter 518 Disappointment

After taking the medicine, the fourth princess ate her milk again and finally fell asleep in Liang Zhaoyi's arms.

The nurse thanked God and said, "The fourth princess has been crying in the middle of the night for many days. It has been a long time since she slept as soundly as she did tonight."

This sentence made Liang Zhaoyi feel upset: "The fourth princess is crying like this, why didn't you send someone to tell me earlier?"

The nurse glanced at Li Cairen and said, "Please forgive me, Zhaoyi. It's not that I don't want to come, but I can't get anyone here!"

The wet nurse knelt down facing the emperor again and said, "Your Majesty, please have mercy and let the Fourth Princess return to Liang Zhaoyi. Both Lu Cairen and Li Cairen have no patience with the Fourth Princess and refuse to even hold her. When the Fourth Princess cries, they get annoyed and ask me to hold the child farther away. I have given birth to a child myself and I really can't stand it!"

After the nurse finished speaking, Li Cairen said quickly, "You are talking nonsense. It was obviously you who didn't take good care of the child, causing her to cry all day long, yet you put all the blame on me. This is simply outrageous!"

Li Cairen said to He Linzhang: "Your Majesty, I am the Fourth Princess's aunt. Please don't listen to Li's words and misunderstand me!"

He Linzhang watched her dressing up in the middle of the night, her face looking delicate and beautiful: "Li Cairen, the Fourth Princess suddenly had a high fever tonight. She was sick, but you didn't seem to be worried at all. You even had the mind to dress up. Oh, take a good look at Liang Zhaoyi, she was worried about the child, she didn't even have time to comb her hair before rushing over. This is the normal behavior of loving your child!"

Li Cairen was startled and looked a little flustered, but she immediately said, "Your Majesty, I saw that the imperial physician had arrived and was treating the child, so I hurried to dress up in order to avoid offending Your Majesty if I came over without being well-dressed."

After she finished speaking, seeing that He Linzhang was unmoved, she continued, "Liang Zhaoyi is far away, and I'm afraid she didn't have enough time to put on her makeup, but this doesn't prove that she has the child in her heart, and I don't."

When Liang Zhaoyi heard this, she was too lazy to say anything and just rolled her eyes at Li Cairen.

He Linzhang looked at Li Cairen quietly, and became more and more disappointed.

"I have said that I took you back to the palace to recuperate because you were innocently injured. I have also said that since you are back, you should behave yourself. If you sisters want to take the child back, you should raise him wholeheartedly instead of using him as a tool to win favor. Sometimes, I don't say anything, but it doesn't mean I don't understand."

He stood up and walked to Liang Zhaoyi, took the sleeping Fourth Princess and held her in his arms: "Zhang Fuhai, take Li to pack up. The Fourth Princess will be raised by Liang Zhaoyi from now on. The Lu sisters... will be confined to their homes for three months and fined for three months' salary. You should reflect on your mistakes behind closed doors."

Li Cairen's face turned pale, she never expected that after all her planning, it would all be gone just because of an illness!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. Please don't take the Fourth Princess away. She is my sister's biological child. Please let me raise her. My body is useless and I can't have children. If I don't have children, won't I be helpless and miserable in the palace for the rest of my life?"

Li Cairen knelt on the ground, hugging He Linzhang's thighs: "Your Majesty, please have mercy on me and give me another chance! I will definitely learn from my mistakes and raise the fourth princess well. Please have mercy on me, Your Majesty!"

Li Cairen was really anxious now. If she lost her child, she would have no excuse to invite the emperor over. How could she get in touch with the emperor and regain his favor?

He Linzhang was no longer moved and left Baozhi Pavilion with the child in his arms.

Liang Zhaoyi had never thought that an illness would make His Majesty agree to let her raise the fourth princess. She was so happy that she wanted to go to the Imperial Concubine to celebrate. She suppressed her smile and followed the Emperor closely. The two of them returned to Yongtai Palace under the cover of night.

Tao Yanyan got up the next day and heard Mingyue talking about this matter. He then knew about the excitement in Baozhi Pavilion last night. He smiled and said, "Time reveals people's true colors. Your Majesty has seen the true colors of these two sisters time and time again, and has been disappointed time and time again. I don't know when you will wake up completely and send these two annoying people far away to prevent them from stirring up trouble in the palace and disturbing everyone's peace."

Mingyue smiled and said, "Yes, Li Cairen relied on her beauty to cause so many troubles, and was forgiven by His Majesty time and time again. If this happened to someone else, I'm afraid they would have died hundreds of times."

After saying this, she put a peony gold hairpin on Concubine Tao, making her look even more elegant and noble. "However, no matter how beautiful Li Cairen is, she is not even one ten-thousandth as beautiful as you. It is said that appearance is determined by the heart. Your Majesty is kind-hearted. She has become more and more beautiful in the past two years. No wonder His Majesty does not go to other palaces. Even though Your Majesty is pregnant and cannot sleep with him, His Majesty only wants you."

Tao Yanyan glared at her and said, "Well, now you are also imitating Qingfeng and you can't control your mouth anymore, right?"

Mingyue stuck out her tongue, smiled and said nothing.

After Tao Yanyan finished her breakfast, she waited for the imperial physician to come and check her pulse. The closer she got to her due date, the more cautious she became. She used to have her pulse checked once every five or six days, then once every three days, and now once a day.

She would calm down and count the number of fetal movements every morning, noon and night, and record them. If the baby didn't move at that time on a certain day, and she couldn't count anything, she would be a little anxious. She learned this method based on her memory of the later life. She didn't have those advanced equipment with her now, so she could only rely on the most primitive method.

Doctor Liu came on time, and after taking the pulse carefully, he said, "Your Majesty's fetus is stable, but your belly is too big, I'm afraid you may be having trouble breathing. Your Majesty should walk more, exercise your breathing, and strengthen your heart and lungs. Eat a lighter diet recently to prevent the fetus from being too large and causing dystocia. There is nothing else to worry about. I have also told the midwife that if there is blood or water breaks, I will quickly deliver the baby according to the procedure. Your Majesty, don't worry, I will be on duty at the Imperial Hospital during this period, and all the medicinal materials needed have been prepared in advance."

Tao Yanyan nodded. It would be a lie to say she wasn't worried. After all, she had no experience and there was no rescue equipment here. She could only rely on Doctor Liu for everything.

"Doctor Liu, I'll leave everything to you."

Doctor Liu hurriedly said, "It is my duty to serve the Empress. By the way, yesterday Lord Tao came to me and asked for a prescription for a pregnancy-preserving medicine, saying that the eldest young lady is pregnant. Congratulations, the Empress, you are going to be an aunt."

When Tao Yanyan heard this, his eyes lit up instantly: "Sister-in-law is pregnant so soon?" But then he frowned again: "My brother and sister-in-law are not in the capital, and mother can't take care of them."

Doctor Liu said, "In fact, with your current status, if you want to transfer Master Tao back to the capital, isn't that just a matter of a word? His Majesty loves you, and you are about to give birth to twins, which is such a great achievement. If you want to keep my brother by your side to take care of my parents and let my sister-in-law return to the capital to wait for the birth, it's really not a big deal."

Tao Yanyan nodded, thinking that it was indeed time to exercise her privileges as a favored concubine and transfer her eldest brother back.