The little princess's full moon banquet was a grand affair. There were banquets at the prince's mansion, the imperial palace, and even the prime minister's residence. Such a high profile wasn't the intention.

Ye Youlan and the Seventh Prince originally wanted to keep a low profile, but they were afraid that some people would think that they favored boys over girls, or that they were keeping a low profile because they didn't have a son, so at the prime minister's strong request, they held the wedding, and held it in a big way.

The names that the Seventh Prince had come up with after reading books for several days were all rejected by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister then gave the little princess a name: Li Xinyue, nicknamed Yueyue.

The emperor was not happy and wanted to name his niece. The prime minister burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty, you have ten princes and eight princesses. You will have many opportunities to name them in the future. I only have this one granddaughter. Please let me have her name!"

In the end, they were at a stalemate, and Ye Youlan said that the princess should choose the name herself. Everyone should come up with a name for the child to choose, and whichever one she chose would be the one.

So the emperor, prime minister Ye Youlan and the seventh prince each wrote a name. General Ye heard about it and came to join in the fun, so he also wrote one.

In the end, the little guy gave face to his grandfather, and Prime Minister Ye was so happy that he drank an extra pot of wine in the evening.

What Prime Minister Ye didn't know was that General Ye, Ye Youlan and the Seventh Prince all wrote the same name, Li Xinyue.

The emperor didn't believe it. After they left the palace, he asked someone to bring the note with the name on it. Only then did he realize that he had been deceived. He ordered people to call the Seventh Prince back immediately and condemned him for fraud and for colluding with his family to deceive him.

"You must know that I am your relative."

"I know, I know. Youlan and I just discussed it. We'll use the name given by the emperor on the household registration certificate, and the name given by the prime minister in private."

The emperor then changed his anger into joy: "No need, I am not a stingy person, I will name your next child."

"Your Majesty, I don't think there's a chance anymore. I don't want Youlan to have another child. Yueyue is enough."

"Don't you want a son to continue the family line?"

"It's also nice to have a live-in son-in-law for retirement."

Qin Yurou has been feeling a little depressed lately, having just dealt with some upsetting things.

She arranged for Lanzhi's family to live in a farm in the countryside. After County Magistrate Zhang left, she asked a maid in the mansion to tell them the truth, that Lanzhi had died and was buried in the suburbs outside the city.

Lanzhi's parents went to their daughter's grave and cried bitterly, then demanded a compensation of one thousand taels, or to take Lanzhi's sister into their room.

The old woman laughed at them for asking for such a huge amount of money. Lanzhi died by hanging, not by being murdered. The master took care of you because he felt sorry for her, and you were taking advantage of her.

Lanzhi's father wanted to file a complaint with the government, but the old woman said, "Go ahead, but if you do, get out of this village."

The old woman came back and told Qin Yurou, and Qin Yurou couldn't help but look at Li Zong with her eyes.

Li Zong was also annoyed: "Or give them a thousand taels of silver and send them away from the capital."

"If you take a thousand, you'll ask for two thousand."

"You won't really let Sister Lanzhi into the house, will you?"

Qin Yurou: "There's no money, and I don't want you. If you want to sue me, go ahead! It'll be embarrassing at best, so be prepared."

Li Zong was anxious when he heard this: "No, I have finally established my foothold in the court, I cannot fall again."

Qin Yurou had a meaningful smile on her face: "Then let Sister Lanzhi enter the mansion."

Li Zong raised his hand and swore, "Don't worry, when her sister comes into the mansion, she will be treated like a maid. I will never touch her."

Qin Yurou was as calm as water and it was impossible to tell whether she was happy or sad. She asked the maid to bring Lanzhi's sister over and clean up the courtyard where Lanzhi had lived before. Everything was arranged so that she would be treated like a concubine.

"Lanzhi's parents are not easy to deal with. This is the only arrangement for now. We have to think of a long-term solution to the problem in the future. I'll have to trouble my husband to think about it himself."

Li Zong was a little confused and didn't know what Qin Yurou meant.

At night, Li Zong came to the room to sleep. Thinking that Ye Youlan and Chen Xiaoling had given birth to children, and Ruoyun and Miaoyu were also pregnant, he and Qin Yurou had to work harder.

Qin Yurou asked him to sleep in Aunt Lan's room.

"I won't go. I know you are testing me."

Qin Yurou thought that there was no cat that didn't crave fishy food, she knew Li Zong too well.

The reason why she agreed to let her sister Lanzhi into the house was because she needed a child. Now that her good sisters all had children, if she had not made any move, it would inevitably arouse suspicion from the outside world. She has always been very strong and she cannot lose.

As long as Lanzhi's sister becomes pregnant, she will tell others that she is pregnant. If that doesn't work, she will find a baby from outside. She has been planning this.

Recently, because Li Zong has been favored by the emperor, her status has also risen, and she has received invitations from many ladies. In addition to talking about rouge and powder and their own men, the ladies are also concerned about what kind of shares can make money.

Due to the unstable situation in Jingnan, the business along this line has been affected. Qin Yurou has found that her family's shop has been doing poorly recently. She originally wanted to ask Ye Youlan for help, but found that some of Rongji's shops were sold, so she was embarrassed to mention it.

She was thinking about the product fair proposed by Ye Youlan, and she wondered if she could organize something similar.

So she would take time out every day to go shopping, invite the ladies to have tea and chat, and tell them about her plans. The ladies were very interested and asked if it was similar to the flower viewing festival?

"That's about right! As long as we find a place, we can set up our stalls and encourage people to buy. We should be able to make some money."

"Where can we find a venue? What should we sell? How many stalls should we set up? How will we pay for it? All of this requires careful planning. My family only has a few small shops, and my husband is just a small official. He can't play a big role."

Qin Yurou sighed in her heart. The reason why Ye Youlan was able to organize various activities was because she had the support of the Seventh Prince behind her.

"Why don't you ask the Seventh Princess? Isn't she your good sister? She must have a way."

Qin Yurou pursed her lips. She could never surpass Ye Youlan. She was inferior to her in every way.

"Let me figure it out!"

"Then you better hurry up. The weather is going to get hot soon, and not many people will want to go shopping."

Little Yueyue was very well behaved, pink and tender, and very lovable. Ye Youlan and the Seventh Prince took their daughter to the palace to meet the Empress Dowager and the Emperor today, and to the Prime Minister's residence to meet her grandparents, uncle, aunt, and little cousin Ye Junlin tomorrow. On the third day, they would go to the palace again.

The two felt very tired, so they told everyone that whoever wanted to see the little princess could come to the palace! They would take the child out once every ten days or half a month at most.

That day, after returning from the palace with a large amount of rewards, the wet nurse took the little princess to rest.

Xiaomei prepared hot water for the princess to take a bath.

Ye Youlan was lying in the bathtub, enjoying a nice bath: "Xiaomei, please help me wash my hair!"

Xiaomei and Dingxiang both came to serve her.

After Xiaomei waited for Dingxiang to wash the princess's hair, she asked her to go out first as she had something to say to the princess.

"Can't I listen?"

"Little girl, you can't listen to what I say to the princess."

When Dingxiang heard this, she blushed with shame and quickly wiped her hands and went out.

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