Yan Wan is reborn as a legitimate wife: Curing Ruyi's Douyi syndrome

Ruyi has been pregnant for almost six months. Hongli sent someone to summon Mrs. Narbu to the palace early on. Narbu has been working diligently in Lianzhou over the years. Now that Ruyi is pregnant, Hongli wanted to show some mercy and let Narbu and her family return to Beijing.

Unexpectedly, Narbu firmly refused and wrote a letter to the emperor saying that he could not let go of the people of Lianzhou. Hongli had to give up and only summoned Narbu's wife to Beijing to accompany her in childbirth.

When Naerbu sent his wife off, he quietly instructed her, "Don't take Qingying's words to heart. After Qingying gives birth safely, you should come back. Don't say anything else."

Madam Narbu nodded and said, "Yes, I understand."

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long street

Madam Narbu was driven into the palace in a sedan chair. Jinbao said, "Madam Narbu, the emperor has instructed that since you are getting old and are tired from traveling by boat and carriage, he will allow you to enter the palace in a sedan chair."

Mrs. Narbu lifted the curtain and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Jinbao smiled and said, "We are almost at Jingren Palace. I'm afraid the Imperial Noble Consort must be waiting anxiously."

Gyeongin Palace

Lady Narbu was helped into the hall by a palace maid. Ruyi was sitting at the top, bored. When she saw Lady Narbu coming in, she quickly stood up and Rong Pei helped Ruyi walk forward.

Ruyi: "Mother, please accept my daughter's greeting."

Madam Narbu quickly supported her and said, "Your Majesty, please get up quickly. I can't bear it."

Ruyi: "First accept my daughter's greetings, then treat her as the Imperial Noble Consort."

Ruyi knelt and saluted. Lady Narbu helped Ruyi up and nodded, saying, "Your Majesty, please rise quickly and allow me to perform the state ceremony."

Lady Narbu bowed deeply and said, "I greet the Imperial Noble Consort."

Ruyi nodded and said, "Get up, mother."

When the mother and daughter met, they exchanged greetings for a long time.

Mrs. Narbu took Ruyi's hand and slowly stood up, asking, "Your Majesty, is the Emperor treating you well?"

Ruyi smiled happily and nodded.

Ruyi pulled Lady Narbu to sit on the couch with her.

Rong Pei attentively served the snacks and said, "The Empress instructed me early this morning that these are the snacks you usually like to eat."

Madam Narbu nodded and said, "Okay. As long as Your Majesty is doing well, I will be relieved."

Ruyi smiled and said, "The Emperor is indeed very kind to his daughter."

Madam Narbu nodded and said, "The emperor loves you, that's the most important thing. Now that you've been crowned Imperial Noble Consort, the palace has been flooded with people seeking to marry your younger sister. They're all important officials and dignitaries."

Ruyi's smile faded, and she said calmly, "Mother, it's good for a daughter to marry a man who loves her and is her ideal husband. He doesn't necessarily need to be from a wealthy and prominent family."

Mrs. Narbu's smile froze. Qingying's sister had been promised to someone else long after Ruyi was crowned Imperial Noble Consort. The man was Narbu's colleague, the legitimate son of the prefect of Huizhou. She had just been chatting casually today, and had no idea that she would provoke Ruyi's words.

Madam Narbu said awkwardly, "Your Majesty is right. We must avoid being tainted by wealth and power, and let the Emperor think we are restless."

Ruyi didn't notice anything was wrong with Madam Narbu, and she said to herself, "I'm glad that Mother and Father understand me. I hope my younger brother inherits the title and doesn't get involved in officialdom."

Mrs. Narbu was even more embarrassed. Qingying's younger brother married the governor's youngest daughter, and was now urged by the governor to go to the county town for training. Mrs. Narbu did not dare to say these words.

Mrs. Narbu picked up the snack and ate it, nodding in agreement.

Ruyi sat up straight and smiled, "As usual, the mother's family will enter the palace to accompany the birth after the baby is eight months pregnant. I'm only six months old, and the Emperor has already arranged for my mother to enter the palace."

Mrs. Narbu nodded, looked at Ruyi's belly, and asked, "Mother, I saw your belly. It's pointed. Does it look like a prince?"

Ruyi smiled and said, "The imperial physician said it's a princess."

Mrs. Narbu asked, "Which imperial physician said that? Is it true?"

Ruyi smiled and said, "Jiang Zhou, who serves me, is one of the best in the Imperial Hospital. He can't be wrong."

The lady nodded and said, "That's good. First the flowers bloom and then the fruits bear. A prince will be born eventually."

Yangxindian

Hongli: "Jiangzhou, how is the Imperial Noble Consort's pregnancy?"

Jiang Zhou: "...Your Majesty..."

Hongli sighed and said, "Wait a minute, I'll let Xia Zhang go with you to take a look."

Jiang Zhou kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Hongli thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, I'll go see the Imperial Noble Consort too."

Gyeongin Palace

Upon learning that Hongli was coming to see Ruyi, Mrs. Narbu withdrew first.

Hongli came in and Ruyi was smiling with her belly bulging.

Hongli smiled and said, "If this child is a prince... Of course, a princess would be good too."

Ruyi retorted, "I want to have a princess. Daughters are so sweet!"

Hongli looked at the pink dress on the tray beside him and nodded, "Princess, you are considerate, so why don't you sew a pink dress?"

Ruyi nodded and said, "The princess will naturally wear pink."

Hongli picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Ruyi leaned forward and asked, "Is the princess not feeling well?"

Hongli laughed dryly and said, "Yes, of course it's good. I didn't say it's bad."

Xia Zhang stepped forward to take Ruyi's pulse.

Ruyi stared at Xia Zhang and asked, "How is it?"

Xia Zhang frowned and said, "It's hard to tell. Sometimes it looks like a boy, sometimes it looks like a girl."

Ruyi pouted. Although she said she wanted a princess, she actually wanted a prince more.

Hongli took in Ruyi's expression, sipped his tea slowly, and stood up. "If that's the case, you'll know when the Imperial Noble Consort gives birth. I have things to do, so I'll return to the Yangxin Palace."

Xia Zhang followed Hongli away.

Yangxindian

Hongli: "Is it a boy or a girl?"

Xia Zhang: "It's a boy."

The reason why Xia Zhang said that in Jingren Palace was simply because he was displeased with Ruyi's hypocritical mask and he did it on purpose.

Hongli snorted coldly.

Gyeongin Palace

After Hongli and Xia Zhang left, Ruyi couldn't wait to ask Jiang Zhou to take her pulse.

Ruyi asked, "How is it?"

Jiang Zhou: "Everything is fine."

Ruyi was unhappy, that’s not what she asked!

Ruyi thought for a moment and asked, "Is this baby of mine a boy or a girl?"

Jiang Zhou: "Your Majesty will get what he wants."

Ruyi smiled and said, "Actually, I don't care whether the baby is a boy or a girl. But if it really is a prince, I will have to be more careful."

Jiang Zhou secretly rolled his eyes. The secret medicine was guaranteed to produce a boy, yet he was still pretending to be unconcerned about the gender. It was already a boy, so of course it was up to you.

Seeing Jiang Zhou didn't respond, Ruyi said, "It's just that I don't want the emperor to be happy too soon, nor do I want others to be unhappy too soon."

Jiang Zhou: ...Should he tell Ruyi that Xia Zhang could figure it out?

And who gave Ruyi the confidence to think others would care about the gender of her baby?! If they really had a grudge, who cared about the gender? Anyway, he hadn't met Ruyi's aunt, and because it was a girl, he let others off the hook.

Jiang Zhou replied, "If others want to guess whether the baby in your womb is a boy or a girl, they can only look at your diet."

Ruyi: "Sour boy, spicy girl?"

Jiang Zhou: "There is some truth to this folk rumor."

Ruyi asked, “Rong Pei, did the Governor of Sichuan recommend a cook?

Rong Pei: "Yes, I just arrived."

Ruyi: "Then let him serve you. Serve more fresh, spicy dishes every day."

Ruyi and Lady Narbu had dinner.

Mrs. Narbu choked and coughed. While drinking water, she asked, "Your Majesty, is the chef recommended by the Sichuan Governor really that delicious? It's spicy inside and out."

Ruyi: "I think it's delicious. I don't think it's spicy at all. Mother, try something non-spicy."

East Gate of the Rear Hall of Jingren Palace

The director of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory selected the location and said, "Your Majesty, this is an auspicious location. Look, the bridal pit has been dug. It will serve as the auspicious place for burying the heir's placenta."

Ruyi: "You are the Supervisor, and you have dug wedding pits for so many concubines in the palace. If you say it is a good place, then it will naturally be good."

The Director of the Imperial Observatory said: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. I do not deserve it."

Two maids were holding gold, silver and eight treasures.

Mrs. Nabool: "Take it."

Two maids took it and buried it.

Mrs. Narbu explained, "This is a good omen for a quick and auspicious birth."

Ruyi smiled.

The palace maids behind Ruyi were all jealous. How could the rich, with their hair adorned with jewels and buried in gold and silver, have no money to reward their servants?!

……

night

Rong Pei lowered the tent and blew out the candle.

Ruyi whispered, "Rong Pei."

Rong Pei responded and said loudly, "Please settle it down, Madam."

Rong Pei picked up the candle and food box beside her and handed them forward carefully.

Ruyi lifted the bed curtain and asked Rong Pei to carry the things onto the bed.

Ruyi complained, "I just ate so much spicy food, I'm burning."

Rong Pei handed over the food box and said, "These are sour apricots that Yongping sent as tribute. I secretly took some."

Ruyi quickly ate a few.

Rong Pei asked, "Is it delicious?"

Ruyi frowned and said, "Not sour enough."

Rong Pei said worriedly, "Eat a few more. I've got quite a few, please eat them all. You're the Imperial Concubine, and you don't dare tell anyone that you're pregnant with a prince. It's really hard for me to watch you."

Ruyi whispered, "In this palace, if there's a wedding, there are so many eyes watching. I have to be careful."

Rong Pei: "So the Queen even hid it from the old lady."

Ruyi: "Only if Mother believes that I am pregnant with a princess will others believe it. Besides, we don't know whether it is a princess or a prince now.

If it is really a prince, of course I am happy, but if it is a princess, now that the news has spread, it will not disappoint the emperor too much."

Xianfu Palace

Fu Cha Chu Ying asked, "Have you arranged everything with the Imperial Observatory?"

An Xin nodded and said, "Everything has been arranged. Your Majesty, why did you ask the Director of the Imperial Observatory to say that the Imperial Concubine's child was an auspicious one?"

Fucha Chuying coughed a few times and said, "Ruyi wants to pretend to be a princess, but I won't let her have her way. She also wants to give birth to a prince to oppose Yonghuang, forget it."

An Xin: "How does your Majesty know that the Imperial Concubine must be a prince? Our people say that the Imperial Concubine loves spicy food."

Fu Cha Chu Ying: "Humph, it's just a case of trying to cover up one's own faults. Why is the princess staying in the palace and refusing to come out?

Given Ruyi's personality, if she was really pregnant with a princess, she would have been out and about long ago."

An Xin: "The director of the Imperial Observatory will make a statement to the Emperor tomorrow. Your Majesty, if the Imperial Noble Consort gives birth to this child, wouldn't you have made her wedding dress for nothing?"

Fucha Chuying nodded and said, "Well done. Ruyi harmed Yonghuang and still wants to take his place. What a wishful thinking! As for the rest, don't worry. Ruyi will not be able to give birth to this baby."

After Ruyi became pregnant, Fucha Chuying, Su Lujun and A Ruo formed the Avengers Alliance. A few days ago, the three of them divided the work.

A Ruo is responsible for finding out about the situation of Ruyi's pregnancy: Jiang Yubin secretly looked at Jiang Zhou's pulse record, and Ruyi's pregnancy will definitely be a difficult birth and premature.

Fu Cha Chu Ying was responsible for adding fuel to the fire: she found someone to spread the word that Ruyi was pregnant with a lucky child, focusing everyone's attention on Ruyi, breaking the fantasy fabricated by Ruyi in one fell swoop, and raising Hongli's expectations for Ruyi's child.

Su Lujun was responsible for the cleanup: Su Lujun gave birth to four imperial heirs in a row and was more familiar with the midwives than anyone else. She only needed to hint to the midwives and the Imperial Observatory when Ruyi was giving birth to put all the blame on Ruyi.

Royal Garden

Hongli, Jingse, Jingqin and Hengchu accompanied the empress dowager for a walk, and the palace maids followed from a distance.

The Empress Dowager said, "It's great that autumn has arrived. The weather is clear and crisp. The best season in the capital only lasts a few days. I should go for a walk in the garden. The Imperial Concubine is already seven months pregnant, right?"

Hongli nodded and said, "It should be more than seven months."

The Queen Mother: "What did the imperial physician say?"

Hongli: "The imperial physician is cautious and naturally unwilling to give a definitive answer. However, I feel that regardless of the gender of the baby, as long as it is safe, all is well."

Wang Qin came over to report, "Your Majesty, the Deputy Envoy of the Imperial Observatory wishes to see you."

The Empress Dowager frowned. "The Imperial Observatory is accustomed to sweet talk. Let's hear what they have to say."

Hongli: "Go ahead."

Imperial Observatory: "Your humble servant pays respects to the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, Princess Duanshu, Princess Yongle, and Princess Hejing."

Hongli: "Tell me. What's the matter?"

Imperial Astronomical Observatory: "Your Majesty, I observed the celestial phenomena at night and saw the Purple Star in the sky emitting purple light, which is an auspicious sign.

It just so happens that the Imperial Noble Consort is seven months pregnant. I have calculated that this child of hers will surely be an auspicious child that will fulfill the will of Heaven and bring peace to the family. He is indescribably precious.”

Hengchui smiled and said, "Mother, you are very clever. It is indeed a good thing."

Hongli laughed and said, "Really? Is the Imperial Concubine's baby an auspicious child?"

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory nodded and said, "Your Majesty, this is the celestial phenomenon, but the Purple Star is rushing out of the palace, and it is in conflict with the master of the harem. The Empress has already left the palace, and now the master of the harem is the Imperial Noble Consort, isn't she?"

Hongli frowned and asked, "What does this mean?"

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory kowtowed and said, "The Imperial Noble Consort's pregnancy is auspicious, but the Imperial Noble Consort and this prince are incompatible. Logically, a prince should not be born into the Imperial Noble Consort's womb. Now that the weather is strange, I wonder if the prince can be born safely."

Hongli staggered, and Jingqin quickly held him steady, asking, "What if the Imperial Noble Consort can safely give birth to a prince?"

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory replied, "Of course it's good. According to the astronomical signs, the Imperial Concubine will encounter a disaster during childbirth. If she gives birth to a prince safely, then there will be hope. If she has a difficult birth, then..."

Jingse pressed on, "Necessarily what? Tell me."

Imperial Astronomical Observatory: "The Imperial Noble Consort has a noble destiny, so naturally the mother will live..." and the son will die.

Hongli couldn't stand still, and Jingqin shouted sternly: "What nonsense are you talking about? Get out! If anything happens to the Imperial Concubine or the heir, I will peel off your skin."

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory kowtowed and said, "Your humble servant will take his leave."

The more Hongli thought about it, the more he felt that what the Imperial Observatory said was right. Ruyi had forced this pregnancy, and the royal heir would definitely be born weak. Doesn't this exactly match the Imperial Observatory's judgment?

Hongli: "Wait, what if the Imperial Concubine gave birth to a princess?"

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory stated: "The Imperial Concubine's baby must be a prince."

Hongli: "What if it's a princess?"

The Imperial Observatory said: "If it is a princess, then it means that I am not well-trained. I will definitely accept the punishment. The Imperial Concubine and the Heir will naturally be fine."

Seeing that the Imperial Observatory was so confident, Hongli believed it even more.

……

Qin Tianjian

An Xin was talking to the deputy envoy of the Imperial Observatory.

An Xin: "The Imperial Concubine is already seven months pregnant. Do you think this auspicious child can be born smoothly?"

The deputy envoy of the Imperial Observatory laughed and said, "It's good if it can, but if it can't, then it must be someone's doing something to stop it."

An Xin: "You have a really powerful mouth. You scared the emperor a lot."

The Deputy Commissioner of the Imperial Observatory said: "Don't worry, Miss Anxin, we rely on this for our livelihood."

An Xin nodded, took out a few banknotes and handed them to the deputy envoy.

The deputy envoy took it with shining eyes and said, "Miss Anxin, you said that the imperial concubine's baby must be a prince. I did what you said. If something unexpected happens..."

An Xin smiled and said, "Didn't the deputy envoy already make an agreement with the emperor? If something unexpected happens and someone gets the princess, our master will be able to rescue you. We are all in the same boat."

The deputy envoy smiled and said, "Okay, I will certainly not refuse even if it means death."

The deputy envoy agreed to the deal with Concubine Zhe because he wanted the news and banknotes from Concubine Zhe. If it was true, he would gain both power and wealth, and the emperor would definitely trust him more. If it was false, his life would be gone. It was a huge gamble.