Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Wanyu signaled to Nanny Sun to hand the rewards to them.

Nanny Li Jia hesitated a bit, "This... the master has already rewarded me, I dare not be greedy."

Wanyu smiled.

"Madame Li Jia is the elder who serves the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince will need your care in the future, so you don't have to be so cautious."

"On the wedding day, consider it as the wedding money I give to Aunt Li Jia."

Nanny Li Jia said with a smile, "Yes, I thank you for the reward, my lady."

After Nanny Li Jia and Wang Shun, there were the remaining three eunuchs.

Meng Baozhong was a eunuch serving in the study in the front yard, and he was there to help the prince with writing.

Responsible for handling clerical work in the Prince's front yard, such as the study and memorials, as well as the information archives entering the Eastern Palace and handling letters.

Kong Youfu was the eunuch in charge of the backyard, responsible for the logistics management within the Prince's Mansion.

Such as material procurement, property management, servant supervision, etc., to ensure the normal operation of the Prince's Mansion.

Zhao Degui is a walking eunuch, responsible for the safety of the prince when he walks in the palace. He trains young eunuchs with martial arts skills to ensure the prince's safety at all times.

In addition to these eunuchs in charge and the Nanny Li Jia who just came, there are three other Nannies.

Nala Ma Ma manages the backyard and arranges its affairs, including supervising the transfer of servants and maids, arranging the kitchen, and maintaining order in the backyard.

He partnered with, restrained and supervised the eunuch Kong Youfu in the backyard.

Nanny Lin Jia manages the front yard, arranges matters in the front yard, and the Yuqing Palace warehouse, and supervises and restrains each other with Zhang Xi's apprentice Zheng Cheng.

Nanny Jin was the elderly woman left behind by Empress Hesheli, and was responsible for the connections built up by the former empress in the harem.

Although there are many managers, they have clear division of labor and each has their own responsibilities, but they also check and balance each other.

Seeing that they had introduced their affairs to Wanyu, Yinreng also handed over all the accounts and ledgers he was responsible for to Wanyu in a proper manner. Wanyu should have a general understanding of Yuqing Palace.

So he let Wanyu ask them about Yuqing Palace and the information she wanted to know in the Forbidden City.

You can also call the remaining palace maids to come over for more details according to her wishes.

He took Zhang Xi to the Dunben Hall in the front yard.

"Zhang Xi, check if Imperial Physician Feng is on duty today and have someone call him over."

"Whoo."

The Imperial Medical Service is close to the South Three Offices and not too far from the Yuqing Palace.

Yinreng was reading in the study of Dunben Palace, waiting for Doctor Feng.

Less than half an hour later, a fifty-year-old doctor dressed in the clothes of an imperial physician, with white hair and beard, but extremely sharp eyes, came in with a medicine box, following Zhang Xi.

When he entered the hall, he quickly scanned the expression of the prince who was reading a book.

Although he was confused, he still bowed first according to the rules.

"Your humble servant Feng Wenyuan pays respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Doctor Feng, please stand up."

"Yes."

"May I ask what's wrong with you, Prince?"

Yinreng did not put down the book in his right hand, but just stretched out his left hand.

"Doctor Feng will tell after taking your pulse."

"Wei Chen obeys your orders."

Feng Wenyuan responded respectfully, then slowly stepped forward, gently placed his hand on the prince's wrist, closed his eyes and concentrated, carefully feeling his pulse.

After a moment, he opened his eyes and frowned slightly.

[This prince has a rosy complexion and a strong pulse. He doesn't seem to be ill at all, is he?]

He carefully looked up at the prince who was reading a book above him, hesitating about how to start.

"Doctor Feng, have you figured out what's wrong with me?"

The prince's pulse was calm, showing no signs of illness, yet he asked me to take his pulse. He must have other intentions.

After figuring it out, Feng Wenyuan spoke slowly.

"Your Highness's pulse is stable, but perhaps due to the recent busy schedule of the wedding and your continued concern for His Majesty, you may be feeling a little fatigued and unwell."

Upon hearing this, Yinreng nodded slightly and secretly praised Feng Wenyuan for his wisdom.

"Doctor Feng's words make sense," the prince said softly. "I am indeed very tired today, but I have trouble sleeping at night. Does Doctor Feng have any prescription to relieve the fatigue?"

Feng Wenyuan knew in his heart that the prince was actually fine, but since he had received such an order, he had to go along with it.

"Your Highness must have been overworked recently and had trouble sleeping at night, which is why he feels so exhausted."

"I will prescribe a tranquilizing decoction for Your Highness to help you calm down and sleep peacefully."

Yinreng nodded, "Then I'll have to trouble Imperial Physician Feng."

Doctor Feng said respectfully, "This is my humble duty."

Yinreng changed the subject and asked, "Doctor Feng has been practicing medicine for decades. Does he have any contraceptive methods?"

Feng Wenyuan paused as he was taking the pulse, his heart skipping a beat.

【contraception?】

[Who does the prince want to use for contraception? ]

[Could it be that the Crown Prince is dissatisfied with his wife and doesn't want her to give birth to a legitimate son?]

[Impossible?!]

[Now the Eastern Palace has no children, and apart from the Crown Princess, there is no concubine.]

[With the birth of a legitimate son, the Crown Prince's position will be more stable. The Crown Prince will not destroy the Great Wall himself.]

[And if the Emperor knew I prescribed contraceptives for the Crown Prince, my entire family would be implicated.]

Feng Wenyuan was extremely conflicted and didn't dare let the emperor know, but the prince was his master and he didn't dare disobey the prince's orders.

In a flash of thought, he thought of a safer method.

Feng Wenyuan said cautiously, "Your Highness, I do know some contraceptive methods."

Yinreng raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Please ask Imperial Doctor Feng to clarify this."

Feng Wenyuan said: "First, it can prevent the man's yang essence from being injected into the woman's body during intercourse."

"If a man has difficulty controlling himself, you can place the processed sheep intestines on his penis during intercourse."

"As long as the casing is intact, there's nothing to worry about."

Interest flashed in Yinreng's eyes. He really didn't know such a method.

"This is one of them, what else?"

Feng Wenyuan smiled and said, "Your Highness, you may not know that my family has been practicing medicine for generations, and my grandfather has compiled many secret prescriptions."

"One of them is about women getting pregnant."

"My grandfather discovered that women are very likely to conceive for a few days after their menstrual period ends."

"If you want to avoid pregnancy, simply avoiding intercourse during these days will significantly reduce the likelihood of conception."

When Yinreng heard that it was easy to conceive, he put down the book in his hand and looked directly at Feng Wenyuan.

[If this is true, then once Xiaoyuer grows up, she'll be able to immediately conceive his legitimate child?!]

"You said it's easy to conceive. Is this method really feasible?"

Feng Wenyuan answered with some embarrassment.

"Your Highness, this is a secret recipe passed down from our ancestors, verified by countless women."

"But nothing is absolute, there are always unexpected things."

"Although I'm not completely sure, I'm still about 60 to 70 percent sure."

"On the other hand, if this method of contraception is used, then the woman is likely to be fertile."

Yinreng thought that this method was a good way to get pregnant, but the risk was still too high if he used contraception.

So he continued to ask: "Is there any other way?"

Feng Wenyuan thought for a moment and said, "There's another way."

"Oh?"

"I know that the harem of the former Ming Dynasty had a special contraceptive technique."

"If the emperor doesn't want a woman he's had sex with to give birth to a dragon heir, he'll arrange for a royal physician or a nanny to massage a special acupoint on that woman."

"However, it has been several years since the Former Ming Dynasty. I only know that this method exists, but I don't know how to massage you."

Yinreng frowned, "Is there no other way?"

Feng Wenyuan said in embarrassment: "I can still abstain from sex."

When Yinreng heard the word "abstinence", his face turned green.

He finally married the young wife back to the Eastern Palace, and he wanted to stick to her all the time.

Especially since he'd been abstaining from sex for nearly twenty years, and now that he's just started having sex, telling him to stop touching his concubine, wouldn't that be more painful than killing him?!