The Qing Palace Never Meets Spring

"Let's talk here." It'll give her a break too.

"This servant..." Wusu said, then didn't know how to continue.

Wusu bit her lip and remained silent, seemingly lost in thought.

After the selection, although she wasn't rejected, her destination remained undecided. Later, when it was decided that she would be assigned to the Thirteenth Prince's residence, she hugged her mother tightly and cried bitterly.

Every official knows that after the Thirteenth Prince was deposed as Crown Prince, he disappeared from public view and there was almost no news of him.

The Thirteenth Prince's residence was completely closed. Her father went to the Imperial Household Department many times before he could deduce how many masters lived in the residence from the expenses.

Qingwan, the wife of the emperor, was a completely unknown person. She inquired everywhere and only heard that she was a gentle person in the palace before the incident.

After leaving the palace, he was no longer in the presence of the empresses, and no one knew what he was like. He would only occasionally visit the Yuanmingyuan Garden in Prince Yong's residence, but this garden was not a place that the Wusu family could enter.

Later, she heard from someone that, apart from the eldest princess born before the Fujin entered the household and the eldest prince when he first entered, all the children born to the Fujin after that died young. Later still, only the princes and princesses born to the Fujin herself survived.

The more she talked, the more heartbroken she became, worried that she would be mistreated after entering the mansion, and that her child would be harmed and not be able to grow up properly.

He also reminded her that there was an eldest son and a legitimate son in the mansion, and there was more than one legitimate son. She had entered the mansion too late, and there were too many children ahead of her. Even if the thirteenth prince had a title, it wouldn't be her child's turn. He told her not to be impulsive and not to rush to compete for favor.

Moreover, she had seen Qingwan protecting her belly just now, and in her excitement she cried out. Now that she had stopped and the scene was right, she dared not speak.

"This servant..." Wusu stammered for a long time without finishing her sentence.

Looking up, she saw Qingwan and the people around her all staring at her with puzzled expressions.

Her heart skipped a beat: "This servant deserves to die."

Although Qingwan called her to get up, Wusushi did not continue to squat on the ground. Qingwan thought that she was asking about something serious, so she could only bow slightly to listen to her speak.

After waiting for a long time, all she got was this sentence, so she had no choice but to say again, "Get up."

"Yes." Wusu stood up.

Seeing that she still couldn't say anything, Qingwan turned and left. Wusu became even more anxious and said, "This servant just saw how cute the Third Prince and the Fourth Princess are. I wonder if my child would be as lovely as the Prince and the Princess."

Qingwan, mindful of her young age and shyness, first waved for irrelevant people to leave, leaving only her personal attendants, before saying, "I am not a goddess who grants children. If you are seeking a child, it will be useless to come to me."

"That's not what I meant."

Qingwan waved her hand: "Go back."

After Qingwan turned and left, the maidservant beside Wusu said somewhat awkwardly, "This servant knows that I was assigned by the manor to serve the princess, but the princess does not trust me."

But wherever you go, Master is always served by Eunuch Zhang Rui and his group of people. I can't hide your whereabouts from you. The information I'm telling you is true. Master has indeed been busy these days.

The Princess Consort didn't punish you for your offense today, which seems to confirm the rumors that she has become much more tolerant in recent years.

"Please don't be so reckless in the future. There's still a Lady Li imprisoned in the backyard; she was bestowed upon us by the Empress Dowager. Don't follow in her footsteps."

Wusu didn't respond, her head hanging down, seemingly lost in thought.

"The Princess Consort was quite patient today," Mu Xiang said with a smile. "She even spared Wu Su Gege's face by sending away everyone except those close to her."

Qingwan was still somewhat helpless: "If I had married a few years earlier, she would have been old enough to be my daughter. She's still a child. Let's send someone to teach her."

Chenxiang whispered in Muxiang's ear, "The Daijia who taught Li back then is still in our mansion."

Mu Xiang ignored her and said to Qing Wan, "No wonder the eldest princess was laughing. Princess Wu Su is only four years older than the eldest princess."

On the other side, Moyaqi pestered Mingxin: "Big sister, what are you and I laughing about?"

Mingxin smiled without saying a word, but she had experienced Moyaqi's persistent charm firsthand. Even though she was mentally prepared, she still couldn't resist her persistence.

She had no choice but to push away Hongchang, who was also trying to listen, but Hongchang persisted in leaning forward. Although it was just a joke, Mingxin was directing him...

"Hongchang, take your third brother to get some snacks. We'll rest in this pavilion for a while when the Fujin arrives."

"I didn't even want to come up with a good reason for sending my older sister away."

"Since you know that, why don't you hurry up and go?"

Hongchang beckoned, and Hongtun, who was sitting obediently in the chair, walked over to his side and followed Hongchang to get some snacks.

Mingxin then huddled up to Moyaqi and whispered, "The new concubine is only sixteen years old. When my mother talks about her, she always refers to her as 'that child,' and it took her several attempts to correct it."

Moyaqi finally understood what she was laughing about, and it reminded her of Consort Nian, Yinzhen's concubine.

When Lady Nian first entered the mansion, she was a servant serving the Fourth Prince's wife. She was gentle and learned, so the eldest princess of Yinzhen liked her very much and often went to talk to her. The two were born in the same year, only months apart, and the eldest princess also called her "elder sister".

Later, when she learned that Lady Nian had mentioned the princess, the eldest princess was so embarrassed that she never went to see Lady Nian again. Not to mention that when Lady Nian was later made a concubine, the eldest princess still had to call her "Enie".

When she saw Lady Nian from afar, she would avoid her. She was still young at the time and couldn't understand why. Whenever the eldest princess returned to the Yong Prince's Mansion, she would follow her and see her avoiding her, assuming that the two had quarreled.

Moyaqi chuckled softly, "No wonder my sister said not to lead us astray."

The affairs of elders are not something that younger generations should meddle in.

Mingxin tapped her head with the fan in his hand and said, "If it weren't for your persistent nature, I wouldn't have said anything."

She was used to being unrestrained in front of Qingwan, which is why she couldn't help but laugh.

“I had already broken the rules at that time. Even if the Princess Consort didn’t punish me, I would still ask for punishment.”

Moyaqi nodded obediently, "Big sister, I understand."

When Qingwan arrived, the two were talking together; Hongchang and Hongtun had not yet returned.

Moyaqi quickly went to greet her: "Please sit down, my dear. You are pregnant with your younger brother and sister now, you can't take any hardship."

A month after Wusu entered the manor, she discovered she was pregnant due to feeling unwell, so everyone around her said that Wusu's arrival was timely.

"What are you talking about?" When she entered the pavilion, the smiles on the two children's faces hadn't faded yet.

The two children exchanged a glance, and Mingxin said, "Hongchang took Hongtun to get some snacks. My second sister and I were talking about when they would be back."

As they were talking, the two of them returned with people carrying food boxes.