Consort Zhuang doesn't want palace intrigue; she just wants to raise her child and live a caref

After the Emperor left, Su Nuannuan slowly moved to the exquisite small couch, her delicate body slightly curled up, her brows furrowed, and a trace of sorrow in her eyes. She bit her lower lip, secretly pondering how to refuse the Emperor's invitation to stay overnight at Cuiwei Palace; she did not want to be favored.

However, this moment of contemplation didn't last long before it was broken by a clear and loud cry. It turned out that the two adorable babies were, for some reason, wailing at the top of their lungs!

Su Yueniang quickly stepped forward, gently picked up the Fifth Prince, and carefully checked him to see if he had urinated. After confirming that he had not, Su Yueniang bowed to Su Nuannuan and said respectfully, "Your Highness, the Fifth Prince must be hungry. This servant will go down and feed him."

At the same time, Honglian quickly picked up the little princess beside her. After checking, she found that her little mistress had wet herself. So, Honglian also bowed to Su Nuannuan and said softly, "Your Majesty, this servant will take the little princess to change her diaper right away."

Looking at the two little ones in front of her, their faces red and their eyes brimming with tears, Su Nuannuan felt a pang of heartache and quickly waved for them to take the children downstairs and get busy.

After the two wet nurses carefully carried the two babies out of the room, Su Nuannuan sat back on the small couch, but the sorrow surged into her heart again like a tide.

Just then, Jinse, who had been standing silently to the side, suddenly leaned closer and asked in a deliberately low voice, "Your Majesty, are you worried about the Emperor's upcoming visit tonight?"

Upon hearing Jinse's question, Su Nuannuan nodded slightly, her face full of worry, and replied in a low voice, "It is precisely because of this matter that I truly do not know what to do. Jinse, do you have any good ideas to help me overcome this difficulty?"

Upon hearing this, Jinse's eyes flashed with a sly glint. She continued in her barely audible voice, "Your Majesty, as long as people eat grains, they are bound to fall ill at some point. The key lies in whether Your Majesty can harden your heart..." At this point, Jinse paused slightly, her gaze fixed intently on Su Nuannuan's reaction.

"Tell me about it." Su Nuannuan looked at Jinse in front of her with a curious expression.

Jinse leaned closer to Su Nuannuan and whispered, "Your Majesty, we can use medicine to make the Second Prince or the Third Prince sick to distract the Emperor. That way, the Emperor will have no time to attend to Your Majesty."

Su Nuannuan frowned and said worriedly, "I think this method is a bit inappropriate. What if it backfires and the Emperor sends the two princes to me instead? Wouldn't that be a loss?"

Jinse's eyes darted around, and she came up with another idea: "Since that's the case, why don't we make the Empress Dowager sick?"

Upon hearing this, Su Nuannuan couldn't help but gasp, thinking to herself: Jinse is really bold! She actually dared to come up with such an idea.

She quickly shook her head and refused, saying, "Absolutely not! If the Empress Dowager falls ill, she will surely use this as an excuse to speed up the process of finding adoptive mothers for the two princes. The risk is too great, and we must not take this risk."

Seeing that her plan had failed, Jinse gritted her teeth and continued, "Then... then we can only target the Crown Prince."

At this moment, Su Nuannuan was stunned by Jinse's series of bold ideas, thinking to herself how Jinse's thinking could be so abrupt and daring.

But she still rationally analyzed, "The Crown Prince is the heir apparent of the country, and with the Empress protecting him, it is too risky to harm him."

Jinse nodded helplessly, indicating that she agreed with Su Nuannuan's opinion.

After pondering for a moment, Su Nuannuan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, "Forget it, you said it yourself, everyone gets sick sometimes, so I might as well get sick myself."

As soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to remember something, slapped her forehead, and said in annoyance, "Wait a minute! It seems that my postpartum weakness hasn't recovered yet! Physician Liu didn't say that my postpartum weakness is cured. What can His Majesty do here? Is he just going to chat and sleep under the covers?"

Jinse looked bewildered and shook her head, indicating that she didn't know how to answer.

Seeing this, Su Nuannuan sighed and said, "Fine, whatever, I really don't want to scheme against others all day long and live such a tiring life."

"Anyway, I can't serve the emperor in bed, so if Your Majesty wants to chat and sleep under the covers, that's fine too," Su Nuannuan said defiantly.

The bottom line is that we absolutely cannot engage in sexual relations, but anything else is fine, and everything is negotiable!

“Your Majesty, in fact, raising the Second Prince and the Third Prince is actually very beneficial to you,” Jinse said, deftly tidying up the small table.

"With Consort Li still alive, the Second Prince and the Third Prince will be difficult to raise. After all, a foster mother can never compare to a biological mother."

They are still young, and if Consort Li coaxes them a little, they will probably forget about us soon.

Besides, with her biological mother around, no matter how hard the foster mother tries, she'll ultimately get nowhere. I have no intention of doing such a thankless and foolish thing!

"But Your Majesty, didn't you leave the Emperor a chance before? What if the Emperor really decides to entrust the Second Prince and the Third Prince to Your Majesty's care?" Jinse asked worriedly.

Su Nuannuan's face was so gloomy it seemed like it could drip water, and she coldly uttered a few words: "When that day comes, I will have no choice but to take the method of removing the mother and keeping the child."

Hearing her mistress's words, Jinse finally felt relieved and secretly rejoiced that her mistress was not the kind of naive and easily bullied person.

My lady may have truly been a kind-hearted, tolerant, and overly accommodating person before, but since giving birth to the prince, she seems to have undergone a complete transformation, her personality drastically changed. Is it really as people often say—a mother's love makes her strong?

At this moment, Su Nuannuan was leaning lazily against the cushions on the small couch, gently closing her eyes, and said with a slight frown, "I don't want to think about it anymore, Jinse. I have a bit of a headache. Come and rub it for me."

Upon hearing this, Jinse dared not be negligent in the slightest. She quickly summoned a clever and obedient palace maid and carefully handed over the object she was holding, asking her to take it away and put it away properly.

Then, Jinse quickly walked to Su Nuannuan's side, stretched out her slender hands, and gently and skillfully began to massage Su Nuannuan's head.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps approached from afar, followed by an extremely excited voice outside the hall: "Your Majesty!" However, before the person even stepped into the hall, the joyful shouts came in first.