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

"Please rest assured, everyone. As long as these items are properly placed, our Empress will certainly not treat you unfairly," Li Quan said with a smile, giving them a reassuring answer. His gaze swept around the group, as if to make sure everyone understood the meaning behind his words.

“However, I need to make this clear upfront. These items belonging to the Empress are incredibly precious. If anyone dares to have any ulterior motives or steal anything, hmph… don’t blame me for turning my back on them. I will be ruthless and merciless when I get down to business.” Li Quan’s voice suddenly rose eight octaves, his words carrying a hint of threat and warning.

"Eunuch Li, you can rest assured. We wouldn't dare. We've always been honest and upright people with clean hands and feet," one of them said hurriedly, bowing and scraping.

Seeing this, the others echoed, saying that they would never do anything to betray the Empress and Eunuch Li.

"That's good. In that case, everyone, hurry up and get to work! Be quick, because after we're all done, I still need to report to the Empress." Li Quan nodded in satisfaction, then waved his sleeve, signaling everyone to speed up their work.

Just then, a silvery laugh rang out: "Haha, Eunuch Li is really putting on quite a show these days!" Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Miss Yaoqin walking in with a smile.

Listening to Li Quan's reprimand from inside the room, Su Nuannuan laughed and said, "He's just trying to scare people by invoking my authority!"

"Jinse, send some silver notes to Li Quan later. I reckon he's almost used up the silver notes he has."

"This servant will go and get it for him right away."

After Jinse finished speaking, she went to collect the silver notes.

"Your Highness, for now, we'll have to get our dinner from the kitchen," Yaoqin said.

"It's alright. I've already sent Zhixiang to the kitchen to see what ingredients we can get. It's nice to have a meal prepared by the kitchen once in a while," Su Nuannuan said as she placed the Second Prince and the Third Prince on the small couch.

As soon as Canglan Jinghan and Canglan Jingyu arrived at the small couch, they immediately went to Canglan Jingcheng and Canglan Jingyao's side, then lay down together and started kicking their legs like the two little ones.

Seeing this, Su Nuannuan simply smiled knowingly and let them play.

Every now and then, clear, childlike "ah, ah" sounds could be heard coming from the son, as if the little guy was trying to communicate with his two older brothers. However, despite the adorable sounds full of childlike charm, the two older brothers clearly didn't fully understand what their little brother was trying to express. Surprisingly, the little sister, who had been lying quietly beside her brother, seemed to understand, and also let out a soft "ah" in response.

Then, something unexpected happened—at some point, these two young children began chatting animatedly in their unique way of speaking. As the conversation deepened, their emotions grew increasingly heightened; they not only kept making "ah ah" sounds, but their hands and feet also became restless, pawing and kicking incessantly, as if trying to convey all their joy and anger through this method.

In this lively yet warm atmosphere, time slipped away quietly. Before they knew it, the two energetic older children were gradually lulled to sleep by the chatter of their younger siblings, and slowly closed their eyes, drifting into a sweet dream.

At this moment, the observant Su Nuannuan noticed the sleeping Second Prince and Third Prince. She softly said to the maid Tingxue beside her, "Tingxue, go and fetch two thin blankets to cover Han'er and Yu'er. Especially their navels; we mustn't let them catch a cold." Tingxue immediately nodded in agreement and quickly left. Not long after, she returned with two soft, thin blankets in her hands and carefully covered the two young princes with them.

Just as Su Nuannuan was carefully checking whether the blanket was properly covering her, another maid, Zhixiang, came in and respectfully reported to her, "Your Highness, dinner has been retrieved."

"Have you retrieved the milk and eggs?"

"The milk and eggs have been retrieved. I have also retrieved the ingredients needed for tomorrow morning. I will check on the rest after breakfast tomorrow."

"Alright, the rest isn't urgent. We'll make two milk and egg custard dishes when we have time, so the Second Prince and the Third Prince can eat them when they wake up."

"Your Highness, this servant doesn't know how to do it," Zhixiang said somewhat ashamed.

"It's alright, I know how to do it. I'll tell you, and you can memorize it yourself. It's very simple."

After she finished speaking, Zhixiang took out the paper and pen she had prepared, and she took notes as Su Nuannuan spoke.

On Tingxue's side, seeing that the Third Prince had already fallen asleep, she started making baby clothes again, and right now she was making a onesie.

"Tingxue, how many bodysuits have you made now?"

"Your Majesty, this is the third one we've made. However, the first two weren't made very well, so we didn't make them for the Fifth Prince and the Little Princess," Tingxue replied respectfully, putting down her work.

"Tingxue, look how delicate this little baby's skin is. You can't embroider flowers on her clothes." Su Nuannuan gently picked up the cute little bodysuit that Tingxue had been working on, carefully examining the exquisite embroidered patterns, and softly instructed her.

The pattern was lifelike, with fine and delicate stitches, but Su Nuannuan knew that such decorations might cause discomfort to a baby.

"Your Majesty is absolutely right! I was so confused. I'll take this pattern off right away." Tingxue replied as if she had just realized something. Then, she quickly took the bodysuit from Su Nuannuan's hands, found scissors and other tools, and prepared to remove the exquisite embroidery.

Just then, Zhixiang whispered, "Your Highness, it's time for dinner. If we delay any longer, the food will get cold, and the taste and texture will be greatly diminished."

Su Nuannuan nodded slightly to indicate that she understood, and then replied, "I will go and have my meal now."

After saying that, Su Nuannuan walked towards the dining hall.