The Emperor, with more men than women, made me his mistress.

Yue Li quickly took a soft towel to wipe her clean again. Meeting her bright eyes, she reached out to take Jing Yao and hug her, but Jin Jinxuan stopped her.

His large hand held Jingyao's kicking calves to prevent her from kicking Yue Li's stomach, and he said softly, "Li'er, you'd better not hug Zhaoyang, or he might kick you. The two of them are kicking their legs quite powerfully right now."

As Jin Jinxuan spoke, he also tightly protected Jingyao's kicking legs, but when talking about his two children's healthy and lively appearance, he was filled with pride, his face full of pride in having such a pair of children.

"understood!"

Yue Li couldn't help but chuckle at Jin Jinxuan's proud demeanor. Of course, she knew how much Jin Jinxuan doted on the Crown Prince and Zhao Yang. She had only stayed in the palace for two days, but she had seen that whenever Jin Jinxuan wasn't busy with political affairs, he was always by their side.

They then took Jingyao and Jinghao's chubby little hands and kissed them, making the two of them giggle. Jinghao even accidentally pulled a strand of Yue Li's hair and put it in his mouth. Everyone present immediately coaxed and kissed him, finally freeing Yue Li's hair.

Seeing Jinghao still staring at her hair with those innocent, bewildered eyes, clearly unwilling to give up until he tasted it, Yue Li pinched his little nose and watched him shake his head haphazardly to avoid her hand. She laughed and said, "You little rascal, Mother's hair isn't tasty. Let the palace servants make you some delicious milk pudding later!"

"Mother, have some milk porridge!" To everyone's surprise, the two little ones in her arms, who didn't yet understand what delicious food was, didn't react. Instead, Jin Yu, who was nestled next to the Empress Dowager, spoke up first.

"Good, good, I'll have someone make milk pudding for Mingzhu right away!" The Empress Dowager looked at the harmonious scene in front of her, hugging one of her beloved children in each arm and laughing happily.

Upon hearing Jin Yu's childish voice, he immediately instructed Zhu Xi, who was waiting beside him, "Zhu Xi, hurry up and tell the imperial kitchen to make a few more bowls of milk pudding. Mingzhu likes to add some fruit juice to the milk pudding, so don't forget!"

"Yes, I remember Princess Mingzhu's preferences. I'll go right away." Zhu happy responded with a smile upon hearing the Empress Dowager's order and quickly walked out of the main hall.

Yue Li walked over and sat down next to the Empress Dowager. She took Jin Rui, who had turned and snuggled into her arms, and smiled at the Empress Dowager, saying, "Mother, don't forget to drink a cup of spiritual milk every day. It's the milk pudding that Hao'er and Yao'er eat. Mother can eat more of it often. It's very easy to digest."

Before Jinghao and Jingyao were born, Yue Li and Jin Jinxuan were traveling outside. Yue Li asked Jin Chenyuan, who was in charge of the government in Kyoto at the time, to send people to the valley to move two spirit milk fruit trees. So Jinghao and Jingyao drank spirit milk right after they were born.

Since then, Yue Li has also instructed Zhu happy, who takes care of the Empress Dowager, to warm a cup of spiritual milk for the Empress Dowager every day.

"I know that I drink a cup of spiritual milk every day. I want to live a few more days to watch the four of them grow up." The Empress Dowager said, her eyes full of gratitude as she looked at Yue Li.

She knew that both Chenyuan and Jinxuan were able to have a son and a daughter thanks to Yue Li, so she treated Yue Li even better than her own son and grandson.

Jin Chenyuan and Jin Jinxuan sat beside the child, watching the Empress Dowager and Yue Li chatting happily, and satisfied smiles appeared on their faces.

The milk pudding made with spirit milk was quickly served, and the aroma of milk mixed with the fragrance of fruit soon filled the entire hall. Not only Jinghao and Jingyao were so eager to rush over to the tray in the palace servants' hands, but even Jinrui and Jinyu ran over to Jin Chenyuan's side, looking at their father with longing eyes.

They clearly knew that their father was the one feeding them.

Yue Li and the Empress Dowager sat to the side, watching Jin Chenyuan and Jin Jinxuan frantically take care of the four little ones.

Jinrui and Jinyu were alright; they knew to sit there obediently and wait for the palace servants to feed them.

Jinghao and Jingyao would suddenly reach out their little hands, grab the spoons from the palace servants' hands, and put them in their mouths.

Amidst the chaos, after finally finishing the milk custard, a young eunuch rushed in from outside.

Seeing this, Jin Chenyuan hugged Jinghao, whose hands and face had been wiped clean, and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a panic?"

The young eunuch knelt down with a thud, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then reported, "Your Highness, it is Princess Xinrong who requests an audience."

"Xinrong, what brings her here? Let her in quickly." The Empress Dowager hurriedly spoke up upon hearing that it was Princess Xinrong.

"Yes." Upon hearing this, the little eunuch quickly got up and left.

Just as Yue Li was about to turn around and ask the Empress Dowager Lian Xinran if anything had happened during this time, Lian Xinran walked into the hall. When she saw Yue Li, Lian Xinran's eyes lit up, and her anxious expression calmed down considerably. She first gave a proper bow to everyone present, and only stood up after the Empress Dowager told her to rise.

Yue Li didn't reply at this moment, but smiled at Lian Xinran when she looked at her.

"Xinrong, why are you in the palace at this time? Is something wrong?" It was just past dinner time, and Yue Li and the others were planning to go back, but they were delayed by playing with the four children for a while. Unexpectedly, they ran into Lian Xinran entering the palace, and she seemed to have something urgent to do.

Lian Xinran didn't mince words and directly stated the purpose of her visit to the palace at this time.

It turned out that a few days ago, Yin Xiyue's youngest daughter suddenly developed a low-grade fever and had occasional diarrhea. Yin Xiyue was very worried and immediately asked her husband to go to the palace to invite the imperial physician, who then prescribed medicine.

However, Yin Xiyue's baby girl was only two months old. Even the specially prepared pills from the imperial physician couldn't be swallowed by the baby girl. But later, they managed to get her to swallow some, and it did work at the time.

However, unexpectedly, the young lady's illness kept recurring. It has been five days since then and she has not recovered. She had just eaten dinner today when she suddenly developed a fever again. At that time, Lian Xinran had just finished dinner and went to visit her. Seeing the family's flustered and helpless appearance, she offered to go to the palace to help invite the imperial physician.

Unexpectedly, upon entering the palace, she overheard palace servants discussing the news that Princess Consort Chen, along with Prince Chen's heir and Princess Mingzhu, had been staying at the palace for the past two days. This reminded her of the fact that Prince Chen's twins had been healthy since birth, so she couldn't resist coming to Shou Kang Palace to request an audience.

She wanted to ask Yue Li how she raised her two children, and whether she had any special methods.

The young lady's mother is simply too pampered. All her previous children were raised in a free-range manner. If they got sick, they would just take some medicine prescribed by the imperial physician and be fine. No one had ever raised such a pampered child. Now, Yin Xiyue is exhausted because the young lady's mother's condition is not getting better.