Transmigrated into a Qing Dynasty concubine and asked the system to help me raise my children

As soon as the Fourth Prince left, Shen Jiang felt much more relaxed. She taught the two princesses every day and paid her respects to the Yonghe Palace whenever she had time.

Sometimes, Concubine De would bring Shen Jiang and Zarafen to pay respects to the Empress Dowager. She would especially speak well of Zarafen and even said, "When I see this child, I always think of Wen Xian."

The empress dowager also showed more favoritism towards Zarafen and praised him in Mongolian.

The old lady has been in the palace for so many years, but her Manchu language has made little progress. It's not that she doesn't want to learn it, but her status is too high, so others have to accommodate her by speaking Mongolian.

Zarafen had been taught a few simple Mongolian words by Shen Jiang, so she answered very decently, which made the Queen Mother even happier. Before leaving, the Queen Mother also rewarded them with many things.

After leaving Ningshou Palace, Concubine De praised Shen Jiang: "You did a good job. It's time to plan for the child earlier."

Once, when the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took Zarafen to pay their respects to the empress dowager, Concubine Hui happened to come as well.

When Concubine Hui saw Zarafen, she smiled and said, "Is this your second princess? She is so pretty!"

Shen Jiang still hated her for making the second princess "sick" with just one sentence! Upon hearing this, she immediately responded: "They are not as good as the four princesses of the Zhijunwang family. Who in the capital doesn't know the four golden flowers of the Zhijunwang family!"

Defei glanced at her. She thought that Defei would blame her for talking too much, but after she left, Defei said, "Good reply. Huifei likes to be sarcastic the most. You should say it to her face!"

Shen Jiang suppressed her laughter and said in a faked scared tone, "Alas, I actually regretted it right after I said it. After all, Concubine Hui is my elder. Was it not nice for me to say that?"

"What's wrong with that? I hate it most when people take advantage of their seniority to act recklessly." De Fei said nonchalantly, "Besides, you were praising her four princesses, humph!"

Shen Jiang saw that Concubine De was almost writing "Concubine Hui is so annoying" on her face, and she couldn't help laughing in her heart.

Everyone in the palace says that the four concubines live in harmony, but that’s not entirely true!

They may have been harmonious for a while in the past, but as their children have grown up and their positions have become different, I'm afraid the harmony won't last long.

This time, the Fourth Prince stayed outside for a long time. It was snowing in the capital, but he still hadn't returned.

After receiving the letter, I learned that the Fourth Prince was accompanying Kangxi in the Tongzhou Palace, the Thirteenth Prince had gone to worship at Mount Tai, and the Crown Prince was ill and could not return to the palace for the time being.

It was not until the end of October that Kangxi returned with his two eldest sons. The crown prince was still recuperating in the palace.

At first glance, it seems as if Kangxi dislikes the prince, but in fact, in order to let the prince recuperate well, Kangxi actually asked Soetu, who had been stripped of his title, to accompany the prince. This shows that he still loves the prince very much.

Shen Jiang didn’t care about the prince. She was more concerned about when her family would move out of the palace next year.

The Imperial Observatory has already chosen a date and he will leave the palace in early March next year.

After the New Year, the Prince's Mansion began to be decorated one after another. The Fourth Prince would go to take a look every few days and then tell Shen Jiang about it when he came back.

Shen Jiang said, "It doesn't matter. We'll see after we move in. If there's anything we don't like, we can just change it. I'm only worried about Honghui now. Although he's loved by the queen, he's not with us after all."

The Fourth Prince laughed at her and said, "You said it very well before. I thought you wanted your son to be successful and you didn't feel reluctant to let him go!"

Shen Jiang sighed: "I didn't think so before, I thought children would always leave their mothers, but now the more I think about it, the more reluctant I am, oh!"

The Fourth Prince held her hand and comforted her softly, "Don't worry, I will have someone look after Honghui. I will go to pay my respects to the Empress when I have time. If the schoolwork is not busy, I will take Honghui back to the mansion. They also have days off, and they can return home every five days."

Shen Jiang nodded, and reminded the system in his mind: "When the time comes, you must follow carefully, and don't make any mistakes!"

The system said confidently: "Don't worry, Honghui is the target of the mission. Even if I explode on the spot, he won't be hurt at all."

Before leaving the palace, Shen Jiang encountered another worrying thing.

Kangxi is preparing to vaccinate this batch of grandchildren!

The vaccine used in this era was not cowpox, but human smallpox!

Shen Jiang quickly asked the system, and the system said, "It's okay. Zarafen, Honghui, and the third princess all received smallpox vaccinations when they were six months old. Even if they get vaccinated this time, they will only get a few bumps at most."

Since she had already received the smallpox vaccine, Shen Jiang felt relieved.

But she was also puzzled. Since viruses like smallpox no longer exist in modern society, how could the system still have a vaccine?

The system said proudly: "The vaccines I have here may be more complete than the US military's virus library. Children are so fragile, they must be protected."

The disputes among the wives and concubines in the Fourth Prince's courtyard were not so obvious, and Shen Jiang had a system for raising the children, so the children were relatively safe. Like the Third Prince's family next door, how happy the Third Lady was when she gave birth to the eldest son, and how sad she was when the child died later.

A few years after the birth of the eldest son of the Third Prince, the Third Lady and her concubines gave birth to seven or eight children, but they died after each one was born, and now there are only three left.

The third prince was amorous and promoted his concubine Tian to be his concubine. This time, Tian and the third concubine fought even more fiercely. Both of them had children who died young. It is not known whether they were victims of the fight between wives and concubines.

Shen Jiang also thought that the time when Honghui, the son of the original owner, would die was not far away.

The system checked the records and said, "In June of the 43rd year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Honghui died young."

Shen Jiang frowned: "That is to say, Honghui survived the vaccination this year and died. That's strange."

Everything was safe and sound in the palace, but people outside the palace died. If you can survive the vaccination, what disease is more dangerous than smallpox?

System: "Don't think too much. I'm here this time to make sure nothing happens to Honghui."

There's no point thinking too much. There's still some time until next year. When the time comes, we'll have to deal with it!

The vaccination was quickly decided. Although each family was worried, they also knew that this step had to be taken.

The Prince of Zhi and the Third Prince's family outside the palace went to the temple to pray to the gods. Shen Jiang couldn't leave the palace, so he could only pray more in the palace's Buddhist temple.

Several children of the Fifth Prince also needed to be vaccinated, but Lady Wu acted as if nothing had happened and didn't care at all.

In her words, it’s not her child, so why should she worry about it?

When Concubine Yi heard this, she almost died of anger!

Concubine Yi could only worry about it herself and pray to the Buddha in the temple to bless her children so that they could be successfully vaccinated this time.

Although the Fifth Lady had never given birth to a child, the children of several concubines basically all survived. For this reason, even if Concubine Yi was dissatisfied with the Fifth Lady, she would not say anything.

On the day of vaccination, Shen Jiang said to Honghui and Zalafen: "Don't be afraid, it's nothing serious, just a few bumps. When you get there, listen to the doctor and we'll come back after the vaccination is done."

In fact, the two children were not afraid at all. Zarafen even comforted her: "Don't worry, Enie. I will take good care of my brother."

Shen Jiang nodded and watched the two children leave.

It was from this time on that the Fourth Prince began to have a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, and in his spare time he would chant sutras and pray for the children.