On the evening of August 27, Honghui got on the mansion's carriage and returned home as usual.

Every three days, the Fourth Prince's Mansion would send a carriage to wait at the palace gate to take him back home regardless of rain or shine. However, on the days when he was supposed to return home, he never stayed in the Prince's Residence, delaying his return home.

Today should have been just like any other day, uneventful, but who would have thought that when he returned home he would learn shocking news.

"Honghui, your mother is going to give you a brother or sister, are you happy?"

Brother and sister? My mother is pregnant? How could it be? Didn't my mother never have children in her life? Honghui was stunned.

He asked anxiously, "Father, are you serious? Did the court doctor not diagnose your pulse incorrectly?"

Yinzhen looked at his eldest son in surprise, and then saw the clear anxiety and concern in his eyes, so he explained in a gentle tone: "It is certain, even the imperial physician has come to see, your mother has been pregnant for more than a month. Honghui, don't worry, your mother is in good health and will give birth to a child safely."

How can we not worry? People in the world value the prosperity of offspring, but they don’t know how many times a woman has to go through the gates of hell when she is pregnant and giving birth!

But Honghui knew it very well. He would rather not have any brothers, but his mother would stay by his side healthy and safe.

What if something happens when my mother gives birth?

Bah, bah, bah... Children’s words should not be taken lightly. My mother will surely live a hundred years!

"Father, can you please call the court doctor over? My son has something to ask the court doctor."

Yinzhen asked doubtfully, "What can you do? Just ask Father about your mother's health."

After a moment's silence, Honghui chose to tell the truth: "My son wants to list all the taboos during pregnancy and compile them into a booklet, so that mother will have a precedent to follow during her pregnancy. However, the court doctor certainly doesn't know much, and the imperial physician doesn't know everything either. I still have to look up medical books. I wonder if the medical books in Wenyuan Pavilion are complete?..." He kept talking to himself, and it was more like talking to himself than replying.

Yinzhen was extremely helpless. He couldn't find the opportunity to interrupt his eldest son's words. He could only watch his mind wander to who knows where.

Half a minute later, the whispers in the study finally stopped.

"Honghui, studying is more important. Your mother definitely doesn't want to see you wasting time on her! Besides, the court doctor and the imperial physician are here, so you don't need to worry about this..."

Honghui interrupted him and said, "I am not only doing this for mother, but also for my eldest sister, second sister, and other sisters in the future. They will also face the same situation in the future, so it is necessary to prepare early! As a man, I cannot understand the hardship and risks that women have to endure, so I can only do my best to eliminate the hidden dangers for them."

Yinzhen complained to himself that his eldest son was really worrying. He had just drawn a picture album for his brothers and sisters, and now he was thinking about women's pregnancy and childbirth. He was really... ten percent like him, except that he was not as meticulous as his eldest son. The eldest son was definitely better than his master!

Filial piety is commendable, but the objective fact is that it is not appropriate for the eldest son to be involved in this matter.

"How old are you? Isn't the homework in the study busy? How much free time do you have? Besides, can you get access to the imperial physician in the palace?..." A series of rhetorical questions came out of his mouth, intended to dispel Honghui's idea.

"..." Honghui licked his lips, hesitating to speak! What Ama said made sense. By the time he finished this matter, it would be too late.

"Father, ..."

Yinzhen said to Honghui: "Okay, you don't need to worry about this matter, as long as I am here." Why should his son "interfere in other people's affairs" when it comes to his concubine and his biological daughter? As a husband and a father, he should take charge and protect his female relatives.

Honghui breathed a sigh of relief, and said gratefully, "Thank you for your help, Father!"

"No need to say more. Why don't you go and see your mother? She just found out that you're pregnant. It's a sentimental time now."

Hearing this, Honghui immediately stood up and said goodbye, then trotted back to Haitang Garden.

"Mother, mother..."

I heard his voice before I saw him! Yixiu was still resting on the couch when she heard Honghui's voice from afar. The voice came from far away and finally came to her.

"Mother, are you okay? Are you dizzy? Do you want to vomit? Are you tired?"

Yixiu looked at her son with a puzzled look, only to see that his little face was covered with tiny beads of sweat. She felt comforted immediately.

"Don't worry, mother is fine. The doctor also said that there is nothing serious, just some mild morning sickness. Look at the sweat on your face, and you haven't wiped it off. You must have run all the way here, right? Don't do this next time!"

Honghui smiled shyly, took the towel handed to him by Jianqiu, buried his entire face in the white and soft cotton wool, and then wiped the sweat off his face in just a few strokes.

"Mother, is this okay? Come, tell me what the imperial physician said when he examined my pulse. I am a little worried."

"What are you worried about?" Yixiu gently rubbed his fair and smooth little face, and said confidently: "I've told you that everything is fine with my mother. You, you are really worried about her! My mother is new and familiar with us, how can she be so precious? Besides, the court doctor and the imperial physician are here, so you can rest assured!"

"..." How could he be at ease? As long as his mother didn't give birth to a child safely, he would not be at peace.

However, in front of his mother, Honghui nodded obediently to show that he understood.

"That's right! Just study hard, and in eight months, your mother will be able to give you a full brother! But I don't know if the baby in your belly is a prince or a princess?"

"Whether it's a prince or a princess, as long as they are born by me, my son likes them. Mother, please don't be obsessed with giving your son a brother. With your son's ability, can't he protect his sister?"

Yixiu smiled more and more happily, hugged her son's body, and said softly: "Okay, I'll listen to you. As your mother, I only hope that you two will love each other and support each other in the future."

Honghui agreed to all of them without hesitation: "Don't worry, mother. I will fulfill my responsibility as the eldest brother and educate my younger siblings." But there was a big prerequisite, that is, mother must be safe and sound, otherwise he would become estranged from his younger siblings.

That night, he stayed at Begonia Garden for dinner after a long absence. The mother and son seemed to have endless things to say to each other, but when it was time to say goodbye, they just looked at each other in silence and then went their separate ways.

Thousands of words, nothing can express it!

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