Yinzhen responded casually: "Xiaoyi is indeed good at keeping in good health. Over the years, I have been drinking the soup you prepared, and I have always been in good spirits."

Yixiu smiled and seemed very happy about Yinzhen's praise.

But in fact, what she was thinking was that you are not even thirty now, and you will be in good spirits with or without soup. These things are just a psychological comfort and you don't need to take them too seriously.

"Xiao Yi has been in charge of the backyard for many years. Not only does she make soup for health, but she also makes me feel at ease taking care of the backyard. Do you know if there are any girls who are trustworthy and good-looking? The girls Jianqiu and Xiuxia beside you look good to me."

"One is calm and capable, the other is smart and lively. They have been with you for a long time, so they must be trustworthy."

what?

Yinzhen actually wanted to take advantage of her personal maid? !

It seems that Yinzhen has been going around in circles and finally came up with this idea! !

I really want to give him a stick!!!

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Yixiu didn't show it on the surface, but in her heart she had already cursed Yinzhen from head to toe!

In the previous life, these two girls were obviously loyal to her, but in the end, neither of them ended up well.

In this life, she was determined to make them live a good life. How could she allow Yinzhen to send people to the imperial court and become their victims?

But Yixiu obviously couldn't say directly that she couldn't bear to part with any of the maids.

Such words are simply nonsense in front of a prince who has already emerged as the king.

Later, he was the one who was able to send his own sister to marry a foreign prince.

After some consideration, Yixiu decided to make it clear to Yinzhen: "The Crown Prince has been raised by the Emperor since he was young, and the father-son relationship is far beyond that of other princes. Even if the Crown Prince really loses power one day, he is still the Crown Prince that the Emperor has protected for more than 30 years. I think the Emperor will be ashamed and angry at that time."

"The emperor will be angry at the beneficiary, so why should Fourth Master..."

Yixiu stopped talking. If Yinzhen still couldn’t figure it out at this time, then he would be a fool!

"Xiao Yi is right!"

As expected, Yinzhen immediately figured it out. He reached out and patted Yixiu's hand. It was smooth and felt so good that he couldn't help but pinch it again. He was already feeling excited, but fortunately he knew how to restrain himself.

In just a moment, Yinzhen suppressed the heat in his heart, leaned close to Yixiu and said, "It's getting late, I'll go to the kitchen to see what dinner they prepared for the emperor."

"If Xiaoyi has time, you can come and have dinner together." Yinzhen said, "In two days, the emperor will return to the palace. Remember to bring Honghui to pay his respects to the emperor."

Yinzhen had selfish motives in saying this.

If Yixiu and Honghui can win the emperor's favor, that will also be his bargaining chip in the future.

In a family like theirs, it's hard to tell who's taking advantage of whom.

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But Yixiu was unable to come to dinner that day.

Because Li Jingui came to see her secretly and told Yixiu that she was pregnant.

"Ah."

Yixiu put down the teacup and looked at the people below, seeming neither surprised nor happy nor surprised.

Li Jingui said with red eyes: "Please forgive me, Madam. I don't know how I got pregnant."

Although Li Jingui was a palace maid born in Changchun, she was also a smart one.

The moment she was found out she was pregnant, she secretly came to see Yixiu.

She was even prepared to take medicine herself and make the child disappear if Yixiu couldn't tolerate the child.

"Get up quickly."

Yixiu winked at Jianqiu, who was standing by her side. Jianqiu brought over a low chair and asked the person to sit down. Yixiu said, "You are pregnant now, so you don't have to kneel down all the time. Also, from today on, you are the princess of the mansion, so you should call yourself a concubine, not a slave."

"I...I, no, it's not that, I don't dare."

Thinking of the rumors he had heard these days, Li Jingui still spoke timidly.

She believed the rumor without a doubt. That person was right. There were not many children in this house. It was naturally because someone could not tolerate these children.

Yi Zheng corrected him with a serious face, "I have already said before that if you are willing, you will be the princess of this mansion. In the past half month, you have not asked to leave. Now you have taken the initiative to tell me that you are pregnant. I think you have decided to stay."

"Since you have already made your choice, that's good too. I will report to Lord Beile and have you named a princess. You just need to rest assured and take care of your pregnancy."

Yixiu's words were flawless, neither too far nor too close, and were exactly what a lady-in-waiting should be like.

However, the more Li Jingui listened, the more confused he became.

According to her idea, if this concubine was to marry into the family, she should at least be given a warning by the wife, especially since she already had a child before she even entered the family.

Kneeling down to serve tea was inevitable, and there might be other means of torture waiting for him.

Why does Yixiu in front of me look like she is just dealing with a trivial matter?

"How come Li Gege has anything else to say?" Yi Xiu asked when she saw Li Jingui seemed to be hesitant to talk.

"Is there nothing else?" Li Jingui asked.

"Other things?" Yixiu didn't know that someone had already said something to Li Jingui. She thought she was waiting for the canonization ceremony.

So Yixiu smiled and patiently explained to him:

"According to the rules, only concubines and above can have imperial seals. It's much simpler to be a princess. All you have to do is write your name into the family tree, and then someone will naturally send Princess Li's maid and things over."

"As for the house, I will take Li Gege there after I have my servants arrange it. You'd better let Li Gege live in the side hall of my courtyard for the next few days. Does Gege have any other questions?"

"No, no, I'm leaving now. Thank you for your hard work, Madam."

Li Jingui left with full of suspicion.

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She didn't know whether she should go or not, so she went to ask Princess Xueqing for clarification.

On the day when Li Jingui was favored, he actually met Xueqing.

At that time, Xue Qing secretly found her and cried to her, saying that the Fourth Prince had originally chosen her name today. If the other sisters knew that the Prince did not come, she was afraid that everyone in the backyard would start to laugh at her the next day.

Li Jingui felt soft-hearted for a moment, so he got up in the dark and gave his seat to Xueqing.

She endured the pain all over her body and returned to her room.

Later, Yixiu found her, and she knew that the truth could no longer be hidden, so she secretly went to find Xueqing and told her so that she could be mentally prepared.

Aunt Xue is also a kind person.

After hearing the news, he not only gave her a lot of things, but also told her the situation in the backyard one by one.

Especially since she was told that the concubine's legitimate son was still young, she was particularly wary of other women in the mansion getting pregnant.

"I secretly told my sister that this concubine not only forced us young people to drink contraceptive soup after each bedtime, but even the concubine who was on good terms with her couldn't keep the child after she got pregnant."

Xueqing is also a person who speaks without hesitation, and she does not show any mercy when it comes to throwing dirty water on Yixiu.

Li Jingui's heart was pounding when she heard this, and she wished she could tell Yixiu right away that she was leaving Beile's Mansion.

"I will go and ask the Madam to let me go. I am just an insignificant maid in Changchun Garden. If I leave on my own initiative, I think a noble like the Madam will forget about me in a few days."

Li Jingui had almost made up her mind and was about to go find Yixiu, but Xueqing pulled her back and rebuked her with a look of disappointment:

"Are you stupid? Now that she has found you, she will not let you go easily. If she really gives you a way out and lets you go as she said, then just pretend that this incident never happened. Why would she bother to find you again?"

Li Jingui thought it made sense as soon as he heard it.

Yes.

If you want to let her go, just pretend that this incident never happened. Why bother finding her?

The two of them never thought that Yixiu was determined to find Li Jingui because she knew that Li Jingui must be pregnant with the little prince after living a new life. There was no such a complicated story.

But when these two people got together, they made up a lot of things in their minds.

"Then what should I do, Snow Princess?"

At this time, Li Jingui almost regarded Xue Qing as his life-saving straw, and didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with her replacing him and enjoying favor.

Xueqing persuaded Li Jingui that it would be better to stay on her own initiative than to be assassinated by others.

In fact, these words were not what Xueqing really thought. Nai He Rou knew about this and sent someone to tell her not to act on her own and to keep Li Jingui as her helper, otherwise she would find a reason to sell her out as well.

Anyway, Xueqing is not pregnant now. In this mansion, selling a princess of humble origin is as easy as buying and selling vegetables.

Xueqing was frightened after hearing this, and although she was unwilling, she still kept Li Jingui against her will.

Her previous job was to mediate between high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and she was very good at reading people's expressions.

During these days in the mansion, I have already seen clearly that Rouze is a person with a sweet mouth but a bitter heart. If you want to rely on others and climb up, you have to act like a good boy.

As for leaving Rouze to find Yixiu, not to mention that he almost had a falling out with Yixiu before entering the mansion.

Just look at the people around Yixiu, they are all concubines. Although Yixiu would not bully people with her background, she would definitely not have a close relationship with them.

Wouldn't that mean she would be a lowly princess all her life? Is that what she wants?

As the saying goes, human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant. The bitter fruit sown today will be tasted tomorrow. But that’s a story for later.

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However, what Xueqing never expected was that Li Jingui was diagnosed with pregnancy after only hesitating for more than half a month.

The person who took Yixiu's pulse was Wen Xumo, who was Yixiu's usual doctor. By the time she got the news, Li Jingui, the palace maid in Changchun Garden, had become Li Gege, who was on equal footing with her.

Why?

She had learned so many things in the past, and her fingers were swollen from practicing the piano, but she had to continue playing. If she made any mistake, the stick behind her would be hit by the wind.

Now, she can't even compete with a maid who can do nothing but rough work. How can she be willing to accept this?

However, before Xue Qing could digest this bad news, she was greeted with the next piece of bad news:

Qi Yuebin is also pregnant!

Xueqing was so angry that she simply locked herself in the room and played the piano all night.

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The news that Qi Yuebin was pregnant quickly caused a stir in the backyard.

Although both were pregnant, Qi Yuebin and Li Jingui received completely different levels of attention.

You know, Qi Yuebin's family affairs are not bad now. She has been in the mansion for many years and is raising Hongchang. Although she is still just a princess now, it is only because she has no position for the time being.

No one would be stupid enough to actually think that Qi Yuebin is the same as other princesses.

The maids rushed to tell each other, and the eunuchs were busy and happy. The atmosphere in the backyard suddenly became lively, like flowers blooming in summer.

The masters each had their own thoughts and guessed the gender of the baby in Qi Yuebin's belly.

When Yinzhen heard the news, he laughed so hard in Changchun Garden that even the trees outside the yard began to tremble.

He held Yixiu's hand and said excitedly: "Xiaoyi, this is really my Feng Shui treasure land. We must continue to repair this garden and come here to live every year in the future!"

Yixiu smiled on the surface, but she was somewhat skeptical in her heart. She remembered that in her previous life, Qi Yuebin was pregnant only when Nian Shilan entered the mansion.

Yixiu lowered her head and thought about it. Nian Shilan, who was not even ten years old, should not be able to enter the mansion at this time...

Seeing Yixiu looking thoughtful, Yinzhen thought Yixiu was jealous.

Good, good, his Xiaoyi always looks calm and composed. Now that there are new people entering the mansion one after another, and people are getting pregnant one after another, she finally has some reaction!

Just react!

Although the wives of Prince Edward's wives were supposed to be virtuous and decent, Yinzhen's wife had to occasionally throw tantrums, which was the fun of the couple's relationship.

He quickly put his arm around Yixiu's shoulders and said, "Don't worry. No matter how many children there are in the mansion, you are the legitimate mother of the children, and Honghui is also the legitimate son of the mansion. After all, our child is naturally the best, isn't he?"

"Yeah, yes. What is it?"

Yixiu was so absorbed in her thoughts that when she looked up she met Yinzhen's half-smiley gaze and was a little confused for a moment.

But Yinzhen thought that Yixiu was embarrassed because he had pointed it out, so he quickly went a step further, holding Yixiu's waist and said, "My wife, don't be afraid. Your husband will accompany you tonight, okay?"

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