After the milk ball arrived, the father who had no heirs had a string of good luck.

"Oh, I know." Tang Rui's dark eyes occasionally swept over Qin Zhiyan's shy and happy face, then over her own cheap father's handsome face, and she smiled in a very lewd way: "Father, you should spend more time with Mother!"

If Prince Li goes to Prince Chen's residence, the Crown Prince will probably become suspicious again.

She may not be a politician, but she's not a political novice either!

"Go!" Situ Che couldn't bear to watch and waved his hand.

Tang Rui climbed onto the carriage and poked her little head out again: "Mother, I want to eat roast duck from Qunyinglou when I get back."

"Okay!" Qin Zhiyan nodded with a smile, "Mother will have someone go buy it for you in a bit."

"Then I'm leaving! Goodbye, Father! Goodbye, Mother!" Tang Rui shrank back, very happy.

Rong Momo also got into the carriage, and Da Ge and Er Ge drove the carriage away.

Inside the carriage, Rong Momo thanked Tang Rui profusely: "If it weren't for the little princess, I don't know when the prince and princess would be able to get intimate."

They've been married for several years, but they don't seem like a married couple at all. Qin Zhiyan's wet nurse, who watched her grow up, is very worried!

Now, things are finally looking up to the princess.

Last night, I even stayed in the master's courtyard.

Her poor master has finally found happiness after suffering.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I didn't do anything." I was just telling Qin Zhiyan to speak her mind.

Granny Rong chuckled and said, "Young Princess, don't be modest. This old servant has seen everything you've done for the Princess!"

It's just a pity that King Li is infertile.

As soon as the idea came to mind, Rong Momo shook her head.

We shouldn't think like that. The situation is already very good. People should learn to be content.

...

Prince Li stayed in the Queen's room last night.

The news spread like wildfire throughout the Prince Li's residence.

The women in the courtyard had different expressions.

In Consort Gu's courtyard, Shuangrong was extremely anxious: "Consort, you can't just sit here and wait to die."

"Whom the Prince of Li chooses to favor is his prerogative; what does it have to do with me?"

Consort Gu remained calm, but reached out and snapped the jasmine in the bottle.

Scenes of yesterday's time with Prince Li kept flashing through my mind, and I felt inexplicably bittersweet.

...

"How can it be alright!" In Consort Zhu's courtyard, the maid Yun Tun stamped her feet anxiously. "Master, please don't take it to heart! I heard that it was because of the Princess's help that the Prince became close to the Princess. That Princess is really something. You treat her so well, but she doesn't help you and goes to help the Princess instead."

Upon hearing this, Consort Zhu's face instantly turned cold, and she threw aside the pig's trotter: "Kneel down!"

Wonton was startled, and after realizing what had happened, she bit her lip and reluctantly knelt down.

"You've got some nerve! How dare you talk about Rui Rui like that? Believe me, this concubine will sell you off!" Concubine Zhu poked her forehead, her expression as serious as ever, not like she was joking.

Wonton panicked: "Master, I was wrong, please don't sell me."

"Get up!" Seeing that she was truly frightened, Consort Zhu looked away. "I'll say it again: whether the Prince likes me or not has nothing to do with my sister, the Princess Consort, and even less with Rui Rui. Do you really expect the Princess Consort and Rui Rui to force the Prince to sleep with me? Ridiculous!"

...

"My lady, that's not what I meant. I was thinking, could we perhaps ask the young princess for help?"

In Li Ji's courtyard, the maid Fu Bao spoke more tactfully: "The Prince cares so much about the young princess that he's even willing to be close to the princess. If the young princess were to ask, the Prince would definitely be close to you as well."

Li Ji rolled her eyes at her: "Do you want me to be like those lowly concubines in Father's backyard, lowering myself to curry favor?"

Fu Bao: "!!"

Get this straight, what's the fundamental difference between a concubine and a mistress? Why can't she curry favor with the emperor?

Li Ji: "The prince is impotent, so what favor can I possibly offer him?"

...

"But the prince's favor is also very important!" It's not like you necessarily have to sleep with him.

In Zhang Ji's courtyard, her personal maid, Hongxia, muttered to herself.

Zhang Ji carefully wiped her beloved longsword, her expression indifferent: "The one who manages the inner quarters is the Princess Consort, not the Prince. What's so important about that?"

Hongxia rolled her eyes, trying to scare her: "Master, a woman without favor is very pitiful."

Zhang Ji finally turned her gaze to her: "Then look at me, do I look pitiful?"

Hongxia: "..." Speechless.

What a load of rubbish!

The princess was kind and gentle, making it nearly impossible for other concubines to go out freely.

But the princess never restricted the freedom of these masters, and respected their hobbies.

Just look at all the weapons in Zhang Ji's room; eight out of ten of them were gifts from the Princess.

But...which woman doesn't vie for favor?

Zhang Ji had no desire to compete for the emperor's favor and continued wiping her longsword: "Don't worry, I don't need to compete at all."

If I'm not mistaken, Situ Che will come to her courtyard in a few days.

The princess's love-struck mother was, after all, a woman from a noble family.

How could a daughter raised in a prestigious family not know the importance of maintaining balance in the inner quarters?

Even if Situ Che doesn't understand, the princess, who is obsessed with love and puts him first in everything, will remind him!

...

It has to be said that the women in the backyard of the Prince Li's mansion are all quite eccentric.

In other backyards or even the imperial harem, which place doesn't have women fighting to the death?

However, they each had their own thoughts and reasons, and were unwilling to fight each other and damage their sisterly relationship.

Tang Rui never worries about this issue.

She knew how terrifying and how high the tolerance for being love-struck could be.

The stepmothers weren't unreasonable or bad women.

My mother will handle the emotions of the other concubines and won't let my father worry.

Upon arriving at Prince Chen's residence, she received a warm welcome from Prince Chen and his family.

As soon as he returned last night, Prince Chen immediately gave Situ Tan a pill.

As it turned out, Situ Tan's condition immediately improved today. He ate two bowls of rice in the morning, and after finishing, he saw him practicing boxing and even clamored that he wanted to learn.

Princess Chen was overjoyed to see her son finally acting like a normal child, and she was incredibly grateful to Tang Rui.

So, when her beloved son told her that Tang Rui loved food, she immediately asked the kitchen to prepare a table full of food.

Throughout the meal, he held Tang Rui's hand, praising her for being cute and intelligent, and even personally fed her at the end.

Tang Rui felt a little embarrassed, wiped her mouth, and corrected in a childish voice, "Third Imperial Aunt, although I am very cute and you like me very much, you don't need to feed me, okay? I can eat by myself."

"Hehehe..." Princess Chen was amused by her words and laughed heartily: "Good, good, good! Our Rui Rui is so young and can already eat by herself, that's amazing!"

"That's right, I... hiccup... am the best!"

"Why are you hiccuping? Someone, bring me a bowl of water."

"It's alright, it's alright, I'll just have the soup."

Tang Rui held a chicken leg in one hand and a chicken wing in the other, her mouth full of oil as she ate.

Rong Momo quickly served her a bowl of soup.

At this opportune moment, Prince Chen spoke up: "Rui Rui, Tan'er wants to practice martial arts, is that... alright?"

Tang Rui nodded: "Sure, as I said, after taking the pill, he'll be just like a normal child."