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

"Good, good!" Prince Chen rubbed Situ Tan's head: "Father will teach you this afternoon."

"Thank you, Father!" Situ Tan said, not forgetting to put some meat into Tang Rui's bowl: "This fish is delicious, and this donkey meat is delicious too, you should try some."

"Thanks, cousin, you eat too!" It wouldn't be polite not to reciprocate, so Tang Rui put down her chicken wings and picked up a piece of donkey meat for him with her chopsticks: "Don't be shy about anything, it's fine. Just eat like a normal person, until you're about 70-80% full, just don't drink alcohol!"

Princess Chen was taken aback by this question: "Rui Rui, is Tan'er supposed to abstain from alcohol?"

"No!" Tang Rui said speechlessly, "What I mean is, Brother Tan is too young, he's not old enough to drink."

"Oh, that's wonderful..." Princess Chen looked at Situ Tan with affection: "My son can finally live a normal life."

Just then, an untimely voice came: "Your Highness, Consort He said that the Second Young Master is not feeling well and invites you to go and see him."

Princess Chen's face darkened upon hearing this, and she slammed down her chopsticks: "Don't you know we have distinguished guests today? Have you no manners?"

Prince Chen retorted, "If you're not feeling well, go see the imperial physician. I don't know how to treat illnesses!"

The maid who came to deliver the news knelt down with a thud, her face full of anxiety: "Your Highness, but the concubine is already panicked and at a loss. Please, you must go and see her!"

Prince Chen frowned, his impatience growing stronger: "I understand. You may return now."

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness..." The maid kowtowed three times before leaving.

Prince Chen looked at Princess Chen, his expression helpless: "Princess, I'll go check on her. You and Tan'er keep Rui Rui company while she eats!"

"Your Highness, go ahead!" Princess Consort Chen said indifferently, clearly displeased.

Prince Chen smiled bitterly, then rubbed Tang Rui's head, telling her to eat and play with Tan'er for a while before going back.

Tang Rui naturally agreed.

After Prince Chen left, Princess Chen was clearly not in high spirits.

Situ Tan placed a piece of food on her plate and gently comforted her, "Mother, your second brother is also Father's child, and he still has to call you Mother. Father can't just abandon you."

"I know, but she's always sick, and it always happens when your father and I are together. It's so annoying!"

It's unbelievable that such a healthy child gets sick so often, and the timing of each illness is always so coincidental.

After speaking, Princess Chen realized that Tang Rui was still there, and smiled apologetically at her: "Rui Rui, you are you, and she is she. Your Majesty, I didn't mean anything by it."

Tang Rui was taken aback, confused: "What does this have to do with me?"

At the opportune moment, Rong Momo spoke up: "Princess, this Consort He seems to be the Crown Princess's cousin."

"Oh~" Tang Rui understood.

The Crown Princess's mother, Lady He, is now the Lady of Yong'an Marquis, and Qin Zhiyan has to call her "Mother" whenever she sees her.

This Consort He was the daughter of Consort He's younger brother.

Tang Rui then asked the nanny, "Is Mother Consort on good terms with this Consort He?"

Rong Momo shook her head: "The reason Consort He was able to enter Prince Chen's mansion was because she fell into the water at the Yong'an Marquis's birthday banquet and was rescued by Prince Chen, thus losing her chastity. Otherwise, how could she be qualified to enter Prince Chen's mansion?"

Seeing Rong Momo's disdainful expression when she spoke of Consort He, Princess Chen asked, "Who is she...?"

"Third Imperial Aunt, she is my mother's wet nurse, her surname is Rong, and she has been assigned to me by my mother."

"I see. Princess Li is so good to you!" Princess Chen breathed a silent sigh of relief.

Since she is a wet nurse, she can represent Princess Li's wishes, right?

Judging from Rong Momo's attitude when talking about Consort He, one can guess that Princess Li and Consort He do not have a good relationship.

fine…

Princess Consort Chen immediately began to complain to Rong Momo as if pouring out beans.

After Consort He entered the mansion, she was initially well-behaved and behaved herself.

Ever since giving birth to Qian Ge, she was promoted from a concubine to a secondary consort by Prince Chen, and her true nature began to show.

They don't respect her, the Princess Consort of Chen, and they call the Prince of Chen away like they did today.

As for the other women of Prince Chen, he simply snatched them away.

Although Prince Chen rarely gave her face, after she did this, he lost interest in spending the night in the other concubines' courtyards.

As a result, her concubines would come to complain to her every day!

Who told her to be the principal wife!

But she couldn't do anything about Consort He. Every time she called Consort He to ask questions, Consort He would have all sorts of excuses.

Either Brother Qian is sick, or he has an upset stomach, etc.

"This princess is truly... I have never seen such a pretentious and shameless woman!" Princess Chen said, her teeth itching with anger as she spoke of Consort He.

Granny Rong chuckled and began to complain: "That's normal. The He family was originally from a family of minor officials of the seventh rank. They only became fifth-rank prefects because they passed the imperial examination. What kind of family education could they have? Before Consort He married into the Prince of Chen's mansion, she stayed at the Marquis of Yong'an's mansion for a few days. Sigh... I don't even want to talk about it. She would come to see my princess every day. Today she would say that the pearl flowers my princess wore were beautiful, and tomorrow she would say that my princess's hairpins were nice. My princess pretended not to understand, so she would just ask to borrow them, but she never returned them! My princess eventually started avoiding her. Out of sight, out of mind."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Princess Chen's eyes lit up, as if she had found a kindred spirit. "That's exactly how she is. She's borrowed so many women's jewelry from the manor. In the end, she either doesn't return it, or claims she lost it, or returns some worthless pieces. In my twenty years of life, I... I've never seen such a shameless person!"

Tang Rui: "..."

An old nanny and a princess actually started chatting.

Let her have a piece of the story too.

Soon, Tang Rui finished eating, wiped her chubby little mouth, and suddenly said, "Since that's the case, then let's make her suffer."

Princess Consort Chen sighed helplessly, "I would never do anything to bully a concubine."

The wives of the princes were all selected by the emperor through a rigorous process.

They were either daughters of respectable noble families or daughters of high-ranking officials, and their primary education from childhood was on how to be a good matriarch.

Jealous?

How could I not be jealous!

But in this era, it was common for men to have multiple wives and concubines.

If it's not this woman, there will be other women. Can you possibly eliminate them all?

Over time, the princesses learned to compromise, no longer expecting their husbands' love, but only their respect.

In this respect, Prince Chen did a very good job.

No matter how many women are in the harem, they will only respect Princess Chen and value the legitimate son born to Princess Chen, thus establishing Princess Chen's absolute position as the head mistress of the household.

If any woman in the inner quarters has a conflict with Princess Chen, he will always stand on Princess Chen's side!

Tang Rui let out a barely perceptible sigh.

This era is very unfriendly to women, but she lives in this era and doesn't have the power to claim she can change it.

She will learn to adapt to this era, but she will not be assimilated by it.

"Third Imperial Aunt, didn't you ever think that Consort He's baby's illness was perfectly timed?"