Yanran walked to the door of the Imperial Study, and everyone bowed silently.
Yanran couldn't help but wonder, what's wrong with these people today?
They've all become mute!
Then she heard her father's gentle murmur from inside the house.
"My little Xingan'er, be good, come here--"
Yanran: Holy crap!
Father Emperor, Mother Empress, in broad daylight, you're causing trouble in the Imperial Study!
No wonder all these people outside are acting so strangely.
Honestly, she clearly sent a message beforehand saying she would arrive today!
Sigh, Father is becoming more and more dissolute.
Never mind, she'll go ahead and talk to her sister-in-law. Hopefully, her older brother will be reliable and not let his bad influence affect his younger siblings.
After diligent study and practice, her idioms are becoming more and more fluent.
Yanran was quite pleased with herself and decided to go back and have Cui Xiaoqiu continue to teach her.
However, before she could even step outside, a eunuch beside Emperor Wen whispered a reminder: "Princess, Her Majesty the Empress went to the academy today. If you go now, you might find it empty."
Yanran's eyes widened instantly.
What?
Is the Empress Dowager not in the palace?
That--
Yanran, suddenly bursting with fierce energy, kicked open the door to the imperial study.
Then someone inside burst into tears, earning a furious glare from Emperor Wen.
Yanran was dumbfounded.
What on earth is her father doing?!
Emperor Wen: "Look at you, couldn't you keep your voice down? You scared your sister!"
Yes, that's right, Emperor Wen was holding a tiny baby who looked only a few months old.
The little baby was chubby and fair-skinned, with big, round eyes like obsidian. Tears made her eyes very bright. She pouted, looking aggrieved, and looked at Yanran while crying.
"Hiccup--" She stopped crying.
It took Yanran a while to find her voice. "Father, where did you steal this child from?"
"Nonsense!" Emperor Wen retorted angrily, "This is your sister!"
"You've taken a concubine!"
Emperor Wen: "..."
This little cotton-padded jacket is rarely warm.
His precious little Xingan'er must never be like his older sister.
"This is your mother's younger sister!" Emperor Wen almost ground his teeth to powder.
If Yanran hadn't just returned and he hadn't been happy to see her, he would have beaten her up long ago!
Yanran: "My mother? My mother can still have children?"
Holy crap, Aunt Ren's medicine isn't exactly legitimate either!
Ren Yingying: The medicine is legitimate and good, it's just that the person is illegitimate.
Neither she nor Tang Zhuyun were particularly serious, to the point that they forgot that long-acting birth control pills are not lifelong contraception.
The thread embedding contraceptive method has expired!
Neither of them considered the possibility that it was expired, and Emperor Wen was even less aware of it, feeling "fearless" because of his position.
In the first month, the fetus may not be very stable, and Tang Zhuyun even bled for a few days, thinking that her period was about to start.
When he didn't come for the second month, Tang Zhuyun didn't think of it either.
It wasn't until the third month, when her period still hadn't arrived, that Tang Zhuyun belatedly realized she was pregnant.
As a doctor, she was miraculously completely unaware that she was pregnant.
When I found out I was pregnant, the Zidu three months along.
Xiu'er clicked her tongue in amazement and said, "Your Majesty, this time it's definitely a princess."
Otherwise, they wouldn't be so well-behaved.
Tang Zhuyun smiled and said, "I don't mind whether it's a boy or a girl, as long as the child is healthy."
"You may not mind, but others will!"
You mean the Emperor?
"His Majesty is alright, he only thinks about it, and he'll like whatever child he has," Xiu'er said. "But you've angered countless people to death. Everyone else wants to have a son, but you, you've given birth to five in one go! Are you trying to kill everyone else?"
Tang Zhuyun burst into laughter.
It turns out that this was considered from the perspective of balancing the Yin and Yang relationship.
After Ren Yingying returned, they took a test and confirmed that she was pregnant with a girl.
Emperor Wen was overjoyed.
Is this considered having a daughter late in life?
Qu Nian was quite angry.
He was only happy for a few days after having a daughter, the "privilege" of his, when Emperor Wen arranged for her to be born as well!
Tang Zhuyun's pregnancy was very worry-free. She went to the academy to attend classes even when she was heavily pregnant, and on the day she gave birth, she even strolled around the palace for almost an hour.
The delivery went smoothly. She went into labor after her afternoon nap, and as the sun set and the sky was ablaze with colorful clouds, the little princess was born.
Emperor Wen was overjoyed and wept.
In Xiu'er's words, "The Emperor cried so bitterly!"
Emperor Wen: That's called being moved by a new life!
If it weren't for the deepest pain in my heart, would I call you "my Xingan'er" so affectionately?
Even Tang Zhuyun couldn't help but feel jealous, remarking that men do indeed become more caring as they get older.
Although Emperor Wen was a competent father to all his children, the love he showed to each child was clearly different.
A father's love has an added bonus for his youngest child, especially a daughter.
"What, would I lie to you?" Emperor Wen glared at his stunned eldest daughter and said.
Yanran: This is too surreal!
She rubbed her hands on her clothes and leaned closer, saying, "Father, can I have a hug?"
The little girl looks so Ruanruan, with her little lips pouting and blowing bubbles. You can smell her lovely milky scent as you get close...
Oh dear, not to mention how much Father Emperor adores her, she was delighted the first time she saw her!
"No, you can't hug me."
"Let me see," Yanran couldn't help but complain. "Why didn't anyone tell me? Are they afraid I'll get jealous?"
She's fifteen years old already, how could she possibly be jealous of her newborn sister?
"I was afraid you'd worry before, but then I wanted to surprise you." Emperor Wen looked her over. "You've gotten a bit tanned, but you've grown taller. Are you tired?"
"Not tired, not tired at all. Father, you really scared me to death!"
Emperor Wen: "Hmm?"
"Nothing, nothing. Father, look, my sister spat at me! Does she like me?"
Emperor Wen: "..."
He picked up a Ruanruan handkerchief and gently wiped his youngest daughter's drool, saying, "I don't know why, but she's been drooling a lot lately. Your mother said it was nothing."
He was still worried, so he even summoned the imperial physician to examine him, but the physician also said that he was fine.
What a quack!
Yanran: "If Mother says everything is alright, then everything is definitely alright. Father, what's my sister's name?"
My Xingan'er.
"Ah?"
"Just call her Xingan'er.' Look, look, she's reached out to you!"
"Oh yes, yes, my Xingan'er wants to be held by her older sister. Come here, let me hold you! Oh my, so Lovely, I want to have one too!"
Emperor Wen:???
Cui Xiaoqiu!!!
Yanran was unaware that she had once again pinned the blame on Cui Xiaoqiu.
Emperor Wen, still worried, entrusted his precious darling to Yanran and taught her how to hold her.
The Xingan'er clearly liked her older sister more than her father, giggling in Yanran's arms and reaching out to grab the hairpin in her hair.
"You Xiao Huai rascal!" Yanran said with a doting look, "Grow up quickly, and I'll teach you riding and archery."
Emperor Wen: "..."
Seeing the two sisters getting along so well filled him with immense joy.
Forget it, the most important thing is that the two sisters have a good relationship. Let them learn whatever they want!
"Father, what is my Xingan'er's name? If she doesn't have one, I'll give her one."
It's time to test what we've learned these past few days!