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Chapter 257: Startling Steps - 4 Fu Jin 03

The doctor said that Li Gege's pregnancy was not going well, and sure enough, she gave birth prematurely when she was more than seven months pregnant.

Yu Ludai looked at the basins of blood brought out from Li Gege's courtyard and the shrill screams in the room. Yu Ludai frowned and asked someone to invite the imperial physician.

It took Li Gege a day and a night to give birth to a child.

Looking at the red, wrinkled baby in the cradle, which was smaller than a normal baby at birth, Yu Ludai instructed the imperial physician to take good care of the baby. Then she opened the storehouse in the mansion and gave Li Gege a lot of tonic medicine before leaving.

As the legitimate wife, she usually has a lot of things to do.

Her Honghui is still young and needs her care. There are also matters in the mansion, such as managing the backyard, the mansion's farm, the shop's revenue, calling the steward to question him, going out to socialize, etc.

Fortunately, she had already been familiar with handling these things before, so she was not flustered and handled them easily.

On this day, Yu Ludai got up early and put on the auspicious clothes of the legitimate wife with the help of Nanny Cheng and the maid. Yesterday, Concubine De had sent her a message, asking her, the daughter-in-law, to go to the palace.

In her memory, Defei and Yinzhen were estranged. Although they were mother and son, they did not act like mother and son when they got along.

Moreover, because Yinzhen was raised by Empress Xiaoyi, she had always disliked Yinzhen. She was Yinzhen's wife, so Concubine De also disliked her as a daughter-in-law.

Thinking of how the original owner was treated by Concubine De when she entered the palace, it goes without saying that meeting her this time would not be a good thing.

She was not panicked at all. She was not the type to be bullied. Even if Concubine De was her elder, she would not tolerate it. She would just fight back.

Finally, she instructed the people around her to take good care of Honghui, and then she entered the palace accompanied by Nanny Cheng.

After arriving at Yonghe Palace, Yu Ludai had just stood in front of the main hall when a person dressed as a nanny walked out of the main hall.

Madam Qian behaved respectfully, but her face was cold. She said, "Greetings to the Fourth Lady. The Empress Defei is resting now. Please wait here for a while."

Yu Ludai looked at the sun rising higher and higher in the sky. It was a hot time now. Did Concubine De let her stand in the sun to make her get heatstroke? Yu Ludai sneered. It was obvious that this was a warning to her.

Yu Ludai did not indulge Concubine De's bad habits. She glanced at the main hall and said with a guilty look, "It seems that my daughter-in-law came at the wrong time and disturbed my mother's rest. Madam Qian, when my mother wakes up, please inform her that my daughter-in-law has been here. Madam Cheng, let's go."

Aunt Cheng said immediately, "Yes."

Nanny Cheng had long disliked Concubine De. She was the mother of Concubine Fu, and she should be filial and caring. Concubine Fu had treated Concubine De without any mistakes before, but how did Concubine De treat Concubine Fu?

Every time she came to Yonghe Palace, she would either make Fu Jin wait outside or ignore her and often did not give her a good look. Even the servants around Defei acted according to her mood.

Her wife was born in the upper three banners of Manchuria and was not there to be bullied.

It seems that Fu Jin finally figured it out.

Yu Ludai supported Nanny Cheng and turned to leave. Nanny Qian spoke again, "Fourth Lady, Concubine De is just taking a nap and will wake up soon. You should wait a little longer. If Concubine De wakes up and asks you to come back to the palace, you will be in trouble."

Yu Ludai thought for a moment and said, "In that case, I will wait for a while. However, I just gave birth not long ago, so it is not suitable for me to stand in the sun. Take me to the side hall first, and I will wait there."

After hearing this, Nanny Qian finally realized that the Fourth Lady would not endure it any longer today. However, Concubine De had ordered her that the Lady should stand here, so she hesitated for a moment and didn't know what to say.

Yu Ludai's face turned cold: "Why, Madam Qian, can't I go to the side hall to rest?"

Nanny Qian didn't dare to say no, after all, the Fourth Lady was of high birth and was the wife of a noble prince.

Just like that, Yu Ludai went to the side hall and drank tea while waiting for Concubine De to wake up.

She was not in a hurry and waited in the side hall. Concubine De could sleep as long as she wanted. If this matter got out, it would be said that Concubine De deliberately slept for a long time and made her daughter-in-law who had just given birth wait in vain. In the end, she would not be the one who would be embarrassed.

On the other side, after Nanny Qian went to reply, she was surprised that the Fourth Lady was so tough, but she was also dissatisfied with Nanny Qian. How could she be so stupid to compromise after just a few words?

It seems that her daughter-in-law thinks that she has a prince and someone to rely on, so she no longer respects her mother.

Sure enough, her guess was correct. Her previous obedience to her was all fake, and her true face was exposed this time.

Concubine De stood up and said, "Madame Qian, please ask the Fourth Lady to come and see me. I want to meet my good daughter-in-law today."

Yu Ludai arrived at the main hall and looked at Concubine De who was sitting on the couch drinking tea. She bowed and said, "Greetings to mother."

Concubine De didn't say anything, nor did she call out.

Yu Ludai didn't care, she just stood up.

At this time, Concubine De put the teacup on the small table beside her with a bang. She scolded: "I didn't ask you to get up, but you dared to get up without permission. Is this how the Ulanara family raised you?"

Yu Ludai smiled slightly, and she said in a neither hard nor soft tone: "Mother, the upbringing of the Ulanara family is obvious to all. If there was no upbringing, how could the Emperor and Empress Xiaoyi allow their daughter-in-law to be the Fourth Prince's wife?"

"Mother, are you questioning the upbringing of the Ulanara family? Are you blaming the Emperor and Empress Xiaoyi for not being able to judge people well?"

Defei looked over coldly, but Yu Ludai remained calm and even smiled at her.

Defei did not dare to refute. How could she question the emperor's decision? If this word got out, the emperor would definitely be dissatisfied with her and even hold her accountable.

So she could only grit her teeth and say, "I said the wrong thing. It is a blessing for me and the Fourth Prince to have a good daughter-in-law like you."

Yu Ludai turned a deaf ear to Concubine De's sarcastic words.

Without further ado on this matter, Yu Ludai asked, "Mother, what is the matter that you called your daughter-in-law here for?"

After losing the first round, Concubine De suppressed her anger and asked, "I heard that Li Gege in Yinzhen's mansion gave birth. If I remember correctly, she is not even eight months old yet. I don't believe that Li Gege would give birth prematurely. What's going on?"

Yu Ludai said calmly, "Li Gege's pregnancy is not good, and premature birth is expected. Fortunately, the imperial physician is very capable, and Li Gege and her child are safe."

"When Li Gege first found out she was pregnant, her daughter-in-law was also pregnant, so it was very inconvenient to manage the affairs of the mansion, so she handed it over to the people below."

"Li Gege has always been in charge of her own courtyard. She always goes to the prince for help when there is something wrong. If there is any hidden secret, I think I can only ask the prince and the servants around Li Gege about it."