Harem Daily Life

Chapter 407: A good idea to get rich

"You, how many months has it been?" The last time I saw Princess Jing was at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet. I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, she was pregnant.

Princess Jing felt a little embarrassed and accompanied Tao Yanyan to the seat of the noble concubine. As they walked, she said, "It's hard to tell anyone about the first three months. Only my mother knew about it. Counting the days, it's almost been four months."

Tao Yanyan helped her sit down, checked that the three little ones had been settled by Mingyue and Qingfeng, and then concentrated on chatting with Princess Jing.

"Then you have to take good care of yourself, and don't rush out and hug me suddenly like you did just now, otherwise your Prince Jing will be worried." After Tao Yanyan said this, he glanced towards Prince Jing's seat. Sure enough, Prince Jing was staring at his princess intently.

Princess Jing felt a little embarrassed again: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Your Majesty. He follows me wherever I go now. He's really annoying." Although her tone was a little helpless, one could tell that she was full of joy.

Tao Yanyan was fed a mouthful of dog food and felt full before the meal even started.

"Actually, I have something to bother you with today. You see, my belly is getting bigger day by day, and the clothes don't fit me anymore. Although I can make them wider, I still feel ugly and bloated. I have always loved beauty, and even if I am pregnant, I want to be the most beautiful pregnant woman. So I wonder if you can design a dress for me that I can wear?"

Princess Jing looked at Tao Yanyan with great anticipation. When Tao Yanyan heard this, he thought it was a great idea to make a fortune!

So she searched in her mind, looked at the figure of Princess Jing, and said, "How about this, today is too rushed, I have nothing to do tomorrow, I will draw a few patterns and have someone send them to you, you can pick and see if there is anything you like."

Princess Jing said happily: "I knew that designing clothes would not be difficult for you. Then I will wait for the treasure map from the imperial concubine!"

Tao Yanyan thought that it was not only about designing clothes for pregnant women, but she could also draw a few onesies for babies that could be worn until the children were one or two years old. The maternity and baby industry was also a huge market!

The two chatted for a while until the banquet was about to begin, and then Princess Jing was escorted back to Prince Jing by the palace maid.

But just as Tao Yanyan was quiet for a while, Princess Yong actually walked towards her.

Seeing Princess Yong again after two years, Tao Yanyan was a little confused at first. It was only after Qingfeng behind him whispered a reminder that Tao Yanyan immediately greeted her and said, "Princess Yong, how are you?"

It's no wonder that Tao Yanyan couldn't recognize her. After not seeing her for two years, Princess Yong seemed to have aged several years. When standing next to Tao Yanyan, they looked at least ten years younger.

When Tao Yanyan thought about how young and beautiful Princess Yong was two years ago, he couldn't understand why she suddenly looked old.

Princess Yong looked at Concubine Tao's bright and youthful face, clenched the silk handkerchief in her hand and said, "I haven't been back to Beijing for many years. This year I am lucky enough to accompany my mother and the prince back. It is really an honor to see you again. I haven't seen you for two years. You are even more beautiful and charming."

Tao Yanyan just smiled and said nothing to the compliments on her appearance. She changed the subject: "It turns out that Concubine Hui also returned to Beijing this year. I was not informed and did not have time to greet her. It was really rude."

Princess Yong smiled and said, "We also just arrived yesterday. We thought we could meet in the palace today, so we didn't inform the clan members. Mother may miss her old friends in the capital, so she wants to stay for a while this time. Fortunately, Prince Yong's mansion can be cleaned and lived in, so mother will stay with us in the mansion for the time being."

Tao Yanyan had a smile on his face, so he had to send gifts to Prince Yong's Mansion to show his filial piety to Concubine Hui.

After the two exchanged greetings, Princess Yong stood up and returned to her seat. She had been away from Beijing for many years, and many people were unfamiliar with her. Seeing her chatting with Concubine Tao, and seeing that Princess Jing only chatted with Concubine Tao when she arrived, everyone was wary. Several ladies who were good at making friends had already heard the news and came to greet Concubine Tao to make themselves familiar with her.

Tao Yanyan responded to each question with a standard smile, hoping that the emperor would arrive earlier so that the banquet could start quickly. She didn't want to socialize anymore.

Finally, the palace maids outside sang loudly: "The Emperor has arrived, the Empress Dowager has arrived."

Everyone hurried back to their seats and knelt down to greet him: "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and a thousand years and a thousand years of live the empress dowager."

The emperor accompanied the empress dowager into the hall, followed by Concubine Hui and Prince Yong.

After several people sat down at their seats, the emperor raised his hand and said, "My dear ministers, please stand up."

The dinner started, but Tao Yanyan's eyes darkened as he thought, is it possible that the Princess of Yan will not come tonight?

But Defei had obviously reserved a seat. Looking at Defei at this moment, she was seen staring towards the door with an anxious look on her face.

"Go and check quickly, what's going on? Are the Yan State delegation not coming?" Defei had clearly instructed that if they were not coming, they must tell her in advance. Now the seats have been arranged, but no one has taken their seats, leaving a empty space that is really embarrassing.

This was her first year preparing for such a large palace banquet. If anything went wrong, not only would she be questioned for her incompetence by the Queen Mother and His Majesty, she would also be laughed at.

Haitang hurried away and hurried back, whispering a few words in Defei's ear, and Defei's expression slowly relaxed.

Tao Yanyan took a subtle look at them, and seeing that Concubine De was obviously relieved, he knew that the Yan State delegation should be arriving soon.

Sure enough, as the palace maids outside sang in unison, the Princess of Yan dressed in her best attire and walked in with the remaining officials of the Yan State.

"I am late, and I apologize first. There was a lot of traffic on the road, which delayed me for some time. I hope Your Majesty can forgive me." Princess Yan said politely.

"It's okay. The palace banquet has just begun. Princess Yan, please take your seat." The female official led the Yan delegation to the seats specially arranged for them. Coincidentally, diagonally opposite Princess Yan was Concubine Tao.

Since their last argument in the street, the relationship between the two has reached a freezing point, and even the superficial harmony can no longer be maintained, so neither of them looks at each other, and whenever they see each other, they will roll their eyes.

The palace banquet officially began, with toasts, singing and dancing. Tao Yanyan focused on eating, and from time to time he glanced at the three children, and seeing that they were also focused on eating, he felt relieved.

He Linzhang also looked at the mother and her four children from time to time. Seeing that the four of them were concentrating on eating in unison, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and his eyes became much gentler.

After eating and drinking, the three children could not sit still and started to play together. The eldest prince sat alone and looked at the three with envy. But the three children obviously had a normal relationship with the eldest prince, so no one asked him to play with them.

The lonely eldest prince found it boring, so he made an excuse to change his clothes and went to the side hall with his entourage.

Tao Yanyan was full and wanted to go out for some fresh air to help digest his food. He told Mingyue to look after the three children and then walked out of the hall with Qingfeng. Not long after he went out, he was bumped by the eldest prince and almost fell to the ground.

After barely supporting the eldest prince, Tao Yanyan saw that there was no one following him, so he asked suspiciously, "Where are the eldest prince's entourage? Why are they nowhere to be seen?"