Pregnant Before the Royal Marriage

“Princess Consort, rest assured, they’re just tough on the surface, and they listen to me anyway. In a few days, I’ll have my sister come and apologize to you.”

Jiang Ning laughed, “Concubine Yu, do you really think I can deal with Her Highness the Empress?”

Concubine Yu immediately nodded, “If there’s anyone in this palace who can help me, it would be the Princess Consort.”

“I can only try and plead with the Empress. Mother and child are connected, making them separate is just too… unscrupulous.”

“Thank you, Princess Consort, thank you.”

A glimmer of hope ignited in Concubine Yu’s heart.

She secretly vowed that as long as the Princess Consort could help her get her child back, she would be willing to do whatever the Princess Consort asked in the future.

In the evening, an embroiderer from the Clothing Bureau came to take Jiang Ning’s measurements, and Jiang Ning also requested one for Jiang Yuan’s bridal gown.

She gave the embroiderer 500 taels of silver.

How could a bridal gown need so much money?

The embroiderer knew that this was the Princess Consort’s way of showing goodwill towards her.

How could she not appreciate it? She gratefully accepted and promised to do her best.

After the embroiderer left, Jiang Ning went to greet the Empress.

As soon as she entered the room, she heard the baby’s loud crying.

The Empress walked back and forth with an irritable and disgusted look on her face, scolding the nannies and palace attendants.

“What’s wrong with the way you’re taking care of the Sixth Imperial Prince? Crying all the time, it’s giving me a headache!”

The palace attendants didn’t dare to make a sound.

Jiang Ning walked in, knelt down and greeted her, smiling, “What’s the matter with you, Queen Mother?”

When the Empress saw her, her expression softened slightly, but she still frowned, “I don’t know what’s wrong with this child, suddenly he’s inconsolable.”

“Let me take a look.” Jiang Ning walked over to the cradle, saw the Sixth Imperial Prince with his mouth wide open, his little face red, crying desperately.

She felt the back of the child’s head, frowned and said, “You’ve swaddled the child too much. His neck and back are all covered in eczema. Of course the child has to cry.”

“Eczema?” The Empress was shocked, and quickly rushed over.

Jiang Ning picked up the child, undressed him, and showed her.

Indeed, the back of his neck and back were covered in a dense patch of small red eczema spots, which looked quite terrifying.

The Empress turned pale in fright, “How did this happen? Is… is this disease contagious?”

Jiang Ning thought that the Empress must not have raised children herself, daring to take someone else’s child to raise without questioning. The room was so warm, and yet the child was swaddled in layers of clothing.

Although eczema in infants was quite common, scaring her with this fact might be an excellent idea.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning sighed.

The Empress grew even more alarmed and quickly ordered the palace attendants, “Quickly, summon the Imperial Physician!”

Soon, the Imperial Physician arrived and inspected the eczema on the Sixth Imperial Prince, with a similar conclusion as Jiang Ning.

It was caused by excessive swaddling.

Children need to be kept cool, and swaddling should be avoided.

The Imperial Physician didn’t say much, prescribed a medicine to wash the child’s body and said it would improve in time.

Jiang Ning sighed, “These rashes are causing our little Sixth Prince to suffer. When I went to greet Emperor Father earlier, he even asked about him.”

The Empress smiled, “The Imperial Physician said it’s not serious. Since His Majesty is unwell, there’s no need to bother him with small matters. Princess Consort, you need to be sensible and know your priorities.”

“Yes, but in the eyes of parents, the safety of their children is the most important thing in the world.” Jiang Ning said softly, “If Emperor Father knew about the suffering of the Sixth Imperial Prince, he would have an even harder time eating.”