At this moment, Chenggan Palace was quiet. Yuan Heng wrote out the prescription for the antidote and handed it to Shu. Now, Consort Tong probably trusts her subordinates more.

Kangxi noticed out of the corner of his eye that Lanya's expression had changed, and he felt that it was time to thoroughly investigate Yin's matter.

The two girls kneeling outside had gone to great lengths to dress up in order to gain Yin's favor. Dressed in thin clothes, they must have felt a bit cold kneeling in the spring breeze.

Yin looked up and saw two figures, one in blue and one in pink, gazing at him with tender affection. Instantly, he felt uncomfortable all over.

Xiao Guai would never look at him like that. In their past lives, Li Shi and Nian Shi often looked at each other with affection in their eyes.

He felt that his dutiful wife didn't like him at all. In the end, he realized that only his wife truly loved him. He turned his face slightly away, his embarrassed expression coming into Kangxi's view.

Kangxi couldn't help but laugh. Yin had grown up and was now attracting the attention of some young girls.

At this moment, he encountered something that annoyed him: these vicious women didn't care about Yin's health at all.

Yuan Heng had just stood still in front of them when the fragrance emanating from them made him frown.

He was not mistaken; this fragrance was something that princes often burned in their private quarters on the grasslands to enhance their enjoyment, and they were actually wearing it in public.

"Two old women, take off their purses." Yuan Heng disliked Mongolian noblewomen and wouldn't give outsiders a chance to take advantage of him, so he directly ordered the old women to do it.

Emperor Kangxi and Consort Tong immediately understood that the purse was the key.

Yuan Heng turned around and went back into the hall, feeling relieved. He finally had an excuse.

"Your Majesty, these two purses are from the grasslands, meant to entertain the princes." The men of the grasslands are quite rugged, and some even burn these purses inside the women's tents to satisfy their own desires.

The princesses who were married off from the capital were instructed by their governesses that if such an item appeared in the tent, the guards would immediately expel the prince.

"What?!" Kangxi was stunned. He had expected the Empress Dowager to use some means, but he never imagined she would use such a despicable method.

These drugs are said to have aphrodisiac effects, but in addition to these benefits, they also shorten the user's lifespan.

Yin listened attentively. He felt that the fragrance was somewhat familiar. Both Li Shi and Nian Shi had this fragrance burning in their rooms. In his previous life, Qing Yan had also mentioned to him that this fragrance was bad for his health. He thought that Qing Yan was jealous of the two women's favor, so he ignored it.

It turns out that his body could have been healthy, but it was ruined by the women in his own backyard.

“Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince is fortunate to be still young. With the help of recuperation over the next two years, nothing will go wrong.” Yuan Heng had found a way to help himself. “As for women, it would be best if the Fourth Prince did not try. It would be better to wait two years, or even a few years, before trying again.”

Yin was relieved. In the next few years, he would not be chased by his father and mother for women. He and Qingyan lived a comfortable life in the Prince's Residence.

"Never mind," Kangxi sighed.

At this moment, there was a quarrel at the entrance of Chenggan Palace. When Kangxi came, he ordered the imperial guards to personally guard the palace entrance, and the servants of Cining Palace were not allowed to enter directly.

"Your Majesty, a palace maid from Cining Palace reports that the Empress Dowager has fainted." Shu frowned. Did this make everyone think that Consort Tong was preventing Kangxi from visiting the Empress Dowager?

The two troublemaking palace maids were escorted by the imperial guards, awaiting Emperor Kangxi's imperial edict.

"Yin, drink your medicine, let's go to Cining Palace together." Kangxi had clearly lost all trust in Cining Palace.

In the eyes of Kangxi and Yinzhi, the Empress Dowager would sacrifice anything to save her people.

Compared to the Khorchin, she was willing to sacrifice herself for the future of the Khorchin. The Empress Dowager had been married into the powerful Luo family for decades, yet she still cared so much for her own family, which made Kangxi and Yinzhen particularly uneasy.

"Yes!" Yin also wanted an answer.

Lanya went to the inner chamber and changed into a simple palace dress. In the past few days, the Empress Dowager had been causing trouble, usually by searching her clothes. In order to prevent the Empress Dowager from bringing up the matter again, she had no choice but to take precautions.

At this time, many concubines had arrived at Cining Palace. They only knew that the Empress Dowager had suddenly fainted, but they did not know what had happened.

Su Mo'er was very nervous. She hadn't expected that the two girls chosen for the Fourth Prince would be such a big order, daring to use the medicine from Langhu Lake on the grassland. If His Majesty saw that, he would definitely be in big trouble.

The princes first used this drug to subdue the princesses who were to be married. Fortunately, Emperor Kangxi had equipped each princess with the most valiant guards, far superior to the guards of the princes, which prevented the princesses from getting into trouble.

The Empress Dowager even spoke to Emperor Kangxi about this matter and rebuked him. Emperor Kangxi said, "The Empress Dowager is a daughter-in-law of the Aisin Gioro family, and a princess of the Khorchin."

That day, Su Mo'er understood that Kangxi was furious. Kangxi knew how the princes on the grasslands treated the princesses. In order not to make his aunt and sisters feel bad, Kangxi suppressed those brutes.

The Empress Dowager found herself in an awkward situation. If she chose the former, she would have to rebuke the princes for their behavior. If she chose the latter, Prince An, Yue Le, as the Prefect of the Imperial Clan Court, could directly divorce her on behalf of Emperor Taizong.

Having spent so much time atop the pagoda in the deep palace, the Empress Dowager certainly wouldn't want to lose what she currently possessed.

She then decided to have the Khorchin send two noble ladies to the Fourth Prince, so that they could receive his favor before they came of age at the Qingyan ceremony.

Contrary to their wishes, their methods backfired, and Kangxi noticed it on the very first day. Whether Yin was healthy or not was not within her consideration. Kangxi had many other princes, and even if Yin died young, it could only be said that he was not blessed.

"Su Mo'er, has Xuan Ye not arrived yet?" Upon hearing the news brought by the imperial physician, the Empress Dowager was so enraged that she fainted. When she woke up, she felt weak and powerless, and even felt her life force slowly draining away.

Su Mo'er looked up and saw that the palace entrance was still empty.

"Princess, His Majesty has sealed off Chenggan Palace, and probably hasn't dealt with it yet. I've already sent people to look for it." Su Mo'er knew that the Empress Dowager was very likely to plead for the two people despite her illness.

Now, only the two of them, mistress and servant, remained in the inner chambers of Cining Palace. Su Mo'er wanted to persuade the Empress Dowager to stop interfering. (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)