Before dinner, Su Mo'er looked at the dejected servants outside the courtyard and had a general idea of ​​what was going on. The joy in their eyes made Su Mo'er a little worried. Could these people have taken something from Fei Yanggu?

She glanced at Su Lan out of the corner of her eye. If Su Lan's complexion were normal, she would have been anxious to inform Qing Yan if these people had taken the items, and she wouldn't be as calm as she is now.

"Lord Ulanara, Princess Qingyan, this old servant will take his leave now!" Su Mo'er looked at her daughter, "Could this person be lent to this old servant for a while? He will be returned to the princess in his original condition in two or three months."

Qingyan nodded, indicating that it was alright.

After Su Mo'er and her entourage left, Su Lan went into the hall and spoke with Qing Yan about the storeroom.

"Are you sure you've taken something bestowed by the Emperor?" Fei Yanggu looked at Su Lan in astonishment.

The servants of the Imperial Household Department don't recognize the imperial gifts?

"Father, many of the imperial gifts in the storeroom were accumulated by our ancestors. How can items from the time of the founding emperor still bear traces of imperial bestowal?" Qingyan was puzzled.

Back when Nurhaci lived, the Qing Dynasty was a vassal state!

Emperor Taizong founded the Qing Dynasty, and the gifts bestowed during his reign must still bear traces of the Ming Dynasty.

"Fine, Adun, you personally investigate according to the rewards, and report all the lost items to the Imperial Household Department!" Fei Yanggu would never tolerate evil. Su Mo'er's visit would surely bring a lot of gossip.

"Yes!" Adun replied respectfully and quickly left, realizing that Fei Yanggu was truly angry.

Fei Yanggu took a few sips of cold tea. The Empress Dowager was going too far, actually reaching out to him. Emperor Kangxi had always been kind and favored to him.

Kangxi was aware of Ege's situation. Back then, Tatara was demoted for the sake of the throne. The Empress Dowager's arrogance suppressed the late emperor. How many of those ministers who harmed the interests of Khorchin did not suffer the destruction of their families?

"Sulan, you should go help too." Qingyan wanted to hear the story: Did Ege have a grudge against the Empress Dowager?

"Little darling, go to the study." Fei Yanggu glanced at his daughter and sent her away.

Seeing that Fei Yanggu's expression was not good, Qingyan did not dare to say anything more and got up to leave.

Yin stayed in the study, seemingly reading, but actually listening to Qingyan's actions.

Oh my god!

Yin felt that the name sounded familiar. Tatara Ege!

He turned the jade thumb ring on his left thumb with his right hand and began to recall the matter of his father, wondering who this person was.

A moment later, Yin remembered Tatara Kesang, a key figure in the late emperor's efforts to weaken the Mongol forces. His father had always wanted to make Kesang's life ordinary, but the Empress Dowager had consistently suppressed this.

“It is his youngest son.” Yin said quietly.

In his previous life, after ascending the throne, he always wanted to fulfill Kangxi's wish, but he couldn't find the descendants of Kesang. It turned out that he had gone to live with his father-in-law.

Back then, Feiyangu and Kesang fought side by side on the battlefield and had a good relationship. He wanted to help protect the girls, but Kesang had already arranged marriages for them, so he couldn't intervene.

Jue Luo, however, was outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant. She did not properly deliver the gifts to the families of the girls' husbands as Fei Yanggu had instructed. Jue Luo had always been proud of being the principal wife, and since the legitimate daughters of the Tatara clan had been demoted to concubines, they were no longer people she would associate with.

"Fourth Brother, are you still there?" Qingyan returned to the study, took out a bronze mirror from her small purse, and looked on with a gossipy expression. She wanted to know these things!

Yin looked at her with a serious expression. He had heard Su Mo'er's question. He had to admit that Su Mo'er was an old woman who had served three dynasties. She was able to shut Fei Yanggu up with just a few words, which was no small feat.

"Little darling, you are not allowed to ask about your father anymore, and you are not allowed to inquire about the Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng. All the dowry items should be from the hundred-year-old family!" Yin said solemnly to Qingyan.

The food at that secret place in Qingyan was of exceptional quality. The Empress Dowager always desired a long life, which Kangxi and the imperial family disliked. She interfered in the affairs of the Qing Dynasty, believing that the Mongols should enjoy the highest level of courtesy.

Over the years, the princes of Mongolia have gained many benefits, which has aroused resentment among many people.

During the reign of the previous emperor, high positions in the harem were held by Mongol noblewomen. If it weren't for the requirement for Manchu Eight Banners to establish their ranks upon Kangxi's ascension to the throne, the harem would probably have continued the style of the previous emperor's reign.

"Yes, I'm curious!" Qingyan pouted and muttered.

Yin shook his head. "That little girl just won't listen to reason."

"Little darling, I'll tell you after things have settled down! Today, I sent someone to find out that the Empress Dowager's health can only last for two more months at most!" Yin said disdainfully.

In their quest for longevity, the Khorchin people frequently brought pills to the palace for the Empress Dowager. Many of these pills were prescribed by witch doctors, and some were even made by cruelly murdering numerous infants.

In Khorchin, witch doctors and shamans held very high positions. Even if the Empress Dowager didn't trust the imperial physicians, she would still trust the witch doctors.

Moreover, these elixirs were sent by the wives of princes from the Khorchin, so the Empress Dowager used them with complete peace of mind.

"Fourth Prince, when is the Third Prince's wedding?" Qingyan pondered. What if the Empress Dowager had silently passed away on the third day after Yinzhi's wedding...

Her big eyes were curved, and when Yin looked at Qingyan's little face, he knew that this child had begun to plot.

“A month later than us!” Yin replied.

After some thought, Qingyan decided that the dowry for the wedding should not include thousand-year-old ginseng and lingzhi. Two hundred-year-old ones would be fine. There shouldn't be too many ginseng and lingzhi in the mansion. It would be better to make the lingzhi and ginseng from her father and uncles into pills and keep them in gourd bottles.

Instantly, she felt all her worries vanish.

"In a little over ten days, you'll be able to stay by my side and we won't need this to communicate anymore. Has Ege sent all the betrothal gifts?" Jue Luo Shi had only sent back half of the betrothal gifts.

Fei Yanggu's painstakingly crafted thousand-machine tool was not returned. Frustrated, he argued with the Jue Luo clan and moved all the imperial gifts bestowed upon him by the Ulanara clan over several generations to his new residence.

When the items were put into the warehouse, many of the accumulated items disappeared, which made him even angrier.

"Not yet, Father is still angry. Mother gave away a lot of the rewards that our ancestors received to the women of the Jue Luo clan as dowries!" Qingyan was a bit of a headache. The Jue Luo clan clearly didn't treat them as family.

On the surface, Qingyan's dowry was basically prepared by Fei Yanggu, but in reality, much of it was added by Qingyan later.

If such a large item as a thousand machine tools were moved out easily, it would definitely arouse suspicion.

"Si Si, I have a small workshop in the south that can make these things, but I can't make it in time!" Qing Yan emphasized the last three words.

Yin was taken aback. The little guy had established quite a few shops, some under Ulanara's name and others under hers. (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)