Enhe was startled. Wasn't it said that the relationship between the Third and Fourth Princess Consorts was delicate? How come they had joined forces in her case?

Qingyan looked at Dong Eshi with a puzzled expression. How could things have changed so quickly?

"Third Princess Consort, Enhe admires Fourth Princess Consort and wishes to become friends with her." Enhe pleaded, and to those unaware of the situation, it seemed as if Qingyan and Dong'e were ganging up on Enhe.

Many servants in the distance found it strange that the two wives were standing with Enhe.

The three of them were at odds, and Enhe looked aggrieved. After all, many of the people standing in the distance were slaves from the grasslands, and many of them were wondering what Enhe was pleading for.

“Enhe, there’s no need for that look on your face, as if we’ve wronged you so much. Are all those people outside slaves of the grasslands? How many times have you framed Gegenhas like this?” Qingyan questioned directly after calming down. “Sulan, take the egg tarts to Grandma Huang’s place, they won’t taste good if they get cold.”

After Qingyan sent Sulan away, she looked at Enhe.

Seeing Qingyan's expression, Sulan prepared to go find Gegenhas.

"Fourth Princess Consort, are you really so heartless? I only wish to be your friend!" Enhe's eyes were filled with tears, and her little face was full of grievance.

Qingyan frowned. Enhe in front of her was too good at acting. No wonder Gegenhas was no match for her.

"Friends? Heartless!" Qingyan sneered. "What kind of nonsense is this? You're blocking my way, and now you're calling me heartless? It's utterly unreasonable!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Qingyan prepared to leave, but Enhe and the maids following behind blocked her way.

Qingyan turned to look at Enhe, who was blocking the Fujin's path in the imperial camp. Enhe's ambition was still considerable; she wanted to create a spectacle for Qingyan on her territory.

"What? You still won't let me leave?" Qingyan smiled contemptuously. "Or perhaps, your true intentions are not what they seem?"

Enhe felt a chill in her heart after hearing this. If Abu found out that she had come directly to cause trouble for the Fourth Prince's wife, even her aunt would probably be implicated.

At this moment, Enhe was unaware that the Khalkha prince had long been persuaded by Gegenhas and was no longer willing to let his daughters join the royal family. Neither Gegenhas nor Enhe could compare to the ministers of the Manchu Eight Banners in terms of temperament or status.

Moreover, Kangxi's daughters-in-law were mostly the legitimate daughters of powerful officials. No matter how high the status of the Mongol legitimate daughters, none of them had any children after the first year of Kangxi's reign.

The leaders understood Kangxi's intentions more and more. They followed suit and planned to make the wives whom Kangxi had arranged marriages with infertile. They also planned to marry Kangxi's daughters off to the grasslands so that they could ravage them.

However, Kangxi changed his mind and, instead of marrying off his legitimate daughter to the grasslands, made many of his ministers' concubines his wives. They needed to maintain good relations with these ministers. They had to use their offspring as a bargaining chip.

Qingyan gave a wink, and the guards who came out of Qingyan blocked Enhe from coming up again.

"Fourth Princess Consort, what are you doing..." Enhe's eyes were full of grievance, "I didn't mean any harm!"

Qingyan didn't want to hear anything. She was anxious to see the Empress Dowager. Taking advantage of the fact that the other wives hadn't arrived yet, she quickly went to give the Empress Dowager some food to relax.

"I don't have time to talk to you. Otherwise, go to the Empress Dowager for judgment." Qingyan was furious. She had encountered scoundrels before, but never one as shameless as this, who dared to scheme against her.

The servants in the distance must think that the imperial consort is so domineering that she even makes things difficult for a Mongol concubine.

Enhe was terrified when she heard that she was to go to the Empress Dowager's tent.

Her petty schemes were utterly futile in front of the Empress Dowager and could bring utter disaster upon herself and her aunt.

Her birth mother was a concubine's daughter from a prominent family in Jiangnan. From a young age, she was trained as a pawn and then sent to the grasslands as a pawn. Although she was favored by the Khalkha prince and gave birth to several favored children, she, as his daughter, was also highly favored and valued by the prince. He raised her with difficult methods from a young age, hoping that one day he could send her to the mansion of a powerful person to benefit the family.

"No need, I'll leave now!" Enhe didn't want to appear in front of the Empress, since the two royal consorts looked down on her like this.

When we get back, we must tell Abu that the royal family looks down on their tribe.

After saying that, Enhe turned and left, his back view looking somewhat like he was fleeing in panic.

Qingyan was very puzzled as to why Enhe was so afraid of the Empress Dowager.

"Fourth Princess Consort, you are a wise woman whom the Emperor has praised. You were provoked by a mere Mongol concubine's daughter, and you didn't even fight back." Dong Eshi sneered, "It's truly laughable."

The fact that someone so strongly protected by Emperor Kangxi and the Empress Dowager was so weak in her methods disheartened her. She tried her best to win the Empress Dowager's favor, but what was the result?

Dong Eshi couldn't help but feel ironic. Even if the Empress Dowager's affair was caused by Yinzhi and her, the old lady was already terminally ill.

"Third Sister-in-law, it's not that we won't fight back, but we're trying to save face for the grassland leaders." Qingyan coldly rejected the Third Princess Consort, not wanting to put the Empress Dowager in a difficult position.

The Borjigit clan is the largest clan on the grasslands. When they are on someone else's territory, they have to give their master some face.

As Dong Eshi watched Qingyan's departing figure, she couldn't help but stomp her foot. She had finally managed to get out, but before she could even exchange a few words with Qingyan, he left.

Once out of the Third Princess's sight, her expression turned serious.

"Suxin, have someone keep an eye on the Third Princess's tent later. I want to see how my whereabouts were leaked." Qingyan hated being watched, having her every move monitored. "I knew it! How did the Third Princess's tent get moved!"

Su Xin dared not say more, after all, this was a matter for the masters, and they, as servants, had no right to interfere.

"Princess, this...it shouldn't be possible, right?" Su Xin didn't want Qing Yan to think that the people around her were untrustworthy.

The infighting among the sisters-in-law reached its peak in Qiu Mi's story.

Yin Genjue Luo Shi remained largely unchanged, but Dong E Shi underwent a significant transformation. Her clothes now conveyed a haughty and aloof feeling, which she found somewhat unbearable.

She took Su Xin's hand and walked towards the phoenix tent, a smile appearing on her small face.

Seeing Qingyan approaching from afar, Su Mo'er quickly lifted the tent flap and greeted the Empress Dowager inside with a smile, saying that Qingyan had arrived.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager was enjoying the egg tarts that Xiao Guai had brought, while Su Lan knelt inside the tent, not daring to say much about what was happening outside.

"Let Xiao Guai in." The Empress Dowager's voice rang out, and Qing Yan took two deep breaths and walked into the tent with a smile.

Qingyan politely bowed to the Empress Dowager, and as soon as she rose, the Empress Dowager beckoned her to her side. (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.)