As evening approached, Yin noticed that everyone in the county town had closed their doors and windows before dinner, and no one was outside. This puzzled Qingyan, so she didn't eat her lunch properly. Originally, they planned to find a good shop in the county town to eat more food and replenish their supplies.

"Sisi, don't you think it's strange that this place is closed before it's even dark?" Qingyan asked, somewhat puzzled.

Yin sighed, "Little Guai is hungry. The food they prepared is almost gone. We must find a way to replenish our supplies tonight."

"Sisi, what should we do?" Qingyan pouted. Not only was there no place to stay, but there was also no food.

"We've found a place to stay, but as for food, we'll just have to make do for now." Yin shook his head helplessly. They had bought the courtyard a long time ago, and the ingredients they had bought were enough for tonight.

"Su Peisheng, have Erlu send someone to investigate what's going on. Why are the doors and windows locked before dark?" Yin asked, puzzled.

Even in a small county town, no matter how unsafe it is, people would still close their doors after dinner. Now, things are different, which confuses him.

"Yes, this servant will investigate immediately!" Su Peisheng quickly replied.

At the end of the road, there is a large courtyard house with five courtyards. Locust trees are planted on both sides of the entrance, and the lush trees guard the courtyard.

When Qingyan got off the carriage, he was taken aback by the five-courtyard house in front of him. Such a small place had such a courtyard.

"Apart from inns, we'll try to stay in the houses we bought ourselves as much as possible along the way." Yin no longer trusted the houses outside. How many times had their whereabouts been leaked by the people in those houses before?

The Emperor, always a troublemaker, was constantly surrounded by onlookers, and even when he went on incognito visits, he would still encounter some problems.

"Fourth Prince, buying houses all the way?" Qingyan was astonished. Sure enough, she really didn't understand the lives of the princes.

They need to go through many places; are they going to keep buying them indefinitely?

"More or less!" Yin said coldly, being sized up by those around him.

He reached out and took Qingyan's little hand, and together they walked into the mansion. The guards surrounded the roadside. Before, every household had closed their doors and windows, but now the mansion's gates were open, and they were trying to find where all these people had come from.

"This mansion has been sold?"

"Yes, most people definitely can't afford that kind of price."

"These two people certainly don't have the air of ordinary people."

"It's true. Before, that wealthy businessman was one of the top figures in this area, but suddenly he sold the house."

Qingyan listened to the surrounding chatter and looked at the house through her hat. The five-courtyard house was clearly newly built and didn't look like it had ever been lived in.

Upon entering the inner courtyard, I discovered that it shared many similarities with the Cao family mansion in its construction. Could it be that all residences in Jiangnan are like this?

"Fourth Prince, this mansion... did you buy it using your power?" Qingyan nudged Yin's arm and whispered.

Yin smiled, knowing that the servants would handle everything without him having to intervene.

"No." Yin walked into the hall and nodded in satisfaction.

Previously, the mansion had ordinary mahogany furniture, but now all the furniture has been replaced with royal-grade rosewood.

"Fourth Prince, the layout here is very similar to that of the Prince's residence!" Qingyan noticed this strange thing and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Su Peisheng and Su Lan followed behind them to serve, while the remaining servants began to busily prepare.

"Hmm, I designed it according to the style of the mansion. Don't you think it's good?" Yin picked up his teacup, took a sip, and secretly watched her with a serious expression.

Her watery eyes instantly sparkled. As expected of the Fourth Prince, even his serious nonsense was quite impressive.

The princes of the Aisin Gioro family were also very handsome. She once saw a painting of princes in the Palace Museum. She had to admit that, apart from differences in weight, the princes in the meticulous paintings all looked pretty much the same.

"Sisi, we're only staying for a few days, and you're already going to buy it?" Qingyan asked somewhat awkwardly.

“Yes, we can visit each other more often when we have time.” Yin didn’t care about these small things. This amount of silver wasn’t much. Kangxi would make several trips to the south of the Yangtze River, and they would have many opportunities to follow him. By then, they would have their own houses and wouldn’t need to requisition other people’s residences.

real?!

She looked at him in surprise. Was this really Si Si?

In Qing Dynasty history, the workaholic Emperor Guangwu actually said, "Let's go for a stroll in Jiangnan!"

"Don't believe me?" Yin pinched her little nose. On the high table between them was her light pink cap.

She rested her chin on her hand, watching Yin's lips slightly upturned. As things continued to happen, his expression grew colder and colder, and he rarely smiled anymore.

"No, I just find it strange that they suddenly want to buy a house in Jiangnan!" Qingyan looked at the busy servants outside and wondered what kind of unexpected encounters they might have this time.

Su Peisheng brought in a memorial from outside, respectfully placed it in Yin's hand, and then quickly withdrew through the door.

"Fourth Brother, smile! You were relaxed in front of me before, but now... why are you so serious!" Qingyan moved closer to Yin.

Snap!

Yin angrily closed the document, and she looked at him strangely.

"Little darling, take a look too." Yin pointed to the memorial.

She opened the folder and found it contained the records of the last interrogation, and the information recorded there was somewhat unexpected.

“Longkodo is quite bold; Father Emperor probably won’t let him go.” Yin’s cold gaze made her shiver.

Longkodo has cooperated with Songgotu, and Mingzhu has been quite well-behaved lately. It seems to the court officials that the Tongjia clan is on the same side as the Crown Prince.

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