Chapter 71 The Reason
"Fourteen, what happened?"
Yinxiang took two steps closer and asked anxiously. The guards on both sides silently moved to the side, keeping their eyes down and pretending not to have seen anything.
Hilarious! Even the Fourteenth Prince cried. Is this something they could possibly know? If this keeps going, I feel like I'll never leave the Forbidden City today. Imperial orders are important, but their lives matter too…
"It's nothing, I just got excited..." Yinzhen wiped his face clean and forced a smile. With so many people here, he had to save face. Whether it was for his own sake or for his mother's.
Unfortunately, there are always people who can't stand to see him do well. Suddenly, a commotion and noise came from a small room behind Yinzhen, and a disheveled woman rushed out.
Upon seeing Yinzhen, her eyes lit up, and she rushed over and hugged his leg tightly.
"Cousin, cousin, you can't treat me like this! I was sent by Aunt to serve you, you can't do this to me..."
"Shut up!" Veins bulged on Yinzhen's forehead as he looked at Wuya Fangning, who was holding him, with disgust. He then shouted at the palace servants beside him, "What are you all doing? Drag her away!"
"Cousin, you don't... umm..." Before Wuya Fangning could say more, she was restrained by several palace maids and eunuchs who rushed over, covered her mouth, and dragged back into the house.
Two guards: We didn't see anything (fake smile)
Amidst the chaos of war, before Yinxiang could react, the woman who had suddenly appeared vanished just as suddenly. "Yinzhen, this..."
After seeing that Wuya Fangning had been locked up again, Yinzhen calmed down and gave Yinxiang a slightly stiff, bitter smile: "Thirteenth Brother, you flatter me."
He gleaned something from the woman's words, which involved Consort Wuya, so Yinxiang didn't press further and said considerately, "It's good that you're alright."
"Thirteenth Brother, am I really unlikable?" Not liked by Mother... Yinzhen, who couldn't say anything, looked at Yinxiang's understanding eyes and still couldn't help but ask with a wronged expression.
"How could that be?" Yinxiang shook his head, not understanding why Yinzhen would have such a thought. He looked at him seriously and said, "Fourteenth Brother, if you weren't likable, why would I have been your brother for so many years, and why would Fourth Brother have always thought of you?"
"Then why..." Why would Mother scheme against him for the so-called glory of the Uya clan?
Yinzhen opened his mouth, but ultimately gave Wuya face and refused to reveal her schemes and methods in public.
Yinxiang seemed to sense something, but others had no right to comment on such matters. He could only comfort him, saying, "Yinzhen, no matter what happens, your fourth brother and I will always be with you. Don't doubt yourself easily because of anything."
"Thank you, Thirteenth Brother." Yinzhen felt a warmth in his heart, but since he was under house arrest, he couldn't have a deep conversation with Yinxiang.
Yinzhen roused himself, pretended nothing was wrong, and saw off his worried thirteenth brother. Only then did his face fall, and he took the food box from Sun Fuli's hand before locking himself in his bedroom alone.
As he ate the snacks that his thirteenth brother brought him, he felt more and more grateful for his two older brothers' thoughtfulness, and he couldn't understand why his mother treated him this way.
Recalling his mother's constant attempts to appease him since returning to the palace, he couldn't bear it and went to Yonghe Palace for a meal. He claimed it was "for his own good," but that night, a palace maid sent to drug him… and it was Uya Fangning, her own niece, whom she had specifically arranged…
The thought of Uya Fangning's despicable face, and her constant claims of acting for the glory of the Uya clan and for her mother's status, filled Yinzhen with nausea. It was hard not to think of Ulanara Rouze, who seduced her fourth brother for the sake of the Ulanara clan's glory…
So, were he and his fourth brother's two sons only there to bring glory to their mother's family?
...
In a side hall of Yonghe Palace, Uya had already smashed countless things. Now trapped in a desperate situation, she no longer cared about the opinions of others; her chest was filled with the rage of being tricked.
"Uya Fangning!"
Despite her relentless pursuit of power, she ended up being pecked in the eye by a goose. Wuya never expected that Wuya Fangning would dare to rise to power by stepping on her.
“Master, please calm down. The Fourteenth Prince was just temporarily misled…” Zhu Xi waited until Wuya finished venting before daring to step forward and whisper her advice.
“There’s no chance anymore…” Uya’s face was pale as she slowly shook her head.
She knew the Fourteenth Prince too well. He was a man of strong likes and dislikes, and stubborn in his convictions. In the past, he had mistakenly believed that the Fourth Prince had neglected her, and thus ignored Yinzhen's efforts. Later, after learning the truth, he not only desperately tried to reconcile with Yinzhen, but also harbored resentment towards her.
She had gone to great lengths to finally move Yinzhen to some extent with their mother-son bond, but the chance to ease the tension was completely destroyed by Wuya Fangning. Now, Yinzhen would never believe her no matter what.
Moreover… Uya sneered, “After all, he is my good brother and good mother…”
She knew perfectly well that without the help of the Wuya family, Wuya Fangning could not have secretly climbed into Yinzhen's bed under her nose and used her name.
She wasn't stupid. Yinzhen was only thirteen years old, and the Emperor had always been strict with him, fearing that the princes would harm their health by getting too close to women too early. Now that she was in this situation, she naturally wouldn't go against the Emperor's wishes and arrange someone for Yinzhen too early.
But Uya Fangning did just that under her name. And because of her previous actions against Yinzhen, no one suspected that this was Uya Fangning's own doing.
She had only herself to blame. Sitting by the bed, Uya looked at the messy bedroom and sneered. If she was not doing well, what good could Uya Fangning possibly do?
Yinzhen is not someone who can be controlled. He has become estranged from his birth mother, so how could he possibly look up to the Uya family? It's time to make her good mother and good brother wake up and understand who the Uya clan relied on to get to where they are today!
...
Upon hearing that the eldest prince, Honghui, had begun to learn to walk, Qi Yuebin delivered a pair of handmade little shoes to the main courtyard of the Yongjun Prince's Mansion.
"You're so kind, little sister." Yixiu smiled and gestured for Jianqiu to take it. Then, the maidservant who was serving them tacitly withdrew, leaving the two of them alone.
"The Princess Consort has quite the methods." Qi Yuebin took a sip of tea, looked at Yixiu who remained expressionless, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Status really can change a person. The more stable Yixiu's position as Princess Consort became, the less she revealed her emotions.
"Sister Qi also contributed a lot." Yi Xiu's attitude was gentle, and the image of a dignified and generous consort was firmly welded onto her face. At present, she was quite satisfied with Qi Yuebin as an ally.
"After all these years of raising me, there must be some way to repay you." Qi Yuebin lowered her eyes. Perhaps even Wuya Shi would not have imagined that raising her like a cat or dog would also allow her to understand the palace servants of Yonghe Palace.
Everyone has weaknesses. Otherwise, how could the Uya clan, having risen to power over the years and amassed such influence, have so easily escaped the notice of their spies with just the intervention of the Uya family?
Yi Xiu smiled, naturally aware of Qi Yuebin's methods. However, she was not afraid; at least within the Yongjun Prince's residence, she was confident that Qi Yuebin could not threaten her.
"She is indeed a young lady of the Wuya family, with ambitions that are higher than the sky..." Yixiu found it somewhat amusing when she thought of Wuya Fangning. She was eager to climb the social ladder but was not as valued by the Wuya clan as Rouze. With just a few words of provocation, she turned her attention to Yinzhen.
Without much prompting from her, Uya Fangning eagerly entered the palace under the guise of a concubine selection. Yixiu hadn't expected Uya Fangning to be so audacious; she had only given her a few favors, and Uya Fangning had so quickly found a way to get into the Fourteenth Prince's bed, all under the guise of the Uya clan…
The more I think about it, the funnier it gets. It's laughable that Lady Wuya is so arrogant, yet she doesn't even respect her own niece. It's laughable that Lady Wuya schemes and plots, only to be betrayed by her own clan and abandoned by everyone...
"It's a pleasure to work with you."
Yi Xiu and Qi Yuebin exchanged a smile; this "retribution" against the Wuya clan had achieved a preliminary victory. However, the journey was far from over, and the Wuya clan's "blessings" were yet to come…
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