"Master, why don't we catch a couple and take them home to see what their rear ends look like?" Lanqin suggested.
Fourth Master nodded, and he and Lanqin caught a few with their bare hands and hid them in their sleeves.
When the two returned to their tent, they put the fireflies into an earthenware jar.
The two washed their hands and faces with the help of the maids, and then went to bed together.
The two lay side by side in the blankets, looking at the low tent ceiling, neither of them able to fall asleep.
"Master, those fireflies look a bit strange. Let's have someone take the fireflies we caught back to Doctor Liang for testing tomorrow!" Lanqin felt that anything unusual was suspicious!
"What are you testing for?" Fourth Master asked, seemingly unconcerned.
“Look at the blue things inside the fireflies, what are they?” Lanqin asked.
"How can we know!" Fourth Master completely misunderstood Lanqin's meaning. Lanqin knew that Doctor Liang would definitely be able to detect it.
"Dr. Liang should have a solution. Let's just send it to him and give it a try!" Lan Qin said.
"Tomorrow I'll take Tokugawa and the others hunting. You'll stay here. If there's nothing to do, just have a servant lead the horse around. I won't be able to look after you!" the Fourth Prince said.
"Yes, I'll go and pay my respects to Mother and chat with her. Master, please be careful, the Ryukyuans are cunning." Lanqin was still a little worried about the Fourth Master.
"Don't worry, the Ryukyuans wouldn't dare do anything in Kyoto! Although Father Emperor drove them out of Fujian, he hasn't severed ties with our Great Qing." Fourth Prince said, "If they do anything here, the Great Qing will definitely cross the Yellow Sea, march to the Ryukyu mainland, and flatten the Ryukyu island nation."
"Indeed, I was overthinking it," Lanqin said. At that time, Japan was not yet called Japan, and they had not yet reached the point of seeking reform.
"Qin'er, don't you think Father Emperor is acting a little strange?" the Fourth Prince asked.
"Father? What's wrong with him? I don't see anything wrong! But Father didn't ask me to serve him this time," Lanqin said casually.
"That's right, it seems Father Emperor won't see anyone. Not just you, he won't even see any of us princes!" Fourth Prince said. "Do you think something's wrong with Father Emperor?"
"What does Master mean?" Lanqin didn't know what Fourth Master meant by saying this.
"I think Father Emperor is even avoiding us a bit!" the Fourth Prince said.
“Father must be quite tired, after all, he’s getting on in years!” Lanqin knew this in her heart. After telling Kangxi about Prince Indal, Lanqin had told the Fourth Prince that a substitute would be used for this hunt, and he couldn’t come himself. This idea was Lanqin’s, so how could she not understand the reason? But she had promised Kangxi that she wouldn’t tell anyone.
The Fourth Prince felt that something was still wrong, but he couldn't keep going to see Emperor Kangxi. After meeting with Eunuch Liang, he still asked him questions indirectly.
"My lord, I'm sleepy, let's go to sleep!" Lanqin couldn't let the Fourth Master dwell on this topic any longer.
"Hmm, perhaps Your Highness is overthinking it!" the Fourth Prince said. Lanqin silently apologized to the Fourth Prince, because she had promised Emperor Kangxi not to mention it to anyone.
"Master, get some rest. There's a hunt tomorrow! It will take a lot of physical and mental effort," Lanqin said.
Fourth Master embraced Lanqin and quickly fell asleep. Seeing that Fourth Master slept so quickly, Lanqin herself couldn't sleep, thinking about the day's events and those strange-looking fireflies.
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