“I’ve finished using it, Fourteenth Prince. Please don’t drink anymore. Your wife must be worried about you,” Lanqin said.
"She doesn't care about me at all, she only cares about her family~" Fourteen couldn't help but complain. He had thought that after having a child, she would completely consider his interests, but in fact, Wanyan was still thinking about the interests of her family at this moment, which disappointed Fourteen.
Lanqin stayed with the Fourteenth Prince for a while and tried to persuade him, but he still refused to leave and kept drinking, which made Lanqin a little worried.
"Consort, it seems the Fourteenth Prince is already failing; he's drunk," Si Hua said.
"Sigh, there's no other way but to take him with us. Si Hua, Shui Ling, help the Fourteenth Prince into the carriage. We'll have to take him back to our residence," Lan Qin said.
"Why bring it back to our residence? Why not just send it back to the Fourteenth Prince's residence?" Si Hua reminded her.
“If we send him back directly, Wanyan will definitely have some reservations. Let’s bring him back to our residence first, soothe him down, and then let him go home on his own,” Lanqin said. She didn’t want to explain to Wanyan why she had encountered the Fourteenth Prince and why she had brought him back while he was drunk.
Si Hua and Shui Ling helped the Fourteenth Prince to Lan Qin's carriage as instructed. Lan Qin felt uncomfortable being alone with the Fourteenth Prince in the carriage any longer, so she sat with the maids on the outside carriage shaft, leaving Si Hua inside to serve him.
When the carriage arrived at the entrance of Prince Yong's mansion, Lanqin specially asked Ling Feng to turn to the side gate, and then had him personally carry the Fourteenth Prince, who was already completely drunk, through the gate.
"Consort, are we going to the front courtyard?" Ling Feng asked.
“Of course, let’s go to the front yard!” Lanqin said. At this time, the Fourth Prince had not yet returned. Kangxi was still residing in Changchun Garden, so the daily affairs of the palace were managed by several cabinet ministers and the Fourth Prince and several other princes. However, a copy of each daily memorial had to be sent to Kangxi. The memorial impeaching Lingzhu had been delayed in the cabinet for more than ten days because of the New Year; otherwise, Kangxi would have seen it long ago. The Fourth Prince immediately went to the cabinet to retrieve the copy of the memorial, thus preventing Kangxi from finding out.
Lanqin and her two servants, along with Lingzhu and the Fourteenth Prince, arrived at the front courtyard. Lanqin had no choice but to go inside and instruct the servants to find a place for the Fourteenth Prince to rest and to prepare a hangover soup for him.
Not only that, Lanqin also found a servant to guard Fourteenth Prince, in case he vomited and had his throat blocked, which would be very dangerous.
After finishing with the fourteenth day of the month, Lanqin was exhausted. After giving a few more instructions, she returned to the South Courtyard with her maid.
"I'm so tired, Shui Ling, go get some water. I need to take a bath; I smell like alcohol all over me." Lan Qin realized that the Fourteenth Prince had left her with the smell of alcohol on her.
Meanwhile, news of the Fourteenth Prince's sudden arrival had already reached Madam Nian's side. It turned out that after Madam Nian took power, she naturally had to plant her own spies in the front courtyard. One of them was a eunuch under Su Peisheng, who replaced Zhao Quan in his previous position. His name was Li Weigong.
"What? Niohuru has brought the Fourteenth Prince back?" Lady Nian was lying on the chaise longue, having a servant trim her nails.
“Yes, it was Li Weigong who said it. He said that the person from the South Courtyard personally led people to deliver it to the front yard, and that the Fourteenth Prince was drunk.” Cui Ling said with a smile on her lips.
A strange light flashed in Lady Nian's eyes as she said, "Where did Niohuru bring him back from? Was he drunk? She really dares to bring just anyone into the manor, even the prince's strongest opponent right now."
“Yes, this servant thinks that the South Courtyard is simply too unruly. Not only did she encourage the Prince to help her open that Qing Dynasty hot pot restaurant, but she also brought back the drunk Fourteenth Prince. She has no shame at all,” Cui Ling said.
“I don’t know what the Prince is thinking, but I think Mother would definitely not agree to Niohuru doing this,” said Lady Nian.
"Consort, why don't you go to the palace and speak with Consort De? That way, Consort De will punish her," Cui Ling said.
“That would let the Prince know that it was me who said it,” Madam Nian said, rolling her eyes at Cuiling.
"The concubine can go and tell the fourteenth princess. Just think, the fourteenth princess will definitely mind," Bai Zhi said from the side.
“Bai Zhi is so clever. That’s exactly what I was thinking. Let’s change our clothes and go to the Fourteenth Prince’s residence to see his wife,” said Madam Nian.
After Lady Nian, dressed in her finest attire, left the Fourth Prince's residence, she boarded a carriage and headed towards the Fourteenth Prince's residence.
When Wanyan heard the maid's report that Consort Nian from the Yong Prince's residence had come to visit, she was slightly taken aback.
"Has the Fourteenth Prince been found?" Wanyan asked.
"Reporting to Your Highness, the servants have not yet returned," the maid said.
"I understand. Let Consort Nian come in!" Wanyan said.
When Lady Nian first entered the main courtyard of the Fourteenth Prince's wife, she couldn't help but marvel at how incredibly wealthy this princess of the Wanyan clan was. It is said that when she married the Fourteenth Prince, her dowry stretched for miles, and almost half of the Later Jin dynasty was brought to her.
Lady Nian had seen many lavishly built palaces, but when she entered Wanyan's backyard, she realized that those she had seen before were simply not worth seeing, and none of them could compare to Wanyan's backyard.
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