"Chen, is there anything else you want to say?" Zhao Jia asked, staring at Chen, who always liked to act weak in front of the Thirteenth Prince.
"It's nothing, I'm just worried about Master. I don't know what's wrong with him these days. Sigh!" Chen said, wiping away her tears. Actually, Chen wanted to take advantage of Xie's trouble to ask Zhao Jia to move the eldest princess out of the main courtyard so that she could take care of her. It turned out that the eldest princess, whom Chen gave birth to, was given to Zhao Jia to raise as soon as she was born.
"Alright, stop crying. I don't want to see your tears. Eldest Princess, move out. You better take good care of yourself. If you don't recover by the time the Master returns, I, the Princess Consort, will never forgive you!" Lady Zhaojia scolded.
Madam Chen was so surprised that Lady Zhaojia would actually take the initiative to return her daughter to her care that she could hardly believe it. After confirming that it was true, she quickly bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, Madam. I will take good care of the eldest princess and wait for the master to return."
When the Fourth Prince returned to the manor, Su Peisheng immediately stepped forward to report on Zhao Quan's matter. While speaking, Su Peisheng tried his best to say some good things about Zhao Quan, and the Fourth Prince listened quietly until Su Peisheng finished.
"My lord, it's all my fault for failing to teach him properly. Please have mercy and let me send his body back to his hometown. After all, his parents are my relatives back home." Seeing that the Fourth Master still looked calm and composed, Su Peisheng suddenly felt a little uneasy.
"Zhao Quan, after you've explained everything clearly, give him fifty strokes of the cane and send him back. He's not allowed to return to the capital. Also, you're not allowed to mention this matter to anyone else." Fourth Master seemed to have no energy left to say anything more about the matter. He only instructed Su Peisheng to take care of Zhao Quan's affairs and didn't want to say anything more.
Su Peisheng was surprised that Fourth Master would not kill Zhao Quan and would even send someone to escort him away. He didn't understand what was going on. Anyway, it was much better than he had expected, so he quickly thanked him and left.
Just as he was about to turn and leave, Fourth Master suddenly spoke up again: "How much did Lingxiu and Qiuchan vomit?"
Su Peisheng then remembered Qiu Chan's matter and immediately told Fourth Master about it in detail.
"Her idea is quite good. Let's do as she says and send her to Changping," Fourth Master said. "Write down everything she asked for. Do the same with Zhao Quan. How about Lingxiu?"
“She didn’t say anything. She’s already fainted twice,” Su Peisheng said.
"Send her back! Tell them that I believe what she said!" Fourth Master said coldly.
Su Peisheng was unaware that Wu Ge had gone to see the Fourth Master, and naturally, he had no idea what the Fourth Master was thinking at that moment.
Wu Ge found the Fourth Master at the South Fifth Palace and first expressed the support of the Ulanara family to the Fourth Master! Secondly, she expressed her disappointment with her elder sister, but she could not represent the choice of her family. She just hoped that the Fourth Master could save face for both sides.
The Fourth Prince naturally understood Wu Ge's meaning: as long as he retained his title as a member of the Ulanara clan, the Ulanara family would continue to support him. The Fourth Prince understood that his marriage to the Ulanara clan was a transaction, and it remained a transaction. However, this transaction was still very tempting to him.
After Su Peisheng left, Fourth Master leaned back in his wide-backed chair, pondered for a moment, and then got up and walked out.
"My lady, Song Gege has sent word that Lady Yehe goes for a walk at the Plum Pavilion every evening. It's a secluded and quiet place with shady plum trees, quite suitable," Cui Niang said to Lanqin, who was reading on the warm couch.
"Okay, once we've determined her fixed route, we'll definitely scare her half to death!" Lanqin said playfully, sticking out her tongue.
"Who did you scare half to death?" Fourth Master strode in with his long legs. It seemed to have become the norm for him to come without announcing his arrival. It turned out that Lanqin had even invented a secret code using hand gestures, but after Fourth Master came so often, the maids got too lazy to use them anymore.
"Master~" Lanqin immediately put down the book she was asking for and got up from the warm couch to greet him.
Cui Niang smiled and said, "The mistress was just talking about the master. Is dinner time coming up?" Lan Qin nodded shyly to Cui Niang before pulling the fourth master to sit on the warm couch.
"Tell me, who are you trying to scare to death?" Fourth Master turned Lanqin around and held her tightly in his arms.
"I told you, Master, you mustn't be reluctant to part with it!" Lanqin said deliberately.
"If you provoke me again, I'll eat you right now!" Fourth Master reached out and pinched Lanqin's waist.
Hehehe~~~
Lanqin squirmed from side to side, her biggest fear being tickled!
"I wouldn't dare, please spare me, my lord, I'll tell you everything," Lanqin pleaded.
Fourth Master then pulled her into his arms, tightening his grip, and stared at the little woman: "I also have something to tell you. You go first!"
"I let Cui Da and Cui Er in, intending to play tricks and scare Yehe Shi. I always felt that Taohua's death was very suspicious and must be related to Yehe Shi. So I want to use Taohua's soul to force her to tell the truth!" Lanqin had actually watched too many TV dramas, and this was the trick they used.
"Alright, this woman must not be allowed to live any longer, but there must be evidence to convict her. We will proceed according to your method." The Fourth Master felt an intense hatred for Yehe Shi when he thought about the drug she had used on him.
"Master, what do you want to say to me?" Lanqin asked with her eyes wide open.
Looking at the adorable expression on the young woman's face, the Fourth Prince felt a pang of reluctance to tell her that he still had to retain the status of his wife. Although she was currently confined, only those within the household knew; the outside world remained unaware of Ulanara's true nature. If it weren't for the fact that her marriage was personally arranged by the Emperor, the Fourth Prince would have gladly given his wife a cup of poison. If it weren't for the support of the entire Ulanara family and the Duke of Ying, the Fourth Prince would have gladly divorced her with a letter of divorce!
"The Thirteenth Prince has been exiled by Father Emperor to the Beekeeping Alley, with no end date in sight!" The Fourth Prince finally couldn't bear to say it.
"Sigh~" Lanqin sighed in surprise, naturally recalling how the thirteenth prince was exiled by Emperor Kangxi to the Bee-Raising Alley, and was only released when Kangxi was about to die.
Good heavens! The carefree and unconventional Thirteenth Prince was inexplicably exiled by Old Kang?
"What exactly did the Thirteenth Prince do wrong? Why did Father Emperor take his anger out on him?" Lanqin remembered from historical records that the Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang of the Kangxi Emperor was implicated in a series of events related to a conspiracy with the Crown Prince, which led to Kangxi's dislike of him.
"It's related to the Crown Prince. Father Emperor was almost assassinated on his way back! I don't know what the Crown Prince did, but he greatly displeased Father Emperor, and Thirteenth Prince was implicated." Fourth Prince frowned and said, "How do you know Thirteenth Prince was implicated?"
"Well, Thirteen has always been on good terms with the Emperor, so why was he punished so severely by Father Emperor this time? He must have been implicated in something!" Lanqin said, trying to mislead him.
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