While everyone lowered their guard against Yinzhen, Yinsi secretly became more vigilant. His sixth sense told him that his fourth brother was a formidable opponent, and anyone who underestimated him would eventually regret it.
Locking himself in his study, Yinzhi pondered for a long time, his mind filled with all the events of the past years.
In his childhood, he and his mother depended on Consort Hui and her son. Even after he grew up, although he had the ability and means, he still had to act according to the boss's wishes.
Now that the eldest son has finally fallen from power, he still has to follow Consort Hui's instructions because of his mother.
These details all tell the story of a less-than-ideal childhood. The Eighth Prince, who appears gentle and dignified to outsiders, is never what he seems.
Putting these thoughts aside, Yinzhi thought of his fourth brother again. For some reason, he had always been wary of his fourth brother since childhood, as if the two had fought each other in a past life.
No, I have to suppress him completely, otherwise it will threaten my plans...
After a long while, Yinzhi had only one thought in his mind: he could not let the fourth prince continue to put on a show and hide in the shadows, not knowing when he would deal with him. It was too dangerous, and he had to take action.
The candlelight flickered in the corner, and in the interplay of light and shadow, Yinzhi's expression appeared unusually strange.
March draft
After the incident of deposing and reinstating the crown prince, the atmosphere in the capital was tense for a long time, but now it has relaxed again because of the imperial concubine selection.
At the beginning of this year, the Emperor bestowed titles upon the princes. Leaving aside the others, let's just talk about Yinzhen. This year, because he was granted the title of Prince, his household now has an additional concubine.
It's also the season for selecting consorts, so it's unknown whether Emperor Kangxi will choose a concubine to enter the palace this year.
In other households, the wives and concubines fight fiercely, but in Yinzhen's harem, nothing major has happened over the years, and the wives and concubines get along well.
While others were worried about whether anyone would enter the house, Madam Song was preoccupied with her daughter's marriage.
The eldest princess of the household was born in the thirty-third year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign. She has now turned fifteen and it's time for her to be chosen for a marriage proposal.
Fortunately, things aren't too tense right now, so they don't need to worry about what they do in their household. Besides, the eldest princess is the right age, so it's time to look for a husband. They can decide on a candidate in a year or two, and it would be best if the eldest princess got married when she's seventeen or eighteen.
As the mistress of the household, Yunyi had a say in all her illegitimate children. Earlier, when the eldest princess was approaching marriageable age, Yunyi had mentioned to Yinzhen that the eldest princess should choose a husband.
Don't blame her for speaking too early. That's how it was in the Qing Dynasty. People got married at a very young age. If they didn't get engaged early, all the good men would have already been chosen.
Moreover, Yunyi was a woman, and she mostly interacted with the ladies of other households, so she didn't know much about the men in those households.
At this point, it was up to their father, Yinzhen, to step in. As the Prince of Yong, he had met the young masters of various families. Whoever he took a liking to, choosing this person as the eldest princess's husband would not be a bad choice.
The advantage of Song's good relationship with the Fujin (the wife of the deceased prince) became apparent. If she and the Fujin were not on good terms, she would have no way to refuse if the Fujin chose a bad man. However, she could not just watch her daughter marry into that family. What would she do then?
But now it's different. The wife has been looking for a husband for her son-in-law for a long time and even asked the master of the house to go out and look for suitable candidates. Even when the wife was choosing a son-in-law for herself, she wasn't this serious.
Thinking this way, Song was truly happy and grateful for her decision many years ago. Thank goodness, she hadn't made the wrong choice.
While helping the eldest princess find a husband, Yunyi also didn't forget the second princess, who was being raised by Zhangjia.
The two sisters are only one year apart; the elder sister is fifteen and the younger sister is fourteen. They've both reached the right age, so Yunyi can choose them together and finalize their marriage plans.
After finishing with her two illegitimate daughters, Yunyi will then have to focus on her eldest son Honghui's wedding.
Honghui isn't much younger than his two older sisters. He's twelve this year, and when the next selection takes place, he'll be chosen as the primary wife and officially start his own family as an adult.
Yunyi was filled with emotion. Children really do grow up so fast. Her memory was still of Honghui when he was a baby. In the blink of an eye, he's grown up and getting married.
Yunyi's sighs didn't last long, because she still had things to do; as a Fujin (princess), she was far from idle.
The two-month-long selection process has finally come to an end, with more young women entering the inner palace and others being betrothed to princes.
Although there was still a position for a secondary consort in the household, Kangxi did not appoint anyone to fill the position, but instead selected two princesses of low status to enter the household.
The two new princesses who entered the household this time were from the Sakda clan and the Wang clan.
Wang's father was only a minor official of the fifth rank and came from the Han Banner Army, so he was not a threat. But this Sakda clan member was someone of considerable importance.
Sakda is not one of the eight major surnames of the Manchu people, but it has a long history and is an old surname of the Manchu people. It is also a surname with a large number of people.
This Lady Sakda came from beyond the Great Wall. Like Consort Yi in the palace, her family were soldiers guarding the area beyond the Great Wall, holding the rank of fourth-grade military officers. In Yinzhen's harem, her family was second only to Consort Yunyi, the primary consort.
If this princess, Sakda, were to give birth to a child, she would have a very high chance of becoming a secondary consort.
When Yunyi first saw this newly arrived princess, she disliked her and felt that this Sakda was a bit strange.
This unusual feeling prompted Yunyi to open the favorability query tool. What she saw was truly astonishing: Lady Sakda had a very low favorability rating towards everyone in the mansion, including her husband, Yinzhen.
Even her favorability towards Yinzhen was the lowest, almost falling into negative territory, and it wasn't even as high as her favorability towards Yunyi.
The princess liked the fact that she disliked Yinzhen, and Yunyi had also encountered this; Zhangjia Shi was an example of that.
However, Lady Zhangjia's values were normal. Although she did not like Yinzhen, she still respected him.
But Yunyi had observed this Sakda clan woman carefully. On the surface, she seemed perfectly normal, just like an ordinary princess, and she even tried to curry favor with Yinzhen.
However, the numerical value she displayed in private was completely opposite to her actual behavior. Yunyi became a little curious about what Sakda was thinking. Her behavior was really interesting.
After becoming curious about Sakda, Yunyi paid more attention to her, secretly watching her to see what she was up to and whether she had any ulterior motives.
Perhaps Yun was overthinking it; Sakda remained perfectly normal, doing nothing, just like an ordinary princess.
Yun Yi couldn't help but wonder if she had misread it or if there was something wrong with the props.
But Xiaoqi's firm words dispelled her idea; the items produced by the system store would not have any problems.
These words prompted Yunyi to take out the favorability checker again. She looked at it while thinking, her hands constantly adjusting the device.
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