Chapter 106: The vicious woman Yinzhen finally only got it from Concubine De...
In the end, Yinzhen only got a "I understand" from Concubine De.
After he came back, he told his wife everything he had said, and then waited for her attitude with a guilty conscience.
"You said you drugged me?" Qi Buchen's eyes almost popped out. "Can I believe this?!"
What kind of clichéd, drug-fueled, domestic-involved drama is this? And the male lead actually does it himself? Yinzhen, have you been possessed by the Fourth Prince from a TV drama?
Hmm? Yinzhen was slightly surprised. Why was Fu Jin paying attention to this first? Shouldn't she be paying attention to the Tong family's affairs? But since Fu Jin didn't pay attention, he certainly wouldn't remind her: "She must have believed it."
Then he watched the scene of Fu Jin muttering in a trance.
"You really believe it?"
"Can you believe this?"
"You believe something so fake?"
Yinzhen was speechless after hearing this. He pulled the person into his arms and covered the little mouth that was mumbling for a moment before letting go: "Does it feel real?"
"I got it," Qi Buchen begged reflexively. After realizing what was happening, he added unwillingly, "I still find it a little unbelievable."
Yinzhen couldn't help but be curious: "Don't you care about Tong Jia's affairs?" He was worried about this matter for a long time and tried every means to prevent his wife from finding out that he had met with people from the Tong family several times.
"Oh, then you refused." Qi Buchen looked very calm, mainly because she knew that there was no girl from the Tong family in Yinzhen's harem in history. If it was a girl with the surname Nian at this time, her reaction would definitely not be so calm.
That’s it?
Although Yinzhen still couldn't understand why Fu Jin reacted so calmly, he decided not to worry about it. It was good enough to just let the matter pass. At least he didn't have to worry about it anymore.
Qi Buchen still didn't understand something: "But what does this have to do with Alinga's wife? Have you found out?"
Yinzhen replied: "We are still investigating."
Kangxi soon learned of the conversation between Yinzhen and Consort De. He looked at the repeated mention of the word Tongjia and snorted, "Old Four."
After uttering this ambiguous remark, he turned his attention away, preoccupied with his upcoming tour. Yes, he was going on another tour, but this time it was different: it was to Ningxia. Although Galdan had been executed the previous year, some of his followers had expressed their willingness to surrender, while others were still causing rebellion. Kangxi's intention on this trip was to resolve these subsequent issues in one fell swoop and finally stabilize the northwest.
This time, Kangxi only brought Yinzhen, who was still the crown prince and regent.
Yinzhen thought about it and went to see the prince after Kangxi left. It is unknown what the two talked about, but not long after, when a new batch of grain and grass was escorted, Yinzhen was transferred to the Ministry of Works and took over this job.
In this way, they temporarily escaped from the quagmire of the Imperial Household Department.
As for whether or not he would go back and when he would go back, it all depended on Kangxi's attitude.
While he was busy with official duties, people from the Uya family came to his door. It happened that the investigation had not made any progress, so Yinzhen accepted the invitation and planned to see what they were planning.
Yinzhen had even less affection for his mother's family than for the Tong family, so after just sitting down and exchanging a few pleasantries, he said directly: "I won't drink any more wine, I have official business later." What he meant was that if you have something to say, just say it quickly, I don't have time to delay.
The one who came today was Defei's brother Boqi. Normally, Yinzhen should call him uncle, but due to Yinzhen's status as a prince, this actual uncle could only call himself a servant in front of him, and this man was not much older than Yinzhen.
Bo Qi could see that he was being forced into this situation, so after a moment's hesitation, he said rather awkwardly, "Oh, then official business is more important. Yes, it's like this. Father said that the Empress in the palace sent word a few days ago that she wants to choose a servant for you from the clan. Now that the person has been chosen, Father asked me to ask when it would be convenient to send him to your house."
Yinzhen paused, twirling his ring, then returned to normal, speaking calmly, "Your Majesty has mentioned this before, but I have already informed you that no one will enter the mansion until your wife gives birth to a legitimate son. If the clan can wait, then they can, but I cannot guarantee a timeframe."
"This..." Bo Qi was speechless. He had never expected to get such an answer. After a long pause, he could only utter, "Then... did the Queen agree?"
"Yeah." Yinzhen said calmly, "I said it on my fourteenth birthday."
"Oh. Okay... okay..." Bo Qi was confused and didn't know what to say. "Then..."
Before he could utter another word, Yinzhen stood up and said, "My Lord has something else to do. I'll leave first. You don't need to see me off."
Bo Qi stood up in a panic, not knowing whether to see him off or not. In the end, he looked at Yinzhen's back in confusion as he left, and returned home to report in a bewildered manner.
After Yinzhen came out, he looked back with a deep look in his eyes, then quickly put these things behind him and went back to continue handling official business.
Ever since Yinzhen met Concubine De, whenever Qi Buchen went to the palace to pay his respects, Concubine De returned to her previous cold and indifferent attitude, as if nothing had happened. Qi Buchen didn't intend to slap her in the face or anything, and he thought it would be best if everyone lived in peace.
This year's Wanshou Festival was not held because Kangxi was away, but Defei's birthday was still celebrated in a small way. On that day, Qi Buchen and Yinzhen went to the palace together to celebrate the birthday. Yinzhen kowtowed and left, but Qi Buchen stayed in the palace for the whole day.
She no longer stayed in front of Concubine De and made things difficult for herself. Instead, she stayed with her two sisters-in-law, one fourteen years old and the other twelve years old. They could chat together if they cooperated a little, especially after Qi Buchen gave her a lot of clothes and cosmetics.
Twelve Princess: "The beauty cream you gave me last time, Fourth Sister-in-law, is really effective. Look at my hands, aren't they much whiter than before?" She is usually very quiet in front of outsiders, but she became much more lively after getting to know her sister-in-law Qi Buchen.
Before Qi Buchen could say anything, Qi Gege, who was two years older than him, deliberately joked beside him: "How could that be? I can see that there is no change at all."
The twelfth princess pouted and said aggrievedly: "I didn't ask you." Then she looked at Qi Buchen expectantly.
Qi Buchen didn't give her a perfunctory answer. He took her hand and looked at it carefully, then nodded and said, "Well, it's a little whiter, but not too obvious."
"I told you." The twelfth princess immediately became proud and made a face at the seventh princess.
The Seventh Princess was more mature than her, so she just smiled and didn't take it to heart.
Qi Buchen picked up a pig's trotter for his sister-in-law: "Try this, it's delicious and also good for beauty."
The Twelve Princesses, who was about to say "greasy," suddenly brightened up when they heard "Mei Mei" and asked, "Really?"
"Really." Qi Buchen nodded seriously. In fact, she just wanted to trick the little girl into eating more meat. She didn't know what was wrong with these brothers and sisters. From Yinzhen on down, except Yinzhi, everyone else seemed to have a grudge against meat and refused to eat it.
Qi Buchen really couldn't bear to see the two girls look so skinny and small.
She picked up another one for Qi Gege: "You eat too."
The Seventh Princess was not as easily instigated as the Twelfth Princess. She smiled and thanked, "Thank you, Fourth Sister-in-law." Then she picked up a little bit with her chopsticks and wet her lower lip, and that was it.
Qi Buchen saw it and sighed in her heart. After so many times like this, she already understood that the Seventh Princess was giving face to her, the Fourth Sister-in-law, by being willing to kiss her.
The obsession with beauty could not defeat the Twelfth Princess's dislike of greasy food. She reluctantly ate two bites and felt nauseous and couldn't eat anymore.
Qi Buchen knew that those who had not eaten meat for many years would not be able to adapt to it suddenly, so he did not force it. He poured a bowl of vegetarian soup and handed it to him: "Don't worry, this needs to be done slowly. Drink some soup first."
The twelfth princess breathed a sigh of relief. She really didn't want to eat anymore, but luckily her fourth sister-in-law gave her a way out.
Qi Buchen laughed out loud while watching this.
Such a joyous scene is still vivid in our minds, but what is unexpected is that on the second day of Concubine De’s birthday, news came from the palace that the twelfth princess was ill and had abdominal pain.
Qi Buchen initially thought that she had a stomach upset and did not take it seriously. However, in the afternoon, he received the bad news that the twelfth princess was gone.
Qi Buchen thought she was dreaming. She asked several times in disbelief: "Are you sure you are not kidding? You don't have a stomachache? How long has it been?"
But no matter how unwilling to believe it, I had to believe it. Yinzhen had already put aside his official duties and returned: "Let's go into the palace."
Qi Buchen was confused all the way. When she arrived at the West Fifth Institute and saw the figure of the Twelfth Princess lying there quietly, she still didn't feel it was real.
How could it be possible? The person who was sitting next to her and chatting and laughing yesterday, and even asked her if she had white hair, was gone in less than a day?
She stood there in a daze, so she didn't notice Concubine De walking towards her with a fierce look in her eyes.
“Bang!”
Qi Buchen tilted her head and covered her face. The burning pain brought her back to her senses. She looked at Concubine De blankly, not understanding why.
Why hit me?
De Fei's eyes were red, like a devil who had just crawled out of hell: "You vicious woman! What did you let her eat yesterday?"
At this time, the people around them reacted. Qi Gege rushed over first to block Qi Buchen: "Mother, this has nothing to do with Fourth Sister-in-law!"
"If it's not her, then who else could it be!" De Fei continued to stare at Qi Buchen fiercely, "She was the one who kept serving food to Little Twelve yesterday!"
"Mother, the imperial physician said it's not a problem with my diet. I ate those dishes, so I'm fine." The Seventh Princess cried.
"Get out of the way!" Defei shouted angrily, "Do you still remember whose daughter you are?"
The Seventh Princess shook her head and cried.
Yinzhen, who was not in a position to enter his sister's boudoir, rushed in upon hearing the commotion and saw Fu Jin covering her face.
This is being beaten.
His pupils shrank fiercely, and his voice was slightly cold: "What's going on?"
"What's going on?" De Fei glared at him fiercely. "Your wife killed my daughter Twelve! How could I have ended up with a wicked child like you? You killed my daughter Six, and your wife killed Twelve! How could I have wronged you to allow you to harm me like this?"
Yinzhen's forehead veins throbbed, and he said with difficulty, "Mother, please be careful with your words. How could Ulanara kill my sister? There must be some misunderstanding."
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