Chapter 148: Qi Buchen threw the letter to the ground in a fit of rage.
Qi Buchen threw the letter on the ground in anger, turned over and cursed Yinzhen and Kangxi in his heart.
Baozhu and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. Shouldn't the princess be happy to see the prince's letter? Why was she angry instead?
Lan Hui stepped forward and carefully picked up the letter, not wanting to glance at the contents. She hesitantly called out, "Princess..."
"Everyone, get out!" Qi Buchen shouted impatiently.
The maids looked at each other and retreated helplessly.
"Why is the princess so angry?"
"Who knows? Oh, forget it. Let's wait until the prince comes back."
Although Yinzhen was eager to return home, because he was bringing Honghui with him, he could only sit in a slow carriage, swaying with the large army as he looked towards the direction of the capital.
After finally entering the city, Kangxi's imperial carriage went into the palace on its own, while the others dispersed and returned home.
Stepping into the gate of the Prince's Mansion, Yinzhen had never been so anxious. He left Honghui behind and ran towards the place where the person he was thinking of was, shaking off the servants who were kneeling and greeting him along the way.
After the previous two times, no one stopped him from entering the delivery room this time, and some even couldn't wait to lift the curtain to let him in.
"I'm back!"
Yinzhen walked into the room where his wife was with great joy, but what he saw was his wife's back lying on her side.
He paused slightly and asked the servant in the room softly, "Is the princess asleep?"
Lan Hui shook her head slightly, then retreated with the others, leaving the space for the long-parted couple.
Yinzhen stood there for a while before walking towards the person he was thinking about. He didn't deliberately move lightly, and the sound of his footsteps was very obvious in the silent room.
But the person on the bed seemed to be sleeping soundly, without any movement at all.
He sat down on the edge of the bed and repeated what he had just said when he entered: "I'm back."
Qi Buchen didn't even move a hair.
Yinzhen sighed softly and reached out to pull the person over: "Chenchen, I'm back."
“Bang!”
Her hands were opened, and Qi Buchen turned over and sat up: "What are you doing back here? To collect the bodies of us mother and son?" The words were harsh, but there were tears in her eyes and her voice was choked.
Yinzhen's heart felt like it was poured with sulfuric acid. He hunched over in pain, stretched out his hands to hold Qi Buchen in his arms, and his voice trembled as he spoke: "Don't do this, Chenchen, don't say that. I was wrong, it's my fault, I shouldn't have left at this time. You can hit me, scold me, whatever you want, but don't say that, I can't stand it, I really can't stand it..."
Qi Buchen wanted to push him away, but she couldn't. She couldn't help crying and hit Yinzhen's back again and again: "You bully me, you bully me as soon as you come back! Do you know that Xiao Si almost died, he had a high fever, and couldn't even cry! Do you know how scared I was at that time? You don't know! You don't know anything! You have no conscience, no conscience... Woo woo..."
Even though he already knew, hearing Fu Jin say it again, Yinzhen was still heartbroken. A huge panic enveloped him: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's my fault, I'm wrong, I have no conscience, you can hit me and scold me, I deserve it."
"Wuwuwu." Qi Buchen no longer had the energy to hit him or scold him. He just hugged him and cried breathlessly, "I'm so scared of Yinzhen. I'm so scared, so scared. What if Xiao Si is really gone? I don't know what to do. I would rather die in his place."
Yinzhen let go of her, frantically trying to cover her mouth, begging, "Don't, don't say such things, okay? Everything will be fine, you and the child will be fine, nothing will happen, our family will definitely be together."
Qi Buchen hugged him and couldn't stop crying. Yinzhen tried to wipe her tears but couldn't wipe them all away. So he just gave up and hugged her again, crying silently with her.
"Wow! Mother! Mother! Wow wow!" A crying sound came from far away and Honghui was carried in by Baozhu.
Baozhu pretended not to notice the red eyes of her masters and handed Honghui over. "My brother insisted on looking for you."
Only then did Yinzhen remember that he had abandoned his son as soon as he entered the house, and he touched his nose guiltily.
Qi Buchen cried so hard that her head swelled. She didn't think about this for a while. She took her son and hugged him and continued crying: "Honghui, my dear, why are you thinner and darker? I miss you so much."
"I miss mom too!" Honghui cried even louder.
Looking at the mother and son crying and hugging each other, Yinzhen at least stopped crying. If he continued to immerse himself in pain, who could this small and weak family rely on?
"Okay." He took them both into his arms, patting them gently to comfort them. "Don't cry, Honghui. Go comfort your mother. Your mother is still sick. You can't keep crying. It will make her feel uncomfortable."
"Chenchen, be good and stop crying, okay? You can't cry during confinement. What if you get sick?"
"Don't cry, mother," Honghui said.
With the coaxing of her husband and son, Qi Buchen finally stopped crying, but she had cried too hard before and her body was still twitching, and she couldn't calm down.
Yinzhen fed her water, helped her lie down, wiped her face, and patted her for a long time as if he was coaxing a child to sleep, before he finally calmed her down.
"You lie down for a while, I'll go see the child, okay?" Yinzhen said gently.
Qi Buchen nodded gloomily, "Take Honghui with you. Honghui, mother is still recovering from her illness. Honghui is still young and might be infected by her. So he can't come in to see her casually anymore. Wait until mother recovers from her illness, then go out to see Honghui, okay?"
Honghui's nose was still red as he nodded pitifully: "Okay, mother, please get better soon."
Yinzhen carried Honghui out, first took a look at the triplets, and then went to find the two judges to find out what happened.
"The three princes are no longer in serious danger, but they are born with imperfections, so they will get sick more often than other children," Judge Zheng said cautiously. "Your Highness should know that even a child of ten can be vulnerable to illness... So, we can only say that they need to be cared for more carefully."
Yinzhen felt heavy-hearted after hearing this, but the other party had done their best. He could only bow and thank him: "I may have to trouble Judge Zheng for more of his care in the future."
"It's okay, but now that the emperor has returned to the capital, I'm afraid I have to resume my duties at the Imperial Hospital." Court Judge Zheng seemed to be saying goodbye.
Yinzhen nodded and said, "I'm sorry to bother you with Judge Zheng these days. I'll send you to Judge Fu."
"Your Highness is very kind."
After Judge Zheng and Doctor Fu left, Yinzhen spent a large sum of money to invite the best gynecologist and pediatrician in the capital back to his mansion to take charge.
Perhaps it was because he had a backbone, Qi Buchen's health, which had not improved for a long time, began to get better. After staying in the delivery room for another month, he finally got the approval of Doctor Fu and was allowed to leave the confinement room.
As she came out of confinement, the triplets were also one hundred days old. Although they looked much healthier than when they were just born, Qi Buchen and Yinzhen discussed and decided not to hold a hundred-day banquet to avoid any accidents.
When Yinzhen just came back, she vented her anger on him and he didn't have time to explain to her why he couldn't come back after receiving the letter. Later, he was busy taking care of the children. When he remembered, the matter had already been settled.
Soetu was sentenced to death, and his two sons did not escape either, and accompanied their father on the road.
"So, Suo'etu's eldest son sold him out for thirty thousand taels of silver?" Qi Buchen was incredulous, as if he were listening to mythology. "How did Suo'etu teach his son?"
Yinzhen touched the flesh on her waist that had not yet shrunk: "Soetu's mind is all used to fight for power and profit. How can he have time to teach his son? In his early years, he and Mingzhu competed with each other, which was not much different from now."
These two old rivals are gone, and even without the crown prince and the eldest prince, they will not let each other go.
Qi Buchen was silent for a while before he finally digested the story behind Suo Etu's death: "Suo Etu is gone, then...what about the prince?"
The last three words were so soft that they were barely audible.
Yinzhen held her in his arms and slowly exhaled, "...I don't know."
"Then...what are your plans?" Qi Buchen asked hesitantly.
Yinzhen rested his hand against her forehead and rubbed her nose: "I'll stay home with you and raise the child."
He wanted to keep a low profile, but Kangxi would not allow him to do so.
In the 43rd year, just as the government was opening, the Minister of Works, Samuha, was impeached for embezzling public funds for dredging rivers inside and outside the capital. Kangxi specifically asked Yinzhen to be in charge of the investigation.
Normally, this kind of thing was the job of the Dali Temple, but Kangxi had spoken, so what could you do? Yinzhen could only go to the Dali Temple and ask for someone to handle the case.
The investigation went smoothly because Samuha had a criminal record. Yinzhen had heard a lot of rumors about him when he was working in the Ministry of Works over the years and knew very well who his political enemies were. In addition, the impeachment person was also very powerful, so enough evidence was collected in a short time.
During Yinzhen's investigation, many people came to plead for Samuha. It would have been fine if it were just other people, but what he didn't expect was that Yinzhen also came to him for Samuha.
"Do you know that Samuha was greedy for the money from the river works in the capital? Don't you know how much the emperor values the river works?" Yinzhen frowned and looked at Yinzhi, as if he was looking at an ignorant child.
Yinzhen was already feeling humiliated for coming to ask for help from Yinzhen, and now being treated like this by Yinzhen made him even more angry: "I know! Stop acting like a lord. I'm not your son, I don't need you to lecture me! Yes, the Emperor values river engineering, but Samuha wasn't the only one who coveted so much money. Besides, which official wasn't greedy? Samuha was just unlucky and was targeted!"
"Samuha is capable and can get things done. He's a useful person. The Emperor must want to let this go. Otherwise, why would he send you to handle this case? Is it because you're better at solving cases than the Dali Temple Minister? Don't be ridiculous. The Emperor chose you because of my mother. Her last name is Wuya!" Yinzhen looked up with a condescending attitude. "Samuha's last name is also Wuya. Samuha's son is my study partner. Do you understand?"
"If you didn't have this connection, do you think you could have gotten this job?" Yinzhen sneered. "It's so hard to get a job, but you should be smart! You got the title of a prince because of the cowpox incident, but that's just luck. If you didn't have that luck, with the way you deal with people, who knows when you'll ever be able to become a prince!"
Yinzhen's breathing became heavier, and the look in his eyes at Yinzhi was as cold as a sharp blade: "How I do my job does not require the intervention of a bald prince. Su Peisheng, show him out!"
"You!" Yinzhen was furious. "Okay, okay! I gave you some advice but you didn't listen. You insisted on banging your head against the wall, right? Fine, I'll wait for you to bang your head and bleed, and then see how you regret it! Humph!"
I don’t know? What does it mean!
Yinzhen looked at Yinzhi's back and cursed inwardly, wondering how a man who was quite smart when he was young could grow up to be such a conceited, arrogant and disgusting person.
Yinzhen wanted to see Yinzhen regret his actions, but unfortunately he failed to do so. After Yinzhen presented the evidence, Kangxi ordered him to jointly try the case with the Dali Temple Minister. After the trial, Samuha was sentenced to death by hanging according to the rules. When Kangxi knew about it, he did not express any objection and thus decided Samuha's fate.
How could Yinzhen not care? He couldn't believe that Yinzhen didn't care. He had completely seen through his younger brother and cared less about him than the tenth brother.
Of course, Yinzhen had no time to care about Yin'e. He felt that he did not have enough time to take care of his three sons.
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