The Fourth Prince got lost, but was found again.
The news quickly spread throughout the six palaces, reaching the ears of Consort Hui and Consort He.
In Yanxi Palace
Consort Hui, with a cold, aged face, said in a chilling voice, "What good luck! Getting lost and still managing to find your way back to the palace. How come the Fourth Prince wasn't kidnapped by human traffickers?"
"If the Fourth Prince gets lost, the Imperial Noble Consort will surely be heartbroken."
Cunxin glanced quickly towards the outside of Yanxi Palace and whispered, "Your Majesty, please be careful what you say. These are things you cannot say. The Fourth Prince has been found after being lost, which is a joyous occasion in the palace."
"No matter what you think in your heart, Your Majesty, you must appear happy on the surface."
Consort Hui nodded slightly.
"Of course I know, I'm just lamenting that even Heaven seems to favor the Imperial Noble Consort. Her sons and princesses are all deeply loved by the Emperor, while my own son, Yinqi..."
"Although Yinti is older, he has been increasingly neglected by the Emperor in recent years. Yinti has been married to a concubine for more than a year, and there is no good news from the princesses and concubines in his room, while the eldest prince has a son and a daughter."
Cunxin lowered her head, pursed her lips, and remained silent.
Then Consort Hui continued, "Cunxin, I haven't done many sins, so why is Yinqi still childless? I've been waiting to hold my grandson for three years now, and three years have passed."
"Over the years, I have sent several healthy and fertile palace maids to Yinti, so why haven't I heard anything about them?"
Changchun Palace
Consort He listened to the palace maid's report, her pretty face turning ashen.
"How did Father and Third Uncle handle things? When I learned that the Fourth Prince had gotten lost at the palace gate, I risked being discovered by the Emperor to pass on a message to them, instructing them to secretly eliminate the Fourth Prince outside the palace."
But what about now?
With a 'clatter,' Consort He overturned the teacup on the table and said coldly, 'If the Emperor discovers what I have done, what am I to do?'
"Your Majesty, Imperial Noble Consort, they will not forgive me."
The palace maids serving Consort He lowered their heads slightly, trying to minimize their presence.
After venting her anger, Consort He regained her composure. She frowned and pondered for a while. After a cup of tea and a quarter of an hour, Consort He spoke in a cold voice, "Send a message out of the palace to Father and Third Uncle, and make sure to clean up the mess."
"When necessary, sacrifice the pawn to save the king."
The palace maid behind him responded in a low voice and quickly left Changchun Palace.
In the Qianqing Palace
After hearing the report from his secret guards, Kangxi sat on the dragon throne with a gloomy face, his mind racing. Yin Chu had gone missing at the palace gate, and he had immediately blocked the news, but there was still an unknown force in the capital searching for Yin Chu.
Furthermore, according to the reports from the secret guards who had dealt with that unknown force, that force was not looking for Yin Chu, but rather wanted to kill him...
Yin Chu, Yin Chu?
Before Yin Chu, there were only three princes in the palace. Yin Ling was found to have a destiny to become a deity, while Yin Chu was the successor he had been hoping for. He had been personally teaching and taking care of Yin Chu since he was five years old.
If anything were to happen to Yin Chu,
Yinzhi was weak and frail, Yinti's birth mother, Consort Hui, was not discerning, and the younger sons, Yinsi, Yintang, Yin'e, Yinyu, and Yinzhi, were all young, and Yinsi and Yin'e's birth mothers were of humble origins...
If Yin Chu were to get into trouble outside the palace, Kangxi dared not imagine the consequences.
After pondering for a long time, Kangxi said coldly, "From today onwards, Long Shiyi, Long Shier, Long Shisan, and Long Shisi will all be assigned to protect the Fourth Prince."
"yes."
The leader of the hidden guards respectfully responded.
Three months passed quickly after Princess Rongxian's marriage. The eldest and second princes who had accompanied Princess Rongxian to the Balin tribe returned to the palace. Upon their return, the eldest and second princes had different expressions.
The eldest prince was happy. During his trip to the Balin tribe, he met Princess Rongxian's husband, Urgun.
Urgun was in his early twenties, strong and heroic. During his ten days or so in the Balin tribe, Urgun showed great care, respect and affection for Princess Rongxian. The eldest prince saw this and was genuinely happy for his younger sister, Princess Rongxian.
Second Prince
Taking advantage of the opportunity to escort Princess Rongxian to the Balin tribe, the Second Prince secretly went to the Khorchin tribe and caught a glimpse of his future wife from afar. She was a fourteen-year-old woman, but rather plump and unremarkable.
Upon seeing his future second wife, who was plain-looking and unremarkable, the second prince's heart sank.
Therefore, the Second Prince did not wear a smile on his face the entire way back to Beijing from the Balin tribe. After reporting his mission to Emperor Kangxi and meeting with Xu Lejin and Consort Hui, he returned to the Gan Dong Second Palace with a gloomy expression.
"Master, you're back?"
A concubine was taking a walk with her maid when they happened to run into the Second Prince. She quickly greeted him with a smile.
The Second Prince glanced at the concubine and couldn't help but compare her, whose name he didn't even know, to his future wife. Upon comparison, the Second Prince immediately felt that the concubine in front of him was also a beauty.
So the second prince took this concubine to the study.
When the concubines and princesses in the backyard learned of this, they were furious and threw a huge tantrum, smashing some porcelain ornaments. They were filled with hatred for the concubine who had seduced the Second Prince.
However, this concubine surnamed Tian was ultimately only pretty in appearance...
After regaining his senses, the Second Prince, after two days of pleasure, quickly forgot about his concubine, Lady Tian, and threw himself into the arms of young and beautiful women such as Lady Irgen Gioro and Lady Dong'e, indulging in nightly revelry.
Every day, chickens and dogs fly around in the Second Gandong Compound, making constant 'ee-ee-ya-ya' noises.
In the First Prince's courtyard, separated by only a wall, the First Princess Consort was extremely annoyed by this, but she could only endure it, hoping that Emperor Kangxi would grant her favor soon and allow the First Prince and others to leave the palace and establish their own residences.
The three residences in Gan Dong are empty. They used to be where Yinling lived. After Yinling went to cultivate immortality, only a few palace maids and eunuchs remained, cleaning them every day.
Gandong Fourth Institute
One day, half a month later, Yin Chu came to Yikun Palace to pay his respects after school.
Yin Chu smiled and mentioned to Xu Lejin the chaos in the Second Prince's courtyard. The little boy, with his mischievousness, said, "Mother, having too many women is troublesome. Three women make a drama, but there are more than ten women in the Second Prince's backyard. They make a ruckus every day. I wonder if the Second Prince is tired of it."
Xu Lejin: "..."
After a moment of hesitation, Xu Lejin spoke in a low voice, "Yinchu, but your father has so many women in his harem, yet it's all well-organized, isn't it?"
Yin Chu rolled his eyes.
"Mother, are you bluffing me? In the harem, how many women have died over the years? And what about all the open and covert struggles that Mother can't see..."
"Mother, I don't care. If you give me a woman in the future, you have to give me your consent."
Xu Lejin laughed.
Hey, you little rascal, not only did you find yourself a wife, but you won't even let your old lady give you another woman? Fine, you've made that request, so I'll be happy to have some peace and quiet from now on.
However, son, your mother still wants to hold her grandson someday.
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