A few days later, Xie sent a letter to the palace to report in detail what had happened at Xu Muer's house outside the palace. Xu Lejin quickly read the letter and frowned in deep thought.
Subconsciously, Xu Lejin felt that Xie's approach was correct.
Xu Lu has been constantly causing trouble, and her illegitimate brothers are also jumping around. If Xie doesn't take drastic measures, how can she suppress Xu Lu?
Xu Lu suffered a stroke, but as long as he didn't die, everything is okay.
My fifth brother just got married last year, and he and his wife don't have any children yet. If Xu Lu passes away, he will have to observe a three-year mourning period, during which he cannot have children. This will have a significant impact on my fifth brother.
In addition, there are some other factors...
In spring
When Yin Chu came to pay his respects to Xu Lejin, Xu Lejin suddenly noticed a purse hanging from Yin Chu's waist with crooked stitches and two mandarin ducks that looked neither like mandarin ducks nor ducks.
After a moment of surprise, Xu Lejin spoke in a deep voice, "Yinchu, tell your mother, who made this purse around your waist?"
"Mother!"
Yin Chu quickly hid the purse, lowered his head, and secretly glanced at Xu Lejin out of the corner of his eye.
Xu Lejin remained silent, staring at Yin Chu.
After a while, Yin Chu finally mustered up the courage to speak, "Mother, this is... this was made for me by the girl I like. Although... although it's a bit ugly, I like it very much."
"She also said that she would practice needlework diligently in the future and make more and more purses for her son."
Upon hearing this, Xu Lejin was utterly bewildered.
Her gaze swept over the nanny and eunuch beside Yin Chu, and she said coldly, "Has the Fourth Prince sneaked out of the palace again? How do you serve him? Such a big thing, and you didn't even tell me!"
"If something happens to the Fourth Prince, can you bear the responsibility?"
The nanny and the eunuch knelt down with a thud, prostrating themselves on the ground, not daring to utter a sound. They thought to themselves, "Your Majesty, it's not that we didn't want to tell you or stop the Fourth Prince, but the Fourth Prince said that if we dared to tell you, he would drive us out of the palace."
The Fourth Prince has secret guards around him, and these guards are highly skilled in martial arts.
Yin Chu glanced quickly at Xu Lejin and whispered, "Mother, Father Emperor has given me several secret guards. I always take four with me when I leave the palace. Besides..."
"Besides, my son always leaves the palace secretly, staying only in the inner city. Each time, he stays outside the palace for only one hour."
Xu Lejin almost exploded.
However, upon keenly noticing the words "inner city," he immediately understood that the young woman his son had chosen was the daughter of a family in the inner city!
The inner city was a gathering place for high-ranking officials and nobles.
This shows that their son has good taste; at least the daughter of a high-ranking official or nobleman is a suitable match. Otherwise, their son's future marriage would likely have been fraught with difficulties...
With a long sigh of relief, Xu Lejin said in a deep voice, "This is the last time. Next time you leave the palace, you must bring several secret guards with you. It would be best if you had one of the palace eunuchs impersonate you in the palace."
"Besides, you're not a child anymore. Boys and girls shouldn't sit together after the age of seven. If you just hang up a purse that a girl embroidered for you, it will affect the morals of young women."
Lowering her voice, Xu Lejin looked at Yin Chu with a sly glint in her eyes.
"Yinchu, my good son, can you tell me which family the girl you like is from? Your father and I will help you find her."
Yin Chu shook his head warily, "No, we can't tell Mother."
His eyes darted around, and Yin Chu thought to himself, "If I tell my mother, it's the same as telling my father. Knowing my father's temperament, he'll immediately summon the young girl's father to the palace and issue an imperial edict."
He had gone to great lengths, begging and pleading, to get the little girl to embroider a purse for him. He couldn't let his father and mother ruin his relationship with the little girl.
And there's more!
What if Father Emperor disagrees? Wouldn't the little girl be heartbroken?
Or the Emperor might directly break them up and take the girl away. I would be devastated. No, no, I absolutely cannot let the Emperor and Mother know.
Anyway, the girl is a Manchu woman, and she will be selected for a talent show when she grows up. She can take care of herself before the talent show.
Also, I need to carefully probe my personal bodyguards and make sure they keep quiet.
The little girl's eyes darted around in front of Xu Lejin, her mind racing with a thousand thoughts.
Xu Lejin saw this and almost burst out laughing.
Taking advantage of an opportunity, Xu Lejin mentioned to Kangxi that Yinzhu had found himself a young wife.
Emperor Kangxi was stunned for a long time before he reacted and looked at Xu Lejin, asking, "Is what the Imperial Noble Consort said true? Which family's daughter is she, and is she a good match for Yin Chu?"
"Why doesn't the Imperial Noble Consort host a banquet and summon the young lady to the palace so she can have a good look at her?"
Xu Lejin paused for a moment.
"Your Majesty, if I knew, everyone would be overjoyed. Yin Chu is very tight-lipped; the only ones who know are his personal guards, but after Yin Chu's threats and warnings, they're all keeping their mouths shut."
"Your Majesty, I am powerless!"
Upon hearing this, Kangxi laughed heartily and said, "As expected of my son, so young yet so capable. Imperial Noble Consort, rest assured, I trust Yinchu's judgment. Any girl Yinchu chooses will surely be exceptional."
"If, if the girl that Yinchu takes a liking to doesn't come from a good family, then I will find a way to help Yinchu. We absolutely cannot let our Yinchu suffer."
Xu Lejin gave Kangxi a coquettish glance and said softly, "Your Majesty may not know, but the little girl that Yinchu likes is the daughter of a certain official in the inner city."
Emperor Kangxi frowned.
"The inner city?"
A few days later, on the emperor's desk in the Qianqing Palace, there were documents from various families in the inner city.
Kangxi quickly flipped through the pages and said in a deep voice, "A family in the inner city? Do they have a daughter who is about the same age as Yin Chu?"
"The Fucha family, the Niohuru family, the Hesheli family, the Tong family, and also the Qi family, the Wanyan family, the Nalan family, the Xitala family, the Tatala family, the Suochuoluo family, the Guoluoluo family, the Hadanara family, the Ulanara family, they all exist."
"Which family's daughter has this kid, Yin Chu, taken a fancy to?"
Kangxi was immediately at a loss, while Liang Jiugong, who was bowing and serving him, frowned slightly.
It turns out that the Emperor suddenly ordered the secret guards to investigate the situation of each household in the inner city because of the Fourth Prince, who had taken a fancy to the daughter of a certain minister.
The Emperor now wants to find this girl.
However, there are so many families in the inner city, some of which have several branches and several daughters and granddaughters who are about the same age as the Fourth Prince.
Your Majesty, isn't this like looking for a needle in a haystack?
Sudden,
After a moment's consideration, Liang Jiugong said softly, "Your Majesty, the eunuch from the Imperial Household Department who went out to purchase goods said that the eldest princess of the Grand Minister Fei Yanggu's family is exceptionally beautiful and proficient in poetry, singing, dancing, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Among them..."
"The most important point is that the eldest princess of Lord Feiyanggu's family can dance the Dance of the Flying Swan."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Kangxi frowned.
"Feiyanggu's daughter? From the Ulanara clan? A relative of Consort Hui."
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