Qian Shengyan couldn't believe that Ulanara would do such a thing, but for some reason she felt... it seemed like something she could do.
The marriage of the Third Princess had been frequently mentioned by Yinzhen before. Qian Shengyan also knew that the Third Princess had turned sixteen this year, and if she was not engaged soon, she was afraid that Kangxi would arrange a marriage for her.
At this time, if a princess of the royal family was betrothed, there would only be one outcome—
"Crash!" The sound of shattering porcelain came from the half-open courtyard gate. Qingxue and the others subconsciously took a step back, but they still heard Ulanara's scream from inside: "Other people's princesses can go to Fumeng, why can't she!"
Yes, Fumeng.
She would marry into a Mongolian ethnic group to achieve the goal of intermarriage between Manchus and Mongols, and then travel thousands of miles away, never to return.
I will never see my family, my parents again.
Even if she dies, she can only be buried in Mongolia, just like the thirteenth prince's younger sister that Qian Shengyan heard about not long after she transmigrated.
Qian Shengyan closed her eyes. She just couldn't understand it. If Ulanara and Li were at odds, they should go after Li. Why take it out on a child, especially on such a life-altering matter as a woman's marriage?
In this era, very few princesses who married into Mongolia lived to the age of thirty!
As Qian Shengyan hesitated about whether to go in, she heard Ulanara scream again. Startled, she glanced back at Qingxue, gritted her teeth, and entered the courtyard of Yue Di Yun Ju alone.
Qingxue closed the courtyard gate tightly behind her, and stood at the door with the eunuch who was originally guarding the gate, so that no one else passing by would hear anything they shouldn't.
"Your Highness, Madam." Qian Shengyan forced herself to walk over, and immediately noticed the mess on the ground—broken teacups, scattered fruit, and traces of blood.
Hmm? Blood?
Qian Shengyan quickened her pace and, sure enough, saw some bloodstains on Yinzhen's sleeve. She was startled and stepped forward to pry open the man's hand to take a look, but Yinzhen, like an enraged bull, casually pushed her away and kicked the small table in front of him far away.
"Ah!" Qian Shengyan was completely unprepared for Yinzhen to push her away. Caught off guard, she fell to the side, instinctively bracing herself with one hand, only to feel a sharp pain in her palm. "Ouch..."
"Qian!" Ulanara was also startled and quickly walked over to look at Qian Shengyan, but she didn't offer to help her up. She just frowned and looked at her, saying, "You... be careful."
Qian Shengyan responded, adjusted her posture, and carefully sat on the ground where there were no broken pieces of porcelain. Then she raised the hand that had just supported her and looked at it.
...on that day, I cut an incision in her.
Yinzhen, you bastard, you're something else.
She didn't look up or say anything. She just gently shook her injured hand, then sat down properly and didn't join the two of them.
She shouldn't have come. What's it to her? Waaaaah...
Interrupted by Qian Shengyan, the tense atmosphere between the two was broken, and Yinzhen and Ulanara remained silent for a while, calming themselves down.
A moment later, it was Ulanara who spoke first.
She gave a sad smile, offering no explanation, and simply said, "Your Majesty, I went to Your Majesty's place today because Your Majesty saw other princesses and asked about the children of the Prince's residence. I counted them, and then Your Majesty discovered that the Third Princess was of age and asked if she could be matched with a suitable family..."
"Didn't I already send you to find a match?" Yinzhen asked in a deep voice.
Ulanara nodded: "Your Majesty, I told you the truth. Your Majesty said that this is the Prince's eldest child and should be carefully considered. But I don't know why, by the afternoon, it had become the Third Princess who was to tutor Meng... Heaven and earth bear witness, what benefit would it bring me if the Third Princess tutored Meng?!"
Yinzhen's brows were furrowed so deeply they could trap a fly, his lips were pressed tightly together, and he didn't speak, but he moved his feet slightly closer to Qian Shengyan's side.
Ulanara's gaze shifted to Qian Shengyan, and she sighed, "Consort, please get up quickly. Is your hand... alright?"
Upon hearing this, Yinzhen also looked over. When he saw the bloody scratch on Qian Shengyan's hand, he was stunned. His aura became even lower, and he even started scolding Qian Shengyan in front of Ulanara: "Are you stupid? Didn't you see that I'm angry? Why did you bump into me? Couldn't you have dodged when I pushed you?"
Qian Shengyan: ...
Okay, you bastard, you're really going to drive me crazy today!
She kept her head down, refusing to let anyone see the expression on her face or the anger in her eyes, and only said aggrievedly, "I just saw blood on your sleeve, and I was worried that you were hurt..."
"...You..." Yinzhen didn't know what to say. After a moment, he changed the subject and said curtly to Ulanara, "Today, I entered the palace and Father Emperor and I have betrothed Nalan Xingde. I have seen that child often, and he is a good match for me. The imperial decree should be issued soon. You should prepare for it for the Third Princess."
“…Yes.” Ulanara replied reluctantly. After a moment, she seemed unable to hold back any longer and suddenly looked up and stared directly into Yinzhen’s eyes. “To be honest, Your Highness, today I do want to finalize the matter of the Third Princess’s pacification of Mongolia.”
"You!" Yinzhen was stunned. He didn't expect that Ulanara would deny it just now, but now she said it like this.
"Li and Geng conspired to make clothes for Hongzhou using cotton wadding meant for wiping smallpox patients. I thought it was Geng's maternal love, so I didn't refuse and even let Hongzhou wear them. Who knew..." Ulanara's tears streamed down her face. "I feel sorry for Hongzhou, but I'm also unwilling to accept this. Does someone who uses a prince like this deserve to be a mother? Does she deserve to raise a prince?"
"What did you say?" Yinzhen was shocked and asked again in disbelief, "What cotton wadding, what clothes?"
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