"Really! We found them all!" Qian Shengyan stood up happily. Right now, all she wanted to eat was roasted sweet potatoes and boiled corn!
Especially as winter approaches and snow falls outside, they eat warm roasted sweet potatoes inside the house—wow, happiness!
Yinzhen nodded and smiled: "Yes, they have all been found and sent to the Yuanmingyuan. The glass has also been sent to the capital. I have ordered people to replace the windows of Wanfang Anhe and Xifeng Xiuse."
"Great!" Qian Shengyan was overjoyed. She wrapped her arms around Yinzhen's neck and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
After delivering the good news, Yinzhen then dropped two pieces of bad news.
First, the yield of taro was excellent, and the way it was prepared was also good. Emperor Kangxi was so pleased that he bestowed two beauties upon him.
Qian Shengyan: ...
Did Emperor Kangxi even remember who planted the taro? And who cooked him a feast? This is the epitome of repaying kindness with enmity.
Secondly, Nian Gengyao was promoted again and now holds military power over the entire Sichuan region. Yinzhen wanted to win him over, so Nian... became a favorite.
Of course, that's not what was said in the original text, but Yinzhen hinted at this meaning through a series of implications.
Although Qian Shengyan was somewhat unwilling—mainly because Nian Shi was too troublesome, and as long as she had a chance to gain favor, she would flaunt her power over Qian Shengyan—she didn't care that much.
Yinzhen seemed somewhat guilty (?) and assured Qian Shengyan that no matter what, Lady Nian would not have any children.
Qian Shengyan really wanted to remind him that Doctor Su had already cured Nian Shi, but then she thought, forget it, a man's words are just like farts.
Why bother arguing with a Qing Dynasty prince? Besides, what she wanted was never a lifelong, monogamous relationship.
Qian Shengyan's life goal was to raise Hongli well, ascend to the throne of Empress Dowager, and then live to the age of eighty to become the longest-lived Empress Dowager in history.
Men, ah, just passersby!
Qian Shengyan was easygoing, so she acted nonchalantly, which made Yinzhen feel uncomfortable again.
He stared at Qian Shengyan's hand as she picked up the storybook for a moment, then suddenly said, "I'll be staying at Leshan Academy tonight."
"Hmm?" Qian Shengyan raised an eyebrow, her gaze not leaving the book. "Hmm, okay, Master, take care of yourself."
Yinzhen: ...
"The two new beauties have already moved into the Green Mountain Palace. Your Majesty should remember to go and see them," Qian Shengyan continued. After all, they were given to her by Emperor Kangxi, and it wouldn't look good to leave them there.
Yinzhen: ...
Not hearing a response from Yinzhen, Qian Shengyan finally looked up at him: "Your Highness?" She thought for a moment, "How about we move Gengshi and Guoshi out? So it won't be inconvenient for Your Highness?"
Yinzhen gritted his teeth.
"That would also make Consort Nian look good," Qian Shengyan continued. "Or perhaps we could move to Dongshan Academy? Or Huyun Manor?"
The Lion Park is a bit small; you can only walk around in a few places.
Yinzhen sneered: "Why not move the Pianyun Shujuan Palace instead?"
“That works too, then I won’t be bored.” Qian Shengyan said with a smile, “It’s perfect that Fifth Prince can come and play with Hongli and Foerguochun.”
Yinzhen clenched his teeth even tighter.
What's going on? Why is she being so generous? This shouldn't be happening!
He got up, paced around the room a few times, and then asked again, unwilling to believe it, "Is Grandpa really gone?"
"Okay, sure." Qian Shengyan was reading a storybook and got to an important part, so she waved her little hand without looking up.
A moment later, after watching a scene, Qian Shengyan looked up and breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that—Yinzhen was still there?
And he was kicking her without stopping for a second?
That look made Qian Shengyan involuntarily shrink back, and she asked timidly, "Master?"
"You heartless little thing!" Yinzhen gritted his teeth, walked over, grabbed her chin, and kissed her hard. "Wait for me."
Qian Shengyan: ?
You're already off to Leshan Academy to patronize someone else, and you're making me wait for you? What am I supposed to wait for?
No way.
Watching Yinzhen leave, Qian Shengyan rolled her eyes without any restraint and continued reading the storybook in her hand.
Qingxue lifted the curtain and came in, seemingly worried about something. She circled around Qian Shengyan, wiping the table, pouring tea and water, and occasionally glancing at her furtively. Qian Shengyan couldn't help but put down her book and look at her: "What's wrong?"
"Master..." Qingxue stopped speaking, her face slightly embarrassed, "Master, please don't be angry..."
Qian Shengyan looked at her with a face full of question marks: "Huh?"
"His Highness... went to Leshan Academy," Qingxue said softly. "It was a maidservant from Consort Nian's side who invited him, and His Highness had no choice."
Qian Shengyan said "Oh," thinking that he would go even if no one invited him. He needed someone else's brother, so he naturally had to coax him.
"Master... Master, would you like something to eat? Perhaps some snacks? Or some white fungus?" Qingxue was trying her best to make her happy. Qian Shengyan couldn't bear to read her storybook anymore, so she said, "Then go and get some."
I'll shoo people away first, then take advantage of the quiet to read a bit more. I never realized Qingxue was so talkative before.
Who knew that Qingxue would return so quickly, and then start chattering away again. Qian Shengyan was really annoyed. The main problem was that the scholar in her book was going to go back to find the young lady after passing the imperial examination. She was eager to know whether it was a happy ending or a bad ending. So she put on a stern face and said to Qingxue, "Go out and serve her. I want to be alone."
After saying this, Qian Shengyan saw a complex emotion flash in Qingxue's eyes. Her gaze towards Qian Shengyan was filled with undisguised sympathy and pity, yet she hesitated to speak.
Qian Shengyan: ? ? ?
She sat up abruptly: "What happened?"
Qingxue shook her head sadly: "No, it's nothing."
"Then how could you... be Hongli? Or Foerguochun?" Qian Shengyan sat up abruptly, about to put on her shoes and run outside. "What happened to them? Don't hide it from me! Tell me!"
The last few words were tinged with a stern tone, but Qingxue was somewhat amused and exasperated: "No, the young masters are all well, it's just... the prince stayed somewhere else, the master must be... very sad..."
Qian Shengyan: ?
She slowly sat back down, kicked off her shoes, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It seems alright?"
Qingxue: ? ? ?
“He is a prince, he always is.” Qian Shengyan said, already lying back down, not forgetting to check one more time, “Are Hongli and Foerguochun alright?”
Qingxue shook her head blankly.
Qian Shengyan was relieved and picked up the storybook again, saying, "He was just sleeping with his concubine, which is perfectly reasonable and legal—but then again, even if he wanted to sleep with someone else, which is unreasonable and illegal, there's nothing I can do about it, is there?"
Qingxue: ...
Qingxue's eyelids twitched. How could her master say such strange things so normally?
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