"Then, can't he go to learn from the teacher during the day and come back at night?" Qian Shengyan thought that was how it was. She had previously thought that since three-year-olds in modern times go to kindergarten, it would be good for Yuan Shou to go to the front yard to learn something from his father when he is three years old.
Yinzhen was taken aback, then chuckled: "Is that what you think?"
No wonder she was so generous in giving up her son.
He shook his head helplessly and asked again, "You originally planned that Yuan Shou would go to study in the front yard after he turned three and come back to stay at night?"
“…Well, you can come back for lunch too,” Qian Shengyan said weakly.
Yinzhen paused for a moment, then burst into laughter. He pointed at Qian Shengyan and said with a smile, "You, you..." Then he stretched out his arms and hugged her tightly, "Alright, alright, I'll raise your son for you."
Even after he said that, the woman in his arms was still unhappy, tugging at his clothes and saying something like, "He's still your son, I don't have that ability myself..."
Yinzhen smiled and hugged her tighter, but then sighed softly.
People who love their children should plan for their long-term future.
The Li family and the Qian family are practically a contrasting pair: one only cares about the present moment, embracing her and spoiling her to the extreme, while the other plans for her independence from an early age.
Even if a prince is not required to take the imperial examination, does that mean he should be illiterate?
If the mother isn't doing her job, then he, as the father, will have to take on the responsibility.
Having made up his mind, Yinzhen felt a sense of relief. He patted Qian Shengyan on the shoulder and decided not to return to the front courtyard, but instead rested in Dongyou Courtyard.
The next day, Hongshi cried and wailed all the way from the garden to the front yard, and a group of servants also lowered their heads as if something bad had happened.
Qian Shengyan stood at the courtyard gate and glanced at it, puzzled. When she got back, she asked Qingxue, "Why does the Third Prince look like... um, so tragic?"
It wasn't like studying; it was like going to your death.
Qingxue didn't understand either. She shook her head, but since she had spent a long time with Li Shi, she could only say tactfully, "The concubine loves the Third Prince very much."
"If you love your child, shouldn't you let go even more?" Qian Shengyan didn't understand, but after thinking about it, she decided to let it go. Even Yinzhen could ask a question like "What if we don't kiss anymore?", so these women must feel the same way.
Given Yinzhen's background, it's likely that he made a great decision to remove Hongshi from the list this time.
This person is just too preoccupied with their emotions!
Qian Shengyan sighed, wanting to do something to help Yinzhen relieve his worries; it wasn't good to keep bottling things up like this...
He was, after all, a living, breathing person, and quite compatible with her. Qian Shengyan didn't want him to die young, especially not in something like this.
From that day on, every night when Yinzhen had a late-night snack, he would have an extra pot of wine.
Yes, it's a pot of wine, but not a very strong one. Sometimes it has a fruity aroma, sometimes it's a sweet wine, and sometimes it's mixed with some flower juice, so the taste is quite strange.
Yinzhen drank it for two days and then refused to drink it anymore. It was Su Peisheng who mustered up his courage and stepped forward to persuade him: "Your Highness, this is all from Master Qian's heartfelt gift. Why don't you... try some more?"
"Qian Shi?" Yinzhen was taken aback. Qian Shengyan had never been in charge of the meals in the front courtyard before. He was a little curious. "Why would Qian Shi make you drink alcohol?"
"Master Qian asked Doctor Zhou, who said that a little wine can be pleasant and can relieve stress. Drinking a little before bed can also help with sleep," Su Peisheng said with a smile.
Yinzhen chuckled: "She does have some ideas."
His wife and Lady Li had also sent him food, but it was all nourishing soup, which he didn't like to drink. Those things were too greasy. Lady Qian, on the other hand, was clever and never annoyed anyone.
As he said this, he finished the plum wine that had been delivered that day. Slightly tipsy, he no longer lingered on official business and went to bed early.
As Su Peisheng helped the prince to bed, he lay on the small couch in the outer room, still thinking about what the prince had just said.
Hmph, what's wrong with the wine that the master sent? It's annoying. What's wrong with the gift? Whether it's annoying or not depends on who sent it.
Since Hongshi had just moved to the front courtyard, Yinzhen mainly spent his time with his son outside of official duties, and did not set foot in the back courtyard for more than half a month. After the second day of the second lunar month, Yinzhen proposed to live in the garden.
"Are we going to the Old Summer Palace?" Qian Shengyan was overjoyed! She hurriedly started packing her things and asked, "Would Hongshi come along? What about Fujin and Tianshen?"
“Hongshi, go ahead, Tianshen… let’s wait a bit longer.” Yinzhen had his own plans. He patted Qian Shengyan’s back. “Yuanshou’s first birthday celebration will also be held there. We won’t invite any outsiders. Just our family will watch him choose his first birthday present.”
“Alright!” Qian Shengyan wasn’t one to care about such things. She packed Yuan Shou’s luggage, inquired about Hong Shi’s situation, and then prepared to leave.
...It wasn't until they arrived at the Old Summer Palace that Qian Shengyan vaguely remembered someone.
She asked Qingxue, "Is Princess Geng... still pregnant?"
Qingxue was stunned by the question. The main problem was that Geng had been quiet since the incident on the first day of the new year. Qingxue thought carefully and said, "I haven't heard anything about her. She should still be pregnant."
Qian Shengyan sighed.
From the day Yinzhen suddenly went crazy and told her that Geng's pregnancy wouldn't last more than five months, the two of them tacitly forgot about Geng.
Whether it was a family dinner or going out, Li would occasionally come out, but Geng had never heard of it.
Forget it, Yinzhen doesn't even care about his own women and children, so why should she care so much?
Qian Shengyan is now very open-minded. Apart from putting on an act in front of Yinzhen, she spends most of her time doing whatever she wants.
Now that she's come to the Yuanmingyuan, she's in charge of everything there, including Hongshi's food, clothing, and studies. Qian Shengyan has to check on things every day.
It seems that Yinzhen has returned the power to manage the Prince's mansion to his wife, except for the matter of the mahjong tiles.
Yinzhen handed over the right to enter and leave the Prince's residence to Granny Lin.
Qian Shengyan felt that this was a real slap in the face to the Fujin, but Ulanara said nothing, and even seemed to be quite happy as she accepted the account books and other items. Although the people of the Prince's Mansion had left the mansion, there were still many things to do inside. Wang Baoen mentioned several times when he went back to get things that the Fujin would occasionally take the Fifth Prince to play in the garden.
As for the Li and Geng families, they simply faded into obscurity.
April arrived in the blink of an eye, and two major pieces of news suddenly broke out in the palace—
Emperor Kangxi reprimanded Crown Prince Yinreng, accusing him of having ulterior motives. The Crown Prince knelt down to admit his mistake, and the other princes pleaded for him, but the matter was eventually dropped.
After reprimanding the Crown Prince, Emperor Kangxi turned around and prepared to escort the Empress Dowager to the northern frontier for a summer retreat, taking the Crown Prince and other princes with him. However, Prince Yong's name was not on the travel list.
"The Crown Prince, Prince Cheng, Prince Heng, and the Ninth, Tenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Princes..." Qingxue whispered to Qian Shengyan. Qian Shengyan understood that the senior princes had all left, leaving only Yinzhen and the Eighth Prince Yinsi...
When Yinzhi was deposed as crown prince, Emperor Kangxi personally reprimanded him for his mother being of a lowly clan. However, after Consort Liang passed away last November, Emperor Kangxi said nothing and even allowed Yinzhi to hold more ancestral rites...
The Emperor's mind is unfathomable, so why has he only kept the fourth and eighth princes?
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