First, there are matters concerning the palace.
When the Emperor returned to Beijing in September, he announced to his sons on the day of his arrival: "Since his reinstatement, Crown Prince Yinreng has not yet shaken off his arrogance, which has caused him to lose the hearts of the people. The ancestral legacy cannot be entrusted to him. I have already reported this to the Empress Dowager, and now Yinreng will be detained and placed under guard."
Now, Yinreng has been imprisoned for a month, and the court is in one-sided, with only a small group of people pleading for the Crown Prince. On the contrary, the other princes' supporters are all eager to try and push their own masters to the throne.
However, Yinzhen remained unconscious during this period, and the Fourth Prince's faction in the capital was already weak and at a disadvantage in this struggle for the throne. At present, the two most popular candidates are the Third Prince, Prince Cheng, and the Eighth Prince, who is known as the Eighth Prince.
The other matter concerns matters within the household.
Qian Shengyan thought that someone would definitely report the matter of deposing the crown prince to Yinzhen, but she guessed that no one would tell him about the things that happened in the mansion.
Before the two of them got up, she pulled Yinzhen aside, frowned slightly, and slowly said, "Um, Consort Nian should be arriving in Rehe soon."
"Who?" Yinzhen didn't even realize it.
Qian Shengyan pouted: "The master's newlywed concubine, Lady Nian. Last time, the master wrote a letter saying that it would be impossible to manage things here without someone in charge. If we were to spend the New Year here, we would need someone to take care of the household. So he sent someone to escort Lady Nian, cough, Lady Nian, here."
She stretched out her fingers. "Judging by the days, it should be here in the next couple of days."
Yinzhen: ...
He was truly grateful to Ulanara!
He had already missed a lot of things by being in a coma for two months, and he couldn't even handle his official duties. And now the Nian family was coming too?
Nian's!
The Nian family is not to be treated lightly, nor too harshly!
Yinzhen had a headache. Rationally speaking, Nian Shi's arrival was troublesome. Emotionally speaking, he didn't want to see any other women besides Qian Shengyan, but Nian Shi was here...
He still needs to go to sleep.
This is even more troublesome.
Yinzhen simply pulled back the covers and lay down, saying, "I still feel uncomfortable. I'll lie down for a few more days and rest."
Qian Shengyan: ...?
Since she wasn't getting up and there was nothing else to do, Qian Shengyan simply started talking about the deposed crown prince. After she finished speaking, she looked at Yinzhen again, and he was indeed calm, even less surprised than when he heard that Lady Nian had come to ask for him.
But after this incident, and with so many of her words overheard by Yinzhen, Qian Shengyan became less obedient than before and much bolder. She secretly asked, "Your Highness, I've heard that things are lively in the capital. Aren't you going to do something?"
“There’s nothing to do at this time.” Yinzhen liked her mischievous look and pinched her cheek. “Sometimes, the more you do, the more mistakes you make.”
Qian Shengyan raised an eyebrow slightly, understanding.
Not competing is competing; governing by doing nothing—Yinzhen must have understood this long ago.
To put it another way, the eldest and second eldest sons are now stripped of their titles and imprisoned. The third eldest son is using the guise of compiling books to win over scholars, but in reality, he is just as pedantic as scholars. The fifth eldest son has too close ties with the Mongols. The seventh eldest son is lame. The eighth eldest son was reprimanded by the emperor because of his background. The ninth and tenth eldest sons are banding together with the eighth eldest son, but they themselves have not achieved much.
Considering all this, the older princes at the top of the list are indeed not worth Yinzhen's trouble.
However, at this time, Yinzhen probably did not expect that his younger brother, the Fourteenth Prince, would suddenly rise to prominence and be pushed out by the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Princes to compete with his own brothers.
Qian Shengyan then changed the subject: "Master, are we really not going to spend the New Year in the capital?"
"I'm not going back." Yinzhen was quite indifferent, even saying, "It's almost November, and the roads will be blocked by heavy snow. I'm not fully recovered yet, and if I can't go now, I won't be able to go later."
As he spoke, he touched Qian Shengyan's stomach again: "And in your condition... you shouldn't go back."
Qian Shengyan nodded, then looked thoughtful: "No wonder the Fujin (principal wife) wanted Consort Nian to come now, otherwise she wouldn't be able to come..."
She seemed quite clever just now, but now she's acting silly again. Yinzhen pinched her cheek, both amused and exasperated: "At this hour, I'm still not better, so it's obvious I can't go back. Why doesn't she hurry up and send someone over? Is she going to wait until it's snowing to come?"
"Oh~" Qian Shengyan hummed softly, turned over and got out of bed, then turned to Yinzhen and gave him a fake smile, "That's perfect, now that someone is serving you, I can rest a bit."
"Tsk, that's wonderful." Yinzhen also put on a fake smile, then patted himself as if in distress, "It's a pity that my health isn't good enough now, I'm afraid she'll take me away..."
"Master!" Qian Shengyan quickly covered his mouth and glared at him, "One of the four great joys in life is the wedding night. Can't you say something nice?"
Yinzhen covered her small hand that was covering her mouth, his eyes clearly saying, "I don't want it."
Qian Shengyan couldn't help but glare at him again, but then she laughed.
Once Yinzhen woke up, his body would gradually recover, which put Qian Shengyan at ease. The second trimester is usually the most comfortable time of pregnancy, and now that Qian Shengyan had nothing to worry about, she ate a lot and her face became noticeably fuller in just a few days.
Yinzhen was pleased to see this and couldn't resist pinching and kneading them. As they kneaded, they started kissing, but due to each other's physical condition, they could only stop at kissing.
Three more days passed before the procession finally arrived at the entrance of the Lion Garden. The head eunuch knocked on the gate and bowed and smiled at the guards, saying, "Please pass on a message to the master that Consort Nian from the manor has arrived."
At that time, Yinzhen was reading to Hongli and Qian Shengyan's unborn child. He had originally intended to give Hongli some early education out of boredom, but because the content was basic, Qian Shengyan thought it would be good for the child in her womb to listen, as a form of prenatal education.
Upon hearing that Lady Nian had arrived, Qian Shengyan merely raised an eyebrow slightly, and Yinzhen did not stop what he was doing, instructing Su Peisheng to personally escort her to the rear hall of Leshan Academy.
Qian Shengyan: ...
This isn't the place where the women sent by Yinzhen and his brothers lived before...
But you say this place is bad? It's the main courtyard of the Lion Park, so its significance is different. But you say it's good...
It seems like Yinzhen (the Yongzheng Emperor) always sends people he doesn't want to see to him...
As for the family of four, they were used to living in Pianyun Shujuan Hall and rarely went to Leshan Academy. All matters, big and small, of the entire garden were usually sent to Pianyun Shujuan Hall, and Leshan Academy, despite having the title of the main academy, seemed to be sidelined.
After three days, Mr. Nian could no longer sit still.
"Your Highness, Consort Nian requests an audience," Su Peisheng reported, head bowed.
At the moment, Yinzhen had nothing to do and was sitting with Qian Shengyan, drinking tea and chatting. But when Su Peisheng said that, Qian Shengyan suddenly stood up with an "Oh dear!" She slapped her forehead and said, "I've been so busy I've lost my mind. I should go and pay my respects to the concubine..."
After saying that, she stared at her belly and muttered, "Pregnancy really does make you stupid for three years."
"Alright, it's nothing serious." Yinzhen waved his hand dismissively, then said to Su Peisheng, "Please come in."
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