In the evening, Qingyan and the twins sat at the dining table, waiting for Yinzhen to arrive. In the afternoon, neither Yingenjueluo nor she stayed until the end, and they returned directly.
The twins overheard the nanny beside them mentioning that the Eighth Prince's wife had trespassed into the armory and might be punished. Yiken'e had always wanted to go to the armory, but because of Yinzhen's orders, he dared not go there on his own.
After the trespassing incident, he kept his servants on guard, warning that if Yiken'e wasn't punished, he would definitely run over there on his own.
"Yiken'e, ask your father later what happened to Bawoke!" Qingyan glanced at Yiken'e and said directly.
Since arriving at the naval port, Bayan has been paying close attention to Yiken'e's actions. Yiken often finds opportunities to run towards the armory, which annoys Bayan greatly.
"Mother, I was very well-behaved and had no intention of trespassing!" Yiken'e's expression became unnatural, and she quickly tried to smooth things over with a grin.
"Don't say nice things. His Majesty can clean up your messes, but your father can't. He has to follow the rules!" Qingyan sighed helplessly. Yiken'e had grown up by Kangxi's side. No matter what trouble he caused, Kangxi always stood by Yiken'e's side. Even if Consort Tong mentioned Yiken'e a few times, Kangxi would scold her.
Yiken pouted, thinking to himself that he should write a letter to the Emperor, hoping to get an imperial decree that would allow him to make a trip.
"Don't think like that!" Qingyan didn't want Yiken'e to cause trouble for Yinzhen, so she could only forcefully interrupt Yiken'e's thoughts.
Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen sat upright to the side, took a sip of tea from her small cup, put it down, wiped her mouth with a pink handkerchief, and felt happy inside.
Yiken'e had tried to go over there many times, but now, her mother had to take direct action to suppress him, and only then did he calm down.
"Yiken'er, are you causing trouble again?" Yinzhen walked in from outside and immediately picked up Yiken'er. "I've been washing up in the study!"
Qingyan nodded. Yiken wanted to go to the armory to see its layout firsthand. He tried to go there several times, but failed each time.
"Father, I just wanted to go and take a look. Didn't Bawoke go too?" Yiken'e glanced at Yinzhen. The events of the afternoon were already known in the military port, so everyone wanted to see how Yinti and Yinzhen would handle the situation.
The three princes brought their female relatives to the naval port for observation. Three months later, they planned to go to Guangzhou to build a new naval port. The Eighth Prince's wife went to investigate, which was very distasteful.
Since the Eighth Prince's wife arrived at the naval port, from officials to guards, no one has had a good impression of her. Apart from being arrogant and domineering, she is not considerate of her servants.
“You, Bawoke, will be confined to your quarters. Yiken, if you go there, you will definitely be punished as well.” Yinzhen tapped his son’s little nose. “Don’t think that your grandfather will come back to get you out of trouble.”
Yinzhen had instructed the Dragon Guards to absolutely forbid them from smuggling any more letters into the palace for Yiken'e.
"Uh, how did you know, Father?" Yiken pouted. No wonder he hadn't received a reply to his secret letter.
"I've already instructed the Dragon Guards not to send you any more messages." Yinzhen glanced at Su Peisheng, and the servants brought up the meal. The family of four ate their dinner immediately.
After dinner, Yinzhen and Qingyan sat side by side on rattan chairs under the grapevines, leisurely watching the twins playing not far away. Since the arrival of the Eighth Prince's wife, Yinzhen and Qingyan had rarely had time to accompany the twins to play.
"Little darling, I have a day off tomorrow. After breakfast, let's take the children out!" Yinzhen didn't want the twins to always be confined to the courtyard. He had promised Kangxi that he would take Yiken'e out every time he had a day off.
ah?!
Qingyan was stunned. After the three princes came, they must have sent spies around their courtyard. If they went out, could they still avoid those spies?
"We'll leave through the back door, there won't be any problems!" Yinzhen made a point of checking, and found that there were no spies covering the entrance to the backyard.
Yiken'e has not been in good spirits these past few days, and keeps asking her when Yinzhen will take a break.
"Actually, Yiken'e has been looking forward to going out." Qingyan helplessly revealed Yiken'e's daily question.
"Actually, both the twins want to go out. Hutulifengshengzhalafen also wants to go out and play. The Eighth Prince's wife is a bit out of line. When we went to the training ground, she came to the courtyard and even tried to sow discord in front of her daughter." Yinzhen was angry, and besides Guoluo's trip to the armory, the most important reason was that she had upset Hutulifengshengzhalafen.
What?!
"Fourth Brother, are you sure Guo Luoluo came?" Qingyan would ask every time she came back whether anyone had come. Even the nannies of the twins said that no one had come!
"How dare the nannies say that you firmly opposed the twins' contact with the Eighth Prince's wife, and they couldn't stop her, so they let the Eighth Prince's wife barge in? Do you think they reported the truth?" Yinzhen poured Qingyan a glass of plum juice and explained helplessly.
"Hmph, I think these maids should all be dealt with properly." Qingyan was annoyed. "What did I tell you? There was no Lanzhu, and you still had to tell me? Why have you been so lenient and unhelpful?"
Qingyan frowned slightly, anger rising in her heart.
If the Eighth Prince's wife did something to the twins and the nannies didn't say anything, delaying their medical treatment, they certainly wouldn't be able to bear the consequences.
"Little darling, don't get angry. Guo Luoluo wouldn't dare to harm the twins in the military port again. Yinsi likes Yiken'e very much and has always hoped to get close to him, hoping to bring him good luck. If Yiken'e is harmed by Guo Luoluo, Yinsi will never forgive her," Yinzhen said with a sneer.
Yinsi and Guoluo had been married for some time, but they had no children. Because of their example, the censors had been refraining from causing trouble for Guoluo. However, as time went by, Guoluo harmed the offspring of the two Eighth Princes, and Kangxi directly issued an edict to reprimand her.
In those days, the clan head of the Guoluo clan and Prince An went to the Golden Palace to apologize, saying that they had not properly taught the Eighth Prince's wife. Now, they felt that it was Guoluo's personality that caused the problem.
"Does the Eighth Prince's concubine also have no children?" Qingyan asked, somewhat puzzled. In the past two years, there had been no news of the Eighth Prince's wife. Consort Liang personally selected two maids to serve her, and Yinsi even promoted them to the rank of concubine. There had been news of them, but Guoluo Shi was furious and directly punished them.
“Since the primary consort did not give birth to the eldest son, Yinsi will absolutely not want a son born of a concubine. The Eighth Consort is just taking the blame!” Yinzhen understood Yinsi’s thoughts. Guo Luoluo was also tragic. She was passively schemed against by Yinsi, yet she was still filled with guilt.
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