After Adun reported this to Kangxi, Kangxi's face darkened. Gega's wife was a legitimate daughter of a collateral branch of the Borjigit clan. When the late emperor was alive, the Empress Dowager bestowed marriages upon the imperial clan members, which were basically arranged by the two major families of Borjigit and Borjigit. The noble ladies of these two families, even those who were not concubines, were the legitimate wives of the imperial clan members, and they would not be relegated to the position of concubines.
"Li Dequan, take this imperial decree with you and go to the palace." He had to keep this matter a secret, otherwise, the Empress Dowager could use it as leverage to make trouble.
Li Dequan quickly took A'dun away. It was best to resolve this as soon as possible. The Empress Dowager had many eyes and ears, and His Majesty was being closely watched. The Hall of Mental Cultivation and the Palace of Cleansing were places that required extra attention.
"Anda, do you think this matter will affect the princess?" Qingyan would not make things difficult for the servants. Compared to Qingya's hypocrisy, everyone preferred Qingyan's sincerity.
Therefore, the servants of the mansion hoped that Qingyan could be happy. After Qingya returned to the old house, she often pretended to spread rumors that Qingyan was heartless. Everyone knew in their hearts that Qingya just wanted to ruin Qingyan.
At this moment, Yin had just returned from the Imperial Study and saw Li Dequan and A'dun standing at the door. He was completely stunned. This was...
He quickly took two steps and came to them.
"This servant greets the Fourth Prince!" Li Dequan and A'dun had watched Yin grow up, and they were always dutiful and extremely respectful to each of their young masters.
"Anda, what happened to Qingyan?" Yin's mood was already soured by the appearance of Adun in the palace. Gega Fujin was making all sorts of excuses to get more of Qingyan's dowry, which made Yin particularly angry.
"Fourth Prince, let's talk on the way." A'dun didn't want outsiders to know. After all, this was a scandal in the Ulanara mansion. Fei Yanggu and his two sons, as well as Qingyan, all cared about their reputation. They had covered up many things that the Jue Luo clan had done, which was why the wives felt that Qingyan was somewhat heartless.
When outsiders found out about this, they just thought they were too insensitive to human relationships.
"Anda, I'll change into my everyday clothes for leaving the palace. Please wait in the main hall for a moment. Su Peisheng, please take good care of the two Anda." Yin hurried towards the inner chamber. Su Peisheng saw that his master Li Dequan's face was particularly grim, and he was genuinely worried. It seemed that something serious had happened.
After a cup of tea, Yin changed into a light blue silk robe, with a bright yellow belt around his waist. Three or four purses and a jade pendant symbolizing the Fourth Prince's status hung from the belt.
"Anda, let's go." Yin was very worried about Qingyan. If Adun had personally gone to the palace, it must be something serious.
On the way, confusion arose in his heart. After leaving the palace, they were not on the way to Ulanara's residence, but were going in the opposite direction. He looked at the person in the carriage carrying quails and asked for their opinion.
"Fourth Prince, this time it's about the Jue Luo family. The royal betrothal gifts for Princess Qingyan, and the thousand-loom bed that our master made for her according to the standards of a prince's primary consort, have all been taken by the princess's primary consort, who says it's for her second daughter's dowry. Today, our master ordered me to go to the old residence to bring over all the dowry. The dowry list is very simple, and the master is furious!" A'dun disapproved of the Jue Luo family's actions. This time, he wouldn't help or cover it up. Judging from Fei Yanggu's intentions, he would sever ties from this relationship.
Yin's face darkened. In his previous life, Qingyan's betrothal gifts were not all brought back. In fact, the Ulanara mansion even used inferior goods, making Qingyan's life in the palace difficult. Fortunately, Fei Yanggu was still alive and secretly asked him to pass on a lot of silver and land deeds for paying respects. When Qingyan passed away, she returned all of these to her maternal family.
"A-Dun, were there any outsiders present when you reported to Father Emperor?" Yin felt unlucky, wondering why his marriage to Qingyan was going so badly, and his mood worsened.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, all the servants in the Hall of Mental Cultivation have been driven out!" Seeing that Adun's face was not good, Li Dequan took the servants out directly. How many of them were spies of the Empress Dowager and foreign officials? They certainly wouldn't be able to find out.
Yin nodded. This was good... If Xiao Guai's reputation had been damaged, who knew what Granny Angguma would say! He frowned deeply, thinking about Xiao Guai's dowry and betrothal gifts...
Jue Luo Shi wanted to savor the food, so she gave it to E Shuo and Sai Tuo. Qing Yan probably wouldn't say much; she would compensate with Mei Ai's jewelry—those exquisite pieces made him feel hot just looking at them.
In her past life, Qingyan's jewelry was exquisite, and some of it was even designed by her. Feiyanggu, who doted on his daughter, specially commissioned someone to make it for Xiaoguai. Later, after Feiyanggu passed away, Eshuo and Saito took over the task.
"Su Peisheng, get off here and go to Mei'ai to get the jewelry and headdress I ordered. Quietly deliver it to the new house and tell Xiao Guai not to overthink it." In his previous life, Yin focused all his attention on the struggle for the throne and rarely considered Qingyan's feelings. He had designed jewelry for Nian Shi and Li Shi, but Qingyan had never received a set of headdress.
Su Peisheng agreed and quickly told the coachman to stop the carriage. It was half an hour's journey from here to the main store of Mei'ai in the capital. After Su Peisheng delivered the things there, he could go straight back to the palace.
Li Dequan gave Su Peisheng a look that said, "I'm here!" Only then did Su Peisheng stop the carriage.
After a short while, Yin's carriage arrived at the gate of the Jue Luo family. The mansion was somewhat dilapidated, and the main gate was tightly closed. A'dun and Li Dequan got off the carriage, and the gatekeeper of the Jue Luo family, upon seeing Li Dequan, quickly opened the main gate.
"Don't tell outsiders." Li Dequan thought these servants were not bad. The Jue Luo clan was considered a minor imperial clan, and a small portion of the servants were dispatched by the Imperial Household Department. These people were basically gatekeepers.
The carriage stopped in the main courtyard. Fei Yanggu was surprised to see Li Dequan approaching. He quickly rose and, along with Eshuo Saito, went out to greet him. Egedu rarely interacted with people from the palace, but he recognized the clothes Li Dequan was wearing—the robes of the palace's chief eunuch. He was also wearing high-heeled boots…
When Yin got off the carriage, his demeanor immediately caught the eye of Gega Fujin. It would be perfect for her to become this man's concubine for her youngest daughter, whom she had arranged to marry.
"Gege, you said to bring the little girl over, maybe she can catch the eye of a nobleman." This should be the person Qingyan is betrothing. Borjigit always wants to put the Jue Luo clan in a better position. She uses sweet words to make the Jue Luo clan make mistakes, also because she doesn't want the Jue Luo clan to be disliked by Feiyanggu.
Gega glared at the Fujin. What time is it now? Still talking about unrealistic things.
"This servant greets the Fourth Prince!" Fei Yanggu and his two sons quickly bowed. Yin's face was grim, his eyes flashing with cold light, and most alarmingly, the aura emanating from him grew increasingly chilling. (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
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