At this moment, Egedu's heart skipped a beat. Fei Yanggu and his two sons were not scary, but the prince in front of him was the most troublesome. He had heard his colleagues mention that this prince was very obedient to Qingyan. He was trying to benefit from Qingyan, so how could he agree to it?
"This servant greets the Fourth Prince." Egedu looked at the bright yellow belt, feeling terrified that Gega Fujin might say something wrong. They absolutely could not use their status to embarrass Yin, otherwise, they would be the ones to be dealt with.
Yin led Fei Yanggu and his two sons in. He didn't wake them up, but instead looked at them with a serious expression.
"Fourth Uncle, please sit down first." Li Dequan stood beside Yin. He was very satisfied with Fei Yanggu's pragmatism. Completely severing ties with the Jue Luo clan was the best way. If the Emperor disliked anyone, shouldn't his subjects share the Emperor's burdens?
"Fourth Prince, we are your elders!" Gega was poked in the lower back by his wife. He looked at how respectfully Yin treated Fei Yanggu and thought to himself, "Aren't I also Fei Yanggu's in-laws?"
Why is it that when it's their family's turn, they have to kneel here?
Logically, Yin should have reasoned with them.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Dequan's expression darkened. No matter how young the Fourth Prince was, he was still a prince of the royal family and should have had prestige. This man in front of him had only obtained an official position through the protection of his ancestors and still wanted to control the prince.
Egedu's face turned pale. This foolish son of his hadn't considered why the Fourth Prince would come in person, and even dared to claim to be the prince's elder in front of Li Dequan!
"Egedu, do you also consider yourself my elder?" Yin smiled contemptuously. Qingyan and the Jueluo clan had a bad relationship. In his previous life, they had caused him a lot of trouble, making Yin extremely annoyed. The fact that his relationship with his wife was so strained was largely due to these people. Why couldn't he understand that Qingyan wasn't neglecting her family, but rather that she had been hurt by these people?
Besides his own mistakes, Li's constant criticism also played a significant role.
"This servant dares not!" Ege had been on the battlefield and experienced the previous emperor's reign, so he had a more direct understanding of the heavy pressure of imperial power than his sons.
The Dong'e clan was once incredibly powerful; Egedu even wanted Gega to marry a concubine's daughter from the Dong'e clan. Later, the Empress Dowager forcibly arranged this marriage for her. Alas...
“Father, how could it not be? Our family is quite close to the Empress Dowager. I am her grandniece!” Borjigit said angrily. She considered herself to be of high status. The Empress Dowager was the most senior figure in the Qing Dynasty. Even Emperor Kangxi had to be very respectful to her.
They were noble ladies from the grasslands, and marrying these members of the royal family was considered a step down for them.
"Heh, where did you get that from?" Yin chuckled coldly. This was the biggest joke he had ever heard: a married woman using her maternal family's seniority to make demands.
If word gets out, I'm not afraid people will say that the Borjigit family's upbringing is bad. Those noble ladies will soon fall into obscurity. The Empress Dowager's health is not good. This matter has been kept secret from the Mongolians. Father Emperor's attitude towards Mongolia is more resolute than in the previous life. However, many things are developing in a positive direction.
None of his older sisters married any of the princes of Mongolia, which is quite good.
At least, those roughnecks from Mongolia no longer have a way to control or threaten them.
Since the previous dynasty, noblewomen from the grasslands who married into the royal family rarely had legitimate sons; some who were successful only had a legitimate daughter.
The Borjigit clan should be considered to be doing very well. The Gioro clan is very generous to their maternal family. The headdress worn by the woman in front of them was designed by Qingyan. These are things that a first-rank member's wife should be able to wear. What's going on with this woman wearing them?
“Anda, look at this lady’s headdress. Shouldn’t it be something only the wife of a first-rank official could wear?” Yin asked Li Dequan, feigning ignorance.
Fei Yanggu and his two sons couldn't help but secretly despise Yin. From a young age, Yin was a shrewd and calculating man, unlike the other princes in the palace. His cunning was the deepest among them.
For a time, Fei Yanggu felt that Qingyan was being wronged by marrying such a man.
At the mansion, Yin doted on her and would never allow anyone to bully Qingyan, which dispelled Fei Yanggu's resentment.
"Your Highness, it seems so to me. Logically speaking, only the primary wife of Egedu is allowed to wear this in the Gioro clan. Perhaps this is Egedu's newlywed primary wife." Li Dequan's mouth was quite sharp, saying that Gega's wife was Egedu's. Wasn't this setting up a scandalous drama from the late Tang Dynasty?
Egedu's face darkened. He certainly wouldn't be interested in her. Li Dequan... the longest-serving servant by Kangxi's side, even more trusted by Kangxi than Liang Jiugong. This man was also petty; he would only protect those he fancied.
"Oh, that's not too much." Yin nodded calmly.
"This servant is Gega's primary consort, and also the Empress Dowager's closest grandniece." Gega's consort was furious; she had never suffered such an insult since she came to the capital for the imperial concubine selection.
What is Yin Suan? In her eyes, the noble ladies of Mongolia are more precious than the princes. During the reign of the late emperor, weren't Fuquan and Longxi ridiculed by the noble ladies? The people of the Imperial Household Department even put the allowances of the noble ladies from the grasslands above those of the princes.
"What rank is Gega?" Yin looked at Fei Yanggu, intending to give Fei Yanggu a chance to explain, so that this woman wouldn't try to pin it on him.
“A third-rank official!” Fei Yanggu looked at her headdress and couldn’t help but feel annoyed. “Fourth Prince, this headdress looks a bit like the one Qingyan designed for the Jue Luo clan.”
Fei Yanggu Duan's reminder drew a lot of attention to Gega Fujin, whose arrogance was inevitably annoying. Perhaps she had taken her from the Jue Luo clan.
Today, they were preparing to resolve the matter of Qingyan, but they didn't expect it to involve so many other things.
“You even want your sister-in-law’s daughter’s betrothal gifts? You have quite the nerve, Auntie, don’t you think so?” E Shuo felt a surge of anger rising in his heart as he thought of his sister being wronged.
To begin with, the relationship between E'shuo and the Jue Luo clan was not deep, and now, there's no need to say more. Today's departure marks a complete break.
Even Ege was unhappy. There was no leader among the third generation. He wanted to discuss the children's affairs when the Jue Luo clan returned to their parents' home, and have Eshuo and Saituo take them into the military camp to train them. They didn't need to be ambitious, just not like those纨绔 (spoiled brats).
"Who do you think you are? Even your mother didn't question you, so you think you've remembered this?" Gega's wife was greedy. On the grasslands, she was merely a concubine's daughter and not valued by her family. Therefore, after marrying into the family, she always liked to hoard all the silver. (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
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