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Chaos broke out in the military camps of Guangdong and Guangxi. Emperor Kangxi's edict arrived, ordering Yinzhi and his wife to set off ahead of schedule to Guangdong and Guangxi to stabilize the situation. He instructed them to leave a trusted person in charge of the military port in Guangdong and Guangxi, and to return after dealing with the riots in the military camps.
After receiving the imperial decree, Qingyan's mood instantly soured. Kangxi clearly knew that Yinhe had finally managed the military port in an orderly manner and could relax a bit to prepare for the New Year.
At this juncture, we must continue our work in Guangdong and Guangxi, where the riots were clearly caused by Yin's exploitation. After we leave, we will definitely need a large sum of money to fill the gap.
"Fourth, this is clearly a bottomless pit!" Qingyan said, frowning. "We definitely can't use the volume of electricity stored in the naval port for the winter. How are we going to get this money out?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yin also had a headache. Without several hundred thousand taels of silver, this riot would definitely not be able to be quelled.
"Your Majesty, Tulichen requests an audience!" Erlu saw Tulichen rushing in following the imperial edict and dared not delay, so he quickly came in to report.
Yin was taken aback. Tulichen had actually come over. The two of them exchanged a glance, and Yin quickly went out.
After bowing, Tu Lichen respectfully said to Yin, "Fourth Master, the master instructed that this silver is to make up for the deficit over there!"
After he finished speaking, Tulichen brought out a sandalwood box containing the silver that Kangxi had prepared for the unfinished business in Guangdong and Guangxi. Yin opened the box and roughly calculated that it contained a total of 1.2 million taels of silver.
"Tulichen, has Father Emperor used the money from the private treasury?" Looking at the banknotes on them, Yin knew that these were the silver notes that Kangxi had specially saved when he was fighting Galdan. Later, he discovered the benefits of using war to support war and basically did not use these banknotes.
"Yes, Master said that if there are any left over, the Fourth Prince's wife should use the money to buy some winter clothes at a high price. People in the south don't need heavy single clothes for the festival, but they still need to prepare some!" Tu Lichen said to the Fourth Prince.
“Well, we’ll leave Bayan in charge of the military port. Tulichen, will you come with us to the military ports in Guangdong and Guangxi, or will you return to Beijing?” Yin hoped that Tulichen would go to the military ports in Guangdong and Guangxi. They thought that if the situation there was really bad, they would need someone to speak up for them.
Tu Lichen pondered for a moment and said, "My master instructed that my fate is to be decided by you, Fourth Master."
Kangxi understood that the decision regarding the fate of the naval port needed to be made by Yinzhi, who would likely only be responsible for training matters.
“Come with us. We’re going there in complete darkness, and we don’t know the situation yet!” Yin said, glancing at Tulichen.
Tu Lichen nodded: "His Majesty's decree should have been delivered by now. The four princes will wait for you to arrive before handing over power. Except for the Tenth Prince, the rest must return to the capital!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yin was stunned. The tenth prince had actually been kept behind?
"Alright!" Yin nodded. "Go and prepare as well. We'll set off after lunch!"
After lunch, Yin and Qingyan each carried a child and got into the carriage. They placed the children on the soft couch at the back of the carriage, and the two sat down at the table to read the messages sent by the Imperial Guard.
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Qingyan was somewhat surprised to find that among the messages sent by the Sticky Rod Office was news of Yin's trip to the red-light district.
"Damn it!" Yin roared in fury. "Does Ninth Prince want to ruin the royal family's reputation?"
Yin's business dealings have harmed many people. Some of them went bankrupt and were unable to repay Yin's loans, so they had no choice but to sell their daughters or sisters to Yin. The vast majority of these girls were sent to the red-light district.
Those girls were pampered as they grew up and received Han Chinese education, so they valued their reputation highly. Some of them were engaged, and their betrothal families, being kind and righteous, wanted to redeem them from their bonds. However, Yin simply kept them locked up on the bed, and the betrothal families could only watch as their girls were ruined.
Some of them had fiery tempers and died by crashing into a bedpost when Yin was about to pounce on them. These tragic scenes were spread outside by the servants of the mansion, and many people believed that the royal family was cruel.
Faced with the actions of these gentlemen, the Emperor's reputation was utterly ruined.
Yinqi, Yinsi, and Yin all did these things, but the tenth prince was stubborn. As long as the girl didn't agree, or if a family came to redeem her, he would make her leave.
Therefore, many people in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions are very grateful to the tenth prince, but they harbor even more resentment towards the other princes.
"Although the tenth brother has a bad temper, he is still a kind person. Fourth brother, who came up with this insidious idea?" Qingyan sneered.
In the imperial court, people say that Yinsi is a good person, just like Yin, and that he only has one wife. But now it seems that Yinsi is only putting on a show.
"It was the Eighth Prince's idea!" Yin didn't even need to think; just by looking at these insidious schemes, he knew it was the Eighth Prince's idea. Yin had seen it several times in the palace: the Eighth Prince sacrificed his own body to ensure that Consort Hui was punished by Emperor Kangxi.
Yin's resentment towards the Eighth Prince grew stronger, which was also related to these matters.
"No way?!" Qingyan was stunned. She had guessed that it was Yin's child, but she never expected that it would be the Eighth Prince.
"Hehe, Yinsi is ruthless to others, and even more so to himself. Do you know why your elder brother has distanced himself from Yinsi?" Yin said, leaning close to Qingyan's ear.
Qingyan shook her head. Had Yinsi done something wrong?
“Back then, my elder brother took great care of her. We all thought it was a good thing that Yinsi could grow up under the care of Consort Hui and my elder brother. When my elder brother was about to leave the palace to establish his own residence, Yinsi found that Consort Hui was no longer reliable. He took a cold bath and caused himself to have a high fever. When Father Emperor found out, he directly reprimanded Consort Hui.” Yinsi felt a chill run down his spine when he thought of that incident.
"No way? He was only a few years old back then!" Qingyan remembered that Yin was the first to establish his own residence, and Yinsi was less than ten years old at the time.
"Imperial Physician Yuan discovered it and quickly told Father Emperor. Mother was also there at the time and felt a chill run down her spine when she heard the news!" Consort Hui had raised Yinsi for many years, but she was hurt so badly by the child she had raised. Consort Hui was heartbroken.
Qingyan leaned against him, listening to Yin talk about the other three princes.
“The tenth prince has a volatile temper, but he has been raised by Consort Niohuru to be very principled, so he didn’t get involved in this matter!” Yin analyzed. “Yinqi… has really changed. For the sake of power, he has abandoned the Empress Dowager’s teachings.”
"Where is Ninth Prince?" Qingyan thought of Yin. Back then, she thought that as long as Yin got involved in business and didn't get involved in court affairs, his later fate wouldn't be so tragic.
"No child of Consort Yi is without malice. Consort Yi is such a person. How can her child be healthy?" Consort Yi was involved in the damage to Consort Tong's health, which is why Emperor Kangxi neglected Consort Yi.
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