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The afternoon sunlight shone through the glass into the warm pavilion, where the Yin family of four lay lazily on rattan chairs, each covered with a fox fur quilt.
The warm pavilion here is a place to cool off in the summer. In the winter, the doors and windows are closed, and hot water is piped under the floor to keep the huge pavilion warm.
"Ama, it's so comfortable!" Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen didn't like staying in her room, and she always found the days very difficult to endure in winter.
Yin smiled, thinking that his daughter's happiness was the best reward. The little girl was someone who liked to enjoy life. Yiken'e, on the other hand, was so hot that she was drowsy.
"Yiken'e, you need to go to the study to read in a while!" Yin did not relax his teaching of Yiken'e, and he required him to go to the study to read every day, which was Yin's most basic requirement for him.
"Yes!" Yiken'e was called by Yin's name, and he stood up abruptly, causing the white fox fur quilt to fall to the ground.
Qingyan scolded Yin, saying that the children finally had a chance to rest, but Yin had kept them restrained, which annoyed Qingyan.
"I'll let it go today, we finally have a day off, why did you take our son away again?!" Qingyan glared at Yin several times angrily, "You're on your day off too!"
After hearing Qingyan's words, Yin wanted to say something like "a doting mother spoils her son," but he couldn't utter a single word.
"Alright, I understand!" Yin glared at Yiken'e angrily, and the little guy shrank back, trying to diminish his influence. "I'll give you three days to spend time with your mother. After three days, you must follow the schedule for your classes in the Imperial Study!"
Unless Qingyan pleads for him, Yin will absolutely not change his mind.
"Mother, shall we go out?" Yiken'e always wanted to go out. Going outside would allow her to see many things that she couldn't see in the palace, broaden her horizons, and stop being a frog in a well. When she encountered problems again, she wouldn't panic.
Yin turned to look at Qingyan. She was a little tired when she returned yesterday and slept soundly last night.
"Let's rest for a day and head out tomorrow!" Qingyan urged Yiken'e, "Mother is a little tired!"
"Okay, we can't let the little sister get tired!" Yiken always considered himself the older brother, and in his mind, the younger sister would always be the one below him.
Yin spat out his tea. Yiken'e was definitely a child who spoke without thinking, actually saying that the child was a younger sister.
"Hutulifengsheng Zhalafen, do you think your mother will give birth to a younger brother or a younger sister?" Yin had heard Consort Tong say that children under the age of five have very accurate intuition.
"Me?" Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen was completely out of it and hadn't recovered at all.
"That's right!" Yin nodded, looking at his daughter tilting her head, looking annoyed. "Father, I think it should be a younger brother. It would be so much better if I were the only daughter. Ah Hun and my brother would both spoil me!"
From birth, everyone's attention was focused on Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen. Even Yiken'e was completely obedient to his younger sister and had no time for her. Therefore, in Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen's eyes, she should be the most favored and absolutely could not have a younger sister competing for favor.
"If Mother had a younger sister, would Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen be a good older sister?" Qingyan wondered to herself. Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen was definitely very possessive, and if she had a younger sister, she would probably be jealous.
"Yes!" Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen was also lonely. After Yiken'e started school, the twins didn't have many days together, so she also hoped to have a playmate. "She wants to play with me. Ahhun has to go to school. Although I also go to school, my homework is much less than Ahhun's, so I have a lot of time to play!"
Qingyan was taken aback by Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen's innocent words. It turned out that her daughter also needed a playmate.
“Mother needs to handle matters of the mansion, and Father can’t be with me often, so I wish I had a younger sister who could be by my side so that we could have some private conversations!” As soon as Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen finished speaking, Yiken’e turned her head and pinched Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen’s cheek.
"Don't say such nonsense. Even if it's your younger brother, Ah Hun will be there for you." Yiken'e knew in her heart that she and Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen were twins, so she had to support them so that Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen wouldn't be used as a pawn.
Inside the palace, Yiken'e heard many rumors, with many believing that Hutulifengsheng Zhalafen would eventually be sent to Mongolia.
Kangxi is very insistent on this because Yiken'e's performance is outstanding. If one day Yiken'e were in Hongxi's position, Kangxi would probably not care anymore, and Yinzhi would choose to marry his daughter far away for the sake of his son.
"Ah Hun, in Grandma's palace, I heard the palace maids saying that I'm going to be married off to a foreign land and won't be able to stay with Father and Mother anymore!" Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen kept this to herself. It wasn't that she didn't understand, but that she chose not to say it.
Today, the family of four discussed the issue of the younger brother and sister. Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen felt that if she were to marry far away, having a younger sister by her mother's side would be a very good thing.
"Hutulifengshengzhalafen, that's nonsense they're talking about. The Emperor has chosen a place for you in the capital!" Yiken'e rebuked.
At this moment, Yin and Qingyan chose to remain silent, letting the brother and sister mediate on their own.
"Ah Hun, can't you just let me speak my mind?" Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen complained, puffing out her little face. "If it really comes down to standing up for someone, I won't hesitate. Being by Mother's side and having a little sister to keep me company is pretty good!"
"Little girl, how old are you? You're already worrying about things so far in the future!" Qingyan chuckled.
"Mother, I'm very serious!" Hutulifengshengzhalafen was a little annoyed that Qingyan didn't take it seriously.
Qingyan nodded quickly. The little girl was angry, so she needed to be comforted as soon as possible.
“It’s Mother’s fault, Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen, continue!” Yin gave Qingyan a look, urging his daughter to speak her mind.
Seeing that her parents were no longer trying to persuade her, Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen was very satisfied and started nagging. The third-class servants in the city had a very good relationship with Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen's former wet nurse and kept urging the wet nurse to keep her under control so that if Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen went to marry a foreign ruler, she could act arrogantly and domineeringly after marriage.
Damn it!
When Yin heard his daughter's complaints, he thought of those wet nurses who were accomplices to the emperor. Those women were all from the Imperial Household Department, and many of them communicated with each other to manipulate the princess after the emperor's marriage and to gain benefits from it.
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