Upon arriving at the gate of the Prince's Mansion, Qingyan peered through the carriage window. The courtyard was decorated with red walls and green tiles, resembling a standard yellow-roofed mansion, with two imposing stone lions at the entrance.
In modern times, she often visits the Yonghe Temple, but she doesn't feel the same way she does now.
The heavy red gate slowly opened, revealing a long passageway. After the carriage entered, she noticed that ginkgo trees were planted on both sides of the road. She was secretly surprised, remembering how she had felt at home when she first visited the Yonghe Temple.
Today, seeing this scenery again, with Si Si by her side, her eyes couldn't help but well up with tears.
"Fourth, it's really good!" Qingyan said, choking back tears.
Upon seeing those sturdy ginkgo trees, she felt somewhat lost, as if she didn't know where she was.
Yin put his arm around Qingyan's waist, rested his chin on her shoulder, and felt even more emotional.
"Little darling, don't look so nostalgic!" Yin was frightened.
Just now, the distance emanating from Qingyan made Yin panic.
"Good!" Qingyan looked at the familiar archway and couldn't help but feel emotional. The main gate of Yonghe Temple was still the same as before. But as soon as she entered the second gate, she noticed that things were different. There was no modern hall here, but a spacious courtyard with neat rooms for the guards on both sides.
She had seen that the bronze bell on the right side of the courtyard was gone, and the tall locust and pine trees were now very small.
Further on, Su Peisheng stopped the carriage. In the main hall of the courtyard, there were 17 main rooms, which served as Yin's study. Compared to modern times, this place was even more magnificent.
“This…” Qingyan got off the carriage and stood in the middle of the courtyard. There were corridors on both sides, and the beams were painted with exquisite patterns, which contrasted sharply with the simple layout of the Yonghe Temple.
"This is our study. The study on the left is where I receive my staff." Yin didn't like Qingyan to be too far away, so when the study was being built, he had the Imperial Household Department build her study next to his, so that he could see Qingyan at any time.
"Really?!" Qingyan exclaimed in surprise.
Yin was a feudal man, and it was already a great surprise to her that he was so open-minded as to place her study next to his.
"Of course, and besides, we've even built your favorite grape trellis outside our study!" Qingyan enjoys cooling off under the grape trellis, and as long as it's not an extremely outrageous habit, Yin doesn't want Qingyan to change it.
The main hall in front of her was much larger than the modern Yonghe Temple. Back then, when she stepped into the main hall of Yonghe Temple, she always wondered if the Fourth Prince was like her, always looking out through the window.
"There are benches here!" Qingyan looked at the corner of the courtyard, under the grape trellis, where Yin had a stone table and benches made of white marble. On summer evenings, Qingyan always liked to sit here with her family, drink tea, and have some dinner.
"Won't your advisors say so?" Qingyan remembered that the most famous of Yin's advisors was Wu Sidao, a man with extremely outdated ideas. If he saw her standing there, he would definitely think that Yin was not a wise ruler.
Yin shook his head. Wu Sidao would definitely not appear in this courtyard. He already knew what his advisors in his previous life were like.
"Don't worry, little darling!" Yin smiled.
Qingyan was relieved that it wouldn't interfere with Yin's affairs, and she would be happy to be with Yin.
The two walked out of the study hand in hand through the back door, behind which was a very large garden.
The garden has flowers and plants that bloom all year round, which makes Qingyan feel exceptionally luxurious.
"Our study can't be near water. There are flowers and plants here that you like. If you get tired of reading, you can rest here." When Yin was designing the room, he had considered everything for Qingyan. Qingyan opened her mouth slightly. She opened the back window of the study and could see the garden view.
The garden is designed in a triangular pattern, with flowers and plants for spring, summer, autumn and winter neatly arranged.
"Besides the servants who built it, only the two of us are allowed to enter." Yin looked at Xiao Guai's delighted eyes and thought to himself that he was just playing along.
Qingyan didn't like being disturbed by outsiders, so all Yin could do was provide her with a comfortable environment so she could stroll freely in the garden.
"Great!" Qingyan was very satisfied; at least Yin had considered a lot for her.
Back at the old house, Fei Yanggu had also given an order that no one except Qingyan could enter in the afternoon. If it weren't for this order, Qingyan probably wouldn't have been attacked by Qingya and the others.
“From now on, the children can play in the garden.” Yin described his future life. Back then, he only had one child, Honghui.
Yin wanted to have more legitimate sons in his life. Now that Wuya is gone, Qingyan should be safe from harm.
"Fourth, that's too far..." Qingyan was a little exasperated. She felt that the matter of the child could be discussed later. "There are no other women's residences here!"
Qingyan always remembered that this place was not a place where one could be the sole favorite, and Yin's vow could probably only be kept for a while.
"We don't need to think about those women." Yin was annoyed; Xiao Guai was thinking too much.
In the afternoon, Yin took Qingyan to tour the Prince's Mansion, where Qingyan had lived for many years.
At the new residence, Lady Jueluo and Yin were still entangled with each other. Yin had already anticipated this situation and told the servants in the mansion not to interfere, as his father, the Emperor, had long lost faith in him.
Yechuk looked at Yin with a sorrowful expression. She could tell that the Crown Prince had feelings for her. If her father knew that she was meeting with the Crown Prince in private, he would probably be in a good mood. If the primary wife found out, she would probably beat her to death for breaking the rules. Originally, her concubine was very favored and was regarded as a thorn in the side by the primary wife. Now that she had a handle on her, she probably wouldn't let her off easily.
"Your Highness, this servant... has overstepped her bounds. This is unacceptable. This servant is still a candidate for the imperial concubine selection. If my mother finds out, she will probably beat this servant to death." Yechuke wanted to sow discord between the Crown Prince and the Jue Luo clan's primary consort. If the primary consort were no longer alive, her father would probably elevate her mother to the position of principal consort.
The crown prince realized that Yechuk was not a peaceful person and had been instigating him to help him from behind the scenes.
He wasn't foolish; he wouldn't cross the Emperor's bottom line. The fact that Lady Jue Luo favored concubines over his wife had nothing to do with her.
"Why don't you come to the palace with me?" Yin believed that Kangxi would not pursue the matter, and that a concubine's daughter would not affect the overall situation.
Yechuk was uncertain. The Crown Prince's position was secure, and compared to the Fourth Prince, this was a better choice. However, her father and Feiyangu didn't get along, and he hoped that she could gain the Fourth Prince's favor and make Qingyan look bad.
Fei Yanggu's doting on his eldest daughter is common knowledge, and some who want revenge have turned their attention to Qingyan.
"Alright!" Yechuk wasn't stupid. The Crown Prince was the next emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and the two of them were of vastly different statuses. (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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