Back at the prince's residence, Yin and Qingyan went into the study, and he embraced her.
"Little darling, your fourth uncle has really avenged you," Yin said with emotion.
When he left the capital, the actions of those Mongolian wives startled Fei Yanggu. After he arrived, he immediately started to cut off the quota.
Qingyan was somewhat puzzled as to why Yin would say such a thing.
Kangxi must have assigned Fei Yanggu a task; this might very well be one of those tasks.
"Father, will people talk about this?" Qingyan leaned dejectedly on Yin's shoulder, and to outsiders, she looked like she had been hurt.
Yin patted her back and whispered to Qingyan about it.
"Of course not, it might even help Father!" Yin believed that Kangxi would be very satisfied, as weakening the power of the Mongols was something that the three emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong had done.
Qingyan looked out the window and a pink figure appeared in her field of vision. The person should be a palace maid newly sent by the Imperial Household Department. Yin had not investigated her clearly. She was basically serving on the periphery of the princes' quarters. The direction she was heading should be the small kitchen of the princes' quarters.
"Fourth Brother, someone might have slipped in!" Qingyan whispered to Yin.
Yin stood up, took Xiao Guai's hand and walked out. Su Peisheng had brought the maid earlier, and tied up Xiao Su, who had been bribed in the small kitchen.
Qingyan sat down next to Yin and looked at the palace maid. She couldn't help but feel that she looked familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere before.
"Fourth, I really think I've seen this person before!" Qingyan tilted her head and thought hard, her big almond-shaped eyes flashing with question marks.
Su Peisheng leaned close to Yin's ear and whispered the woman's identity, which gave Yin a headache.
"Little darling, don't you think she looks like Wuya?" Seeing the little guy's irritable appearance, Yin quickly reminded him from the side.
Qingyan had a sudden realization: yes, the face and those phoenix eyes are very similar.
"Trying to hook up with you again?" Qingyan pouted.
She had never had a good impression of Wuya Shi in either of her lives, especially regarding Wuya Shi's troubles with Yin.
This infuriated her, a member of the "Four-Four Party," and she vowed to have a showdown with Uya.
"This servant is not surnamed Wuya!" The palace maid became frightened. In order to prevent her from suffering and to leave the family with a chance to rise again, her father and mother sent her to live under the name of her maternal family.
Yin smiled coldly, narrowing his eyes as he looked at the trembling little Sula beside him.
"Fourth Prince, is this little Sula from the small kitchen?" Qingyan looked at the little eunuch next to him, who looked to be only 11 or 12 years old and seemed timid and afraid of trouble.
"Mm." Yin nodded.
Qingyan felt a little aggrieved. This morning, she thought the food from the small kitchen was quite good, and that the staff there put in more effort than those in the main kitchen.
She mentioned it briefly to Yin while preparing dinner, suggesting that those people be rewarded.
It's good enough that the steward isn't punished now.
"Su Peisheng, have Yingyi check if there's anything wrong with the breakfast!" The uneaten breakfast will be kept in the prince's residence's icehouse to await the investigation by the shadow guards after nightfall.
Yin changed the rules, changing the two meals and evening lamp service in the palace to three meals a day.
Su Peisheng left, and Xiao Sula, hearing Yin's orders, felt even more worried.
"This servant is from the same hometown as this little Sula. A few days ago, my mother came in, and his family brought him some things, which I delivered to him." The little palace maid answered respectfully, and Yin and Qingyan couldn't find the slightest fault with her.
Qingyan kept a close eye on the little palace maid's performance, and felt that something was off.
"Little darling, check the Prince's quarters later to see if there are any of her accomplices." Yin had to admit that Qingyan's mysterious place was much more efficient.
Hearing his lowered voice, Qingyan knew that things were urgent.
Just as she was about to switch screens, she discovered that the Empress Dowager and Emperor Kangxi were arguing in the Cining Palace.
Realizing the situation was serious, they split the screen in two. The other screen began filtering the servants in the prince's quarters, and they even found out some who didn't respect their masters. They discovered that even the Hesheli family had placed servants in Yin's courtyard, specifically in the tea room.
Those servants who serve Yin must not have any problems, otherwise they will become a major threat in the future.
She squeezed Yin's hand hard. He looked at her suspiciously, and finally told Gao Wuyong to take the person out and make him kneel down first.
Gao Wuyong was Su Peisheng's apprentice and had always wanted to get close to Yin to serve him. Now, he finally got his wish.
"Fourth Brother, there are a few troublemakers in your tea room. Do you want to clean them up?" Qingyan whispered to Yin.
How audacious was Suo'etu to reach into the princes' quarters? She secretly looked into the other princes' quarters and instantly discovered several servants who were related to Suo'etu, either in the small kitchen or the tea room.
She had to admit that if the Hesheli family made a move, all these adult princes could be killed.
"What?!" Yin was shocked. Those servants were basically handpicked by him. How could something have happened to them?
"The Hesheli family!" Qingyan uttered six words, and Yinhou broke out in a cold sweat.
Yin looked at her with some fear; the Hesheli family had hidden themselves so well.
"Find the person out!" He had suffered a lot in his past life, and Qingyan's poor health was largely due to the Hesheli family and the Wuya clan.
"Mmm!" Qingyan whispered two names, which immediately annoyed Yin.
These two men served Emperor Yongzheng for 13 years in their previous lives. No wonder, after he ascended the throne, both Qingyan and Yinxiang were poisoned by a slow-acting poison.
He meticulously investigated all the servants around the two men, never expecting that it was actually his own people causing the trouble.
"Little darling, after you marry into the family, you must clean up the servants every month. Except for those sent by Father Emperor and Mother Mother who are truly loyal to them, all the rest must be beaten to death on some pretext." Yin wanted to guard against this strictly.
Qingyan nodded obediently, and then glanced at the servants in Chenggan Palace.
Consort Tong held a high position, and her personal maids were all loyal. However, Xiao Sula, who was in the outer courtyard and received items from the tea room, had a problem.
"Fourth Prince, if I said that Consort Tong's courtyard is even more chaotic than yours, would you think..." Qingyan didn't want to meddle, but as long as Consort Tong was still around, they could live a peaceful life.
"Hehe, my little darling is so smart!" Yin kissed her twice; he had just wanted to give the little one some pointers.
Indeed, he was connected to me on a spiritual level.
"The two eunuchs who received the gifts, one is from Ma Jia clan and the other is from Wu Ya clan." Upon hearing the names, Yin clenched his fists. Back then, he had been investigating the cause of Consort Tong's death, but he was misled by Wu Ya and Li, which caused their relationship to deteriorate once again.
He stood up and paced around the hall twice, trying to figure out how to get rid of those two people. (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
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