With a dragon's roar, Qingyan shrank back. She had never seen Kangxi so angry before. Consort Tong and Consort Rong quickly knelt down.
Yin knelt before Qingyan, completely obscuring her.
Just now, her trembling shoulders caught Yin's eye. Dong Eshi often bullied her, and now, seeing her enemy suffer misfortune, he was bound to feel a sense of schadenfreude.
The emperor's wrath left corpses strewn across the fields.
Qingyan always read novels and believed them to be true, but today, experiencing it firsthand, she realized that the emperor's aura was something that ordinary people could not withstand.
"Your Majesty, it is my fault for failing to properly educate him!" Consort Rong did not want Emperor Kangxi to blame her son, so she quickly kowtowed and admitted her mistake.
Qingyan caught a glimpse of Dong'e's face stiffen. She shifted her leg slightly; she had knelt on the gold bricks quite a bit today, and her knees must be bruised.
"Consort Rong, Yinzhi, and the Dong'e sisters, kneel down. The rest of you, rise and kowtow. What does this have to do with you?" Kangxi wouldn't hold a grudge. Lanya was his favored concubine, and he wouldn't punish her even if something happened.
Yinzhi felt resentful. If his situation had been reversed with Yin's, Kangxi wouldn't have come to deal with it so openly. He might even have helped Yin to cover it up.
"Eldest son, little darling, you two also have half-sisters. This sisterly rivalry is not allowed to occur in the royal family again!" Emperor Kangxi lost face because of the Dong E sisters' antics. Consort Tong had already punished them several times, but to no avail.
Emperor Kangxi was furious. He suppressed all the memorials submitted by the censors impeaching Yinzhi. Today's uproar is known throughout the palace, and tomorrow at the morning court, someone will probably directly report it.
"Yes!" Qingyan replied obediently.
At this moment, Qingyan felt a chill in her heart. Kangxi and Consort Tong were clearly shifting the blame onto the Dong E sisters.
Yin reached out and grasped her hand, offering her support, knowing that she certainly couldn't go back anytime soon.
She saw Dong'e Wanning's face covered in tears, looking pitifully at Yin Zhi, as if waiting for Yin Zhi to stand up for her.
Dong E Wan Ning's delicate manner was exactly the same as that of the concubines in the old mansion, and she had no air of Manchu noblewoman at all.
"I have repeatedly ordered that the principal wife must be respected. How did you do that!" Kangxi's refusal to let Yin leave was also a warning to him.
The royal family lost face because of Yinzhi, so Yinzhi's promise must be fulfilled. In this way, the royal family can also have a good example.
"Father, I can't stand it!" Before Yinzhi could calm down, Dong'e Wanning's pitiful words made him furious.
Lady Dong'e's attitude towards her legitimate and illegitimate daughters was too different. Both of them were Yinzhi's women, and even if there were differences, they shouldn't be so obvious.
"Hehe, Third Prince, I am not well-educated, but you call yourself a scholar among the princes. Explain to me, according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, is the dowry of the principal wife to be left to her daughter, or must it also be given to the daughters of concubines?" Consort Tong ignored Consort Rong's pleading eyes and directly questioned her coldly.
Yinzhi was stunned. Dong'e Wanning was a concubine's daughter. Dong'e Madam was disliked by Dong'e Qishi and did not manage the affairs of the mansion. They were all managed by Dong'e Wanning's mother. A lot of Dong'e's dowry came from Dong'e Madam.
“Wan Ning has been registered under Lady Dong’e’s name, so she should be treated the same as everyone else,” Yin Zhi still stubbornly insisted.
Pfft!
Qingyan could no longer hold back and spat out the tea in her mouth.
"Little darling, do you find it funny? Watch closely, the fourth prince's backyard might end up like this too!" Consort Tong directly came to Qingyan's rescue.
Qingyan stared in astonishment at Consort Tong, and the people in the hall shifted their attention from Yinzhi to Yin.
"Mother, can't you wish me well for once!" Yin was immediately annoyed. He looked up and saw the gloating in Consort Tong's eyes, which made him instantly deflated.
"Eldest brother, you've done well. Since one of your three elder brothers has gone wrong, you'll be the one who needs special attention!" Kangxi said casually, indicating that he would stand by Consort Tong.
Yin glared at Yin Zhi, feeling utterly exasperated!
"Your Majesty, no, the third prince was just confused for a moment. He did not do as Your Majesty and the Empress said—favoring his concubine over his wife." Consort Rong cried out in protest.
Qingyan noticed that Yin Genjueluo and Yin were whispering to each other, and couldn't help but imitate them.
"Fourth Prince, why is His Majesty making us laugh?" Qingya asked him softly as she turned to the side.
Emperor Kangxi and Consort Tong both looked on as if they were watching a show. After all, Yinzhi was Emperor Kangxi's son.
"Hmph, hasn't the third prince caused enough trouble? The common people outside all know that one of the princes has a concubine who neglects his wife. E'shuo and Sao Tuo have warned me many times!" Yin felt wronged. It was clearly Yin Zhi's behavior that was being forced to be regulated by him.
I'm really heartbroken.
"Pfft!" Qingyan couldn't help but laugh. "Fourth Brother, it's Ah Hun and the others who are wrong. I'll talk to them."
At this moment, Qingyan noticed that Yinzhi didn't say a word or refute Consort Tong's words, but simply endured the misunderstandings outsiders had about him.
"Third brother, why did you have to make a scene at this time? Father Emperor is in a bad mood." Yin recalled that the Empress Dowager was at a stalemate with Kangxi, hoping to release Consort Xin.
Qingyan tilted her head and watched as Kangxi began to talk about Yinzhi. It was the first time she had witnessed Kangxi's venomous nature.
Historically, princes in their thirties and forties were still scolded by Emperor Kangxi until they cried bitterly. She couldn't help but find the thought of such a scene somewhat amusing.
In just two hours, Dong'e Wan Ning's fate was completely decided. She remained in Yin Zhi's courtyard, but her status changed from that of a secondary consort to that of a concubine. Dong'e Qi Shi was not so lucky; he was stripped of his official position.
Qingyan returned to her study feeling dizzy and disoriented. She immediately lay down on the soft couch and repeatedly asked Sulan to go to the small kitchen to get a pot of chilled plum juice to help her fully wake up.
"Fourth Brother, you absolutely cannot favor your concubine over your wife. I can't bear such suffering." Qingyan rolled up his trouser legs, revealing two fair and tender calves. His gaze slowly moved upwards, noticing that the area around the knees had turned a dark purple.
Instantly, his expression turned sour.
The cold air from the gold bricks was too strong; Qingyan's knees were in such a state that a royal physician was definitely needed.
"Su Peisheng, go and summon Physician Yuan!" Yin Yan was wary of the banquet causing any lasting illness, so he quickly sent someone to fetch him.
"No! The Emperor was just angry. If you summon the imperial physician now, aren't you just asking for trouble?" Qingyan quickly stopped him. "Suzhu knows acupuncture. I'll have her give me acupuncture in a bit!"
Before entering the palace, Fei Yanggu had arranged for all of her personal maids to be present. Su Zhu was trained by the Ulanara family's shadow guards and was Fei Yanggu's confidante, so there would be absolutely no mistakes.
Seeing Qingyan's determined gaze, Yin had no choice but to compromise.
"Next time, I'll definitely make it easier for you to kneel!" Qingyan clenched her little paws.
hiss!
Yin applied the ointment to her knees and told the little one to shut up. (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
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