As evening approached, news of Kosen's punishment spread to every corner of the naval port. Yin heard the news in his study and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
Qingyan finally understood what she meant and began to silently carry out the subsequent actions.
"Fourth Prince, the tasks you assigned me have already begun!" Qingyan discovered that Yin valued talent highly and would secretly leave people a way out, which contrasted sharply with Kangxi's overt benevolence.
Yin gestured to the armchair beside him, indicating that she should sit down first.
"Little darling, what are your thoughts?" Yin wanted to know what Qingyan thought.
“Sitara is a gentle person, and she’s also my sister-in-law’s best friend,” Qingyan sighed. “You didn’t see how my sister-in-law is, so I can’t say any more!”
Qingyan was surprised that Yin Genjueluo would plead for others. Whenever something happened, she was always aloof and would never speak up for anyone.
"Hmm, is there anything else?" Upon learning the news, Yin deliberately arranged for Kosen to be punished and ordered him to be escorted back to the capital, which was a trap.
As Yin had predicted, the atmosphere in the naval port gradually changed, and Yin Genjueluo and Qingyan became the best catalysts for this change.
"I feel like after today, even more people on the list will come looking for us sisters-in-law!" Qingyan leaned on Yin's shoulder. "Why do I feel like I've fallen into your trap?"
Yin chuckled: "Little darling, this isn't a trap, shouldn't you help me?"
Qingyan pretended to faint, and as expected, Yin didn't let her off the hook. She gave a haughty snort and waited for Yin's promise.
"Alright, once we've sorted things out, I'll take you out to play!" Yin gave Qingyan a lot of hope. "Now, you have to cooperate with me!"
Qingyan nodded. Just as the two were about to have dinner, Sulan came in from outside and reported to Qingyan that someone else had come to visit!
Qingyan rolled her eyes twice at the direction of the silver needle; it was really giving her trouble!
"I'll wait for you in the side hall!" Yin was waiting to dine with Qingyan and also wanted to hear how these women would plead for mercy.
Qingyan helped Sulan walk to the flower hall and found that there were already more than ten female relatives kneeling inside. Qingyan frowned slightly. Were these people here to 'force' her?
She couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. Were these people trying to force them?
She had a list in her purse, which listed who could be forgiven and who could not!
"We servants pay our respects to the Fourth Prince Consort!" The leader was a woman in her thirties. She was the wife of Exin'e. She was a descendant of a collateral branch of Prince Zheng from beyond the Great Wall. Therefore, she was forcibly sent over by Prince Zheng. It could be considered that Yinsi had given her face at the time.
"Let's kowtow," Qingyan said, waving his hand.
The maids served each of the wives warm tea. The last two were clearly very reserved, and judging by their age, they must have just gotten married.
According to Su-lan's prior introduction, the husbands of these women should all be over thirty-five years old, and the last two are clearly second wives.
"Thank you, Fourth Princess Consort!" Everyone stood up.
After everyone was seated, Exin'e's wife opened her mouth and finally spoke her mind.
In the afternoon, Kosen was taken to a solitary confinement cell, but his name was removed from the list of those to be escorted back to Beijing, so the men were all tempted.
As dinner time approached, both gentlemen returned, hoping that their respective wives would be able to hear them pleading for mercy.
As Qingyan listened to the women's complaints, he slammed his teacup heavily on the table. The women immediately fell silent, no longer daring to utter a single word.
"What's all the fuss about? Speak one by one. If you all act like this, I can't guarantee that all your men will be safe!" Qingyan took out a list from her purse and, using her spatial ability, copied Yin's own version of the list based on the list provided by Sulan, listing the mistakes these people had made.
From top to bottom, some things can be forgiven, and some cannot.
"Fourth Princess Consort, to be honest, I am Exin'e's legal wife. I hope that Exin'e can stay in the military camp. As long as he can stay, we will accept all punishments!" Before coming here, Exin'e's legal wife went to Kosen's courtyard to ask his wife what she had said to the two princess consorts.
It is said that the Fourth Princess Consort is the most easy to talk to, so they came to this courtyard as their first stop. Now, they feel that they were wrong. Qingyan is obviously more proper and less reasonable than Yingenjueluo.
"Exin'e!?" Qingyan glanced at the list and publicly revealed what Exin'e had done during the New Year, including how much silver he had earned and how he had stolen two rare books from Yin's courtyard!
Everyone was stunned. After hearing this, they realized that Exin'e had done so many wrong things, and she certainly wouldn't let it go. Therefore, they all tried to recall what wrong things their husbands had done. If they were really caught by the Fourth Master, things would be in trouble.
The list that the Fourth Prince's wife read aloud should have been prepared by the cook, so they dared not act rashly and began to have doubts.
The women who were sitting at the end were happy. Their husbands, who had been asked to write their names, hadn't done anything wrong and should be able to be saved.
"Fourth Princess Consort, our husbands were instigated by Lord Exin'e!" The last two princess consorts knelt on the ground and said.
Qingyan looked at the two of them and thought that they were only sixteen years old, yet they were able to say these things without being shy.
The two women each told her husband's name. Qingyan glanced at it and saw that their crimes were relatively minor. He frowned and looked at it carefully. This period of time had been far too long for the two of them.
"Fine, Master said he must be punished. If there's a next time, it won't be so easily let off!" Qingyan said condescendingly.
The two women's worries were finally put to rest; they no longer needed to go to the Prince Zhi's wife's place.
"Thank you, Fourth Master! Thank you, Fourth Princess!" The two quickly kowtowed and bowed.
"Suzhu, send them out!" Qingyan glanced at the two of them and immediately kicked them out. Her flower hall wasn't very spacious. "The rest of you can still talk!"
Everyone had their own explanation. Qingyan sighed, these women were incredibly eloquent, far better than the imperial concubines. No wonder the men sent them to plead for them.
The four wives, seeing that the two had left, started arguing again. Even when one of them pleaded for mercy, others started attacking each other. Qingyan simply sat up and watched the show.
"Alright, what did I just say!" Qingyan was annoyed. Didn't these people even know the slightest bit of manners?
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