The hall fell silent. Qingyan blinked as she looked at Yinzhi. Had she done it right?
The servants lowered their heads, indicating that they had not heard.
"Third Prince, did you buy things from my family's shop?" Qingyan finally found her voice.
Yin Zhi nodded, understanding that Qing Yan definitely wouldn't give him anything from home.
"It's Princess Ulanara. I'll pay whatever it takes for those thousand-year-old ginseng and lingzhi mushrooms." Yin Zhi recalled that Consort Rong had said that morning that she would buy as many thousand-year-old medicinal herbs as possible.
As soon as she finished speaking, Qingyan became alert. The Empress Dowager had always needed thousand-year-old ginseng, and even Consort Tong's had been taken away. She had not sent any more to the palace. Now, the Empress Dowager had just left, and there was already ginseng and lingzhi. Wasn't this directly saying that Ulanara was refusing to help someone in distress?
"Third Prince, who told you that my family has those thousand-year-old medicinal herbs? When the Empress Dowager was alive, she used thousand-year-old people to prolong life. Even those from Chenggan Palace were sent to Cining Palace. You wouldn't ask Granny Su if there were any left, would you? Those things aren't like cabbages or radishes that you can just produce with a few words!" Qingyan looked at Yinzhi angrily. This man's words were full of traps.
Yin Zhi was rebuffed; he saw that Xiao Guai was completely unyielding.
Beside him, Yin squinted and said little. Yin Zhi was treating Xiao Guai as a pawn that he could use.
“Third Brother, those were arranged by the servants of Xiao Guai’s household. Now that Xiao Guai is confined in the palace, she doesn’t know anything about the household.” Yin felt that Yin Zhi was going too far. Even after Dong E’s miscarriage, he still didn’t forget to make trouble for Qing Yan.
Yinzhi smiled awkwardly. Dong Eqi's military power was taken away, and Kangxi then strengthened Feiyanggu's military power, even putting him in charge of confronting the princes of the grasslands. Qingyan was carefully protected. Even if the Empress Dowager wanted to frame him before her death, she would have to see if the Khorchin could withstand Feiyanggu's anger.
"Fine, I'll go back now." Yin Zhi left dejectedly. She watched his retreating figure, puzzled, but didn't insist.
A few days later, rumors circulated in the palace that Yinzhi and Qingyan had refused to help the dying woman. It was said that a thousand-year-old ginseng from the Ulanara residence had been brought to the palace to save the Empress Dowager's life. After the Third Prince's wife suffered a miscarriage, the Third Prince personally went to the palace, hoping that the Fourth Prince and Qingyan could save her.
They stood by and watched someone die without offering any help.
Upon hearing this, Kangxi merely smiled indifferently and turned to instruct Li Dequan to handle the matter. Fei Yanggu's residence no longer possessed the thousand-year-old ginseng, and the Empress Dowager had taken away Consort Tong's ginseng and other items.
Until the Empress Dowager passed away, he asked Su Mo'er, and she said that the Empress Dowager had not used those things and had given them all to the wives of the Mongols.
The rumors circulating in the palace greatly angered Kangxi. Yinzhi was being manipulated because of his clouded judgment, and he was completely unaware of it.
On this day, Kangxi brought Yinzhi and Yin to Chenggan Palace. He had to teach Yinzhi a lesson.
Qingyan was in a bad mood, and Consort Tong's words of comfort had little effect.
"My dear, marrying into the royal family involves many trials, and where there are many people, there will be trouble," Consort Tong whispered to Xiao Guai.
When Kangxi entered the room, he saw that Consort Tong and Qingyan's eyes were slightly red, and he felt very sorry for them. Yinzhi had crossed Kangxi's bottom line. The things that Xiaoguai encountered were the same things that the Empress Dowager had done to Consort Tong, which almost caused Kangxi and Consort Tong to miss each other for life.
Qingyan gave Yinzhi a cold look, wondering what this guy was up to.
"Sit down first!" Kangxi helped Consort Tong up and then pointed to the seat to his left, indicating that Qingyan should sit there.
"Fourth brother, what's going on with you two brothers?" Yin deliberately revealed a flaw, letting Kangxi know that he was going to cause trouble for Yin Zhi.
He felt that Qingyan and Dong Eshi should not be involved in the conflict between the two men.
"Father, Third Brother asked Qingyan to prepare some thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum. Those things are extremely rare." Yin complained directly, "Mother's things have all been taken by Angguma. I was worried about it with Qingyan. But as soon as Third Brother came, he said it was as if we had something and he wouldn't give it to us."
Qingyan secretly gave a thumbs up; Yin's eloquence was quite good. Who said Yin couldn't explain himself and was a taciturn person?
He's clearly a repressed pervert!
"Little darling, has the servant who went to the border to purchase goods returned?" Kangxi asked.
When the Empress Dowager was still alive, Qingyan sent people to search for ginseng outside the Great Wall. Most of the ginseng was old and had been sent to the Imperial Hospital. It was lucky that Xiaoguai was able to find it once or twice.
"No, Your Majesty, I can only say that I will try my best to find it, but I cannot guarantee whether I can find it." In Qingyan's mysterious place, ginseng is planted like radish, and no one except Yin knows the truth.
Yin knew that if Xiao Guai could take one out to use when Consort Tong was critically ill, that would be good.
Yin Zhi!
"Hmph," Yin and Qingyan exchanged a glance, and Yin snorted coldly.
"Father, Consort Dong'e's health is really not good. As I said, I bought her from Princess Ulanara." Yinzhi indicated that he did not take her for free.
Seeing Yinzhi's self-righteous expression, Kangxi wished he could give Yinzhi a good beating.
"Third Prince, go to the Imperial Hospital and check! The things from Ulanara's residence are all in Cining Palace." Kangxi trusted Feiyanggu, so if Feiyanggu said they were gone, he certainly wouldn't have kept them for himself.
“Father…” Yin Zhi was stunned; Kangxi was not on his side.
"Father, Third Brother thinks we're protecting Xiao Guai, so let him go out of the palace to buy the medicine." There are many pharmacies outside the palace, and many supply the royal family.
After he finished speaking, Kangxi thought that Yinzhi was right. Since Yinzhi thought it was something that could be done easily, then he should just handle it.
"Hmm, Third Prince, I'm giving you a seven-day leave. You can return to the palace before the end of the year." Kangxi disliked princes who were arrogant, and Yinzhi believed that subjects should be respectful and fearful to princes.
"Yes!" Yin Zhi replied.
After the medicinal herbs were purchased, he returned to Emperor Kangxi and complained about the matter.
"What's with the rumors? Dong Eshi miscarried and still not behaving herself!" Kangxi looked at Yinzhi. He couldn't say anything about Dong Eshi, so Yinzhi would have to take the blame.
Yin Zhi was feeling uneasy, so he instructed Dong E Shi to spread rumors.
Qingyan, standing to the side, didn't miss any of Yinzhi's expressions. Seeing a flash in his eyes, she knew that Yinzhi was the person behind the scenes.
"Your subject is not aware of the situation. When we return, your subject will certainly give her a good talking to," Yin Zhi quickly replied.
Qingyan felt that Yinzhi was too hypocritical; it was clearly his own idea.
She couldn't stand such an irresponsible man. Fortunately, Yin wasn't like that, otherwise, she would have divorced him!
Kangxi was very disappointed in Yinzhi. It wasn't just Dong E's servants who were spreading rumors; some of Ma Jia's servants were also stirring things up behind the scenes.
"You apologized to Qingyan. I've had Li Dequan handle it. If similar rumors spread again, don't blame me for being ruthless," Kangxi warned Yinzhi. (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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