Five days later, a large crowd of people gathered at the city gate of the capital. Yin sent Tulichen to escort the caravan of over a hundred black slaves into the capital. Upon receiving the news, Kangxi quickly dispatched Dong Echunpeng to welcome them.
Even before the black slaves entered the city, they had already become the focus of everyone's attention.
"Fifth Brother, Fourth Brother is really showing off. Now, even Tenth Brother has followed him. Yin will definitely get a share of the glory this time." Yin said with some emotion, feeling very unbalanced.
Yinqi forced a smile. If it weren't for Yinsi's instigation, they might not have ended up in this situation. It seems that all of this is Yinsi's fault.
"Ninth Brother, don't get involved in anything. Those were things that Eldest Brother and Fourth Brother risked their lives for. We can't just say things like that!" Yinqi noticed that the situation with Chao's burns had changed, and he also needed to make some adjustments.
Yin felt increasingly worse. Before, he always opposed Yin. The tenth prince was originally on their side, but because of the twins, he went to Yin's side, which was a bit unreasonable.
At Changchun Garden, Emperor Kangxi told Consort Tong that Yinzhi had done well for him, managing to defeat the Spanish slave ships, which were all heavily armed and had powerful cannons. After all, these interests were controlled by the Spanish royal family.
"Lanya, Yin has grown up. Would you like to see those black slaves?" Kangxi saw the black slaves in the Golden Palace, and his ministers were all talking about where these slaves had gone.
In Kangxi's view, those censors were talking without understanding the situation. Yin had gone to great lengths for these black slaves. If he were to release them as these people suggested, it wouldn't be a display of national grandeur, but rather a sign of foolishness.
"No!" Consort Tong didn't want to go and see, even if she was curious, she didn't want to give the censors any ammunition. "Did the censors find out where those people went by arguing?"
Consort Tong thought, "We can't just keep these people around, can we?"
"Hmph, I've made my decision. According to Yin, these people are quite physically fit, so let's send them directly to farm." Kangxi had his own idea and sent several such servants to some of his most trusted ministers, which was considered a good idea.
"Didn't the fourth prince take the twins sea fishing?" Consort Tong suddenly remembered that the twins had written to them, specifically mentioning that Yin had promised them they would definitely go sea fishing.
Kangxi nodded and briefly recounted how Yin had encountered these black slaves. Consort Tong opened her mouth slightly, but couldn't find her voice for a long time.
"You're saying this was discovered by Yiken'e?" Consort Tong was stunned. "How could this child have seen all this!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Consort Tong complained to Yin, saying that he couldn't even take good care of his own child.
Kangxi remained silent. He believed that one should never show such sympathy for the princes of the royal family; if one did, the country would be swallowed up by a powerful nation.
On the sea thousands of miles away, Yin was playing Go with Yiken. The father and son had the same expression and the same serious look, which made Qingyan feel a little emotional. The father and son really looked alike.
She reached out and touched her belly; the child must look a lot like Iken.
The two brothers are nearly four years apart in age, and Yiken is relatively more mature.
"Mother, are you feeling unwell?" Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen asked as she embroidered her needlework beside her.
Qingyan did not require Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen to be particularly outstanding in needlework. As a princess, she was responsible for managing the overall situation, not for using such skills to please others like a concubine.
"No!" Qingyan shook her head. "The baby is moving."
A smile appeared on Yin's face. The child had arrived at just the right time, a time when Yin could be by her side.
"Father, do you think those black slaves were delivered to the Emperor?" Yiken asked, looking up at Yin.
According to Yin, Miyase was also part of Yiken'e's group this time. If it weren't for Yiken'e, he definitely wouldn't have seen those people.
While interrogating the crew members on the ship, Yin learned that if they didn't approach the ship, the other side obviously wouldn't approach them either, as these ships were avoiding merchant ships or patrol boats.
"It should have arrived by now." Yin calculated the time and figured it should have been delivered by now.
Qingyan discovered that Yiken'e was very sensitive and treated Kangxi very well. Consequently, whenever Kangxi had something good to do, he would think of Yiken'e first.
“I sent many farmers to the Emperor!” Yiken’e remembered that Emperor Kangxi would be so tired after each spring planting that he couldn’t straighten his back. He kept this in mind. “The Emperor won’t have to rest for many days after each spring planting!”
Yiken'e's words surprised Yin. Kangxi rarely showed signs of fatigue in public, so Yiken'e's discovery was definitely an unexpected surprise.
"How did you know?!" Yin asked.
“Grandpa always invites the imperial physician. Father, you all don’t know that you’re not observing things carefully enough!” Yiken rubbed his mouth, thinking that Yin hadn’t observed things properly.
"Yes, it's Father's fault!" Yin Yong readily admitted his mistake.
Yiken'e puffed out her chest, believing that she was right. When it came to matters of principle, Yiken'e would definitely argue with Yin on the grounds.
Yin's face showed helplessness: "Yiken, you absolutely cannot say this outside!"
“Yes, I’m only so presumptuous in front of my father,” Yiken’e assured, patting his chest.
Yin was speechless: "The censors are still discussing where to put these black slaves. It is said that they are arguing fiercely, and some people are even saying that we must show the demeanor of a great nation and release these people!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qingyan snorted coldly. These censors were all talk and no action; when it came to real danger, they were useless.
"Mother, why are you releasing them?" Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen was stunned. These people were the spoils of war that her father had won with his navy.
"Those censors are just saying things they don't mean, Father Emperor won't listen!" Kangxi still expects these black slaves to do the farming, at most he'll give a few to his subordinates, but the rest won't be used, they'll all be put to work on the imperial estate.
"Really?" Qingyan glanced at Yin. "The censors must have all been sent here to participate in the battle. It's unreasonable to decide other people's fates just by talking!"
Qingyan disliked those censors very much; they would cause trouble for no reason and were not very respectable.
"These censors are all talk and no action. They say they've released the people, but who will take responsibility for the soldiers who died while boarding the ship?" Yin sighed.
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