As soon as Yin entered the room, he saw Qingyan lying on the soft couch, her bare, tender little feet exposed, making a mess without any regard for her image.
When he heard from the servants of the prince's residence that Xiao Guai had encountered Dong E Wan Ning when she went out, his heart immediately sank. None of the women in Yin Zhi's harem were healthy; it was practically a plague.
He took two steps forward and his hot, large hands gripped her soft, white feet tightly. Qingyan was stunned, looking at her feet being held firmly in Yin's hands.
He gestured with his palm, and it really was a lotus foot.
"Let go!" Qingyan only rolled around on the soft couch after driving everyone out of the bedroom.
If Granny Liao saw her behaving so undignifiedly, she would probably reprimand her directly.
“I won’t let go, my little darling. You said that Han women like to bind their feet, but those are just sculpted small feet. Yours are the real lotus feet.” Yin said, touching her delicate skin.
I love it!
Why didn't he notice whether Qingyan's skin was smooth and delicate in his past life?
"Go wash your hands, you're filthy!" Qingyan spat twice. Sisi was becoming increasingly unrefined. It was truly baffling how this guy could be so unrestrained.
Where is the majesty of Emperor Yongzheng!
Did she just get fooled?
"Who said that? My little darling will never get dirty!" Yin bent down and kissed her little face, then squeezed the soles of her feet with his big hands. "Hurry up and put your cloth socks on. If the servants see this, will you still have any face left?"
Yin looked at Qingyan with a stern face, absolutely denying that he was jealous.
As he entered, he saw those two fair and delicate little hooves greeting him. Without saying a word, he told Su Peisheng to stay at the door.
"Hmph!" Qingyan snorted coldly. "It's so hot!"
"That won't do either, what kind of talk is that!" Yin picked up the new cloth socks and helped Qingyan put them on. This girl was simply a headache. "Little darling, will you put these on like a good girl?"
He gripped her little toes tightly and stuffed them into her cloth socks, Qingyan's little face scrunched up in a frown.
Since I came here, I've had to wear cotton socks even in the summer. It's so frustrating.
"Si Si, could you make socks out of Xiangyun yarn?" Qingyan wanted silk stockings; they were the perfect summer garment.
"Why aren't you naked?" Yin was speechless. Could Xiangyun yarn even be made like this? "No, you'd better wear this properly. After dinner, you can take it off if you don't want to."
Yin had to think more about her. In the prince's quarters, not only his people, but other concubines would surely have hidden one or two very deep spies.
Today, the Guoluo clan's spies have been exposed. Even the six Xiaosulas who were beaten to death in the Yangxin Hall were all related to the Guoluo clan.
Qingyan pouted and walked on the carpet in her cloth socks. Yin shook his head helplessly. She just loved catching demons!
"Why aren't you even wearing a hairpin?" She used a few simple light blue silk cords to tie her hair up, without putting on any jewelry.
"At home, you can be as restrained as you want!" Qingyan didn't care. Even though Dong'e Wanning was pregnant, she still had to wear a head full of silver hair and flowerpot shoes. When she went to stroll in the Imperial Garden, she didn't even have a sedan chair.
Yin tapped her forehead, thinking that she was smart enough not to let Huo Xiang help Dong E Wan Ning, otherwise something bad would definitely have happened.
Upon his return, worried that Xiao Guai might be plotted against, he ordered his shadow guards to investigate Huo Xiang. Sure enough, Huo Xiang was not only bribed by Lady Dong E, but also controlled by Consort Yi.
"Fourth Brother, have you investigated patchouli?" Qingyan got up and leaned against his back, her small mouth close to his ear as she asked.
From the moment he entered, his expression was very strange. Apart from this matter, Qingyan couldn't think of anything else she had done that was so extraordinary.
Yin pulled her into his arms and held her close. The two of them snuggled together again, and the servants outside couldn't get into the inner chamber.
"You've improved; you can sense danger now!" Yin praised her generously. Kangxi and Consort Tong issued an edict to bring Qingyan into the palace, hoping she would be more aware of the power struggles in the inner palace. "Your fourth uncle's inner palace is too clean; it's excellent that you've gotten into the swing of things so quickly."
Even if there were no power struggles in Yin's own household, the relationships between his sisters-in-law who attended royal banquets would still be just as complicated.
At this time, the princes have not yet begun to fight.
When the time comes for the struggle for the throne, even the mistakes of the women will be discovered by the opponents. At that time, it will not be easy to deal with them. Rather than letting Xiao Guai get hurt then, it is better to make her vigilant from the beginning.
“Consort Rong did not go to pay her respects, and apart from Consort Hui and Consort Yi, none of the palace concubines went to Chenggan Palace!” Qingyan was puzzled. Why would the palace concubines not follow the rules?
hehe!
Yin smiled dismissively. The concubines were simply complacent, thinking that during the mourning period, Kangxi would certainly not care about the affairs of the inner palace. When the Empress Dowager was alive, these concubines dared not find fault with him, as neither the Empress Dowager nor Consort Tong had the same majesty as the Empress Dowager.
"Even Consort Xin didn't go?"
"Um!"
Yin patted her back, thinking about Consort Xin's matter. It was obvious that someone had planned a scheme to make Consort Tong reprimanded by Kangxi on the first day.
"Su Peisheng, go to Chenggan Palace to pay your respects to Mother. Quietly inquire whether the other concubines have gone to pay their respects!" Yin knew that Consort Yi was making things difficult for Xiao Guai, so Consort Tong sent her away first to prevent Xiao Guai from being wronged.
Qingyan blinked her watery eyes, looking at Yin's serious expression.
"Fourth Prince, what did someone say?" Qingyan thought of Emperor Kangxi. If it weren't for the imperial edict, no one would dare to disobey.
"It won't be Father Emperor. Even if he did, Mother Mother would be the first to know." Yin was worried about the servants.
Recently, the previous dynasty has taken some rather drastic actions, and several of the bondservant families that the Empress Dowager had always trusted have been uprooted.
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