In just a few days, several of the imperial concubines fell ill. Screams could be heard from the Imperial Garden at midnight, and the concubines heard them one after another. Some of them were so frightened that they fell ill. The people of the Imperial Hospital were never idle, and even in the middle of the night, they would be summoned to the palace.
"Fourth, the palace is much quieter now!" Qingyan said with a smile. The concubines were all lying on their beds, and without any scheming, they were naturally much calmer.
Pfft!
Yin laughed. The little guy had been bullied by the concubines. If it weren't for Kangxi's sake, Fei Yang would have made a scene long ago.
The girl in front of me had never been bullied since she was a child, but after entering the palace, she was often bullied by the concubines.
"Do you like this kind of life?" Yin thought about life in the backyard, where no one would fight with Xiao Guai.
"Hehe," Qingyan chuckled, the quiet backyard putting her in a wonderful mood. "If it could always be like this, that would be great. What's so great about a backyard full of flowers?"
Yin covered Xiao Guai's mouth, preventing her from saying these things outside.
"Don't talk too much about Father's harem!" Yin instructed Xiao Guai before the two walked side by side toward Chenggan Palace.
We passed several palaces, but the gates were tightly closed, as if afraid that something bad might enter.
These past few days, Consort Hui, Consort Rong, and others have not allowed their children to pay their respects, saying it's to prevent the children from being contaminated by anything unclean. Aren't they just afraid themselves?
"Yes!" Qingyan followed Yin, wearing flowerpot-soled shoes.
"Go, see if there are any people ahead!" Consort Yi's voice came from the other side of the palace road, and Yin gave a cold laugh.
"Hurry up!" He grabbed Qingyan's small hand and they quickly walked to the corner.
The two looked at each other and smiled, then hid around the corner and secretly watched Xiao Tao Hong's pale face. They certainly knew how to play pranks.
"Your Majesty, there's no one here!" Little Peach Blossom's voice trembled as she spoke. Yin happily led the little one through a side gate of Chenggan Palace.
Shu saw two little figures enter through the side door and heard the servants outside say that the maidservants around Consort Yi had been frightened and run away. What could she not understand?
"You two!" Shu had watched them grow up, and her tone was more like that of an elder.
Emperor Kangxi rarely had breakfast with Consort Tong, and he was delighted to hear what the two little ones were doing.
"Greetings to Father and Mother!" Yin led Qingyan to pay their respects to Kangxi and Qingyan, and the two of them immediately became proper.
"Get up," Kangxi said, setting his teacup aside. "What have you two done? You scared Consort Yi away!"
Kangxi didn't care. If the two little ones weren't caught, he would definitely turn a blind eye. Guo Luoluo's methods were ruthless. After Xiao Guai entered the palace, Consort Yi caused her a lot of trouble, which made Yin very uncomfortable.
Consort Yi was very meticulous in her work and would never leave any evidence against her. Yin had people watching her for a long time, hoping to avenge Qingyan, but unfortunately, they never succeeded.
Yinqi's relationship with Consort Yi was bad, even worse than his relationship with Lady Uya in his previous life. Yinqi sympathized with Yinqi's plight and did not harm him. He understood that Consort Yi doted on the ninth prince, and he disdained to bully a young child.
"Little darling, come here." Kangxi beckoned to Qingyan, "Weren't you frightened these past few nights?"
Qingyan shook her head. She hadn't heard anything, so why would she be scared?
"No?!" Consort Tong exclaimed in surprise.
"These past few days, I've been putting earplugs in Xiaoguai's ears while she sleeps, afraid that she'll be woken up by those things." Kangxi was quite pleased with Yin's words; it was a good idea.
Consort Tong smiled, for Yin valued Xiao Guai's emotions much more than he had for Kangxi.
"Don't go out at night." Kangxi was very annoyed. He had specifically ordered his shadow guards to keep watch, but to his surprise, no one noticed anything amiss.
Yin learned about this phenomenon through the sticky rod, but he didn't believe there could be ghosts.
"Father, I think it's **!" Yin couldn't understand why Kangxi's men couldn't find the culprit.
Kangxi looked at Yin beside him and nodded in agreement with Yin's statement. He didn't know who was behind it yet, but he would find out.
"What do you think we should do to investigate, Fourth Prince?" Kangxi gave his son a test. Whenever he encountered a problem, he would ask Yin to give his thoughts.
Yin was speechless. It seemed he had to show some inconsiderateness again, or Kangxi would definitely nag him. But Yin felt a warm feeling in his heart.
"Your Majesty, there are many places in the Imperial Garden where people can hide. When I was young, I played hide-and-seek with my brothers in the Imperial Garden and discovered many hiding places. If someone is hiding in those places, they will definitely not be seen." Yin recalled that there were several stone caves in the Imperial Garden that could be used to hide people.
Kangxi was stunned. What Yin said made perfect sense. Those stone caves were not rejected one by one. It was probably time to replace the blueprints left by the late emperor.
"Fourth Prince, are there any tricks in those stone caves?" Consort Tong looked at her son suspiciously. Was the little guy right?
Yin nodded. Qingyan remembered that some unofficial histories mentioned that there were some secret rooms in the stone cave of the Imperial Garden, but they were filled in during the Yongzheng era.
“Mother, there should be. Third Brother once said that the stone caves are very dark, and some even have stone steps. There must be a way to hide people there.” Yin tried hard to recall what had happened before.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Kangxi was secretly alarmed. If there were any secret rooms, his safety would be greatly threatened.
"Fourth Prince, is what you're saying true?" Kangxi became serious, looking at him with stern eyes.
Qingyan tilted her head, watching Yin nod solemnly, and felt a little curious.
"It's been too long; I've forgotten which artificial hill it was," Yin sighed regretfully.
He held Qingyan's little hand, and seeing the curiosity in her eyes, he quickly stopped her.
When Kangxi saw Qingyan's expectant eyes, he felt a terrible headache.
"Little darling, stay here in the Prince's quarters without worry." Kangxi coughed and solemnly rejected Qingyan's request.
She pouted, her little face drooping.
"Aren't you afraid?" A shadow had already appeared under Consort Tong's eyes. She was so disturbed by the events in the Imperial Garden that she couldn't even sleep soundly.
"I'm not scared, I'm just curious why it's been so long and they still haven't caught them!" Qingyan muttered softly.
Emperor Kangxi blushed, feeling helpless. He was embarrassed by the children, and it seemed his subordinates were really not doing their jobs well.
"Fourth Prince, do you want to go see?" Qingyan didn't believe that Yin wasn't curious; he had been having people from the Sticky Rod Office inquire about the news.
Yin wavered. If Xiao Guai wasn't afraid, he would want to go and see who was behind this.
"Fourth Prince!" Seeing that Yinzhi offered no resistance to Qingyan's coaxing, Kangxi swayed the fourth prince with just a few words. (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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