After lunch, Yin took Qingyan back to the prince's residence. As soon as they entered the inner chamber, Xiao Guai glared at Yin angrily a few times. He was immediately stunned, as he had not provoked her in the past few days.
He waved his hand, dismissing all the servants. He watched them leave with a stern face, then quickly sat down beside Qingyan. Having finally found family, Yin really didn't want to lose her.
"Hmph!" Qingyan turned her head to the side. "You're telling me, His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine both want to find you women!"
Qingyan is definitely not good at palace intrigue; if she were to compete with the other women, she would surely be the one to lose.
Besides, it would be good if Yin had a few female relatives in his harem, otherwise the censors would definitely not be happy, and she herself was not happy about it.
"Heh, just for this?" Yin Neng, the head of the household, said, "Those women won't come in!"
Yin designated several courtyards at the back of the mansion specifically for the women who had visited Kangxi and others last time.
"Really?!" Qingyan looked at him in surprise. He was a native man, yet he could do this.
"Hmm, you can't see it, come here!" Yin led Xiao Guai by the hand into the study, placed the survey map of the mansion on the table, and used a blue brush to draw a circle at the location closest to the back wall of the mansion. Qing Yan took a look and realized that the place was exactly where the modern Yonghe Temple was located. This was originally where Yin's concubines lived.
"These three courtyards are..." Qingyan was puzzled. The three courtyards seemed to lead to the front yard, but they could not get close to the study and the main courtyard. All the close corridors were cleverly designed to be dead ends.
"I had no choice but to do this so that the censors wouldn't attack you and your father-in-law." The censors were all idle, and they not only kept an eye on Kangxi's backyard, but also included the backyards of the princes in their surveillance.
The fame of Xiao Guai's favor spread throughout the Censorate, and these people kept a close eye on him.
"Why!" Qingyan's eyes widened. Wasn't the rule against sending people in? "Don't you stand by your word?"
"No, Xiao Guai, these people always live in the back. The people around them are all sent by me." Yin looked at Qing Yan. Luckily, he had told Xiao Guai in advance. Otherwise, once Kangxi made his move, there would definitely be a conflict between them.
Qingyan turned her head away from him, feeling a pang of sadness in her heart.
Even if he didn't see it, those women would become his women, including the Nian family!
"Moreover, they won't record it in the jade tablet!" Yin pondered. Xiao Guai was stubborn, and if he didn't explain it to her, she would have a knot in her heart.
Qingyan remained silent, twisting her head to look outside.
“If I encounter other women, I will get a rash. I definitely won’t touch these people. Father Emperor was forced into it. Mother told you that you should never touch anything that the emperor is forbidden to do.” Yin remembered that on the way back, Qingyan whispered to him about Chenggan Palace.
Qingyan was speechless for a moment, but her mood improved somewhat. It seemed that she was really too easy to coax.
Seeing that Qingyan was wavering, he could only tell her the truth. In Qingyan's heart, he had to admit that Fei Yanggu and his two sons held a higher position than she did.
"Hmph, what if you go back on your word?" Qingyan certainly wouldn't let it go so easily and questioned him directly.
“What do you mean by not keeping your word? Su Lan, come in!” Yin said.
Su Lan listened to her two masters talking in the study. As servants, she thought it best not to get involved in the typhoon.
"Yes!" Su Lan heard this and quickly came in. "Go and fetch a cup of tea!"
Su Lan brought in a cup of warm tea. When he took the tea, he touched Su Lan's hand. Instantly, red rashes appeared on his hands. Su Lan was so frightened that she knelt on the ground.
"This servant deserves to die, this servant deserves to die!" Su Lan was truly terrified, not knowing what had happened to this person.
"Get up, and don't tell anyone!" Yin waved his hand, letting Su Lan go out first.
Qing was still in shock. Before, she thought that Consort Tong and Prince Yin's rash was a joke, but she never expected that it was true.
"See this? This is my gift to you!" Yin smiled, certain that Master Yuan Yi would never lie to him.
"Four! Four!" Qingyan's almond-shaped eyes welled up with tears. Originally, she had prepared for the worst.
"My dear, I've said I'd spend my life with you. It would be best if no one interfered between us, and we could watch the children grow up together. But we must also consider Father Emperor's reputation." Yin Tai understood Kangxi well; because of his reputation, he implemented benevolent policies, leaving him with an empty treasury in his previous life.
Xiao Guai is very pampered, and if she is not careful, it will be Emperor Kangxi who will punish her.
In order to prevent Xiao Guai from being wronged, Yin had no choice but to resolve all the issues in advance.
"Fourth Prince, really?" Qingyan looked at Yin with suspicion.
Yin nodded and hugged Xiao Guai tightly. The rash on his body wouldn't stay for long, but the situation was still quite frightening, leading Kangxi and Consort Tong to believe that this time, the cause of the illness was definitely not Xiao Guai's fault.
"Of course, when have I ever broken a promise?" Since childhood, Yin has kept every promise he made to Qingyan.
"Hmph!" Qingyan turned around and looked at Yin.
"Looking at me?" Yin smiled, his face still covered in red rashes. Qingyan chuckled.
"Are you sure you don't need to apply any medicine to your face?" Qingyan asked worriedly. "Shouldn't we see the imperial physician?"
"No need!" Yin Ke didn't want to cause trouble for Xiao Guai. If Consort Tong found out, she would definitely scold Xiao Guai.
The two sat embracing on the soft couch, gazing at the beautiful scenery outside the window. An hour later, the rash on Yin's body was completely gone.
During dinner, Qingyan specially asked Sulan to prepare several of Yin's favorite dishes. After the commotion in the afternoon, she felt very guilty and had no choice but to make up for it.
"Hehe, Fourth Prince, look at these dishes, they were prepared especially for you!" Qingyan served the dishes to Yin.
Yin didn't care. As long as Qingyan was happy, that was enough. He had long since forgotten about those superficial matters.
"Little darling, from now on, if anything happens, you have to tell me directly, understand?" Yin said directly, "If you talk things out, you won't have any lingering resentment."
Qingyan nodded, her little head hanging low. She looked like she had done something wrong. Yin put some sweet and sour pork on Qingyan's plate, a dish that Qingyan had been ordering frequently since entering the palace.
"Use more; it certainly wasn't used properly with Mother." Yin pondered Qingyan's vinegar; she must not have used much.
Qingyan's face flushed slightly. She was filled with hatred for Consort Tong, so how could she possibly think about eating?
He smiled, and seeing her enjoying her appetite, he felt relieved.
"From now on, even if you're angry, you're not allowed to take it out on yourself!" Yin commanded Qingyan. (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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