As the night grew later, at the third quarter of the hour of midnight, the sky was pitch black, and the howling of wolves echoed from the wilderness. Dong Eshi was so frightened that she burst into tears on the spot. Qingyan's little hand, clutching the handkerchief, tightened more and more. Si Si had made a mistake!
"Fourth brother, it's impossible for someone to impersonate the voice. This voice is clearly that of a real wolf!" Yin shook his head. Although Yin was more experienced than Yin Zhi, he was still not as good as Yin, who came from the military, when it came to judging these things.
Kangxi did not speak, but Qingyan understood that he had tacitly agreed with Yin's statement.
"Li Dequan, issue an order to maintain alert on the spot!" Kangxi glanced at his pocket watch; there were less than three hours until dawn. In the darkness, wolves fear firelight most...
The sound of the flute outside started again, sometimes near, sometimes far. The wolf howl changed with the flute's melody, which sent chills down Qingyan's spine.
Dong Eshi turned deathly pale instantly. With so many of them, there was probably not much chance of breaking through the wolf pack's encirclement.
"Alright, you may all go back. Yinqi, go stay with your mother." Kangxi shook his head at Dong'e's appearance. This kind of list wouldn't do; going to the hunting grounds was too risky, and he was already terrified before even reaching the hunting grounds. "Have someone choose one of you to take the Third Prince's pulse!"
No comparison to old Shanghai!
Xiao Guai and Dong E both came from military families. Qing Yan showed no fear, but Dong E looked timid.
Once Qing arrived at the carriage, he lay down on the soft couch. This pack of wolves...
"Little darling, check if it's a pack of wolves!" Yinhen was no longer confident and had no choice but to ask Qingyan for help.
Inside the dragon carriage, Qingyan opened the spatial system, which required more mental energy than usual, much to her displeasure.
The two sat on the bed in the space and turned on the video. There were no torches lit in the grassland, and without the sound of a flute, they had no way of knowing where the flute player was.
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Yin tried hard to recall where the flute music came from when the sound started.
The flute player seemed to know that someone was following her, and after the two started video chatting, the video stopped playing.
At this moment, an incredible idea came to mind.
"Tell me, is this the work of the imperial concubines?" Consort Yi was from the Manchu Eight Banners, and Consort Rong was the daughter of Gaishan, a minor official. Both of them had access to servants who could control wild beasts.
Yin was taken aback. Kangxi had lost a concubine as a shield, so there was no way a concubine would do something bad behind his back.
At this moment, the flute music that had stopped started again, and Yin carefully listened through the screen, his eyes flashing.
Consort Liang!
Yin couldn't help but think of this person. Consort Liang was the legitimate daughter of Abu Nai. Because of Abu Nai's accident, his children were basically cut in half, and his daughter was sent to the Xin Zhe Ku along with the Fujin. Abu Nai was originally a prince of Mongolia. Consort Liang had been exposed to the skill of controlling wolf packs since childhood.
He patted his head, wondering if his father could have thought of this.
Qingyan brought out two cups of coffee from the kitchen. She would probably have to stay up all night. Since coming to the Qing Dynasty, her sleep schedule had returned to normal, and she definitely couldn't stand staying up all night without coffee.
"Little darling, you're actually drinking coffee?" Ever since Fei Yanggu sent his servants on overseas voyages, there have been royal shadow guards on board. On the surface, this is Ulanara's business, but in reality, the most important thing is those shadow guards.
"Without this, I can't last all night!" Qingyan doesn't like strong tea; she prefers coffee to stay awake.
Yin took the coffee from her hand, took a sip of the coffee prepared by Qingyan, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned. The coffee was obviously different from the one prepared by the missionaries and others.
"It tastes good, not bitter at all!" Yin was very satisfied with Xiao Guai's cooking. "Those missionaries were hiding a lot of things. Even though it was bitter and astringent, they could still drink it."
Yin grumbled for a while, but his eyes didn't leave the video. Qingyan sat closer to him, resting her little head on his shoulder, and twisted her little body a few times to find a comfortable position.
"Sisi, do you know who that person is?" Qingyan could clearly feel him relax.
"It's just a suspicion!" Yin revealed the identities of Consort Yi, Consort Rong, and Consort Liang, with a particular emphasis on Consort Liang.
Qingyan slightly opened her mouth. In modern times, someone mentioned this unofficial history, and no one expected that Consort Liang would be classified as a Xin Zhe Ku (a low-ranking official in the Imperial Laundry).
"Fourth Prince, His Majesty didn't bring Consort Liang with him!" Qingyan sat up cross-legged, her almond-shaped eyes filled with confusion.
At this moment, Emperor Kangxi sat facing Consort Tong. He had long suspected that the palace concubines and local people had deceived him.
"Lanya, when you came out, did you personally have someone check the palace maids?" Kangxi looked at the chessboard. Abu Nai had hidden many spies for Wei Shi. The Empress Dowager had mentioned that his scheme undoubtedly eliminated a restless element.
Consort Tong looked at him in surprise. What did he mean?
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She recalled Wei's humble origins and the years of hardship she endured in the Imperial Laundry. Wei had ingrained the humility of a servant into her very being. Now, with the Empress Dowager and Consort Tong, the two most powerful figures in the harem, both present, the concubines no longer needed to pay their respects. If Consort Liang were to leave the palace in disguise, no one would notice.
"You said...it came out?" Consort Tong was very uneasy, worried that Kangxi might have made a mistake.
“Eight or nine out of ten, each person who commands a pack of wolves has their own rhythm.” Kangxi placed the black pieces on the chessboard, and Consort Tong pouted.
"Hmph, even if you multitask, I still can't beat you!" Consort Tong retorted angrily. "You already know, so why did you linger?"
“The people left behind by Abu Nai are definitely elites. Wei Shi has been trained in the Xin Zhe Ku for several years. She will be by my side, probably hoping to restore the family’s glory!” Kangxi was well aware of the thoughts of the concubines, which is why he regarded the city walls as his home.
Consort Tong held his hand, not wanting to hear those repetitive stories.
Before the two could finish speaking, Li Dequan rushed into the imperial carriage and whispered to Kangxi that a pack of wolves was faintly visible in front of the guards!
Kangxi frowned. Around the carriages of the three princes beside him, many bonfires were lit, enough to last until dawn.
The howling of wolves grew closer, and Yin's hands began to sweat. Through the lens, he looked at the pairs of green eyes hidden in the wild grass of the wilderness, which made many of the guards' hearts pound.
Yin glanced at the fire and estimated that there were probably hundreds of wolves gathered there. If it weren't for the campfires, the political team would probably have been wiped out if these wolves had charged.
"Fourth Brother, will everything be alright?" Qingyan had never seen anything like this before; the long howls of the wolves made her tremble.
"No, little girl, we have enough firewood to burn for a long time." Yin patted her little head. The wolves were getting closer and closer to the caravan, but they stood one by one outside the campfire. Fortunately, Kangxi always made thorough preparations for the autumn hunt. (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
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