Seeing Qingyan and the other two approaching with extremely bad expressions, Li Dequan's youngest apprentice quickly went into the imperial tent and whispered something in Li Dequan's ear.
He stepped forward and whispered his report in Kangxi's ear.
At that moment, Kangxi heard Qingyan's amused expression and realized that there must be news about the matter that Qingya had been investigating.
"They can come in directly when they come to pay their respects," Kangxi whispered instruction.
He was quite satisfied that Fifth Princess had accompanied Qingyan and his companion. His daughters were all exceptional women; when faced with difficulties, they should confront them head-on, not retreat step by step.
"This servant understands!" Li Dequan personally stood outside the tent to await Qingyan's arrival.
A moment later, Qingyan entered the imperial tent. After the group paid their respects, she stood beside Yin. He turned his head slightly, looked at the happy Qingyan, and couldn't help but smile slightly. The little one was in high spirits.
"Little Darling, you tell us what happened!" Qingya and Fifth Princess accused the governess of inhumanity. In particular, Qingya told the leaders how the governess colluded with many princes to promote the concubines she favored. Most importantly, none of these princesses had any children.
Before coming, Qingya mentioned to Garzang that she should prepare to report the matter of the governess to Kangxi, since the leaders involved were basically people Garzang did not approve of.
Qingyan looked at Kangxi with a bewildered expression, wondering what this matter had to do with her.
“Those two are the victims. As an outsider, you should speak for yourself to explain the issues!” Kangxi wouldn’t let Qingyan off the hook. The little girl had stirred things up, so she shouldn’t hide behind the scenes.
Qingyan secretly curled her lip. Kangxi had sharp eyes and could actually see that Qingyan was instigating things.
The surrounding Mongol leaders all lowered their heads. If His Majesty found out, he would surely be in deep trouble. Their eyes all turned to Qingyan, hoping that the Fourth Princess Consort would show mercy—no, show mercy in her words.
Qingyan, taking a neutral stance, recounted the story of the governess. Before marrying into the royal family, Qingyan had also endured the torment of this governess. She had to admit, none of those old governesses were good people, and this made her particularly upset.
"What?!" Yin Zhi stood up. Princess Rongxian had just gotten married, and when she returned to her parents' home, he noticed that her expression was off. Consort Rong had also asked her about it, and Rongxian only said that she was not used to married life. Now, he realized that those old women must have done something bad behind his back.
Yinzhi stepped forward and, in front of everyone, said that Princess Rongxian's expression was unusually bad when she returned home, and now they had finally found the root of the problem.
"Third Prince, are you sure the nannies around Princess Rongxian are like that too?" Kangxi felt a little scared. All the nannies around Princess Rongxian were personally selected by Consort Rong. He was worried about this kind of thing happening, so he handed over the people from those two families to Rongxian so that she could sell them at will.
Despite all the precautions, a problem still arose.
"I am certain that the families of the two nannies have secretly redeemed themselves from the Imperial Household Department!" Before leaving, Yinzhi made a special trip to investigate, intending to give Princess Rongxian a heads-up to prevent those servants from becoming too powerful.
Kangxi's face darkened, and the Mongol leaders present all lowered their heads. They often tried to please the maids, and they didn't care whether the princesses summoned their husbands. Having concubines to serve them made their lives very comfortable. In addition, those concubines were specially trained for them and were excellent in every way.
"Insolence!" Kangxi slammed his fist on the imperial table, his expression growing increasingly cold towards the Mongol leaders, who clearly did not take his decrees to heart.
The Mongol leaders knelt down in unison. They never expected that the matter of bribing the old woman with a large sum of money would come to light like this, and that the Third Prince, who usually didn't care about anything, would humiliate them so badly.
"Li Dequan, go to the Bairin tribe in southern Mongolia and summon Urgun and Rongxian!" Emperor Kangxi would not tolerate anyone disobeying his imperial edict. "You two, go outside and kneel!"
Kangxi glanced at the Mongol leaders and pointed directly outside.
Seeing Kangxi's fury, the leaders dared not make any further moves and quickly knelt outside. Li Dequan, seeing that there was nothing else going on inside the imperial tent, went out to find the guards.
Qingyan was curious. Emperor Kangxi shouldn't have let his daughters suffer. Historically, the thirteenth and fifteenth princesses must have died unnatural deaths, so why didn't Emperor Kangxi say anything?
"Little darling, is the nanny next to Xiao Wu also like this?" Kangxi saw that there were only Aisin Gioro family members in the tent, so he relaxed and quickly asked Little darling.
Those present were very curious as to why Kangxi asked Qingyan instead of Xiao Wu.
"Yes, I also took Xiao Wu's jewelry. Xiao Wu is shy and didn't tell Grandmother at all. That day, Xiao Wu and I were washing up together, and the jewelry was put away. Three days later, when I was preparing to leave the palace, I found that a third of my jewelry was missing." Qingyan spoke the truth. Fei Yanggu once said that in front of Kangxi, only the truth could be told. Trying to do too much would only annoy Kangxi.
The princes blushed with embarrassment. They, as servants, hadn't even noticed that their sisters' things were missing. Those damned slaves!
Emperor Kangxi looked at the four princes present and couldn't help but smile.
Back then, the Jue Luo clan prepared a governess for Qingyan, but after only one day by her side, she was beaten to death by Saito, who claimed that the governess had stolen Xiaoguai's jewelry.
He was planning to watch the play then, and if the situation was true, he would give Fei Yanggu a good mocking performance.
Reality left him feeling powerless. Saito and Eshuo doted on Qingyan, and they would notice even the slightest changes that occurred around her.
"Father, I personally led men to raid the residences of these old women!" Yin Zhi's temper was ignited; he couldn't vent his anger unless he did something.
Qingyan stood aside, watching the princes united in their hatred of the enemy, and couldn't help but find it amusing.
During the struggle for the throne among the nine princes, these princes hated each other to the death. Now, on the contrary, they are united and working together to fight against external forces.
She recalled that many Qing Dynasty time-travel novels always said that the Nine Dragons united to govern the Qing Dynasty, which changed the fate of the Qing Dynasty. After thinking about it, she thought that this was also a very good way to put it.
“Third brother, as the eldest brother, I will definitely be the first to step forward if anything happens!” Yin stepped forward, cupped his hands to Kangxi, and said, “Father, I am familiar with the terrain here, so let me go and confiscate the property.”
Yin had a daughter whom he cherished dearly. If these nannies weren't dealt with properly, how could he bear to see his precious daughter suffer such hardship when she got married? (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)
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