The family of four spent the entire day in the courtyard. It was a rare opportunity for Yin and Yiken'e to spend so much time together. Yiken'e wanted to get close to Yin, but she strictly followed the rules of the royal family.
In private, Yinzhen would interact with the children. If Emperor Kangxi found out, he would definitely reprimand Yinzhen.
In Kangxi's view, Yin should not be so close to his son, as his father should maintain his authority.
"Sisi, play Go with Yiken'e for a while!" Qingyan felt a headache coming on when she saw Yiken'e take out the Go set. Go was definitely not a game for ordinary people. Every time, Qingyan would lose to Yiken'e.
"Mother, you can't do it yourself, so you're just blaming it on Father!" Yiken laughed unkindly.
"Alright, Father will play with you!" Yin pinched Yiken'e's little face. "Your mother doesn't like these things, which is why she's not good at them."
"Father, you don't have much time left to play with me!" Yiken also hoped that her father could stay by her side.
However, Yin was always busy with various things and couldn't be by the children's side, so Qingyan put everything aside to be with the children.
"Little darling, thank you!" Yin looked at Qingyan. If it weren't for Qingyan, the children might have been just like any other royal prince, bound by all sorts of rules.
"Spend more time with Yiken'e. I can't play chess with Yiken'e; I always lose miserably!" Qingyan said directly.
The father and son sat cross-legged facing each other, with Yin holding the black pieces and Yi Ken'e holding the white pieces.
Qingyan sat with Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen on another chaise longue, watching her daughter draw patterns. Each pattern was carefully selected, and the women had to learn these.
Even a pampered princess like Hutulifengshengzhalafen needs to learn these things.
“Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen, these drawings are very complicated. Are you really confident that you can do them well?” Qingyan asked, looking at Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen.
The daughter nodded: "Of course, Mother, aren't you also very skilled at needlework? I'll do it too."
Yin felt a warmth in his heart as he watched the interaction between the mother and daughter. In the palace, apart from Chengqian Palace, it seemed that such a scene was rarely seen in other palaces!
For an afternoon, the study was divided into two areas, with a screen separating the father and son and the mother and daughter, and they were all doing what they liked.
As evening approached, Su Peisheng appeared at the gate.
"Master, the Tenth Prince has sent word that he caught a spy during training!" Yin was very dedicated to training; basically, as long as he could move, he would be on the training field.
"What?!" Yin stood up; the game of chess between father and son had only been halfway through.
"Father, can I come with you?" Yiken'e found that there were many things to do in the military port, and he hoped to stay by his father and mother's side!
Qingyan turned her head and glanced at Yiken, only to find the little guy looking at them.
"All four of us will go!" After instructing his youngest son, Yin led his wife and children to his courtyard.
Upon arriving at the entrance of the courtyard, one could hear the sound of a cane being struck inside, and it seemed as if someone was still wailing.
Qingyan frowned slightly, regretting that she had brought Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen along.
"Mother, I'm not afraid!" Hutulifengshengzhalafen already liked this kind of punishment. In the palace, when Consort Tong punished the palace servants, she would not hide it. In fact, she would even call the two of them over and let them handle it personally.
Qingyan took her daughter's little hand and walked inside step by step. From the corridor, they reached the stone steps of the main hall. Qingyan noticed that Yin and Yingenjueluo had also come over with Songkelierha.
"Big brother, fourth brother, these people are after the two little girls. They say someone in the capital has paid a lot of money to human traffickers. They just need to lure the two little ones out of the military port and kidnap them!" Yin was furious when he heard this. His two little nieces were his favorites.
Yin often took Yiken'e out for sea fishing and even hunting, but he always granted his two nieces' requests.
"Who is it?!" Qingyan's face immediately turned red with anger upon hearing this. This kind of person should be found.
Although Emperor Kangxi might not punish them in order to maintain balance in the court, Yinzhi and Yinzhi themselves would not interfere.
"It's said to be in the east!" Yin heard the news and found it hard to believe.
Really?
Yin and Yin exchanged a glance. Yin wouldn't harm his niece. Could it be the Crown Princess?
In the imperial family, Emperor Kangxi valued Songkelierha and Hutulifengsheng Zhalafen more, while the Crown Princess's legitimate daughter was relegated to the back.
"Tenth Brother, what do you think?" Yin asked coldly.
Yin and Yin were the parties involved, and they were already furious. If Yin gave the order, they would be blamed for disregarding their brotherly bond.
"I think it's probably the Crown Princess," Yinzong said, sensing something amiss. "The people I arrested, after investigation, turned out to be from the Crown Princess's family!"
"The Crown Princess?!" Yin Genjue Luo Shi and Qing Yan asked in unison.
Yin was overwhelmed by the anger of his two sisters-in-law and nodded blankly.
“Both of these men have ties to the Guarjia clan, and they don’t seem to be from Yuqing Palace. After all, people sent out by the Crown Prince always have Yuqing Palace badges on them, but these two don’t.” Yin didn’t want his brothers to quarrel over these matters.
No father can remain calm if his or her children are harmed.
Qingyan narrowed her eyes. What exactly did the Crown Princess want to do?
"Tenth Master, please stop hitting me! I confess, I confess!" cried the servant being beaten on the bench on the left.
Yin glanced at his personal guards and ordered them to dig out all the information as soon as possible.
"I'll ask you one more time, who sent you here!" The Tenth Prince's personal guard asked the servant.
"It's Shi Bingwen!" The servant finally couldn't hold back any longer and blurted out.
"Shi Bingwen?!" Everyone was stunned.
"Yes, Lord Guarjia said that the two young princesses are more favored than the Crown Princess's princesses. If the two young princesses were to pass away, His Majesty would not save them for the sake of the royal family's reputation. He would definitely declare them dead at an early age, and they would be abandoned. As for Prince Yiken, it would be even more tragic that he was born a dragon but died a phoenix, and His Majesty's reputation would be ruined!" The servant relayed Shi Bingwen's meaning.
The more Qingyan listened, the colder she felt. For the sake of a family's interests, both the royal princes and princesses were targets of scheming.
"My darling!" Yin quickly hugged Qingyan tightly. "I won't let Shi Bingwen get away with this!"
Yin remembered that Shi Bingwen's favorite son was probably idle in the capital. If anything happened to him, Shi Bingwen would definitely seek help from the Crown Princess.
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