On the morning of Laba Festival, Qingyan got up early to arrange the rewards. After breakfast, the family of five went to the palace to pay their respects.
Qingyan specially changed into a bright red palace dress. Yesterday, Consort Tong specifically told Qingyan that she must wear an excellent palace dress. On her head, she wore a set of red agate pomegranate gold hairpins, a set of 23 pieces, all of which were exquisite headdresses made in the imperial workshops.
"Master, everything has been arranged. Those on duty this morning ate eight-treasure porridge before starting their work!" Su Lan was clearly Qing Yan's head maid.
"Today, all five members of the Su generation have come out. You and Suzhu will stay by my side, Suhua will stay by Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen's side, Suyan will take care of Hafeng'a, and Sushu will take care of Yiken'e." Qingyan understood Consort Tong's implication and decided to place all five of her most trusted people by the children's side.
"Yes, this servant understands!" Su Lan knew that the twins would always encounter danger when they entered the palace. It was said that this year on Laba Festival, the leaders of the Mongol tribes brought their female relatives, saying that they wanted to accompany the Empress Dowager to celebrate Laba Festival. Qing Yan always felt that something was wrong.
"Be careful not to let the Mongolian women come into contact with Hutulifengshengzhalafen," Qingyan said specifically.
Emperor Kangxi intended to arrange a marriage for Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen from among the military generals. Yin Jitai's son was one of them. Although he was not very famous in history, he was quite capable. Even Ortai was included in the scope of consideration.
Now, Ortai is just ten years old and is still a boy.
"Your Majesty, I understand!" Su Hua quickly replied.
Among the maids of the "Su" generation, Su Hua was the most skilled. Under Sai Tuo's tutelage, she was able to fight against two or three burly Mongolian men.
"Furthermore, there are many gossipy people in the palace, so you must carefully check what the masters eat and drink. There can be absolutely no mistakes!" Qingyan was still somewhat uneasy, wondering what might happen today at the Grand Decision-Making Meeting.
After breakfast, Yin and Qingyan took the children and boarded the carriage, preparing to go to the palace soon.
"Mother, Granny Angguma said that I must stay with you today and not sneak past again!" The Empress Dowager deliberately stopped the two girls and tried to be as careful as possible.
"Fourth Prince, has the Empress Dowager changed her mind?" Qingyan was puzzled. Why did the Empress Dowager suddenly become estranged from that side?
"Hehe, the Mongol leaders are just using the Empress Dowager's birthday as an excuse. In reality, don't they just want Kangxi to give them more?" Yin went to the Court of Colonial Affairs and found that the Empress Dowager had really suffered a lot of grievances, which is why she was angry.
Ugh!
Qingyan was stunned. What was going on?
"The Mongol leaders submitted a memorial stating that the grasslands had been hit by a disaster. Father Emperor sent someone to investigate, and it turned out that the affected area was not large. Therefore, Father Emperor did not allocate any funds for disaster relief. This directly angered the Mongol princes, who felt that Father Emperor did not value them!"
Yin's face was rather unpleasant, and he felt a surge of resentment. It was the Mongolians, Ouling and the others, who were plotting against their daughter. Recently, Kangxi had been choosing a husband for the little one, and even Songkri Yierha had not escaped their scheme.
"Fourth Prince, has the Crown Princess's eldest daughter been favored by Father Emperor?" Qingyan heard that ever since the Mongolian women came to the capital, the Empress Dowager has often had the Crown Prince's eldest daughter tutored by her side!
"Yes, Father Emperor means that a third-generation princess must be sent for a marriage alliance, and the Crown Prince's eldest daughter is the most suitable candidate!" Yin also understood that the Crown Princess and Guarjia's actions over the past few times had thoroughly angered Kangxi, so sending the Crown Princess's eldest daughter for a marriage alliance was a form of punishment.
The crown prince was supportive of this, believing that his daughter's marriage would bring him closer to the Mongols.
"Hutulifengshengzhalafen, you can't go there. Stay obediently by your grandmother's side!" Although Consort Tong is not the Empress, she truly manages the palace power. Hutulifengshengzhalafen will be relatively safer staying by Consort Tong's side.
Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen nodded immediately after hearing Yin's words, indicating that she would definitely stay by her mother's side and would not make any trouble.
When the carriage arrived at the palace gate, Yin found that his brothers had almost all arrived. He got off the carriage and took Hafeng from Qingyan's hand.
The little one, wrapped in a bright yellow swaddle, was still fast asleep.
Yiken'e, dressed in a golden yellow court robe and matching boots, followed behind Yin and ran towards Chengqian Palace.
Qingyan looked at the father and son in front of her with a smile on her face. Yin rarely let the nannies carry the child when attacking; he always carried the child himself.
On the palace road, when the servants saw the Fourth Prince's family, they all knelt down and bowed. Yin glanced at them and walked straight past.
At this time, Chengqian Palace was already quite lively. Consort Hui brought Yin's family over. Duoxi Hui was awake and was being held in Consort Hui's arms, being teased by her.
"When Hafeng comes over, I'll hold him too!" Tong Guifei said, provoked by Huifei's actions, and immediately separated them.
Yin and Yingenjueluo exchanged a glance. The two of them were almost a hundred years old combined, yet they were still so childish.
"Mother, please let your mother hold you for a while!" Yin looked at his mother's actions with a sense of helplessness.
"What? Which side are you on?" Consort Hui was furious. Why was her son siding with an outsider?
Just as Yin was about to speak, he saw Yin walk in with Qingyan. He quickly handed the matter over to Yin to handle, because he really couldn't afford to offend him.
"Why are you only arriving now, Shu? Quickly bring my precious grandson over!" Consort Tong looked at the twins nestled beside her, a slight smile playing on her lips.
Yin glanced at Yin, and the two of them sighed helplessly.
"You two should hurry up and go to the Qing Palace." Seeing that her grandsons had arrived, Consort Tong dismissed the two men, asking them what they were doing in the way.
"Yes!" Yin and Yin could only take their leave.
Looking at the two lonely figures, Yin Genjueluo laughed unkindly.
“My dear mother, my husband must be very sad. He hasn’t even warmed his seat yet!” said Yin Genjue Luo Shi happily.
"If Baoqing hears this, she'll definitely punish you. You two little sisters are playing in the side hall." Consort Tong immediately protected the two young maids, determined not to let them show their faces in public.
Yin Genjue Luo noticed Consort Tong's actions and was very happy. Consort Tong was indeed still thinking of them.
"Yes, Granny, we'll take our leave now!" The two maids bowed and left their seats, following Shu to the side hall.
"Alright, go and hand the two young princes over to the wet nurse to take care of them," Consort Tong instructed.
"Grandma, I need to go to Grandma's place!" Yiken'e understood that Consort Tong must have something to say.
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