After lunch, Emperor Kangxi and Consort Tong enjoyed themselves very much, but the Crown Prince and Lady Li Jia did not return.
Yin held her hand and strolled in the courtyard, thinking about the Crown Prince's absence.
"Fourth Prince, the Crown Prince hasn't returned yet?" Qingyan believed that everyone should obey Kangxi's orders. Yin and Yin had no objections, but Yin simply ignored them.
Yin smiled. From a young age, he knew that Yin was different from them, and he would allow it as long as it did not involve the safety of the Qing Dynasty.
The scenery inside the courtyard is quite nice. The owner specially found a famous designer to design the courtyard according to the terrain, which is more in line with the style of Jiangnan and is very different from the heavy and grand style of the North.
"This place is wonderful. Our villa encompasses the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains in Jiangnan," Yin remarked with admiration. The former Yuanmingyuan Garden was just like this.
Even though he didn't travel to the south of the Yangtze River as many times as Emperor Kangxi, he lived in the Yuanmingyuan Garden and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the south.
Qingyan nodded quickly. The forty scenic spots of Yuanmingyuan were truly amazing.
Even the twelve animal heads are his favorites, and this time, he will personally place the dragon head on top.
"These next few days, reduce the amount of your usual food. Father Emperor can have it once or twice, but too much might cause trouble." There are many delicacies in Jiangnan, and we don't want Qingyan to suffer a bad reputation.
Qingyan was listless. Those were the foods she liked, and if she didn't take advantage of this opportunity, Yin would definitely not let her eat them.
"Your Majesty, you and the Princess Consort must hurry to the main hall! Xiao Shunzi has returned, but the Crown Prince and his concubine have not!" Su Peisheng said anxiously. "His Majesty and Consort Tong have already gone there!"
The two exchanged a glance and hurried toward the main hall. Before they even entered, they heard the sound of Kangxi smashing a cup in a fit of rage. She tugged at his sleeve.
Yin held her small hand in his right hand and they went inside together.
"Tulichen, how many guards did the Crown Prince take with him when he went out?" Kangxi asked Tulichen.
"This servant prepared some guards for the Crown Prince, but they were all abandoned by the Consort!" Tulichen said very carefully.
Upon hearing this, Kangxi frowned, and Yinzhi became annoyed.
"What is the Crown Prince planning to do? I've already told you, the situation in Jiangnan is unstable, so try to minimize the time you spend going out alone."
"He brought several men!" Kangxi glared angrily, and Xiao Shunzi trembled like a leaf.
"say!"
"I brought three guards, but I bought quite a lot of things, and the three guards were sent back by the concubine!" Xiao Shunzi looked down on Li Jia Shi; some of her actions were simply unacceptable.
"Fourth Prince, you and Qingyan take the purse and bring the person back!" Kangxi ordered directly.
Yin and Qingyan bowed and left the hall. The shopkeeper had already taken out a thousand taels of silver.
In the carriage, Qingyan looked very unwell. She had paid the entire thousand taels herself, and Kangxi hadn't offered her any compensation.
snort!
She plotted how to speak to the Crown Prince and get him to return the silver.
"Fourth Prince, this silver was lent to the Crown Prince. After redeeming the person, you must get it back for me!" Qing Yanyin clenched his sleeves, his expression resolute.
"Little darling, let's give this thousand taels of silver to the Crown Prince. I'll have someone make a set of blue-glazed porcelain for you, okay?" Qingyan likes all kinds of porcelain, from blue and white porcelain to blue-glazed porcelain, and then to the "after the rain" glaze.
Qingyan's eyes lit up instantly. Before leaving the capital, Yin had acquired a set of blue-glazed bowls from the Xuande period, very few of which survive to this day. The two blue-glazed bowls Yin acquired were a gift from Emperor Kangxi.
"Hehe, okay!" Qingyan nodded quickly; she wanted to put them all in the multi-treasure pavilion.
"Let me test you, what is a blue-glazed bowl used for?" Qingyan thought that the deep blue base with scattered white dots was very beautiful.
"I don't know!" The blue-glazed bowl is much larger than a regular bowl, and its shape is very dignified. The inside of the bowl is white glaze, while the outside is blue-glazed.
"Playing with dice." Yin smiled. "This thing only existed for ten years during the Xuande era before the craft was lost. Father Emperor ordered it to be remade, and it was successfully fired. The one I gave you before was from the Ming Dynasty, fired at a medium temperature, which is quite obvious. Father Emperor fired it at a high temperature."
Qingyan felt her head was in a knot. She looked at the gifts Yin brought back and immediately kept them. The pair of blue-glazed bowls were the same exquisite blue-glazed bowls from Jingdezhen that she had seen in the modern Capital Museum.
I was so glad that the pair of red-bottomed white bird vases from the Yongzheng period, which I love most, were released ahead of schedule, as were the small pink-glazed bowls from the Yongzheng era.
"However, playing dice?" Qingyan had heard that the Xuande Emperor was fond of playing, and this kind of thing was made for meritorious officials.
The carriage slowly came to a stop. Qingyan straightened her clothes and followed Yin down from the carriage.
As she approached the antique shop, she sensed something was amiss. It was located deep inside the alley, and the shop's curtains looked quite worn. How could there be antiques here?
"Fourth Brother, you're not selling plasters, are you?" Qingyan remembered telling him about how the servants in the Red Mansion used antique shops to lend money at exorbitant interest rates. Yin suddenly remembered this and looked at Qingyan with concern.
"Tu Lichen, come inside with us. There are a dozen or so people outside. They can help out if anything happens!" Yin did not refuse Qingyan's suggestion.
As she stepped into the antique shop, she felt a chill run down her spine; it was quite uncomfortable. Unlike most shops, this place didn't allow sunlight to shine on the items for sale.
Yin and Li Jia were detained in the main hall. A man in his forties sat in the seat of honor. He had a black mustache on his plump face. Looking at his braid, Qingyan felt something was strange. This man gave off a very odd feeling.
"Fourth Brother, don't you feel this person's aura is familiar?" Qingyan muttered softly.
Yin squeezed her little hand, letting her watch.
"Fourth brother, you've finally arrived!" Yin felt relieved when he saw Yin coming over, thinking that he should be alright.
Yin nodded, looking at the seated shopkeeper.
"Manager Zeng, how much silver does my brother owe?" Yin asked directly, without even exchanging pleasantries.
Manager Zeng looked Yin up and down, treating Yin with even greater respect than he treated Yin personally.
"Young master, 1,300 taels!" Manager Zeng noticed the noble air about Yin and naturally couldn't stop him anymore.
Just as Li Jia was about to retort, Qing Yan glared at her, thinking, "This woman is always causing trouble."
"Here is one thousand taels of cash and three hundred taels of silver notes." The manager of Yuelai Inn first took three hundred taels from his own purse. He hadn't yet taken back the bonus bestowed by his master, so he didn't need his master to pay for it, in order to prevent outsiders from discovering his master's whereabouts.
Manager Zeng took the silver note, checked the bank on it, and readily agreed to let it go.
"It's not that I, Old Zeng, am taking advantage of my age, but going out without money and trying to smash up the shop is utterly unreasonable in front of anyone!" Manager Zeng waved his right hand, signaling the staff to see everyone out. (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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