The atmosphere inside the house grew increasingly tense. Qingyan looked at the Crown Prince. No wonder, in history, Yinzhen ultimately chose to abandon the Crown Prince. Such a heir would only lead the Qing Dynasty to its demise.
Emperor Kangxi was very disappointed with the Crown Prince. Li Jia and Manager Zeng were good at accumulating wealth, and the Crown Prince was their biggest backer.
"Father, Qingyan and I will go back to rest first. As your younger brother, I have no right to interrupt here!" Yin's tone was firm. He was somewhat dissatisfied when Kangxi was stunned by Consort Tong's words.
Go!
Stepping out of the room, Qingyan sighed deeply. Royal life was truly monotonous, yet utterly frustrating.
Strolling under the starry sky, Qingyan felt a pang of emotion, realizing that a rift had likely appeared in the relationship between Emperor Kangxi and Consort Tong.
"Fourth Prince, won't Mother's actions anger Father?" Qingyan didn't want Consort Tong to be unhappy.
Yin smiled. His mother had done something even more outrageous. Back then, when the Empress Dowager was still alive, she even tried to force his father to demote his mother from the rank of Consort. In the end, didn't his father handle it all?
"A quarrel at the head of the bed is resolved at the foot of the bed!" Yin smiled, patted her little head, and took the little one's hand to rest.
When Qingyan opened her eyes again, she found the Crown Prince and Lady Li kneeling in the center of the courtyard, with Li Dequan personally supervising. She smiled and thought, "Kangxi really understands the Crown Prince."
"Don't go out. The Crown Prince will feel he has lost face and can't stand up to Father Emperor. He'll use his men as cannon fodder," Yin said coldly.
Qingyan lay on his chest and pulled out a pocket watch from under the pillow. Eight o'clock in the morning was the time when Songkelierha would come over to play.
“The little one won’t go out.” Yin put his arm around Qingyan and sat her on the bed, stroking her hair with his large hand.
Spending the whole day so lazily wasn't bad, he rolled over and pressed himself against her, their foreheads touching.
"You should pay your respects to Mother, so get up quickly!" Qingyan pouted, looking into Yin's deep, dark eyes, and her face instantly turned red.
"No need, Father Emperor still needs to coax Mother, we don't need to worry about it!" Yin kissed her little mouth. The soundproofing on the boat was not good, and he had been holding back his anger for the past few days. Last night, Yin's series of actions made his anger rise.
On the other side, Yin was feeding his daughter with a smile. Yin had really fallen into trouble. Originally, under the guidance of Consort Tong, Yin had been focusing on assisting the Crown Prince.
For Li Jia's sake, he not only offended Yin but also almost drove Consort Tong to her death. In his view, this was undoubtedly courting death.
"Master, should we send Yierha to Xiaoguai's place again today?" Yingenjueluo Shi asked, watching Sulan bring over the desserts from behind; she was genuinely unsure of what to do.
"No need, Fourth Prince is worried that Yierha will be targeted by the Crown Prince!" Of course, Yin wanted to protect his daughter. If the Crown Prince dared to make a move, he wouldn't mind making the Crown Prince realize his mistake.
ah?
Seeing Yin's gloating expression, Yin Genjueluo wanted to facepalm. Sure enough, as he had said, Yin was only suitable to be a military general, not to compete for a high position.
"Fortunately, Mingzhu was suppressed by Father Emperor early on. If he had encountered a manipulator like Suo'etu, even if he didn't want to fight for the throne, he would have been implicated." Yin believed that as long as he was loyal to Father Emperor, he would not be treated unfairly no matter which younger brother ascended to the throne in the future.
The family looked at each other and smiled; peace is a blessing.
At this moment, Kangxi lazily stayed in bed. Consort Tong had been coaxed by him, and as she touched her smooth back under the silk quilt, she breathed a sigh of relief.
He shamelessly shifted all the blame onto Fei Yanggu, prioritizing appeasing his wife.
"Xuan Ye, how could the Crown Prince have become like this?" Selfishness and self-interest are not the behavior of a crown prince.
Ugh!
Emperor Kangxi was speechless; Yin's performance was extremely disappointing.
At six o'clock, he had Li Dequan supervise Yin and made him kneel in the courtyard for three hours. This caused Songkelierha to not go to Qingyan's room for sweets. Even the servants walked along the corner of the wall, hoping that the Crown Prince would not notice their presence.
"You always make Yin and the others take the blame, and he thinks it's only right for his brothers to take the blame!" Consort Tong was very disappointed. How many times had Yin been wronged because of Yin?
Yin knelt outside, making the people resting in the rooms feel very depressed. Yin turned over to look into the window, ignoring the disturbance outside, and felt at ease when he saw Qingyan sleeping soundly.
Around noon, Yin was carried back by Xiao Shunzi, but he kept his hatred firmly in his heart.
Even Emperor Kangxi harbored resentment towards him. Yin had long anticipated that the Crown Prince would not have good intentions, so he instructed that if there were any more banquets at Qingyan Yuqing Palace, he should pretend to be sick and not attend.
After lunch, the two families met at the entrance of the inn. Yierha smiled and pestered Qingyan, whispering that her father and mother were keeping her confined to her room and wouldn't let her go out at all.
"Yierha, let's go shopping outside!" Yin Yu suggested, believing that going out would be the best way to track down Zeng Changbao.
"Okay!" Yierha waved his little fist and led Yingenjueluo and Qingyan behind them.
Looking at the carefree little guy, Qingyan felt a pang of envy.
Walking on the quaint streets, surrounded by bustling crowds, made her feel relaxed.
The vendors on both sides were talking about the strange things that had happened at the antique shop. It seemed that someone had climbed over the wall and entered last night. The lady of the house heard the noise and no one dared to go out to check. Every household kept their doors tightly shut.
"Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" Qingyan walked up to the kite stall and saw the old man making a kite while looking around aimlessly.
"Madam, the streets aren't very safe. You should go back as soon as you've finished shopping!" Qingyan bought three kites. Although the materials of the kites were not as good as those in the palace, the workmanship was exquisite.
"What exactly happened? We noticed everyone looked off when we went outside!" Yin asked with interest as he paid.
"That antique shop at the end of the alley was robbed last night by some people. I think they must have offended someone!" the old man whispered to them.
"That person wasn't a good person to begin with. Before, when he moved here, he spoke in a high-pitched voice," the owner of the next stall complained. "You don't know, I live nearby. That person moved here a couple of years ago, saying he opened an antique shop, but I don't think he is. Important people often come by, and they seem to be there specifically to gather information!"
"Are you out of your mind?!" The stall owner's wife looked around and quickly stopped the man from continuing. "Shut up! Have you forgotten what happened to Old Feng? He was gone in the middle of the night for just saying one extra word!"
Yin and Yin exchanged a glance, both feeling that the antique shop might be worse than they had imagined.
"Wok, it hurts!" Songkelierha's words silenced the stall owners, who watched as the little girl, dressed in Hanfu, spoke Manchu.
"Auntie, we are from the Han Banner Army. We came to Jiangnan with my husband as a scout." Qingyan quickly made up a reason. (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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