After the donation, Yin and Qingyan were confined to the Cao residence by Emperor Kangxi. Qingyan leisurely finished her breakfast and was then led by Yin to tour the mansion.
She had to admit that the Cao family's residence was very different from other mansions. The Cao family mansion was located in the center of Hangzhou and was the largest mansion in Hangzhou with six courtyards.
"Fourth Brother, we're grounded! It's so uncomfortable!" Qingyan pouted, looking very unwilling.
She rested her hands on the back of the corridor chair, her little face against the back of her hands, gazing pitifully outside.
Yin sat to one side, looking at the assigned documents in his hand. He had to admit that the daily workload was quite heavy.
She looked out listlessly. In the early morning, Yin ordered the guards of the mansion to surround their courtyard. Apart from Kangxi and Consort Tong's people, no one else was seen.
"It will take a few days. There has been a flood here, and Father Emperor has personally dealt with it before heading to Suzhou!" Yin glanced at Qingyan during a break, telling her to behave herself.
Fei Yanggu and his two sons became increasingly busy. A few days ago, she went to complain and cried. When he went to pick her up, the three of them looked unhappy and gave him a lecture.
Yin once thought that Fei Yanggu was disrespecting him, but now he understands that Fei Yanggu was actually doing this for his own good. Fei Yanggu might not have been a good person, but he secretly helped him in times of crisis.
"Really?!" Qingyan was very surprised.
She thought that Emperor Kangxi would come, but only to resolve the matter personally, and then return to the capital afterward.
Yin reached out and pinched her little face. Several ladies of the Cao family had taken this opportunity to place their own servants in the household. Yin simply shut the door and thanked them, disgusted by those people.
"You!" Yin picked up the fruit salad that Su Peisheng had just brought, and with a silver spoon, fed Qingyan spoonful by spoonful.
At that moment, a delicate pink figure appeared at the doorway. Her envious gaze, perhaps too intense, made Qingyan, who was being fed by Yin, turn her head to look at the doorway.
"Sisi, there's someone at the door!" The beautiful figure was quite far away, and she couldn't see the person's face clearly. However, the person who could appear here must be a socialite from the Cao family.
Yin smiled coldly. The women of the Cao family really had no shame. Apart from the Emperor's courtyard, girls would often loiter around Yin's and his door.
These socialites were mostly illegitimate daughters of the Cao family. Out of consideration for their past relationship, Emperor Kangxi turned a blind eye and prepared to observe his sons' actions.
"Little darling, go to your mother's place to pay your respects tomorrow, you'll definitely see that person!" Yin wanted to keep Little darling by his side, and he didn't care about the other women.
Seeing that she had almost finished eating, he put down the fruit salad in his hand, continued to hold the folding book in his right hand, and put his left arm around Qingyan's slender waist.
The fact that the two were confined to their quarters gave them a chance to be alone together. Normally, Yin didn't have time to be affectionate with Qingyan, but now the situation was very similar to when they were in the new house. His primary task was to accompany her as she grew up.
"Fourth Prince, I don't want to go and pay my respects. The Cao family often finds excuses to bring young and beautiful girls to Consort Tong, probably just to make her more familiar with them." Qingyan went from being jealous to not caring.
“No, Mother is also very upset. If you don’t go, Madam Cao will not let Mother off the hook!” Yin said regretfully. “Father only brought Mother with him. With outsiders constantly disturbing him, the old man will be angry.”
Qingyan pouted. Sure enough, her son still sided with his mother.
At three-quarters past midnight, Yin pulled Qingyan out of bed. After breakfast, Qingyan, still half asleep, was put into the sedan chair. Yin held Xiaoguai in his arms, turned his head and kissed her temple. Soon, they would face an even greater test.
Li Dequan specifically sent someone to relay a message: during the recent greetings, Madam Cao's words were ambiguous, and she frequently inquired about the Qingyan banquet. Therefore, Kangxi and Consort Tong planned to use this as a pretext.
"Little darling, wake up, we're almost there!" Yin called to Qingyan, whose little darling was pouting in his arms.
"In a little while, I still need to serve Mother her meal!" Qingyan rubbed her fingers together.
"Yes, just answer Madam Cao and the others' questions as they come!" Yin repeatedly reminded him, still worried.
"Hmm." In the exchange of questions and answers, their sedan chair arrived at the courtyard.
Madam Cao was waiting with her one legitimate daughter and two illegitimate daughters. Seeing that it was only the sedan chair of the Fourth Prince's wife, they assumed that Yin was not there.
The sedan chair slowly descended, and Su Lan lifted the curtain. Yin, dressed in a golden prince's robe, stepped down. The three young ladies of the Cao family hadn't yet withdrawn their provocative gazes. Yin took their eyes in, a sarcastic smile playing on his lips.
"Fujin, it's time to get down!" Yin turned around and stretched out his right hand, a slender, fair hand resting on his large palm.
The four women of the Cao family were terrified by what they saw. Even in the Cao family, the women dared not ride in the same sedan chair as their husbands.
Let's go.
Li Dequan and the others were already used to it; Yin's actions towards Xiao Guai were often unexpected.
Inside the palace, Emperor Kangxi and Consort Tong listened to what was happening outside, and they were satisfied with the actions of Yinzhen and his companion.
Outsiders always say that there is no real affection in the royal family, and that they and the fourth prince and his wife are outliers.
"Greetings to Father and Mother!" Yin and Qingyan bowed side by side, and Consort Tong quickly waved for them to rise.
"Thank you, Mother!" Qingyan was dressed in a sky-blue palace gown embroidered with hibiscus flowers, and her head was adorned only with a pink jade hibiscus flower headdress. She looked like a lotus emerging from the water.
Emperor Kangxi took a sip of warm tea, watching Consort Tong and her daughter-in-law Qingyan chat with tender eyes, completely forgetting about the women of the Cao family waiting outside.
After a cup of tea, Yin put down his teacup and asked why the women of the Cao family had come.
"Let him in." Kangxi led Yin away.
When Mrs. Cao and the socialites entered, they could only see the backs of the father and son.
Qingyan sat properly to the side, watching the three socialites with their faces slightly lowered. From Consort Tong's position, she could see their exquisite beauty.
cut!
Qingyan curled her lips. There was a hint of ambition in the eyes of the two concubine's daughters, but they probably wouldn't be eyeing Yin.
Weren't all the women that Li Xu presented to the Crown Prince bestowed upon him by Emperor Kangxi?
The Crown Prince's concubines also have promising futures, so Cao Yin hoped that his illegitimate daughters could bring benefits to the family, and that giving them to the Emperor or the Crown Prince would be just as good.
“Little darling, you don’t need to stand next to me anymore. Sit down and take a look. Madam Cao is good at training people. Look at these girls, how well they’ve been trained!” Consort Tong covered her mouth and smiled. The noble ladies of the Eight Banners were all trained by nannies for a period of time. She was obviously good at training people, even in the role of Madam Cao.
"Mother, I'm still young. It would be wonderful if Madam Cao could offer me some guidance!" Qingyan smiled. (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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