The next morning, the carriage left the courtyard. Qingyan was carried away by Yin while she was still asleep, and the twins and Hafeng were also asleep.
As dawn broke, Qingyan opened her eyes and found herself back in the carriage.
"Si Si, why are we setting off so early?" Qing Yan remembered that she would have several days to rest, but now she hasn't even had a single day to rest.
"Father is preparing to go ahead of schedule!" Yin was helpless; he had received the order at the last minute and had no choice but to begin his journey.
The procession of carriages was remarkably quiet; apart from the sound of horses' hooves, there was no other noise. Normally, messengers would have been bustling about carrying Emperor Kangxi's orders.
"It's so quiet today!" Yin brought Qingyan a glass of warm water and placed it to her lips.
After taking a few sips, she closed her eyes again, feeling dazed.
Yin tilted his head to look at her sleeping face, a slight smile on his face.
"Sulan, go and prepare to carve the mountain. Once your master wakes up, have his meal as soon as possible!" Yin instructed directly.
“!” Su Lan glanced at Su Zhu and told her to go to the carriage in the back to prepare breakfast.
A hint of seriousness appeared on Yin's face as he flipped through the memorial in his hand.
The various prefectures are at peace for the time being, but in reality, they all have their own plans, even regarding things like ancestor worship.
"Fourth Brother, has something changed?" Qingyan walked over in a daze, hearing Yin sighing.
"My dear, we'll stay in our own villa outside the Great Wall as much as possible, and not in the imperial palace!" Yin had his own ideas. The villa given to him by Consort Tong might become his only place to stay.
"Okay!" Qingyan nodded.
Inside the imperial palace, Kangxi had arranged accommodations for each prince, but most of them didn't want to go there. Many servants had already been stationed there to keep watch, so Yinzhi and the others preferred a private space outside the Great Wall where they could meet with their own people.
Emperor Kangxi, however, did not think so. He believed that the princes were growing in power and would threaten his position.
"Father Emperor has sent her to the villa and is trying to avoid meeting with the women from beyond the Great Wall." Yin knew that Qingyan's two best friends had married and moved beyond the Great Wall, and the last time Qingyan came to the Great Wall, she even went shopping with them.
This time it might not work. Besides Emperor Kangxi keeping a close eye on things, the other princes and censors will also be watching very closely.
"Fourth Brother, I understand!" Before leaving the capital, Fei Yanggu instructed Qingyan not to do anything except for ancestor worship.
At the nearby city gate, the princes, along with their officials from beyond the Great Wall, waited for the arrival of Emperor Kangxi's imperial procession.
"We might meet those princes sooner than expected!" Yin looked out the carriage window and noticed that there were fewer and fewer people on both sides, which meant that the princes should be waiting nearby.
"Why are you so sure?" Qingyan asked curiously, following Yin's gaze as she looked outside.
"Heh, are there fewer people?" Yin said directly. "Later, we'll have breakfast first. Go and wake the children." Yin made the arrangements. "Su Peisheng, have Suzhu bring breakfast over!"
“!” Su Peisheng responded from outside.
Qingyan stood up, walked around the screen, and went directly to the children's bed, where the twins were fast asleep.
When they are outside, the twins will sleep together in a crib, but inside the mansion, Yin and Qing will sleep separately.
"Yiken'e, Hutulifengshengzhalafen, we're on our way, get up quickly and have breakfast!" Qingyan's gentle voice made the two children open their eyes.
"Mother!" Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen stretched out her arms and said to Qingyan in a coquettish tone.
Qingyan smiled and said, "Alright, get up quickly!"
She bent down and placed two kisses on the foreheads of the twins.
"You two start dressing yourselves!" Qingyan said directly.
The two of them quickly put on their everyday clothes, something that Yin and Qingyan had specially trained them to do so so that when they went out, the two children could take care of their own food, clothing, and shelter without the need for servants.
“Mother, we’re all dressed!” Yiken’e laughed.
Qingyan helped him get down from the ground, and then she helped the girl tie her hair into a double bun, with a hairpin on top.
"Mother, when can we get off the carriage?" The little guy was a bit unhappy because the carriage ride had been too long.
"It should be soon, we'll be able to enter the city soon!" Qingyan explained to them.
"Mother, can we stay a little longer this time?" Yiken'e knew that the ancestral worship ceremony was time-sensitive. The two of them had already discussed what kind of food to ask Yuelai Inn to prepare!
As it turned out, even with their well-planned arrangements, things couldn't keep up with the changes.
"They should be able to stay for about a month. Once you've thought it through, I'll arrange for the manager of Yuelai Inn to come over!" Qingyan said directly.
The twins smiled and said, "Mother is the best!"
Qingyan led the children around the screen and to the kang table.
At this time, the table was already full of the four people's favorite foods, and Hafeng Aze began to eat his complementary food. The family of five had their breakfast in peace.
"Father, can we stay for another month?" Yiken asked Yin.
Yin nodded: "Of course, so you need to make all the plans!"
After breakfast, Yin and Qingyan sat around the kang table and began to talk and chat.
"Father, there won't be as many people coming to see my sister this year, will there?" Yiken'e was very annoyed by this situation.
"Of course not, the mansion has brought many guards, they will protect your safety!" Yin assured him.
Most of those so-called best friends were there for the sake of their family's offspring. Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen, having been raised by Consort Tong since childhood, knew very well what to do after a meeting.
"Father, I don't like those people!" Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen also had his own little complaints. If he liked them, he certainly wouldn't have just said a few words and let it go.
"Why?!" Qingyan looked at Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen with curiosity.
"Of course, they'll definitely bring up how outstanding their brothers are in just a few words. Haha, do you think they can be more outstanding than Ah Hun?" Hutu Lifeng Shengzha Lafen was very annoyed. These people were clearly setting a trap for her.
Pfft!
The other three laughed. Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen's words were sharp, but they were true.
“Alright, Father agrees. I won’t restrict you from doing whatever you want!” Yin promised his daughter.
Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen smiled happily. As long as he could get his father's promise, everything else would be fine.
“Little sister, let’s have some fun!” Yiken’e said with a smile.
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