In the evening, after Yinxiang and Yin'er sat down, they shook their heads from side to side and noticed that Sulan was no longer serving them in the dining room.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, where is Sulan?" Yinxiang noticed the disappearance of the lively atmosphere and quickly asked.
"I punished her this afternoon, are you looking for her?" Qingyan asked, looking at the two of them.
Yinxiang shook his head: "The servants in the courtyard said that Sulan was punished by Fourth Sister-in-law and can no longer serve you!"
Qingyan burst into laughter; the servants' imaginations were too vivid.
“Of course not, Sulan will definitely continue to serve you. What those people said is wrong,” Qingyan said, shaking her head.
Yinxiang and Yin exchanged a glance, feeling that they had been fooled again.
"How did you know?" Yin asked.
"It was the nannies around me who said it. They also said that they have very good maids at home who were just selected to enter the palace this year. If Fourth Brother needs one, they can help persuade him!" Yin said directly.
"You even helped persuade them?" Qingyan laughed upon hearing this.
These servants are so arrogant, they actually want their masters to do them a favor?
"Is she your wet nurse?" Yin asked, looking at De Yin.
Yin nodded: "After my mother stopped caring about me, my wet nurse accompanied me through a period of hardship. Now, she's restricting me more and more often!"
Upon hearing this, Yin understood that this wet nurse absolutely could not be kept; she was treating Yin like her own son and trying to control him.
"Fourteenth, we might have to deal with you, this wet nurse. After all, the hierarchy between master and servant is fixed and can never be changed!" Yin said, glancing at Fourteenth.
“Yes!” Yin replied.
The Fourteenth Prince chose to say this at this time because he hoped that Yin would help him get rid of the wet nurse. If he took action, the servants of the Imperial Household Department might have something to use against him.
At that time, Yin's situation was very precarious; a slight misstep could make things even more difficult for him.
"Sister-in-law, I hope you can help me." Yin looked at her pleadingly.
"Okay, I can help you. But if you change your mind later, I won't back down!" Qingyan made it clear from the outset.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, I can't take it anymore!" Yin couldn't bear it any longer. If the nannies continued to control his courtyard like this, even after he got married, the nannies would still be in charge of the inner quarters.
Previously, Emperor Kangxi had reprimanded the wet nurses who had accompanied the princesses to their dowries, complaining that they were too greedy and had embezzled all of the princesses' dowries.
After Kangxi was furious that time, Yin discovered the problem.
The reason he couldn't bring himself to do it over the past few years was largely because he remembered the time they spent together during the most difficult period.
"If you are grateful to the wet nurse, then give her more reward money." Yin understood Yin's dilemma, so he spoke directly.
After listening to Yin's advice, Yin finally felt more at ease.
"Fourth Brother, do you think the 'Nanny' would give me that face?" Yin was worried that things would eventually escalate.
"No, if your wet nurse still has any sense, she'll understand the rules of the palace," Yin said with a cold laugh.
"Okay!" Yin chose to obey Yin's suggestion.
Seeing Yin's bitter smile, Qingyan became even more wary. Yiken'e's wet nurse would also be sent away in the next few days.
"Fourth Brother, let's take this opportunity to get rid of Yiken'e's wet nurses as well?" Although Qingyan rarely let those wet nurses take care of Yiken'e, on the surface, the twins still had to respect them.
"Hmm!" Yin was also looking for an opportunity to get rid of the wet nurse who was in charge of the twins.
"Fourth Brother, if they are all sent away, who will be the dowry maid when Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen gets married?" Yin was a little worried after seeing the lives of the princesses who had gotten married.
"Send Sulan or Suzhu over!" Qingyan said directly.
"Isn't Sulan going to get married?" Yinxiang remembered that Sulan was betrothed to Yinxiang's guard, Eru.
"We'll get it done this year. After Sulan gets married, she'll go directly to Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen's side," Qingyan said to his two younger brothers.
"Fourth Brother, is this a good idea?" Yinxiang pondered. Erlu was Yin's right-hand man. Now, if Sulan were sent there...
"If that doesn't work, let Suzhu go." Qingyan hadn't thought of that, but quickly realized there was another option.
"Hmm, let Suzhu go. Didn't Suzhu not want to get married? She just wanted to become a nanny by self-combing, right?" Yin thought for a moment and decided that sending Shuzhu was also an option.
Qingyan listened and felt that Yin made sense. Suzhu and Sulan were her right and left hands. They could help whoever went to Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen and would not make her daughter sad.
"It's all arranged, Yinxiang. What about your wet nurse? Should we clean her up too?" Yinxiang asked.
Yinxiang lowered his head, pondering Yin's suggestion.
He was very annoyed by the wet nurses. His mother always said that the wet nurses had taken care of him during the most difficult times, and he should not be ungrateful.
"Fourth Brother... I don't know either. Mother doesn't want to send them away, but I think they should be sent away." Yinxiang and Consort Min disagreed.
“Thirteenth Brother, I think you should let all the wet nurses leave. Father Emperor said that princes cannot rely on wet nurses!” Yin said directly.
Yinxiang was in a dilemma, as Kangxi and Consort Min disagreed.
"Fourth Brother, I'll give the wet nurses some extra reward money and let them leave. They've been taking care of me for over ten years, without spending time with their families," Yinxiang said helplessly.
Inside his box were still the silver coins given to him by Yin, the large sums of which he rarely touched, but he did move some of the loose silver.
"Take this opportunity and get things done!" Yin nodded.
"Yes, Sisi, when do we make our move?" Qingyan asked curiously.
"Wait a couple of days, I still need to investigate the homes of these wet nurses!" Yin knew that the wet nurses focused all their attention on the royal children and had become estranged from their own children.
Furthermore, more than a decade has passed; are their husbands still on good terms with them? These are all questions. If things don't go their way, they beg their masters for help, and the masters have to clean up the mess!
Yin deliberately told everyone everything, and the dining room fell silent. Neither Yinxiang nor Yin had thought of these things.
"Fourth Brother, what do you want us to do? We will handle everything according to your instructions!" Yinxiang and Yin quickly assured him.
Yin agreed, but this time he had to make sure there was absolutely no leverage against him.
Su Peisheng stood at the doorway and overheard his masters' discussion. He quickly instructed Erlu to send guards to keep watch over the courtyard so that no one could hear them.
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