Inside the tent, two young men, whose combined age was several decades, stared at each other. Qingyan looked at the scene before her in surprise. In her mind, Emperor Kangxi was a great emperor of all time, yet he had been restrained by Fei Yanggu.
OMG! This scene made her heart pound wildly.
"Qingyan, keep an eye on how to resolve this matter later," Consort Tong said gently to Qingyan. Qingyan's face scrunched up, her heart filled with trepidation.
Qingyan's innocent little eyes warmed Yin's heart, and he kissed her little face.
"Fourth Prince, what are you doing?" Upon seeing Yin's actions, Fei Yanggu stood up without saying a word, rushed to Yin's side, and hugged Qingyan in his arms. Kangxi, seeing that he had been ignored again, couldn't help but glare angrily. "This servant's daughter is still young. Fourth Prince, you should refrain from such lewd behavior."
Consort Tong rubbed her temples helplessly. Yin must have gotten used to doing it. Qingyan didn't resist either. The two of them must often do this when they're together.
"Father, it hurts!" Qingyan hugged Feiyanggu tightly, making the little girl's face turn red and her big eyes begin to well up with tears.
"Let go, Qingyan, come to your third uncle." In private, Kangxi had not yet thought about the future and wanted to maintain a distance from his princes and ministers.
Qingyan was carried into the emperor's arms. Fei Yanggu sighed in frustration. Recently, the war has become more intense, and the orders issued by His Majesty have not been able to reach the capital in time. Most importantly, the army's food supplies are running out.
"My little darling, your father was wrong!" Fei Yanggu quickly apologized when he saw Qingyan's tearful eyes.
They glared angrily at their son, but doted on their daughter. They spoiled and loved her.
“Don’t sigh, Father!” Qingyan stretched out her chubby little hand and touched Fei Yanggu’s face as he leaned closer. “You’ve lost weight, Father’s face isn’t funny anymore.”
Qingyan's childlike voice broke the tense atmosphere inside the imperial tent. Kangxi was amused and annoyed; the father and daughter were truly a pair of clowns.
"Speak, why are you so angry?" After calming down, Kangxi realized that Fei Yanggu's temper was not right, and something must have provoked his anger.
Fei Yanggu shook his head helplessly and explained the situation of the Western Route Army. After the supplies arrived, they found that there was a lot of sand in them. The supplies that Qing Yan had prepared were basically all used up. This time, there were no supplies to escort back, and the soldiers would go hungry.
"With such a serious problem with the grain supplies, why didn't you report it in a memorial!" Emperor Kangxi was unaware of the situation, as it was not mentioned in the secret memorial.
“That’s the problem. It must be where things are being blocked.” Fei Yanggu wasn’t particularly aloof. If his daughter had a good way to get through the difficulties, he wouldn’t care about the saying that women shouldn’t be involved in politics.
Qingyan was stunned. She had prepared a lot of dried goods for her father, and there were wild animals on the battlefield, how could this be...?
Yin could imagine such a tragic scene. Before entering the pass, Emperor Taizong also encountered a similar situation. Fortunately, Qingyan was able to resolve some of the issues.
"Little darling, your father has no other choice!" Recently, Qingyan has rarely left the tent, but he has made a lot of food.
"Take more flour. It can be used for both food and other purposes, and it doesn't matter what kind of flour it is," Kangxi said directly. "Qingyan has made a lot of pasta dishes, which are very convenient to carry around."
Immediately, Fei Yanggu's eyes lit up. Qing Yan, feeling bored, made instant noodles according to the recipe in the space. As long as the water was boiled, it would be a meal.
"Noodles, Father, do you like them?" Fei Yanggu always said that noodles don't keep you full for long. "But they're very convenient. They just boil in hot water. When Father goes back, he can bring some of the new sausages, cured sausages, dehydrated vegetables, and braised eggs from the Imperial Kitchen and put them in the noodles."
Qingyan had no choice but to throw away the flour because it was infested with worms. What a pity! Luckily, she bought a lot of sausages from a local villager. All the flour with worms was used to clean the sausages. In fact, she even made a lot of improved sausages according to modern tastes.
Now, many people outside say that Qingyan is a foodie. Humph! If she's going to be a foodie, she'll be a high-class one.
"Little darling, are you serious?" Fei Yanggu had long since stopped disliking wheat-based foods. On the battlefield, being able to fill one's stomach was already a blessing. In previous years, the noodles and other similar dishes prepared by Qingyan had become Fei Yanggu's favorites.
Qingyan nodded obediently, and took out a few pieces of paper from his purse with his chubby little hands. Kangxi took a look and saw that they were written in Yin's neat and orderly handwriting.
"Here's the recipe!" Emperor Kangxi glanced at it casually; it also said that adding a little chili would enhance the flavor.
He shook his head helplessly. Qingyan was going further and further down the path of being a foodie. However, she had a good palate. Even though the army had been in the grasslands for so long, she was still able to eat her fill every day.
This is Qingyan's greatest achievement; even the older ones among them might not be able to reach Qingyan's level.
"Good, little one, not bad." Fei Yanggu folded the papers and put them in his pocket. "What do you plan to do about those people outside?"
Emperor Kangxi and his minister Fei Yanggu were putting on a show together, and outsiders were worried that the two of them had tricked them.
"Let them in. These princes are basically legitimate sons. Don't remove them from the family." Kangxi whispered to Fei Yanggu. "Fourth Prince, do you know why? Qingyan, think about it too."
Emperor Kangxi hoped that his two children could learn more about things when they were young. Qingyan could not learn about the struggles in the inner court from Lady Juelu, and Lanya could not be brought to the palace to pay her respects often. So he could only let her participate in court affairs with Yin.
Yin was secretly shocked. In his previous life, Kangxi had not cultivated him in this way. When he was young, Kangxi only paid attention to the Crown Prince.
In fact, even before Yinzhi showed any signs of imperial power, Kangxi was only paying attention to the Crown Prince. Yinzhi's innate imperial power made him pay special attention to him.
“Father, you hope that your illegitimate son will become the heir to the princeship. The Mongols pay more attention to the upbringing of legitimate sons and have always been indulgent towards illegitimate sons.” Yin Ke said something with a loophole, as the emperor’s scheming could not be fully revealed.
Kangxi was very satisfied with Yin's shrewdness; at such a young age, he could think ahead for decades, which made him better than Yin.
"Qingyan, what do you think?" Kangxi looked at Qingyan with a faint smile on his face.
"Third Uncle wants to keep their backyard in turmoil, to make the women fight each other..." Qingyan recalled how novels often depicted mothers hoping their sons would become the heir apparent. "But aren't those concubines just slaves?"
Kangxi laughed. This son and daughter were a match made in heaven, but Qingyan was still too young.
"With her husband's favor, even if her status is flawed, it's not something to worry about," Consort Tong whispered to Qingyan. It was definitely a loss for Lady Jueluo to exclude such a well-behaved child.
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