As news spread that the allowances for Yin's residence had been embezzled, Kangxi ordered Yin to prepare to deal with the matter personally, while Qingyan accompanied Yin to comfort the women.
Upon receiving the news that Emperor Kangxi had personally sent people to investigate, Yin immediately imprisoned all the people on the list.
"Fourth Brother, these people are also involved with the Uya clan. Should we involve Yin as well?" Qingyan was worried that Yin would be in a difficult position and hoped that Yin could involve him as well.
Yin carefully examined the list, which contained the names of several people, followed by their families. Several of these families were related to the Wuya clan by marriage.
Since Lady Uya was imprisoned in the Cold Palace, even Yinzhi was ordered by Emperor Kangxi not to visit her again. Yinzhi and Yinzhi could only quietly prepare some things and have them handed over to the head steward of the Cold Palace. With Emperor Kangxi's tacit approval, they did not take any extreme actions.
"Su Peisheng, call Yin over!" Yin felt that Qingyan had considered things very thoroughly, so he directly instructed Su Peisheng.
Qingyan led the twins, and the family of four moved towards the courtyard. On the stone steps, four armchairs were placed. After the four of them sat down, Yiken'e and Hutulifengshengzhalafen looked at the servants kneeling below with stern faces.
In recent days, Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen heard that because Yin had little presence, even the servants dared to embezzle things. She deeply understood that the little stories that Sulan Mama had told were not unfounded.
"Mother, are these the people that Sulan and the others were talking about?" Hutulifengsheng Zhalafen asked directly.
Qingyan nodded: "Your seventh uncle was mistreated by these people. If you don't dare to fight back, you might end up being ignored like this!"
Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen coldly looked down: "Ahun, these people dare to bully Seventh Uncle. Even if Seventh Uncle has no presence, he is still a prince, and more importantly, their master!"
Yiken'e looked at his sister. The Imperial Household Department was managed by his eighth uncle, Yinsi, who was the most relaxed, which was why the servants became so unrestrained.
“Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen, these people aren’t being disrespectful to Seventh Uncle, it’s just that someone doesn’t care and is backing up these lackeys!” Yiken’e muttered with a laugh.
Yin and Qingyan exchanged a glance. The twins were talking about the truth, but they couldn't say it themselves; they could only express it through the twins.
"Alright, what did you two promise us?" Yin asked, looking at the twins.
“Father, I promise you, I will only look and not say!” Yiken said, looking up.
Qingyan patted her daughter's head. At the entrance of the courtyard, Yin and the Tenth Prince's wife had already walked in from outside.
"Tenth Uncle!" Yiken'e exclaimed as he looked at Yin.
"Yiken'e..." Yin waved away the armchair that had been brought over, picked up Yiken'e, and sat down with him on another armchair. "Fourth Brother, I heard that Father Emperor has investigated and found out who was withholding Seventh Brother's things?"
Yin nodded and handed the letter to Yin. Some servants secretly observed the brothers' actions and knew that Yin was merely a supervisor appointed by Kangxi.
"Fourth Brother, there are so many?" Yin's temper flared slightly. "There's actually..."
Yin turned his head and glanced at Yin. There were actually people from the Wuya clan inside. If Yin dealt with them directly, the censors would definitely gossip.
"Tenth Prince..." Yin was about to stop him, but was stopped by Yin's gaze.
"Fourth Brother, you stay here and I'll handle this personally. I have a bad temper, and I won't let any of those who bullied the prince get away with it!" Yin shouted angrily.
Yin took Yiken'e and watched as Yin walked down the stone steps. Qingyan then began to talk with the Tenth Prince's wife.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, don't worry about this. Fourth Brother's personality is too good. Tenth Prince is better at handling these things!" Tenth Princess knew that there would be some troublesome people among them, but Yin was different.
Yin went down and had his head guard read out the names of those kneeling in the courtyard one by one. Yin frowned slightly; these people really dared to do such things.
"Who gave you the audacity to withhold the prince's belongings?" Yin had a vague idea forming in his mind. What if Yin Si was condoning it?
From a young age, Yin had been by Yinsi's side. Yinsi had always treated Yin very well, so Yin did not believe that Yinsi would do such a thing.
"The servants have been greedy!" Seeing that it was Yin, the servants dared not speak again.
Yin always felt that these people were hiding something. Qingyan looked at Yin's resolute back and was secretly surprised. Yin had really grown up.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, these servants are truly lawless!" the Tenth Princess exclaimed.
Qingyan said nothing, and Yin handled it personally, which may have been a blow to Yinsi.
"Is it the Eighth Brother..." Yin looked at the servants who had their heads down and were not saying a word, and directly voiced his guess!
"Yin!" Yin shouted.
Qingyan watched as Yin stood up, supporting himself on both sides of the handrail, and then walked down the stone steps.
"Fourth Brother..." Yin turned his head directly to look at him.
"Why did you drag the Eighth Prince into this interrogation of a servant?" Yin knew Kangxi's meaning: shift all the blame onto the servant, and absolutely not allow any prince to be implicated!
"Yes!" Looking at the servants' expressions, Yin knew that the Eighth Prince would be among them.
He smiled bitterly to himself. Why did this happen?
"Fourth Brother, these servants should all be beaten to death!" Yin was not stupid and understood that Yin was trying to stop him, so Yin Zhi simply remained silent and did not say anything more.
"Alright, leave these to the guards!" Yin glanced at himself directly. "Qingyan, stay with your sister-in-law and the children, and go to the side hall together."
Qingyan stood up, took the twins by the hand, and went directly to the side hall, with the Tenth Princess following behind.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, do you think the Eighth Prince is really involved?" Yin's actions confirmed to the Tenth Princess that the Eighth Prince was definitely involved.
"I don't know, let's not suspect anyone on our own!" Qingyan turned to the Tenth Princess and said.
Qingyan's face showed helplessness. Who could not understand what the Tenth Prince's wife was saying? In front of outsiders, they had to maintain the face of the royal family.
"Yes!" the Tenth Princess Consort exclaimed.
"Alright, let's go inside first!" Qingyan quickly said.
The Tenth Prince's wife followed Yin into the side hall and sat down on a chair, with fruits and tea placed beside her.
The twins sat obediently in their chairs, listening to what Qingyan and the Tenth Prince's wife were saying, each with their own thoughts.
"You two little ones, you're not allowed to talk nonsense anymore. This matter was caused by the servants below not knowing the seriousness of the situation!" Yin walked in and, seeing the twins' reaction, directly instructed them.
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