The news of the princes being confined spread like wildfire, reaching the ears of the high-ranking officials in the south. Some were relieved, having sided with the Eighth Prince, Yinsi, who had stayed by Kangxi's side and was not confined to the courtyard.
That morning, Yin led his younger brothers to do their morning exercise in his courtyard. Hearing the sound of horses' hooves outside, Yin and his brothers were very excited.
"Fourth Brother, it's the sound of a carriage from my residence!" Yin was the first to react. Hearing the sound of his own carriage, an excited look appeared on his face. Could it be that his wife had arrived?
A hint of anticipation flashed in Yin's eyes, but it was quickly suppressed by his reason.
Inside the mansion, there are three underage children. Qingyan should choose to stay with them instead of coming to keep her company.
In truth, Yin was also filled with a sliver of hope. He wished Qingyan could come over. As for the children, Yin did not want them to be confined here.
"Fourth Prince, why are you all together?" All the carriages stopped at the entrance of Yin's courtyard, and several wives and their children came over.
"Father..." The twins, like butterflies, rushed into Yin's arms. "You haven't been home for a long time, so I went to ask Grandfather to let Father come home and be with us!"
Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen looked up with his little face upturned, as if he wanted praise.
Yin chuckled. The little guy was quite clever. By going back to ask Kangxi for help, he had at least earned a reputation in Kangxi for valuing family ties.
“Father, I’m going too!” Songkriyirha heard his sister’s words and quickly told Yin, not slacking off himself either.
"Good, you're all the best, everyone's over!" Yin laughed. "Now that the wives are all here, we can go back to normal life. We don't need everyone to come for meals anymore!"
Inside the courtyard where they were under house arrest, Yin, as the eldest son, directly managed the meals for his younger brothers. Now that all the wives of the princes had come, there was no need for them to come anymore.
"Thirteenth and Fourteenth, you two can choose which brother's courtyard to dine in, but you must let us know in advance!" Yin said helplessly to Thirteenth and Fourteenth.
"Don't worry, big brother, we know!" Thirteen and Fourteen exchanged a glance and readily agreed.
"Come over here for dinner tonight. It's not easy for us all to get together like this!" Kangxi secretly called Yin Genjueluo over, saying that he wanted to remind Yin to take good care of his younger brothers.
Yin and the others agreed, and each of them, along with their families, went to their respective courtyards.
Qingyan stepped into Yin's courtyard and saw the simple flowers and plants inside. It was completely devoid of the luxury of a prince's courtyard and was very simple, like the courtyard of a slightly wealthy family.
"Little darling, this place is still a bit dilapidated!" Yin said helplessly.
"Sulan, go and put the children's things in the side room next door. Yiken'e and Hutulifengsheng Zhalafen will each have a room, and the middle will be used as a living room!" Qingyan glanced around and realized that the situation here was really not good.
"Yes!" Su Lan left with the twins.
Inside the main hall, Yin looked at Qingyan's somewhat haggard appearance and felt very sorry for her, probably because Qingyan hadn't slept well since the incident.
"Fourth Prince, what exactly happened this time?" Qingyan had finally seen Yinren and was determined to get to the bottom of it. "Why was Yinsi running around outside like that?"
Yin sighed. They had indeed acted too hastily, allowing the other side to discover their actions and retaliate. If Kangxi hadn't acted swiftly, they would have been framed, and in that case, confinement wouldn't have been the solution.
Half an hour later, Qingyan finally understood that it was the officials in Jiangnan who had awakened them, although Yin and the others had been extremely careful.
"Where exactly did things go wrong?" Qingyan asked curiously. She had been by Yin's side and had helped him complete this task.
Yin shook his head. After being confined to their quarters, he and his brothers sat together in silence, trying to figure out what had gone wrong, but they were at a loss.
“However, I have a feeling that this incident isn’t directed at me!” Yin said directly.
Um?
Qingyan looked at Yin and poured him a glass of plum juice. There were no ice cubes in it. She turned her head to look around and found that there were no icebergs here.
"Sisi, there are no icebergs here, don't you feel hot?" Qingyan had always felt that something was wrong, and now she finally realized it.
"It's hot. Since you took all that silver, we can only exchange it for more food. Yinxiang and Yinren are still growing, so we don't need to spend any more money on these extra things. We don't even know when the confinement will be lifted." Yinye said with some regret.
After listening to Yin's words, Qingyan took out a lot of silver notes from his purse.
"Do the other princes need these silver notes?" Qingyan was a fairly wealthy woman, and she certainly wouldn't make a mistake when it came to matters of principle.
"Yes, Su Peisheng, go and secretly deliver this purse to Yinqi!" Yinqi took some silver notes and had Su Peisheng deliver it directly.
Qingyan took out two blue pouches, each containing the same amount of silver notes. These pouches were prepared in advance for Yinxiang and Yin.
"Su Peisheng, these two are for Thirteen and Fourteen!" Qingyan took two purses from his sleeve.
"Little darling, did you prepare this?" Yin was very surprised.
"Of course, I could never forget!" Qingyan laughed.
Inside this small hall, Qingyan Fang'er felt even more relaxed. It was more like a home than a huge courtyard. There were side rooms on both sides. The left side room had been converted by Qingyan into a place for the twins to live, while the right side room was used to store the family's belongings.
"You're in charge of making arrangements in this courtyard." Yin handed the task over directly to Qingyan. Before Qingyan arrived, Yin was genuinely having a headache.
After listening to Yin recount his experiences during this period, Qingyan smiled.
"Fourth Brother, you've done very well. I saw that the eldest brother's courtyard is kept very tidy!" Qingyan remembered that Yingenjueluo Shi had said that it must be very dirty and messy.
When they came in, they were surprised to find the courtyard very tidy.
"Haha, what my sister-in-law said is really true. We just finished tidying everything up a couple of days ago," Yin said with emotion.
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