After autumn arrived, the temperature in the capital city remained high. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, the servants in Changchun Garden began to busy themselves again, preparing for the festival.
At the Jiuzhou Qingyan restaurant, the kitchen staff also started preparing mooncakes, and some adorable snow skin mooncakes were made one by one.
That afternoon, the twins returned from Changchun Garden and were eating mooncakes made by the kitchen staff when their eyes began to light up.
"Mother, could you prepare some mooncakes like these so my sister He can send them to Changchun Garden?" Yiken'e and Hutulifengshengzhalafen exchanged a glance, then turned to ask Qingyan.
"Sulan, go prepare some mooncakes!" Qingyan glanced at Sulan and asked her to choose the best ones.
This year's mooncakes are designed in the style of a cute, cartoonish jade rabbit drawn by Qingyan. The jade rabbit is doing all sorts of adorable things, and the twins exclaimed how cute it was when they saw it.
The mooncakes were ready, and Sulan delivered them directly into the palace. Yiken took a silk handkerchief from her purse and wiped her mouth clean.
“Mother, I’m going to deliver this to Grandfather. Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen, are you staying at the Yuanmingyuan?” Yiken’e asked, looking at Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen.
“I’ll go with Ah Hun. Recently, Mother has been preparing things for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and leaving them at Yuanmingyuan would be in the way!” Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen shook his head.
Qingyan sighed, "You two want to go to Changchun Garden? You don't need to make up excuses!"
"Mother, don't expose me," Yiken said, raising her voice eight octaves.
Qingyan escorted the twins to the entrance of the courtyard and repeatedly instructed them to take their servants with them when they went out and not to wander around on their own.
The two figures slowly disappeared from Qingyan's sight. She felt uneasy, which made Qingyan feel very uncomfortable.
"Your Majesty, the sun is too strong outside. Please come into the palace first. The stewards will be coming to report this afternoon," Su Lan advised Qing Yan to leave first.
As evening approached, Qingyan prepared dinner and waited for Yin to return. Hafeng kept crying and fussing, so Qingyan had to dismiss all the stewards and carry Hafeng back and forth.
"Master, Master!" Zhang Desheng ran in from outside, his face pale and his lips trembling.
"What's wrong?" Qingyan quickly handed Hafeng to the nanny beside her, and stared intently at Zhang Desheng.
For the entire afternoon, Qingyan and Hafeng were restless, feeling that something was about to happen.
"Young Prince Yiken'e was pushed into the pond." Zhang Desheng had barely finished speaking when Qingyan, wearing flowerpot shoes, ran straight to Changchun Garden without any regard for her image.
Half an hour later, Qingyan ran into the courtyard where Yiken'e lived, her face pale and panting as she leaned against the door frame.
Yin got up from his seat and quickly came over to help Qingyan.
"Why didn't you come by carriage? I specifically asked Zhang Desheng to tell you that Yiken'e came back on his own?" Yin helped Qingyan to a chair.
"I didn't hear the whole thing, I ran straight here!" Su Lan and her maids stood outside the door, waiting for Yin's scolding. "Fourth Prince, how is Yiken'e?"
Qingyan ran too fast and left them all behind.
"It's nothing. He just scared Father and Mother, so Imperial Physician Yuan is still taking their pulses in the inner chamber. That brat is going to get a scolding," Yin said helplessly.
Qingyan's complexion gradually softened, and color slowly returned.
When Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen heard that Qingyan had come, she quickly ran over and threw herself into Qingyan's arms.
Qingyan patted Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen on the back, which gradually relaxed her tense emotions.
"Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen, Mother is here!" Qingyan's three short words completely shattered Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen's heart.
Hutu Lifeng Shengzha Lafen cried silently. Qingyan felt that the clothes in her arms were a little wet. She glanced at Sulan and told her to hurry back and get a set of summer clothes, as she might need to change into summer clothes later.
“Mother Ahun was pushed into the pond. If Ahun hadn’t been able to swim, she might not be here!” Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen cried. “There were water plants at the bottom of the pond. Ahun used her dagger to cut them off.”
Yin sat to the side, listening to his daughter's sobbing, and his heart sank instantly.
After the incident, Yin rushed over immediately. The twins didn't say a word. Yin assumed that Yiken'e had fallen into the pond because she was playing around.
"Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen, why didn't you say that just now?" Yin looked at his daughter's red eyes and felt very sorry for her.
"Ah Hun said that, apart from Li Anda, no one else should tell the truth!" Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen's words deeply stung Yin.
Someone at Changchun Garden actually plotted against the twins? And this person even bribed Emperor Kangxi?
"Hutulifengsheng Zhalafen, how about you come with your mother to stay at the Yuanmingyuan today?" Qingyan asked her daughter.
“Alright, Ah Hun also wants to go back to live, but since Grandfather and Grandma haven’t said anything, we can’t ask to go back!” Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen didn’t like staying in Changchun Garden, and the two companions by Hongxi’s side were always hanging around in front of her.
Qingyan noticed that her daughter was in a bad mood, so she quickly comforted her.
Yin also remembered Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen's unusual behavior and prepared to have Erlu investigate how many people in Changchun Garden were making things difficult for the two children.
"Su Peisheng, bring the carriage over here, let's go back to Yuanmingyuan!" Just after Yin saw Kangxi and Consort Tong off, Qingyan ran straight in from outside.
There will definitely be some rumors circulating in Changchun Garden. He wants to see who dares to do these things in front of him.
Inside the main hall of Changchun Garden, Emperor Kangxi was furious. He joined forces with Consort Tong to suppress the rumors about Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen as soon as possible, at least to prevent the study companion by Hongxi's side from succeeding.
Hongxi
"Xuan Ye, it's not that I'm saying this, but how old is Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen? Hongxi already wanted to hurt her. If you don't give the twins an explanation this time, I won't stand on your side!" Consort Tong was truly furious.
Hongxi may not have learned other tricks, but he has mastered the art of framing others to perfection. He wants to marry Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen off to a concubine's son who is also his study companion. Haha, he dares to dream.
"Let's wait and see what Yin does." Kangxi anticipated that if Yin knew the truth, he would definitely take action against Hongxi.
"You mustn't soften your heart just because of the Crown Prince. The last few times, when Hutulifengsheng Zhalafenchadian got into trouble, if I hadn't taken the blame, Yin would have lost his temper long ago!" Consort Tong said coldly to Kangxi.
"Don't worry, I won't interfere this time!" Kangxi was disheartened by Hongxi's underhanded tactics.
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