Before lunch, Kangxi scolded Yinzhi and Qingyan, and even ordered Li Dequan to summon the nannies of the twins so that Shu could personally interrogate them.
The twins looked at Kangxi and said to Yin, "Grandpa, Father did nothing wrong!"
Yiken'e's small gesture warmed Yin's heart.
"I see, your son is protecting you too." Kangxi looked at Yinzhi and was very happy to see his two children protecting their father.
"Xuan Ye, doesn't Yiken'e look like Yin?" Consort Tong laughed as she watched Yiken'e's little gesture.
"Indeed, when the Empress Dowager scolded me, didn't Yin defend me in the same way?" Kangxi said with great emotion.
Emperor Kangxi and Consort Tong remembered Yin's childhood. Compared to Yiken'e, the father and son were very similar, both being warm-hearted men.
After the incident involving Uya, Yin gradually concealed his temper, and even began to become serious and unsmiling.
In Kangxi's mind, he blamed everything on Consort Wuya. For the first time, Kangxi defied the Empress Dowager's wishes and changed the imperial edict, thus ensuring that Yinzhi was completely under the control of Consort Tong.
"Fourth Prince, where did you find Yiken's nanny?" Kangxi thought Yiken was too young, and logically, no one should be doing anything bad behind her back.
Before Emperor Kangxi arrived, Consort Tong had already heard from Xiao Guai that it was the Crown Prince who had chosen Yinzhen. Kangxi thought that Yinzhen was too well-behaved and wanted Yiken'e to be disciplined from a young age.
Yin Ning preferred to remain silent and did not tell Kangxi who had made the suggestion.
"Fourth Prince, tell me what you think?" Kangxi held Yiken'e and looked at Yin.
After speaking, Yin lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Finally, he mentioned that the Crown Prince had said during the New Year that Shulu Congyi Ken'e had already begun learning etiquette at his age.
Kangxi's eyes turned cold; the Crown Prince was indeed behind this. After the birth of the twins, Suo'etu had been keeping a close eye on Yin's residence, and had even bribed Yiken'e's nanny. Soon, the nanny disappeared from the Fourth Prince's residence.
Upon learning the news, Songgotu even smashed up his study. Near the New Year, Songgotu's wife made a special trip to Yuqing Palace. On New Year's Eve, the second generation of the royal family gathered together, and the Crown Prince repeatedly brought up Yiken'e's strict rules.
"These past few days, the two children have stayed in the palace. Little darling, you must take good care of the maids in the mansion and prevent any similar problems from happening again." Consort Tong held her granddaughter, feeling extremely sorry for the little girl's aggrieved look.
Qingyan nodded obediently, thinking about how to handle the situation. The nanny beside Yiken'e had come to the palace with her, and Shu quickly found out that Suo'etu had indeed gone to their respective homes to tell them to try their best to win over the twins, and that he would tell them what to do if necessary.
After the deed was done, they did not offer the promised reward of 100,000 taels of silver. Their husbands were tempted and prepared to have them take care of the twins. As for the twins' life or death, they could only blame it on being born into an imperial family.
In the struggles of the imperial family, there is no such thing as young children. In addition, the Crown Prince has no legitimate son, while the Fourth Prince has twins. Therefore, the servants naturally have to stand on the side of the Crown Prince.
"Fourth Prince, you must also be careful. It's good to listen to your elder brother's advice, but you can't blindly follow it." The Crown Prince's status meant that the other princes had to show him some respect.
The matter of Yiken'e is not about isolation. Kangxi believes he needs to carefully consider how to reverse this situation.
"Yes." Yin completely brought the Crown Prince into Kangxi's sight.
The brotherhood among the princes wasn't as good as Kangxi perceived; perhaps, what they coveted was the throne.
"Alright, you two can leave the palace now." Kangxi sent the two men back to reflect on their actions.
"Father...I want to go out and play!" Yiken'e saw Yin and Qingyan preparing to leave and stretched out her little hand in their direction.
Emperor Kangxi looked down and saw tears welling up in his grandson's eyes.
"Going out to play?" Kangxi raised his head and tapped Yin to ask.
"Father, we promised to take Yiken'e to eat roast duck on our way back," Yin said quickly.
Consort Tong glanced down and saw that the little girl also looked longingly at her. She immediately persuaded Emperor Kangxi to allow the family of four to leave the palace.
Yiken'e hugged Yin's neck, followed by Qingyan and her daughter. The princes, returning from the Imperial Study to their quarters, saw Yin coaxing Yiken'e at the corner of the palace road, just like the father they had longed for since childhood.
Yin sensed the princes' gazes, but he calmly took Qingyan back with him. Sitting in the carriage, Qingyan watched his son, who was in Yin's arms, playing with a Rubik's Cube. Qingyan had taken it out of his spatial storage. Yiken'e liked this very much and would hold it in his hand and spin it. He would never take these things out to play with.
"We're having roast duck. Did Yiken'e understand what Grandfather said?" Yin looked at his son. The little guy was very clever and knew how to read other people's emotions. When Kangxi got angry, Yiken'e grabbed Yin's clothes and insisted on going back.
Yiken nodded. Those rules were a headache, and the nannies often used corporal punishment.
“Father, can we not learn manners from the nannies? They say that Yiken’e is superfluous and can’t even learn these basic rules.” To prevent her younger sister from being scolded, Yiken’e often helped her sister complete the rules.
"Corporal punishment?!" Yin asked in surprise.
Yiken'e nodded, speaking haltingly about how the nannies had hurt them. Yin noticed that Yiken'e could express herself clearly now, although not in great detail.
"Su Peisheng, have someone investigate!" Yiken'e's nanny did it very discreetly, even the servants of the Sticky Rod Office had blind spots in their view.
"Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen, why didn't you tell your mother?" Qingyan asked softly, looking at her daughter whose eyes were red.
"The nanny said she was sent by the Grandfather to teach us manners, and even Mother must obey the imperial decree." The little girl started to cry; she didn't like having someone oppressing her.
As soon as she finished speaking, Qingyan understood. The old woman was emphasizing the imperial edict. Yin had told the twins that Kangxi was the emperor outside the palace, and no one could disobey his decrees.
"Damn it!" Yin cursed under his breath. "Next time, if anyone says that again, come back and tell Father, and we'll discuss what to do, okay?"
Yin wanted his children to experience more, but he didn't want them to get hurt.
“Okay!” Yiken’e agreed immediately.
In Yiken'e's mind, Yin was a know-it-all who could handle any matter neatly and efficiently.
"Mother, shall we go eat roast duck?" Yiken asked sullenly, nestled in Yin's arms.
“Go!” Qingyan said firmly.
They weren't far from the roast duck restaurant; the shops in Dashilan should already be open for business.
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