As they approached the small county town, the twins couldn't contain their excitement. The two little ones clung to the carriage window, watching the bustling crowd outside. Yin and Qingyan, one looking at the words, the other reviewing the account book.
Their eyes would frequently glance at the two children; they needed to finish what they were doing before they could go out with the children.
"Father... windmills!" Yiken'e saw a small stall selling colorful windmills by the roadside. Yiken'e liked them very much and turned to call out to Yin.
"Su Peisheng, sell three windmills, and deliver another one to Songkelierha." Yin was about to fulfill his son's request. He glanced outside and saw that it was just an ordinary windmill with eight windmill wheels in total, each with small pieces of paper of various colors pasted on it.
"Little darling, does that look like the one I bought for you?" Yin asked, looking at the little windmill that Su Peisheng had brought back.
Previously, Qingyan rarely left the mansion. When Yin had just arrived at the new residence of Ulanara, he would occasionally be summoned to the palace by Emperor Kangxi. Every time he left the mansion, he would use his allowance to buy her some small toys.
Qingyan carefully stored all those toys in her space, and sometimes she would take them out to admire them.
"Fourth, that's for the children." Yiken'e shook the windmill back and forth, but Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen wasn't interested in the windmill at all. His eyes were all focused outside the car. Yin was holding his daughter's windmill.
"Hutulifengshengzhalafen, look what's here, Father?" Yin noticed that there were more people outside, so he decided to let his daughter come over.
He took out a small doll made of mutton fat jade from his purse. This jade was rare because it had some color on its surface. It was made into the shape of a cheongsam, with small double buns. Its appearance was even carved according to the style of Feng Sheng Zha La Fen in Hu Tu Li. Yin kept it close to his body.
There were two little beauties in the purse, one big and one small. One was Qingyan, and the other was my youngest daughter.
“Ama...” Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen loved jade. Every time he saw a fine piece of jade, he would want to possess it.
She opened her little hands and took small steps toward him. When she reached Yin's side, she took her little jade doll from his hand with her chubby little hands and carefully examined the little doll.
“Father, it’s Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen.” The little girl opened her mouth and grinned.
Her face was exquisite; it really was her.
"Mmm." Yin hugged the soft little body, feeling incredibly happy. "Yiken, sit properly next to your mother."
As they approached the courtyard where they were to be kept in, the people watching them might appear. The presence of the two children would immediately confirm their identity as targets.
Qingyan has pills that can change one's appearance. When she takes the children out, her appearance will be greatly altered, which will confuse those who are watching her.
"Mother, Yiken wants to eat rice cakes." Yiken still remembered that before leaving, Qingyan asked Sulan to go to the street to buy rice cakes, specifically for the two children as snacks. Rice cakes from Jiangnan are the most delicious.
"Want to eat more?" Qingyan asked, surprised.
Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen didn't like the taste of rice cake, and even threw the purple rice cake aside.
Yiken'e is different; he not only likes sweet rice cakes, but his taste is also very similar to Qingyan's.
His daughter's tastes were very similar to Yin's, and Yin's face immediately darkened.
“Yiken’e, rice cakes are for girls,” Yin said seriously.
Yiken pouted as he listened to the scolding; he simply liked the sweet taste.
"Alright, what do the children like to eat? Why are you still talking about it?" Yin always manages to make his son cry, which gives Qingyan a headache.
“Now, we need to cultivate Yiken’e’s awareness of his image.” Yin thought it was right; boys need to pay extra attention to it.
"Yes, Father, I understand." Yiken'e was often by Kangxi's side, and Kangxi's every move had a profound influence on him.
Every time he happily took his favorite snacks from Grandma, Grandfather would grumble at him.
Qingyan was surprised. Yiken'e was a stubborn person who rarely listened to other people's opinions. What was wrong with Yiken'e today?
“Mother, I’ve grown up. My father said I must provide for you and my sister and can’t be lazy anymore.” Yiken’e puffed out her little chest and said to Qingyan.
Qingyan chuckled. Kangxi valued Yiken'e and kept him by his side to teach him, which was better than at other times.
Yin nodded in satisfaction; what Yiken said was correct.
“Father, I want to protect Mother too.” Hutulifengsheng Zhalafen turned his attention back to the little children and looked at them seriously.
Although she was young, Consort Tong always paid attention to teaching her. After she could speak, Consort Tong never hid her handling of palace affairs. Seeing the two-faced nature of those women, the little girl was also full of fighting spirit.
Um? !
Yinci gazed lovingly at Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen. Daughters should be pampered, so it would be best to leave the task of protecting Qingyan to them.
"Don't underestimate me!" Hutulifengshengzhalaf noticed that Yin was looking down on him, and straightened up to say, "Every time Mother goes to pay her respects, the concubines have two faces. In front of Mother, they fawn over her, hoping to gain favor in Linglong Pavilion. But behind her back, they are a completely different person, and they often instigate Granny Ma."
Looking at Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen, Yin felt a pang of heartache. He often kept the child by Consort Tong's side, causing her to witness the power struggles in the inner court at an early age.
Qingyan gave a wry smile. It turned out that even the children she was protecting could not escape the constraints of the royal family. From the moment they could speak, they had to constantly be on guard against outsiders.
"Little darling, this is our responsibility." The peaceful life that Qingyan hoped for was hard to achieve in the royal family. The couple tried their best to protect the twins in their residence, but Kangxi thought this was not acceptable.
"Yes, I know." Qingyan nodded, clearly realizing her mistake. In the deep palace, what child is innocent? Emperor Kangxi was worried that something might go wrong with the twins, so he directly interrupted Qingyan's teaching method.
Consort Tong was even more direct, making Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen confront the darkness of the inner courtyard. Qingyan had always been pampered and had no other women to compete with, so Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen would be too easily trusting.
"Alright, does Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen like Grandma taking care of you?" Qingyan didn't want to say much, and Consort Tong was also thinking about Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen's future marriage.
Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen nodded his little head, watching those women act, which was also a good thing.
“They’re like the characters in the storybooks Mother reads. Isn’t it fun to act like this every day?” Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen said, tilting her little head.
Qingyan was speechless. In Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen's eyes, all those palace concubines had become actors.
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