Chapter 1870 Falsely Proclaiming an Imperial Edict
In mid-April, Emperor Kangxi issued an edict to return to the palace, preparing to hold his last Dragon Boat Festival as emperor in the capital.
Qingyan, holding the children, sat in the carriage with a smile on her face. After returning to the capital, all the Mongol leaders came to the capital, making the concubines very nervous. The leaders demanded that they go to the primary wife and plead their case, at least to get the primary wife to return to the Mongol tribe with them.
Emperor Kangxi and his entourage arranged princess residences in the capital, where the princesses could move in directly. Imperial guards stood watch at the entrances, and any leaders who wanted to enter had to be granted permission by the princesses themselves; otherwise, no one else could enter.
"Master, His Majesty just sent a letter saying that you should be careful on the road, as His Majesty needs to return first." Su Zhu brought over Yin Zhen's letter, which Qing Yan immediately opened and began to read.
Kangxi meant that Yinzhen should return ahead of time. The two emperors should absolutely not travel together. On the way to Qiumi, it was unavoidable.
"Did Erlu follow?" Qingyan asked Suzhu.
Just now, Yinzhen was summoned by Kangxi and didn't even have time to come back. You can imagine how serious the situation is.
“Eru stayed behind, while Bayan went back with his master,” Suzhu said, shaking her head.
Erlu was ordered to stay around the carriage and protect the Fujin and the three young masters no matter what happened. Moreover, Yinzhen placed half of the guards beside Qingyan and left with only half of the guards and some imperial guards.
Kangxi quickened his pace, splitting up with Yinzhen into two groups, aiming to arrive at the gates of the capital at the same time.
As night fell, Qingyan's nerves tightened, and she couldn't feel sleepy at all. The three children were in the carriage, while Suzhu and Sulan sat outside the screen. Qingyan waved her hand and placed the two children in her spatial storage, which she rarely used anymore.
Faced with danger, Qingyan had no choice but to use this place again. She listened intently to the sounds outside, not daring to close her eyes for a moment.
"Suzhu, stay here and keep watch. I'm going to check outside!" Sulan lifted the carriage curtain and saw that the camp outside was completely quiet, and the patrolling guards were all focused.
Qingyan turned on the video and noticed that the atmosphere in the camp was somewhat strange; even the guards seemed tense.
Soldiers from the Xishan Camp arrived around the camp, first protecting Kangxi's camp, and preparing to wipe out all these people on their way back to Beijing.
Just after midnight, the guards in the camp were exhausted, and many began to doze off. In the dense forest outside the camp, Yinti led another group of people from the Xishan camp, hiding themselves and keeping a close watch on the movements inside the camp, determined not to let anyone in the camp fall into danger.
“Prince Zhi, someone must have done this on purpose,” the deputy commander of the Xishan camp said to Yinti as he approached him.
Yinti narrowed his eyes. Before leaving, Yinzhen had specifically instructed him to be careful, especially at night, and not to miss anyone who approached the camp.
Half an hour later, a group of people appeared at the entrance of the camp. It must be said that these people moved very quickly. If Yinti had not been watching carefully, he might have missed them.
"As you can see, those people are all being secretly watched. If anyone comes into contact with them, they should all be taken into custody," Yinti said directly.
Qingyan noticed some figures appearing at the entrance, and she gradually became nervous.
"Your Majesty, His Majesty requests your presence," Su Zhu said from outside.
Upon hearing this, Qingyan felt a sense of confusion. Why go there in the middle of the night?
"Suzhu, go back and tell them that all three children are sleeping," Qingyan said directly.
Su Zhu hurried back and told them. Qing Yan paid special attention to the guards who came to inform them. She stared at them carefully and found that they did not go to the imperial tent, but instead went to a secluded place.
At this moment, Qingyan was glad that she hadn't gone with them; otherwise, she would definitely have been controlled by someone, and then it would have been Yinzhen who would have been in trouble.
As dawn broke, Qingyan got up early and took her three children to the imperial tent. Seeing Kangxi's gloomy face, with Consort Tong sitting on the other side and the Third Prince's wife kneeling inside the tent, Qingyan became suspicious.
When Consort Tong saw Qingyan arrive with the children, her mood improved considerably. The Third Prince Consort had mentioned earlier that Qingyan had been invited away, and both Emperor Kangxi and Consort Tong were worried about Qingyan and the children. Now that they were here, they felt at ease.
"My little darling, did anyone come to summon you to the imperial tent yesterday?" Consort Tong couldn't suppress her anger and asked directly.
Qingyan nodded and said that outside the tent, a guard said yesterday that Kangxi wanted to see him, but the three children were sleeping and could not leave, so Suzhu declined.
When Kangxi heard Qingyan's words, he felt relieved. Qingyan was a smart woman. The Third Prince's wife was too busy arguing with Yinzhi to fall for the trap, while Yinzhi, that fool, was controlled by someone else.
"When did you discover that the third prince was missing?" Kangxi asked, looking at the third princess's wife.
After the incident, Emperor Kangxi specifically asked Li Dequan to question several princes, and none of them were fooled.
"Father, yesterday the prince went to the concubine's tent. In the early morning, the person inside the concubine's tent came to report that his daughter-in-law really..." The Third Prince Consort was truly furious.
Consort Dong'e was her sister. To outsiders, no matter how bad their relationship was, everyone would assume that Consort Dong'e must have known about this beforehand.
"Are you really unaware?" Consort Tong asked again.
“My dear mother, we’ve been living in harmony ever since we entered the manor, so we rarely see each other. Apart from when we pay our respects, we hardly ever meet,” the Third Princess Consort quickly explained.
Every time they returned to their parents' home, Dong E Peng Chun would remind them in advance to get along peacefully. However, Dong E Consort was simply not someone who could get along with others.
Qingyan sat to the side and listened to the Third Princess Consort's sobbing. His mood gradually became fluctuating. There must have been more than just people who went to the prince's tent yesterday.
"Li Dequan, go to the tents of the imperial clan and ask if anyone has been fooled?" Kangxi was having a headache. The other party was actually using his name to look for people, and there were bound to be many members of the imperial clan who had been fooled.
Li Dequan quickly left, quickening his pace, hoping that the princes of the imperial clan would be smarter and not cause as much trouble as the Third Prince, who made everyone's life miserable.
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