After lunch, Qingyan was coaxing the child to sleep when a commotion arose outside the courtyard, with the sound of horses' hooves. Qingyan looked out and saw the carriage that Yinsi had come in flash by.
"Your Highness, Eighth Princess Consort is about to go out shopping." Seeing that the young masters were disturbed and sleeping very restlessly, Su Lan quickly went out to see who was making a fuss outside the courtyard.
After discovering that it was the Eighth Prince's wife, she didn't say much. Among the servants, the Eighth Prince's wife had a bad reputation and was considered a harsh mistress.
After observing carefully, I quickly went inside.
Qingyan frowned. The Eighth Prince's wife went out at noon. Was she declaring war on Consort Tong with such a big commotion?
"Ignore it. Tell the servants guarding the gate not to spread gossip. Otherwise, you all know the rules of the Fourth Master's residence!" Qingyan gave the order directly.
With the arrival of the Eighth Prince's wife, the servants in the mansion became even more gossipy, often talking about what the Eighth Prince's wife did in her courtyard.
"Yes." Su Lan quickly went to relay the order.
After Qingyan coaxed the twins to sleep, she went straight to the study, where Yin was busy working on memorials.
"Asleep?" Yin asked.
He rubbed his temples. In the morning, Yiken'e always ran over from the flower hall, hoping to play with Yin. However, he was busy with official documents and had no time to take care of the children.
"They're already asleep. Guo Luoluo went out shopping and made so much noise that she almost woke them up," Qingyan complained.
Since the attack, the two haven't had much time to spend together. Yin held her soft little hand, and she looked slightly tired.
Within Shandong, Yin and Saito went to the Xishan camp and met with the commander. They told the two that people from the capital often came to try and win them over, and they had been dealing with them very carefully.
"Why didn't you mention it during the communication?" Yin asked, puzzled.
On the battlefield, the generals who survived would communicate with each other regularly.
“I won’t tell you unless it’s absolutely necessary,” Sule explained.
Sule was only thirty years old, the prime of a general's life. He had an excellent relationship with Saito and Yin, but he was always careful and rarely caused them any trouble.
The situation in the capital was delicate, and Sule was worried that it would cause trouble for the two of them.
"You're just asking for trouble. You should have just refused," Yin said, shaking his head.
"People outside have labeled you as the two of us. What do you think?" People from the capital should understand this as well.
Sule smiled. He was only loyal to Kangxi, and his relationship with Yinzhi and Saito never involved work.
The imperial guards had investigated the matter long ago, so Kangxi turned a blind eye to the letters between the three of them. After all, Prince Bu Ying was not so familiar with the court officials.
"Fine, I knew you'd say that." Seto glared at him angrily. "Who's in charge of defense here?"
Suler pondered for a moment and said, "The defense should be managed by a collateral branch of the Hesheli clan; we rarely get involved!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yin and Saito exchanged a glance. Could it be that the Crown Prince had gotten involved after all?
"Alright, from now on, if anyone asks you again, don't say it's a branch of the Hesheli clan, just say the name," Yin secretly reminded him.
Sule immediately understood that His Majesty wanted to cover up the truth.
At the same time, Qingyan received an anonymous letter. The manager of Linglong Pavilion, upon discovering the letter, did not dare to delay and delivered it directly.
Yin Xian took out the letter and saw that there was an extra dart inside the envelope.
Qingyan glanced at it and quickly unfolded the letter. It was addressed to the manager of Linglong Pavilion in Yangzhou. Sure enough, there was another problem there. The Crown Princess had asked her people to try to persuade him to defect several times, but he did not agree. The Crown Princess was not annoyed and only gave him three days.
On the third day, his most beloved youngest son was made into a clay figure and placed in the corridor of the courtyard.
Snap!
Qingyan slammed the letter on the table. This...
The Guarjia clan has gone too far!
As a mother, doesn't she understand the significance of a child to parents?
The letter was pressed down by a slender hand, her small face filled with anger. Yin snatched the letter from her hand, quickly glanced at the message, and his expression grew increasingly grim.
"Have someone appease him immediately!" The shopkeeper's youngest son was about the same age as Yiken'e. When the child went to bed in the evening, he was still in his bedroom. But in the morning, the servants found that the child was not in his bedroom. In the corridor outside the child's room, there was a large clay figure.
The shopkeeper knew something was amiss, so he quickly went over to investigate. His wife, upon hearing that her youngest son was missing, was so distraught that she couldn't stand up. If it weren't for her eldest and second sons, she would have been completely devastated.
He mustered his courage, stepped forward, patted the clay figure, and discovered that it was hollow inside. He then pushed it.
Clang!
The clay figure fell to the ground and shattered, revealing the youngest son lying there with a purple face.
The letter was very detailed. Qingyan began to tremble. This... was too insidious. The child had suffocated to death.
She ran straight to the inner bedroom, sat down next to the stroller, and looked at the twins. Only then did she slowly feel warm all over.
Yin dropped the brush in his hand and followed the stumbling Qingyan into the room. Seeing her distraught appearance, he felt a pang of emotion.
"Little darling, I won't let these things happen to them!" Yin promised.
His eyes fell on the child. If he had switched sides with the shopkeeper, he probably would have gone even further.
"Si Si, I'm scared!" Qing Yan rarely said she was scared, but this time a sense of fear rose from her heart.
Yin patted her back to help her relax.
"Now, the shopkeeper will mention this matter to you, probably worried that the Crown Princess will harm Yiken'e." Yin was very pleased; Qingyan's servants were loyal.
Qingyan was on tenterhooks. Was the Crown Princess's ultimate goal Yiken'e?
"I will fight her to the death!" Qingyan sneered.
In recent years, the Crown Princess's actions have become increasingly outrageous. After Shulu was born, the Crown Princess did not take good care of her.
"Sisi, if I don't do business with Guarjia, will it cause you trouble?" Qingyan asked, her voice trembling. "She's too terrifying!"
Yin carried Qingyan outside, worried that he would wake the two children. Inside the room, four nannies were watching the children, and outside, his personal guards surrounded the children, ensuring that no one would have a chance to take advantage of them.
"Perhaps it wasn't the Crown Princess who did it!" Yin thought that the Crown Princess wouldn't provoke him like that for the time being.
Soetu? The Crown Prince? These two are questionable. Yiken'e has always been an obstacle for Hongxi. Li Jia has repeatedly sent people from the Imperial Household Department to take action against him, but Yin and Qingyan have all turned the tables on him.
Kangxi gradually distanced himself from Hongxi, which was probably related to this.
"What?!" Qingyan was dumbfounded.
Qingyan took a sip of tea. Back then, Honghui's early death was also partly due to the Crown Prince's influence; he was simply blinded by brotherly affection.
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