Yin and Qingyan were used as targets, but they were enjoying it. He understood that the person's identity must be a royal taboo; otherwise, their father, the Emperor, wouldn't have handled it so secretly.
He held Qingyan's little hand and looked at Consort Tong with a bewildered expression, hoping his mother could give him a reasonable explanation.
This time, they were destined to be disappointed; no one could heal that wound.
The scar between the Khorchin and the Aisin Gioro families can never be closed.
"Xiao Si, Xiao Guai, you don't need to concern yourselves with this matter." Consort Tong simply had the two little ones safely escorted back to their courtyard, and then said no more.
Qingyan looked on with curiosity, which made Yin reluctant to forcibly stop him.
"Fourth Brother, let's see together what's going on?" Qingyan's bright eyes blinked, and he nodded blankly.
He might pay the price for his decision, but he doesn't care, as long as Qingyan is happy.
Inside the room, only the two of them were present. She had already been watching the outside, and the guards, due to Kangxi's orders, dared not approach any further.
Qingyan waved her small hand, and a black screen appeared on the wall, describing the identity of this direct descendant in traditional Chinese characters.
Half an hour later, Yin wiped away a cold sweat. It turned out that this direct descendant's connection was actually related to Granny Angguma.
“No wonder the Khorchin’s connection with the court has weakened.” Yin remembered that in his previous life, after the certificate was issued, Kangxi began to forcibly suppress the Khorchin lineage.
Previously, he thought that Kangxi was taking advantage of the Empress Dowager's poor health to suppress her, but now he finally understood the reason.
Consort Tong and even everyone in the palace were probably given a gag order, after all, it was a royal scandal.
Galdan was cunning; he actually let such a child carry such important evidence. Even if Kangxi wanted the curved sword, he had to consider the Empress Dowager's wishes. Yin's lips couldn't help but curl into a smirk.
"Fourth Prince, don't you think this is a bit melodramatic?" Qingyan became somewhat interested. Perhaps Kangxi went out to protect that brute.
The Empress Dowager's health was deteriorating, and Yin kept saying that if anything happened, he would return to the palace to keep vigil.
"So melodramatic?!" Yin muttered.
What's the meaning?
"The grudges and love affairs are too dramatic." Yin was stunned. She liked to read storybooks and could probably imagine all kinds of plots in her mind. Now, this love story was even more exciting than the storybooks.
Yin cut up an apple for her and fed it to her little by little.
Her big, watery eyes were fixed intently on the screen, her lips puffing out like a little hamster. She looked incredibly adorable.
"Little darling, pretend you don't know anything when you're outside!" Yin stroked her hair and whispered to Wan'er that these things absolutely could not be said.
She nodded obediently. The news would soon reach the capital. That persistent old woman, the Empress Dowager, would probably put pressure on Kangxi.
"I don't like the Empress Dowager. Aren't those princes just taking advantage of their connections with the palace to provoke people all the time?" Qingyan pouted. She was young, but that didn't mean she didn't know anything. Feiyanggu, Eshuo, and Saito were often ganged up on by Mongolian princes or heirs under the guise of confrontation.
He smiled helplessly. Originally, he did not want Qingyan to know about the affairs between the princes and Fei Yanggu and his two sons.
On the grasslands, from princes down to servants, everyone worships heroes.
Feiyanggu, Eshuo, and Saito, as expected of Kangxi's most trusted subordinates, possessed extraordinary abilities. They defeated all the princes, and from then on, Saito and Eshuo became popular candidates for sons-in-law on the grasslands.
A few days ago, the Mongolian princes intended to marry their daughters to these two men, which Yindu found laughable.
"Fourth Sister, she's so old, why does she still have to cause trouble?" When Qingyan went to the palace to pay her respects, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager never gave her a kind look.
Previously, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager disliked Consort Tong, so they wouldn't make things difficult for Yin Tai. However, as Yin Tai grew up, he was raised by Consort Tong to be too outstanding, and in some aspects, he was even better than Yin Tai.
The Empress Dowager was wholeheartedly concerned about the future of the Khorchin. Prince Yin was not easy to control. Since Yin did not have a biological mother, as long as he was properly managed, he would not become estranged from the Khorchin.
“Little darling, power can drive a person mad.” Yin explained helplessly. Once, when Wuya became the Empress Dowager, she often caused trouble for Qingyan, wanting to take back the power of the palace from her.
He didn't understand women, but after experiencing that life, he saw them more clearly and understandably.
"Rights?!" Qingyan looked at Yin's expression. Every time he encountered something bad, he would exude a kind of vicissitude like an old man.
Yin nodded. She was still young and had not been exposed to the outside world. He had also experienced the power struggles between wives and concubines in the mansion. The concubines longed for the power held by the primary wife.
"The infighting among the women in the inner quarters is even more brutal," Yin muttered to himself.
Qingyan didn't think much of it; the struggles within the palace were far more brutal than those outside. Having witnessed such cruel battles since childhood, it was understandable that he would have such feelings.
"Fourth Prince, all that is in the past. From now on, there will be absolutely no infighting in our courtyard." Qingyan smiled. She liked Yin's promise. Kangxi was a man who valued promises and would not break them.
He agreed, though he didn't want to touch those women anymore. However, he wouldn't let them marry other men; his patriarchal values were deeply ingrained in his bones and he could never forget them.
"Little darling, can you retrieve the late Emperor's information?" The cause of Empress Dowager Tong's death was a knot in Consort Tong's heart, and he hoped to help his mother untie this knot.
In his previous life, Yin had investigated after ascending the throne, but too many years had passed, and the other party had cleaned up all the clues. He hadn't found any useful information.
That was his biggest regret back then. Now that she can let him know the truth, he will be more satisfied.
"Of course." Qingyan moved her hand, and the screen displayed everything about Empress Dowager Tong, including the late Emperor's favoritism. Looking at the messages, Yin couldn't help but feel ashamed.
He was led by the nose by the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. No wonder, after the Empress Dowager left, the Empress Dowager closed her palace for three months. She was destroying all traces of the Empress Dowager.
With the Empress Dowager Tong's affair exposed, how could Emperor Kangxi still treat the Khorchin well?
In order to make Emperor Kangxi closer to the Khorchin, the Empress Dowager personally used a secret medicine from the Qiyan clan, which led to the death of Empress Dowager Tong.
Each bowl of tribute from Emperor Kangxi was a death knell for Empress Dowager Tong. If he had known, what would have been his fate?
Yin felt a lingering fear; his father, the Emperor, would be even more heartbroken if he learned the truth. On one side were his adoptive mother, Mama, and his mother, and on the other was his own mother.
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