When Fei Yanggu returned, he was followed by a cook. Li Dequan stood beside his carriage, leading the cook who made pastries for the princes and waiting for him.
It was common knowledge that Yinzhi disliked sweets. Upon learning this, His Majesty immediately ordered Consort Tongjia to arrange for a skilled chef to be sent over. Seeing Yinzhi's frustrated expression, His Majesty's mood improved considerably. The brat wrote a letter to Consort Tongjia complaining that Kangxi hadn't touched his bed in Chengqian Palace for two or three days.
"You brat, trying to mess with me!" After Li Dequan respectfully reported to Emperor Kangxi, the old man snorted coldly. He had just finished reviewing a few memorials and was now eagerly preparing to go to Chengqian Palace to curry favor with the emperor. As a father, he loved his son very much.
Yin looked at the person who came in with a dark face. Qingyan smiled like a bright flower after hearing what Fei Yanggu said.
"Su Peisheng, arrange for him to stay in the small kitchen!" If Yinreng allows Su Peisheng to send him directly back to the palace, Qingyan will definitely throw a tantrum.
As soon as he finished speaking, Qingyan's eyes lit up. Before, the chef he brought only made very exquisite dishes, but the taste was really not good.
"Qingyan, go change your clothes, let's go out and eat roast duck!" Fei Yanggu looked down at Qingyan. The little girl had managed to make fruitwood roast duck, which she sold in her family's restaurant. It was selling very well, and even the imperial chefs wanted to learn how to make it. After all, it was a dish that His Majesty liked, so there was no worry about sales.
Immediately, Qingyan skipped away, while Yin stared at Fei Yanggu with a dark expression.
Sure enough, experience counts; a roast duck was enough to distract Qingyan from her starry-eyed gaze and gratitude.
"Fourth Master, why don't you change your clothes too?" Fei Yanggu stroked his mustache and left the courtyard.
Yin sighed. Fei Yanggu clearly regarded him as an enemy. His pursuit of Qingyan was not easy. He was always misunderstood by Fei Yanggu, and the time they spent together was decreasing.
Su Peisheng stood behind Yin and shrank his neck. The chill emanating from this man was not something that ordinary people could resist. Could a delicate little princess like Qingyan withstand it?
Yin changed into a royal blue casual outfit. Su Peisheng mentally made up about a certain fourth person, and his icy expression scared Qingyan. He wondered if he would take his anger out on him again.
"Su Peisheng, have that person prepare some white fungus soup and send it to Qingyan as a midnight snack." Upon arriving at Fei Yanggu's residence, Yin changed his eating habits that he had developed over the years, and under Qingyan's influence, he changed from two meals a day to three meals a day plus a midnight snack.
Even in the carriage, Qingyan couldn't find a moment of peace, eager to get to the roast duck. Yin held Qingyan's hand, patiently spending time with the little one for the first time. Previously, he had been too busy vying for the throne to participate in Honghui's childhood, and Hongli had been taken into the palace by Kangxi for upbringing, thus remaining uninvolved.
Today, however, he accompanies his little wife as she grows up. He holds her soft little body in his arms, feeding the restless little girl pieces of fruit with ivory toothpicks.
Qingyan was stunned by Yin's actions and instinctively opened her mouth to eat the food Yin fed her.
Before the two could exchange a single word, the carriage suddenly stopped. Yin held Qingyan in his arms, her small face hidden in his embrace. Suddenly, the curtain was pulled down by a middle-aged woman. Fei Yanggu, his face grim, ordered Akdun to arrest the person. Yin's icy gaze made the middle-aged woman shiver.
In that instant, Yin had already concocted several conspiracy theories in his mind. He had heard of such staged accidents before, and this was a scheme to ruin the socialite's reputation.
Even though Qingyan was still young, being seen by so many people in public would be frowned upon by the royal family. Before the age of 10, the Manchu Eight Banners' daughters didn't care about the rules, but Yin was very careful. Qingyan was different from those women; she had been chosen by Kangxi at a young age, and Fei Yanggu understood this even better.
"What happened?" Qingyan asked, puzzled. Yin's expression was serious, and his body was emanating a chill.
This was the first time Yin had seen her so serious. Her worried eyes made Yin sigh. She should grow up carefree. It was enough that she understood the struggles in the inner court. The two nannies that her mother had personally sent were selected from the Phoenix Guard.
Therefore, there was no betrayal on their part, Yin Fu. Touching Qing Yan's hair, he didn't say a word. He pondered how to present the reality to his father, the Emperor. Neither Fei Yanggu nor he could investigate.
To outsiders, it was just a typical staged accident, but Yin saw the excitement in the middle-aged woman's eyes. He was certain that Qingyan's small frame wouldn't allow the woman to see the yellow belt around his waist.
"Send the man to Li Dequan's outer residence!" Fei Yanggu whispered to Akdun.
Emperor Kangxi was worried that his sons would be bullied, so Li Dequan bought an outer residence, which was actually inhabited by members of the Imperial Guard.
"Yes." Akdun quickly agreed. Among the onlookers, several people noticed that the middle-aged woman had been taken away and were preparing to follow the guards sent by Akdun. Fei Yanggu, sitting on his horse, had already seen this.
A smile crept onto his lips; these people were nothing more than cannon fodder thrown out.
Those behind the scenes are shrewd and calculating. Qingyan's identity was confirmed when the Fourth Prince appeared. When Qingyan came of age, Emperor Kangxi would personally issue an edict.
"Fourth Prince, Lord Dong'e's residence has been robbed, and a concubine's daughter has been sent to the family temple." After Yin returned, with Kangxi's tacit approval, he personally selected people to establish the Blood Droplets.
After the young princes entered the Imperial Study, Kangxi tacitly allowed them to begin preparing their own secret guards, just as he had done in his youth. Yinzhi's flying guillotine had shown him something different.
Yin smiled coldly. Sure enough, those people understood what the Emperor meant. Qingyan heard Fei Yanggu mutter and her face turned pale. Those people were coming for her.
He gently patted her back, and the scene of Yin comforting Qingyan was seen by the Dragon Guards through the gap in the carriage curtain. They found the scene quite eerie. Two little ones were doing things only adults would do.
"Relax, I'll let you eat wasabi duck feet in a bit." Yin noticed that Qingyan's mood was not right, so he used Qingyan's favorite food to distract her from her fear.
Contrary to Yin's expectations, she did not relax her nerves; instead, she became increasingly tense.
"Those people... came for me!" Qingyan's chubby little hands trembled. Her watery eyes were filled with terror.
Knowing he couldn't hide it any longer, Yin nodded directly.
"I will not let anyone hurt you," Yin promised.
Qingyan noticed that Yin's behavior was not like that of a child, but rather more like that of a grown-up. Princes are generally shrewd and calculating, and Qingyan was quite surprised that he had matured so quickly.
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