The peaceful days didn't last long before Kangxi summoned Yin to the palace. Qingyan found it strange, as Yin was not required to have an audience during the twelfth lunar month.
She rested her chin on her hand, looking out the window with boredom. The servants in the courtyard were all busy, but she seemed bored.
"Master, how about reading a storybook for a while?!" Qingyan is a restless person, and he's sure to cause trouble soon.
"Bring me my sewing basket!" Qingyan wanted to make three exquisite purses to give to her father and uncles when she returned to her parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
Su Lan quickly went into the inner chamber and took out Qing Yan's sewing basket. During the days she was away from the manor, Qing Yan had not touched needlework.
At noon, Yin came in as usual, but she sensed that something was wrong with his mood.
"Little darling, does the manor have ancient books on healing?" Yin had to admit that Fei Yanggu's failure to hand over the ancient books might cause some trouble.
"Huh?!" Qingyan was stunned. When the ancestors of the Ulanara clan entered the pass, they obtained an ancient book from the Han people. Xiao Guai's being kept by someone had nothing to do with this. However, outsiders did not think so.
With a wave of his hand, Yin dismissed the servants. She stood up and followed him into the inner chamber, reaching out to unbutton his court robes.
"The censors have reported that my father-in-law obtained a secret manual on keeping mistresses from the Han people but has not handed it over," Yin said in a low voice.
Qingyan was taken aback. Sure enough, something had happened to that book.
"Did Father intend to present it as a New Year's gift? It was only when I opened the ancestors' private treasury at my wedding that I discovered that book. I must say, this book is very important. Father's health didn't improve because of this book!" Qingyan was somewhat unconvinced. These censors were just making trouble for no reason.
Qingyan angrily changed Yin into his everyday clothes, but her little face looked particularly unpleasant.
"Little darling, just send it up this year. I've already spoken to Father Emperor about it with Father-in-law." Yin thought about Kangxi's advice and planned to have Fei Yanggu pass the imperial examination. Then, with the help of Imperial Physician Yuan, they would speak to the censors to prove that Fei Yanggu had spoken to Kangxi in advance.
She smiled to herself. If those people were eyeing her things, how could she possibly run away?
greedy!
"Fourth Brother, who said that?!" Qingyan was furious. She found out the troublemaker and didn't mind teaching these people a lesson.
"We don't know yet!" Kangxi was also helpless with the censor. Ulanara was in the limelight at the time, and if Xiao Guai did anything inappropriate, it would definitely affect the development of the family.
As soon as he finished speaking, Qingyan took her little hand and they went to have their meal together.
Halfway through lunch, a little Sula walked in, whispered a few words to Su Peisheng, and then left.
Qingyan looked up suspiciously. Su Peisheng was about to whisper in Yin's ear when Yin stopped him.
“Speak up, your wife isn’t an outsider!” Yin said coldly.
"Your Majesty, the allowances sent to the Princess Consort by the Imperial Household Department have all been embellished!" Su Peisheng said in a very low voice.
Snap!
Upon hearing this, Yin slammed the ivory hairpin onto the table. Instantly, the maids in the hall tensed up, realizing that their master had also become angry.
"Where is the person who delivered the item?" Yin asked Su Peisheng coldly.
Imperial Household Department!
These lackeys have crossed his bottom line. Originally, he wanted to let them have one last Spring Festival, but it seems they don't want to.
"Fourth Prince, let's talk about it after the Spring Festival!" Qingyan never used the palace's allowances, so she wasn't particularly concerned. "The servants certainly don't have that kind of ability. It seems there's someone behind this!"
The Ministry of the Interior wouldn't come looking for trouble at this time. Besides, it's election season this year, so there's bound to be one or two families who will take the risk.
Yin could understand Xiao Guai's intentions, but he didn't want it to be that way. He would not tolerate anything that would ruin her.
"No!" Yin shook his head and said coldly, "Su Peisheng, take the sent allowance and this servant into the palace together and hand it over to Father Emperor and Mother Emperor in person."
Su Peisheng withdrew and left, while Yin continued to coax Xiao Guai to eat.
"Little darling, let's have lunch first. No matter what happens, we must hint that we're having lunch!" Yin placed a crab meat lion's head on her plate. "Look, your father bought this from Jiangnan!"
Just as the twelfth lunar month began, Fei Yanggu somehow acquired some crabs. Yin ordered that all these crabs be kept alive by Qingyan and made sure they did not lose weight.
"You should eat some too. We'll be eating stew again once we enter the palace!" Qingyan didn't dislike the Eight Bowls; in modern times, she would go to that small restaurant for a meal every year.
Now, she has to eat some even without you; she really can't stand eating like this.
Yin laughed. The little girl had complained a lot about the palace banquet. Although he agreed with Qingyan's explanation, in front of outsiders, everything in the palace was good, and the palace banquet was better than his own.
"Your mother's small kitchen will prepare some in advance, so you can just stay with your mother!" Qingyan seemed to have finished eating and didn't touch a single bite.
He sighed, picked up the bowl in front of Qingyan, and began to feed her spoonful by spoonful.
"No, I'm already so old, why are you still like this!" Qingyan was a little annoyed. The holiday was coming soon, and she had to maintain her figure.
"On another diet?!" Yin glanced at Qingyan and immediately understood what the little girl was up to.
"no....."
Everyone loves beauty, and when she was with the other women, she would talk about men's affections, clothing, appearance, and physique.
Xiao Guai has only been in the royal family for a short time, and which of those young wives isn't eyeing Qingyan?
"No!" Yin's face turned cold. "You want to compete with those women?"
Yin held up the spoon, gesturing for Xiao Guai to open her mouth. She pursed her lips, and a standoff began between them.
“No, they…” Yin shoved the food directly into her mouth.
"No dieting allowed!" When she's growing, eating less will definitely harm her health.
Qingyan pouted, took the bowl from his hand, and ate the food herself.
"From now on, you're not allowed to lose weight anymore!" Yin glared at her.
Just after lunch, Su Peisheng rushed in from outside and respectfully handed Yin a note. Yin opened it and found that it was a note written by Emperor Kangxi.
"Little darling, your mother has taken back the allowance. Now we'll begin the investigation!" Kangxi told Little darling to be careful when traveling recently, as these servants might be up to something else.
"Huh?!" Qingyan found it strange. "Could it be that the drug was only put in my food?"
Otherwise, Emperor Kangxi would not have made such a big fuss about summoning Consort Tong to investigate.
"The allowances for several primary wives are all problematic!" Yin had to say, as the servants could be impeached at any time.
Qingyan held the small handkerchief in her hand and waved it to indicate that she didn't care.
People die for wealth, birds die for food!
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