At midnight, the naval port fell into tranquility. Qingyan was fast asleep in Yin's arms when suddenly, the sound of a baby crying came from the next room.
Yin opened his eyes instantly and looked outside the bed curtains.
"Su Peisheng, what's wrong with Hafeng?" Yin asked in a low voice, looking at the exhausted Qingyan in his arms.
Qingyan had been taking care of her sick youngest son for several days in a row. The child had been sick for three days, which actually made Qingyan lose a lot of weight. Only after Hafeng's diarrhea finally stopped was Qingyan able to get a good night's sleep.
"Master, it seems the young prince is looking for his wife!" Su Peisheng said as he walked in, standing on the heavy outer wall.
"What's wrong?!" Qingyan heard her youngest son crying and quickly rubbed her eyes to get up.
"Go to sleep first, I'll go check on things!" Yin covered Qingyan with the blanket and then got out of bed.
Qingyan shook her head vigorously, trying to shake off her drowsiness.
"Sulan, help me change my clothes!" Qingyan noticed that Hafenga seemed to be even more attached to her after she fell ill. Hafenga would cry and make a fuss every time she couldn't see her.
Yin went to see Hafeng, and the intermittent crying of his youngest son made Qingyan feel very distressed.
She wore a bright red robe and went from the inner chamber to Hafeng's room. She saw her youngest son being picked up by Yin, who was gently coaxing him, but the little guy was not grateful at all and was still crying desperately.
"Little darling, you've finally come over. Look at this brat, I've been walking around trying to coax him. This guy is so restless, he's even making a fuss." Yin complained, but his hands moved very gently, as if afraid of slapping his youngest son.
Pfft!
Qingyan chuckled: "You're such a hypocrite."
After she finished speaking, she reached out to her youngest son, Hafeng'a, and he immediately surrendered to his mother's embrace. Once in her arms, he actually fell asleep, feeling his mother's soft and fragrant breath, and his eyes crinkled with laughter.
"This brat, you really have to coax him!" Yin patted Hafeng's little bottom, his face full of smiles.
"Fourth Brother, you haven't spent enough time with him. It should get better once you get to know him better!" Qingyan quickly made up an excuse. Yin was too busy, so he was rarely in the courtyard. Even when the twins went out to study during the day, she was just taking care of the children.
"After these few busy days, I'll be able to relax a bit!" Yin pursed his lips, thought about the things he was doing, and decided that once he was done, he would talk to his youngest son.
Qingyan carried Hafenga and walked back and forth in the room. She knew that if Hafenga developed a habit, he would have to walk around while sleeping.
Hafeng leaned on her shoulder, closed his eyes, and fell fast asleep as Qingyan gently patted him.
After he fell asleep, Qingyan gently placed him in the stroller and had the wet nurse look after him.
Two wet nurses were drugged last time, so Fei Yanggu had to choose two more from the servants of the nearby Ulanara clan. These two had just arrived today.
The two walked out of Hafeng'a's room, and Yin took Qingyan's small hand in his.
"Hafeng's temper has grown so much that I can't coax him anymore!" Yin felt a bit of a headache. Hafeng's chubby little face had also gotten much thinner.
"Haven't you found out yet?" Qingyan turned to look at him.
"The investigation is complete, and it's related to those people you had beaten to death!" Yin made no attempt to hide anything; Qingyan needed to know the truth.
Qingyan was stunned. As expected, not all of them had been eliminated. Kangxi had been saying that once they reached the military port, they should be beaten to death and that they must be wiped out completely.
"Two of them are married-out women who bribed the cooks who prepare meals for the wet nurses and tampered with the food. I've already taken them all into custody!" Yinping looked ahead and walked back into his room.
Qingyan rushed over to see her son, but she was still a little cold, even though she was only wearing a thin bathrobe.
"You don't know how to take care of yourself. You just finished your confinement period, and you're already causing trouble again!" Yin hugged Qingyan tightly, and the two lay down together in the quilt.
"Have those two been dealt with?" Qingyan nestled in his arms, gazing up at him with her small face.
“They’ve already been imprisoned, including their husbands’ families and children!” Having learned his lesson, Yin took control of the couple’s entire extended family.
These lackeys are all sly; he won't say that these people tampered with Hafeng'a, but that something was lost in the naval port and these people stole it.
"Fourth Brother, the child's safety is in your hands now." Qingyan kissed Yin's Adam's apple to express his gratitude.
"The two newly sent wet nurses have also been investigated. Their husbands' families are both controlled by their fathers-in-law. They will take good care of the children!" Yin patted Qingyan's back, urging her to fall asleep quickly.
Qingyan felt sleepy from being patted by him and soon fell asleep.
He lowered his head and kissed her forehead, then closed his eyes and began to think about the matter. He felt there was something he hadn't considered.
As dawn broke, Yin opened his eyes and hugged Qingyan tightly. He had fallen asleep thinking about things last night.
When Hafeng'a got into trouble, Suzhu was the first to discover it. Besides calling the imperial physician, she calmly began to direct the servants in the courtyard. Her orderly actions pleased him.
"Fourth Brother, go and check on Hafeng!" Qingyan was so tired that she instructed Yin to hurry up and go to Hafeng's courtyard.
"Okay!" Yin kissed Qingyan's cheek, lifted the blanket, and went to see his youngest son.
Qingyan watched his retreating figure, a slight smile playing on her lips. She was arranging for the father and son to have more time together.
Inside Hafenga's room, the little guy was already awake and was looking around the room from inside the stroller.
Yin went inside and carried him out of the stroller.
"You brat, did you sleep well?" Yin looked at his little face, but the words of disgust that were on the tip of his tongue couldn't be uttered.
Hafeng looked at Yin, drool constantly dripping from his mouth.
"Alright, stop crying, your mother hasn't woken up yet!" Yin said quickly, seeing Hafeng's pouting lips.
Recently, Qingyan has been paying too much attention to his youngest son, which makes Yin very jealous.
Unlike other princes who thought sons were the best, he adored his daughters. From the time Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen was born until now, he would do anything that Yin asked of her.
When Hafeng heard Yin's words, his previously aggrieved little face brightened up again. Yin was very surprised. Could this child understand what adults were saying?
"Hafeng, you must be a good boy and listen to me." Yin said to himself while holding his son. The nannies knelt on the ground with their heads down, as if they could not hear what Yin was saying.
"Grow up well and don't cause your mother too much worry!" Yin pondered, realizing that the last sentence was the most important.
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