The matter at Changchun Garden had just been resolved, and Consort Tong reluctantly agreed to Lady Guarjia's request to submit her petition. In the past few days, Lady Guarjia had submitted her petition several times, hoping to see the Crown Princess as soon as possible.
After her petition was rejected for more than ten days, Lady Guarjia realized that Consort Tong was avenging Hutulifeng and Zhalafen. She didn't care too much and finally agreed to let her enter the garden. She was already waiting at the garden gate when it was just dawn.
Upon entering the Crown Prince's villa, she noticed that the Crown Princess looked haggard, and Shulu's complexion was also somewhat unwell. She looked at the mother and daughter with heartache.
"Your Highness, Your Highness..." Lady Guarjia bowed and then looked at the Crown Princess, who looked so different from before.
"Mother, how exactly do you discipline the women!" The Crown Princess was seething with anger. After Consort Tong imposed a house arrest order, the Crown Prince came directly to her villa and unleashed his fury, which startled Shu Lu.
Lady Guargia watched as Shulu helped the Crown Princess to sit in the main seat, and noticed that Shulu was no longer as enthusiastic as before when he saw her.
“I was negligent, but I didn’t let them touch Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafeng Gege!” Lady Guargia quickly said.
“Grandma Guoluo, it’s too late to say anything now. Grandfather and Grandma have already punished Mother, and Father even lost his temper with Mother.” Shulu spoke up for her mother.
If anything happens at Yuqing Palace, the Crown Prince will only cause trouble for the Crown Princess. Since Guarjia has done such a thing, the Crown Prince is naturally furious and will not let the Crown Princess off easily.
"Crown Princess, is it true?" Lady Guarjia knew that the Crown Prince did not like the Crown Princess, but she did not expect it to be this serious.
The Crown Princess nodded. What she said was indeed true; she couldn't control herself.
"The Crown Prince and I treat each other with the utmost respect; Shulu's words are an exaggeration!" A smile appeared on the Crown Princess's face.
Lady Guarjia was deeply saddened. Her daughter had been reprimanded by the Crown Prince, and it was an undeserved calamity.
"Mother, go back and keep the other companions in check. The Crown Prince has promised to let the children of the Guarjia clan stay by Hongxi's side. Don't let it turn out to be a loss!" The Crown Princess instructed Lady Guarjia.
While the mother and daughter were talking, the princes received the news one after another, and some of them even looked towards Changchun Garden, hoping to get a word in with the Crown Princess and her daughter.
Although Yin did not take any further action, well-informed people discovered that Yin and Qingyan had joined forces to boycott some of the Guarjia clan's businesses, causing them considerable losses.
Meanwhile, Yin accompanied Qingyan to meet the manager of Linglong Pavilion, listening to his analysis that the craftsmen in the Guarjia family's jewelry shops could be poached.
"Are these people all reliable? I saw in the investigation that many of them were saved by Shi Wenbing's father. These people will definitely be grateful, and might even have to stay in the Guarjia family's business for the rest of their lives." Qingyan was somewhat doubtful; these people should be Shi Zhong's people.
“If it were when Lord Guarjia was still alive, they would probably all be very loyal, but now…” The shopkeeper went to find out.
Shi Wenbing was not good at business, so he handed over all the properties of the mansion to Lady Guargia. Lady Guargia, however, was short-sighted and treated these people as a cash cow.
In addition, in recent years, Linglong Pavilion has occupied a portion of the high-end jewelry market in the capital, which has severely impacted the jewelry shops of the Guarjia family.
"Master, it's not that I'm praising Linglong Pavilion, but many of the Crown Princess's dowry items were ordered from our shop. Now, if they want to turn around and bite us, we'll have to settle accounts slowly later!" The shopkeeper was very hostile to the Guarjia clan. Every time they entered Linglong Pavilion, they acted superior, as if they had become the residence of the Emperor's father-in-law.
Yin looked at the manager of Linglong Pavilion and noticed that he had a similar temper to Qing Yan. The people that Ulanara Clan hired were mostly hot-tempered.
"Fourth Brother, what kind of look is that?" Qingyan looked at Yin curiously. Why would this guy look at people like that?
"Manager, let's not take any action for now." After hearing Qingyan's words, Yin calculated the amount of money Qingyan and Yin had acquired from the shops, and it was close to Kangxi's bottom line.
Qingyan looked at Yin suspiciously, but didn't say a word.
"Yes, this servant understands!" The shopkeeper saw that Qingyan did not refuse, and knew that it must be the result of the two of them discussing it.
After the shopkeeper left the courtyard, Qingyan finally asked the question that had been bothering her.
"If I'm not mistaken, Father will be calling us over soon!" Yin knew Kangxi well; if possible, Kangxi would never let his children fall into such a predicament.
He chose the Guarjia clan as his supporters, and even the family's wealth was meant to help the crown prince. If he didn't want the crown prince to fall, Kangxi wouldn't have allowed anyone to drastically deplete the Guarjia clan's wealth.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Su Peisheng walked in from outside and informed Yin that Changchun Garden had invited them over.
Yin and Qingyan exchanged a glance. What a coincidence!
"Fourth... How did you know?" The two sat in the carriage, and Qingyan became curious. Yin could actually calculate so accurately.
"I don't know, but the Ninth Prince and you two have teamed up and are about to empty the Guarjia clan's funds." Yin pinched Qingyan's little nose. Even now, he was still thinking about whether to move the money.
"Fourth Prince, how dare you look down on someone!" Qingyan glared angrily at Yin, if he really disliked her for acting too quickly.
"No." Yin kissed her cheek. "I'm telling you to behave yourselves, so Father Emperor won't have to stop you!"
Qingyan fell silent. Kangxi was indeed acting in the best interests of the country; the Crown Prince could not be allowed to fall.
"Fine, I don't necessarily want to bankrupt them, I just want to vent my anger." Qingyan tacitly agreed to Yin's plan and stopped.
Inside Changchun Garden, the servants saw Yin's carriage and all paid their respects to him.
Upon arriving at the courtyard, the carriage slowly disembarked. After getting off the carriage, they found that there were only some servants in the courtyard.
Li Dequan stood on the right side of the carriage, looking at Yin and Qingyan with a smile.
"Fourth Master, Fourth Princess Consort!" Li Dequan was about to bow when Yin and Qingyan helped him up on either side.
"Anda, please rise quickly!" Yin said directly, "Where are Father and Mother?"
He looked around and realized that Emperor Kangxi and Consort Tong did not seem to be in the garden.
"The master and mistress are playing with the young prince and princess in the garden behind the house. Today, young prince Yiken'e's archery skills were excellent," Li Dequan quickly reported the good news.
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