Before the Lunar New Year, Yin started to get busy. He asked Su Peisheng and others to buy New Year's goods from the street in advance, and Qingyan came to see them one by one.
The two of them were essentially confined to the camp, and Qingyan hadn't gone out for several days. She pouted, feeling incredibly frustrated.
As long as Fei Yanggu does not return, she will be unable to plead with others. Yin has already been given a death order by Kangxi, so he dares not let Qingyan suffer any injustice.
"Little darling, settle down." Yin had already sent people to investigate Nian Shi's affairs. As soon as she was born, Yin directly eliminated her, ensuring that Nian Shi's former glory could never be relived.
After his rebirth, Yin gradually began to plan his future life. Yin was forced to go astray by Suo'etu, partly due to the gradual guidance of the people Yin had arranged around him.
"Si Si, once the goods are arranged out, will they be able to buy them?" Qingyan recalled that the common people often made money, but after Kangxi came, those who made the purchases began to cut corners on the common people, driving the prices down lower and lower.
They earned less than in previous years.
"Let's sneak out for a bit, find a middle price, and let those people collect it." In his previous life, Yin was an emperor who valued the people. He didn't have a good reputation among officials, but he was regarded as a living bodhisattva among the common people.
"Mm." Qingyan nodded with a smile. They were about to go out again, and she could finally get some fresh air.
After lunch, Qingyan changed into a blue floral dress and embroidered shoes and went out with Yin. After they left, Kangxi summoned the shadow guards and told them to follow quickly and make sure nothing happened to them.
"Fourth Brother, look over there..." Qingyan tugged at Yin's sleeve and whispered.
Ahead on the street, two people were arguing. The crowd had surrounded the two parties involved. After listening closely, Yin felt uneasy. He felt that one of them was very familiar.
“We all know this man.” Yin thought of the several purchasing agents who were exceptionally loyal to him, but extremely indifferent to the common people.
The carriage slowly came to a stop on the outskirts of the crowd. He stepped down from the carriage with the help of a guard, and Qingyan followed closely behind. The two little figures, led by the guards, came to the middle of the crowd.
Sure enough, just as he expected, one of the purchasing managers was surrounded there.
"Fourth Master." The steward looked at Yin and his heart skipped a beat. He only wanted a little more kickback, but these people were being unreasonable.
Yin nodded slightly, which surprised everyone around him. The boy, who was only a few years old, had an air of authority about him, and the little girl he was protecting was not as carefree as outsiders thought.
"What exactly happened? Are you not following Father's orders?" Yin was not worried about being attacked by outsiders, as they had brought far more guards today than in the previous days.
"This servant wouldn't dare, these are just minor matters," the steward said softly, not daring to admit that the discussion about kickbacks had failed.
"Si Si, let that uncle have a word with him." Qing Yan noticed that the man who had just argued with the steward had turned ashen-purple.
She was very curious about what made the two of them talk about it so much.
The stall owner was quite amusing. Seeing the steward being extremely respectful to Yin and bowing respectfully to the young Fourth Prince, the people outside found the scene quite comical.
"This stall owner, Xiaomin, always manages to haggle over prices when this gentleman comes to buy things from me." The stall owner was shrewd; he needed these people to make his fortune. They were all royal procuring agents, and the profits from them far exceeded the usual sales volume. The child in front of him might very well be a prince. They had heard that the Emperor had brought his favorite child, who was still quite young.
The wires around Yin's body kept the people from looking up; they could only see Qingyan's silhouette, her face covered by a hood.
Before leaving Beijing, Emperor Kangxi personally bought three or four aprons for Consort Tong to wear. When Qingyan arrived, the smaller apron became Qingyan's.
"Si Si, let's go somewhere else first. This matter... let Su Peisheng handle it. If it doesn't work, we'll tell Anda." Qingyan thought that Su Peisheng was Li Dequan's apprentice, and the two of them must be in contact. They were too young to stop the stewards' thoughts.
"Alright, Su Peisheng, you stay here and keep a close watch." Yin turned and left. The steward was stunned. His two young masters had a lot of face in front of Kangxi, and their words could very well put him in a situation from which there was no return.
"Little darling, someone will probably be replaced tomorrow." Yin muttered softly. He knew the chief eunuch they had just met. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the Imperial Household Department was reorganized twice, and he was the main perpetrator in the second case.
On the street, many stall owners who were passing by had already rushed over to see what was going on, while others quickly offered their compliments upon seeing Yin and his group arrive.
The royal official treated their two children with utmost respect; they must be the children of someone in power, otherwise, such a scene would not have occurred.
"Little darling, look, isn't that the dough figurine you like?" Yin looked at the lifelike dough figurine in front of him and, knowing that Qingyan liked these kinds of little things, he decided to buy it for her as a decoration.
Qingyan looked around and saw that the dough figurines displayed on the boxes were all made according to real people.
"Yes, yes, it looks excellent to me." Qingyan nodded and sat down at the table. "Boss, can you make one for me and one for him?"
Qingyan's words made the stall owner very happy: these kinds of freshly sculpted dough figurines are very expensive, and ordinary families wouldn't buy them for their children to play with.
The two children in front of me were quite young, but they had brought a lot of servants with them, and the boy said he wanted to give them to the girl as toys.
"Okay, let's both pinch each one." Yin smiled happily; he held a special place in Qingyan's heart.
None of the three, Fei Yanggu and his companions, were involved in Qingyan's clay figurine making, which made Yin very satisfied with this special gesture.
Looking at Yin's satisfied smile, Qingyan couldn't help but feel a little sour.
Yin didn't want much; he just wanted her to pay more attention to him.
"Fourth Brother, we still need to go for a tasting. You need to make the guards write down all the prices. If those stewards quote prices that are too low, they're definitely bullying us." Qingyan thought of a solution, which was probably a last resort.
Yin agreed. If they let these people run wild, Kangxi would definitely get angry in the end, and the reputation of the royal family among the people still needed to be maintained.
Others believe that associating with royalty is not only extremely prestigious, but also a privilege bestowed upon the individual themselves.
"Little darling, behave yourself for a while." Yin heard someone causing trouble in the crowd, talking about how the royals were doing, and a sense of unease rose in his heart.
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