After lunch, Yin took a rare break and strolled around with Qingyan.
Guards moved about the camp, their expressions tense as they warily watched the Mongolian camp in the distance.
He gazed into the distance with a stern face as Mongol cavalrymen continued to rush towards the camp.
On the surface, they claimed they were protecting Kangxi's safety, but in reality, it was merely a bargaining chip in negotiations.
He secretly rejoiced that none of the tribes had any eligible young men; otherwise, several eligible young women would probably have been promised away.
"Let's go back first!" Yin stopped in his tracks, and Qingyan almost bumped into his back.
ah? !
She looked completely bewildered. Less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea had passed since she left home, and Yin was already preparing to turn back.
"Sisi, are we not going to stroll around anymore?" Qingyan was pulled forward by him, and his steps were a little unsteady.
Yin walked forward with a blank expression. No wonder the Mongol tribes were so at ease; it turned out their target was only a few princes.
The noblewoman of the Polzich family was rejected. This girl was only about nine years old, and she was probably married to the tenth prince.
Qingyan tilted her head and glanced outside. A fiery red figure appeared. She was completely bewildered. The princess had taken a liking to the fourth prince?
"I'm not going!" Yin shook his head and said.
Qingyan went back and struggled with the clothes again, hoping to make the everyday clothes as soon as possible.
"Your Majesty, Fifth Princess Consort has arrived!" Su Lan hurried in and reported in a low voice.
The servants around Qingyan all knew that the Fourth Master did not want Qingyan to get too close to the other female relatives, otherwise, there might be some trouble when they returned.
"That..." Qingyan dared not answer without permission, her eyes constantly glancing at Yin.
"Go ahead." Yin nodded. When the Fifth Prince Consort came, she would definitely look for Yinqi first.
The Empress Dowager was closer to that princess, and back then, Yinqi had more contact with her.
Qingyan walked to the bronze mirror, looked at her lake-blue palace dress, and then went straight out.
Inside the main hall, the Fifth Prince's wife looked at her with red eyes, a hint of panic and helplessness flashing in her gaze.
"What's wrong?" Qingyan asked the Fifth Prince's wife, who was sitting to the side. "Why didn't the concubine come? Didn't we agree to choose paintings together?"
Whenever the Fifth Prince's wife and the Second Prince's wife from Yinqi's residence came to visit, they would always come in together.
Upon hearing this, Fifth Prince's wife burst into tears. Qingyan was terrified by the scene before him.
"No, is something the matter?" Qingyan quickly went over and handed her a plain handkerchief.
Supa was meant to be given to outsiders. Since the Fifth Princess Consort was in a bad mood, Sulan quickly prepared two and slipped them into Qingyan's sleeves when she wasn't looking.
Fifth Prince Consort said with a wry smile, "There's chaos inside the tent. The Second Prince Consort was flogged by the Mongolian princess, and the Prince is still inside the Empress Dowager's tent. The Second Prince Consort told me to come and hide for a while. I am the Prince's primary consort. If I am bullied by the Mongolian princess, it will be a disgrace to the Prince. Moreover, the Prince said that the Second Prince Consort is a military officer and her martial arts skills are better than mine."
Caning?!
Qingyan suddenly realized that when they went out, they had just seen the Mongolian princess come in. Why had the concubine already been flogged?
"Wait a minute, I just saw a splash of red on the grassland. It shouldn't have reached the tent yet!" Qingyan thought to herself, realizing something was wrong. Yin had told her not to interfere, but she was still doing it anyway.
Oops!
Qingyan smiled bitterly. Soon, Yin would definitely start nagging again.
"Hehe, that's the second one. The first eligible noble lady has already been sent to my master's tent. The Empress Dowager said it was to let her get used to the environment. My concubine's health prevents her from having children, so she's been helping me out," the Fifth Prince Consort said helplessly.
The Empress Dowager's family arrived, and Yinqi had to go to the front to entertain them, leaving the noble lady in the tent. The two of them were treated as concubines, and the noble lady suppressed them as soon as she entered.
"Hidden inside?" A spoiled voice came from outside the tent. Qingyan looked at the doorway in surprise, and a beautiful figure in red lifted the curtain and came in.
"Who are you? How dare you trespass on Fourth Master's tent!" Qingyan's heart pounded, but he still forced a smile and shouted.
Snap!
A whip mark appeared on her fair face, startling Su Lan.
"Insolence!" Upon hearing the noise, Yin quickly lifted the curtain of the study and came out. He approached Qingyan, grabbed her arm, and noticed a whip mark on her left cheek. "Su Peisheng, go and fetch the imperial physician! Erlu, who told you to let her in?"
Qingyan was stunned. The prince's tent had been entered without any warning.
"Fourth cousin, I did nothing wrong. She's just a concubine, what's the big deal? I can always marry another one." The woman smiled disdainfully. Even if she beat Qingyan to death, the princes shouldn't bother with her.
Yin snorted coldly, and Qingyan quickly tugged at his sleeve. This woman was probably the one the Fifth Prince's wife had mentioned.
"Don't you have any manners? You can just barge into a prince's tent without announcing your presence?" Qingyan said sternly.
The noblewoman slammed the whip down in front of Qingyan, and Yin suddenly tugged at her, preventing the end of the whip from hitting her.
"Fourth cousin, why won't you let me vent my anger? She dared to take in Fifth Princess Consort, which is tantamount to going against me!" the noblewoman said arrogantly.
“Jiya, you’ve grown up and are different now. You need to start paying attention to your reputation. This is a prince’s tent, and you must wait outside for your announcement.” Yin didn’t want Jia to get angry here. “The Fifth Prince’s wife’s family isn’t of high status, but she’s still your fifth sister-in-law.”
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