Yixiu's Rebirth: Sending Bai Lianhua's Sister to Become a Concubine

Chapter 276 Staying safe

A few days after Yinzhen invited his brothers to Changchun Garden, he came to Yixiu's room and talked to her.

Yinzhen said, "Now the palace has opened a new garden. Although the garden was given by the palace, the daily maintenance will cost a lot. Is there enough money in the palace?"

Yixiu explained that although there were many more expenses in the garden, fortunately the shops and farms bought by the mansion in previous years had good harvests now, so there was still enough money.

The two were talking when they suddenly heard footsteps. Then, Su Peisheng came running over, panting and saying, "My Lord and Lady, the Emperor is here! He's almost in the garden!"

Yinzhen and Yixiu were both shocked when they heard this.

The two looked at each other, both confused and puzzled.

Yinzhen frowned and muttered to himself: "Why would the Emperor suddenly come here at this time?" Yixiu also shook her head in confusion, but in the previous life, it was a common thing that Kangxi loved to come to Changchun Garden.

Thinking of this, Yixiu calmed down a little, stood up quickly and tidied her appearance, then turned around to look at Yinzhen, who also looked very decent. She was about to go out and quickly welcome Emperor Kangxi.

"Wait a moment."

Yinzhen stopped Yixiu, picked up his handkerchief, wiped the fine beads of sweat on both sides of Yixiu's nose, and then threw the handkerchief to Yixiu: "Help me wash it."

Yixiu: ...such...such childish behavior.

Su Peisheng watched from the side and stamped his feet anxiously. The emperor's carriage was about to arrive outside the door, and this prince still had the mind to flirt?

If you really care about your wife, you might as well bring a few fewer women into the house to save your wife some energy.

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At the gate of Changchun Garden, when Yinzhen and Yixiu walked to the door, Kangxi just got off the sedan chair.

After taking a look at the couple who had obviously just heard the news and rushed over, he felt a little relieved: Yes, at least there is a son who can behave himself and no one dares to inquire about his daily life.

Thinking of this, Kangxi felt very happy.

He asked the people who followed him to rest and make arrangements first, while he himself, accompanied only by Yinzhen and Yixiu, walked around Changchun Garden.

After walking around, Emperor Kangxi saw that the garden had become much neater and more beautiful after some renovation. He took Yinzhen's hand and praised him, "Old Fourth, this garden is really well-maintained!"

Fourth Prince Yinzhen smiled and replied, "Thank you for your praise, Father Huang. This is all thanks to Fu Jin and the craftsmen."

Kangxi didn't expect that Yinzhen would give the credit to Yixiu, and he couldn't help but look at Yixiu with admiration.

Then, he turned around and continued to joke with Yinzhen: "I heard that a few days ago, you invited a few brothers to stroll around the garden?"

Without waiting for Yinzhen to say yes, Kangxi continued, "Since you knew to invite the brothers, why didn't you think of the emperor?"

"My son deserves to die!"

Yinzhen quickly knelt down, kowtowed and apologized, and then explained: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It's not that I am unfilial, but the garden has not been completely repaired yet, and I dare not disturb Your Majesty."

"Today, just before the Emperor came, I was discussing with Madam Fu how much money would be needed to renovate some places, to see if the expenses in the palace were enough."

"Oh?" Kangxi laughed and scolded, "Are you crying poor to me?"

Yinzhen kowtowed again and said, "I dare not!"

"Alright, alright, get up." Kangxi raised his hand and walked forward to help him up.

"I was just joking with you, why take it seriously? This is not the palace, there is no need for us to be so formal between father and son."

Yinzhen also knew that the emperor was just joking with him. Although he kowtowed on the surface, he was actually somewhat happy in his heart.

In the past, the Emperor rarely spoke to him like this.

But he became more obedient and said, "Father, your teaching is right. I will remember it," before he held the emperor's hand and got up from the ground.

Emperor Kangxi patted his shoulder with satisfaction.

He came to Changchun Garden for a short stay, but actually he had more important things to do.

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Sure enough, at lunch time the next day, Kangxi hinted explicitly and implicitly that since there were fewer affairs at court now, they brothers could gather in the garden more often to add some popularity to the new garden.

"Yes... the Emperor is really thoughtful."

Yinzhen bowed and agreed, but he was troubled.

He still remembers clearly that the last time he hosted a party, the eldest prince and the crown prince ended up leaving on bad terms.

If he wanted to organize another party at this time, not only would other people not want to come, but he himself would not want to do it.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and if he continued to make things worse, he was afraid that he would get too angry and there would be more Li Jingui coming out of the backyard.

Although his Fourth Prince's Mansion was not short of food for the princesses, he did not want to always be the scapegoat and support too many idle people who would be abandoned once.

Yixiu was not present for lunch that day.

After having lunch with Emperor Kangxi, Yinzhen went to look for Yixiu with a sad face.

He thought, why not let Yixiu do this hard and offending job.

However, as soon as Yinzhen opened his mouth, he was rejected by Yixiu.

"Fourth Master, there is no need to invite so many brothers. It will be enough to just invite the Crown Prince."

Yixiu told Yinzhen another method.

Frowning and thinking for a moment, Yinzhen immediately understood what Yixiu meant: "You mean, the Emperor's real interest is not in the wine?"

Yixiu nodded in approval: "Fourth Master is smart, that's exactly what I meant."

In her previous life, Yixiu was just a concubine, and Yinzhen would not discuss many matters in the palace with her, so the information she received was always very limited.

Although it was a bit puzzling, Emperor Kangxi was the emperor and had seen all kinds of good things. The imperial garden in the palace was better than Changchun Garden, which had not been carefully maintained.

Why did Emperor Kangxi suddenly love to go to Changchun Garden?

Now it seems that Changchun Garden was just an excuse for Emperor Kangxi to ease the relationship with the Crown Prince.

Last time, the emperor scolded the prince severely, and now he seems to feel a little distressed.

However, due to the emperor's majesty, it was not convenient to summon the prince directly to the palace to appease him, so he came to Changchun Garden and tried to create an "encounter".

Thinking of this, Yixiu felt that the prince was really clueless about such matters.

If he could be more sensible and use the time he used to spy on Kangxi to truly understand the emperor's intentions and be more pleasing, given Kangxi's favor for the prince, he might not be deposed in the future.

What a pity. The prince has been spoiled since he was young, so it is not surprising that he cannot read people's expressions.

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That night, Kangxi ordered Sandezi and Maertai Ruoxi to guard the door until the prince came into the house to meet him.

On a summer night, the moonlight sprinkled coolly in the house, as soft and quiet as a layer of gauze. Through the window paper, the bright moonlight secretly penetrated into the house,

Under the moonlight, the furniture and decorations in the house were stained with a layer of silvery white glow, and the familiar objects seemed to become strange.

Nights like this are perfect for people to immerse themselves in their own thoughts and conversations.

After politely performing the salute, Yinreng knelt at the door. Kangxi had never been angry with him like this before.

He was really a little scared.

Kangxi was silent for a while, then said, "Why are you so far away from me? Come closer."

Yinreng crawled forward half an inch on his knees, then stopped again. Without saying a word, he lowered his head and looked at the moonlight. Kangxi's shadow and his own were stretched to an unknown length, but they still did not intersect.

Kangxi sighed and said something to the prince, then waved his hand and ordered the prince to leave.

When he opened the door again, Kangxi's face seemed particularly tired.

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But Yixiu was not wrong. Since that night when Crown Prince Yinreng came, Kangxi never mentioned again that he wanted Yinzhen to call his brothers to Changchun Garden for a gathering.

Instead, on the afternoon of the second day, the eighth prince Yinsi took the initiative to come to Changchun Garden to pay his respects to Emperor Kangxi.

But he was stopped outside the door by San Dezi: "Oh, Lord Eighth Prince, you came at a very unfortunate time. The emperor just had lunch and is resting. It's so hot. If you don't have anything important to do, wait until the emperor wakes up and I tell him that you were here."

San Dezi persuaded carefully, saying that the emperor did not sleep the whole night last night.

He just ate a few bites of lunch and finally fell asleep. If he woke the emperor at this time, he, as the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, might have to report to the Ministry of Punishment the next moment.

"Then I'll have to trouble Eunuch Sandezi." Yinsi politely bowed to Sandezi, and without insisting on waiting for the emperor to wake up, he said goodbye.

Looking at Yinsi's departing back, Sandezi breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead: Fortunately, this Eighth Prince has always been easy to talk to.

The fact that the emperor did not sleep well last night must not be revealed. If the Eighth Prince asked a few more questions about the emperor, he would really have to spend some time thinking about making up a story.

However, what Sandezi didn't know was that the talkative Eighth Prince Yinsi turned around and whispered with someone in a corner.

"Why on earth did the Emperor come to Changchun Garden?"

"I heard that the prince was here yesterday, too? Do you know what the two of them talked about?"

But the person on the other end didn't seem to know too many details, and just said:

"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had borrowed the Fourth Prince's painting for viewing, and now that he has finished viewing it, he has personally delivered it to me."

"When it was delivered, the prince knew that the emperor also lived in Changchun Garden, so he naturally had to pay his respects to the emperor according to the rules. As for what was said, not to mention me, even Eunuch Sandezi was guarding outside that day, so naturally... naturally, we don't know what was said inside."

"Paintings? Fourth brother does like these elegant things, but when did the prince develop such an arty hobby?"

Yinzhen naturally did not believe the reason why the prince came to visit, but he believed that the person in front of him did not know what the prince and the emperor had talked about that night.

He coaxed her kindly, "I don't mean to embarrass you, young lady. It's just that this is a serious matter, and I only know you among the people in the imperial court, so I hope you will remember the kindness of my wife who helped me that day and be able to pay attention to it for me."

After saying this, Yinsi bowed deeply and left in a hurry.

Half a cup of tea later, a person dressed like a female official came out from the corner. It was clearly Maertai Ruoxi.

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Yinsi did things secretly, but Changchun Garden was Yinzhen's place after all.

The fact that he had privately gone to look for Maertai was soon discovered by Yinzhen.

On this day, when Su Peisheng came to report the news, Yi Zheng was with Yinzhen.

After hearing Su Peisheng's words, Yinzhen waved his hand and asked everyone in the room to leave.

Yinzhen is now nearly thirty years old, and the desires in his heart are no longer as easy to satisfy as they were in the past.

The praise Kangxi gave him that day could not keep his happiness for more than a few days.

When he heard that Yinsi had been secretly asking Maertai about it, he couldn't help but feel annoyed: "When Ruoxi was sent to the emperor, I thought she was exempted from being a concubine. I never thought she would be useful in the future. In this comparison, I lost to Yinsi."

Yinzhen wondered resentfully why his eighth brother had to compete with him.

If he becomes emperor in the future, he can grant his eighth brother the title of a rich and noble prince, and they can be friendly and respectful to each other for the rest of their lives. Wouldn’t that be great?

But it was too late to say all this now. Yinzhen and Yixiu discussed: "Now, the emperor still lives in Changchun Garden. This is our advantage. If we can send a maid from the mansion to the emperor at this time, it will at least be able to make up for the loss."

"No."

Seeing Yinzhen becoming more eager for quick success, Yixiu quickly stopped him and said, "What was the situation when we sent Maertai back then? What is the situation now? If we rashly send someone to the emperor at this time, it will definitely arouse the emperor's suspicion!"

Yinzhen is not a stupid person, but the situation is pressing now. The crown prince is weak, and the eldest prince and the eighth prince are eyeing him covetously. If he does nothing, he will probably lose all chances.

Yinzhen was still struggling. The opportunity was fleeting. If he didn't seize it now, he might become a fish on the chopping board in the future.

Yixiu poured a cup of tea and handed it to Yinzhen, saying, "Fourth Master, have you ever thought about how the Emperor's father is doing now?"

"The Emperor is in good health, and the Imperial Medical Bureau has made a final judgment on several people." Yinzhen naturally knew what Yixiu meant, but he was still unwilling to accept it.

"Fourth Master, you know that I am also somewhat knowledgeable in medicine. Although I cannot say that I am proficient enough to cure diseases and save lives, my specialty is the way to maintain health." Seeing that Yinzhen did not object, Yixiu continued, "I occasionally see the emperor. Seeing that the emperor's face is obviously in his prime, Fourth Master, there is no need to rush."

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