The stunning beauty of Qing Dynasty

Qingyin's Qingtaiyuan also became completely quiet.

Thanks to the powerful people brought by General Nian's mansion and the luxurious wealth, the people in Qingtaiyuan were so loyal that even those with ill intentions could not find any opportunity to rebel or win over.

Therefore, before Yixiu had time to take action or meet him, she heard the good news from Qingtaiyuan - Qingyin was pregnant. Now she had a legitimate reason to exempt Qingyin from paying respects to Fujin until the child was born. Not to mention how ridiculous this decision was, it was simply rubbing Fujin's face on the ground. Qingyin didn't care, Yinzhen didn't care, and Yixiu had no choice but to pass the news to her aunt in the palace, Concubine De, Uya.

In Yonghe Palace, after receiving Yixiu's letter, Concubine De rubbed her worried head, "Yixiu is really a person who can't keep calm? The Nian family is powerful, so it is inevitable that Yinzhen will favor her for a while longer. Why did she mention this directly to me?"

Ma Ma, De Fei's confidant, looked at De Fei's face and smiled, "Madam, Nian Shi has also gone too far. The Fourth Prince violated the etiquette for her. She still needs your guidance."

After listening to Ma Ma's words, Concubine De's frown relaxed again. It was also because her eldest son had made such a fuss that it was too inappropriate. It was okay for him to favor a minister's concubine, but this was too outrageous.

Thinking of this, the maid who stopped Yinzhen from chatting in Yonghe Palace the next day left consciously when only Defei and the Fourth Prince were left, leaving the space for the biological mother and son who were not very close.

Looking at Concubine De with cold eyes and frowning brows, Yinzhen knew the purpose of his visit. He stood aside calmly waiting for Concubine De to speak first.

Seeing Yinzhen, who would not speak unless she spoke, Defei became even more angry. It turned out that he was raised by that bitch Tong Jia, but he did not know how to be filial. Thinking of this, she said angrily: "The child in Nian's belly cannot be kept!"

"No!" Yinzhen refuted firmly. Looking at the shocked Concubine De, he continued:

"The Nian family is different. I can handle it. There is no need for you to worry."

"Nian Gengyao is a general with military power. He is powerful and in a high position. What can you do to resist him? Besides, I don't believe that you have no ambitions for higher positions." Defei looked at Yinzhen fiercely, and her eyes darkened when she saw Yinzhen's determined face.

The two parted ways unpleasantly during the conversation.

Looking at Yinzhen leaving, Concubine De also made up her mind: "That Nian must not give birth to a child."

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Qingyin was lying happily in Qingtaiyuan, but she didn't know that she had directly aroused the disgust of the big boss in the palace. She was wearing a delicate pink cheongsam today, which made her look even more charming. She sat on the swing set by Yinzhen with great interest, swinging her long and slender legs.

Her lively and lovely appearance also fascinated everyone hiding in the trees. The man was a secret guard assigned by Yinzhen to Qingyin. This was a personal secret guard assigned by the emperor to each prince to protect the royal heir. Ever since the incident with Concubine De, Yinzhen directly arranged the man to guard Qingyin. Originally, the secret guard should have refused, after all, his direct superior should be the current emperor. However, after seeing Concubine Nian's face, the secret guard could not refuse.

From then on, there was an invisible shadow beside Qingyin.

Of course, Qingyin also knew this person, but she acted as if he was invisible and continued to do her own thing. Her current task was to give birth to her baby safely, and she would not consider anything else for the time being.

Because she was bored, Qingyin joined Songzhi and Dongmei to play mahjong. However, the two of them always liked to secretly give in to her, which made her lose a lot of fun. She soon lost interest in playing mahjong and lay on the bed like a salted fish. Although she was in bed, her soul was already watching movies and playing games in the system space.

However, Yinzhen, who didn't know, didn't think so. Looking at Qingyin who was uninterested, he directly suggested taking her to the Lantern Festival.

It was just getting dark. Qingyin, who had just had a half-sleep, opened her eyes after being gently awakened by Yinzhen. Thinking of going out to visit the lanterns, she smiled at Yinzhen and said, "My master wants to take me to visit the lanterns."

"Well, get up quickly." Yinzhen's eyes were clear and calm, as if it was not him who took a nap with Qingyin. In response to Qingyin's words, he got up and asked the servants to come in and serve him.

Because they were going to play privately, Yinzhen prepared two blue clothes of the same color. The workmanship looked a bit plain, but a closer look revealed that the fabric was not simple at all. Yinzhen put on the blue robe and suppressed his sharpness, and the whole person looked more gentle. Qingyin was completely a person in the clothes. Instead of being plain, it softened the aggressiveness of her stunning face, as if she was a fairy that could be touched. Yinzhen couldn't take his eyes off her when he saw her, and secretly held Qingyin's fair hand. They took a carriage to the busiest street together.

During the Lantern Festival, lights are hung everywhere, and the colorful lanterns make the whole street lively. In particular, the handsome men and the shy girls glance at each other and act flirtatiously on the street, which adds a bit of joy to this grand and lively scene.

Seeing such a busy and crowded street, Yinzhen suddenly regretted bringing Se-ran to the street, but looking at the bright joy in Se-ran's eyes, he couldn't help but feel happy about pleasing his beloved for the first time, so he could only make up his mind to hold Se-ran's hand and protect her from harm.

Wearing a veil, Qing Yin looked at the various beautiful lanterns held by the men and women. She couldn't help but sighed, "It's so lively..."

She and Yinzhen were holding hands, followed by a few guards, but they were also at a distance. If you looked closely at the two people's clothes, you could see that they were dressed in a completely ordinary way, just like ordinary young men and women who went out to play.

"Ladies and gentlemen, guess the riddles and win a lantern. If you win, it will bring good luck to your family!" A middle-aged man with a beard called out. Qingyin looked at the most beautiful carp lantern he had hung on the table. The red and yellow carp was spitting out pearls vividly, and it was indeed a work of exquisite craftsmanship. Qingyin pointed at it and

“Is this also a winning lantern?”

"Ma'am, you have a very good eye. This is the treasure lantern of our store. You must guess all the riddles correctly to get it." The man said with a smile as he placed the riddles one by one.

Seeing Qingyin staying here with great interest, Yinzhen of course came forward to support and win the lantern for Shilan.

The two people walked very close to each other. The man was extremely handsome, and the woman's eyes and eyebrows were extremely attractive under the light. Soon this place attracted a lot of onlookers.

"Isn't that Fourth Brother?" Yinzhen, who was standing high and seeing far, said with a smile as he looked at the familiar face. Because of the angle, he just couldn't see Qingyin's figure. He raised his eyebrows slightly and became somewhat interested. However, the one who was more shocked than him was the Fourteenth Prince Yinzhen who was shopping with him.

"What, Fourth Brother, that's impossible. How can a man who wants to spend all his time on official business go out shopping?"

Yinzhen looked over in disbelief. It was a familiar figure. Even if he turned into ashes, he could recognize his most hated fourth brother. Yinzhen was a little surprised: "It's really him. Why does he have so many people?"

"You'll know when you get there." Yin'er opened the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile, then walked towards Yinzhen slowly, and Yinzhen followed him directly.

When they approached, Yinzhen had just won all the riddles and handed the carp lantern that Qingyin liked to Qingyin.

The lanterns emitting colorful lights shone on the pair of jade-white hands, casting a rich glow, making the hands look like works of art, delicate and beautiful.

Yinzhen saw the whole scene, but what no one knew was that the Ninth Prince, who was known for his sharp tongue, had a quirk - hand control. The more beautiful the hands, the harder it was to get them. Yinzhen had never seen a hand that satisfied him until now, but now he found a hand that was even more perfect than he had imagined, with long and slender fingers, each joint of which seemed to emit a soft pink light, and the touch of the hand was so white that it glowed like mutton-fat jade that there was not a single flaw at a glance, which made Yinzhen instantly feel a little thirsty.

Yinzhen followed Yinzhen's gaze and asked hesitantly, "Is that... Fourth Brother? Who is the person next to him?"

Yin'er's eyes flickered, he guessed some truth and forced himself to look away, not wanting to go to that place again.

He didn't dare to go, but Yinzhen didn't have that timid idea. He just strode over and stared at that extremely beautiful face. He felt inexplicably familiar and trembling.

"Fourth brother!"

Yinzhen couldn't help but block Yinzhen's passionate gaze towards Qingyin, and gave a warning glare to Yinzhen who didn't know how to avoid it.

Seeing Yinzhen standing directly in front of Yinzhen, Yinluo couldn't leave either, so he stepped in and smiled, breaking the inexplicable tense atmosphere between the two.

"Ninth brother, fourteenth brother." Yinzhen greeted the two of them perfunctorily. He didn't want to keep them and just wanted to spend some time alone with Qingyin, so he felt a little impatient.

Qingyin stood behind Yinzhen and looked at the two of them. Although she had created small worlds with the same settings, each small world actually had some different changes. Although they looked the same, they were actually completely independent small worlds. So the person she met in her last mission was actually different from the person she met now. However, Qingyin was a little curious about the Fourteenth Prince in this small world, and she poked her little head out to look at Yinzhen. Unlike Yinzhen in the previous life, Yinzhen in this world obviously looked more stern, and in this respect, the two brothers looked more alike.

Yinzhen's face darkened when he discovered Qingyin peeking at his brothers. He slightly turned sideways to block Qingyin's sight. However, Qingyin, whose curiosity was satisfied, was happy to hide behind him and play with the newly acquired lantern.

Completely unaware of how nervous Yinzhen was who had just been stared at by her, he stood stiffly where he was. Fortunately, he had a habit of looking expressionless the more nervous he was. In front of Yinzhen appeared a pair of cold and serious faces, the same ones he had when he was in court. Seeing Yinzhen like this, Yinzhen's overly nervous mood relaxed instead. He said a few words to the two of them casually, then shook them off and walked in another direction with Qingyin.

It was not until the two of them walked away that Yinzhen realized that his palms were already covered with sweat. Thinking of Qingyin, whose features seemed strange yet familiar, Yinzhen's heart trembled a little. Not wanting to think about what kind of feeling this was, Yinzhen forced himself not to catch up with the two of them and continued strolling the streets with Yin'er.

After the chance encounter with their fourth brother, Yinlu and Yinzhen, with different thoughts in their minds, no longer had the desire to go shopping and had fun. They hurriedly returned to their own homes after shopping.

Yinzhen leisurely took Qingyin to stroll along the bustling streets. There were innumerable small items in the capital city. Qingyin bought a lot of interesting small items along the way. Yinzhen followed her to pay and accompanied her to release river lanterns by the river.

Looking at the lotus river lanterns slowly floating on the river, Yinzhen secretly gave the guard a look, indicating him to secretly retrieve them. Anyway, he would not leave any of Shilan's things to outsiders.

After Qingyin turned off the lights, she felt a little sleepy and couldn't help yawning, "Master, let's go back."

Yinzhen said in a gentle voice: "Okay."

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A lotus lantern that swam to the depths of the river was picked up by a pair of well-prepared hands. The guard who had followed along was left with a puzzled look at the lanterns in the river and fell into deep thought.

Is this Mrs. Nian’s river lantern that got flooded?

The guards returned to the mansion and reported everything to Yinzhen, then left. Yinzhen didn't think much about it and just thought she had fallen ill. He washed up before returning to the bed and hugging the sweet and soft Qingyin.

However, Yinzhen and Yinluo, who returned to their own house, could not suppress their thoughts and sent people to inquire about Qingyin's existence. When they learned that Qingyin was the pregnant concubine that their fourth brother had recently married, they fell silent for a while.

The next day, an unusual figure appeared in the archery pavilion where the princes often went. It was the fourteenth prince, Yinzhen, who came to practice archery. He was a little surprised. He had always been mediocre in riding and shooting, and could not catch up with his talented brothers, but he was not bad either. He drew the bow, aimed at the target, and shot an arrow, which hit the center of the bull's eye.

Afterwards, Yinzhen stood beside him, took aim at the target, and shot arrow after arrow, turning the target into a sieve. It was obviously just archery, but the sensitive and intuitive Yinzhen noticed Yinzhen's ill will towards him. He frowned slightly, somewhat surprised by the behavior of his adopted brother, but due to the daily dislike between the two, Yinzhen did not directly attribute it to what happened yesterday. He calmly shot his arrows at his own pace.

Looking at Yinzhen who was unmoved, Yinzhen silently threw down the bow in his hand and left the scene directly.

Qingyin was also very idle at the mansion, so she started to weave grasshoppers and butterflies. Thinking of the butterflies that were left in the general's mansion and were being raised by her sister, Qingyin smiled knowingly, and asked the maid to deliver a box of prepared crab roe pastries to the general's mansion for Nian Shishao. Because they were sisters, the original body and her sister had similar tastes. Thinking of this, Qingyin simply packed a box of pastries and gave it to Nian Shishao, and also took some other pastries to share with her brother and parents in the mansion.

Not to mention how happy Nian Shishao was when she received the gifts, even the servants who missed the eldest lady were extremely happy and went to each courtyard to report the good news in great joy.