The Qing Palace Never Meets Spring

When Yingyu realized she could go home, she grabbed Fuling and said, "They actually agreed to let us go home."

Yinxiang acted swiftly. He said he would send the two children to the palace, and only one day later, on the third day, he had them sent to the palace.

With both children away, Fuling thought it over and moved in with Yingyu that very night. Just as she moved in, someone from Qingwan's side came to tell them to prepare some things and go back in a couple of days.

In her excitement, Yingyu's fingernails dug into her hand. After she pried Yingyu's hand away, she said slowly, "We've been obedient enough. The Fujin is still willing to give us a little something."

Besides, if she tells the master, he'll have to praise her for being virtuous.

Yingyu said, "I don't care what Master thinks, or whether she's genuinely concerned for us or just using us to make herself look virtuous in front of Master. I don't care either. She agreed, and I can go back. I'm grateful."

"I'm already like this now, I couldn't keep my child, and I've lost all favor. As long as I have my mother, I'll live well. If she's gone one day, I'll go with her immediately."

Fuling advised, "Why do you have to do this? As you said, you are living a miserable life at home."

So isn't it good to live like this? We have no worries about food and drink, and we have servants to wait on us. The Fujin (princess) only pays attention to us during her monthly greetings, let alone causes us any trouble.

Yingyu was still pondering what to bring back and whether to ask for more medicinal herbs when she heard Fuling say, "But Sister didn't do that a few days ago."

Fu Ling was inevitably a little embarrassed, since the people around her had naturally all changed when she first left the palace.

Looking at the newcomers around her, who were new to both her and Qingwan, she worried that they would eventually become Qingwan's people, so she was anxious to win them over.

Unexpectedly, although these people were newcomers to Qingwan, they were not to Hada. He had also received instructions from Yinxiang to prioritize Qingwan, so the reward she had won over was sent out, and the news had already reached Hada.

The punishment was the same old thing: copying scriptures. She didn't even know whether it was Qingwan or Yinxiang who punished her this time, but the messenger told her before leaving that she should remember to copy scriptures when she returned.

Her handwriting has improved to a passable level over the past few years.

“When Granny Yan came, I thought I was about to face a great disaster and was regretting it. In the end, she just casually asked me to copy the scriptures. I thought it was for the sake of the two children, but now that I think about it, I’m afraid she didn’t even care about me.”

After she finished speaking, she realized that Yingyu was calculating what she was holding and had no intention of paying attention to her.

She thought about it and looked at her own booklet; she also had quite a few things she wanted to send home.

Yingyu and the other two were going back, and Qingwan naturally prepared to go back as well. Moyaqi had never met Malhan and Lijiashi since she was old enough to understand things.

However, she and Yingyu returned on different days.

But before she could even return home, the first guests to arrive at her residence were people that Yinxiang could not refuse under any pretext.

When they received word from their servants that Prince Yong and his wife had arrived at the door, the two of them rushed to greet them without even changing their clothes. Fortunately, as was their custom, they were dressed appropriately even though they were at home.

"Fourth Brother, Fourth Sister-in-law, what brings you here? We have been so rude to you," Yinxiang said hastily.

"It was your fourth sister-in-law and me who came uninvited. You two really are something, leaving the palace so quietly that we didn't even have a chance to congratulate you on your housewarming. We've come today to make up for it."

Yinxiang hurriedly led the way, saying, "What are you saying, Fourth Brother? It makes me feel so ashamed."

"My fourth brother knows my situation perfectly well. Few of the people who came are truly sincere, and I don't want to waste time with them. Closing the door will give everyone some peace and quiet."

As the four entered the main room, they happened to run into Moyaqi. She first greeted her fourth aunt before saying to Yinzhen, "Greetings to the Prince."

Yinzhen said, "Look, she's all love and affection towards you, Fourth Aunt, but she's all proper and respectful towards me, Prince." He was referring to his Fourth Princess Consort.

The Fourth Princess Consort pulled the person into her arms and hugged her tightly: "Is this a mistake? Your Highness, please don't scold her, or she'll remember it from now on."

These words inevitably reminded everyone of the time she complained that Yinxiang had scolded her until she cried, and they all laughed.

Moyaqi knew they were laughing at her, so she ran into Qingwan's arms and buried her head, saying somewhat embarrassedly, "Um, please don't laugh at me."

"Alright, alright, alright," Yinzhen hurriedly said, "The Prince won't laugh at you."

After chatting for a while, since they were there to celebrate a housewarming, Yinxiang and Qingwan accompanied the two for a stroll without saying anything else. However, during the meal, Yinxiang and Yinzhen drank quite a bit of wine. When Yinxiang saw Yinzhen off, he said…

"Fourth Brother, Father told me not to run away every other day, and that's what I'm thinking too."

Fourth Brother, don't rush, it's not the right time yet.

Yinzhen gave Yinxiang a deep look, then ordered someone to help him out, as if he were even more drunk.

The next day, Yinzhen and Yintang came again. Qingwan only went to see Yinxiang. "You brought these people yourself, so deal with them yourself."

Yinxiang looked around the room and ordered, "Bring me my walking stick."

So Qingwan watched as Yinxiang, leaning on his cane, went to see Yintang and Yinzhen. After thinking for a moment, Qingwan also stood beside Yinxiang, waving her handkerchief and pretending to be worried as she looked at him.

No matter how much Yinzhen and the other man hinted, Qingwan only looked at Yinxiang's legs with a worried expression. Whenever Yinxiang mentioned his legs, she would wipe away her tears in a very cooperative manner.

Seeing this, Yinzhen and his companion decided not to stay any longer and took their leave after sitting for a short while.

After leaving, Yinzhen said, "What does the thirteenth prince mean by this? We haven't said anything yet. And the thirteenth sister-in-law is just standing there watching us without moving."

I should have brought my wife. She's close to Sister-in-law Thirteen. Let them say what they want, and we'll say what we want.

Yinzhen scoffed, "How do you know they didn't do it on purpose? I heard the thirteenth prince's leg was healed a long time ago, so why did he have to use crutches today when we arrived?"

Perhaps they were terrified by what happened to the Crown Prince and dared not do it again.

"I don't think so," Yinzhen disagreed. "However, even if he is won over by Fourth Brother, given the relationship between Fourth Brother and Eighth Brother, he might still be able to be used by us."

"Let's take it slow, there's no rush. The Crown Prince is still the Crown Prince."

Inside the mansion, Yinxiang looked at Qingwan's still red eyes and comforted her, "It doesn't hurt. It was just to get rid of them."

Qingwan glanced at Yinxiang for no apparent reason, tossed the handkerchief in her hand into Yinxiang's hand, and went inside. Before leaving, she left a message: "Father, hurry up and go on your northern tour. Take all these people with you."

Yinxiang wanted to laugh, but then he felt something was wrong as he held the handkerchief to his eyes. When he took it away, his eyes were indeed red.