Chapter Eleven: Heart-to-Heart Talk

  "Somebody has stolen my handkerchief." Yinghua took a deep breath, noticing Daiyu's changing expression and subconsciously pulled away from her. Having been allies with Daiyu for so long, she naturally knew Daiyu's temper and was truly afraid that if Daiyu got angry, she would be the one to suffer.

  Daiyu nodded slightly and used her eyes to indicate that Yinghua should continue speaking. She had already guessed this point and confirmed it, which was why she came here.

  "The key is..." Yinghua wanted to say something but stopped, Daiyu raised an eyebrow and looked at him coldly. Yinghua lowered his voice, "I still don't know who stole it."

  The expected voice did not rise, Yinghua secretly looked at Daiyu, but found that Daiyu was drinking tea there with a normal expression. "Aren't you surprised? Aren't you angry?"

  "What am I surprised about? What am I angry about? You must have guessed who that person is too, unfortunately there's no evidence at all, including when she made her move. " Daiyu said calmly after taking a sip of tea. Who else could it be besides Xi Li? She liked Yinghua but couldn't get him, then was used and betrayed by the Cloud Thinking Pavilion."

  Yinghua nodded and then furrowed her brow again, "Although you are the Deputy Chamber Master, can't you not kill my protector without evidence?"

  "Will I kill someone?" Daiyu shook her head, there are many ways to kill someone. Since Xili has already betrayed her, it's not necessary to kill her openly and honestly. It's easy to make someone disappear silently.

  Yinghua's face turned gloomy, almost forgetting the means of this person. At that time, she didn't show her face and had already taken control of her subordinates, which was really terrifying. But at this moment, she couldn't let Xili move. "Don't worry, I'm fishing. By the way, help you out, that person behind the scenes is from the palace." Yinghua's expression suddenly became serious.

  "Fishing, indeed. The one behind the scenes must be one of the four consorts. You'd better find out the result quickly." Daiyu agreed with Yinghua's approach, as each of the four consorts was acting on their own and she had to be careful entering and leaving the palace frequently. However, for now, it would be obvious that they were trying to win her over, after all, Xiaozhuang wanted her to be her great-granddaughter-in-law. As she thought about this, a figure flashed before Daiyu's eyes, causing her to pause, and the teacup in her hand fell to the ground.

  "What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable?" Yinghua was taken aback, what had caused Daiyu such a big emotional fluctuation.

  "It's nothing." Daiyu saw the ceramic pieces on the ground and suddenly bent down to pick them up, with blood flowing from her fingers.

  "You're bleeding, why are you picking that up?" Hua exclaimed in alarm, as she rummaged out a piece of gauze to bandage Daiyu.

  "Bleeding will make me more awake, recently there have been things disturbing my mind." Daiyu calmly looked at her continuously bleeding finger, and indeed became a bit more awake, with no shadow of that person in her mind.

  Yinghua looked at Daiyu's expression thoughtfully, he still understood her recent movements very well, could it be because of that person? Yinghua couldn't help but furrow his brow, no way, little beauty is mine.

  "I'm leaving." Daiyu quickly stopped the bleeding and flew away. Yinghua stared in the direction she left for a long time without moving.

  The draft was proceeding quietly and gradually approaching its end, with a feeling that everything had already been settled. However, Daiyu's sensitive nature made her feel that something was going to happen, and it would affect herself.

  In the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi looked at Yongzheng kneeling in front of him for half a day without speaking.

  "Imperial Father, I do not wish to marry the Nara clan." Yongzheng looked stubbornly at Kangxi, the Emperor was about to issue an edict, he still wanted to struggle.

  "Fourth brother! Do you know that this is the third time you have disobeyed my will over one thing?" Kangxi's voice suddenly turned cold, looking at this son whom he had intentionally nurtured with special care, and his heart again recalled Daiyu's small face, these two really did look somewhat alike.

  "I know, even if Your Majesty wants to take away my title, I still won't marry the lady from Nara."

  "Why? Have you set your eyes on another girl? Speak up, I'll grant her to you as a secondary wife." Kangxi's tone softened a bit. Men are all polygamous, let alone imperial princes and grandsons. As long as Yin Zhen is willing, granting him multiple marriages would not be a problem.

  "Emperor, do you still remember Empress Dowager? Before she passed away, she grasped my hand and told me not to learn from you." Yinzhen's eyes flashed with sadness as he hesitated for a moment before speaking out the words of Consort Tong one by one.

  "Butterfly..." Kangxi's eyes were a bit dazed. "What else did she say? I know everything, but what she wants, I can't give." Kangxi shook his head, the sudden fatigue on his face making him look ten years older in an instant.

  "Your Majesty, I don't ask for much. I just want to find a suitable woman to spend the rest of my life with." Yongzheng heavily kowtowed and said firmly.

  Kangxi and Yin Zhen locked eyes, the air in the room suddenly became turbulent. The confrontation between the current emperor and the future emperor was not something ordinary people could withstand. "Fourth brother!" Kangxi raised his voice, "Come here..." Kangxi's anger surged up, he wanted to hit Yin Zhen with a board.

  "What's going on?" The hoarse voice of Empress Dowager Cixi rose up, Daiyu walked by her side and accompanied her over.

  "How did you come here?" Kangxi suppressed the anger on his face and walked towards Xiaozhuang.

  "Xuan Yan, I heard that Fourth Brother is looking for you today to talk, and I'm afraid you two will discuss something and come over to take a look." Xiaozhuang pushed open the door and felt the heavy atmosphere, it seemed she came at the right time, otherwise things would have gotten out of hand. This Fourth Brother has such a cold personality, but in her heart, she dotes on him as well as Little Thirteen, indeed an old person's heart is biased. "Fourth Brother, you get up first. Have a good talk with your Emperor Father."

  Yin Zan stood up obediently, but the surrounding air was still cold, and it could be seen that his current mood was not very good either.

  "Fourth brother, what do you want after all? Alright, I'll ask you this: when will you get married and give me a grandson?" Empress Dowager came to persuade him, and Kangxi had no choice but to calm down and ask.

  "When I meet the right person, Queen Mother, I will get married within six years." Yongzheng said firmly, his eyes inadvertently drifting towards Daiyu's direction. Daiyu's eyes turned cold, and she subconsciously shrank behind Xiaozhuang, causing Yongzheng's gaze to miss its mark.

  But how could the little movements of these two people deceive Kangxi and Xiaozhuang, the two old foxes? A smile appeared on Xiaozhuang's face, not bad, not bad, indeed these two have a husband-and-wife relationship. Kangxi frowned, marrying Daiyu was not impossible, but only marrying one was absolutely impossible, and looking at Daiyu's reaction, could his cold-faced and cold-hearted son handle that jade girl?

  "Imperial Father, please believe your son." Yongzheng knelt down and knocked his head on the ground.