If something goes wrong, he will be the first to suffer. He originally thought that he could gain a lot of benefits from coming to Beijing this time, but now it seems that he may not even be able to save his life.

For a moment, the messenger was disheartened, but he still had hope in his heart that his masters would show mercy to him after he returned, and maybe he could be lucky enough to escape death.

Thinking of this, the Junggar envoy immediately packed his luggage. No matter what the future held, he could no longer stay in the capital.

And just as the envoy expected, the old Khan died of illness less than half a month after he returned to Junggar. The new Khan ascended the throne, and this matter had to be reported to the capital.

The newly selected envoys who were to deliver the message were trembling with fear all the way after learning how the previous envoy died. Fortunately, when Yongzheng received the news, he did not blame the Junggar, but cancelled the marriage on the grounds that the new Khan already had a princess and the Qing princess could not be a concubine.

Junggar was already feeling guilty about this result, and was thankful that he was not blamed by the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He did not dare to force it, so he had to give away a lot of things and return in disgrace.

But this time, Yongzheng did not let the envoy go directly. Under the name of spring hunting, Yongzheng asked the Ministry of War to show the envoy the power of Qing Dynasty's firearms.

The new envoy knew that this was the Qing Emperor's way of warning Junggar. If he was 100% frightened in his heart, what he showed on his face would be ten times more.

When Yongzheng saw the envoy's forced smile and the envoy who kept wiping his sweat and even had a wet back, he felt very happy.

After the spring hunt, the new envoy returned to Junggar at full speed and described the power of the firearms and artillery to the new Khan. This made the new Khan's ambition, which had just been elevated to a high position, cool down at once, and he called his confidants to discuss Yongzheng's intentions.

After a night of discussion, the new Khan wrote a letter to the capital the next day with a dejected look on his face. His words were all about the old Khan doing all the things that happened before, and he was a person of little influence. Even though he did not like what the old Khan did, he could not stop the old Khan's decision. At the end of the letter, he expressed his sincerity and even said that they were willing to increase the tribute by 30% in the future.

Seeing that the new Junggar Khan was so sensible, Yongzheng was very satisfied. But half a month later, he granted the imperial seal to send him back to Junggar, thus ending the war without gunpowder. It was now March of the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign.

Today is the most suitable day for sailing, which the Imperial Astronomical Observatory has spent more than a month calculating. At the port of Tianjin, Prince Zhili brought officials and soldiers sent by Emperor Yongzheng, and three ships full of cargo, and set off from Tianjin to the countries in the East.

Because it was the first time to go out to sea after being isolated for many years, Yongzheng came specially to see him off. Of course, Yinqi and Jinzhong also followed. When everyone's attention was focused on the three huge ships that had never been seen before, Yinqi and Jinzhong found an opportunity and hid in a cargo hold on the ship where Prince Naori was.

On the shore, when the three boats disappeared from everyone's sight, Yongzheng turned around and looked for a long time before finally discovering that the two children, Yinqi and Jinzhong, had disappeared without knowing when.

But he didn't think much about it. After all, Yinqi was just a child, and he was restless and couldn't stay still. Maybe he went out to play this time, so he just shook his head slightly and chuckled, then turned to ask Prince Yi beside him.

"Thirteen, have you seen Xiao Qi?"

"Ah, ah? I didn't see it."

Prince Yi, who had been watching the ship go out to sea with Yongzheng, finally reacted. Just like Yongzheng had just done, he looked around but couldn't find anyone, so he turned his attention to Li Dequan behind him.

He knew that even if Yin Qi went to other places for fun, he would know his place and tell the servants around him so that they could find out his whereabouts if they were worried about him asking.

"Replying to Prince Yi, Prince Yu just said that he felt a little dizzy, so he took Prince Zhong back to rest. I just asked Doctor Ye to check on him."

Li Dequan, who was being questioned, replied with a smile on his face that Yin Qi had indeed given him instructions before he left.

Yongzheng and Prince Yi were relieved to hear this. After all, Yinqi had always been surrounded by Chen Hu, Chen Bao and the secret guards to protect their safety. Even if Yinqi found an excuse to sneak out for fun, there was no need to worry about anything happening to them.

So the two of them stayed at the port for a while, and after they had finally calmed down from the surging emotions in their hearts, they took the officials and servants back to the villa to rest.

Because he had a dinner to attend, Yongzheng only had time to call Ye Tianshi to ask how Yinqi was doing.

However, when Ye Tianshi arrived at Yinqi's door, he was stopped by Xiao Yuanzi and Xiao Manzi, who said that Yinqi and the other prince had already fallen asleep, and if he went in now and woke the prince up, he would definitely get angry.

Ye Tianshi did not dare to go in after hearing this. Now when asked by Yongzheng, he stroked his beard guiltily and answered Yongzheng's question.

Yongzheng frowned when he heard this answer, but he also knew that it was not Ye Tianshi's fault. He knew how stubborn Yinqi was, so he could only wave his hand helplessly and let Ye Tianshi go.

In the following days, Yinzhen was busy with state affairs. It was not until the morning of three days later, when the imperial carriage was about to return to the palace, that Liu Ma, who had not seen Yinqi for three days, came to wake Yinqi up in person, and the truth was finally exposed.

When they arrived in Tianjin two days ago, Madam Liu, who never got carsick, felt a little dizzy for some reason. She wanted to grit her teeth and persevere, but Yin Qi wouldn't allow it, so she had to stay in the villa to rest.

Unexpectedly, Nanny Liu developed a fever at night. She was afraid of passing the disease to Yinqi, so she didn't want to see Yinqi herself. Therefore, Xiao Yuanzi and the others had been the ones who passed on Yinqi's news to her over the past two days.

It was not until yesterday that she was finally confirmed to have recovered by the imperial physician. She had not seen Yinqi for more than two days. This made Liu Ma, who had rarely been separated from Yinqi for such a long time, miss him very much. But she still waited for a day before coming to serve him in person today.

However, when she reached the door, Xiao Yuanzi and Xiao Manzi blocked her outside, saying that the prince was still resting. It was then that Nanny Liu finally realized something was wrong.

If Yinqi had known that she was sick in the past, he would have come to see her three times a day, morning, noon and evening. But this time Yinqi never came, and Nanny Liu felt both relieved and sad.

But now seeing Xiao Yuanzi and the other two like this, Matron Liu's heart skipped a beat. She ignored Xiao Yuanzi and the other two's attempts to stop her and rushed in with Bai Ruiji.

However, Yinqi and Jinzhong were no longer in the room. In an instant, Nanny Liu felt a darkness before her eyes. If Xiaomanzi had not supported her from behind, she might have fallen to the ground.

Bai Ruiji was sharp-eyed and noticed the two envelopes on the table. She quickly took them and handed them to Matron Liu.

"Godmother, look, there is a letter."

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