Meeting Yongzheng's inquiring eyes, Li Dequan quickly shook his head slightly to indicate that he had made preparations according to the emperor's instructions.

Not only did he order all the palace servants near Changqiu Palace to keep their mouths shut, he also sent people to monitor the developments there every day.

Even if some palace servants who looked unfamiliar wanted to step into the Changqiu Palace, he would intercept them all and not let any of them go.

The palace maids of Changqiu Palace have not left the palace in the past two days. Only at the end of the You hour every day, Liu Ma and others would accompany Yinqi to the small garden to digest his food, and that was it.

The person involved, Prince Zhong, had just left the palace and had not yet returned from the military camp, and he would not tell Yinqi about this matter, so this matter was definitely not spread by the palace people.

Yongzheng understood what Li Dequan meant and had to close his eyes again with a headache. Since it was not passed to Yinqi by the palace servants, it could only have been told to him by the person that the Emperor's father left for Qi'er.

Those secret guards were the best at hiding, and Li Dequan, who had never practiced martial arts, certainly would not be able to detect their movements.

This matter was also his fault. Even when Yin Qi had secret guards around him, he still did not allow the people from the Sticking Rod Department to watch over the Changqiu Palace.

After realizing this result, Yongzheng frowned and his mood became even more depressed.

After all, it was he who ordered the matter to be concealed from Yinqi, and it has not been resolved for so long. Fortunately, Yinqi did not seem to be angry about it, otherwise Yongzheng would not be in such a calm mood to deal with the matter.

However, Yongzheng twirled the beads in his hand and narrowed his eyes dangerously. He always felt that this matter was not that simple, and he always had a feeling that someone was pushing him from behind.

Otherwise, even if Yinqi had someone around him, who would know that there were secret guards around Yinqi, and find a way to get the news to the secret guards and let them pass the message to Yinqi?

Thinking of this, Yongzheng clenched the beads in his hand. Not many people knew about the secret guards, and only those old clan members had this ability.

It seems that allowing them to act recklessly over the years has given them a lot of ambition. Now that they have already made a move, there is no reason for me to not respond. Besides, it is time to deal with them.

With his puppets scattered everywhere and his information network all over the capital, Yin Qi simply blinked his eyes: Hmm? Is that so?

The clan members who took the blame: What! Has one of our people infiltrated the secret guards? Well done!

But that is something to be dealt with later. What Yongzheng is worried about now is that since Yinqi already knows about the matter, will Yinqi feel uncomfortable about it?

Thinking of Yinqi's red eyes and the look of having cried, Yongzheng couldn't help but quickly stood up, walked to Yinqi, pinched Yinqi's face, and promised him.

"Don't worry, my brother will solve this problem for you."

Yinqi was already accustomed to Yonghe's closeness. He raised his head and looked at Yongzheng with innocent and somewhat aggrieved eyes.

"Fourth brother, I am an adult now. Since this matter has made my brother so embarrassed, it is time for me to leave the palace and build a residence. It is not like I cannot come to the palace to see you in the future."

Looking at Yin Qi, he looked like he could do anything for his brother Qi'er and he was not angry at all.

Yongzheng, who would normally get angry upon hearing this, immediately frowned. He was simply burning with rage when he saw that his most beloved brother had to compromise for his sake.

As an emperor, if he can't even protect his younger brother whom he raised since childhood, how can he manage the country?

Yongzheng touched Yinqi's bald little forehead with heartache, scolded him softly and made assurances.

"Nonsense! Since I have already promised the Emperor that you can live in the palace for the rest of your life, there is no reason for anyone to make you move out of the palace."

Yinqi, who had long expected Yongzheng to say this, smiled helplessly. He rubbed Yongzheng's warm big hand like a kitten, his eyes full of admiration and dependence.

"Brother, you know that's not what I meant. What those civil officials said makes sense. Jinzhong is about to come of age, and it's really inconvenient for him to live in the palace all the time."

"What does that have to do with you moving out? Are you going to abandon your fourth brother for Jinzhong?"

Yongzheng questioned with gritted teeth, as if he saw his little cabbage running away with the basin and the wolf he raised.

This was the first time that Yinqi saw Yongzheng being jealous of Jinzhong and himself. He couldn't help but feel curious and amused for a moment, but he still nodded in confirmation without any conscience.

"Fourth brother, you know, Jinzhong and I grew up together. It's okay to be apart for a few days, but it's really not okay to be apart for a long time."

This answer made Yongzheng so angry that he almost fell over. This ungrateful bastard actually agreed to this without even lying to him. He felt so tired.

Receiving Yongzheng's resentful look, Yinqi coughed and quickly made amends.

"Besides, I'm leaving the palace to build a mansion, but it doesn't mean I won't live in the palace anymore. Jinzhong spends most of the time in the military camp every month, and I can still live in the palace the rest of the time. I've agreed, Fourth Brother, that even if I move out, you can't let anyone live in Changqiu Palace."

But Yinqi thought about it and quickly changed his words.

"Of course, besides the eldest brother, there are also the ninth brother and the thirteenth brother. Well, the eighth brother and the tenth brother are not impossible, but they can't enter my room."

Seeing Yongzheng's increasingly gloomy expression, Yinqi changed the subject and smiled flatteringly.

"Of course, if Fourth Brother wants to live there, you can live anywhere. Qi'er's bed is even for you."

Finally, he heard a satisfactory answer and Yongzheng felt better.

All of their brothers knew that Yinqi had a strong sense of territory. Except for Jinzhong, if anyone else slept on that bed, Yinqi would have to change beds the next second and would definitely get angry.

Yongzheng looked at Yinqi lovingly as he shook his arm to coax him. In contrast, he felt even more disgusted with those who had reported Jinzhong and made Yinqi sad.

However, seeing that Yinqi had done this for him and had promised to return to the palace often in the future, Yongzheng thought about his future plans and had to temporarily put Yinqi in an awkward position and agreed to his request.

"Okay, okay, Fourth Brother will promise you. You have already made the decision. You must promise Fourth Brother that you will come to the palace more often when Jinzhong is not around. Got it?"

Yin Qi secretly gave himself a thumbs up in his heart, and who had wanted to move out for a long time, stood up and bowed happily.

"Yes, I obey your order."

Seeing him acting like a funny guy, Yongzheng scratched his nose and laughed and scolded him.

"Naughty"

After Yinqi left that day, Yongzheng looked at his back, and the smiling face immediately fell.

Turning back to the Yangxin Palace, he began to settle accounts in his mind with those who had submitted the memorials, and it can be said that he took out his anger on all of these ministers who had submitted the memorials.

When Prince Yi, who was called by Li Dequan to rescue the situation, arrived, although Prince Yi did not catch up with Yongzheng's temper, it happened that Yongzheng also had something to ask him, so the two of them dismissed all the palace servants and talked alone in the Yangxin Palace for a long time.

From that day on, for a period of time, almost all civil and military officials in the court, except for a few princes, received the cold shoulder from Yongzheng, as if a storm was about to come.

This made the person behind the scenes, who had originally thought that this attempt would end in failure, feel a little discouraged.

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