Chapter 1249 Ruoxi's Fantasy, the Power of the Booklet
He went all the way back to the Eighth Prince's Mansion and was dragged back home by Ruolan.

Ruoxi then asked pitifully:
"Sister, is this concubine also married in a formal ceremony, with eight bearers in a sedan chair?"

"Don't you even know this?"

Seeing her sister's bewildered look, Ruolan could only explain the Manchu system of husband and wife.

When Ruoxi learned that the Manchus actually implemented the "Five Wives System" and that a concubine was also a wife and needed to be married formally and brought home in a sedan chair carried by eight people, she was completely disappointed.

"Doesn't that mean that what I said just now... is considered as agreeing to the Fourth Master's marriage proposal?"

At this moment, Ruoxi began to feel like crying but had no tears, and had an urge to die.

Ruolan could only advise:
"Once you say this, it's like spilled water. You've already promised the Fourth Lady in front of so many people. It's too late to regret it now."

In the Qing Dynasty, the first class were royal relatives, the second class were royal relatives, and the third class were princes and nobles. A family like the Maltai family was originally only the fourth class, and could barely become a general in the frontier area.

It was only a few years ago that Ruolan became Yinsi's concubine, which enabled the Maertai family to climb to the rank of second-class royal relatives and now they are in charge of tens of thousands of troops on the border.

If Ruoxi really dared to go back on her word, she would be making fun of the prince and the nobleman. Not to mention General Maertai, even Yinsi, who was also a prince and nobleman, could not bear the responsibility.

Ruoxi listened to her sister explain the interests involved, but she still felt unwilling.

Seeing this, Ruolan sighed, looked at her aggrieved little sister, stretched out her hands to hold her in her arms, and gently comforted her:
"I have always heard that the Fourth Master is strict in managing his household, and there have been few dirty things happening in the Zhen Beile Mansion. You will definitely not be wronged after you marry him."

After hearing her sister's consolation, Ruoxi could no longer control her emotions and burst into tears:

"Sharing a man with other women, isn't that unfair enough?"

After being sad for a while, Ruoxi suddenly wiped her tears with her sleeves. Her face regained its spirit and she said with bright eyes:

"Sister, I remember you said that the marriage of the princes and nobles is decided by the emperor! So, can we ask the emperor not to arrange the marriage?"

"Why does this sister always say such crazy and stupid things?"

Seeing that her sister was a little crazy, Ruolan wanted to explain to her how much Emperor Kangxi valued the Fourth Prince Yinzhen.

But then I thought, it would be good to give my sister something to think about.

Although this thought cannot last long, it is still a buffer period.

After figuring this out, Ruolan casually responded to Ruoxi's words.

So, a few more days passed.

On this day, Yinsi returned from court with a gloomy and depressed look on his face.

Everyone in the mansion didn't know the cause and effect, so they all lowered their heads, not daring to look up, for fear of adding fuel to the fire and seeking their own death.

Not long after.

Yinsi came to Ruolan's attic, suppressed his anger, looked at his concubine and asked:

"Ruolan, is Ruoxi in the mansion?"

"Yes."

Seeing that the man wanted to see her sister, Ruolan quickly ordered:
"Dongyun, go and call the second young lady over."

After the maid left, Ruolan asked cautiously:
"Master, what trouble has Ruoxi caused again?"

"It's not Ruoxi, it's Fourth Brother!"

Yinsi angrily pulled out a thin book from his sleeve, slammed it on the table, and said with anger:
"In the past two days, there have been many pamphlets in the capital. There are some... In short, they are all some disgusting words. Let Ruoxi take a look!"

Yinsi knew that there was no possibility for him and Ruoxi to be together anymore. He was angry but couldn't vent it on Ruoxi. He could only get up and leave in anger.

After a while.

Ruoxi came back accompanied by her two maids Dongyun and Qiaohui, but she didn't see her brother-in-law Yinsi. She asked curiously:
"Sister, Dongyun just said that my brother-in-law was looking for me. Where is he?" "Your brother-in-law left this book and left."

Ruoyun is illiterate, so she can only hand the booklet to Ruoxi and let her read it herself:

"Your brother-in-law said that there were some obscene words written on this booklet. Can you tell me what was written on it?"

Ruoxi took the booklet with some confusion, and read it quickly. After roughly reading it, her face suddenly turned red, and she muttered to herself for a long time before shyly speaking:

"Sister, what is written in this booklet is... about me and... the Fourth Master... Maybe my brother-in-law has misunderstood!"

"What happened between you and the Fourth Master? What happened?"

Ruolan didn't quite understand and started asking.

Seeing that everything was clearly written in the booklet, Ruoxi no longer concealed it and told him about the two times she had left the house and been rescued by Su Mingzhe.

Including the birthday celebration for the tenth prince Yin'e, Su Mingzhe saved Ruoxi three times in total.

After Ruoxi explained it once, she couldn't help but defend herself:
"Sister, these three life-saving incidents are true, but...but, the last part written on it, 'Nanyuan Engagement', is absolutely fabricated! I just went hunting with the Fourth Master that day and had a drink together. We definitely didn't talk about love!"

"is it?"

Ruolan saw her sister looking aggrieved again, but she didn't know whether she should believe it.

After all, during this period of time, his sister had caused a lot of trouble, but she was unaware of it.

Ruoxi didn't expect that even though she told the truth, her sister still didn't believe her. Her long eyelashes trembled, and two pearls fell immediately:
"Sister, why don't you believe me?"

Seeing this, Ruolan sighed:

"Ruoxi, it's not that I don't believe you, but I heard from your brother-in-law that this book has been spread all over the capital."

"What? All over the capital?"

When Ruoxi heard this, she sat stiffly on the couch, with a look of horror in her eyes:
"Doesn't that mean everyone will think that the Fourth Master and I are..."

Ruolan simply finished off the attack:
"In this way, the emperor will definitely arrange a marriage for you!"

……

If even Ruolan could see it clearly, Kangxi would naturally be aware of it.

When Li Dequan carefully reported the matter of the booklet, Kangxi flew into a rage:
"Evil son!"

"This bastard even dares to lay his hands on someone his father likes. What's the difference between him and the prince?"

In anger, Kangxi grabbed the Panlong porcelain teacup in his hand and threw it to the ground.

"Go, call this evil boy over to me!"

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ruoxi praised Kangxi as a "sage monarch". In the evening, Kangxi arranged Mingyu's marriage with the tenth prince Yin'e.

Of course, Concubine Yi fanned the flames, but Kangxi also had some thoughts.

Afterwards, Kangxi asked Li Dequan whether Ruoxi would participate in next year's talent show.

After getting a definite answer, Kangxi was happy and prepared to wait for the beauty to enter the palace next year.

As a result, I waited for more than two months, but what I got was just this booklet.

Kangxi was extremely depressed. As long as he still had some dignity and wanted to retain a good reputation in history books, it was impossible for him to continue to let Ruoxi enter the palace to serve him.

Li Dequan knew what Kangxi was thinking, so he did not dare to hide it. After learning about the booklet, he immediately showed it to Kangxi.

Seeing Kangxi's rage, Li Dequan cautiously left the imperial study and sighed to himself:
"Eighth Master, Ninth Master, I have done something useful for you now by giving me the fifty thousand taels of silver every month..."

(End of this chapter)