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It was already November.
The impatience and uneasiness that had previously consumed Fourth Master were gradually replaced by another emotion.
That was confusion and helplessness.
Last time, after returning from the incident in Tongzhou, everything seemed to have been left unsettled.
Emperor Kangxi had not asked about it again, as if everyone had unanimously decided to forget the matter. If it weren't for the Elder Prince occasionally challenging the Crown Prince at court, he would have thought the whole incident was nothing but a dream.
It turned out, both Imperial Father and the Crown Prince were fully aware of the situation all along.
One wanted to issue a warning by striking the mountain to scare the tiger, while the other simply played along with the act.
Recalling his own previous anxiety, Fourth Master could only feel a burning frustration that he couldn't quite express or articulate.
