The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 129: The Deposed Crown Prince (3)

The boss sneaked into the royal tent, and in fact, many people saw it.

However, everyone was pretending to be confused, because even a fool would know that the boss was hoping that Kangxi would depose the crown prince and replace him as the heir.

The boss stayed in there for a long time, and no one knew what he said to Kangxi?

Yinyou deliberately did not stand with the fourth brother. The more critical the moment, the more he could not arouse the association of forming a faction.

Early the next morning, Kangxi summoned all the kings, ministers, and princes and publicly announced: "I am inheriting the great work of Taizu, Taizong, and Shizu..." He choked up several times and fell to the ground crying in sadness.

The princes and ministers quickly helped Kangxi up.

Kangxi went on to say, "The great efforts of Taizu, Taizong, and Shizu to create the world and rule it with me cannot be handed over to this person. When I return to Beijing, I will announce to the heaven and earth and the ancestral temple that Yinreng will be deposed. I previously ordered Zhibeile Yinzhi to take good care of me, and I had no intention of making Yinzhi the crown prince. Yinzhi is impatient, impatient, and stubborn. How can he be made the crown prince?"

After the dust settled, Yinyou did not look at the prince, but secretly observed the boss's every move.

Kangxi publicly stated that even if the crown prince was deposed, it would be impossible to make the eldest son the heir apparent, which was tantamount to directly announcing the eldest son's elimination.

Tsk tsk, the boss's face turned dark. It is conceivable that the frustration and pain in his heart cannot be described in words.

It was obvious that Kangxi was prepared. He ordered the guards to hand over the document to the emperor to the kings and princes, and circulate it in turn.

At this moment, Prince Yinreng, who had been kneeling on the ground, suddenly straightened his back and said loudly: "My father gave me the title of Crown Prince. If my father wants to depose me, then do so. There is no need to complain to the heavens."

Kangxi was so angry that he was shaking all over, and sternly ordered the fourth son to take the prince away.

"Let's go." The prince is really a stubborn donkey, he would rather break than bend.

The fourth brother had no choice but to come forward in person and ask the prince to leave.

After publicly deposing the crown prince, Kangxi felt quite tired and announced that he would return to Beijing that same day.

On the night before departure, perhaps because he was unwilling to give up, or perhaps because he still wanted to save his future and destiny, he sneaked up to Kangxi again.

After the eldest brother entered the imperial tent, after a long while, Liang Jiugong suddenly came out and asked Yinyou to come in.

When Yinyou entered the tent, he saw the eldest brother covering his face and standing there stupidly with his head down.

Kangxi coldly ordered Yinyu: "The eighteenth prince won't sleep. Go and tell him about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"Whoo."

At first, Yinyou thought, at this critical moment, Kangxi still cares about whether the Eighteenth Prince sleeps or not?
Then, Yinyou realized that Kangxi was probably worried about something unexpected happening.
In the back tent, Old Eighteen was indeed sitting with his quilt wrapped around him, waiting for Yinyou to tell him a story.

Yinyou was an expert at coaxing Old Eighteen to sleep.

Yinyou was seen sleeping on the same pillow with Old Eighteen, stroking his back with one hand, and began to vividly tell the story of Cao Pi usurping the Han Dynasty and his three refusal to take office.

As a result, the story was only half told when Old Eighteen fell into a sound sleep!
The rear tent was a restricted area and it was not suitable to stay there for long, so Yinyou quickly got up and left.

In the front tent, the boss was still covering his face, looking particularly aggrieved.

Yinyou knew what was going on, but the eldest brother probably couldn't figure out why Kangxi slapped him.

"My dear Khan, my eighteenth brother has fallen asleep. I will take my leave now!" Yinyou really didn't want to stay in the eye of the typhoon for too long, for fear of getting sparked.

In extraordinary times, Yinyou's attitude was very clear: as long as Kangxi did not give clear orders, all hints were nonsense.

"Oh, you coaxed him to sleep so quickly?" Kangxi frowned and asked Yinyou.

Yinyu lowered his head and said, "My dear father, my eighteenth brother likes to be told stories while someone pats his back. Whenever he hears such stories, he falls asleep very quickly."

Kangxi raised his eyes and carefully examined Yinyou's expression, fearing that he would miss any clues.

Yinyou had no selfish thoughts, so he was naturally not afraid of Kangxi staring at him to death.

"The eldest prince said: Yinreng's behavior is despicable and has lost people's hearts. The fortune teller Zhang Mingde once predicted that Yinsi would become very noble in the future. If you want to kill Yinreng now, you don't have to do it yourself, the emperor." Kangxi pondered for a long time and finally asked, "What do you think?"

Yinyou actually understood Kangxi's fear.

The Nineteenth Prince died of illness, but the Crown Prince did not show any sadness at all. Kangxi was horrified to find that the Crown Prince was so inhumane!
Apart from the crown prince, the eldest brother even proposed the absurd suggestion of killing his brother in place of his father. How cruel? How terrible?
What Kangxi is most worried about now is not the crown prince and the eldest son, but the fear that there is not a single loyal minister among the princes!
"Replying to Khan Ama, if the eldest brother of the family makes a mistake, it seems that we should gather the upright people in the clan to discuss it!"

Kangxi had long known that Yinyou had an old grudge against the eldest brother.

Because of this, Yinwei deliberately avoided directly criticizing the eldest brother, and tactfully suggested to Kangxi that he find the fourth, fifth, seventh and twelfth princes who did not form factions to collectively criticize the eldest brother.

"I'm asking you, tell me clearly what you think!" Kangxi knew Yinyou's temper very well. If he didn't push him hard, he would definitely run away.

Since the matter has risen to the level of a discussion between the emperor and his subjects, Yinyu will naturally give his eldest brother a good beating!

"My dear Khan, I am ashamed to associate with a beast like Zhi Beile who is heartless and ungrateful, has a heart worse than snakes and scorpions, is unfaithful and unfilial, and is worse than pigs and dogs!" Yinyu used four parallel sentences in a row to exaggerate his open break with the eldest brother and make it sound extremely firm.

Before Kangxi could say anything, Yinwei grabbed the inner shirt under his coat, exerted force with both hands, and with a "hiss", tore it into two pieces and threw it on the ground.

After cutting off the robe, all ties are severed!
The old man was so angry that his face turned red. He wanted to yell at Yinyu, but he didn't have the courage to do so in front of Kangxi. When Kangxi was about to speak, Liang Jiugong came over and whispered, "Your Highness, the Third Prince is outside the door and has something urgent to ask for!"

"Let him in!" Kangxi was stunned for a moment, and then called the third brother into the tent.

"Khan, the eldest prince secretly keeps a secret of evil and talks nonsense about unpredictable things... He hides in the backyard of the palace, practices witchcraft, and curses His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..." The third informant's psychological quality was not very good. He actually told all the important things that should have been reported in several times at once.

Kangxi was so angry that he slammed the table and stood up, and ordered sternly: "Wu Shi, you take your men back to Beijing and raid the Zhibeile Mansion. I want to see how many dirty things this wolf-hearted and dog-hearted thing has done behind my back."

The eldest brother originally just wanted to come in and propose killing the crown prince and making the eighth brother the crown prince.

Unexpectedly, due to the third brother's betrayal, Kangxi was caught off guard and had to raid the eldest brother's house.

There are a lot of shady things hidden in the boss's back garden. How can they withstand a raid?
"Boom." The boss, who looked strong and muscular, suddenly felt his legs go limp and he sat down on the ground.

Yinyou didn't look at the boss, he was finished.

However, Yinyou did not expect that the boss, who was always so arrogant, would be so cowardly that he wet his pants.

An unpleasant smell of urine immediately filled the air in the imperial tent.

"Fifteenth prince, I order you to be the commander-in-chief of the imperial camp, commanding the three battalions of the guards, cavalry and vanguard as well as the imperial guards." The gesture of Kangxi showed that he trusted Yinyou very much.

If someone had a slow mind, he would have received the order with great excitement.

However, Yinyu lowered his head and said, "My Lord, I am still under sentence of imprisonment and dare not obey your order."

Oh, you dismissed me from my job for no apparent reason. If you don’t give me a clear explanation, I won’t serve you!

It's not that Yinyou dared to raise the price and openly threaten Kangxi, but he was not justified and had no legitimate reason to do so. How could he convince the public?
The issue of status needs to be made clear. Even if it is made clear, how could Yinyou have the prestige to be the president of the entire imperial camp?

Kangxi gave such great power, but Yinyou actually refused it in person. The third brother was so shocked that he almost bit off his tongue.

The third brother was very suspicious, wondering if Yinyou had something wrong with his brain.

As a result, what made the third brother even more confused was that Kangxi actually called Zhang Tingyu.

"Minister Heng, draft an edict. Ling Pu, the director of the Imperial Household Department, has ulterior motives and attempts to frame the prince. He is ordered to be stripped of his banner status, demoted to a commoner, and never employed again." Without even blinking an eye, Kangxi pulled Ling Pu out as a scapegoat.

From the emperor's perspective, this was considered as a formal vindication of Yinyou.

As for the truth behind the scenes, it doesn’t matter at all!
What’s important is that Kangxi publicly gave Yinyou an explanation.

"Your subject obeys your order!" Yinyu lowered his head and followed Kangxi's wishes.

After all, Kangxi is the emperor and father. He has taken a step back, and Yinyou must know what is right and wrong.

"Third prince, I'll leave the eldest prince to you..." Kangxi originally wanted to hand the eldest prince over to the third prince for supervision, but before he could finish his words, he changed his mind and said, "Let's hand him over to the fifteenth prince for supervision."

"Yeah." Yinyou deliberately did not mention the matter of the Eighth Brother and obediently accepted the order.

Kangxi did not mention the matter of the eighth son to the third son, as if the eldest son's recommendation of the eighth son as the crown prince had never happened.

However, when he set out for Beijing early the next morning, Yinyou discovered that Longkodo was missing, and he felt relieved.

Long Lao San must have been sent to the capital by Kangxi to secretly capture the evil Taoist Zhang Mingde.

The entire large group had just walked for two days.

Kangxi suddenly called Yinyou over alone again.

"Take a look at this?" Kangxi pushed a yellow imperial edict in front of Yinyou with a serious expression.

Yinyou opened the imperial edict and saw that it was actually a secret order to mobilize troops.

The secret decree was sent to Zheheli, the commander-in-chief of Miyun Camp, ordering him to lead troops to defend the king and intercept the rebels in the imperial camp.

The most important thing is that the secret decree contained the words "waiting for the orders of the 13th prince Yinxiang".

Yinyu's face immediately changed, and he blurted out: "Khan Ama, we must change our route immediately and not return to Beijing for the time being!"

Kangxi nodded with great satisfaction and praised Yinyu in person: "I was not wrong about you, you are indeed very alert!"

"You will personally lead the Suo Lun Battalion and the Xiao Qi Battalion to capture Yinxiang first, then quickly return to the capital and secretly monitor the actions of the Tongzhou camp." Kangxi looked unusually tired and said coldly, "On the way back to the capital, there are still several tough battles to fight!"

This statement seems particularly unusual!
Kangxi, who had just deposed the crown prince, actually felt regretful!
Yinyu knew exactly who Kangxi was starting to suspect, but he kept silent.

Why did so many strange things happen before the crown prince was deposed?
The crown prince had just been deposed, and the announcement had not yet been made to the world, yet someone had dared to forge an order to mobilize troops in an attempt to commit illegal acts.

Is this okay?

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