The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 132: The Deposed Crown Prince (6)

There was an inexplicable joy in the cabinet lobby today.

Tomorrow we will discuss appointing a new crown prince. Ma Qi stroked his beard and smiled. After supporting the eighth brother for so many years, the time has finally come.

"Among all the princes, whoever the public decides will be the leader, I will follow their decision."

These are the original words from Kangxi’s edict.

Starting from the day before yesterday, the current emperor has successively summoned Tong Guowei, Alinga, Kuixu, Wang Hongxu and other trusted ministers, and has required them through various hints or even explicit instructions that they must nominate Yinreng and only Yinreng.

After everyone came out, they all secretly communicated with Ma Qi.

Among them, Wang Hongxu was the most enthusiastic. He even asked Ma Qi in person: "Who will you recommend tomorrow?"

Ma Qi didn't say anything, but he made a gesture secretly.

Wang Hongxu understood what he meant and went down to organize the connection.

However, Ma Qi was too proud too early, because at noon, Liang Jiugong arrived.

"Your Majesty, tell Ma Qi not to discuss this matter tomorrow. I decree this."

After hearing this, Ma Qi was so angry that his nose almost turned crooked. What on earth was this?
Just when he was about to achieve great success in supporting the emperor, Ma Qi was banned by Emperor Kangxi from attending tomorrow's political conference!

Why?
At this moment, the fourth brother was sitting in Yinyu's inner study.

"Fifteenth brother, I have a very bad relationship with people!" The fourth brother was very self-aware and knew that his hope of being elected as the crown prince was very slim.

Despite this, the fourth prince still hopes that Yinyou can support him and become the new crown prince!
Yinyu smiled slightly and said, "Fourth brother, don't worry, even if no one supports you, I will definitely support you!"

With the huge Eighth Prince's party in front of him, what does Yinyou have to fear?
So far, the number of Lao Si’s close cronies among the important officials can be almost ignored.

Just a few cats and dogs!
Even if these people nominated the fourth one, it would only be a few votes at most.

Compared with the hundreds of votes of Lao Ba, hehe, the difference is extremely huge and they cannot be compared at all!
After all, the matter involved the throne, so the fourth brother hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke up.

"Fifth brother, seventh brother and the others..."

Yinyou understood the fourth prince's thoughts. He wanted him to contact the fifth, seventh and twelfth princes and ask them to support the fourth prince to become the crown prince!
"Fourth brother, to be honest with you, if I were unlucky and lost my power, then the fifth, seventh and twelfth brothers would come to my house and have dealings with me. When I was powerful, they would stay away from me, fearing that they would be affected by my bad luck."

Between himself and the fourth brother, Yinyou always said whatever he thought, and his mind was extremely open!

Lao Si is a person who is easy to get along with as long as you match his temperament and like him.

However, what the fourth brother hates most is that you pretend to obey him but do another thing behind his back.

Besides, Yinyou is not only a good younger brother to the fourth brother, but also his good brother-in-law.

During the entire process of deposing the crown prince, Yinyou did not say a word or do anything for the current crown prince, and the fourth brother also felt it.

"Alas, we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate!" The fourth brother also knew that the general trend could not be defied and he was too alone and weak.

Just when Yinyou kept the fourth son to have dinner together, Wei Zhu suddenly came.

"Pass on His Majesty's oral order, ordering the Fifteenth Prince to come to the Qianqing Palace for an audience."

After Wei Zhu issued the decree, he kept staring at Yinyou. Even when Yinyou was changing into his daily clothes, Wei Zhu stayed by his side.

How could Yinyou not understand? Wasn't he afraid that he would communicate with the fourth prince?
Even if the fourth brother was in the mansion, Yinyou had no way to whisper to him.

When Yinyou entered the room, the Eighteenth Prince was sitting in Kangxi's arms, and the father and son were practicing calligraphy together.

"Your Majesty, I, Yinyu, respectfully greet you!"

"Get up."

Kangxi put down the pen in his hand, washed his hands with Lao Shiba, dried his hands together, and then picked up Lao Shiba and put him on his lap.

Old Eighteen winked at Yinyu, and Yinyu immediately understood that there was trouble!

"Little Fifteen, how has your father always treated you?" In order to reinstate the crown prince, Kangxi really dared to say anything. Even the Khan's father became an everyday father.

"My dear Khan, although I am stupid, I know how to be loyal to the emperor and filial to my father." Yinyu knew very well that if he did not obey Kangxi today, he would suffer a great loss.

Even a three-year-old child understands that a good man will not suffer a loss in front of him, let alone Yinyou?
"Well, at the meeting tomorrow, you can propose reinstating your second brother. That shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Kangxi also knew that Yinyou was very good at Tai Chi palm techniques. If he didn't make it clear, it would be easy for Yinyou to slip away and go back to his grandmother's house.

Now that things have come to this, what else can Yinyou say?

"Your Majesty, I obey your order!" Yinyou deliberately said "I obey your order" instead of "Your Majesty, I understand".

Kangxi also understood Yinyu's meaning. If he had not been forced into a corner, Yinyu would never have supported the restoration of the crown prince!
"Call Zhang Tingyu!" Kangxi showed a satisfied smile and then started to use his big move.

"Imperial decree, the fifteenth son of the Emperor, Prince Yinyu, is appointed as the Minister of the Imperial Guards of the Bordered Yellow Banner, and is in charge of Shuntian Prefecture. He is awarded 5,000 acres of imperial farmland, and is granted a Niulu of the Third Assistant Commander of the Bordered White Banner Manchuria. This is decreed!"

"I accept your order and thank you."

After receiving the imperial edict, Yinyu thought to himself that Kangxi was really willing to spend a lot of money. Not only did he let him sneak into the Imperial Guard, but he also let him supervise Shuntian Prefecture, and he even took advantage of Haoge's family and did Yinyu a favor by becoming the Niulu.

A Niulu is a Zuoling.

Because of the irregularity of writing, Niulu and Zuoling in the imperial edicts often replace each other. This is almost the same as the Ulanara clan, which is often written as Ulanara clan or Ulalana clan.

In the Qing Dynasty, the royal clan members who independently owned the title of Zuoling were the real masters!

Even if he only owned one Niulu, Yinyu was already one of the top banner owners in the Qing Dynasty.

There was only one leader of the upper three banners, Kangxi, and the leaders of the lower five banners, big and small, did not exceed ten people in total.

Although the power of the flag owner was almost hollowed out by the governor, the status of the master was still very precious!

Kangxi had given Yinyou such a big advantage in advance. If Yinyou dared not to support the restoration of the crown prince tomorrow, he would definitely be knocked to the ground by Kangxi's fist and then stepped on viciously.

After settling Yinyu, Kangxi said with a hint of pride: "Old Eighteen's calligraphy has made great progress and is on the verge of surpassing yours."

As for his own brother, Yinyu smiled and said, "It's all thanks to Khan Ama's teachings!"

"Well, Shibaer's academic progress is quite fast. Let's wait two years before going to the Shangshufang to study."

The Eighteenth Prince was educated by Yinyou to be both smart and sensible, and it was a fun time for Kangxi, so he wanted to play with him for a few more years.

When Old Eighteen turned ten and became more sensible, it wasn't so fun anymore!

It’s the father’s fault if he doesn’t teach him!
As the biological father of the Eighteenth Prince, Kangxi actually didn't need to discuss anything with Yinyou.

As soon as Yinyou walked out of the Qianqing Gate, he saw the Twelfth Master coming hurriedly.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, Yinyou did not dare to speak to the Twelfth Prince, but he guessed that Kangxi would use both kindness and force on the Twelfth Prince to force him to support the restoration of the crown prince.

Not long after Yinyou returned home, he arranged for Wulin to go to the fourth brother and convey Kangxi's intentions.

Originally, Yinyu had promised to submit a petition to support the fourth prince to be the crown prince. Now, Yinyu was forced by Kangxi, so he had to explain clearly to the fourth prince.

After the fourth brother heard the news, he was speechless for a long time and looked completely depressed.

Originally, the fourth brother still had a glimmer of hope, but now because of Kangxi's coercion to Yinyou, his future suddenly became dark.

It was early morning and fortunately it didn't rain today.

When Yinyou went out and got on the sedan chair, he looked at the starry night sky and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Khan Ama, you should prepare some quick-acting heart-saving pills in advance!

The Hall of Supreme Harmony is extremely solemn and dignified in the morning light!
As soon as Yinyou appeared on the steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he saw the Prince Consort Shun Anyan running over happily and paying his respects in an extremely flattering manner.

"First-class guard, your servant Shun Anyan, wishing the fifteenth master good health!"

Shun Anyan, the current first-class guard of the Imperial Guard Department, is both the son-in-law of Princess Heshuo Wenxian and the eldest grandson of Tong Guowei.

However, after Princess Wenxian passed away, Kangxi resented Shun Anyan for not taking good care of his daughter and always disliked him.

Tong Guowei and Tong Guogang, both members of the Tong family, were promoted to the Bordered Yellow Banner Manchuria by Emperor Kangxi.

Now, Yinyou is the Minister of the Imperial Guard of the Bordered Yellow Banner, and happens to be Shun Anyan's immediate superior.

"Old Shun, you are my brother-in-law, why must you be so polite?" Yinyou knew that Shun Anyan was just trying to find a cure for his illness.

Tong Guowei is indeed an old fox. He and his eldest nephew Orondei support Lao Ba together.

However, Tong Guowei's eldest grandson Shun Anyan and his third son Longkodo were guests of honor at the boss's place.

Tong Guowei was very good at using the strategy of not putting all eggs in one basket.

However, the eldest brother got himself into trouble and actually bewitched the crown prince. Kangxi was extremely furious and immediately issued an order to confine the eldest brother in the Zhibeile Mansion.

Seeing his boss fall, Shun Anyan became an orphan in the political arena!

Shun Anyan bent his waist, smiled, and said, "How dare I call myself your brother-in-law, Master Fifteen?"

Yinyou smiled slightly. If he wanted to form a party, he only needed to give a hint and Shun Anyan would become his disciple.

Unfortunately, Yinyou had no intention of forming a clique, so there was naturally no question of winning over others.

After entering the palace, Yinyou was trying to find his shift, but he was shocked to find that Ma Qi, who was not supposed to be there, was actually in the palace.

At this moment, Ma Qi was surrounded by Manchu nobles and important officials, all of whom were whispering to each other.

For example, Prince Yu Baotai, Alinga, Kuixu and so on, oh my, there are too many dazzling peacock feathers to count!
Taking advantage of the chaos in the hall, the fourth brother quickly walked to Yinyu's side and whispered, "Fifteenth brother, I support the restoration of the crown prince with you."

When Yinyou heard this, he knew that due to Kangxi's gangster high-pressure, the fourth brother had been desperate and had figured it out.

Well, he is worthy of being the shrewd Emperor Yongzheng.

Yinyou only sent Wulin to give him some advice, and the fourth brother, who had been thinking hard all night, finally came to his senses.

"Fourth brother, I will never let you down..." Yinyu's statement made the fourth brother satisfied as always.

As soon as the drums sounded at noon, Liang Jiugong's duck voice suddenly sounded in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, "The Emperor has arrived!"

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