The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 134: The Deposed Crown Prince (8)

When Yinyou heard that Kangxi had a secret order, he immediately became alert.

Is there any need to ask about the so-called secret decree at this time? It must be that Kangxi was unwilling to accept defeat and wanted to act like a hooligan again!

Once a big gangster holding a knife encounters setbacks, he will definitely look for the knife for support first.

In order not to alarm others, Yinyu said to Liang Qi: "Stand behind the big pillar."

Liang Qi understood immediately that Yinyu was obviously afraid that he would alert the enemy, so he obediently followed Yinyu's instructions.

After a while, Yinyou quietly left the team of beiles and walked towards the palace gate from behind the crowd instead of going towards the Sumeru throne.

When everyone's attention was focused on the long table, Kangxi, who was sitting the highest, clearly saw Yinyou sneak out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony smoothly with the help of two rows of guards.

After Yinwei left the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he went around to the side of the hall, spread his legs, and ran to the back of the hall.

When Yinyou arrived at the back door of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Liang Jiugong was already waiting for him there with the imperial edict and the decree.

Yinyu thought that Kangxi was, after all, a veteran with extremely rich experience in palace fighting. Not only did he react extremely quickly, but he was also extremely well prepared.

It was easy to give a Jin order, but it was impossible to write the decree to mobilize troops so quickly and stamp it with the imperial seal.

After Liang Jiugong handed the imperial edict and the order to Yinyu, he whispered, "Fifteenth Master, the Emperor said that he will try his best to buy time for you."

Yinyou nodded. The fact that Kangxi could say this showed that his mind was not confused at all, but rather unusually clear.

The princes, nobles and Manchu nobles deliberately nominated the Eighth Prince to be the crown prince, obviously intending to stage a bloodless palace coup.

After the eighth prince becomes the crown prince, Kangxi's situation will be at least a hundred times more dangerous than it is now.

You have to know that the kings and Manchu nobles all have soldiers in their hands.

As long as the Xuanwu Gate Incident is repeated and Kangxi is killed, the kings, ministers and Manchu nobles can support the eighth prince to ascend the throne anytime and anywhere.

The largest military force in the palace today is the Upper Three Banners Guard Camp with nearly 10,000 people.

The Upper Three Banners Guard Camp was the emperor's private army, and the commander's duty room was located outside the Jingyun Gate.

Just as Yinyou was about to take a step, he changed his mind and called Wu Shi over.

After showing Wu Shi the secret decree and the imperial order, Yinyou asked Wu Shi to bring a team of guards with swords to escort him to Jingyun Gate.

As we all know, Wu Shi was the most trusted first-class sword-bearing guard around Kangxi.

In the duty room of the Guard Camp, Yinyou found Hai Zhen, the guard commander on duty.

After closing the door, Yinyu shouted in a deep voice: "There is an order."

Haizhen knelt down quickly.

"Imperial decree, the fifteenth son of the Emperor, Prince Yinyu, is to command the Upper Three Banners Guard Battalion, the Cavalry Battalion, the Vanguard Battalion, and all the palace guards. This is my decree!"

Deploying troops in the palace was an extremely serious matter, and its sensitivity was so high that it could not be tolerated. Hai Zhen dared not be careless.

After Hai Zhen carefully examined the imperial edict and the order, he obediently expressed his willingness to follow Yinyou's orders!

"Pass the order down, strengthen the guards at all palace gates. From now on, no one is allowed to enter but not leave without my order." Yinyu was worried that Haizhen didn't hear clearly, so he added, "Xihua Gate, Donghua Gate, and Shenwu Gate cannot be closed for the time being, so as not to shake the entire capital. However, we must be loose on the outside and tight on the inside. Everyone who enters the palace must be kept under surveillance. Do you understand?"

"Whoo!"

Yinyou has explained it clearly enough. If Haizhen still doesn't understand, then Qing can just wait to lose his head!

Hai Zhen wanted to go out to mobilize troops, but was stopped by Yinyou.

Yinyu said coldly: "Call all your generals here and give orders in front of me!"

Hai Zhen felt a chill in his heart. Fortunately, he was a confidant loyal to Kangxi, otherwise, his head would probably have been chopped off by Yinyou and kicked around like a ball.

After the lieutenants and assistant commanders of the Guard Camp, under the command of Hai Zhen, launched the action.

Yinyu turned around and told Wu Shi: "Go, transfer as many sword-carrying guards from the Qianqing Palace as you can, except for those guarding the gate."

Wu Shi witnessed the entire process of Yinyu taking control of the Guard Camp. He was shocked at Yinyu's rigorous work, but was also very fortunate that he and Yinyu were friendly forces in the same trench.

Since Kangxi was in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, it didn't really matter whether he guarded the Palace of Heavenly Purity or not.

To put it bluntly, from Kangxi to Yinyou, everything they have done so far is just precautionary measures to prepare for a rainy day!
This is because there is no evidence to prove that those who carried out the bloodless coup in the Hall of Supreme Harmony really intended to stage the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

After the Guard Battalion took control of all the palace gates, Wu Shi also came to join them with more than 200 sword-carrying guards.

So, Yinyou led his guards and a large number of troops and appeared in the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"Pass on my master's order. Protect the Hall of Supreme Harmony. No one is allowed to enter but not leave."

"Whoo!"

Yinyu said to protect it because the siege of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was too sensational. When the Hall of Supreme Harmony was surrounded by the guards like an iron barrel, the atmosphere in the hall reached a fever pitch.

From beginning to end, only two more petitions were added to support the restoration of the crown prince, in addition to the three earlier ones.

The two extra books, one is from Lao Twelve and the other is from Zhang Tingyu.

The long table was almost full of petitions supporting the eighth prince to become the crown prince. There were at least 500 of them.

These more than 500 books belong not only to Manchu officials, but also to many Han officials.

Kangxi, who was sitting on the dragon throne, had been holding back. He just wanted to see how powerful the Eighth Prince was.

When the last question book supporting Lao Ba was placed on the top of the shaky pile of question books, the answer was finally revealed.

More than 90% of the civil and military officials in the court, regardless of whether they were Manchu or Han, supported the Eighth Prince to be the crown prince.

Kangxi, who originally thought he had everything under control, unexpectedly became one of the very few!
At this moment, Kangxi was filled with thoughts. If he had not been deceived by the eldest brother and misunderstood that Yinreng wanted to learn from Li Shimin, he would probably not have known until now that the eighth brother was so ambitious? So powerful? So intimidating?
After the great victory, Ma Qi stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the result of the public election of the new crown prince has come out. It is clear at a glance that it is the Eighth Prince!"

However, Kangxi smiled coldly and said, "I have made up my mind. Today, Yinreng must be reinstated as the crown prince!"

No one expected that Kangxi, who was an absolute minority, would dare to go back on his word.

Ma Qi was anxious and shouted, "How can the ministers go back on their decision?"

Kangxi stood up suddenly and said in a stern voice: "I have made up my mind to reinstate Yinreng as the crown prince. Who dares to object?"

After decades of accumulated power, Kangxi became really ruthless, and many people in the palace felt guilty!

However, no one expected that Ma Qi would stiffen his neck and shout loudly: "Your Majesty, you must keep your promise!"

Kangxi was so angry that his face turned red. He used his poisonous tongue to rant against Ma Qi: "Hashtun (Ma Qi's grandfather) was originally a subordinate of the Blue Banner Beile Degelei. He framed the Beile of our banner and sent him to the upper three banners. Ask his family if there is anyone who has served in the army and died in battle..."

Pointing at his grandson's nose and calling his grandfather a traitor, Ma Qi could not swallow this anger no matter what. He subconsciously rolled up his sleeves and prepared to rush to the Sumeru throne to settle accounts with Kangxi.

Kangxi happened to see Yinyou appear in front of the main entrance of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Almost in an instant, the anger that he had been suppressing for a long time completely erupted.

"You little slave, you dare to roll up your sleeves? Do you want to beat me up?"

Kangxi clenched his fists, rushed down from the Sumeru throne in a few quick steps, and punched Ma Qi hard on the head.

"Bang." The hat on Ma Qi's head was knocked to the ground.

"Ah..." Not to mention Ma Qi, everyone in the hall was frightened as hell by Kangxi's rudeness.

Kangxi had just endured a lot of hardship. Now that Yinyou had arrived, he had obviously taken control of the overall situation inside and outside the palace.

"You little dog slave..." Kangxi swung his right fist and hit Ma Qi's left eye socket hard.

Ma Qi screamed in pain, totally forgetting how serious it was, and shouted, "If you hit me again, I'll fight back!"

Kangxi did not expect that Ma Qi would have the courage to talk back, so he hooked his left hand and hit Ma Qi on the right cheek.

Hey, Ma Qi got so angry after being beaten that he actually punched Kangxi on the head with his backhand.

Kangxi lowered his head, and as a result, his tall crown was knocked off by Ma Qi!
This moment, everyone in the hall was shocked!
At this time, Yinyu, who had already entered the palace, quickly gave the order, saying, "Longkodo."

When Longkodo was enjoying the fun, he suddenly heard Yinyou calling him. He turned his head instinctively and discovered that behind Yinyou, a large number of soldiers were pouring into the Hall of Supreme Harmony like a tide.

"Your servant is here!" Longkodo ran quickly to Yinyou and bowed firmly.

Because Longkodo saw the big order held high in Yinyou's hand.

"Go, arrest Ma Qi, lock him up in the stable, and starve him for three days!"

"Hush!" Longkodo hurriedly brought his guards and pounced on Ma Qi like a wolf or a tiger, grabbing Ma Qi with all his might.

However, no one expected that Kangxi would take advantage of Ma Qi's inability to fight back and continue to use violence, punching and kicking Ma Qi.

Zhang Yushu closed his eyes and thought, barbarians are barbarians. Even if they have secured their throne, they are still barbarians.

Poor Ma Qi was beaten by Kangxi so badly that his nose and face were swollen and his teeth were loosened.

Until Kangxi was tired of beating him, he ordered: "Take him away, starve him for three days first!"

Ma Qi, who had always been very brave, was finally dragged out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony by Longkodo's men.

Kangxi turned around and walked back to the throne, and asked everyone calmly: "I want to reinstate Yinreng as the crown prince. You should not object, right?"

Lao Ba felt a chill in his heart as he looked at Kangxi who was speaking so arrogantly.

Kangxi, the supreme ruler of the world, could turn against his father at any time. This was something the Eighth Prince had never expected!
Didn’t we agree that you never joke?
More importantly, Kangxi ignored the opinions of 90% of his ministers and insisted on reinstating Yinreng as the crown prince. This was something that the Eighth Prince had not expected!

"I object." At this moment, a Manchu nobleman with a jewel-topped hat boldly stepped forward!

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