The swansong of the swansong

Chapter 197 Do you dare to mess with me?

The fourth brother sent Su Peisheng to inform Yinyou that a grand celebration would be held for Hongli's first birthday, and he was invited to bring his family to attend the banquet.

Yinyou knew that Hongshi, who was only ten years old this year, had never been favored by the fourth prince, and that Hongli was the heir that the fourth prince valued.

After close observation, Yinyu got to know Hongshi quite well.

How can I put it? Hongshi is a kid who loves to tell the truth and has a strong sense of justice.

If it were an ordinary commoner's family, at most they would suffer a beating from society, and that would be it.

However, in the royal family, Hongshi’s temperament was his fatal flaw.

In the emperor's house, everyone tells lies and everyone is an actor.

Hongshi just told the truth, how could this be tolerated?
At the beginning, the fourth brother was patient and slowly taught Hongshi how to tell lies.

However, Hongshi refused to understand and spoke the truth every time he opened his mouth.

So much so that when Kangxi summoned his grandson, the fourth son had to lie that Hongshi was ill and did not dare to bring him into the palace.
Last year, when Hongli was born, the fourth child didn't dare to hold a grand celebration for fear that he would die young.

Now, Hongli is four years old in name only and one year old in reality. The fourth brother can't help it and wants to hold a birthday party for his beloved son.

When the date arrived, Yinyu took the two little princesses, Cuiqing and Huixiang to Prince Yong's mansion.

"Prince Yu's carriage has already entered the alley entrance!"

From a distance, the people in Prince Yong's mansion saw Yinyou's carriage and quickly reported it.

Hongshi, who had been waiting at the gatehouse drinking tea, quickly put down his teacup and ran out.

Given the fourth brother's temper, if Hongshi dared to neglect Yinyou, he would be severely beaten with a whip.

"My nephew Hongshi, please take good care of your uncle."

Other children called Yinyu "fifteenth uncle", but Hongshi called both the Thirteenth and Yinyu "uncle".

Nowadays, if the elders are close to each other, the children will also be close.

"Get up." Yinyu asked Hongshi with a smile, "Is your Thirteenth Uncle here?"

"My dear uncle, my thirteenth uncle has been here a long time ago. However, he still likes to be alone and doesn't like to sit with others." Hongshi's words made Yinyou sigh.

Alas, what a poor child! Why can’t he change his bad habit of telling the truth?

You know, for thousands of years, it has been a truth that if you don’t tell lies, you can’t accomplish anything great!

Many things are destined by heaven!
Under the personal guidance of Hongshi, Yinwei's entire family stepped into Prince Yong's Mansion.

The Fourth Lady, who had been waiting at the Chuihua Gate, led Cuiqing and Huixiang to the west courtyard where the female relatives gathered.

Nowadays, when top wealthy families host banquets, they pay great attention to the separation of genders.

Yinyou didn't like socializing, and to be honest, there was nothing he could socialize with.

It was the end of the 51st year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, and those who should take sides had taken sides, and those who should show their cards had shown their cards.

The fourth brother disguised himself very well. He seemed to be as selfless as the fifth and seventh brothers, which made Kangxi mistakenly believe that he did not want to fight for the throne.

As the host, the fourth brother was entertaining guests in the main room. Yinyou was too lazy to meet the eighth brother and the others, so he simply went to find the thirteenth brother.

The Thirteenth Prince, who was completely abandoned by Kangxi, had long since cut off ties with his relatives.

In the back garden of Prince Yong's Mansion, Yinyou met Old Thirteen who was playing chess with Fu Nai.

Seeing Yinyou coming, Fu Nai quickly stood up and saluted.

Yinyu waved his hand and said, "He is not an outsider, that's all."

The Thirteenth Prince made a move of "Three Steps Four" and said with a smile: "Yes, we are not outsiders, so why should we be so fake?" He didn't even lift his butt and really didn't treat Yinyou as an outsider.

Since Yinyou had come, Fu Nai dared not let him just stand and watch the game, and he gave up his position to fight desperately.

Yinyou sat opposite the Thirteenth Prince and disrupted Fu Nai's defeat, intending to start over.

Old Thirteen was unhappy and complained, "What are you doing? I'm about to win!"

Yinyou smiled slightly. The Thirteenth Prince was chivalrous by nature, but he was a typical bad chess player.

In chess, Yinyu can give him one cannon. In go, he can give him four pieces.

However, the Thirteenth Prince just likes to play chess with Yinyou and is not afraid of losing at all!
Lao Shisan’s chess skills are not good, but his rogue spirit is extremely terrifying. Once he starts the game, he will not stop until dark.

There was no other way. As long as the Thirteenth Prince used this trick, Yinyou had no choice but to surrender.

The fourth prince was entertaining guests in the front, Yinyou and the thirteenth prince were playing chess in the back, and the fourth wife was sitting among the noble ladies with Cuiqing and Huixiang.

In the past, when the Crown Princess was still in office, everyone gathered around Cui Qing to chat.

Now, everyone is chatting with Huixiang and ignores Cuiqing.

Although the Fourth Lady clearly saw the fickleness of the world, she couldn't say anything and could only try her best to find time to accompany Cuiqing.

However, there were so many ladies of status coming today that the Fourth Lady had to go to the hanging flower gate to greet guests from time to time.

After a while, Cuiqing was left alone.

At this time, the Fourth Lady accompanied the Eighth Lady into the house.

All the ladies in the room, regardless of their status, stood up to greet him.

Logically speaking, the Eighth Lady should have sat among the Beile wives. However, the Eighth Lady was too powerful, and as soon as she sat down, she was surrounded by the wives of princes and dukes.

The two Beile wives who were next to the Eighth Lady were pushed to the periphery in the blink of an eye.

Yinyou and the Eighth Prince had already fallen out. Cuiqing, the prince's wife, naturally didn't want to bother with the Eighth Prince, so she also stood up and wanted to leave.

However, the Eighth Lady had long been eyeing Cui Qing, and she deliberately said loudly: "This time last year, the deposed Crown Princess was in great glory!"

This is not the case, why are you bringing up that one?
This is simply unreasonable!

Everyone knows that the Eighth Concubine is particularly arrogant and domineering.

After hearing what the Eighth Lady said, everyone's eyes were all focused on Cui Qing.

However, due to Yinwei's overwhelming power, no one dared to mock Cuiqing to her face.

Cui Qing suppressed the sadness in her heart and walked away, not wanting to pay any attention to the rude shrew, the Eighth Lady.

In the upper class society, in fact, everyone cares about etiquette, which makes it easy for shrews to gain the upper hand.

If you were among the common people and dared to make a scene, I would beat you up.

"Fifteenth sister-in-law, don't walk so fast?" The Eighth Lady took the initiative to provoke Cuiqing with high morale.

Cuiqing's elder sister fell from grace. After all, she felt guilty and did not dare to confront the Eighth Lady head-on, so she walked faster and faster.

Seeing Cui Qing fleeing in panic, the Eighth Lady couldn't hold back her pride and chuckled, "A fallen phoenix is worse than a pheasant!"

Who can't hear such an obvious indirect criticism?
The Fourth Lady wanted to speak up for Cuiqing, but the old grudge of the Fourth Lady being kicked unconscious by the Crown Prince suddenly came to her mind, so she deliberately kept silent.

Hui Xiang couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "Thirty years in the east, forty years in the west, we don't know who will be the phoenix that falls from the shed in the future."

Wow, these words are powerful and resounding.

Huixiang's subtext is: Old Eight is really capable, why can't he sit on the throne of crown prince?

Oh my god, Huixiang has stirred up a hornet's nest with this move.

The Eighth Lady stood up suddenly, pointed at Hui Xiang's nose, and shouted angrily: "You dare to say that again?"

Humph, who is afraid of who? My man is a rare happy king in the world!

Hui Xiang straightened her back and said loudly: "In the future, who knows, who will be the fallen phoenix?"

"You little bitch..." The Eighth Lady cursed in an extremely rude manner, but she offended the Fourth Lady badly.

Huixiang is the legitimate cousin of the Fourth Lady, and she is a little bitch. So, what is the Fourth Lady?
At this moment, Xiao Jinzi, who came with the servants, saw that the situation was not good and quickly slipped away to the back to find Yinyou.

Yinyou got angry when he heard this. Damn, my wife is a little bitch, who do you think you are?
"Bring paper and pen." Yinyu ordered immediately.

Soon, Su Peisheng brought paper and pen, and Yinyou picked up the pen and wrote a secret memorial.

"Wulin, take the folding box and ride a fast horse to Changchun Garden."

"Whoo."

When the banquet was halfway through, news suddenly came from outside that Wei Zhu had come to deliver an imperial decree!
The fourth brother quickly ordered people to set up the incense table and prepare to receive the order.

Wei Zhu stood in the middle with the imperial edict in his hand and asked coldly, "Where is Prince An?"

After the death of the previous Prince of An, Maerhui, his second son Huaqi inherited the title.

Hua Qi walked out somewhat puzzledly and knelt in front of Wei Zhu.

Wei Zhu unfolded the decree and read in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Prince An Huaqi is arrogant, extravagant, corrupt, and has committed many illegal acts. He is stripped of his title and imprisoned in the clan house."

"Ah..." Hua Qi just came to have a drink, but he met with such a disaster. He was stunned on the spot.

Hua Qi was stripped of his title and was completely confused.

However, Su Peisheng, who was guarding the door, knew everything.

The Eighth Concubine humiliated Cuiqing and Huixiang, so Yinyu wanted to humiliate the Eighth Concubine's family, which she was proud of.

Hua Qi, who is both the cousin of the Eighth Lady and the current Prince of An, was just the right target for Yinyu to attack.

In fact, Kangxi had long been looking forward to a suitable excuse to deal with the Eighth Prince's party.

Since Yinyou submitted a secret memorial to impeach Prince An, Kangxi was naturally overjoyed and accepted the suggestion.

Yinyou became the villain, and Kangxi hid behind the scenes, reaping the benefits. How happy was that?

"Come on, hand Hua Qi over to the clan office." Wei Zhu was also following orders, and no one could blame him.

Wei Zhu waved his hand, and the guards who followed him rushed forward, grabbing Hua Qi and dragging him outside like an eagle catching a chick.

By the time the Eighth Lady learned the news, Hua Qi had already been escorted out of Prince Yong's mansion.

The signal given by the old emperor was too strong. It was obvious that he wanted to slap the Eighth Lady in the face.

If we really talk about her origin, from her father's side, the Eighth Concubine is really not outstanding. Her father Mingshang was just a Heshuo Efu who was ordered to commit suicide. What's so great about that?
For a moment, the wives of princes and dukes surrounding the Eighth Concubine all kept a distance from her.

The Eighth Lady glared at Huixiang, who was watching the joke, and left angrily.

Hui Xiang deliberately said loudly: "A fallen phoenix is worse than a pheasant!"

Such strange words, coupled with the desolate scene of the Eighth Lady going out alone, foreshadowed an extremely bad sign!
(End of this chapter)