Getting Rich from Legend of Zhen Huan

Kangxi chose Li Guangdi, who was completely loyal to him, to serve as the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion. Everyone was envious and jealous of this. Even if he lived to be seventy or eighty years old, whether he could become the prime minister would still depend on the right time, place and people. What qualifications did Li Guangdi have?

Li Guangdi knew very well why he came to power. Kangxi needed to make his attitude clear, not favoring the crown prince nor the eldest prince, a neutral or self-centered attitude.

But this attitude is the most fatal. Although deliberately distinguishing the crown prince from other princes will indeed cause dissatisfaction and ambition among other princes, what is the crown prince? He is the future heir to the country. If he is not special, who is special?

What is Kangxi doing now? He is smoothing out this special situation. This is definitely not a good choice. If the crown prince has no advantages over other princes, then chaos will arise.

So, was Li Guangdi happy to have fulfilled his long-cherished wish? He was happy, but not too happy. He was even a little worried because he didn't know what kind of trouble would happen after this. His old bones couldn't stand the torment.

Li Guangdi worked tremblingly for three years, but the truth could not be hidden. The conflict between Kangxi and the prince could no longer be reconciled.

In the autumn of the 47th year of the Kangxi reign, Kangxi took his sons on a tour of the frontier. This should have been a happy occasion, but it was overshadowed by the illness of the young 18th prince.

The Eighteenth Prince was only seven years old, yet he was taken on tours by Kangxi at such an age, which shows Kangxi's preference for the Eighteenth Prince.

However, this favoritism did not bring good luck to the Eighteenth Prince. He began to feel uncomfortable when he arrived at the grassland. It was impossible for Kangxi to give up his inspection plan for the Eighteenth Prince and leave him there to recuperate.

The king and his ministers continued their journey, but the soldiers who stayed behind brought bad news.

Liang Jiugong walked into Kangxi's tent with a heavy face. Kangxi was discussing government affairs with his ministers at the time.

Kangxi noticed Liang Jiugong, who reported in a bad tone, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the Eighteenth Prince is not doing well."

When Kangxi heard such bad news, he was so exhausted that he could not even stand. He did not care about his schedule and decided to go back to the palace to see the Eighteenth Prince first.

Kangxi was not a miracle doctor, and his arrival did not bring any hope to the Eighteenth Prince, whose condition continued to worsen.

Kangxi was exhausted. He had not experienced the pain of losing a child prematurely for a long time. Kangxi had invested too much care and love in the Eighteenth Prince. How could Kangxi bear such bad news?

Kangxi was in a bad mood, and everyone was keeping a low profile. No matter what they thought, their faces were filled with anxiety and worry. The brothers showed their concern for their younger brother in various ways.

But there was one person who didn't fit in this tense atmosphere and was caught by Kangxi.

"Aisin-Gioro Yinreng, your younger brother is lying in bed, and you don't know whether he is alive or dead. What are you doing? As an elder brother, you are indifferent to your brother and have no brotherly love at all."

The prince was scolded by Kangxi and then sent back to his tent to reflect.

The prince thought to himself, what should I reflect on?

The Crown Prince barely sees the Eighteenth Prince ten times a year, and asking the Crown Prince to have any affection for the Eighteenth Prince is really too difficult for him. Others aside, the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince, who have followed the Crown Prince since childhood and supported him, when the Crown Prince gets angry, don’t they beat and scold him whenever they want?

Eighteenth Prince, Eighteenth Brother? Where did the Eighteenth Brother come from? Where did the younger brother come from? Father Huang, do you still remember that I am also your son?

The prince drank his wine, feeling angry, jealous, and with an uneasiness in his heart that he was not even aware of.

The 18th prince fell ill too quickly and no medicine could cure him. Kangxi stayed by his bedside every day, praying to God to keep him alive.

Kangxi was in a bad mood and was even more displeased with the cold-hearted prince.

Kangxi recalled that when he was on an expedition against Galdan, he was suffering from malaria. The Crown Prince and the Third Prince rode on horseback to visit him overnight. The Third Prince came straight to him covered in dust, while the Crown Prince came in neatly dressed. Wasn't it obvious who cared more about his father?

Kangxi also recalled that when the crown prince was regent, Kangxi missed his son so much that he was warned by his ministers for writing so many letters. What about the crown prince? He had never written a single letter to himself, and he had to urge him to do so. Could it be possible that writing a letter to his father would tire the crown prince who was regent?

Thinking of the past, Kangxi looked at the prince again. His favorite son may have always been a disloyal emperor, unfilial father, cold-blooded and heartless person. Without the last kinship, the prince in Kangxi's eyes was only an enemy who wanted to share his power.

The prince became so worried and anxious due to Kangxi's constant scolding that he finally lost his mind and did the most unexpected thing.

The Thirteenth Prince was anxious and wanted to dissuade the Crown Prince.

"Your Highness, if the Emperor finds out about what you are doing, it will be very disadvantageous to you. Wouldn't that give others something to blame?"

But the prince just said in a somewhat crazy tone, "Thirteenth brother, I have no other choice, I have no other choice, please help me, help my second brother."

The prince was indeed not a good brother or a good boss, but he did lend a hand to the Thirteenth Prince when he needed help the most. The Thirteenth Prince valued loyalty the most, so he gritted his teeth and chose to help the prince.

During the march, the prince would approach the tent where Kangxi lived every night, pry open the gap in the tent, and peek inside stealthily.

How could Kangxi be kept in the dark about these actions? He was on guard day and night and had no peace. Finally, Kangxi could no longer tolerate it.

On the fourth day of September, Kangxi ordered the accompanying civil and military officials to gather at the palace outside the Great Wall, and ordered Crown Prince Yinreng to kneel down and listed his crimes.

The prince knelt on the ground and listened numbly to Kangxi's words. This ending had appeared in his dreams many times and now it finally became a reality.

"Yinreng refused to listen to my teachings and was lawless. I have tolerated him for more than 20 years, but he has not only failed to repent, but has become even more evil. It is difficult for him to carry on the great cause of our ancestors."

Listening to these accusations, the prince just wanted to laugh. How could the friendship between father and son over so many years come to this?

Kangxi sat on the throne, facing the son he was once most proud of, crying until he could not catch his breath. He also explained why he wanted to depose the prince. He fainted on the ground in anger and was hurriedly helped up by the ministers.

However, Kangxi, who had regained consciousness, did not feel any grief. He issued an order to punish the officials who instigated the crown prince first, then deposed the crown prince, and ordered Prince Yinzhi of Zhi and the fourth prince, Prince Yinzhen, to monitor the deposed crown prince.

Before things were settled here, the eighteenth prince fell seriously ill and died. The prince's unfilial behavior and the death of his son in his old age hit Kangxi hard, but he couldn't fall down because the old prince's old subordinates had not been dealt with yet.