Chapter 191 Going to Jiangnan

The court had arranged for personnel to go to the south to search for clues. As expected by Yinreng, Yinzhen was the leader, but unexpectedly, the emperor also arranged for Yinsi to be included.

They were all arranging personnel, and when Fuchang's name was added, Yinreng did it openly. Because it was not done behind anyone's back, the emperor soon found out about it. After knowing which family the other party came from and what their relationship was, the emperor tacitly agreed to it and waved his hand to let his subordinates help.

In this way, Fuchang became the captain of Prince Yong's guard on this trip to the south, and accompanied Prince Yong to the south to investigate the case.

When Yinreng knew that Yinsi was also going there, he asked someone to whisper this to the Fourteenth Prince. How could the young and competitive Yinzhen restrain his ambition? Moreover, without Depin to guide him in this life, he was like a wild wolf, staring at Yinsi.

Would Yinsi agree? Of course he would. Firstly, for some unknown reason, his fourteenth brother had become more and more left-leaning in recent years. If he didn't agree this time, he would definitely use other methods to achieve his wish, but then he would definitely offend him.

People say that it is better to offend a gentleman than a villain. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Yinsi decided to take Yinzhen with him. No matter what, he would feel more at ease if he had such an unstable factor by his side.

It was also his own fault. He had thought that his younger brother was young and didn't behave that smart, so he wanted to take advantage of him. However, he didn't know that he was a wolf cub who could bite off a piece of his flesh when he wasn't paying attention.

Who knew that he accidentally let the other party catch him with a handle, although the handle was not big, but at this critical moment, when the eldest brother was disabled and the second brother was also disabled, he would not allow any mistakes to happen around him to destroy his image in the heart of the emperor.

Yinsi's idea was very good. If Yinreng had not been so unlucky in his life, all his actions would have been fine and he would have been very likely to succeed. Of course, the reason why it is very likely and not certain is because Kangxi had never had a good impression of him, or he never took this son seriously. It can be said that among the many princes, the eighth prince Yinsi ranked behind the ninth and tenth princes, and was on par with the fourteenth prince.

The tracing back of everything is very simple, that is Concubine Liang.

Speaking of this, we have to talk about the relationship between Kangxi and his concubines.

That year, an emperor who had lost his beloved one, while drunk, went to the Xinzheku, a place where nobles never set foot. There he met the Goddess of Luo River, who was standing majestically by the stream with a gloomy look on her face.

After hearing the noise behind him, he turned around. At that moment, the emperor finally understood what it meant to be as graceful as a startled swan, as graceful as a flying dragon, with a bun like clouds and white teeth.

The sky seemed to dim at that moment, and the only thing left in the world was the woman in front of him and the petals floating in the sky. The emperor seemed to have gone mad, staring at the woman quietly for a long time, unable to recover.

Then, just like in a romance drama, the emperor would take time out every day to come and see the woman, and specifically ordered that the woman not to do any palace work. The only thing they would do together every day was to appreciate the flowers together, or the emperor would quietly admire the face of the woman in front of him.

The emperor was still too young and did not notice at all that this palace maid, who was said to have been in the palace for three years, had soft and white hands and fair skin. She did not look like a palace maid who had done chores at all, but more like a pampered girl raised in an aristocratic family.

After that, as it happened so many times, this kind of thing could no longer be concealed. The Empress Dowager at that time directly called the Emperor over. After trying several times, she found that he just admired the woman but was not attracted to her, so she let her go.

Then they directly ordered the emperor not to meet again. The emperor obediently agreed, but the woman was unwilling. This was beyond the scope of their plan. Their plan was not to make a friend of the emperor, but to make a concubine appear in the family, or even a royal concubine like Dong Efei. When the time comes, it will be easy to change the family status.

Then the plan began to be implemented. After not seeing each other for a few days, the woman took the initiative to make an appointment with the emperor. Then the emperor took Chinese medicine, and the woman took Chinese medicine, but all the blame was directed at the servants around the Empress Dowager.

Then, everyone has a rebellious mentality, especially someone in power like the emperor. The harder the empress dowager tried to stop him, the more angry the emperor became. That year, the entire harem was neglected because the emperor's mind was all on a palace maid, the daughter of a criminal slave from the Xinzheku.

Then, all the women in the palace were shocked by this information, and countless people began to oppose it in various ways. The scene that Dong Efei faced that year was played again, and the emperor also temporarily played the role of Emperor Shunzhi.

The matter came to an abrupt end when the palace maid discovered that she was pregnant. At that time, the Empress Dowager issued a final ultimatum: either death or extermination of the entire family. Faced with such a situation, the woman compromised and retreated to the Xinzheku, where she was protected by layers of people.

The matter basically came to an end here. The Empress Dowager was not someone who wanted to kill everyone for this reason. She was like a Royal Noble Consort, but she was not a Royal Noble Consort after all. The Emperor did not react at all to the woman being returned to the Xinzheku. Instead, he eliminated all Mongolian forces in his harem and also removed the Empress Dowager's two high-ranking spies.

After the incident, several intelligent high-ranking concubines realized that the emperor did not suddenly fall in love with a woman, but was using this woman's affairs to play a game with the Empress Dowager in order to keep the power of the harem firmly in his own hands.

Then, about eight months later, a young prince suddenly appeared in the harem, a member of the Xinzheku. That day, everyone witnessed the emperor's rage and the bloodshed. All the Xinzheku slaves involved were caned, and within a month, all members of the Juechan clan, a bannerman of the Plain Yellow Banner, died.

Because the emperor had few children, the Empress Dowager asked to keep the little prince and sent the mother and son to the name of Concubine Hui in the Yanx Palace. From then on, Wei and the eighth prince Yinsi appeared in the palace.

As for Yinsi, Si means "sacrifice" or "inheritance". The former means sacrifice, Yin means inheritance, and the latter means that this name was given only to continue the lineage. Generally speaking, Yinsi's name is the lowest among all the princes.

Enough talk, let’s get back to the trip to Jiangnan. Their main task this time was to find evidence for the impeachment by the censor in the court. No matter whether it was human or physical evidence, it had to be presented before a conviction could be made.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that although this trip was very risky, once it was done well, the credit would undoubtedly be great. Apart from anything else, a promotion in title upon returning would be no big deal. For someone like Lian Beizi, there was a high chance that he would be directly promoted to a prince.

Yinsi also had another idea. Before leaving the capital, his elder brother had used some tricks to send a list of names to Yinsi. Yinsi understood what that meant. His elder brother had failed this time, so he wanted to start promoting himself.

Therefore, the purpose of his trip was not only to find evidence, but also to find an opportunity to protect the people on the list and win them over. As long as they were protected, these people would directly become his power, and he would have a backing in Jiangnan.

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