The prince only allowed me to have a baby, so the pressure is a bit high!

Chapter 39: My habit of embarrassing others!

The Crown Prince returned quickly, bringing not only him but also the Emperor's Imperial Physician, Liang. Unable to persuade the Crown Prince, Buerhe asked Liang to examine the patient again. Liang's diagnosis was similar to Zhang's. After seeing the prescription Zhang had written, Liang explained that it was correct and that the patient only needed to take it on time.

The Crown Prince finally felt relieved, but he also hated the culprit of the rumor even more. The Crown Princess was pregnant with twins, and if anything really happened, there would be three deaths.

He tried to think about the people he had offended and their style of doing things. He thought about his brothers and found that they didn't match up. The main reason was that the only one he had a conflict with was the eldest brother, but the eldest brother liked to fight openly. Besides, even if they had fought so fiercely in their previous life, it didn't bring disaster to their offspring. It was even more impossible for him to ignore him in this life.

The most suspicious of the brothers is the Eighth Brother, because he is a smiling tiger, likes to do things secretly and is not upright. In the previous life, the Eighth Brother had the upper hand over the Fourth Brother's eldest son, otherwise the Fourth Brother would not have suppressed him so recklessly when he came to power.

It's just that the timing doesn't match. In this life, the Eighth Prince is just a member of the eldest prince's party, and he's not very respected. The Ninth Prince, who is on good terms with him, is still in charge of glass sales in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is full of fighting spirit and doesn't have much time to play with the Eighth Prince. Besides, he was the one who fueled this matter, so it doesn't make sense for the Ninth Prince to stab him in the back.

If it's not the front court, then it must be the backyard. In this life, I have been preventing women from getting close to me from the beginning. The women in the backyard are basically locked up in the backyard. Their every move is under surveillance, so there should be no mistakes.

Thinking this way, the only thing left was the Emperor's harem. Logically speaking, the women in the Emperor's harem were naturally opposite to him, because he, the crown prince, had snatched too much of the Emperor's attention, and the remaining attention was evenly divided among the princes, which was not much. I thought that none of those women did not hate him.

But no matter how much they hated her, there were only a few who had the motivation to do anything. One was the eldest prince's mother, Concubine Hui, and the other was the fourth prince's mother, Concubine De. It stands to reason that the fourteenth prince was still young, so Concubine De should have fewer suspicions. But don't forget that the fifth princess was going to Fu Meng. If you trace it back to the source, it was all related to the Crown Princess.

I'm not afraid of people getting to the bottom of things, I'm just afraid that some people will take their anger out on me. The Crown Princess has now replaced the Fifth Princess as the Queen Mother's favorite, so how could the Fifth Princess not hate Burhe? If you hate someone, you'll also hate everyone in the house. Presumably, Concubine De also dislikes Burhe. So, given the influence of the Uya family in the palace, they should be able to get a word out.

As for Concubine Hui, she was a smart person. The reason why my eldest brother became the eldest son after Xu Chi and was able to compete with me for so long was all because of Concubine Hui's wisdom in sending my eldest brother out of the palace to be raised in advance, and then she found a way to unite with Mingzhu.

In her previous life, when she was in such a dangerous situation that she was about to be deposed, she went to the Qianqing Palace, took off her hairpin, apologized, and accused Yinzhi of being unfilial in exchange for the eldest prince's life imprisonment, thus saving his family. For such a person, her methods should not be underestimated.

Once there was a suspect, Yinreng would definitely go and verify it. It was not that he did not trust the emperor, but once the emperor found out, no matter who it was, for the sake of the eldest or fourth son's face, the matter would be lightly covered. But then he would find a reason to give some reward as compensation or not spend the night with a certain concubine in the future.

But neither of these outcomes was what he wanted. Yuqing Palace had no shortage of so-called rewards, and even if they were offered, he would be uncomfortable. The punishment of not sleeping with the emperor was even more insignificant. The four concubines were all veterans of the palace, and whether or not they slept with him was irrelevant to their current status. In the past, sons were honored by their mothers, but now, it was more likely that mothers were honored by their sons.

This time, he must find out who is behind this and hit the opponent's weak spot hard, killing the chicken to scare the monkey, so that others will not dare to attack his backyard again.

The prince's men were quickly deployed. Although the rules in the palace were stricter now, if you just wanted to gather information, especially through casual chatting, then others would only say that you were gossipy and lively, and would not suspect that you had bad intentions.

Because it was a targeted investigation, the results came out relatively quickly, or someone deliberately guided the prince's men to find the truth quickly, so a few days later the prince realized that the rumor was originally spread by Concubine De.

However, Concubine De was smart. She did not let her own people do this right away. Instead, she spread the rumor to the Yanx Palace through secret channels, and then continued to spread it through Concubine Hui, like a Russian nesting doll.

At first, Yinreng did not think of Concubine De, mainly because all the evidence had proved that it was Concubine Hui's method. However, a detail soon attracted his attention. That was that the person who spread the rumor was quickly punished by the Ministry of Punishment for theft a few days after the message was spread, and then quickly disappeared.

Upon hearing the news, Yinreng's first reaction was to silence the other party, but the other party was a low-level eunuch who usually only did yard cleaning work in the Yanx Palace. How could such a small eunuch have the courage to spread rumors and then steal?

Moreover, the stolen items were not from the Yanxi Palace, but a meal from the imperial kitchen. Also, when the subordinates were investigating the young eunuch's background, they found that his family had suddenly received a sum of money some time ago, and then the family moved out of the capital that night, saying that they were going to visit relatives in their hometown.

The subordinates later reported that the family was killed shortly after leaving the city, and the young eunuch also disappeared on the same day his family was killed.

Now, suspicion was focused on the young eunuch. If this was ordered by Concubine Hui, then the young eunuch would definitely be placed in the Yanx Palace and not be found, instead of being exposed and sent directly to the Ministry of Punishment. Also, his family would not be silenced.

Don’t all these things just prove that this was not done by Concubine Hui?

So the next step is to focus on investigating who is behind this little eunuch, or who took advantage of this little eunuch.

Then, the imperial kitchen reminded the prince of the Uya clan. In his previous life, he had never paid much attention to these bondservants, even though his father's harem contained many bondservant women and his brothers also had many bondservant bloodlines. It was the rise of the fourth brother that made him truly realize the power of the bondservant clans.

The Emperor's suspicions were immense, and the throne was his most important priority. This became clear only after he had been deposed and enthroned twice. However, the Fourth Prince, with the help of the Uya family, had already grasped this point early on, and then lay dormant for nearly a decade.

Through the information collected by the Uya family, the fourth brother knew the emperor's hobbies and emotions in a timely manner. Then, he was determined to be the emperor's most obedient son and only do practical things. In this way, through the emperor's father, he slowly survived all the competitors and finally succeeded in ascending the throne.

It can be said that the main reason for his failure in his previous life was that the emperor was too long-lived and had too strong a desire for control. The second reason was that these bannermen families wanted to gain power, follow the emperor's merits, change their family background, and then add fuel to the fire.

The Imperial Kitchen has been controlled by the Uya family for nearly thirty years. Before that, only Defei's grandfather was the general manager of the Imperial Kitchen. Later, after Defei rose to power and the birth of the Fourteenth Prince, the Uya family had already expanded their influence. They could be seen in many places in the palace, such as the Guangchusi who was responsible for the emperor's tea, the Accounting Department who was responsible for the palace maids of the concubines and the purchase of wet nurses, and the tea room in the Qianqing Palace.

These may seem like royal servants, but they have considerable power. If one is not careful, it is easy to swap some things at will.

Why was Concubine De so favored, considered Kangxi's most eloquent woman, because the food prepared in Yonghe Palace was always the emperor's favorite. If the emperor got angry, he would have a plan in mind when Concubine De slept with him. He could also have the imperial kitchen serve fertility-enhancing dishes on the days when the emperor came to Yonghe Palace. In this way, Concubine De was the person who cared about him the most, and they had common topics. Wouldn't their relationship have quickly blossomed? Wouldn't they have had children one after another?

It would have been fine if I hadn't thought of it before, but now that I've paid close attention to it, the results will come out soon. Sure enough, it was someone from the Wuya family who had slandered the young eunuch. His actions were quick and decisive, and of course, the young eunuch was sent to the Ministry of Punishment, and soon the young eunuch disappeared.

As for the Yanx Palace, because this young eunuch had a low presence and his job was not important, the Yanx Palace still did not know that he had disappeared.

Knowing the culprit would make the problem easier to solve. What was the most difficult thing for Concubine De to accept, or for the Uya family to accept? Of course, it was the shattering of their dreams!

Didn't Concubine De dislike the Fourth Prince? Didn't the Uya family want to rely on the prince to change their status and leave the bannermen to become masters? Then just shatter their dreams!

After some consideration, Yinreng found some time to do something.

Then news came out that shocked everyone. This news was an imperial edict, or an imperial edict to change Yudie. It immediately suppressed the rumors about Buerhe. No one in the palace mentioned twins anymore, but everyone was paying attention to the Fourth Prince and Yonghe Palace.

Because the emperor issued an edict to change the name of the fourth prince Yudie to Empress Xiaoyi, he became another legitimate son after the crown prince, and it was said that it was the crown prince who proposed it.

In Yonghe Palace, upon hearing the imperial edict, Concubine De could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood: "Tong Jia, you still win. Yinzhen has completely become your child." As soon as she finished speaking, she fell down.

Yonghe Palace was instantly in an uproar, and the Fourteenth Prince was frightened by this scene and burst into tears. The Fourth Prince directly changed the Jade Butterfly. Will the master still have a future?

It was only when the Fifth Princess came and made the servants realize that Concubine De also had the Fifth Princess and the Fourteenth Prince that the situation was finally stabilized. She then arranged for the imperial physician to be summoned, and had the crying Fourteenth Prince taken away by his wet nurse. She herself stayed by Concubine De's bedside, waiting for her to wake up.

When Defei woke up, the imperial physician had already left. She was not seriously ill, but was just angry. However, after hearing that the Fifth Princess had invited the imperial physician, Defei realized that something was wrong and that she had made a wrong move. At this time, the Emperor changed the Fourth Prince's name to Yudie without saying a word. She should have been a sensible concubine and just stayed in Yonghe Palace to grieve silently. The Emperor would surely feel guilty and make some compensation.

Since the imperial decree had been issued and could not be changed, the interests should be maximized. However, she suddenly fainted at that time, and the servants were at a loss. No one stopped the Fifth Princess from calling the imperial physician.

This is bad news. The emperor will definitely know that I vomited blood and fainted because of anger. Then what will be greeted with my death is not the emperor's pity but his wrath.

As expected, Concubine De was the Emperor's most eloquent concubine. Shortly after Concubine De woke up, Wei Zhu arrived with an imperial edict: "By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Concubine De of Yonghe Palace, Uya, has offended the Emperor with her words and deeds, and is hereby demoted to Concubine De as a punishment. Her authority over the harem is revoked, and she will not be allowed to commit such offenses again. This is my decree."

Then Wei Zhu smiled at Depin and said, "Empress Depin, please accept the order!"

Depin closed her eyes and said, "I accept the order and thank you for your grace. Long live the emperor."

At this point, no matter what Concubine De said, it was useless. She grabbed the Fifth Princess's hand, who was about to speak, and shook her head to signal her to shut up. One wrong move could lead to a complete loss. Now that the Emperor was furious, all she could do was wait and see.

After this incident happened, the first person to know the truth should be Buerhe. Buerhe did not expect that the culprit of this rumor was actually Defei, oh no, now called Depin.

I don't seem to have much contact with Concubine De, except for that time in the Cining Palace where Concubine De took the initiative to cause trouble and I fought back, and then the emperor punished me, in the past two years, when I met her, I basically tried not to talk as much as possible.