Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Yinreng stated his purpose in a serious tone.

"This time, I want you to reveal something to the Emperor that he hasn't noticed."

Yin'e asked suspiciously, "Is there anything else Khan Ama hasn't noticed?"

Yinreng sneered.

"The Emperor feels that he holds great power, so how can he know the ambitions of those ignorant ants and those ambitious swans?

Yin'e asked curiously, "What's that?"

Yinreng glanced at him.

"Wait a minute and you'll find out."

"Once this is accomplished, the rest of the brothers will have no chance. At that time, apart from me, only you and the fourth brother will be the most likely to take the position."

"However, as long as the emperor's suspicions remain, my position as crown prince will remain in jeopardy."

"Rather than taking a gamble on that tiny possibility, I'd rather withdraw from this game. Therefore, I'm already prepared to resign."

"Since you don't have this idea, explain it to the fourth brother as soon as possible so that he will remember your kindness."

"You should also express your thoughts to the emperor as soon as possible, otherwise you will probably be pulled out by the emperor to balance the court with the fourth brother."

"Then your peaceful days will be over. And if you two come into conflict, whoever takes the top position will be bad for the other."

Yin'e suppressed the shock in his heart, curiosity flashed across his eyes, and then he asked directly.

"Second brother, if I had withdrawn from the fight for that position at that time, would the position of Crown Prince have fallen to Fourth brother?"

Yinreng said meaningfully: "No!"

"With my example, the Emperor will not arrange for a new Crown Prince to emerge and seize power from him."

"He will only pull out ambitious brothers, and then balance the forces of all parties and sit back and relax."

"Just like what they did to the boss and me before, they kept trying to instigate a fight between the boss and me."

"But I have always understood the emperor's purpose, so I usually don't bother to pay attention to the boss."

"But you just need to understand that the other brothers don't have that possibility."

"As for why I'm so sure, you'll understand in a moment."

Yin'e nodded, "Brother understands."

Then he asked curiously, "Second brother, haven't you told me what you want your younger brother to tell others about?"

Yinreng looked at Yin'e, smiled mysteriously, and asked, "Tenth brother, besides us two, what do the other adult brothers and their maternal families have in common?"

Seeing Yin'e frowning and thinking, Yinreng asked after a while.

"Did you notice anything?"

Yin'e was shocked and said, "They are all from the bannermen!"

Yinreng looked at Yin'e as if he was a teachable child.

Then he stood up again and took out a sealed, somewhat thick envelope from a secret compartment on the bookshelf behind him.

Yinreng handed the envelope to Yin'e.

"Look at this again."

At Yinreng's signal, Yin'e took out a thick stack of papers from the envelope.

When looking at the cause of Empress Xiaozhao's death, Yin'e's face was full of anger and resentment. Now when looking at the paper in his hand, Yin'e's face was full of fear, heaviness and worry.

Even the hands holding the paper were trembling slightly.

"Second brother, is the content above true?"

Yinreng nodded seriously.

"This was discovered by my men after two years of careful investigation."

"Isn't that shocking enough?"

Yin'e nodded solemnly.

He didn't expect that those package protectors were so bold.

Not only did he dare to murder the embezzler, he also fabricated prices to embezzle money, secretly hoarded and intercepted tributes, spied on the emperor's preferences, secretly trained bondservants and sent them to the emperor through small selections, and even intended to control the royal heirs.

Each and every one of them is a disaster that will lead to the confiscation of property and the extermination of the entire family!

The emperor has always known that the bannermen were corrupt, but he felt that if the water was too clear, there would be no fish. He thought that it was just a small amount of money and just a means for the servants to make a living, so he did not take it seriously.

However, those servants did not expect that when their masters did not care, they thought that their masters did not know about it, so they became bolder and bolder. Now the corruption of the bondservants is getting more and more serious.

The price difference between inside and outside the palace is getting bigger and bigger!

An egg outside the palace costs only 2 cents, but an egg inside the palace costs two taels of silver!

Even if an unfavored concubine in the palace wanted to eat eggs, the imperial kitchen might not give it to her even if she gave her two taels of silver.

One tael of silver is worth 1000 wen, which is 500 times different from 2 wen!

Even when the palace was purchasing goods from outside the palace, people outside the palace would not sell at the market price in order to do business with the palace. Instead, they would sell to the palace at a price lower than the market price.

It is conceivable that the apparent difference is 500 times, but in reality it is 600 times or even 700 times or 800 times!

And these are just eggs. How could the Imperial Household Department only purchase eggs?

Those bondservants are too open-minded.

Not only that, secretly hoarding and intercepting tribute is an act of usurpation and presumption!

The things the masters use are all the leftovers picked by the servants.

This is not just a matter of greed for money, it is a challenge to the authority and status of the superiors.

Back in Mongolia, the eldest brother reported to the emperor that he had intercepted the horses sent by Mongolia, which touched the emperor's sensitive nerves.

And what the Baoyi intercepted today, is that something that a small horse can compare to?

Yinreng was just waiting to see what would happen to those bondservants!

There were also concubines in Kangxi's harem who were from the Manchu noble families, not only the Hesheli and Nianhulu families, but in the end only these two families successfully gave birth to children.

The cost is also quite heavy.

The Hesheli clan lost a queen and a legitimate son.

The Niuhuru clan lost a queen and her unborn baby, as well as a concubine and a little princess.

The Tonggiya clan was not much better off. Empress Xiaoyi had been unable to conceive for many years. When she finally got pregnant, her daughter died young, and she herself died too.

Although there is a high probability that the children born from close relatives will be different, the mother's body is no different from that of an ordinary pregnant woman.

Not only did none of the other concubines of Manchu nobles rise to high positions, they had never even given birth to children.

Even the Manchu Red Banner Guwalgiya clan, who entered the palace in September of the 39th year of the Kangxi reign and was granted the title of Hepin, gave birth to the emperor's eighteenth daughter in October of the 40th year of the Kangxi reign, but died soon after.

Even now, ten years have passed, and they have not given birth to any children.

But even so, an ordinary bondservant girl was able to give birth to and raise her own child. If you think about it carefully, you will know that there must be something fishy.

In fact, Yinreng did not learn about the Baoyi disaster in the past two years, but had always known about it. This is why he was able to find out so clearly.

It’s just because of his different position. As the crown prince, he doesn’t want to meddle in other people’s affairs, nor does he want the emperor to feel that he is overstepping his bounds and touching the emperor’s sensitive heart.

After all, you, a prince, know something that even the emperor doesn't know. You are overreaching.

Besides, he hasn't even ascended the throne yet, so why should he care about so many things and make so many enemies for himself?

Since someone is already leading the charge and clearing obstacles for you, why should you stop them?

As brothers born to Manchu nobles, they were born to compete with me for power and profit.

The lower the status of his brothers, the more advantageous it is for him.

However, he did not expect that the emperor would rather instigate his brothers of lower status to compete with him than allow him, the crown prince, to ascend to the throne smoothly.

In fact, as I get older and have more forces behind me, they are more wary of me and even have a tendency to be unwilling to tolerate me anymore.

This time he wanted to see whether, after he exposed the ambitions of the Baoyi, the emperor would allow the brothers born from the Baoyi to continue to grow, or continue to suppress and fear him.

If this is still the case, he will know that he has no chance of succeeding to the throne!