Secrets of Yuqing Palace

In October, Shi Liha's secret letter mentioned that the results of the two-year trial planting of potatoes and corn had come out.

When Emperor Kangxi was 48 years old, Shi Liha reported the discovery of these two high-yield crops to the emperor.

However, because the emperor was increasingly wary of the prince and the forces behind him, he suppressed the matter.

Shi Liha was simply asked to conduct trial planting experiments in the Guangzhou area and report the results every year.

The trial planting results in the past two years have been very encouraging. In fact, because of the selection of high-quality seeds every year, the yield has been higher year by year.

However, the emperor never ordered promotion or commendation, but just suppressed the matter, and even ordered Shi Liha not to leak any information.

Because Shi Liha had little knowledge of the situation in the capital, apart from delivering a letter to the capital in the 48th year, he continued to trial planting according to the emperor's instructions and kept the matter of high-yield crops strictly confidential.

In addition, my eldest uncle's nephew, Mukedeng, is now serving as the deputy commander of the Plain White Banner of the Han Army, and my second uncle's cousin Wensheng is serving as the governor of Huguang.

With these two people supporting and protecting him from behind, Shi Liha will not only handle the matter well, but also keep it secret.

However, the trial planting has been going on for more than three years, and the emperor has not given any results. Shi Liha is beginning to get anxious.

Moreover, when he occasionally wrote letters to his family in Beijing, the letters would vaguely mention the situation in Beijing, which made Shi Liha very uneasy.

So after the potatoes were harvested at the end of February, April wrote a letter to Beijing, asking what to do with them.

After all, it is autumn now and the wheat is ripe and ready to be harvested.

After waiting for so many years, is it possible that the Emperor is not planning to promote this product anymore? Or does he have other plans?

After Yinreng received the letter from Shi Liha secretly handed to him by his father-in-law, he was somewhat incredulous. Was the emperor so afraid of him?

After all, this is a great thing that concerns the people's livelihood. If it is promoted, it will be a great achievement for him as the reigning emperor, and it will be a very good thing both publicly and privately.

But he didn't expect that just because Shi Liha was the brother of his Crown Princess, he would rather suppress the matter than increase his power!

However, at that time, almost everyone's mind was on dealing with the Baoyi matter.

He also thought that after the Baoyi affair was exposed, the emperor, influenced by the Baoyi's ambitions, would be much less wary of him.

Yinreng only asked his father-in-law to write back to Shi Liha, asking him to do everything according to the emperor's wishes first.

Wait until the wheat matures and is harvested in September, then send the news to Beijing, and he will come up with a solution.

Yinreng originally thought that after the Baoyi issue was resolved, the emperor would start to trust him and Yin'e again. After all, their backgrounds made him more trustworthy than his other brothers.

When he mentions Shi Liha again, the emperor probably won't think too much about it.

The Guarjia clan would gain a good reputation and his praise for their high-yield grain, but wouldn't the emperor still be the biggest beneficiary?!

But unexpectedly, the emperor did begin to trust him again, but it didn't last long, and the emperor's fear soon rekindled.

Now he truly felt that he was the emperor's number one enemy.

What frustrated Yinreng the most was that he had tested the judges and the left and right envoys of the court several times, but although the emperor was old, he was in excellent health.

Last year, Concubine Chen in the harem gave birth to her twenty-first brother.

The concubine Sehetu gave herself twenty-second brothers.

The old man’s health is probably not much worse than his.

With such a powerful, healthy and long-lived emperor, what could a prince like me, who is feared by others, do to compete with him?

I'm afraid that if I continue to endure this hardship, my fate will not be much better than that of the famous princes in history, such as Liu Ju, Yang Yong, and Li Jiancheng!

After countless efforts and attempts, Yinreng felt that he had finally achieved true enlightenment.

Yinreng placed the letter paper on the table beside him, sat in the main hall of Yuqing Palace, and looked at the square gate of Yuqing Palace outside.

He came out of the main hall, then walked out slowly, stepped out of the Yuqing Palace Gate, passed through the Renxiang Gate, and after passing the Zhanshi Mansion, stood in front of the Inner Left Gate.

Looking at the majestic and solemn three main halls of the front court, then turning back to look at the long and narrow palace path leading to the harem, the light in his eyes flickered.

In the end, it all turned into a sigh.

"Ah~"

"That's all."

When Yinreng was feeling lonely and powerless, Wanyu walked towards him holding Honggui in her left hand and Hongli in her right hand, smiling, with a soft and warm glow behind her.

"Baocheng."

"Honggui and Hongli were tired from playing at my place and wanted to sleep, so they listened to my father's stories."

"I couldn't find you in the front hall just now, and Xiao Quanzi said you wanted to go out for a walk and take a look around the area."

"Originally I thought of letting the two children wait for you in the palace, but they insisted on coming out to look for Father."

"Fortunately, you didn't go far."

Seeing Yinreng, Honggui and Hongli were extremely excited.

The two children broke free from Wanyu's hands and trotted towards Yinreng.

The little face was full of eagerness and excitement.

Honggui: "Ama, Ama, tell me a story."

Hongli: "Second uncle, Hongli wants to hear your story."

Looking at his two sons running towards him with bright smiles, Yinreng's heart softened.

He first took Hongli and held his little body in his arms, and then he also held Honggui in his arms.

He pretended to put on a serious face and jokingly said it softly.

"Two little monkeys."

"I can't even take a nap, I still need my father to tell me a story."

The two children were not afraid of him at all, especially Hongli, who was closer to his second uncle than to his fourteenth uncle.

In addition, Wanyu would ask her second sister to bring Hongli into the palace for a short stay from time to time. The time the child spent in Yuqing Palace was no less than the time he spent in Prince Yong's Mansion.

Even because he had no biological brothers from the same mother and often lived in Yuqing Palace, he had a very good relationship with Honggui.

In the eyes of those who were not in the know, Hongli was relying on the support of Yuqing Palace, and he and Honggui, the youngest son of the crown prince, were getting along as if they were real brothers from the same mother.

Many people envied Hongli for having a mother like Wanlin. If his biological mother and the Crown Princess were not sisters, the Crown Princess would not have summoned him to the palace to stay for a while so often.

Honggui and Hongli were lifted up by Yinreng, one on each side, and the two children immediately hugged their father's neck excitedly.

Yinreng listened to them chattering non-stop in his ears, but he didn't feel impatient.

I just listened to them sharing interesting stories with myself in a good mood.

Wanyu watched Yinreng walking with two children in his arms at the same time, and the two children twisted their little bodies to and fro when they talked excitedly.

He quickly and gently warned, "Hold on to your father's neck and don't move around. Be careful that your father won't be able to hold you and you'll fall down."

Yinreng said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, the two children are not heavy, you can carry them back easily."

As he spoke, he shook the two children.

Feeling that they were being shaken, the two children were not afraid at all, but became even more excited.

Hongli: "Second uncle, come again, come again."

Honggui also said, "Father, father, I want to do it again."

Hearing the excited voices of the children and the anxious instructions of the young wife, Yinreng felt his heart was extremely peaceful and warm at this moment.

The corners of his mouth curved into a pleased arc.

[This is fine, at least it can leave a good ending for me, my wife and children.]