Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Finally, Yinreng left the room with a calm expression.

Ma Qi, whose heart was still beating rapidly, was left alone in the room to calm himself down.

Yinreng closed his eyes, got on the carriage, and prepared to return to the palace.

[Hongli, I'm sorry for not keeping you by my side.]

【But since Ama has made all the arrangements for you, I hope your future path will be less bumpy. 】

[Whether you can cross the dragon gate depends on your fighting spirit! ]

When Yinreng returned to the palace, before he had time to go to the East Courtyard to see his two young sons, he saw Hongxi walking in with a happy face.

"What's wrong? Why are you laughing so happily?"

Hongxi said excitedly: "Father, the imperial physician found out that Qiqi is two months pregnant."

"My son is going to be Ama, and you are going to be Mafa!"

Yinreng happily stood up from his chair and asked loudly, "Is it true?"

Hongxi nodded excitedly.

"of course it's true."

"At lunch, there was a dragon boat shovel on the table. Unexpectedly, when Qiqi was about to pick it up to eat, she said it was fishy and then vomited."

"My son was worried, so he called in Dr. Feng from the Imperial Hospital. Unexpectedly, after taking Qiqi's pulse, Dr. Feng said that it was because Qiqi was two months pregnant that her sense of smell became unusually sensitive."

Yinreng laughed happily.

"it is good!"

"This is a good thing!"

"Come with me and tell your mother the good news."

Hongxi nodded happily, "Yes!"

The father and son went to the Huaqing Palace in the back together. In the palace, Wanyu was talking to her two daughters. The two young children were chasing them happily, and the atmosphere was warm and beautiful.

After hearing the good news brought by Hongxi, everyone was very happy.

In particular, Wanyu couldn't wait to take her two daughters and son to the South Third Institute to visit her daughter-in-law in person and teach her some experience in pregnancy care.

She instructed the senior palace maid to prepare some things that the pregnant woman could use, as well as gifts for her daughter-in-law and future grandchildren.

Yinreng looked at her with amusement as she paced back and forth anxiously in the hall, sometimes urging Xia He and sometimes reminding Xia Lian.

He didn't get involved. As for visiting his daughter-in-law, it was not appropriate for him as a father-in-law.

So he took Hongxi back to the front hall.

After instructing Zhang Xi to take all the palace people away, Yinreng asked, "Have you informed your Khan of the good news?"

Hongxi said cheerfully, "After my son received the diagnosis from the imperial physician, he immediately asked the eunuch beside him to go to the Qianqing Palace to report the good news to Khan Mafa."

Yinreng nodded with satisfaction.

"You are the eldest grandson, and your wife is pregnant. Regardless of the boy or girl, they will be the first great-grandson of the next generation. The emperor will be very happy."

Hongxi touched his bald forehead and smiled from ear to ear.

"My son is happy too."

Looking at his eldest son who was so happy, Yinreng felt sad.

"Fengsheng'e, Ama has something to tell you."

Hongxi sat opposite his father, looking obedient and listening attentively.

"Well, what does Ama have to say?"

Yinreng whispered, "Father has decided to resign the throne of Crown Prince."

The smile froze on his face, and Hongxi asked in disbelief, "What did Father say?"

The corners of Yinreng's mouth formed a stiff arc.

"Father has decided to resign from the position of Crown Prince."

Hongxi's lips trembled, and he asked in disbelief, "Why?"

"Ama, why?"

"Why did you do that?"

Looking at his devastated son, Yinreng felt very sad.

But he still hardened his heart and said to Hongxi: "Your wife is pregnant, and you will become my father next year."

"Now you should see clearly the current situation of our Yuqing Palace lineage."

"If Father doesn't make this decision, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect your mother, and I won't be able to protect you either."

Hongxi looked at his father in a daze and told him that the Khan's father was now wary and suspicious of him, and that the previous dynasty had suppressed the prince's power and the Hesheli and Guwalja clans.

There is also the truth about the death of his own maternal grandmother, the emperor's leniency towards criminals, the bannerman disaster, and so on.

Hongxi felt that his faith had collapsed.

Besides his father, the person he admired most was Khanmafa.

Khanmafa taught him how to be a king and how to govern the country. In his heart, Khanmafa was a good emperor, a good father, and the Khanmafa who loved him the most.

But now Ama told him that all that was in the past.

It can even be said that in front of the throne, everything they have is not worth mentioning in Khanmafa's heart.

Now, Khanmafa is most wary of the Yuqing Palace lineage, and the person he fears most is his father.

If my father continues to be the crown prince, he will either be deposed or die in the future.

There was even my mother, myself, my younger brothers and sisters, the princes and ministers of the previous dynasty who supported my father to be the crown prince, as well as the Hesheli clan, the Guwaljia clan, and so on.

The consequences are widespread and may even be tragic.

Hongxi no longer had the joy he had just had. He sat on the chair in a daze with red eyes.

"Ama."

"Is there no other way?"

Yinreng said seriously, "Father has thought of all the possible solutions and done all the possible things."

"This is the only option that Ama has left."

Hongxi's mind was confused at the moment, and he felt dizzy.

In his heart, when his father became emperor in the future, he would be the next crown prince, or even the next emperor.

Ama and Khan Mafa have been training me since I was young. I must learn from them and be a good emperor who cares about the people, respected by all the people, and be famous through the ages, so that Ama and Khan Ama will be proud of me!

But today, my dream was shattered.

My father can’t be the crown prince, let alone the emperor.

What about yourself?

Yinreng looked at his dazed eldest son, worried that he would be unable to bear the blow and something would happen to him.

"Feng Sheng'e!"

"Feng Sheng'e. Hong Xi."

He didn't respond when I called him, and he didn't respond when I waved in front of him.

Yinreng was anxious, worried that something might happen to his son.

He quickly walked to the tea table nearby, filled a cup with the reserved mountain spring water, and then splashed it on his son's face.

The sudden feeling of coldness brought Hongxi back to his senses.

He turned to look at his father, who had an anxious look on his face, and shed tears like a loser.

When Yinreng saw that he had reacted and was crying, he felt both guilty and distressed.

He quickly took out his handkerchief and wiped his son's tears.

"Okay, be a man."

"You're almost going to be an Ama, you have to be strong!"

"You are the eldest brother, husband, and father. You will have to shoulder the responsibility of our Yuqing Palace lineage in the future."

"So, Fengsheng'e, Ama hopes you can cheer up!"

Hongxi nodded uncomfortably.

Yinreng touched his head lovingly.

"Don't be afraid, Ama will make arrangements and won't let you be bullied."

"But you are the eldest brother, and your younger brothers and sisters are still young. You have to take good care of them in the future."

"Especially the youngest, Honggui. Honggui and Hongli have a very good relationship. You should take good care of these two little ones in the future."

He stared straight into his eldest son's eyes.

"Feng Sheng'e, you were raised by your father and your Khan Mafa. You have been exposed to the power struggles of the emperor since you were young. Your father is very confident in your abilities."

"Although Hongli is your fourth uncle's child, he often lives in Yuqing Palace and is no different from your father and mother's biological son!"

"Father hopes that you can keep Hongli by your side in the future and teach your younger brother more."

Hongxi asked with some doubt: "Father, could it be Fourth Uncle?"

Yinreng: "Your fourth uncle is the most likely one!"

"So you should teach Hongli more in the future. Hongli is the most prestigious of all your fourth uncle's children and is most likely to inherit everything from your fourth uncle."

"If you maintain a good relationship with Hongli, your future will be more stable!"

He said to Hongxi in a serious tone, "Do you understand what Father means?"

Hongxi received so much information from Ama today that he felt like his brain was about to explode.

But seeing how stern Amma was, he nodded seriously.

"My son understands."

Only then did Yinreng nod in satisfaction.

(He did not mention Hongli's background, fearing that Hongli would be taboo in the future and worried that his background would be exposed, so he took action against those who knew the truth.)