Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Upon receiving such praise from the emperor, the eldest prince was filled with shame and indignation.

He had planned for so long, and even intended to kill people himself, but in his father's eyes, he lacked both the means and the courage.

Yinyin felt that the key to the whole thing was that she saved the Imperial Physician.

With direct witness testimonies and the fact that Yin Yin quickly took control of the eldest prince, preventing him from carrying out the subsequent plans, all the investigations went very smoothly.

That's why the emperor could now mock his son as if he were watching a joke.

If the eldest prince's scheme actually succeeds, the emperor will probably have a headache for quite some time.

The emperor left the eldest prince's residence in a mood that was neither particularly good nor bad.

Yin Yin was too lazy to think about why the emperor had such an attitude. Anyway, the eldest prince was his own son, and as long as he didn't rebel, the emperor would never kill him.

That's why Yinyin sent the emperor to the Xuan Shi Hall, and then planned to take her leave.

"Why are you in such a hurry to leave?" the emperor said. "After such a busy day, would you be happy if I didn't even offer you a meal for dinner?"

She was certainly unwilling, but at this moment, Yin Yin was even less willing to get involved in the emperor's handling of his son.

"Then Father, please remember this for me. If it really doesn't work, please give it to me as a reward," Yin Yin began to list the items. "I heard you recently acquired a silk screen?"

“If you really want it, I can give it to you, but you have to be sure you like it first,” the emperor said with a smile. “That screen has a whole wall of scriptures on it.”

Upon hearing that it was scripture, Yin Yin quickly said, "I'm not interested. Let's choose something else."

The emperor, with an air of "I already know," ordered Eunuch Wu to fetch a famous painting.

Although Yin Yin liked the famous painting, someone else truly appreciated it.

Yinyin accepted the things calmly and went home.

After some time, Yin Yin heard that the emperor had moved the eldest prince to his own residence outside the palace.

Yinyin was speechless for a moment.

You can live comfortably in your own home, without having to go out to study, with your wife, concubines, and children all around you, and you don't even have to earn money to support your family. Aside from not being able to move around freely, once the gates are closed, who will know what you're doing inside?

If it were Yin Yin, she would definitely love this kind of life.

But this was the emperor's punishment for the eldest prince.

Although Yin Yin knew that this was not only because the eldest prince was the emperor's biological son, but also because the emperor did not think that the eldest prince's ambition could threaten his position.

But Yin Yin had to admit that this was a real reward.

Besides Yin Yin, the Crown Prince also thought so.

Although the eldest prince had been acting under the crown prince's name, the crown prince was unaware of this.

But when the eldest prince was suddenly ordered by the emperor to be imprisoned and no one was allowed to contact or visit him, the crown prince ordered people to investigate why.

Yinyin, Eunuch Wu, and the Imperial Physician will not say anything, but as long as someone is sent to investigate, there will definitely be traces left behind.

The crown prince pieced together the whole story from these clues.

Immediately, the Crown Prince felt that the Emperor had been too lenient and had allowed the First Prince to live too comfortably.

The Crown Prince dared not imagine what kind of situation he would be forced into if the First Prince's plan succeeded.

But now, the eldest prince's plan had failed, and even the crown prince felt he couldn't bear it any longer.

The Crown Prince instructed his subordinates to launch a massive attack on the First Prince in court, but the Emperor turned a deaf ear.

When Yin Yin returned to the palace, the emperor revealed some of his true thoughts to her.

"The Crown Prince only feels at ease when his elder brother is dead."

Yin Yin said, "Although I don't like to speak up for the Crown Prince, this time I have to stand up for him."

Under the Emperor's gaze, Yin Yin continued, "Father, you only see the Crown Prince's ill will towards the First Prince. How could you forget that when the First Prince used the name of the Eastern Palace to commit evil, he didn't act like a brother to the Crown Prince either?"

"Before this incident, the Crown Prince always respected the First Prince, no matter what."

Because Yin Yin never associated with the princes, her words carried particular weight in the emperor's ears.

Besides, what she said this time made a lot of sense.

"Then tell me, what should I do?"

Yinyin immediately asked, "Has Father finally grown tired of me and is planning to take in another devoted goddaughter?"

“What are you saying?” the emperor said. “You’re already causing chaos with just one adopted daughter. I have never wanted another adopted daughter.”

"Then why would you ask me such a question, Father?"

Yinyin gave a soft hum, which sounded more like she was being coquettish than angry.

"It's certainly not appropriate for me, as the younger sister, to interfere in my two elder brothers' affairs, but I know that even five fingers can be of different lengths, and people's hearts can naturally be biased."

The emperor thought for a moment and said, "You are right. I shouldn't have asked you about this."

In the end, the emperor relented and reduced the eldest prince's privileges by more than half, making life extremely difficult for the prince.

The crown prince was still very resentful, feeling that the emperor favored the eldest prince. However, his advisors all thought he should stop while he was ahead, so the crown prince had no choice but to agree.

In fact, the Crown Prince's advisors wanted him to act like a loving brother and personally visit the eldest prince to "clear up the misunderstanding" in order to change the emperor's opinion of the Crown Prince.

But what kind of person is the Crown Prince? From childhood to adulthood, he has only ever suffered setbacks at the hands of the Emperor and Yin Yin. To ask him to bow down and act in front of others, especially to his two-faced elder brother, the Crown Prince, is something the Crown Prince would never do.

The staff had no choice but to abandon the idea.

In the blink of an eye, the eldest prince's family had been confined in the mansion for more than half a year, and it was almost time for the New Year.

At the empress's urging, the emperor hesitated about whether to allow the eldest prince's family to attend the palace banquet, and instead asked Yin Yin for her opinion.

Yin Yin touched her still-flat belly and said, "Father, you should decide this yourself. I can't think about it too much right now."

The emperor didn't realize it until Eunuch Wu whispered a few words to him, and then he knew that Yin Yin was pregnant.

Immediately, the question of whether the eldest prince's family should come out was put aside, and the emperor turned around and pulled Yin Yin to his private treasury, where he picked out several rare treasures for her.

With the rewards bestowed, the emperor began to look forward to the child's birth.

"If it's a boy, it's best if he takes your surname first."

"Have him recorded in your family's genealogy so that your father will always have blood relatives to worship him in the future."

Yinyin was once again moved by the Emperor's care for her father: "Then Father should just issue the decree directly, otherwise I'll be too embarrassed to mention this to the Liu family."

“There’s nothing to be embarrassed about,” the emperor said. “You’re just shy.”

Yinyin didn't explain, letting the emperor think that way.

Just before Yin Yin was about to leave the palace, the long-awaited Crown Prince returned to Xuan Shi Hall.

The crown prince said with a stern face, "Father, I've come about my elder brother's matter."