That night, Kangxi almost did not sleep all night. He thought of the Empress Xiaochengren who had passed away early, then of his early regard and preference for the prince, and then of the prince's various improprieties and oversteppings.

Oh! Peeping into the imperial tent! Is Yinreng dissatisfied with my reprimand and has the intention to kill the king?

Kangxi's fear reached its peak at this point, and he was particularly determined to depose the crown prince!

At the same time, there was a commotion around the tent all night, the imperial guards were running around, and all the prince's men were captured on the spot.

Yinxiang is also on the list!

The extremely uneasy night passed quickly, but the incident was not over. Kangxi, who became more and more furious, finally made up his mind and issued an edict to depose the prince on the fourth day of September.

As for the imperial edict, every word was heart-wrenching, with words like brutality and debauchery, monopolizing power, forming cliques for personal gain, withholding tribute, shielding subordinates, extravagance and lust, being unfilial, unfaithful and unfriendly, and contradicting the emperor's father, etc. Every word was pushing Yinreng to death.

Yinreng had indeed lost most of his willpower and knelt on the ground in a daze the entire time. The weather in September was a little hot, but his heart was cold.

"I was born to be a nemesis of my mother, unfilial and unkind!" Father, do you hate me so much? Mother, if you are still alive, can you come into my dreams and tell me in person how much you hate me?

Yinxiang, who was watching the whole process, resisted the urge to step forward and argue, just like he was two days ago. When he really couldn't help it, he just kept repeating the same sentence, "My second brother, the crown prince, is your own son whom you have loved for decades. I beg you to be lenient with him!"

He was really afraid that he would say something impulsive and then implicate his two younger sisters and his wife and children.

But at this moment, Yinxiang finally saw the truth - although the emperor was his father, he was also the ruler of a country and the supreme ruler. His power would not tolerate any provocation from anyone, even if that person was his second brother, the crown prince, whom he had favored for decades and raised personally!

There has never been a father and son in heaven!

……

The matter of deposing the crown prince caused a huge uproar like a bolt from the blue. There was a constant stream of people making suggestions, some dissuading and some agreeing, but the majority of people were those who dissuaded.

——The position of crown prince concerns the foundation of the country and cannot be easily deposed!

Less than two days later, the news that the crown prince had been deposed reached the capital, and the city was immediately in a state of panic.

All the princes who stayed in the capital were summoned to the frontier by an imperial edict, and Yinzhen, the fourth prince, was no exception.

"Father, you will be traveling day and night on this trip, so please take care of yourself! Don't worry about things in the mansion, your son is here." Honghui was not worried that his father would be implicated. He had performed well in the past two years and showed enough loyalty and filial piety to the Queen!

However, Yinzhen was somewhat worried about Yinxiang who was far away in the frontier. He was afraid that his thirteenth brother would be implicated by his second brother. Therefore, the people who returned to the capital to report the news kept their mouths shut and refused to reveal any news about any of the princes.

As for the fourteenth brother, he had never had any contact with the second brother, so Yinzhen couldn't be more relieved.

But in front of his eldest son, he behaved as usual, "Okay, let's go back. Ama will leave soon."

Dozens of horses galloped away at once, raising a cloud of dust that fell on Honghui's clothes.

Looking at the gradually receding figures of his uncles and his father, Honghui said vaguely, "The curtain has been raised, and it's up to you to figure out what you want to do next!"

Although not long afterward, the Eighth Uncle and the Eldest Uncle, who jumped the most enthusiastically, lost their chance to compete for the throne one after another, it was just that the Eighth Uncle was too unwilling to accept his fate, and time and again jumped out to challenge the bottom line of the Royal Family. But that is a story for later, so let's not talk about it for now.

"Master, do you have any instructions? I didn't hear it clearly just now." Zhao Quanshun asked in a low voice.

Honghui glanced around as if nothing had happened. Seeing that people from various princes' palaces who came to see him off had boarded the carriages one after another, he could not help but say, "It's okay, let's go back."

The matter is done, and now it depends on whether Uncle Thirteen and Uncle Eighteen are lucky enough to seize the opportunity to escape their destiny!

During the days of waiting for the emperor to return, the people in the palace were in a panic, with all kinds of speculations. Each of them was afraid that the prince would be blamed and angered by the emperor, and that the Fourth Prince's mansion would never have a peaceful life again.

Fu Jin sighed all day long, her eyes were red and swollen, and even the concubines in the backyard became panic-stricken.

Seeing this, Yixiu said directly: "What are you doing? Not to mention that Prince is fine, even if he is in trouble, we are just like a man who follows his wife wherever she goes! Why, we can live a good life but not a hard life?"

In fact, she was a little worried, but Honghui assured her that the matter this time would not implicate the prince. Although she had some doubts about this, it did not prevent her from believing in her son.

Perhaps it was because they had a backbone, even though everyone was still a little nervous, they managed to keep their composure and not be laughed at by people outside the mansion.

Everyone in the mansion was in such a panic, and those in the palace were even more worried, especially the Upper Study, which was the hardest hit area.

Honghui witnessed with his own eyes how his two cousins ​​from the prince's second uncle's family gradually went from being full of ambition to being depressed!

In just a few days, everyone in the study kept their distance, the master ignored him, his former followers all left, and in the end, only his study companions were left around him.

But the faces of those companions showed more or less a trace of uneasiness, not only for the fate of the crown prince and the two imperial grandsons, but also for the fate of themselves and their respective families.

When one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer. It has always been this way!

The downfall of the Prince's party made Hongyu even more proud. When Honghui was having lunch, he saw him bringing people to ridicule his cousin Hongxi, which made him really angry.

With a sigh, he said a few fair words on the spot: "Cousin Hongyu, what are you doing? We are all brothers, descendants of the Aisin-Gioro family. No matter what, cousin Hongxi is still your elder brother. Brothers should be friendly and respectful to each other. It has been like this since ancient times. I hope that cousin Hongyu will not forget it." Although the winner will be the king and the loser will be the bandit, it is never advisable to kick someone when he is down!

Hong Yu angrily sneered, "You can't even protect yourself, and you're still pretending to be nice! When the emperor returns to Beijing, we'll see what you have to say..."

Honghui interrupted him, "The emperor's words are golden, how could I have any objection? But the two cousins ​​are brothers after all, and even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected. It doesn't matter how much trouble they made recently, but there is absolutely no reason to add insult to injury!"

As far as he knew, the Queen Mother had never taken her anger out on her cousin Hongxi, and even the second dethronement of the crown prince did not involve him. When his father ascended the throne, this man even sat on the throne of prince, which showed how much the Queen Mother and his father loved him.

It can be said that if Hongli had not been unable to convince the people when he first ascended the throne and had not been jealous, and if his cousin Hongxi had not also been resentful and looked down on Hongli's existence, this man would have had a good ending.

Hongli! Tsk! It’s better not to mention such an unlucky person!

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