The princess has the skills to keep her face [clear wear]

Hearing this, the prince couldn't help but widen his eyes, and began to breathe rapidly: "Uncle, this matter, this matter... If Khan Ama is still alive, wouldn't this act amount to conspiracy?"

"There is absolutely no such possibility!" Suo'etu lowered his voice, with a hint of delusion in his tone: "The people I have placed in the army have sent back news that the emperor has probably collapsed at this time. Beng, I’m afraid I’m unconscious right now, when the time comes, we’ll just accuse the elder brother of angering the emperor to death... The emperor dies, you are the crown prince, inherit the throne, stabilize people’s hearts, and take care of the emperor and the queen It's just a matter of course!"

The prince frowned tightly, anxiously like ants on a hot pan.Obviously, Suo'etu's proposal was very tempting to him, but he still hesitated about this matter. After all, before that, he had never considered doing such a treasonable thing. He always thought that he would wait until Kangxi He died of illness naturally, and then took over the burden of the Qing Dynasty from Kangxi.Suo'etu was looking forward to Kangxi's death wholeheartedly, and the prince still had some father-son affection for Kangxi.

Moreover, although Kangxi was somewhat dissatisfied with the prince at the moment, he did not reveal his intention to abolish the prince, and there was still room for maneuver between father and son.If the prince really takes this step when Kangxi's life and death are uncertain, he will never turn back. If he succeeds, he will sit on the world and have no worries. If he loses, he will be deposed as a prince and be reduced to a prisoner. ...

Seeing the prince hesitating, Suo'etu couldn't help but remind him: "You have to make a decision as soon as possible! If you wait until the elder brother leads the troops to fight back to the capital, it will be too late for you to make up your mind. Yes! You are enthroned immediately, and you can still occupy the righteousness. When the elder brother returns to the capital, he will be the last elder brother to see the emperor. It will be very bad for you!"

As he spoke, he persuaded the prince with words such as "Those who achieve great things don't care about small details". From Tang Taizong Li Shimin's change of Xuanwu Gate to Ming Chengzu Zhu Di's battle of Jingnan, the prince felt that he would become the next one of them. .

Reminiscent of the great achievements of these predecessors, the prince couldn't help feeling overwhelmed, and began to think about his future after succeeding to the throne.

"Uncle is right, so let's do what uncle said."

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In the past few days, officials with keen political sense in the imperial city have noticed something is wrong.

First, Kangxi fell ill at the border, and his life and death were uncertain. The elder brother led the army back to Beijing and said that he wanted to find a doctor for Kangxi to treat his illness. If you don't want to be mourned, have bad intentions, and have the intention of treason, you must order the elder brother to help the spirit return to the capital immediately, and not to bring a large army, or send someone to arrest the elder brother immediately.

At the same time, the prince also declared to the ministers in the court that the country should not be without a king for a day, and that he would ascend the throne as the emperor, manage Kangxi's funeral, and deal with the follow-up matters of this campaign against Galdan—Galdan has been defeated, However, due to Kangxi's sudden illness, he found an opportunity to escape. The threat he posed to the Qing court was too great. No matter who is the emperor, he must not be allowed to live. Those lands annexed by Galdan also had to be taken back and included in the jurisdiction.

If the news of Kangxi's death can be confirmed, there is of course no problem for the prince to do so.But the point is that there is no news from the border that Kangxi has passed away, only that Kangxi is still ill.Eldest brother and the prince, who is lying?

From the point of view of the courtiers themselves, they certainly disapproved of the crown prince's ascension to the throne when Kangxi's life and death were uncertain.If the crown prince ascended the throne, and Kangxi came back alive and kicking later, the person who supported the crown prince would have no good fruit to eat.It's better to just procrastinate like this.The death of a king of a country is not a trivial matter after all, and the next step can only be taken after obtaining reliable evidence.

So recently, there has been a faint three-legged confrontation in the court. The prince's people are naturally on the prince's side, insisting that Kangxi is dead, and they want to support the prince to ascend the throne. The elder brother's people are naturally opposed to this, saying that Kangxi He was not dead, the prince was in such a hurry to ascend the throne because he wanted to usurp the throne, and the imperial party headed by the Tong family killed him. Before the news of Kangxi's death was confirmed, the prince could not ascend the throne.

The situation between North Korea and China suddenly became deadlocked.

The prince supervises the country these days. Most of the officials in the court are more cooperative, and some of them are not. After some rectification by him, they have become cooperative. He thought that he would announce his ascension to the throne after announcing the "death" of Kangxi , It should be a matter of course, he did not expect that his decision would encounter so much resistance.Now, because he is suspected of usurping the throne, the orders he issued in the court have become difficult to carry out.

Seeing this, Suo'etu gave the prince an idea: "You have the guards of the Eastern Palace in your hands. It's really not good. Let's take advantage of the big court meeting in a few days and lead our troops to detain all the civil and military officials! If you know the current affairs, you can Go out alive, and those who don't know the current affairs will be regarded as traitors and traitors, and they will be killed on the spot!"

Seeing the hesitant look on the prince's face, Suo'etu persuaded him, "Don't let it go, and let it mess you up, Your Highness!"

There was no turning back when the bow was opened. Since the prince and Suo'etu had made such a decision, they naturally couldn't turn back.

The prince seemed to have made up his mind, and he gritted his teeth and said, "According to what my uncle said, but how to carry out this matter, we have to arrange it carefully..."

Even daring to forcibly ascend to the throne, killing a few disobedient officials doesn't seem to be a big deal.For the prince, after taking the first step, the next step is naturally not difficult to continue.

The prince made too much noise in the previous court, and even the harem was slightly affected.

Concubine Hui, as the mother of the elder brother, recently said that she was sick and stayed behind closed doors in Zhongcui Palace, for fear that the prince would catch her and assassinate herself.

As for the other concubines, they also changed their unforgiving temperament in the past, and became more cautious in their words and deeds, not wanting to attract the prince's attention at this time.Among the several elder brothers now, only the first four elder brothers have entered the court. The eldest elder brother and the prince are facing each other tit for tat, and now they are fighting to the death. Needless to say, the fourth elder brother Yinzhen is everywhere outside the palace. Searching for a genius doctor for Kangxi was regarded as withdrawing from the dispute automatically. In this way, besides the elder brother and the crown prince, only the third elder brother was qualified to participate in the battle for the heir apparent.

The elder brothers at the bottom are a bit younger after all, they have not entered the dynasty and established their own forces, and they have no power to compete with the crown prince and elder brother. If they grow up in a few years, they may not It's a pity that they can get the shortlisted tickets for the Inheritance Contest.Since they are not qualified to participate in the competition for the heir apparent, there is no need for their mother-in-law to be involved in these complicated and dangerous matters.Facing the current situation, they each took wise and safe measures to avoid this dispute.

As for the third elder brother who is the only one who is qualified to participate in the battle for the heir apparent... Of course he is not idle either.Like his mother-in-law, he is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Now the power of government is in the hands of the crown prince. Although the elder brother is thousands of miles away, he has soldiers in his hands. Both of these are not something he can contend with. If he wants to win this battle, he can only rely on outsmarting.

For example, after the elder brother and the crown prince both suffered losses, he made a profit. For example, he persuaded the fourth elder brother and the Tong family behind him to also intervene in this dispute, making the pool of water even more muddy...

The third elder brother's idea is very good, but unfortunately his ability to act is really limited. Recently, Yinzhen has been running around, and he can't even catch anyone, let alone provoke him.

As for the next few half-grown elder brothers, they obviously have their own plans.

The fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother chose to protect themselves wisely and not get involved in this matter.The fifth elder brother is pure, kind and honest. Under the guidance of the empress dowager, he has no great ambitions for power. He is not even close to the concubine Eniangyi and his younger brother, the ninth elder brother. Regarding this matter, What the Empress Dowager asked him to do, he would probably do what the Empress Dowager wanted.

Seventh elder brother has been lame since he was a child, and he has no chance to be a big man, and he is not close to his elder brothers. There is really no need for him to intervene in the dispute between the elder brothers and set himself on fire.

The sixth elder brother was raised under the knee of Concubine Ping Hesheli, and he was considered a natural descendant of the prince.Even though Concubine Ping didn't get much attention from the Hesheli family, and the sixth elder brother himself had a mediocre relationship with the prince, even worse than Qionghua who could be seen in the upper study every day, but he himself had no choice.From the day when his Yudie was changed to the Hesheli family name, he has been branded as Yuqing Palace.If the prince can succeed, Concubine Heping will be able to get some credit, and if the prince fails, he will also be implicated.

However, the sixth elder brother is not prepared to help the prince.Don't look at him showing a foolish look on weekdays, and he doesn't study hard in the study room, but he is still a very bright young man in his bones.Regarding the matter that Suo'etu and the prince are planning, he is not very optimistic in his heart. If he were the prince, he would not choose to ascend the throne at this time. The prestige of the prince is not enough, and it is not enough to force him to sit in that position. Everyone, if he has enough troops in his hands, he can control the situation in the capital by force, but the problem is, the only ones he can mobilize are the soldiers of the Eastern Palace.How can such a prince be able to sit in that position? Even if he goes up, can he sit firmly?

If the sixth elder brother is in the same position as the prince, he will never be in a hurry to ascend the throne, but will try his best to win people's hearts, find a doctor for Kangxi, appease those ministers loyal to Kangxi, and start to deal with the follow-up matters of Galdan , To show his reliable side to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

So what if the big brother came back with the army, he can only use a small part of the power, most of the important generals in the army are loyal to Kangxi, these people will not listen to the big brother dispatched.In the end, if Kangxi really died in the journey, then as long as the crown prince sticks to the name of orthodoxy and righteousness, he can crush the elder brother to death.If Kangxi was safe and sound, he would naturally reward the prince and derogate the ambitious elder brother.It's a pity, the prince and Suo'etu were too impatient after all.

Since he is not optimistic about the prince, it is naturally impossible for the sixth elder brother to have any contacts with people from the prince's lineage.Fortunately, he was quite mediocre on weekdays, and he had no real power in his hands. The prince and Suo'etu didn't take him seriously, so he could paddle leisurely at such a critical moment.

If it is said that because of his mother-in-law, the sixth elder brother was naturally classified as a prince-son-party and could not be elected, then the eighth elder brother would naturally stand on Yinzhen's side.First of all, his good concubine Eniang has been under the command of Empress Tong for many years, and has been taken care of by Empress Tong a lot, and she is quite supportive of Empress Tong. Favor.In the eyes of outsiders, the eighth elder brother is the obvious four elder brother-dang.

Of course, there is still a difference between the eighth elder brother and the sixth elder brother. Although the sixth elder brother is classified as a prince-son-party, he does not take it seriously for the prince. The eighth elder brother still has a high degree of affection for Queen Tong and the fourth elder brother. Don't hesitate to use his strength to do something for them.

If the eighth elder brother has the power to compete for the throne himself, if the fourth elder brother does not show much enthusiasm for the throne, he may not compete for that position by himself.But the change happened too suddenly, and now he is far from qualified to compete for that position, so he naturally wants to create momentum for Empress Tong and Yinzhen, who have always taken good care of their mother and son.

In the eyes of the eighth elder brother, whether it is the elder brother who rushed back to the capital regardless of Kangxi's illness, or the prince who was about to ascend the throne without confirming Kangxi's life or death, all of them have flaws in character, but the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, after learning of Kangxi's illness, ran around for Kangxi with a pure filial heart. If it works properly, the fourth elder brother may not be able to surpass the crown prince and eldest elder brother and sit in that position.

Of course, this is based on the fact that something will happen to Kangxi.

If Kangxi just made a false move and finally came back alive, then both the elder brother and the crown prince would automatically lose their qualifications to succeed to the throne.The third elder brother is useless, so he can only chew words. It is unlikely that Kangxi will let the third elder brother succeed him as the crown prince, so the position of crown prince will most likely fall on Yinzhen's head...

After making up his mind, Yinhu decided to pay the Empress Dowager a visit in the near future.He has not entered the court now, and his power is limited, but he has no power, the empress dowager has it, this is a person who supported the two emperors on his own power!If the Empress Dowager is willing to support Yinzhen, then Yinzhen has a great chance of winning!

Yinyu has always been on good terms with Yinhu, and against the prince, the eldest elder brother despises him, and he doesn't like the third elder brother's phony demeanor. After some thinking, he chooses to stand On Yinhu's side.Concubine Yi, Yintang's mother, did not object to this, because she was not very optimistic about the elder brother and the prince.Anyway, her son and Yinhu were just going to please the Empress Dowager, and it was not a big deal, even if the crown prince and elder brother knew about it, they couldn't pursue anything, so why should she stop it?

Yin was detained by his biological mother, Concubine Niu Colu, and he was not allowed to get involved in these matters, so he didn't make any movement, Yin said the same as above.

After Yinhu and Yinyu found the Empress Dowager, they did not explicitly say that they wanted to support Yinzhen, but talked about the inappropriateness of the prince's current behavior and their concerns about it.The prince is not suitable to be the new king, nor is the elder brother who behaves similarly to the prince. After the two leave, they only know that the third elder brother Yinzhi, who is writing books, is in love with Yinzhen, who is quite prestigious among the people and is the queen's son. Of course, Yinzhen is more suitable.

Sometimes speaking for a person doesn't necessarily mean referring to him directly.As long as his competitors lose their competitiveness, it will naturally be his turn to take over.

The anxious appearance of the great-grandsons aroused the empress dowager's pity, and the empress dowager touched her head alone, saying: "Good boy, don't worry, with Ai's family here, the capital can't get into chaos!"

Speaking of this, a cold and stern light flashed in her always kind eyes.

Originally, if Kangxi really couldn't come back, the empress dowager intended to help the crown prince, but that had to be a move after it was confirmed that Kangxi couldn't come back!Right now, what the prince is doing is really disappointing!

Kangxi's life and death were uncertain, so the prince was eager to ascend the throne, disregarding the relationship between father and son, and was in vain as a son of man; regardless of the opposition of courtiers, the prince wanted to ascend the throne through strong means.Suo'etu tried his best, but the prince didn't care about it, and obeyed Suo'etu's words... Is the country of the Qing Dynasty really going to be handed over to such a prince?

In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, an emperor can be cruel, but he must have the means and the city to match.I only know that by using strong means to force the subordinates to submit, sooner or later they will lose their hearts.In her opinion, the prince's methods were extremely clumsy.

She comforted the two great-grandchildren and persuaded them to go back. Then, she tightly grasped the note in her hand.

This note was delivered to her by Kangxi's people.Although the Empress Dowager has been far away from the center of power for many years, because of her deep affection with Kangxi's ancestors and grandchildren, and because of her means, when Kangxi is not in the capital, some people loyal to Kangxi hope that the Empress Dowager will come forward to preside over the overall situation and end the war. The farce brought by the prince and the elder brother.

The Empress Dowager did not expect that one day, she would actually confront her great-grandson, and her mood was quite complicated.But no matter what, since such a big event happened, she can't just sit idly by!

The days in the middle of the capital looked no different from the past, but the atmosphere became inexplicably tense.

The common people were unaware of this, and were still doing their own things. Only the officials in the court could detect the undercurrent hidden under the surface calm.

Four days later, it was the day when the Great Court Meeting was held again.

When Kangxi was in Beijing in the past, he was in charge of the Great Court Council. Now that the Crown Prince is in charge of supervising the country, the responsibility for the Grand Court Council has naturally been transferred to the Crown Prince.

Over the past few months, Prince has been doing very well.But today, something seemed wrong. Longkodo noticed that there were quite a few guards in armor surrounding him.Reminiscing of the prince's move to ascend the throne directly a few days ago, Longkodo had to suspect that this was a grand banquet, not an ordinary court meeting.

"Ama, let's..."

Tong Guowei walked forward without changing his expression, and threw down a sentence: "What are you afraid of? Do you think that after knowing that the prince has a different heart, will you be prepared for your father? If you don't go in, how will you know? Our good prince will still do it." What happened?"

Longkodo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that his Ama still had a backup.Who would be willing to put their lives in the hands of the prince and Suo'etu?

Unsurprisingly, the prince and Suo'etu would repeat the old saying at this court meeting.

Whether it is from the perspective of loyalty to the emperor or from their own standpoint, it is absolutely impossible for them to let go and let the prince ascend the throne at this time.

When Tong Guowei and Long Kedo walked into the main hall, they also saw solemn expressions on the faces of other ministers. It seemed that they also realized that the prince's visit this time was not kind.Only people from the prince's lineage are proud and full of ambition, as if the prince will rule the world soon.

After all the ministers arrived, the crown prince arrived late, and there seemed to be wind under his feet.He looked down at the civil and military officials below from a high position, as if they were already his subjects.Seeing this, the bad premonition in Longkodo's heart became more and more serious.

"All of you. Before the start of this court meeting, there is only one important thing to say." The prince looked around at the ministers with a sense of oppression that could not be ignored: "Khan Ama has collapsed. Someone mentioned last time that the country cannot There is no king for a day. Gu Nian did not persecute you because of the fact that you are loyal to Khan Ama, and it is difficult to accept this fact for a while. But right now, the traitor and traitor Yinyi has brought the rebel army to the capital, and you cannot tolerate any more indecisive!"

"Gu is the crown prince, he is a legitimate prince. Khan Ama is gone, so Gu should inherit the throne! If you support Gu to ascend the throne, you will have a share of credit in the future." The prince paused, and his voice suddenly became gloomy: "But if anyone objects any more, Gu will regard him as a rebellious official and traitor in collusion with Yinyi, and arrest them all, and shoot them to death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, personal soldiers rushed in from outside the door and took down all the big-a-bro-dang headed by Ming Zhu.

Seeing this, Mingzhu screamed furiously: "Shuzi dare you!"

"Come on, let's send the Rebel Pearl on the road!"

However, the scene of the blood-stained palace did not happen, suddenly a bow and arrow shot in, piercing the throat of the guard who was controlling Mingzhu.

A majestic voice came from the door, and the silver-haired figure pressed directly on the prince's heart like a majestic mountain peak.

"With Aijia here, it's not your turn to do whatever you want! Yinfeng, you really disappointed Aijia!"

As he said that, the crutch in the man's hand chopped heavily on the ground, and there was no sound in the entire main hall.

The Empress Dowager looked at her grandson with unprecedented indifference: "Come here, take the prince to the Ai family!"

Although Mingzhu's actions are equally disappointing, it is not up to Yinrong to decide his life and death!He is a courtier of Kangxi, so his punishment can only be decided by Kangxi!

At the same time, on the way back to Beijing, when the elder brother ordered people to speed up again, Kangxi, who seemed to him to be dead, suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

Eldest Brother looked at Kangxi who was fine except for his pale face, and a feeling of extreme horror came to his heart: "Khan...Khan Ama..."

Kangxi pursed his lips tightly, turned his head, and slapped him heavily: "Nizi!"