In my previous life, "Kangxi Emperor", "Yongzheng Dynasty", "Scarlet Heart", "Palace", etc., regardless of whether they were serious dramas, idol dramas, historical dramas, as well as various messy novels, thoroughly explored and analyzed the Qing Dynasty.

Bai Wanyi was conceited and thought that he had seen so many things and was definitely more far-sighted than these ancient people.

The Kangxi Emperor's crown prince was raised by Kangxi himself, held on his lap. Yet, wasn't he deposed and enthroned twice? Ultimately, the Fourth Prince inherited the throne.

Unofficial history says that none of Kangxi's sons were useful. It was the young Qianlong who stood out among the emperor's grandsons, which allowed the Fourth Prince to take advantage.

In other words, the Fourth Master's throne came through his son.

However, Emperor Yongzheng was a truly diligent emperor, and it is not an exaggeration to describe him as the greatest emperor of all time. Without his thundering methods and diligence, how could Emperor Qianlong easily become a handsome and romantic emperor?

How could the Qing Dynasty, with its weak national strength, poor people, and full treasury, support a corrupt official like Heshen?

Bai Wanyi directly told the Fourth Prince a story. In the story, the protagonist was also the Fourth Prince, and the struggle for imperial power in the story was much more cruel than theirs.

The Fourth Prince frowned, his face showing dissatisfaction. "Are you asking me to be patient? Do you think I should be patient until he becomes emperor?"

"I want you to be patient, but you also have to work hard to establish an image among scholars and common people." Bai Wanyi planned to make the Fourth Prince a wise king with an excellent reputation. If she gave him two papermaking recipes, wouldn't his reputation among scholars rise by then?

The Fourth Prince didn't have the patience: "The Crown Prince is now at the peak of his power, how can I endure this?"

Bai Wanyi advised him, "Don't we still have the Empress, the First Prince, and the Third Prince? How could the Empress, as the Empress of the Central Palace, allow someone else's son to become Emperor? You should just keep a low profile. I guarantee that when your fame rises, the Crown Prince will fall!"

Even if the prince doesn't commit suicide, she has plenty of ways to bring him down!

The Fourth Prince was finally persuaded by Bai Wanyi: "Then I'll listen to you."

Bai Wanyi smiled with satisfaction and began to ask the Fourth Prince for things.

The Fourth Prince was very forthright in giving money and goods. Of course, his conditions were also very "generous". He looked at Bai Wanyi with a sinister look and said, "Even now, most firearms still fail. You said it's because of the lack of precision. I don't understand what precision means. I only know that I failed in this area. If I fail again this time, you won't survive!"

How can you succeed if you don’t have patience?

Bai Wanyi wanted to roll her eyes, but she realized that the Fourth Prince in front of her was different from Lu Yan and Xie Qing and would not tolerate her temper, so she forced herself to hold it back and said, "Making firearms requires patience and meticulousness. Every step must be precise and there must be no negligence. And the parts cannot be wrong in the slightest. As the saying goes, a slight error can lead to a huge mistake."

"It took us eight years to make firearms. Now all my craftsmen are gone, so I'll give the ones I have to you. We'll make them in time."

The Fourth Prince felt a pang of pain whenever he thought of the firearms and the silver he had spent. "The cost of making firearms is enormous, and I don't have much silver left, so I ordered them to stop."

"Stop?" Bai Wanyi's heart twisted with pain in an instant, but now these craftsmen were not supported by herself, and the things they made were not hers. Even if she felt distressed, she could not use her own money to fill the hole created by the Fourth Prince.

She took a deep breath and forced a smile, "Forget about stopping. You can research gunpowder or explosives. They're also very lethal. Let's do something else now."

Bai Wanyi also kept a trick up his sleeve, only giving half of the recipe. The most critical step would always be in his own hands.

As long as these two things come out and the Fourth Prince ascends the throne, then everything will be settled!

In the palace at this time.

The prince brought his fiancée into the imperial study. Not long after, the emperor smashed the cups and plates, and an angry roar came from the room. The guards and eunuchs serving outside buried their heads in their chests, for fear of being noticed and implicated by the emperor's wrath.

At the door of the imperial study, the Minister of Rites and the Vice Minister of Rites who were waiting there all took two steps back.

After a cup of tea, Qin Wan pushed Xie Qing out of the imperial study.

The Minister of Rites and the Vice Minister of Rites bowed together: "I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Xie Qing said nothing, just raised his hand slightly.

The Minister of Rites saw Eunuch Zhang coming out and said, "Eunuch Zhang, has His Majesty summoned us?"

Eunuch Zhang sighed and said, "Your Majesty is not in a good mood. Forget it, let's do it another day."

The Minister of Rites watched Eunuch Zhang go in, and before he could even hand in the memorial in his hand, he hesitated and said, "Sir, this is a memorial to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince regarding the wedding preparations. Your Majesty, what is this..."

"It seems that His Majesty still hates the prince. Who wouldn't hate him? The prince married a divorced woman. Alas..." The Minister of Rites shook his head and turned to leave.

The Minister of Rites looked at the back of the Minister of Rites, found an opportunity to call over a young eunuch, and handed him a note. In a blink of an eye, the news was passed to the Fourth Prince.

Although Bai Wanyi had told him to bide his time and perhaps make some small moves, how could the Fourth Prince give up? In less than half an hour, the news that the Crown Prince and the future Crown Princess had been reprimanded by the Emperor and that the Emperor intended to depose the Crown Prince spread throughout the capital.

Qin Wan pushed Xie Qing out for a long distance. Seeing that there was no one around, she said, "Is it so difficult to be an emperor?"

Xie Qing patted her hands and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't become like my father."

Qin Wan took his hand in hers and whispered, "I think Your Majesty is very tired. He has to spend so much time and effort planning for you children, and he is even more cautious with his wife. He always wears a mask with the court officials, and he can't let anyone see through any of his thoughts, likes and dislikes."

"If you become the emperor in the future, will I no longer be able to see you laughing and cursing as you please like now?"

Xie Qing looked up at her and suddenly made a face, which made Qin Wan laugh. She raised her hand and patted his shoulder: "What are you doing?"

Xie Qing pulled Qin Wan to face him. He looked into her eyes and said, "Don't worry. No matter when, I will always be myself in front of you. I won't change."

"Okay." Qin Wan nodded with a smile.

At the Qin family, Qin Xie was extremely worried when she heard the news. It was not because of the news of the deposed crown prince, she was only worried about Qin Wan.

Qin Wan separated from Xie Qing, and upon returning home, she was pulled over by Qin Xie to be questioned: "I heard that you were angry in public? Did you not give me any respect at all? And you even want to depose the crown prince?"

Qin Wan was astonished. "Your Majesty is angry with us? And he even deposed the Crown Prince? Where did this rumor come from?"

Qin Xie was in a state of panic, genuinely worried about Qin Wan. "It's all over the place now. It's said that not long after you and the Crown Prince entered the Imperial Study, you incurred His Majesty's wrath. His Majesty lost his temper, smashed things, and punished the palace maids. Regardless of whether the Crown Prince was deposed, those palace maids who were punished because of you might hold a grudge against you. Furthermore, the relationships within the palace are so complex, and whoever's punished today might cause trouble for you, the Crown Princess, in the East Palace in the future."

Qin Wan said with a mixture of laughter and tears, "Mother, you're worried. His Majesty is angry today not because of me, but because of those officials who owe him money."