Chapter 442 Selection of Peace Negotiation Partners

"Insolence! Insolence!"

Seeing Kangxi standing in the Qianqing Palace, furious, Yinzhi, who had rushed over, winked at Yinreng. What's wrong with Father Emperor? Who has driven him crazy?

Yinreng kept a cold face and showed no intention of answering.

Yinzhi was puzzled. He looked at the other people in the hall. Suo'etu and Mingzhu were both there. Could it be that the two of them had started fighting again?

It doesn't seem like it.

Just as Yinzhi, lost in thought, was about to bother Yinreng in the small group chat, he heard footsteps outside the hall. Soon, he saw Yinzhen, with a tense face, pulling Yinsi in.

"Your subject greets Your Majesty."

Seeing his fourth and eighth sons arrive, Kangxi slightly calmed his anger and said, "Get up."

"Thank you, Father Emperor."

The two stood up and, at Yinzhi's blatant urging, stood between him and Yinreng.

Emperor Kangxi, who was in a bad mood, noticed this and immediately called out, "Yinzhi!"

"Your subject is here."

Yinzhi immediately straightened his chest and pretended that nothing had happened.

Kangxi glared at him, turned around and sat back on the dragon throne, threw the memorial on the table, and asked in a cold voice, "Speak up, what's your opinion?"

"Huh? Are you asking me?"

Yinzhi blurted out, which amused Yinsi, Yinzhen, and Yinreng, who lowered their heads to suppress their laughter.

Suo'etu glanced at Mingzhu with a mocking look. Mingzhu felt a wave of dizziness and wished she could disappear from the spot.

When Kangxi saw Yinzhi's carefree manner, his anger was instantly extinguished. He felt that arguing with him would only make him lose face.

Even if I don't care, I still feel very embarrassed.

So Kangxi decided to ignore it and pretended not to hear anything, ignoring Yinzhi and calling out names: "Song'etu, Mingzhu, I entrusted you with the matter of surrendering to the emperor, is this the explanation you give me?"

The two people whose names were mentioned quickly suppressed their other thoughts and bowed to report.

"Your Majesty, it is my incompetence. The leader of the Lingbo Sect is unwilling to show himself, and there is no suitable person to convey his message. He is unwilling to discuss the matter."

Mingzhu's face displayed just the right amount of guilt and helplessness. As an ordinary person, it's perfectly normal that he couldn't do anything about the players. Therefore, the main responsibility should fall on Suo'etu, right?

Soetu snorted lightly, thinking that the old fox really thought he couldn't understand what he meant!

Undeterred, Suo'etu stepped forward and replied loudly, "His Majesty is tolerant and benevolent, and wholeheartedly cares for the people. However, the Lingbo Sect is ungrateful and arrogant. In my opinion, His Majesty's decree can be made public so that the people of Jiangnan can see clearly the hypocritical face of the Lingbo Sect."

Soetu's meaning was clear: if he couldn't win over the higher-ups of the Lingbo Sect by waging a propaganda war, he would first try to shake the hearts of the lower-level believers.

“I think this is inappropriate,” Mingzhu stepped forward to retort. “Your Majesty truly chose to appease the Lingbo Sect out of concern for the people of Jiangnan. If this matter is leaked, the Lingbo Sect may go berserk and cause unimaginable damage, which would go against Your Majesty’s original intention.”

"So what you mean is?"

Kangxi looked at Mingzhu.

Mingzhu paused, then cupped his hands in greeting to Kangxi and asked, "Who is the 'precious jade' mentioned in the letter from the leader of the Lingbo Sect? Could it be that..."

"cannot!"

Yinreng interrupted him coldly, meeting Mingzhu's gaze with unwavering resolve, "Lord Mingzhu, I disagree."

"Baocheng." Kangxi gently called to Yinreng, and when he stopped talking, he looked at Mingzhu: "Change your mind."

Mingzhu pursed her lips. Judging from the attitudes of the Crown Prince and the Emperor, the "precious jade" chosen by the leader of the Lingbo Sect must be someone extremely close to the Crown Prince.

Recalling the initial development of the game that the Emperor had made public, and the Crown Prince's protective attitude, Mingzhu couldn't help but look at the Eighth Prince, Yinzhi.

Yinzhen slightly turned his body to block Mingzhu's view, coldly staring at him with a warning in his eyes.

Mingzhu felt a momentary tremor, not understanding how the Fourth Prince could exert such great pressure on him at such a young age. Could this be the effect of the game?

But in that instant, he was certain that it was none other than the Eighth Prince, Yinzhi.

"What precious jade is this? What does the Lingbo Sect want with it?"

Unaware of the reason, Yinzhi asked directly.

Yinzhen glared at Yinzhi. If he hadn't spoken with his second brother and known that his eldest brother knew nothing, he would have thought that Yinzhi's current behavior really resembled collusion with Mingzhu.

Because of the covetous eyes of others, Mingzhu did not continue.

But Yinzhi took the initiative to step forward.

"The leader of the Lingbo Sect sent a message saying that if they wanted to recruit them, they needed a suitable person to participate in the peace talks, and they chose me."

"How could they choose..." Yinzhi stopped mid-sentence, remembering what Mingzhu had just said, his brows furrowing into a deep frown. "So, they know that Jia Baoyu is... Zhu Chongba, Eighth Brother?"

Regarding Yinzhi's affairs, the exceptionally perceptive Yinzhi immediately grasped the key points.

"It must be him."

Yinzhi nodded, and Yinreng chimed in to help him out: "According to what Eighth Brother said before, Jia Baoyu's favorability towards him and Zhu Chongba should be about the same. The Lingbo Sect's rapid development is obviously due to the influence of Baoyu. Therefore, I believe that their selection of Eighth Brother was premeditated and ill-intentioned, so I disagree with Eighth Brother going."

"Your subject disagrees!"

Yinzhen and Yinzhi spoke up at the same time, their opposition was very firm.

Kangxi frowned, clearly troubled. Lingbo could see Yinzhi's value, so why couldn't he?

Yinzhi is the foundation of Xiaomeng Pavilion's development, and he would never allow Yinzhi to take risks.

“I also think it’s not advisable,” Mingzhu said immediately after he had a general idea of ​​the importance of the Eighth Prince. “The Eighth Prince is of vital importance to the development of the Qing Dynasty. I think we can adopt Lord Suo’s suggestion and persuade the Lingbo Sect with the will of the people.”

When it comes to vital interests, Mingzhu doesn't care about the safety of ordinary people; in his view, this is a necessary sacrifice.

Soetu scoffed, "If Mingzhu weren't such a typical politician, he'd be just putting on an act."

He was different. No matter who the Eighth Prince was, as long as the Crown Prince wanted to protect him, he would help protect him.

"I second that proposal."

"Then..."

"Father!"

Before Kangxi could finish speaking, Yinzhi interrupted him, "Father, I am willing to go."

"Little Eight!"

Yinreng, Yinzhen, and Yinzhi all wanted to stop him, but Yinsi smiled and shook his head: "It's just peace talks. I've met Zhu Chongba before. Although he's unpredictable, he's definitely a smart man."

Raising his head to meet Kangxi's worried gaze, Yinzhi smiled gently: "Father, last time during the game, he had the opportunity to harm me, Ninth Brother, and Tenth Brother. But he didn't do it. Whatever his concerns, he certainly didn't lay a hand on it."

"So, Father Emperor, let me go. If we can be granted amnesty without bloodshed, why can't I, as a prince supported by the people of the Qing Dynasty, take some risks?"

"Have you thought it through?" Kangxi looked at his eighth son, the thinnest of his brothers, with a complicated expression.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have made up my mind."

Aren't you afraid something might happen?

"Your subject is not afraid. Moreover, your subject believes that Father Emperor and my brothers will not let anything happen to me."

"Excellent! As expected of my son!"

Emperor Kangxi immediately issued an edict, promoting Yinzhi to the rank of "Beile" and appointing him as a member of the peace talks.

At the same time, under the strong request of Yinzhi and others, Yinzhi and Yinzhen also joined the peace negotiation team, accompanied by the first batch of members of Xiaomeng Pavilion.

Mingzhu and Suo'etu remained the main force in the peace talks, and Kangxi gave a strict order that Yinzhi and others must be brought back unharmed.