At the family dinner on New Year's Eve, the eldest and the third son tacitly brought their legitimate children to the palace.

Yinzhi's eldest princess will be ten years old after the Chinese New Year. Because she has been favored by her elders since she was a child, her temperament has become a little domineering, but fortunately, she is very well-mannered and not a rude and unreasonable girl.

In comparison, the second princess is much gentler and quieter.

Yinreng liked both girls very much and would call them over to entertain them every time they met.

The sons of Yinzhi and his wife were of similar age, and both were called over by Kangxi to be kissed.

Kangxi looked at his two lively grandsons, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on Yinreng.

"Prince."

Upon hearing this, Yinreng turned to look at Kangxi, and the bustling hall fell silent.

"Emperor Father?"

"You and the Crown Princess have been married for two years now. You must give me a legitimate grandson as soon as possible..."

Upon hearing this, Guaerjia's heart tightened and she unconsciously tore the handkerchief in her hand.

The eyes of the others also fell on Guaerjia and Yinreng, with various expressions of inquiry and scrutiny.

Yinreng's mouth twitched.

"...My son knows."

Kangxi nodded with satisfaction and turned his attention back to Hongyu and Hongsheng.

He had seen several children of Guwalgiya and Yinreng in his "dream", so he had no intention of inducing labor in the past few years.

In recent years, Yinreng has been particularly cautious when it comes to women and has lived like a monk. He suspected that Yinreng was still haunted by the conspiracy he had committed in his previous life.

But Yinreng is already 25 years old now. If he doesn't have children, his position as crown prince will most likely be unstable.

He couldn't let this go on any longer.

Yinreng didn't care what Kangxi thought.

He looked at the room full of women and children, and his head felt so swollen and painful.

In fact, when Yinzhi was fighting outside last year, his concubine gave birth to a daughter for him, who is now one and a half years old.

Apart from him, the other princes have no illegitimate children yet.

Yinzhi was powerless, as now was the time for him to recuperate, and the imperial physician forbade him to indulge in alcohol and women.

The wives of the fourth and fifth sons are both pregnant. Ulanara's pregnancy news came earlier, and her due date is probably in April next year.

The seventh son, Yinyou, married after Yinqi, but his wife, Nara, was not pregnant yet.

The eighth, ninth and thirteenth brothers have come to the court to perform their duties, but they have not yet married. When they all get married, the number of grandchildren in the royal family will increase dramatically.

Just by imagining the scene of the hall being crowded with people during festivals, Yinreng couldn't help but feel dizzy.

The royal family has no shortage of food and drink, but can children compare with cats and dogs?

Pets only need to be fed and petted when you are free. There is no need to worry about their future.

But we can’t just give the child a stutter and ignore him.

In Yinreng's view, the operating mechanism of the Qing royal family was actually very strange.

In order to ensure the stability of imperial power, the princes of the Qing Dynasty had no fiefdoms or fiefdoms, but only a certain degree of political participation.

But when the Manchus first entered the Pass, the power of the Eight Kings in governing the country was actually higher than that of the emperor.

After Kangxi came to power, he established the Southern Study in order to weaken the power of the Council of Princes and Ministers.

Over the past decade, the power of the Council of Ministers has indeed gradually weakened as he wished.

So Kangxi turned his attention to the lower five banners.

When conferring titles last year, he placed his sons, except Yinreng, in the lower five banners, allowing them to share the power of the banner masters.

On the surface, Kangxi's move was to pave the way for his sons.

However, in reality, he intended to completely undermine the power of the Council of Princes and Ministers and the leaders of the Eight Banners from within.

Almost all of Kangxi's actions were based on his own benefit, leaving his sons to eat the leftovers.

Let’s put it this way, Yinreng was the crown prince and enjoyed the best food, clothing, housing and transportation in the world, but none of the items in Yuqing Palace truly belonged to him.

All the princes except him, except that they lived a little easier than him, did not have anything else that belonged to them.

Including the mansion that Kangxi paid for them to build.

If the eldest son does not work hard to gain merit and sit on the throne or become an iron-hat prince during his lifetime, then after he dies, his sons may not even have a place to live.

The ownership of the house given to them by Kangxi is still in the hands of Kangxi, or to be more precise, in the hands of the Imperial Household Department.

Whoever becomes the new emperor will have the ownership of this house.

As for the other things given by the emperor, except for those that can be eaten and spent, the rest are limited and cannot be sold at all.

From this perspective, the battle for the throne among the nine dragons was completely forced by the system.

If you don't fight, who would be willing to accept that the child you have carefully raised and loved for many years can't even find a place to stay in this imperial city?

In his previous life, Yinreng had five children. In addition to the usual schoolwork, he also had to personally teach them mathematics and the skills of doing business and managing subordinates.

His second son had no talent in mathematics or business, but he had an amazing talent in calligraphy and painting.

After discovering this, Yinreng helped him select the top painters in the palace to teach him calligraphy and painting.

Kangxi strongly opposed it at the time.

It was said that he was afraid that something might happen to Yinreng's eldest son, leaving no one to succeed him to the throne.

Bah, bullshit!

Hongjin learned calligraphy and painting after he had completed his studies, so Kangxi's concerns were completely unfounded.

Yinreng tried his best to persuade Kangxi but failed to dispel his worries, so Yinreng had no choice but to compromise.

Give up the idea of ​​letting Hongjin learn painting skills from the painters.

But in the end, Yinreng's sons had a father with a stain on his body. Not only could they not inherit the throne, they would probably be confined in the clan house and unable to even leave the house.

Whenever Yinreng thought about the possible ending of Guwalgiya and her children in their previous life, his heart ached uncontrollably.

Kangxi was only focused on having children and then pushing them to fight for the throne.

It was not unfair for Yinreng to be deposed for what he did in history, but he was very busy in his previous life and had no time to do those weird things. Wasn't he killed by Kangxi with a cup of poisoned wine?

The idea that parents who love their children will plan for their future is not evident in Kangxi at all.

Bah! Trash!

Yinreng was determined not to have children in this life, but Guwalgiya could not be implicated by him for nothing.

He had seen a lot of online violence in later life, so he knew that people's tongues were deadly weapons. The Guwalja clan could still withstand the pressure now, but the longer it dragged on, the more powerful the rumors would become.

He had to find a way to have the best of both worlds and get rid of the Guwalgiya clan and the Yue family.