Upon hearing this, Yinzhen curled up the corners of his mouth into an extremely sarcastic smile.

"But...what does this matter have to do with the Tong family?"

Even though he had no good feelings towards Longkodo, speaking objectively, Longkodo only revealed the truth of the matter, and the person who was really wrong was the one who was watching the show in the palace.

Did he think that killing Longkodo would offset his mistake of causing his third brother to become half-disabled?

You think too highly of yourself.

Anyway, Yinzhen didn't believe that his third brother would not resent him at all if he knew the truth.

Yinreng's heart suddenly shrank.

"What do you want to do?"

Yinzhen looked at him without hesitation.

"Can't the second brother guess what the younger brother is going to do?"

Yinreng was silent for a moment, then stood up from his seat and returned to the desk.

"What you want to do has nothing to do with me..."

The ninth brother has always been the one who is most unwilling to suffer injustice among the brothers. I think the incidents of the third and tenth brothers stimulated him.

But he was unwilling to get involved.

It's not that he is timid, but he has fallen once and knows how cold-blooded and ruthless Kangxi is. Kangxi also has memories of his previous life. If there is any movement in Yuqing Palace, Kangxi will definitely notice it at the first time.

If he gets involved, it would probably be the biggest hidden danger.

Yin'er narrowed his eyes.

"If you don't ask clearly, how can you know whether what your younger brother is going to do is good or bad for you?"

"I accept both good and bad things. Besides the position of Crown Prince, there is nothing else I can covet."

Yinreng didn't take it seriously.

"If you want the position of Crown Prince, as long as you can get him to agree, I'll give it to you..."

The smile on Yinzhen's face completely faded.

"Second brother, do you think I'm after the position of crown prince?"

Yinreng shook his head.

"no."

Yinzhen has always been clear about what he loves and hates. If you want to bypass him and develop your own power in the court, you don't have to go through this unnecessary trip today.

"No matter what you want to do, it's best to draw a clear line between you and me."

Yinzhen fell silent.

He looked carefully at his second brother, who was nearly ten years older than him, and his thoughts were surging rapidly in his mind.

Before hearing this, he just thought that his second brother hated evil and could not stand the nobles and officials inside and outside the court oppressing the people and seizing their own interests.

But now he doesn't think so.

"Why do you say that, second brother? I help you get what you deserve, and you give me protection of equal value. It's a rare win-win business..."

Yinreng interrupted him with a sneer.

"How do you know this is a win-win business? I'm afraid it's dead before it even starts."

He said, and stood up to chase the people away.

"You don't have to waste your time on me. You should look for someone else. Maybe they can give you the answer you want."

Yin'er's face darkened.

"I didn't realize my second brother was just a piece of clay, so easy to manipulate and flatten, without any temper at all! You put your life in the hands of an outsider, how could you know he would be so cold-hearted..."

“That’s enough!”

Yinreng pointed coldly at the door.

"go out!"

Yinzhen snorted, stood up angrily and walked towards the door.

When he opened the door, he found that the young eunuch who had just taken his cloak was waiting at the door. It seemed that he had been waiting for him for a long time.

Yin'er pursed his lips into a straight line.

Is this the reason why my second brother said his business would fail in the womb?

After leaving the Zhanshi Mansion, Yinzhen did not go anywhere else.

He knew very well that the person in the palace was in a sensitive situation right now. If he jumped around too obviously, he would probably be the next target after Longkodo was dealt with.

The next day, Kangxi openly attacked Longkodo in the court.

Facing Kangxi's questioning, Longkodo knelt down quickly, even took the initiative to admit his mistakes and took all the blame on himself.

He was used to using this method. As long as he admitted his mistakes with the right attitude, Kangxi would not hold him accountable too much.

But he overlooked one point.

In the past, for those minor mistakes, Kangxi would privately call him to the Qianqing Palace, scold him a few words, and beat him a few times with a stick, and the matter would be over.

He has never been held accountable publicly in the court like today.

Tong Guowei saw it clearly. Seeing Kangxi's gloomy face, he had a bad feeling in his heart, so after Longkodo knelt down to confess his guilt, he also knelt down on the ground.

He actually did not admit to the charges against Longkodo, but he pretended to be heartbroken, decisively admitted that he had failed to educate his son well, and asked the emperor to punish him severely.

The princes stood aside, looking at Tong Guowei kneeling on the ground with a look of regret on his face, and Longkodo trying hard to suppress his anger with his eyes full of dissatisfaction. They all felt more or less happy in their hearts.

When Longkodo was still a first-class guard in front of the emperor, he relied on the fact that he was the emperor's favorite cousin and looked down on everyone.

No matter how respectful he appears on the surface, it's hard to hide the evil in his eyes.

Oh, the prince is not included here.

Longkodo looked down on everyone but he dared not look down on the crown prince, otherwise he would be slapping Kangxi in the face. He still saw the situation clearly.

After Tong Guowei admitted his mistake with a sad face, the Left Censor-in-Chief Fucha Maqi jumped out again.

"Your Majesty, the Qing Dynasty governs on the principle of filial piety. Longkodo openly and forcibly seized his father-in-law's concubine, which is unethical and immoral. Since Duke Tong and the Minister have already admitted their guilt, I believe they should be severely punished!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the censors of the Inspectorate also opened their microphones passionately and disclosed all the evil deeds that Longkodo had done in the past, as if they wanted to nail Longkodo to the pillar of shame.

But the people under Tong Guowei were not pushovers either. They began to refute the charges raised by the censors. The court was noisy and bustling, even more lively than a morning vegetable market in the suburbs.

Yinreng guessed correctly.

Although Kangxi wanted to deal with Longkodo, he did not want to suppress the Tong family.

Except for Ma Qi who mentioned Tong Guowei, the others tacitly avoided him and only focused on Longkodo's mistakes.

Tong Guowei also noticed the strangeness of the matter. He looked up at Kangxi and found that he was staring at Longkodo with an expressionless face.

Tong Guowei's heart beat violently and he quickly looked away.

The commotion in the court ended with Longkodo being imprisoned.

Kangxi asked the Inspectorate to investigate as soon as possible to find out whether the crimes committed by Longkodo were true.

When Longkodo was dragged away, his face was full of disbelief.

He considered himself Kangxi's most beloved cousin, no doubt about it. So why did his cousin throw him in jail for such a small matter?

It’s not like he committed any heinous crime!

Although Tong Guowei was mentally prepared for such a result, he still found it difficult to accept.

As the few people in the court who knew the truth, Yinzhi, Yinreng and Yin'er watched coldly and were not as surprised as the other princes.