From that day on, Yinsi began to have frequent contact with Marhun.

Like a signal, the court officials who had been holding back for several years began to secretly show goodwill to the prince they favored.

What surprised Yinreng was that even though he had put so much effort into seeking his own death, there were still people who dared to approach Yuqing Palace.

Although he was surprised, it was impossible for him to accept those who showed goodwill.

Just when the court and the country were extremely busy, a "rumor" emerged in the palace -

The prince cannot have children.

Once this "rumor" spread, it caused a small sensation in the palace.

Why is it a small scale?

Because Kangxi's secret informant heard about this, he was furious. He quickly found the source of the rumor and killed all the rumor spreaders in time.

But there were too many eunuchs and maids in the palace, and the secret agent was not sure who had heard the rumor.

It is impossible to completely curb rumors.

Kangxi ordered a thorough investigation.

But after investigation, Kangxi discovered that the culprit was not the Imperial Hospital as he had guessed.

Instead, it came from the mouth of a small manager of Xinzheku.

It is quite intriguing that the little steward has some connection with Concubine Liang.

Kangxi ordered severe torture, but the young steward insisted that he had made up the rumor because he saw that the prince had been married for several years but had no children.

Kangxi was obviously not satisfied with this answer, but the secret clues he had only led him to the young steward, and he found no other clues.

So Kangxi tried to threaten the steward with Concubine Liang and Yinsi. As a result, the steward pretended to be afraid on the surface, but did not reveal anything more.

Later, he instructed the Ministry of Punishment to increase the punishment of the small steward, but a few days later, the small steward was tortured to death by the severe punishment.

This made Kangxi very angry.

But he could only order his secret agents to tighten their supervision.

As for Concubine Liang Wei, he had no way to do anything to her now.

He also wants to use Yinsi.

If Concubine Liang is alive, she will become Yinsi's weak point, but if she dies, she will be of no use.

In late February, Yinsi got married.

The wedding was celebrated with great fanfare at Prince An's Mansion, and Yinsi even overshadowed all of his other married brothers.

But no one felt that there was anything wrong with it, instead they were filled with indignation.

Put yourself in other people's shoes.

If they were replaced by Yinsi, they might not be able to smile even on such a festive day as the wedding.

However, Yinsi was generous and decent throughout the whole process, and did not even show the slightest dissatisfaction.

Yinzhen stood among his brothers and looked at Yinsi's smiling face, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Even at this time, Lao Ba can still laugh...

Yinzhen had to admit that he was indeed no match for Yinsi.

He might not even be able to endure this much.

During the banquet, Marhun lagged behind Yinsi by half a body length, his face smiling like a chrysanthemum.

Every time Yinsi walked to a table, someone would come up to greet Marhun. Yinreng tugged at Yinzhen's sleeve and asked him to pay close attention to Marhun.

After observing for a moment, Yinzhen finally understood why his second brother asked him to pay attention to Marhun.

He really looked down on Malhun in the past, but today he realized that Malhun was the one who was truly good at dancing with all kinds of people.

You really can't underestimate anyone...

After the wedding banquet, Kangxi handed over the Ministry of Revenue to Yinsi for management.

Since Yinzhi was able to walk in the court, Kangxi returned his post in the Ministry of Rites to him.

In addition, he also gave more power to the other princes.

Yinsi was forced to step into the quagmire, while Yinzhi took the initiative to jump into the quagmire.

Ever since the day he learned the truth, he had decided to do something to pave the way for his Hongsheng.

He spent half his life to get the title of a prince, but for him, this was far from enough!

Even if he was destined not to sit on that seat, he had to leave Hongsheng the title of an iron-hat prince.

Otherwise, how can we justify the suffering he has endured?

*

Even though Kangxi had used drastic measures to stop the spread of rumors, it didn't take long before some of the important officials in the palace knew that the prince was not capable.

At first, everyone thought it was absurd, but when they thought about it carefully, the rumor did make some sense. After all, after the New Year, the prince would be 27 years old!

Even in the families of ordinary people, it is rare for a man to be childless at the age of 27, let alone a prince?

Moreover... the Emperor had urged the Crown Princess two years ago, but he didn't even mention this matter at the family dinner this year. Could it be that as the rumors say, the Crown Prince is not capable?

The concubines in the palace also began to feel excited.

If the prince is really incompetent, then is it possible for their sons to sit on the most honorable position in the world?

But unlike the chaos in the previous dynasty, all the concubines chose to remain silent.

He did not choose to announce this news which was enough to explode the capital.

The secret is only effective when it is kept in the hands of one's own people. If everyone knows it, they will lose the initiative.

Soon, the eldest prince, the third prince, the fourth prince, the fifth prince, the ninth prince and the fourteenth prince all knew this "secret".

Except for Fourteen, the first reaction of the others when they heard the news was disbelief.

But after careful analysis, they all felt it was reasonable.

Yinzhi's daughter will be of marriageable age in three years. The prince is only two years younger than Yinzhi, but there is still no young master in Yuqing Palace.

There are more than one woman in the prince's backyard, the princess. It's impossible that all of them have physical problems with having difficulty in having children, right?

If this is true, all the medical officers who examined the beauties during the selection should be dragged out and beheaded!

So one day when the court was in session, almost all the princes stared at Yinreng with complicated expressions throughout the entire morning session.

After court dismissal, Yinreng returned to Yuqing Palace for breakfast, and the remaining princes all chose to follow Yinreng to Yuqing Palace.

Yinreng didn't care. He couldn't finish his daily ration anyway, so he could afford to feed a few more people.

The princes had mixed feelings.

After all, at the beginning, they all thought that they were the only ones who knew that the prince was incompetent, but in the end, all the brothers seemed to know about it.

During the meal, apart from Yinreng himself who was enjoying the food, everyone else at the table was staring at him.

Or rather, she was staring at his lower body.

So Yinreng could not eat any more after eating only two buns. He threw away the chopsticks in his hand and glanced at everyone with a bad look.

"What's wrong with you?"