Following Lanqin's advice, Hongli immediately left the mansion with a personal servant and headed towards Changchun Garden.

When Hongli arrived at Changchun Garden, he found that there were many more guards at the entrance than usual, and their faces were all unfamiliar. Hongli felt a chill and immediately became suspicious. However, he had no time to think about it and prepared to enter the garden with his servant.

Two guards stopped Zuan Li, saying expressionlessly, "Who goes there? Changchun Garden is now a closed park; no one is allowed to enter..."

Before Hongli could speak, a servant stepped forward and said, "Look carefully, who dares to stop us like this? Make way and let our prince in..."

Unexpectedly, the guard didn't even look at him, his words firm and brooking no argument: "Whether you are a prince or not, please go back. You can't go in here. Don't make things difficult for us servants..."

The servant wanted to argue, but Hongli knew that the guard wouldn't let him pass if he said anything at this point, so he stopped the servant: "Never mind..."

Just as he was fretting, he saw a guard peek out from behind the group of guards.

"Old Zhao, what's going on?" Hongli shouted at the man, disregarding everything else.

However, Old Man Zhao, who was usually very respectful to him, dared not utter a word, but only gave Hongli a few unintelligible glances.

At this moment, a man stepped out from behind the guards. He walked up to Hongli and said in a friendly tone, "I know you are the fourth prince of Prince Yong, but we have now received a direct decree from the Emperor that no one is allowed to enter the palace every day! Please return, Fourth Prince!"

Hongli said, "How is Grandfather? Let me go in and see him."

The commander said, "Fourth Prince, please go back. If the Emperor wants to summon you, he will naturally send someone to invite you. Don't make things difficult for us servants!"

Hongli, having been turned away, was also embarrassed and, suppressing his anger, shouted, "Do you really think I can't get in? Who dares to stop me? My grandfather said that once I come, no one is allowed to stop me..."

Hongli angrily tried to rush inside, but the guards drew their weapons and rushed forward. Hongli was startled by the scene and became even more certain that something had happened in the garden...

"Fourth Prince, the Emperor has decreed that no one is allowed to enter. If you insist on forcing your way in, don't blame us for disobeying..." The commander was impartial and determined to stop them.

Having no other option, Hongli had to retreat in frustration.

Seeing this, Old Zhao hurriedly pulled everyone apart, smiling apologetically: "Brothers, the Fourth Prince was just concerned about the Emperor, why get angry? Alright, it's all a misunderstanding..."

After saying that, she pulled Hongli aside and whispered to him, "Fourth Prince, you don't know, these people suddenly arrived last night. They haven't rested and have been guarding this place without leaving for a moment. Many princes and ministers went in last night and haven't seen them come out yet... I still advise Fourth Prince not to go back..."

Hongli's heart sank lower and lower. It seemed his mother had been right; something had happened to his grandfather. Thinking of all the things Kangxi had done for him, Hongli was overcome with grief. He longed to see Kangxi as soon as possible, but seeing the scene at the gate, he feared it was impossible. Hongli fought back his tears and decided to return to the manor to tell Lanqin, hoping she might have a better solution. With that thought, Hongli turned and rode off at full speed. After riding for a short while, he stopped his horse. He remembered another entrance to Changchun Garden.

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