The fourteenth prince instinctively glanced back, and in that glance, he saw another jade pendant on the bedside table.

This piece is his!

Where did the myna bird come from?

He can't possibly get his money back after drinking, can he?

But when his gaze swept over Sherry's wrist, which was faintly peeking out from under the blanket, his expression changed for a moment.

"Tu Lichen, you can go down now!"

"Yes, sir!"

The servants filed out, and Yinzhen, with a sense of foreboding, approached Xue Li step by step.

"No, um... no, no, Yinzhen, save me..."

Sherry seemed to be trapped in a nightmare, begging for mercy helplessly.

Yinzhen's expression changed drastically in an instant.

With a do-or-die attitude, he pulled back Sherry's blanket.

He then noticed the bluish-purple marks on Sherry's wrist.

It's obvious at a glance that it was made by a man's forceful grab.

Then I noticed unfamiliar marks on her body.

Yinzhen vaguely remembered that yesterday, when Yinsi invited him to drink, he kept praising him for being lucky.

He also boasted about his good fortune.

He originally thought that Yinzhi was grateful to have his younger brothers who were wholeheartedly devoted to him.

Looking at things now, it seems there's more to it than meets the eye!

Yinzhen looked at Xue Li for a moment, his eyes filled with disgust.

"Tulichen, come in and investigate where the Fujin went yesterday and when she returned... and where the Eighth Brother went..."

Yinzhen was so angry he was jumping up and down!

One should not covet one's brother's wife; how dare he?

What did he take him for?

At this moment, Yinzhen felt both sorry for Xue Li's fright and concerned about the marks on her body and what she had been through.

However, what was more significant was the sudden collapse of blind trust in Yinzhi!

Tulichen looked rather unwell when he returned.

After all, everyone will plant nails!

The Bao Yi family, on the other hand, has connections and influence far and wide!

The fourteenth prince has no ambition at this time, but he still controls the power of Consort De.

So the truth came out very quickly!

"So, he suspected that his wife had overheard his conspiracy with his retainers, and thus he abused her to silence her?"

Upon hearing Tulichen's report, Yinzhen burst into laughter in anger.

"I've followed him wholeheartedly, and even distanced myself from Fourth Brother for his sake. And yet he dares to slap me in the face like this!"

"Besides, everyone understands what the Eighth Prince is thinking, so why go to such lengths? Latour said that the Princess Consort almost fainted from crying, but the Eighth Prince didn't stop at all, continuing from afternoon until dusk!"

Tulichen was also furious at this moment.

Even setting aside princes, no ordinary man could endure such treatment.

Yinzhen was so angry that his face turned ashen, and he kicked over several stools and chairs in a fit of rage.

He stared intently at Sherry, who was trapped in a nightmare.

"Tu Lichen, I must give my good myna bird a big gift!"

The fourteenth prince officially turned against the eighth prince.

Of course, he could no longer maintain a calm attitude when facing Sherry.

These days, Yinzhen has been trying hard to suppress the anger in his chest and has been being insincere with Yintang and Yinsi.

Yinzhi's gaze towards him was extremely complicated at this moment.

Yinzhen didn't understand before, but now he understands it all too well.

He also knew that his good brother was insatiable and had developed a taste for his wife.

He has forced his wife to meet with him in secret more than once!

On one occasion, it even happened in his own tent.

On more than one occasion, Yinzhen witnessed it firsthand.

Hearing Shirley denounce Yinzhi as "hypocritical" and "extremely deceitful," he agreed in his heart, but was still angry.

Yinzhi loved to mention him when he was holding Xue Li. He would get so excited that his face would contort, and he would completely forget about etiquette and human relations.

One can imagine the hatred in Yinzhen's heart!

What made it even harder for him to face was his body's completely different reaction.

However, before he could do anything...

The crown prince was deposed.

This news caused a huge uproar.

On the fourth day of the ninth month of the forty-seventh year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign (1708), the Kangxi Emperor deposed Yinreng from his position as Crown Prince.

The reason was that Yinreng showed no affection for the eighteenth prince Yinxi when he was seriously ill, and Kangxi discovered that he approached the crack in the tent every night to spy on him, which made Kangxi feel a great sense of crisis.

Following the deposition of the crown prince, the other princes began to covet the position, forming factions and vying for power.

Among them, Prince Zhi, Yin Zhi, and Eighth Prince Yin Si, among others, all showed a strong desire to seize the throne.

Yinzhi even suggested to Emperor Kangxi that the deposed crown prince be killed, which displeased Kangxi.

In addition, the third brother reported the matter, and the eldest brother was placed under house arrest.

The eldest son began recommending the eighth son, Yinzhi, to be the crown prince.

This time, with Yinzhen secretly pushing things forward even more diligently, Yinsi's popularity has grown even higher.

Dissatisfied, Emperor Kangxi began to arrange for people to investigate the princes' residences.

As a result, the dragon robe was found in the Eighth Prince's mansion!

Lao Ba's eyes showed despair.

Old Nine exclaimed that it was impossible.

The fourteenth prince feigned a request to Emperor Kangxi to conduct a thorough investigation, but inwardly he was secretly delighted.

Thus, the evidence that the Eighth Prince intended to seize the throne by hiding the dragon robe became even more complete and convincing.