After listening to what Yinsi said, Yinlu sighed, "Eighth brother is so filial. When Father Emperor returns, he will surely be very moved."
Fourth Brother is no good. He's neither good at literature nor martial arts. If he can avoid getting close to Father Emperor and make Father Emperor angry a couple of times, that would be good enough. As for anything more, I'm sorry, Yinlu is incompetent; he simply can't do it.
Upon hearing this, Yinzhi's lips twitched. He thought to himself, "How can there be such a shameless person? And yet, Father Emperor dotes on him so much. It's really unfair."
Although Yinzhi was unhappy, there was nothing he could do; sometimes, the differences between people are just that great.
It's fine for Yinlu to just sit around and not fight for anything, but Yinsi can't accept that, so the two of them are destined to be on different paths.
Yinlu had clearly said such arrogant things many times before, and at least Yinsi was not surprised to hear them.
With a slight smile and a few more compliments to Yinlu, Yinsi made an excuse to distance himself from the other party.
In Yinzhi's view, although he was not as good as Yinlu, this was only the beginning. When his power was established, Yinlu would not be able to catch up with him.
Having long since stopped taking Yinlu seriously, Yinsi naturally didn't want to waste any more time on this oddball.
Yinlu watched Yinsi leave, feeling no resentment at being disliked.
He's proud of his slacking off. Just imagine, if he enjoys living a comfortable, decadent life where everything is done for him, then he can't appear to be working too hard. Based on the principle of equivalent exchange, Yinlu won't regret it.
Holding the braid he had been playing with in his hand, Yinlu pointed at the departing Yinsi and asked, "Has Little Eight been going to see Little Five a lot lately?"
The servant beside him nodded, "The First Prince is not here, and the Eighth Prince doesn't go to Chuxiu Palace very often."
Oh, so the original eldest brother left, and the eighth brother found himself a new eldest brother.
However, the fifth brother doesn't seem like someone who can walk the same path as the eighth brother. He doesn't know the eighth brother well, but he pays a lot of attention to the fifth brother. The fifth brother is not a pushover and has quite a bit of ambition. It turns out that the eighth brother also has his own ambitions. Tsk tsk, no matter how good things are for the two of them now, they will definitely go their separate ways in the future if nothing unexpected happens.
After analyzing the situation in his mind, Yinlu clapped his hands and said, "With Father Emperor not in the harem, not only is the court lively, but the princes' quarters are also bustling. Let's go back and rest."
Turning around, Yinlu didn't go to Qixiang Palace, thinking that his mother must be having a terrible time there too.
He realized that all he had done in the past was to upset his mother. Rather than that, he would rather stay in the prince's quarters and live his own life, waiting for his father to return.
The palace servants were baffled as to why their master had changed his temperament in just a few minutes.
If you ask carefully, will you not go to Qixiang Palace? After receiving an affirmative answer, simply shut up and honestly lead the way.
Forget it, forget it. It's hard to guess what the master is thinking. Why should a servant like me get involved?
Yinlu turned around and went back to the Prince's residence, instead of going to Qixiang Palace.
His impromptu choice was perfectly fine, and even saved Xiuning some trouble.
The reason is simple: something happened in the harem.
"Say it again, what does the Crown Prince want to do?"
Xiuning thought she had misheard; the Crown Prince actually wanted to search the harem!
This is his father's back garden, where his father's women and children live. Has the Crown Prince lost his mind? Xiu Ning doesn't understand. He was perfectly normal before, so why has he suddenly changed?
Chunyu's expression turned slightly cold; she too was caught off guard by the Crown Prince's sudden move.
"My lord, I heard that a thief has entered the palace. The Crown Prince has learned of this and wants to arrest him."
"absurd!"
Xiuning couldn't help but get angry, her finger trembling slightly as she pointed at the palace gate.
The Crown Prince is incredibly audacious. Putting aside whether it's true or not that thieves entered the palace, the fact that he dared to lead a search of the palace is foolish enough!
The harem was not his own private residence; it was inhabited by his stepmothers.
Moreover, Kangxi had not stopped taking people into the palace in recent years. Some of the young concubines and maids were about the same age as Yinreng. If rumors were to spread because of this, the crown prince would be in serious trouble, if not dead.
"What is Songgotu good for? He stayed in the court to assist the Crown Prince, so how could he have caused such a mess today?"
Besides, according to you, the matter has already spread. Whether the Crown Prince investigates or not, he will be impeached by the ministers.
Therefore, she couldn't understand what the Crown Prince wanted to do, unless he could actually grasp something, or rather, what he wanted to accomplish was worth taking such a big risk.
Xiu Ning narrowed her eyes, especially since she had already thought of some key points.
The harem, thieves, a search of the palace...
Connecting these points, Xiuning clapped her hands; the Crown Prince must know.
Overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming!
In recent years, the concubines that the emperor has taken in have mostly been Han Chinese sent from the Jiangnan region.
The area where the previous dynasty's power was most active was precisely the place where the literary style of the South was prevalent.
When the Manchus entered the Central Plains, they showed little mercy, and the relationship between the Manchus and the Han people was very tense.
If it weren't for the large number of Han Chinese and the fact that the Manchus were very wary of the Mongols from beyond the Great Wall, the imperial family would have continued to suppress the Han Chinese.
Of course, the imperial family no longer values the Han people. For example, Emperor Kangxi always suppressed the Han people. However, the Manchus were lazy and not very capable, which sometimes forced Emperor Kangxi to use the Han people.
While this eased the tensions between the Manchus and the Han, it also inadvertently increased the Han people's leverage, putting the Qing Dynasty in a passive position.
After all, in its early years, the Qing Dynasty did not do very well in order to consolidate its power.
People tend to be more cautious about what they fear most.
The reason they dared not grant power to the Han people and intensified their crackdown on anti-Qing and pro-Ming forces was all to secure their rule, fearing that they would be driven back to the barren lands beyond the Great Wall.
"My lord, what should we do? Judging from what the Crown Prince says, he has already assembled his guards," and it seems he will soon storm into the inner palace and conduct a thorough search.
Chunyu felt that Qixiang Palace couldn't escape it, and even the twelve palaces in the inner palace couldn't escape it.
"Let's wait and see," Xiu Ning sighed. "The Crown Prince was prepared in advance; we've all been outmaneuvered."
As long as the Crown Prince successfully hands over the anti-Qing and restoration forces, Emperor Kangxi will not only not punish him, but will also reward him for his good work.
Women are no more important than the country. As long as the country is secured, what woman can't I have?
"Go back. When the Crown Prince comes, you can entertain him. I don't think the Crown Prince will mind my rudeness as a concubine."
Xiu Ning finished speaking coldly, turned around and entered the inner chamber of the main hall, determined to ignore everyone.
The Crown Prince used this tactic, and there was certainly no time to send a message to Emperor Kangxi, who was far away outside the palace.
Xiuning decided to take matters into her own hands, taking a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone from the table. After a moment's thought, she wrote down everything that had happened in the harem during this period.
Of course, this includes the Crown Prince leading his men to search the palace today.
Xiuning wasn't the only one who filed a complaint. All the high-ranking concubines in the harem had been offended by the Crown Prince's actions. Since they had lived in the harem for many years, they didn't survive by simply eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist prayers. Each of them wrote a letter, and by the time the Crown Prince had happily gathered all the people involved, their letters had also been sent to Emperor Kangxi.
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