When the sister-in-law heard her say this, although she felt a little dissatisfied, she didn't say anything else. She stayed for lunch and went back.
Everything was peaceful until the fifth day of July, when Li Jia took action.
At that time, Yinreng was still handling state affairs in the front yard. After hearing about this, he immediately rushed to the back yard. The imperial physician, midwife and wet nurse had already arrived.
He Yuzhu brought a chair for Yinreng to sit outside, "Your Highness, the Queen Mother and several concubines have sent people to inquire."
Yinreng replied, "Tell the Queen Mother that I will personally go and announce the good news when the child is born."
He Yuzhu took the order and left.
Li Jia gave birth very quickly. The baby was born in about three hours.
Yinreng was extremely excited to see the familiar child return to his side.
"He Yuzhu, quickly send someone to tell the Emperor that my eldest son has been born."
After saying that, he smiled and said, "Send someone to tell the boss about this."
The eldest brother, who had always wanted a legitimate son, felt both happy and angry when he heard this.
He looked at the person who came to deliver the message with a bad temper, "What are you still standing here for after delivering the message? Are you waiting for the reward?"
Upon seeing this, Li Zhong quickly sent the messenger out, stuffed his heavy purse with it, and said with a smile, "Our prince wanted a legitimate son but failed, but the Crown Prince's legitimate son has been born."
Those who could come to pass on the message were naturally smart. When they heard this, they couldn't help laughing, "Beile is very lucky. He will definitely have many legitimate sons in the future."
Li Zhong bowed, "Thank you very much for your kind words."
Kangxi, who was on his way back from his eastern tour, was so happy to hear that Yinreng had a legitimate son that he couldn't stop smiling. He immediately issued an edict to appoint Hongxi as the crown prince.
The group hurried back to the palace at the end of October.
The first thing Kangxi did when he returned to the palace was to pay his respects to the empress dowager. The second thing he did was to go to Yuqing Palace to visit Hongxi in person. Then he waved his hand and took the child away.
After Xiao Shi came back, he went straight to Chuxiu Palace. When he saw the sick and haggard imperial concubine, he burst into tears.
At this time, the imperial concubine did not have the strength to speak, but just looked at Yinzhen reluctantly. She was able to stay until today only because of her willpower, just wanting to take one more look at her son.
On the morning of the third day of November, deafening wails were heard from Chuxiu Palace, and the imperial concubine passed away.
Kangxi posthumously conferred the title of "Wenxi" on her and specially allowed Xiao Shi to work with officials from the Ministry of Rites to handle the funeral of the imperial concubine.
The death of the imperial concubine made Xiao Shi grow up quickly. In the following years, he was no longer as reckless as before. With the help of the prince and the ninth brother, he began to do errands.
In the 35th year of the Kangxi reign, Galdan invaded with a large army. Kangxi personally led the expedition against Galdan. Yinyou led the Bordered Yellow Banner Camp, Yinsi accompanied him to manage the firearms, and Yinzhen led the Plain Red Banner Camp. Yinzhi and the Grand Secretary Suo'etu led the vanguard battalion of the imperial camp and served as advisors to the military council.
Before leaving, Yinreng summoned Soetu alone and repeatedly warned him not to hinder his boss.
Although this battle forced Galdan back to his lair, he was still unwilling to give up and attacked again the following year.
Kangxi was furious and led his army to fight again. After a fierce battle, he forced Galdan to commit suicide by taking poison.
At the celebration banquet, the eldest son was conferred the title of Prince of Zhi, the third son was conferred the title of Prince of Cheng, and the fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth sons were conferred the title of Beile.
With his major worry gone, Kangxi began his southern tour in the spring of the following year.
Now Hongxi and the eldest son of the old man, Hongyu, have become the old man's favorites, and he takes them with him wherever he goes.
The two little guys are always clingy and act like spoiled brats, and the old man just loves it.
"Huang Mafa, I want to get off the boat and play."
When Hongyu heard Hongxi say this, he also joined in the fun, "Huang Mafa, I want to get off the boat and play too."
Kangxi was almost tortured to death.
"If you get off the boat, you'll be feeding the fish and you'll never see Ama again. Are you sure you want to get off the boat?"
Hongxi pursed his lips and stopped talking, and seeing this, Hongyu also became obedient.
Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two little devils had finally behaved themselves.
"Liang Jiugong, after we get to the shore, get two small boats and take them out for fun."
Liang Jiugong took the order and went down to prepare immediately.
The accompanying Noble Lady Ping and Noble Lady Ding said they were there to serve Kangxi, but in fact they were there to take care of the children.
They are relatively young and have the energy and physical strength to take care of children.
But even so, after the southern tour, both of them had lost a lot of weight, and the clothes that once fit them began to wobble.
Inside Yuqing Palace, Yinreng was chatting with the eldest son, and occasionally glanced at the two children squatting and playing together.
"It's been two years since my eldest sister-in-law passed away. Are you planning on marrying a second wife?"
Yinzhi sat with his body tilted in an awkward position, "If I don't marry her, it will be troublesome."
Yinreng glared at him angrily, "You have such a large family but no wife. I really don't know how you manage to survive in your house."
The eldest son was very dissatisfied. "The emperor has sent a nanny to take care of the affairs in the backyard. The affairs in the front yard are naturally taken care of by the master's people. Why must he marry a concubine? Can't concubines have children?"
"All you do all day is give birth to children. Now you have the most children among us brothers, and you are not worried that you can't support them with your salary."
Yinzhi chuckled, "If you don't have money, just ask the old man for it. Aren't those his descendants?"
Yinreng was really speechless by the boss's twisted logic.
Seeing that he was almost angry, Yinzhi waved his hand and asked everyone in the hall to leave. Then he looked at Yinreng and asked seriously, "Baocheng, you have been the crown prince for so many years, aren't you tired of it?"
Yinreng glanced at him sideways, "Why, you want to try it?"
Yinzhi rolled his eyes. "If I had that ability, I would have fought you to the death long ago. How could I be so quiet? I'm asking you, do you want to be emperor?"
Yinreng's eyes widened, and he looked at Yinzhi in shock and speechlessness, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Yinzhi leaned closer. "There's no one here, so what's wrong with you telling the truth? Although I'm not very well educated, I know that no other prince has been a prince longer than you. Although the emperor treats you well, are you really willing to be a prince forever?"
Outside the palace, Kangxi listened to these words with a cold face.
The palace maids in Yuqing Palace had already had their mouths covered by Liang Jiugong and his men. They didn't dare to breathe, for fear that they would hear something they shouldn't and lose their lives.
The man in the hall was silent for a long time before he said, "Brother, if I said that my greatest wish is not to ascend the throne but to die of old age, would you believe me?"
Yinzhi naturally didn't believe it, but seeing Yinreng's determined look, he hesitated. After a while, he sighed, "I am in charge of the Imperial Guards now. If you want to be the emperor, I will follow you in rebellion."
"I think you are really rebellious!"
Kangxi kicked the door open and walked in, scaring Yinzhi and Yinreng so much that they knelt down.
[It seems that after all these twists and turns, I will eventually end up on the path of being deposed as the Crown Prince.]
[I thought I had lived safely for so many years and would never be deposed again, but I never expected that the Emperor would hear about this misunderstanding today.]
[Even if I explain myself, the Emperor won't believe it.]
Yinreng closed his eyes and lamented his fate in his heart.
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