Chapter 198 Historical Deduction 2.3
A thunderbolt flashed through everyone's minds.
Yes, Yinreng arranged everything so perfectly for everyone.
This sense of order wasn't just for the princes who had already entered the court, but also for those who hadn't yet; it provided them with the perfect opportunity to showcase their talents.
"I had originally planned to go to the Ministry of Revenue."
Yinxiang's lips drooped, and there was no trace of joy on his face.
His assignment to the Ministry of Revenue and Yinzhen's assignment to the firearms battalion were planned some time ago as training experiences. However, after his second brother ascended the throne, he was sent to the Court of Colonial Affairs, a place that had nothing to do with him, yet he did a really good job there.
It was as if his second brother had known about his talent beforehand.
His only connection with the Court of Colonial Affairs was, as previously theorized, that Emperor Kangxi, wary of his abilities, assigned him to a sinecure position there. However, he unexpectedly demonstrated a talent for foreign affairs.
Seeing how well he could "win people's hearts," Emperor Kangxi hastily sent him out to fight again.
However, the second inference clearly starts from their current point in time, and at this point in time, the Court of Colonial Affairs should not be his place of residence.
It wasn't just Yinxiang; each prince's department was chosen based on the faction divisions they were most likely to control, as predicted in the previous analysis, in order to protect Yinreng's power.
Mastery requires talent, but compared to the stumbling and bumpy process in the previous deduction, in this deduction they followed Yinreng's arrangements completely, and they just happened to master the part they were best at.
There's no way it's such a coincidence.
"So..." Yinzhi's voice was somewhat hoarse and strained, "What did Second Brother sacrifice to reverse time and space, leading to different historical interpretations?"
Kangxi clutched his chest, speechless for a long time, while the figures of Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu appeared on the screen.
For the first time, they learned that mythical beasts could speak human language, but they didn't really like hearing it.
Inside the Qianqing Palace, after seeing off all the visitors, in the dead of night, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu quietly landed at the head of Yinreng's bed.
“Buddha’s disciple, you have deceived us.”
As Xiao Wu spoke, he completely shed his black feathers, revealing his golden roc form. Xiao Liu, standing beside him, remained in the form of a green peacock, but his feathers shimmered with a captivating light.
"Monks do not lie."
Yinreng stroked Xiao Liu's feathers and chuckled, "I'm not a monk."
As if angered by his joking attitude, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu showed human displeasure and sadness on their faces.
“I thought you had let go of your obsession and did all this out of a compassionate heart for the world.”
Hearing Xiao Wu's words, Yinreng sighed softly, "Aren't my father and brothers all sentient beings? How can my compassion disregard my family?"
"That's different!"
Xiao Wu jumped up and down, "We came to help you overcome your tribulation. If you don't let go of your attachments, Buddha's disciple, you will truly die once you die in this life."
Xiao Liu seemed calmer than Xiao Wu, but her tone carried a hint of worry and confusion: "Fame, power, and profit—you don't care about any of that, so why are you so attached to love?"
Yinreng shook his head: "I've already said, there's no need to call me a Buddhist disciple. I'm not a Buddhist disciple. Isn't it normal to be attached to love?"
Xiao Wu repeated: "But you will die."
"Everyone is destined to die."
Everything in this world is merely your destiny.
“But this is also my life,” Yinreng hugged Xiao Wu into his arms, stopping it from saying anything more. “Sometimes I think, if it’s my fate, why should it involve others? Is my appearance also someone else’s fate? If it weren’t for me, would they have had to suffer all of this…”
"It all started with me, and it will end with me."
Listening to Yinreng's self-loathing, Kangxi shook his head repeatedly. Even knowing that Yinreng, behind the curtain, could neither see nor hear, he couldn't help but say, "How could that be? Baocheng, you are the best gift Heaven has given me, not a calamity. I have never regretted having you as my son..."
The others shook their heads incessantly. They couldn't imagine what they would be like without Yinreng. Perhaps many of the factional conflicts predicted in the first scenario would become reality. Perhaps they would all be blinded by power and turn against each other, perhaps they would all wear masks and feign warmth...
But no matter what, they will never be like they are now, with conflicts between them but still a close relationship.
Without Yinreng as a lubricant and core figure, fathers, sons, and brothers could never be of one mind.
No matter how desperate they were, Yinreng, hidden behind the curtain, grew weaker day by day.
Faced with Yinreng's physical condition, everyone was panicked and puzzled. They summoned the most famous doctors in the country to examine him, but to no avail.
One day, Emperor Kangxi, who looked much older because of Yinreng's illness, sat by his bedside and looked at his son who had fallen into a coma. He couldn't help but feel sad.
She tucked the blanket around him and walked outside the hall. "Come out, stop hiding."
Soon, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu came out from the corner.
"What exactly happened with Bao Cheng? I want to hear the truth!"
The two little ones remained silent. Kangxi dismissed all the palace servants and stayed in the side hall with Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu for more than half an hour.
When he came out again, Kangxi's face was very ugly.
Then, he summoned all the princes, and they discussed something in the palace. Soon after, while Yinreng was in a coma, Kangxi, in his capacity as the retired emperor, issued an edict to build a shrine for Yinreng.
Under the guidance of the princes, the entire Qing Dynasty was praising Yinreng's merits.
Not only that, but Emperor Kangxi, in his capacity as emperor, held a grand water and land ceremony to pray to all the gods and Buddhas for blessings, and publicly revealed Yinreng's identity as a "Buddhist son," seeking the protection of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
Will it work?
Everyone clenched their fists, watching the actions of everyone on the screen, their hearts surging with excitement and hope.
Seeing that as the grand water and land festival progressed, Yinreng became more and more lucid each day and was even able to get out of bed and walk around, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and subconsciously raised the corners of their mouths.
"Father, there's no need for this." Inside the Qianqing Palace, Yinreng, under the watchful eyes of Kangxi and several brothers, slowly stretched his body. He was clearly aware of what was happening outside and couldn't help but try to dissuade them.
Kangxi's eyes instantly reddened. "Baocheng, I'm willing to do anything to save you."
"Theocracy will undermine imperial power, and the flourishing of Buddhism is not a good thing for the Qing Dynasty..."
Yinreng wanted to say more, but Yinzhen interrupted him: "Second brother, we can handle any trouble... Second brother, I promised I would take care of you..."
At this point in the film, the screen suddenly started flickering, quickly showing several scenes of people worshipping in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, golden light enveloping the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and people looking up in astonishment. Then the screen went black.
"What happened?"
[Actually, that's where the second inferred memory fragment ends.]
"And what was the ending?"
Yinzhi frowned. He hadn't even seen if Baocheng was fully recovered yet! The details of the pilgrimage, the golden light, and the astonishment weren't complete!
[The relevant details for this inference are missing, leading many scholars to speculate that the final outcome was that Aisin-Gioro Yinreng, due to the awakening of his Buddhist identity and the accumulation of merit, "ascended to heaven in broad daylight."]
"Ascension in broad daylight?"
Was the turn of events really that sudden?
So if they don't make it public, Yinreng will die; if they do make it public, Yinreng will still leave, right?
Before anyone could ask further questions, the previously black screen started flashing again, but this time it didn't seem to be the system's doing.
The cold, mechanical sound, accompanied by a red light, resounded throughout the entire space.
[WARNING! WARNING! The observation space is under attack by an unknown force!]
[WARNING! WARNING! The observation space is under attack by an unknown force!]
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