The power of Prince An's family was originally intended by Emperor Kangxi to be handed over to the Eighth Prince through marriage, so that he could take it back for him.
Who would have thought that the Eighth Prince, who doted on his wife and was fond of her family, would demean himself and squander Kangxi's plans and efforts because of the powerful army of Prince An's mansion.
During the Shunzhi reign, Prince An was no less powerful than the current Duke Tong's mansion, and even more so due to his lineage.
He was trusted by the late emperor, who once considered passing the throne to him.
Although the late emperor was persuaded otherwise, he still chose the young Kangxi. However, this hidden rival for the throne remained a thorn in Kangxi's side.
If that were all, it would be fine; an emperor should be broad-minded. It was the late emperor who abdicated the throne, and Prince An was also passive and innocent.
However, Prince An made a grave mistake: in the early years of Kangxi's reign, he showed considerable disrespect to the emperor, relying on his position as a minister of state and head of the Imperial Clan Court.
In the sixth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, when the regents manipulated the Council of Princes and Ministers and forged an imperial edict to kill another regent, Suksaha, Prince An, Yue Le, went to great lengths to curry favor with Oboi. This was another thorn in Kangxi's side.
If he hadn't truly been capable, demonstrating exceptional skill in leading troops into battle on several occasions, Emperor Kangxi wouldn't have tolerated him so repeatedly.
As Yue Le grew old and Kangxi entered his prime, the Prince An's Mansion began to show signs of decline.
Kangxi's hidden cunning no longer needed to be concealed and was now openly revealed.
Since the Eighth Prince's wife was confined to her quarters for speaking disrespectfully, which tarnished the reputation of Prince An's residence, Prince An's health has deteriorated.
After all, he was such an old man; every extra year he lived felt like a day snatched from the jaws of death.
Before the New Year, Prince An died of a cold. After discussing it with Mingzhu, Kangxi finally prepared to take action.
Although Prince An's sons could not live up to the family's reputation, they were still quite astute.
Sensing Kangxi's coldness towards their family, they resolutely closed their doors to observe mourning, hoping that Kangxi would show leniency in consideration of the marriage alliance between the two families.
The person is dead; they admit defeat. Let bygones be bygones.
Such an idea of escaping seems rather naive in the royal family.
Sure enough, half a month after the Eighth Prince established his own residence, Kangxi figured that his son should be less busy.
At the suggestion of Emperor Kangxi, Prince Li Daishan's great-grandson, Belenoni, accused Prince An Yue Le of unfair trial during his lifetime. He claimed that while in charge of the Imperial Clan Court, he listened to the slander of Bilashe's wife, the county princess, and wrongly convicted him of filial impiety, and imprisoned his mother.
The events that occurred in the third year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign are now being used to overturn the verdict.
Is it to give Noni justice?
Everyone in the government and among the public knows that this is just an excuse.
Before Prince An's faction could react, Emperor Kangxi immediately issued an edict.
Yue Le was stripped of his posthumous title, stripped of his princely rank, and demoted to a duke. His two sons, Jing Xi and Wu Erzhan, were stripped of their dukely and beizi titles respectively, and were instead granted the title of Duke of Zhenguo.
Upon learning of this, the Eighth Prince's wife's face turned deathly pale in an instant.
"Is this the Crown Prince's backup plan? Does he still not want to let us go?" The Eighth Prince's wife was heartbroken to the point of madness.
She held the arm of the Eighth Prince, who had just returned from the palace, her eyes brimming with tears and bloodshot.
The Eighth Prince couldn't bear it, but he had no choice but to say, "This is an imperial decree from Father."
The Eighth Prince's wife was well aware of who the real culprit was behind the humiliation of her maternal grandfather's family, but how could she dare to hate Kangxi?
Just like picking the softest persimmon, you should also pick the one you hate.
“My maternal grandfather has passed away. When a person dies, it’s like a lamp going out. Why is Father Emperor unwilling to give the Prince An’s Mansion any dignity?” the Eighth Prince’s wife sobbed.
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