However, because I knew the trajectory of development, and I also liked that era without imperial power, where everyone was equal, I wrote in my will that people should not resist the arrival of that era, and if possible, even help it arrive sooner.
Because the feeling of a nation's weight resting on one person's shoulders was truly exhausting, and Ming's mother told him many things that would happen later, so he avoided many bad things and people based on these stories.
After all these matters were settled, he passed the throne to Hongxi, his eldest son, who was his favorite child and also the child he felt most indebted to.
As dusk approached, Yinreng looked at the people inside the room with his cloudy eyes and smiled contentedly. He felt that his life had not been in vain, and the regrets of his previous life had been soothed. Now he could finally face his father and his mother in the afterlife.
Yinzhen's side story
My name is Yinzhen, the fourth son of Emperor Kangxi. My mother was Consort Tong. I had a happy childhood. Although my father, the Emperor, rarely visited, my mother loved me dearly. I also had three older brothers. Although I didn't see my eldest and second brothers often, they were always very kind to me. I saw my third brother quite often. We went to school and came home together. Although I thought my third brother was a bit silly at times, I still enjoyed playing with him.
After I finished my studies and returned to Chengqian Palace, I still had the pastries my mother made for me, and her fragrant and soft tummy. Of course, my favorite things at that time were the pastries my mother made, and the fruit from Consort Ming of Yonghe Palace.
At that time, she was not yet a Noble Consort. Many people in the palace said that Noble Consort Ming was the Crown Prince's person and would not be kind to him. Any kindness she showed him would definitely be ill-intentioned.
However, he didn't think so, because he thought his second brother, the Crown Prince, was very good. Moreover, he had gone to Yonghe Palace with his second brother several times, and Consort Ming always smiled gently, picked fresh fruit for them to eat, and made new toys for them. They had everything that his second brother, the Crown Prince, had. Furthermore, his mother had said that Consort Ming was a very good person, so Yinzhen simply did not believe that Consort Ming was a bad person.
Everyone was having a great time back then, but the appearance of a woman later made him very unhappy.
When he was very young, he was on his way home from school and heading back to Chengqian Palace. His mother said she had prepared lots of delicious food for him, including his favorite fruits.
He was about to go when he was stopped by a woman who was crying her eyes out. She pretended to care about him, acting all coy and hesitant. He was getting impatient. The palace maid behind her was saying that she was actually his biological mother, but that the baby had been taken away by Consort Tong when it was born.
Despite saying a lot, Yinzhen didn't believe it at all, because he had seen the way the woman had secretly looked at him just now.
snort!
He probably thought the child was naive and didn't hide anything, but who is he? He's the Fourth Prince of the Qing Dynasty, how could he be so easily fooled?
Needless to say, his second brother, the Crown Prince, had told him stories about swindlers before, and Yinzhen felt that this woman was very similar to the characters in his second brother's stories, so he went straight back.
Upon returning home, Yinzhen enjoyed his mother's warm greetings and the soft, fragrant handkerchief that wiped the sweat from his forehead, while happily eating pastries and drinking beverages.
Hmph, his last class today was PE, so he was drenched in sweat when get out of class ended. He was rushing back to eat, and the sweat on his forehead was still dripping. But the woman who intercepted him on the way didn't even notice, and yet she still dared to talk nonsense.
While eating, Yinzhen shared this matter with his mother.
He was just making a casual remark, but he never expected his mother to actually say that she wasn't his biological daughter.
At that moment, Yinzhen felt like the sky had fallen, and he didn't know how things had come to this.
Later, his mother explained the whole story to him in detail, and Yinzhen finally understood what had happened.
He was still conflicted for the first few days after finding out, but this conflict didn't last long before he stopped worrying.
It's over.
Because that woman who claimed to be his birth mother actually spoke ill of his mother, and after only saying a few words, she kept secretly trying to get him to speak on his behalf to the Emperor.
They said they would make clothes for him, but the clothes they made had one arm that was longer than the other, and the trousers were too short. It was obvious that they hadn't put any effort into making them.
At that moment, he knew from looking at this woman that he would not acknowledge her, because she never treated him as her son, but only as a bargaining chip.
Yes, his mother told him why she grew up in Chengqian Palace, so he actually disliked his birth mother. But since she was the one who gave birth to him, he didn't do anything and often cared about her. However, he didn't know much about what happened later. He only knew that she wanted to harm people and was later locked up in the courtyard by his father.
At first, he was very worried and went to see her a few times, but later when he went to see her, she was always scolding him, so he stopped going after a while.
He stopped paying attention to the matter after that.
Later, his mother's health gradually deteriorated. Yinzhen's thoughts were focused on studying and taking care of his mother. He knew that as long as he was by his mother's side, she would be very happy.
So no matter what his mother said, he stayed with her. It was because of this that he realized how much his mother loved him and that she was still thinking about him in her final moments.
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