Chen Tingjing looked at the sinister look that had gathered on Kangxi's face, and there was a moment of daze in his eyes.
He had followed Kangxi for more than 20 years and thought he understood Kangxi's temperament, but only at this moment did he deeply realize how stupid he was in the past to think that he understood an emperor.
Kangxi's patience was limited. Seeing that Chen Tingjing hadn't spoken for a long time, he snorted coldly and said,
"I'll give you three more breaths. If you haven't made your choice yet, I don't mind making it for you!"
Under Kangxi's gaze, Chen Tingjing felt as if the air around him had solidified into substance, with drops of cold sweat falling to the ground. It was not until this moment that he finally regretted his decision.
Why on earth...why did he get involved in this?
"Your humble servant... chooses the first path!"
Chen Tingjing knew clearly that if he allowed Kangxi to choose for him, his family would be destroyed.
He himself could face death calmly, but he could not bring trouble to his family.
After getting the answer he wanted, Kangxi smiled for the first time today.
"You've finally gotten over your bad habits as a scholar."
The tone of these words was intimate, as if nothing had happened just now. However, both the king and his subject knew that from today on, they would never be able to return to the harmonious relationship they had before.
Chen Tingjing came out of the Qianqing Palace in a dishevel. Although the sun was scorching overhead, he only felt cold all over.
After Chen Tingjing walked out of the palace unharmed, all the forces in the capital received the news that Shamuha had been arrested and imprisoned.
Although many people were somewhat disappointed, they were not surprised by this result.
After all, Shamuha had long been destined to be a discarded pawn. Even if he had not encountered this today, he would have been liquidated by Kangxi afterwards.
But what happened in the next two days made everyone feel a chill in their hearts.
With the testimony of more than twenty people, Shamuha was sentenced to death along with his entire family the next day.
In just one afternoon, the entire family of nearly a hundred people were arrested and thrown into the prison, and all their property was confiscated.
Those who took the lead in spreading rumors and causing trouble in the outer city, regardless of whether they were Manchus or Han, were dragged out and nearly three hundred people were chopped off.
The Caishikou in the outer city was a river of blood.
When the people in the inner and outer cities saw this, they all fell silent. They dared not spread rumors anymore and even did not dare to go out.
After learning about this, Yinreng spent the entire afternoon drinking alone in Yuqing Palace.
He had actually anticipated this result.
The reason why Kangxi did not want to depose him from the position of crown prince was not only because he did not want to watch his years of training go to waste, but there was also a more important reason.
That means the timing is not right now.
Kangxi's reign lasted sixty-one years, but it has only been thirty-eight years so far.
There were still more than twenty years before Kangxi's death.
Now, only the eldest, fourth, eighth and ninth are qualified to compete for the throne.
Thirteen and Fourteen were still studying in the Shangshufang and had no say.
As for the remaining fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen, apart from being relatively young, their biological mothers were all Han Chinese, so they were not born qualified to compete for the throne.
The eldest brother has done a good job in the army in recent years. Although he does not hold military power, Kangxi will adopt his opinions as appropriate.
Therefore, his status among the military generals is still good.
Although the fourth brother has been low-key in recent years, his duties are all centered around the port. He has frequent interactions with the Imperial Household Department, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Revenue, and the military camp. He can be considered a multi-faceted warrior-type player with no shortage of money and power.
The eighth brother has the support of Prince An's Mansion, and at least half of the royal family members are on his side.
Although the Eighth Brother did not have much power in the Lifanyuan, he had plenty of money, not to mention the blood bag, the Ninth Brother.
If the Tenth Brother brings the Niuhuru family to join the Eighth Brother's camp, the Eighth Brother will definitely be the dominant one.
If it weren't for him, the crown prince, stopping him, Kangxi would have felt the threat from the eighth prince directly.
Yinreng knew that Kangxi had plenty of muskets and cannons, but hot weapons could not be used indiscriminately. If Kangxi used hot weapons on a large scale except to resist the rebellion, he would only lose the support of the people.
However, it was not easy for Kangxi to keep his position as crown prince.
He has been the crown prince for such a long time that it can only be said that he has no faults. Although he has made some contributions, they are not very obvious.
After all, in the past few years, when he was working, he had to ask a younger brother to help him, blocking his view and weakening his presence.
Besides, the fact that Yuqing Palace had no offspring for a long time was something that anyone could notice was a problem, and it was not something that Kangxi could hide just because he wanted to.
Although the Manchus did not care whether the successor was a legitimate son or not, they were particularly concerned about people who were infertile.
It is not aimed at the prince, but only at people who are infertile, regardless of gender.
Coupled with Kangxi's order to Chen Tingjing and Fucha Maqi to massacre the Manchus, it is estimated that those fossils will soon become restless.
Yinreng's prediction was correct.
On the afternoon of the day when forty-one Manchus were dragged out and beheaded by Fucha Maqi's order, the inner city was in an uproar.
No one expected that Kangxi would be so cruel.
It would be fine if it was just the Han people, but how could Kangxi massacre the Manchus as well?
The blood of the Manchus flows in his body!
This time, not only the leaders of the lower five banners, but even several leaders of the royal family could no longer sit still.
Under the leadership of Emperor Taizong Garse and Prince Kang Chuntai, all the members of the royal family who had some power gathered in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, but Kangxi's sons were not included.
In the main hall of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Kangxi sat behind his desk, and the others stood in an open space no more than five steps away from him. Apart from them, there were only the imperial guards armed with live ammunition at the door.
After hearing the eunuch's message, Kangxi summoned 30 first-class guards to guard the main hall.
Seeing this, except for Prince Yu who followed the crowd, the others all looked unhappy.
"What does your Majesty mean?"
Zong Ling Garse launched a direct attack.
The old clan leader passed away two years ago, and Garse was elected by the clan to succeed the old clan leader.
Kangxi glanced at Garse coldly.
"I'd like to ask what you mean? Are you forcing the emperor to abdicate?"
When the word "forced abdication" came out, everyone was shocked, and when they looked at Kangxi again, their eyes became much clearer.
Garse was not frightened by his words, he looked at Kangxi and said coldly,
"If I were to force the emperor to abdicate, I wouldn't have brought so few people here today."
"snort!"
Kangxi hummed a syllable from his nose and ignored Garse.
The clan leader who was elected by the entire family was not as easy to scare as the others. He started by saying "forcing the emperor to abdicate" just to make these people realize the situation.
If you push him too far, he might just flip the table over and no one will have an easy time.
If his sons had not found anyone suitable to take over the Ministry of Clan Affairs, how could this person have the chance to appear before him now!
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