Thirteenth Prince smiled disdainfully and picked up where Fourth Prince left off, saying, "I have been on good terms with Fourth Brother since childhood, but I am not saying this because of our relationship. Rather, it is because I know that my Fourth Brother would never stoop to doing such a thing. Eighth Prince is the one who loves to do such things, as you know."
The Eighth Prince's wife said, "What do I know? What do you mean? The Eighth Prince has always acted uprightly and honestly, how could he possibly be involved in those matters?"
The Thirteenth Prince continued, "Do you remember the deposed Crown Prince? When the deposed Crown Prince was first deposed by the late Emperor, he was also demoted to Yangfeng Alley by the late Emperor. Wasn't that done by Eighth Prince? As his wife, you should know better than anyone else."
The Eighth Prince's wife's pupils contracted. She had come to the Seventeenth Prince's residence today, feigning drunkenness, but in reality, she was using the princes to confront the Emperor and force the Fourth Prince not to kill the Eighth Prince, thus making the Fourth Prince think twice.
Of course she knew exactly what had happened that time. But she still stubbornly insisted: "The abolition of the Crown Prince and your demotion to the Beekeeping Circuit were both orders issued by the late Emperor. What evidence do you have to prove that the Eighth Prince did it?"
The Thirteenth Prince said, "Whether there is evidence or not, I no longer care. So many years have passed, and I no longer resent Eighth Brother. It's just that you insisted on bringing it up today, so I'm saying it now."
The Thirteenth Prince, mindful that the Eighth Prince's wife was a woman, did not want to stoop to her level, lest he embarrass her in front of everyone.
But the Eighth Prince's wife didn't think so. She said, "If you can't produce any evidence, it means that the Eighth Prince didn't do this. You're just slandering him and talking nonsense."
Seeing that the Eighth Prince's wife was still unrepentant, the Fourth Prince said, "If there were no evidence, why would the Thirteenth Prince bring this up here?"
When the Eighth Prince's wife heard that there was evidence, her face changed drastically. When the Fourth Prince saw that the Eighth Prince's wife's face changed, he immediately said, "The Eighth Prince has committed more than just this one crime. The gyrfalcon's hands and feet were done by the late Emperor himself. He used that mad gyrfalcon to eliminate the Eighth Prince's power. The late Emperor only told me this before he passed away."
"Do you think the Eighth Prince could deceive the late Emperor? It's just that the late Emperor didn't have the heart to expose him because he was a prince. But why can't you understand? The Eighth Prince has long been deprived of the throne. Even without me, he would never have become emperor," the Fourth Prince said.
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked and began to recall the events of that time. It turned out that it was during that incident that the Eighth Prince lost his chance to ascend the throne. After understanding this, everyone looked at the Eighth Prince's wife with a mixture of pity and mockery.
Lanqin was also surprised. She hadn't expected that the late emperor had seen through the Eighth Prince's wolfish ambitions so early on, and thus used this method to drive him out of the struggle for the throne. It must be said that the late emperor was indeed farsighted in his judgment of people and affairs. Otherwise, how could he be the famous Kangxi Emperor in history, who ascended the throne at the age of eight? If he hadn't been brave and resourceful, how could he have preserved the Aisin Gioro family's empire?
Lanqin looked at the Eighth Prince's wife and shook her head, sighing inwardly, "This woman has spent her whole life scheming for her husband. Now that she knows that all her husband's efforts have been in vain, what a blow that must be."
Lan Qin looked at the Eighth Prince's wife, who stood there motionless like a tree, as if someone had struck her pressure points. Her expression was full of astonishment.
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