Chapter 175: Confiscating the Queen’s Property Fortunately, this incident did not cause any serious consequences...
Fortunately, this incident did not cause any serious consequences. Seeing that she had realized her mistake, Yinzhen calmed down after the doctor came to check on her and found that there was nothing wrong with her.
Qi Buchen finally breathed a sigh of relief and returned to normal. He pulled Yinzhen aside and asked, "Is there any other way to write the word li in the calendar?"
"Why are you suddenly curious about this?" Yinzhen asked casually, dipped his finger in water, and began to write other ways of writing the word "li" for her.
Qi Buchen laughed and said, "Today at Old Eight's house, I heard that the Emperor had given the child the name Hongli. I found it a little strange. The word 'li' in the calendar doesn't have a sun radical. Why did they use this character?"
As he was speaking, the three calendars under Yinzhen had already been written, namely: calendar, calendar, and calendar.
Qi Buchen acted as if he had suddenly realized something: "So this is the calendar you use?"
But I felt uneasy, thinking that this calendar shouldn't be considered a calendar, right?
Yinzhen's words shattered her fantasy: "Well, but these three are rarely used nowadays, so it's not a bad idea to write this calendar."
Qi Buchen was struck by lightning when he saw the word "Li" he wrote. So, it really was Hongli?
"Why are you daydreaming again?" Yinzhen slapped her hand with a loud slap.
Qi Buchen retracted his hand, trying not to show any abnormality, but the mixed feelings in his heart could not be dispelled.
In bed that night, she tossed and turned, still tossing and turning, wondering: If it really was Hongli, was this a sign from heaven? If Nianhulu was the same Nianhulu from history, and Yinzhen was replaced by Yinsi, and she still gave birth to Hongli, did that mean history was correcting itself?
It was obvious that Yinzhen had no intention of competing for the throne. After giving birth to four children, she never got pregnant again. Although the four children had the same names as Yinzhen's historical sons, three of them died young. Only one, Hongshi, was later adopted by Yinsi, which was equivalent to giving him away for free.
Without the most important son in history, and with Yinzhen himself giving up, the future was about to take another fork in the road. History couldn't stand it any longer and forced a correction. Where would Hongli be placed next to Yinsi? Yinsi doesn't seem to have lived a long life in history, so would Yinsi succeed to the throne? And then, like Yinzhen, would he die after a few years, passing the throne to Hongli? Would the Kangxi and Qianlong eras of prosperity have begun again?
The more Qi Buchen thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was very high.
What about Yinzhen? What would have been his fate? Would he have been arranged to swap the fate of Yinsi in history? Would he have been imprisoned until his death after Yinsi ascended the throne? That shouldn't have been the case. Historically, Yongzheng imprisoned Yinsi because Yinsi still coveted the throne after he was registered. Yinzhen never had that desire. Even if Yinsi had ascended the throne, there would have been no reason to imprison him.
Or was it because of him? It seemed that in history, Yongzheng had issued an edict to scold Guo Luoluo, and he hated her extremely. Now his relationship with Baya was not very good. If Baya ascended to the throne in the future, would she whisper in Yinsi's ear and find fault with him?
Qi Buchen turned his back to Yinzhen, his heart beating wildly as he imagined his family's miserable future.
A pair of hands came up from behind, and Yinzhen's voice rang in his ears: "I thought you were strange today. Why are you not sleeping at this hour of night? What are you thinking about?"
Qi Buchen turned over, hugged him, and asked sullenly, "Yinzhen, if the Eighth Prince gets promoted, will Baya give me trouble? I've confronted her so many times."
Yinzhen was incredulous: "Is that what you're thinking about?"
"Yeah." Qi Buchen responded with a choked throat.
Yinzhen was both amused and annoyed: "Your brain...why can't you think of something serious every day?"
Qi Buchen didn't say anything.
Yinzhen stroked her hair and said firmly, "It can't be the Eighth Brother. Your assumption is meaningless."
Qi Buchen was dissatisfied: "How do you know it's definitely not the case? You are not the emperor."
"Although I am not the emperor, I know what kind of heir he wants." Yinzhen said secretly.
Qi Buchen was curious: "What kind of thing is it?"
Yinzhen said calmly, "He was once the crown prince. He was personally taught by the emperor father. Everything he did was in accordance with the emperor father's wishes. If it weren't for..."
If the emperor had not been on the throne for too long, the crown prince would definitely be the most perfect and most satisfactory heir.
Time, it should have been a perfect story of a father and son passed down through the ages, but time forced the father and son to turn against each other.
The former prince disappeared forever.
Qi Buchen boldly asked, "Then who do you think the Emperor will favor?"
Yinzhen fell silent for a long time before he said, "None of them will work."
Qi Buchen didn't give up: "Do you have to choose one? Can't Fourteenth Brother be chosen?"
"Him?" Yinzhen sneered. "Arrogant, high-minded, incompetent, shallow, and treacherous. A spoiled, self-righteous person with high aspirations, but a fate... huh."
My goodness, there is not a single good word.
Qi Buchen secretly clicked his tongue and completely believed that he really looked down on Yinzhen, and it was not as the unofficial history said that he targeted Yinzhen because he had stolen Yinzhen's throne.
"Then..." Qi Buchen hesitated and cautiously asked, "What about you?"
"Me?" Yinzhen seemed surprised that she would ask this and laughed. "Why, are you testing me again? I don't want three thousand beauties in my harem, I only want you. Is this an okay answer?"
Qi Buchen was speechless. He couldn't hear it when he was really testing him, but now he's doing this to him when he's having a serious discussion.
She punched him on the chest a few times in embarrassment and anger: "I'm serious!"
Seeing that her expression was indeed not a joke, Yinzhen thought about it seriously, then shook his head and said, "I can't do it either."
Qi Buchen was very curious: "Why?" This man really had no desires or demands.
Yinzhen played with her hair and sighed, "Being an emperor isn't easy. If you want to be a good emperor, if you want to shoulder the responsibility of all the people in the world, the first thing you have to do is not have any selfish desires. But how is that possible? If a person doesn't have selfish desires, then he's not a human being anymore. I'm the same, and my selfish desires are not small. Didn't you say that I'm a person who loves and hates, and I think you have some truth in you. I'm not suitable to be an emperor. Being an emperor requires checks and balances, and you have to learn to turn a blind eye, not show your emotions, and you have to judge the situation and understand that taking things slow is the best way to go."
"I can't do that. The Emperor was right. I have an impatient temper and I can't tolerate any injustice. When I see corrupt officials, I won't think about the complicated relationships behind them or try to educate them. I will just swiftly confiscate their property and send them to jail."
As he spoke, he actually laughed to himself: "If I were to become one, I could only be a 'property-confiscation emperor'."
Aren't you the 'Emperor of Confiscating Property' in history?
Qi Buchen murmured in his heart, and was surprised that Yinzhen had such a clear understanding of him, but as a wife, of course she had to support her husband.
"What's wrong with confiscating the property of an emperor? You're not confiscating the homes of ordinary people. Those corrupt officials deserve it, so they should be confiscated! Use the money to benefit the people. Even if someone calls you a confiscating emperor in the future, it will be a compliment!"
Yinzhen's chest vibrated, and he said in a joyful tone, "I didn't expect that Fu Jin would think so highly of her husband. Okay, then I will become the emperor of confiscating property, and then make you the empress of confiscating property, okay?"
The couple huddled in the small space separated by the bed curtains, speaking in low voices some outrageous words that no one could hear, but they only felt that their hearts were closer to each other.
After a long conversation with Yinzhen, Qi Buchen simply put aside the series of speculations triggered by the name Hongli. Even if Yinsi really ascended the throne in the future, so what? If he really dared to imprison her family, then she would...she would sneak out to sea with her husband and son, go to North America to carve out a piece of land and establish herself as king!
Humph, how vast the world is!
However, it is time to call Xie Hanshan back to ask about the situation of the fleet. After so long, is there any clue about the things she wants?
Xie Hanshan won't be able to come back for a while, so it would be good enough if he could come back before the New Year.
Even though Baya sent another invitation to Hongli's full moon banquet, Qi Buchen didn't go. Isn't it better to lie down at home? Why go out and make trouble?
I thought that my family could live a happy life in the Old Summer Palace until the New Year. However, only half a month after Kangxi came back, people from the Ministry of Justice came to urgently ask Yinzhen to go back.
Qi Buchen asked as he cleaned up for him, "What's the matter?"
"No details." Yinzhen frowned slightly, as if he noticed something unusual in the attitude of the person from the Ministry of Justice. "He just said there was a case."
After seeing Yinzhen off, Qi Buchen began to pack up and prepare to return to the capital.
Since Yinzhen started to show up, there was no point for them to stay in the Old Summer Palace anymore. Besides, the weather was getting colder, and it would be more comfortable to stay in the mansion in winter, and Yinzhen would not have to spend time on the road.
When he returned home with the luggage, the servants had already warmed up the house. Qi Buchen just had to arrange for everything to be put away properly and he didn't have to worry about anything else.
Instead, Song Ying came to her with a gift list and said, "This is the gift we prepared for the Thousand Years Autumn Festival this year. Please take a look at it, Madam."
Nanny Yue, Nanny Ham, and Nanny Cheng all passed away in the past few years. Baozhu and Songying took over their positions and are now the new generation of head nannies in the mansion.
Qi Buchen flipped it open and took a look. It was just the same old routine with additions and subtractions, nothing new. However, since he didn't need to stand out these days, it was best to just be decent.
"That's it."
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