Rouyin hugged him back, "Thank you, sir, thank you, husband."
"Yin'er, you never need to be so polite to me. I am your husband." Smelling the delicate fragrance of orchids emanating from Rouyin, Yinzhen felt inexplicably intoxicated. After a day of "surprises," he embraced Rouyin and fell into a deep sleep.
During this time, Rouyin taught the children every day, including Honghui and Yilejia. That's right, Rouyin had also given Honghui and Yilejia the Strength Pill. Little Honghui and Yilejia had learned to control their strength. The younger ones were naturally intelligent and gradually understood that they should not use their strength on the people who took care of them.
Only then did Yinzhen feel at ease sending his two children to the palace to visit their mother and the Empress Dowager.
In the imperial court, the ministers argued incessantly, their underlying message being the establishment of a crown prince.
Emperor Kangxi, his hair slightly graying, sat at the head of the table, watching this scene with neither anger nor arrogance, seemingly unconcerned. He coldly observed the ministers in the court who were almost fighting over the succession, watching the First Prince's faction grow increasingly powerful since the Crown Prince's fall, and the Eighth Prince's faction gradually rising. He glanced indifferently at his Eighth Prince, whom he had never paid any attention to. "Well, well," he thought, "they're all worthy of being my good children, all eyeing my position."
During this period, Yinti, who had eliminated his rival, was riding high and became arrogant. He firmly believed that he would be the final winner. Yinti, the eldest prince who was determined to eliminate any future threat, stepped forward and said, "Yinqi has committed a serious crime. His actions are extremely despicable. Your son begs to kill him on behalf of the emperor to eliminate future troubles."
The moment Yinti uttered these words, the entire court fell silent. This was tantamount to father killing son, and this eldest prince…
Enraged, Kangxi slammed the teacup Liang Jiugong was holding at Yinzhi, drenching him in the scalding tea and leaving him kneeling on the spot in a disheveled state.
The princes standing below were also shocked. Their eldest brother actually dared to petition for the execution of the crown prince. Had he lost his mind? Yinzhen vaguely understood that his eldest brother had come up with this outrageous plan because he was under the pressure of resentment accumulated over the past few days.
Kangxi coldly observed Yinzhi's disheveled state, saying, "Your own brother, Prince Zhi, is utterly devoid of affection, heartless and ungrateful; he is intolerable to Heaven."
While deciding to imprison the Crown Prince in the Eastern Palace, he also clearly declared: "I have no intention of establishing Yinti as the Crown Prince. Yinti is impetuous and foolish by nature, how can he be established as the Crown Prince?"
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