The eldest prince actually made a good arrangement, with a meticulous plan, and even found a scapegoat. In his plan, the scapegoat was the third prince.
In fact, the eldest prince most wanted Yinzhen to take the blame, but he was afraid of something unexpected happening. After all, compared to the third prince, the eldest prince was not blind and naturally knew who was easier to frame.
Just as the eldest prince was feeling triumphant, he was unaware that he was about to face a great calamity.
When the Crown Prince woke up, he had no idea what had happened. His memory was still stuck at noon when he took a nap. He had no idea that he had slept with his father’s woman.
When he woke up, there was no one familiar beside him, only a young eunuch with an unfamiliar face guarding him. The prince asked, "Where is He Zhu?"
Upon seeing that the Crown Prince had woken up, the young eunuch immediately said, "Eunuch He is still unconscious."
The prince had a headache, and he rubbed his head, asking, "What happened? And what time is it now?"
The prince slept so soundly that he lost track of time.
Upon hearing this, the young eunuch didn't answer the first question, but only spoke of an hour. Only then did the crown prince realize something was wrong, and he frowned and asked, "Has something happened?"
A bad feeling crept into his heart.
The young eunuch stammered and remained silent. After all, it concerned the face of the royal family, and the crown prince would eventually find out, but he absolutely could not learn it from a mere servant.
He was just someone who looked after the crown prince, and his most important job was to keep quiet and not say a word.
Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of him, the crown prince got up. He figured he couldn't get anything out of one person, but he could get some information out of several people.
However, when the Crown Prince put on his clothes and went out, he was stopped. Outside the door were guards sent by Emperor Kangxi, each holding a knife.
The Crown Prince then realized that he seemed to be imprisoned, and the only person who could imprison him was his father, the Emperor.
The crown prince couldn't quite understand why.
Why imprison him when he did nothing wrong?
The crown prince was completely bewildered, not knowing exactly what had happened, but he roughly understood that he had probably been tricked.
There are only a few who would scheme against him; he doesn't need to investigate to know that. He only regrets that he wasn't careful enough and fell into their trap.
The Crown Prince was frustrated and confused, and the Crown Princess was also having a hard time.
She was prepared for the crown prince to be deposed, but she wanted him to be deposed for health reasons, not for something as scandalous as his actions in the harem.
So many ministers witnessed it firsthand. Even if the crown prince was innocent, no matter what Kangxi said in the end, the crown prince's crime of defiling the harem would be imprinted in the minds of all the civil and military officials.
Once she's crippled, how can she possibly have a good life?
With the crown prince imprisoned, she couldn't see him and could only inquire about him from those around him.
He Zhu, who was close to the Crown Prince, was taken away for interrogation by Kangxi's men. The Crown Princess was able to question the eunuchs below her and many other people, but no one discovered that the Crown Prince and Consort Ling were having an affair.
Although the Crown Princess didn't have much affection for the Crown Prince, she managed the food, clothing, and daily necessities of the entire Yuqing Palace, so she had no shortage of sources of information. She hadn't heard anything about the Crown Prince and Consort Ling having an affair.
Furthermore, after the Crown Prince was diagnosed with illness, he became extremely depressed and rarely left Yuqing Palace. He probably didn't even know who Consort Ling was.
She thought that the Crown Prince had most likely been framed.
Having reached this conclusion, the Crown Princess did not sit idly by and await her fate. She ran to Kangxi's courtyard and knelt down there.
She wanted to clear the Crown Prince's name.
It was too difficult for her, a woman living in the palace, to investigate. With the Crown Prince out of favor, there was almost no one who could help her, and now no one wanted to get involved in anything related to the Crown Prince.
The only person capable of clearing the Crown Prince's name was Emperor Kangxi, and the Crown Princess understood her and the Crown Prince's predicament very well.
"Your Majesty, the Crown Princess is kneeling in the courtyard, saying that the Crown Prince has been wronged."
How could Emperor Kangxi not know that the Crown Prince's affair was too suspicious? But the deed was done. He had asked the imperial physicians, and they confirmed that the Crown Prince and Consort Ling had indeed had a relationship. Regardless of whether the Crown Prince knew about it or not, Emperor Kangxi had already accepted the cuckoldry.
Emperor Kangxi was now in a state of turmoil. He knew that there was something strange about the matter concerning the Crown Prince; it was too much of a coincidence. Yet, in front of everyone, he had lost all face and dignity, and future generations would surely have something to say about it.
He aspired to be a wise and virtuous ruler, not the protagonist of romantic tales in history books.
Kangxi was somewhat angry, angry that the Crown Prince was so careless, falling for such an obvious scheme, causing the royal family to lose face and making him lose all face.
Because she was still angry, she naturally didn't have a good impression of the Crown Princess who was pleading for her, and said in a rather unfriendly tone, "Since she wants to kneel, then let her kneel."
The Crown Princess knelt upright on the ground in the courtyard. A young eunuch came over and said, "Your Highness, His Majesty is busy with state affairs and is afraid he will not be able to meet with you for the time being."
He didn't even let her get up. That was all the little eunuch said. The Crown Princess's face turned pale. She knew that her father-in-law, Kangxi, was taking his anger out on her, but could she refuse?
The one who slept with Kangxi's woman without any explanation was the Crown Prince, not her. How wronged she was! But could she get out of this mess?
She can't.
There always had to be someone to vent Kangxi's anger on. Kangxi didn't want to see the Crown Prince's face, so she, the Crown Princess, was the perfect punching bag.
The Crown Princess said, "I understand."
Then he just knelt down in the courtyard.
As the Crown Princess knelt on the ground, she couldn't help but drift off into thought. She was thinking how lucky she was to have worn knee pads when she came, otherwise her legs would probably be ruined.
Even with knee pads, she didn't feel much when kneeling on the ground. All she hoped for now was for Kangxi to vent his anger quickly.
About an hour later, Kangxi asked, "Is the Crown Princess still kneeling in the courtyard?"
No one came to report, which means the Crown Princess is still kneeling.
Liang Jiugong: "Your Majesty, the Crown Princess is still kneeling in the courtyard!"
Emperor Kangxi felt that it was about time and said, "Go and tell the Crown Princess to go back and take good care of the child. I will investigate the matter concerning the Crown Prince thoroughly."
Emperor Kangxi was also unwilling to swallow this insult and had already begun an investigation.
Liang Jiugong also breathed a sigh of relief; it was at least a good omen.
“Zha”
This time, Liang Jiugong went to see the Crown Princess in person.
The Crown Princess breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Liang Jiugong approaching her.
At least we have a place to stay.
The first thing Liang Jiugong said upon arriving was to the eunuchs waiting nearby, "Hurry up and help the Crown Princess up."
The young eunuch beside her quickly helped the Crown Princess up, and Liang Jiugong said, "This servant greets the Crown Princess. His Majesty has said that he will thoroughly investigate the Crown Prince's matter. Please return, Crown Princess!"
The Crown Princess wasn't insistent on seeing Emperor Kangxi; she simply wanted his opinion. Now that Kangxi had expressed his stance, she, as the Crown Princess, had done what she was supposed to do, and no one could criticize her.
She had already begun planning for the days after the Crown Prince was deposed; he could not be deposed for such a crime as defilement of the harem.
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