The study room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign
"Su Peisheng, repeat what you just said. Who did you say ran away?"
Su Peisheng raised his eyes and looked carefully at his master who was looking at him in disbelief, and could only bite the bullet and repeat what he had just said.
"Reporting to His Majesty, a guard just came to report that the Crown Prince, Hongyu, Hongxi and several other princes, along with their guards, have left the city and are heading towards Rehe..."
Yinzhen now felt his head buzzing, and for a moment he didn't know whether to talk about his annoying brother first, or scold his bastard son and nephew first.
The city gate is not very close to the palace. It must have taken the guards quite a while to catch Honghui and his companions from the time they saw them leaving the city and arriving at the palace gate to report the news. It might be too late to try to catch them back now.
"Su Peisheng, have Su Keshan lead his men to guard the city gate now. If anyone from the royal family attempts to leave the city without my written order, have him tie them up and bring them to me..."
It's no wonder that Yinzhen had such a big reaction. It was true that his brothers were all as excited as if they were touched by honey when they talked about running away. Those guys were all very capable. In the end, there was only one thing to say - they had to be guarded against.
It must be said that Yinzhen was foresighted. Look, with this one cast of his net, he caught Fourteenth who was planning to sneak out by following that kid Honghui.
"Fourth brother, I'm not afraid to tell you straight up. I can't stay in the Ministry of War for even a single day. I'm your brother, not a caged bird. I haven't left the capital for almost three years. Do you think this is reasonable?"
If Fourteenth had not mentioned that he had not left the capital for three years, Yinzhen would not have been angry. But when he mentioned it, Yinzhen could no longer sit still. He stood up, walked around from behind the desk, walked quickly to Fourteenth, raised his hand and hit Fourteenth on the forehead.
"Hmph~~ You still have the nerve to bring this up with me? Come on, tell me who's to blame for this. If you hadn't been so bored and insisted on dragging me and your sixth brother into playing dice, would I be so helpless right now?"
Fourteen now felt that he was even more wronged than Dou E. It was indeed he who insisted on dragging his fourth brother and his sixth brother to play dice, but he had no idea that his fourth brother's hands were so smelly.
It would be fine if he always lost at gambling, but his gambling addiction was so severe that he lost his eldest brother, second brother, ninth brother, tenth brother, and now his sixth brother...
In short, all these words can be summed up in one sentence: people are addicted to being bad. You say you're bad, so why don't you practice more? Hey, they won't do that? This is actually turning the tables and blaming all the mistakes on him. No matter how much trouble he made in the past three years, he couldn't leave the capital.
As the saying goes, a thief can steal for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days. Isn't there a saying like that? A short pain is better than a long pain. Fourteen believes that if we want to solve the problem, the key lies in the younger generation like Honghui.
"Hey, what Sixth Brother said is absolutely right. A higher-ranking official can crush a person. But since Fourth Brother thinks it's my fault, then I'll just take responsibility. But I think, even if you detain all of us brothers, it's only a temporary solution. If we want to really solve the problem, we have to start with the younger generation like Honghui. In my opinion, Fourth Brother, you should send someone to Rehe as fast as possible to capture Honghui and the others. Only the younger generation can do the job. Only then can we live a carefree life like Khan Ama and Sixth Brother did."
Send people to Rehe to arrest people? Yinzhen thought this was feasible. After all, although his Khan Ama was protective of his own sons, he was not related to his father by generations. He did not dare to touch his sons in front of his father, so could he not touch his grandsons?
As the saying goes, action is worse than thought. Once Yinzhen's thoughts started to move, he couldn't stop. He immediately asked Su Peisheng to go out and call Su Keshan in, and ordered him to take people out of the capital immediately to tie up Honghui and the other little bastards.
The few who thought they had escaped the capital were unaware that the pursuers were approaching. Their mood was so good at this moment. If it weren't for the so-called royal face, they would have wanted to sing a song.
"Brother, I've made up my mind. When we get to Rehe, I'll ask Sixth Uncle to take us to visit his farm in Laizhou Prefecture. I've always heard him say that it's like facing the sea with spring flowers blooming, but I've never seen what the sea looks like in my life..."
Not to mention Hongming, even his older brothers like Hongxi and Honghui have never seen what the sea looks like. When they heard what Hongming said, they all nodded in agreement.
Although chopping wood, feeding horses and being a happy person were not what they yearned for, the sunshine, the beach, catching seafood, sea fishing, swimming and all kinds of fresh seafood were what they wanted. When they thought of the wonderful life that was about to begin, Honghui and the others couldn't help but raise their whips higher.
Although Su Keshan and his group set out much later than Honghui and his group, Honghui and Hongxi played as they walked, while Su Keshan and his group traveled day and night. On the second day after they set out, they blocked these people in the inn where they were staying.
Although Honghui, Hongxi, Hongyu and others were extremely valuable, Su Keshan had the golden medal of immunity from death. Once Yinzhen's order came out, Honghui and others had no choice but to compromise and follow him back even if they were reluctant.
You ask why these people are so obedient. Haha, what else can they do if they don't obey? Can't they see that they came prepared? Compared to being tied up and dragged back, at least it looks more respectable if you just follow them, right?
From planning the escape to escaping and then being brought back by others, it took less than three days in total. During this period, the moods of Honghui and others were ups and downs like a roller coaster, with highs and lows connected seamlessly. The main thing was speed.
It is said that none of Yinzuo's brothers were good people. They tried to escape but ended up falling into the hands of Yinzhen and Shisi. The price they paid was huge.
From this day forward, forget about freedom. Aren't you brothers good friends? Don't you want to stay together? That's easy. From now on, you won't go anywhere.
Yinzhen directly converted his Yangxin Palace into the Shangshufang. Not only did he arrange Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi and other important officials in the court to teach Crown Prince Honghui the skills of governing the country, but he also demoted Hongxi and Hongyu to various departments in the court as interns. It seems that if these people don't make some achievements, their hard days will be endless.
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