The three officials didn't dare to breathe loudly. The servant wanted to go out and inform Yin Tang and Yin Qi, but the entire mansion was surrounded, and anyone who dared to speak out would be kicked back.
“Prince Zhi, please calm down.” Sanguanbao knew that Yinti was stubborn and that he would only suffer if the argument continued, so he could only say tactfully, “This servant is insignificant, but Prince Heng and Ninth Prince are also your own brothers. You have such a good relationship, you can’t let this matter cause such a scene…”
"Hmph, I'd even smash up my own uncle's house, why would I care about your so-called brotherhood? If they dare to plead for me today, I'll smash them up too."
Even Mingzhu's residence was vandalized?
San Guanbao was taken aback and then remembered the time he went to admire the flowers in the Imperial Garden.
Alright, go ahead and smash it.
San Guanbao shut up completely, and could only watch helplessly as his front yard was smashed to pieces.
Before leaving, Yinti patted Sanguanbao on the shoulder and said, "If you have any complaints, you can go and complain to the old man."
After saying that, he led everyone away gracefully.
Emperor Kangxi learned of this incident the next morning during the imperial court session, when an imperial censor impeached Yinqi for leading troops in rebellion and vandalizing the residences of high-ranking officials.
Kangxi was somewhat bewildered, "When did this happen?"
Wait a minute, he was talking to that kid about Galdan's war last night.
The censor said angrily, "Last night, they vandalized the residence of the Prime Minister in the first half of the night, and the residence of Sanguanbao in the second half."
While Suo'etu was thinking about how well his crown prince was recovering, he looked up immediately upon hearing about Mingzhu's residence.
His big eyes sparkled with gossip and anticipation.
"Mingzhu, Sanguanbao, is this true?"
Emperor Kangxi's heart trembled.
The brat acted like a decent person when he was talking to me, but once he left the palace, he became like a bandit.
Mingzhu and Sanguanbao stepped forward and said in unison, "Your Majesty, there is no such thing."
The censor, who had been so adamant, was dumbfounded and stared at the two men in shock. "What nonsense are you spouting? Your residence was clearly vandalized last night. How can you say this didn't happen?"
Mingzhu felt that this censor was really meddling in other people's business. That was his nephew, so even if he was angry, he had to swallow it.
"No, you're afraid of offending Prince Zhi, so you don't dare to tell the truth, right?"
The censor persisted, continuing his rant.
Mingzhu said simply, "The Prince Zhi did come to my residence last night. He only came to visit my aunt after hearing that she was ill. Nothing else happened."
Kangxi then turned his gaze to Sanguanbao, "Then who did he go to see at your residence?"
"Uh... Prince Zhi and I discussed the upbringing of our children, that's all. Nothing else happened."
The censor jumped three feet high, "Prime Minister, I heard that your son was beaten half to death by the Prince of Zhi. Could it be that this is also false?"
Mingzhu was so angry that she started cursing, "What are you doing, a dignified censor, meddling in my family affairs? My son was injured because he fell while climbing over the wall to a brothel in the middle of the night. What does that have to do with Prince Zhi? Besides, Prince Zhi just came to my residence last night. How can you speak so confidently today? I suspect you have planted spies in my residence."
After saying this, Mingzhu knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, the censor is unscrupulous in his pursuit of political achievements and has even planted spies in my residence. Your Majesty must do justice for me."
The court was in complete chaos early in the morning.
Soetu was terrified.
Inside Yuqing Palace, Yinreng was completely stunned after hearing all this.
Suddenly, I remembered what Yinti had said about revenge last night; it turned out he was referring to this.
"He Yuzhu, go and find out where Prince Zhi is now?"
He Yuzhu gave a wry smile. "My lord, last night... after leaving the Sanguanbao family residence, Prince Zhi led his troops away."
Yinreng expressed his helplessness.
[As expected of my uncle, he's really something. He actually smashed up their mansion and kept them from uttering a single word.]
Yinreng glanced at Hongxi, who had just stepped in looking quite respectable, and asked, "Have you heard about what happened last night?"
Hongxi nodded seriously.
What are your thoughts?
Hongxi said without hesitation, "Uncle is too reckless."
Hmph, that's not what you really think.
Yinreng didn't want to tease him anymore, so he waved his hand and said, "Go find your older brother. He should have heard about this by now."
At this moment, Hongyu was in Yanxi Palace, looking at Consort Hui in disbelief. Both of them were clearly stunned by the news.
It's one thing for Mingzhu's residence to be overlooked, since they're family.
What will happen to Consort Ke Yi's family?
"Grandma, should we apologize to Consort Yi on behalf of Father?"
Consort Hui sighed heavily and directed Tinghe to move all the valuables out of the storeroom.
"Your father is such a worry, taking so many of my precious things with him before he left."
After complaining, Consort Hui took Hongyu to Yikun Palace to apologize.
Consort Yi was also in a daze, and seeing Consort Hui like this, she didn't know what to say.
She wasn't upset about the things there, but she was upset that her father had been hit by the vase.
But upon seeing Hongyu, one can't help but recall that Zhuo Ling had hit the boy on the head first.
Thinking about it this way, I really can't bring myself to complain.
The matter was quelled on the surface, but rumors circulated behind the scenes.
Upon seeing Mingzhu, Suo'etu immediately approached him and teased him. Yinqi and Yintang, knowing the whole story, were speechless.
The matter was finally resolved after Emperor Kangxi sent a memorial filled with insults to the military camp by express courier.
Yinti left in such a hurry that by the time Baotai and Yinti learned of the news and tried to catch up, it was too late.
In the end, Kangxi and Fuquan each sent people to escort the two to the military camp.
"Fourth brother, I heard that the fourteenth brother went to your residence before he left?"
Inside Yuqing Palace, Yinreng leaned against a soft couch, watching Yinzhen sitting below drinking tea.
"He only stood at the door for a while and didn't have anyone announce his arrival. I only heard about this from the doorman after he left."
Yinzhen's feelings were also somewhat complicated.
When Yinzhen was sent to the military camp, he ordered someone to secretly put a thick stack of silver notes in his bundle.
He usually sends a letter to the eldest son almost every two days, telling him to take care of his health and to take good care of Yinzhen.
Although the two brothers were not particularly close, he was still his own younger brother, so how could he not miss him?
Yinreng smiled and shook his head. "The eldest brother was complaining to me before that you wrote a letter every two days. At first, he thought you were a good younger brother who knew how to think of his elder brother. But as time went on, he realized something was wrong. You weren't just greeting the eldest brother; you were clearly thinking about the fourteenth brother. You wrote 'Take good care of the fourteenth brother' at the bottom of every letter, which made him so angry that he stopped reading your letters altogether."
Yinzhen was taken aback. "Not going to watch anymore?"
Yinreng nodded. "I won't look at it. Just throw it to the Fourteenth Prince."
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