When Kangxi heard Yinreng say this, he looked up at Hongxi and sat down in the spot where Yinreng had been sitting.
"Hongxi, what exactly happened? How did you end up in there too?"
Hongxi then recounted everything she had seen, and finally looked around, asking, "Where's my older brother? Is he alright?"
Kangxi nodded, feeling very gratified that Hongxi could still remember to care for his elder brother under such circumstances.
"Your elder brother has woken up and is resting in another place. The imperial physician has also examined him and said there is nothing wrong with him."
Hongxi looked around the room, feeling that something was amiss.
"Hongxi, rest well. Your father will take care of things for you now."
After saying this, Yinreng walked out. Kangxi followed him out. Lady Guarjia looked at her son with reluctance, but there were still many things to deal with. She could only tell Xiuhe to take good care of him before leaving.
Seeing that he was alone in the room, Hongxi struggled to sit up. Xiuhe rushed over to help, "Young Prince, what do you want?"
Hongxi pointed outside and whispered, "I want to eavesdrop on what they're saying."
Xiuhe knew that Consort Yi was kneeling outside at this moment, and that Emperor Kangxi and others were probably reprimanding her.
It wouldn't be good if Hongxi saw this scene.
However, Hongxi cared a lot about this, not only because he had been hit, but also because the other party was obviously trying to scheme against his older brother.
He couldn't stand it.
Help me up.
Hongxi could not refuse.
Xiuhe had no choice but to help Hongxi get out of bed and tiptoe to the door. The two of them secretly hid behind the curtain.
Hongxi parted the crack to look at the situation outside.
Consort Yi was kneeling on the ground, her eyes filled with tears. Emperor Kangxi sat at the head of the table, with Yinreng and Lady Guarjia on either side, and Consort Wenxi and Consort Hui below them.
"Your Majesty, it was all my negligence that led to this disaster. It was all my fault that the eldest prince and the youngest prince were injured."
Consort Yi knelt on the ground, her eyes red and swollen from crying, indicating that she had been crying for a long time.
Kangxi snorted coldly, "Bring that girl up here."
As Liang Jiugong passed by Consort Yi, he sighed silently, and then entered with a young girl, a palace maid, and a young eunuch.
The three of them were already terrified.
When the girl saw Consort Yi kneeling on the ground, she burst into tears, crying, "Aunt, you must help me! I am your own niece!"
Enraged, Consort Yi turned around and slapped the woman across the face. "Zhuo Ling, how could you do such a reckless thing? You actually dared to smash a vase on the prince's head! Are you insane?"
Moreover, he was the Crown Prince's only son; even an unfavored prince was better than him.
Zhuo Ling was also terrified and stammered, "Aunt, I didn't mean to hit him. He rushed in and pulled us away, and I was scared, so I hit him."
Yinreng slammed his hand on the table. "Then how did you scheme against Prince Hongyu?"
Zhuo Ling immediately fell silent upon hearing the name.
Kangxi scoffed, "You Guoluo clan are quite audacious, daring to scheme against even princes."
Zhuo Ling hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, spare my life, this humble woman..."
Consort Yi was fed up with her family dragging her down, so she simply looked at the little palace maid next to her. She was a palace maid from Yikun Palace, not one that Zhuo Ling had brought from outside.
"You were originally a palace maid of Yikun Palace, so why did you obey Zhuo Ling's orders? And what did she make you do?" Consort Yi no longer wanted to save face for her junior.
While one's maternal family is important, it is not as important as one's two sons.
The little palace maid glanced at Zhuo Ling tremblingly, then was slapped backward by the kneeling E Dongxue.
"You worthless wretch, don't you even know whose slave you are?"
The young palace maid immediately kowtowed and blurted out, "Princess Zhuo Ling said that Consort Yi wanted to match her with the Twelfth Prince, but the Twelfth Prince is not favored. Rather than marrying someone who is not favored, she might as well make her own plans."
Consort Yi was furious and pointed at Zhuo Ling for a long time, not knowing what to say.
Then, looking at the trembling eunuch, she asked, "What did Zhuo Ling ask you to do?"
The young eunuch kowtowed while crying, "The young princess asked me to light some sleeping incense. Once the eldest prince faints, we'll carry him to the bed, and then the young princess can lie down on top of him."
"Then the three of you were in the room the whole time? Why weren't you drugged by the sleeping potion?" Guarjia couldn't help but ask.
"We all took the antidote beforehand."
Lady Guarjia was furious, but with Emperor Kangxi and Yinreng in charge, she naturally didn't need to do anything.
Yinreng kept sipping his tea with a cold snort, showing no sign of kindness whatsoever.
Emperor Kangxi was even angrier when he saw his beloved son like this. "Do you know what crime it is to plot against a prince? It's a capital offense!"
The young palace maid and eunuch kept kowtowing and begging for mercy. After a glance from Kangxi, they were dragged away by Liang Jiugong.
Zhuo Ling was also terrified when she saw this.
She had previously considered what would happen if things were exposed.
But then he thought about how favored his aunt was and how she had two adult princes. As long as Hongyu didn't kill anyone, the marriage would probably be arranged. In any case, Prince Zhi was at the border and wouldn't be back for a while.
But she forgot that while Prince Zhi was not in the capital, Consort Hui was.
Someone is openly plotting against her grandson; how could she agree to that?
Would the Nalan clan behind this agree?
Moreover, Hongyu has lived in Yuqing Palace for so many years, His Highness the Crown Prince would not sit idly by.
Consort Yi felt her head buzzing.
None of her troublesome sons had ever done anything so outrageous, so how could a niece from her maternal family have such audacity?
"I never knew that Lady Guoluo was so well-mannered. A young lady from a noble family dares to plan for her future. Don't you even open your eyes and see? Even though Hongxi is about the same age as you, he is still a generation below you."
Consort Hui was furious and wanted to grab the teacup next to her and throw it at him.
Consort Yi, unusually, gave Consort Hui a half-bow, saying, "Sister Consort Hui, it is our Guo Luoluo family's poor upbringing that has implicated the First Prince. I apologize to you here."
Consort Hui did enter the palace early, but her current rank is below that of Consort Yi.
In the palace, seniority was determined not by age, but by rank.
Now that Consort Yi has publicly bowed and apologized, it is considered that she has given Consort Hui enough face. Consort Hui naturally cannot be too presumptuous in front of Emperor Kangxi.
She shifted her body slightly, "Alright, alright, my anger isn't directed at the Imperial Concubine, it's really this girl..."
She stopped halfway through her sentence, saying, "With His Majesty in charge here, I will go and see poor Hongyu."
After saying that, he got up and walked out.
At this moment, all the members of the Guo Luo Luo family who had followed them into the palace were kneeling upright, their faces deathly pale.
The people in the hall remained silent for a long time. After an unknown amount of time, Liang Jiugong entered from outside with Taozhi, who was serving Consort Ding.
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