"Do you know how Consort Liang gave birth to you?" Kangxi asked coldly.
"I prepared a contraceptive soup for her, but she drank it in front of me and then vomited it all up as soon as she turned around!"
By the time I learned of her pregnancy, you had already been in existence for three months.
I couldn't bear to kill you, so I let her give birth to you!
"I know your mother is an ambitious woman; otherwise, she wouldn't go dancing in the Imperial Garden late at night, which is also my usual route."
Emperor Kangxi initially favored Consort Liang solely because of her face, and unexpectedly, Consort Liang conceived the Eighth Prince after just one encounter.
He hated Consort Liang's deception, so he neglected her for many years. Only in recent years has he shown her more favor, but unexpectedly, this has fueled her ambition.
The Eighth Prince looked at Kangxi in disbelief, unable to accept that he had come into this world in this way.
Kangxi continued, "I raised you under Consort Hui's care, but every time Consort Liang sees me, she cries and laments the pain of being separated from her son."
Consort Hui treats you sincerely. Although she may not be as good as the eldest son, she has never treated you unfairly!
Consort Liang cried too many times, and Consort Hui, who also had a short temper, sent you back.
Over the years, Consort Liang's ambition has grown, and she has even begun to covet the position of Crown Prince, resorting to poisoning the Crown Prince and now poisoning He Xue.
The people she chose for your backyard all had ulterior motives, and I just turned a blind eye to it.
Yinzhi clenched his fists, a hint of resentment flashing in his eyes. "Your subject does not understand. Your subject and the Crown Prince are both your sons, so why was he born as the Crown Prince? Is it only because of my humble origins?"
Kangxi looked coldly at the Eighth Prince, "It seems you have quite the ambition!"
“Your son is also your son, why not?” the Eighth Prince said without any pretense. “Father, you shouldn’t only see the Crown Prince! Your son is also your son!”
"If you weren't my son, do you think I would have forgiven you for what you've done!"
You are a prince of the Qing Dynasty, yet you embezzled disaster relief funds and disregarded the people for your own selfish desires. This is unjust.
Your alliance with court officials and your ambition to seize the position of crown prince are acts of disloyalty.
"Can such a disloyal and unjust person be entrusted with important responsibilities?" "Yin Si, think it over carefully!"
Yinzhi stood there dumbfounded, never expecting that he was seen as such a person by Emperor Kangxi.
At this moment, the Eighth Prince was filled with anger and resentment. He did not understand why Kangxi was so biased and why he could not gain Kangxi's approval no matter how hard he tried.
"Father, you should never have allowed your disloyal and unjust son to be born. I was not a product of your momentary pleasure! Now it seems I am nothing but a joke! A complete and utter joke!"
When I was a child, I suffered endless scorn and bullying. My brothers and sisters all looked down on me!
Since you gave birth to me, why don't you take responsibility for me? It wasn't me who begged you to give birth to me!
Looking at the somewhat deranged Eighth Prince, Kangxi asked with heartache, "Yinsi, are you blaming me? What right do you have to blame me?"
"I gave you life, you were born a prince, enjoying the best of everything. I have arranged a high-ranking consort for you, and I value you highly. What more could you possibly want!"
"Your subject is ungrateful! It is because of my lowly status that the Crown Prince has taken everything that belongs to me. How can I accept this!" The Eighth Prince vented his dissatisfaction. If he had a better background, would Xue have been able to marry him?
Liang Jiugong, standing to the side, secretly glanced at the Eighth Prince. [The Eighth Prince is really too bold! How dare he say such a thing? I wonder how the Emperor will handle this?]
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