"I'm not that petty. I wouldn't fabricate charges against you over a little silver!" Kangxi even wondered if he had killed too many people. How could his sons be so mentally unstable? What kind of sons were these?!
"Who told my eldest brother to always say you're petty!" the Third Prince muttered under his breath.
"What did you say?" Kangxi questioned.
"It's nothing!" the Third Prince waved his hand and said.
Emperor Kangxi felt that his lifelong reputation was about to be ruined by the eldest prince.
"Third Prince, I'm not joking with you. Have you ever thought about becoming the Crown Prince? Speak your mind, and I will forgive you!"
The Third Prince thought for a moment and then said, "I did have a little bit of a thought before, but seeing how hard Second Brother works and how often you doubt him, I have no more thoughts about it!"
Although the Third Prince's voice grew softer and softer, Kangxi still heard it clearly. Did he always doubt the Crown Prince?
"Father, I think Second Brother is the most suitable person to be the Crown Prince! Please don't make things difficult for him, and don't make things difficult for us either!" the Third Prince said sincerely.
"Making trouble? Is this me making trouble?" Kangxi felt that no one understood his good intentions. He was doing this entirely for the sake of the Qing Dynasty and to select the most suitable successor for the Qing Dynasty.
"That's what my elder brother said!" The Third Prince betrayed his elder brother without hesitation.
"What else did he say?" Kangxi took a big gulp of cold tea to suppress his anger.
"My older brother didn't say anything, he just said you've been eating too much salt lately!"
"Eating too much salt? What do you mean?" Did Emperor Kangxi not know that this had anything to do with how much salt he ate?
"Too much free time!" The Third Prince said, then quickly lowered his head.
Emperor Kangxi felt that anger could not be suppressed and should be vented, otherwise he would suffocate himself.
"Liang Jiugong, go and tell Prince Zhi to copy the Classic of Filial Piety. Keep copying it until I am satisfied!"
"Yes!" Liang Jiugong, who was guarding outside the door, was somewhat surprised. [With the Prince of Zhi absent, how could he be implicated?]
"Third son, why do you listen to Baoqing so much?" Kangxi asked.
"My eldest brother said that an elder brother is like a father, and everything he says is for our own good!"
Kangxi looked at the Third Prince speechlessly. [Who did this child take after? So honest?] "I understand. You may go back! Don't let anyone else know about our conversation today!"
"Your subject understands!"
After the Third Prince left, Emperor Kangxi picked up the paper on the table again and gently drew an X under the Third Prince's name.
The Third Prince left the Qianqing Palace, patted his chest, and exclaimed, "That was terrifying! I finally managed to get away with it! As expected, my eldest brother's methods worked; you have to use humor to deal with Father Emperor!"
When the eldest prince heard that Emperor Kangxi had asked him to copy the "Classic of Filial Piety," he immediately felt terrible. He hadn't done anything wrong, so why was he being asked to copy the "Classic of Filial Piety"?
He knew that Emperor Kangxi had summoned the Third Prince today. Could it be that the Third Prince had implicated him? He wanted to find the Third Prince and get to the bottom of this.
The eldest prince stormed into the third prince's room, demanding to know why he had betrayed him. The third prince used all his wits to feign ignorance and barely managed to escape unscathed.
Although Emperor Kangxi was quite angry with the eldest and third princes, he still summoned the fourth prince for the sake of his plans, hoping that the fourth prince would be more normal.
When the Fourth Prince learned that Emperor Kangxi had summoned him, he was unwilling, but he still went to the palace. He knew he couldn't avoid it.
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