Chapter 142 Consort Qi, née Li, of the Yongzheng Emperor 16



From this point on, Mrs. Song began chanting Buddhist scriptures and copying sutras to pray for her two daughters!

Yinzhen followed in the footsteps of the Crown Prince, keeping up with the busy work!

Yinzhen was not infected with the epidemic, and Niohuru remained silent.

In the 46th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign (1707), smallpox vaccination was successfully developed, and Xue Li introduced her younger brother and cousin to Yinzhen.

Yinzhen was overjoyed! He no longer interfered in the Crown Prince's affairs, but instead reported it to Emperor Kangxi!

Emperor Kangxi was overjoyed and ordered someone to go down and arrange the experiment!

This is a blessing from heaven!

Soon, the Li family was incorporated into the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner, and of course, it was only their family.

Her family is considered to be doing quite well.

Then, the younger brother and cousin both received rewards, and Xue Li instructed Yinzhen to arrange a sinecure for them.

Emperor Kangxi was quite pleased with Yinzhen's tact and understanding. However, a member of the imperial clan suggested bestowing a noble title upon Li Yuntian, but Kangxi did not respond.

Yinzhen suggested granting Li Yuntian a sinecure, which pleased Kangxi. He also rewarded Li Yuntian with gold, silver and jewels and bestowed upon him a mansion.

He also bestowed upon Yinzhen a garden, which later became known as the Yuanmingyuan Garden.

My uncle and cousin were still passionate about saving lives in the community, and in the end they were rewarded with gold, a house, and a plaque that read "Medical Master"!

Sherry was well aware of the situation, since Emperor Kangxi was reluctant to bestow titles upon non-royal princes due to the Rebellion of the Three Feudatories.

Not to mention the stinginess in the ranks given to the women in the harem!

Shirley ignored all that and spent her days teasing the children to write storybooks.

Yes, her "Domineering Prince" and "Running Away with a Baby" series is still not finished!

The blood and gore can't be wiped out; they just keep growing back with the spring breeze!

In the 47th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign (1708), the Kangxi Emperor deposed the Crown Prince for the first time.

Emperor Kangxi listed Yinreng's crimes, including abusing his power, mistreating court officials, indulging in extravagance, seizing tribute, being heartless towards his brothers, forming cliques for personal gain, and plotting to seize the throne.

In order to weaken Yinreng's political power, Emperor Kangxi ordered the execution of Gerfen and others, and exiled or imprisoned others.

This incident caused a huge shock, and people from all walks of life were stunned.

With Yinreng deposed, the other princes began vying for the throne.

The eldest son, Yinzhi, believed that if the heir apparent could not be chosen, the eldest son should be chosen. He actively sought to become the heir apparent, but was stripped of his princely title and imprisoned by Emperor Kangxi for using witchcraft to curse the crown prince.

The power of the eighth prince, Yinzhi, greatly increased, but his political ambitions were also discovered by Emperor Kangxi, and he was eventually stripped of his title of Beile.

The fourteenth prince, Yinzhen, angered Emperor Kangxi by recommending Yinsi, but was spared punishment only thanks to the intervention of the fifth prince, Yinqi.

The third son was also deemed by Emperor Kangxi to have ulterior motives for accusing the eldest son of cursing the crown prince.

In the same year, Emperor Kangxi ordered the execution of the 75-year-old Zhu San Taizi!

In the 48th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign (1709), Yinzhi was granted the title of Prince Cheng of the First Rank, Yinzhen was granted the title of Prince Yong of the First Rank, Yinqi was granted the title of Prince Heng of the First Rank, and Yinyou was granted the title of Prince Chun of the First Rank.

At the same time, after a year of consideration and observation, Emperor Kangxi decided to reinstate Yinreng as Crown Prince.

However, after the crown prince was reinstated, the political situation in the Kangxi era became even more complex and tense.

The struggle for the throne among the other princes has not ceased, and the conflict between various political forces and factions is becoming increasingly fierce.

These things don't affect Sydney's peaceful life!

Yinzhen arranged martial arts instructors and tutors for the children, both boys and girls.

The tutors were selected by Yinzhen and carefully chosen by Shirley!

She doesn't need her children to be craftsmen.

In contrast, the wife had three daughters.

Elegant and dignified, speaking softly and gently!

Like Shirley, Baoyin is lively and active.

Yinzhen (the Yongzheng Emperor) doted on his children.

Unfortunately, his cold demeanor scared away the three young girls.

After Shirley's family was elevated to the Manchu banner, the Fujin (principal wife) always looked at her with a wary expression.

He would occasionally send greetings and reprimands to the crowd, much like making an example of someone to scare others.

Sherry ignored her.

In the 49th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign (1710), Hongyun was born early in history.

He's all lively and energetic right now.

Yinzhen did not come that night.

Sherry's spirit wandered around and found that Yinzhen had gone to Niohuru's place.

Sherry couldn't bear to watch, so she washed up and went to bed.

The next day, they heard that Niohuru had been confined to her quarters.

Sherry: What's up?

System: Didn't you see it?

Sherry: What's wrong? Did Yinzhen learn my fancy tricks and start forcing love?

System: ...You're seriously ill!

Sherry: How about you choose a way to die?

System: Cough, Niohuru-shi drugged him and he found out.

Sherry: That's it?

System: He lost his virginity! It's strange, didn't you force him? Wasn't he quite happy? He woke up and was furious to see Niohuru! He almost rubbed his skin off!

Sherry: I'm still the prettiest, both beautiful and fun-loving!

Sherry continued to draw portraits of the children with a smug look on her face, ignoring the tense atmosphere in the mansion.

A month later, Niohuru became pregnant!

Yinzhen looked extremely unwell those few days!

I'm constantly fussing over Sydney!

Sherry felt that the dual cultivation had gone too far in making up for it!

Then the "plundering" began, well, in small amounts and frequently, with some deer blood added for nourishment.

Yinzhen has finally calmed down a bit!

Sherry hugged the dragon's aura with great delight.

He pretends to look for inspiration by staring at blank paper every day, but in reality he is studying the flaws in the martial arts techniques.

Creating something from scratch is difficult. Further improvement is also difficult.

When Shirley gets really annoyed, she recites scriptures when she has nothing to do, both Buddhist and Taoist scriptures!

Does it serve any purpose? It doesn't seem to do anything!

She still knows how to have fun!

In the 50th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign (1711), Lady Niohuru gave birth to a daughter. (Originally Emperor Hongli)

Yinzhen did not inquire about it.

There were no rewards.

Everyone in the Fourth Prince's mansion knew that Yinzhen loathed Niohuru.

He was busy with matters of the court.

The infamous cheating scandal in the Jiangnan provincial examinations revealed that many of the successful candidates were actually sons of salt merchants with poor academic abilities, a result that sparked strong public dissatisfaction.

There were even signs of the Crown Prince's faction, and the more Yinzhen investigated, the more dissatisfied he became with the Crown Prince.

Emperor Kangxi, deeply concerned for his son, severely punished the officials involved in the matter.

At the same time, I am utterly disappointed in the Crown Prince!

In the 51st year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign (1712), the Kangxi Emperor deposed the Crown Prince for the second time.

In October, Crown Prince Aisin-Gioro Yinreng was imprisoned in Xian'an Palace for the second time on charges of crimes.

Compared to his previous reinstatement as crown prince three months after being deposed, this deposed position marked the complete end of Yinreng's career as crown prince, and he began a thirteen-year period of confinement until his death.

However, at this time, Emperor Kangxi was nearing sixty and had to consider a successor.

Therefore, he ordered the adult princes to perform official duties and assist in governance in order to discover talented individuals.

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Before the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, the Manchus did not have the concept of establishing an heir apparent.

Because Nurhaci failed to designate an heir in time, a conflict arose between the four great beile (princes) led by Huang Taiji and the three banners of the fourteenth prince Dorgon, nearly splitting the Eight Banners.

Later, Huang Taiji did not designate an heir, which led to a power struggle between Dorgon's faction and Huang Taiji's eldest son, Eshuo, nearly causing the Eight Banners to split again.

Although the mutual obstruction between Dorgon and Eshuo later allowed Shunzhi to ascend the throne smoothly, Dorgon, having played a crucial role in his ascension, wielded immense power and caused considerable harm.

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