However, we're all involved in politics.
With the future emperor still undecided, who would dare offend him? Or what would their colleagues think?
No one was willing to take the risk of stepping forward to give Emperor Kangxi a way out, so Kangxi had no choice but to announce, "My mind is made up."
He immediately offered sacrifices to Heaven, Earth, the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and the Altar of the Land and Grain, deposed the Crown Prince, and ordered him to be imprisoned.
The eldest son, Yinzhi, actively sought opportunities, but his personality and behavior were rejected by Emperor Kangxi, ultimately causing him to lose his chance to become the heir apparent.
The power of the eighth prince, Yinzhi, increased greatly, but Emperor Kangxi also discovered his political ambitions and took measures to guard against them.
On November 13 of the same year, Emperor Kangxi "democratically" elected a new crown prince, but then announced that he was preparing to reinstate Yinreng as crown prince. Finally, on January 22 of the 48th year of Kangxi (1709), he issued an edict to prepare for the reinstatement ceremony, and on March 10, the crown prince was reinstated.
At the same time, the princes were granted titles.
Although Kangxi reinstated the crown prince, the father and son seemed to have reconciled.
The first blow of deposing the crown prince left Yinreng in a state of constant anxiety.
He served as crown prince until the age of 34, which means he was quite successful in that position.
In ancient China, it was quite common for crown princes to be deposed in their early twenties.
Throughout the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was usually at the cost of personal disgrace and ruin that a person ascended to the position of heir apparent.
Because in the context of aristocratic politics, each prince had his own interest group behind him, and each interest group wanted to express its opinion on who should inherit the throne.
It is not easy for a crown prince to defend his position, maintain a balance with the emperor and his father, and guard against attacks from various interest groups.
During the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, if the emperor died late, the crown prince might not escape being deposed.
However, if the emperor dies young and the crown prince ascends the throne at a young age, he will often be unable to escape the usurpation by a powerful member of the imperial clan without the protection of the old emperor.
Many crown princes were dethroned after only a year on the throne and were accused of a series of outrageous crimes.
This was the fate of the crown prince during the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties.
However, in order to maintain his image as a wise ruler, Emperor Kangxi was reluctant to part with his son whom he had loved for over thirty years.
They then branded him with an even more sensational charge: "madness leading to illness," which is essentially a mental illness.
Finally, the story goes that Yinreng was possessed by a ghost.
From the Crown Prince's perspective, he had nothing to say and was powerless to do anything about it.
Because the power of discourse lies with those in power.
What kind of outrageous charges Kangxi might pin on him was not something he could decide.
He confessed to everything except the charge of regicide and treason.
Emperor Kangxi was relieved, so when he later posted the edict to depose the crown prince throughout the country for the people to see, he also added the words "possessed by ghosts and spirits, and prone to madness and illness".
To put it bluntly, when the edict to depose the crown prince was officially issued to the whole country, Kangxi had already completed all the preparatory work for reinstating the crown prince.
Those who understood the situation remained detached observers, or were reprimanded and forced to back down.
However, the power was too tempting, and the princes could not resist it.
Yinreng was somewhat exhausted, and his behavior became increasingly dissolute.
Or perhaps he did well, and had many followers, which made Kangxi afraid that he would shake his foundation.
If he doesn't do well, he will be criticized by the entire government. He has already been abandoned once, so how can there not be a second time?
Or rather, the more you fear doing something, the more problems arise, and you constantly teeter on the edge of a mental breakdown...
Kangxi's feelings for Yinzhi were lukewarm, yet they were enough to make the Eighth Prince fall ill and bedridden.
Moreover, one can only imagine the bitterness in his heart, especially since it was Yinreng, whom he had doted on for many years.
And so another two years passed!
In the 51st year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign (1712), when the emperor was about to depose the crown prince again, Xue Li used a ten-centimeter-long soft gold needle to seal Yinreng's acupoints.
Thus, it only took Kangxi a day to go from anger to disbelief.
Emperor Kangxi couldn't wait to go to Yuqing Palace.
Upon seeing the Crown Prince's sleeping face, tears instantly streamed down her face.
"Investigate! Investigate for me!" Kangxi's eyes were filled with murderous intent. He wanted to see who was so impatient as to attack the Crown Prince.
Even tigers don't eat their cubs; he never thought of killing his own child!
Shirley stood by with a bare face.
Kangxi had no other thoughts at the moment.
After waiting for several days, Yinreng remained asleep and did not wake up.
At this moment, Emperor Kangxi could no longer recall any of the Crown Prince's faults.
Pulling Shirley along, she chattered on and on: What was the Crown Prince like when he was young? What did he like to eat and wear? What did he draw? At what age did he start school? What did she miss about him? What did he send her when he went on his travels...?
All of this, I never tire of it!
Hongbing would hold a book by Yinreng's bedside every day and read to him.
Because of his affection for Hongbing, Emperor Kangxi doted on him even more.
This was even more intense than her previous obsession with the Crown Prince.
Hongbing did not disappoint Kangxi's expectations.
He would sometimes act coquettishly, sometimes arrogantly display his talent, and sometimes cry in the dead of night, hugging his grandfather and saying he missed his father...
I don't know about others, but Kangxi valued Hongbing even more.
Take it wherever you go.
Some of the princes did notice something, and some ministers also targeted Hongbing.
He was severely reprimanded by Emperor Kangxi!
Hongbing is now 13 years old, tall and straight as a pine tree, and has outstanding talent.
Emperor Kangxi valued him highly and he regained the decisiveness he had in his youth.
All those who were secretly operating were cut off, and the imperial court was also purged.
He was indeed Emperor Ziyu Ren, but how dare he touch his son...?
Kangxi didn't think of anything else but to increase the number of people keeping an eye on things.
The head of the Imperial Medical Academy was stationed at Yuqing Palace, but he still couldn't figure out what was wrong with Yinreng.
Sherry was very satisfied.
She studies medicine every day, and it seems the results are quite good?
So, why not try it on yourself? What if the stimulation makes the training faster? Or perhaps it will unleash the potential of a certain acupoint?
She's not human, but she's a living being too, and she has everything she needs. So, why not give it a try?
Sherry has decided to devote herself to Buddhism and acupuncture from now on!
However, in real life, next time, could she perhaps try pricking a man? Her request isn't high: seven times a night, seven nights in a row?
"Pfft—Hahaha!"
Sherry: Wow! That's so weird!
System: Is this the first day you've found out you're a pervert?
Sherry: I follow my host, ho ho ho~
System: Ha! Is it possible that the host is influenced by the system?
Sherry: Uh, so, it's your fault I was being promiscuous? You owe me! You owe me back my pure, innocent, pristine, and flawless past!
System: Great demon, you have no shame!
Sydney: I want to spend money! A lot of money!
System: Welcome! Stay tuned!
Sherry: Ha, you've lost all shame!
System: Aa ...
Sherry lazily muted her microphone.
Because of his guilt and suspicion, Kangxi directly separated himself from Yuqing Palace, the other princes from one group, and the ministers from another.
Sydney continued to lie flat.
No, not really. They still arranged for people to go overseas to trade and make big money.
From now on, she can directly take out the things she stored in the secret realm, which can be considered a reason.
Now, Sherry is truly at her wit's end.
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