"Then you..." Qingxue wanted to say that you shouldn't use the Imperial Noble Consort as a shield, but thinking about Su Peisheng's character, she decided against it, as it would be pointless to say anything.
Su Peisheng chuckled again and praised Qian Shengyan lavishly, also complimenting Qingxue quite a bit, which finally lessened the anger on Qingxue's face.
The fourth year of the Yongzheng Emperor's reign seemed destined to be a turbulent year.
In May, an epidemic broke out in Dapu County, Meizhou, and Xian County, Zhili Province.
Although Yinzhen was mentally exhausted, he was still able to handle these matters methodically, and the voices from the common people gradually subsided—was the emperor plotting a rebellion to seize the throne? Could it be as interesting as "The Untold Stories Between Me and Empress Xiaoyiren"? Could it be as thrilling as "The Dark History of Prince Cheng"? Could it be as intriguing as the secrets of the Empress Dowager, which were both shrouded in secrecy and irresistible?
Qian Shengyan's idea was straightforward, but when it fell into the hands of those who played politics, the rumors were slowly released. The people went from initial surprise to doubt, then to sudden realization, and finally had no time to even discuss whether the emperor's succession was legitimate.
The Forbidden City always evokes contemplation and is therefore more interesting.
Just when the pandemic was finally over, floods struck again.
Because the Yangtze River was repaired every year but flooded every year, Yinzhen was furious and specially dispatched the thirteenth prince to the south to personally inspect and manage water conservancy and land reclamation affairs.
After conducting on-site surveys in the autumn and winter of the 13th century, he meticulously planned everything from dredging waterways, building dikes and sluices, opening diversion canals, excavating direct canals to the sea, to defining regional farmland boundaries and digging ditches, and presented the resulting water conservancy maps.
With imperial approval, Yinzhen also established the Imperial Water Conservancy Bureau, which divided the rivers of Zhili into four bureaus for management. He personally visited the bureau thirteen times to guide the work, repairing rivers and creating farmland, reclaiming thousands of miles of wasteland, and recruiting people to cultivate the land.
"If all the ministers in the world were like Prince Yi, the Qing Dynasty would have no more worries about the future," Yinzhen sighed, and with a flourish of his pen, bestowed upon the emperor the inscription "Loyal, Respectful, Sincere, Upright, Diligent, Cautious, Honest, and Incorruptible."
He was busy with political affairs, and he also had no time for family matters.
After the common people lost interest in Yongzheng's ascension to the throne, Yinzhen seized the opportunity to summon the princes and ministers and, in a lengthy edict, enumerated the crimes of Yinsi, Yintang, Yinti, and others.
Afterwards, he directly issued a nationwide list of charges against Yinsi, Yintang, and Yinti, listing forty charges against Yinsi, twenty-eight charges against Yintang, and fourteen charges against Yinti.
From then on, both Yinzhi and Yintang were imprisoned in the Imperial Clan Court, surrounded by high walls, with two eunuchs by their side.
Hongshi was among them.
On the 18th day of the sixth month of the fourth year of the Yongzheng reign, Yinzhen issued an edict: Hongshi is not fit to remain in the palace, therefore he was made the son of Yinsi. Now that Yinsi has been stripped of his yellow sash for his crimes and his name has been removed from the imperial register, how can Hongshi not have his yellow sash removed as well? His yellow sash shall be immediately removed and handed over to Yintao, who shall be responsible for his care and support.
The princes and ministers, who had already heard the news and were surprised, remained relatively calm. However, the common people, who had just learned that the current emperor was capable of abandoning even his eldest son who had made a mistake, began to gossip.
All of this was complicated and difficult, but for Qian Shengyan, the only good thing was that... Foerguchun and Zhang Qinglan finally "broke up".
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