At the same time, the Fourth Prince Yinzhen had someone invite the Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang to his residence and repeated to Yinxiang what Geng Youran had said the night before.
"Fourth Brother, just who is this Lady Geng beside you? Your analysis actually makes a lot of sense."
"Actually, all of this is already out in the open. It's just that we were confused by Father Emperor's handling of our eldest and second brothers, and our eighth brother's men became more active. So, we were anxious and didn't see the implications clearly. Geng Youran is right, 'the nail that sticks out gets hammered down,' so let's continue to wait."
For a time, the Eighth Prince was extremely popular, and there were many people coming and going from his residence. Even Consort Hui in the palace had designs on him.
Since the eldest prince was imprisoned, she was so anxious and upset that she fell ill for many days.
She had hoped to take this opportunity to meet the Emperor and plead for her son, but Kangxi had no intention of seeing her at all.
But she was Yinti's biological mother, and she knew that her son would not do such a rebellious thing.
Her son was just a bit competitive; more than the position of crown prince, he simply wanted his father, the emperor, to notice him more.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The Emperor has arrived!"
Consort Hui quickly got up.
"Quickly, quickly help me with my makeup."
"There's no need to get up."
But Kangxi had already entered.
Consort Hui was an old servant of Emperor Kangxi. She not only gave birth to his eldest son, but also managed the harem for him for many years.
I came here today to comfort her.
"Your Majesty, Yinqi..."
Consort Hui's eyes were filled with tears, and she couldn't bring herself to say anything more.
According to ancestral rules, the empress dowager was not allowed to interfere in politics. How could she allow her son to suffer an even greater punishment at this time?
Emperor Kangxi patted Consort Hui's hand to comfort her, and after dismissing everyone outside, he said:
"Don't worry, I won't kill the eldest son. As long as he sincerely repents, I will still use him in the future."
"Your Majesty, I... Your Majesty, I thank you for sparing my life!"
This time, Consort Hui knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably, and kowtowed to express her gratitude to the Emperor on behalf of her son.
About four or five days later, Consort Hui sent a letter to her son, in which she told him to give up his claim to the position of Crown Prince and to stay away from the treacherous Eighth Prince.
It must be said that Consort Hui, having managed the harem for so many years and seen countless people, knew that the Eighth Prince Yinzhi was not as humble as he appeared.
Lady Wei came from a humble background. Even though she gave birth to a prince and was granted the title of Consort Liang, she was not qualified to raise her own son. Therefore, Yinzhi grew up with Consort Hui during his childhood.
At first, Consort Hui thought the child was respectful and humble, a good child. But after learning that her own son had been impeached by the Eighth Prince's men, she realized that she had underestimated the child.
Now, with his own son imprisoned and the crown prince confined to Xianyang Palace, almost all the officials in the court are supporting this Eighth Prince.
Therefore, she believes that if her son gets close to Lao Ba again, he might be made a scapegoat by Lao Ba.
In contrast, among these princes who had already come of age, only the fourth and thirteenth princes were not implicated.
It would be a lie to say that she didn't have ambitions to become Empress Dowager before, but now, Consort Hui only wants her son to be safe.
However, no one knows what Yinzhi said or did, but Yinti actually turned around and started to support the Eighth Prince. Meanwhile, the Fourth Prince Yinzhen, who was leisurely eating snacks and drinking tea with his Thirteenth Brother at Geng Youran's place, continued to hide and refused to see anyone.
"You Ran, is this jade pendant of yours?"
Because she wanted to figure out the function of the jade pendant, Geng Youran wore it every day, except when she was sleeping.
So this was the first time Yinzhen had seen this jade pendant.
"Your Highness, this is something I brought from my maiden home when I got married. I found it while cleaning the house a few days ago, and I thought it looked nice, so I brought it with me."
"It's quite interesting."
Yinzhen also thought it was just an ordinary jade pendant, but seeing that the quality seemed average, he said:
“Gao Wuyong, I remember there is a jade bracelet in the storeroom that was presented as tribute. Go and fetch it and give it to Princess Geng.”
"Yes, sir."
"Your Highness, this is unacceptable."
Yinzhen shook his head, indicating that it was alright.
If Geng Youran hadn't analyzed the matter of the Eighth Prince so clearly, he and the Thirteenth Prince probably wouldn't be sitting here leisurely drinking tea.
Soon, Gao Wuyong retrieved the bracelet from the Fourth Prince's private treasury.
It is a glossy, bright green color, and is no ordinary item.
Geng Youran tremblingly took the box containing the jade bracelet from Gao Wuyong's hand, thinking that she should keep this item carefully and pass it on to her daughter-in-law.
After eating a few snacks, Yinzhen and Yinxiang were somewhat full, so they went to the study to discuss matters.
Geng Youran, along with Qianxue and Xiao Anzi, stayed up all night tidying up the small kitchen.
After dinner, Geng Youran had nothing to do, so she asked Xiao Anzi to bring over a chair and a tea table, and they sat in the courtyard to enjoy the moon.
Suddenly, the jade pendant in front of Geng Youran lit up with a light.
It was so fast that Geng Youran almost missed it if she hadn't had good eyesight.
She wondered, could this jade pendant be related to the moon?
So she took off the jade pendant and placed it in the brightest part of the moonlight, and discovered that there was a hidden layer in the middle of the jade pendant with some writing inside.
The text was short and in simplified Chinese, so Geng Youran quickly memorized it all.
When the others saw Geng Youran holding up the jade pendant and looking at the moon, they assumed that their mistress must have seen something interesting.
So Qianxue gave Xiao Anzi a look, signaling him to go up and ask.
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