A few days later, news came from the capital that Kangxi had chosen to depose the crown prince at Qiu Mi's camp. Yinzhi specially summoned Yinxiang and Yinzhi to the capital. At this time, Yinzhi was glad that he had brought Yinxiang with him.
Once, Yinxiang was framed by Yinsi and others and spent ten years in the Beekeeping Alley. Those ten years were the best years of his life. When he came out, Yinxiang's health was obviously not good.
Since Yinxiang has not experienced that hardship, he will definitely be a bit impulsive in handling matters.
"Little darling, come here!" Yin beckoned to Qingyan, and Thirteen and Fourteen obediently sat down opposite Yin, their little faces rubbing together.
"Fourth Brother, I've brought you some water. You haven't been out all afternoon!" Qingyan brought over chilled plum juice, hoping to give Yinxiang and Yinzhen a chance to get some fresh air.
"Alright, your fourth sister-in-law said you should rest for a while and go outside for a bit," Yin said, looking at Yinxiang and Yin.
Yin noticed that the two men's expressions were rather unpleasant. The matter of deposing the crown prince made them realize that Kangxi was not only their father, but also the emperor.
As they watched Yinxiang and Yinxiang leave, Qingyan became curious.
The memorial contained a detailed record of Emperor Kangxi's edict, which was exactly the same as the edict that deposed the crown prince for the second time.
"Father Emperor has truly reached his breaking point, which is why he made this decision. How good was Father Emperor to the Crown Prince back then? Now, the Crown Prince treats Father Emperor like this instead!" Yin smiled bitterly.
When you're young, who doesn't envy the Crown Prince? He gets the most attention from his father, the Emperor, and everyone else takes the blame when something goes wrong.
"Fourth Prince" Qingyan noticed that Yin was very emotional. Indeed, the pressure on the princes was immense.
"We used to envy him, but now we don't envy him anymore. Who would dare to lay a hand on the Crown Prince? Apart from Father Emperor, we dare not say anyone else!" A faint sarcasm appeared on Yin's face.
Qingyan felt a little uneasy watching Yin drink the plum juice in one gulp.
"Do Thirteen and Fourteen already know?" Qingyan looked at Yin's phoenix eyes, which concealed a faint sadness.
"Understood. This report will not be kept from them. They've grown up now and it's time for them to start getting involved in these matters!" Yin said, looking at the scenery outside.
At Qiu Mi's encampment, a thousand miles away, the atmosphere was not so gloomy. After Kangxi imprisoned the Crown Prince, he also detained a whole string of the Crown Prince's followers, which became the most compelling evidence against the Crown Prince.
"Xuan Ye, are you really sure?" Consort Tong walked to Kangxi's side. He hadn't slept all night, working on writing the edict to depose the Crown Prince.
"Can we not abolish him? The Crown Prince has really disappointed me. He actually dared to reach into the Imperial Tent. If Tulichen hadn't discovered the problem, we might all have been caught in his trap!" Kangxi once thought that the Crown Prince wouldn't harm him, but now that confidence had long since vanished. If he didn't harm him, who would he harm?
Consort Tong kept quiet and stayed by Kangxi's side, hoping that he would not remain immersed in his grief.
Emperor Kangxi devoted a great deal of effort to the Crown Prince. For the first few decades, the Crown Prince grew up under Kangxi's careful guidance. How could the Crown Prince do such a thing? Does this mean that Kangxi was truly incompetent in his teaching?
"Lanya, do you really think I'm incompetent at teaching?" Ever since Kangxi decided to abolish the crown prince, he had been having doubts. If he could, he would be able to regain his peace of mind.
“No, it’s because the Crown Prince’s desire for that position is too strong, and under the jurisdiction of the Hesheli clan, things have come to this!” Consort Tong quickly said.
A look of relief appeared on Kangxi's face. The twins were the hope for the future, and with this hope, Kangxi had long given up on correcting the Crown Prince.
"Tell the fourth prince about the situation here in detail. The children in the south may be going to face some storms!" Kangxi had a premonition that the officialdom in the south would definitely not be peaceful.
"Yes!" Consort Tong nodded.
Along with a memorial delivered by express courier, a detailed record of the conversation between Emperor Kangxi and Consort Tong was presented to Yinzhen.
Qingyan looked at the account books on the south side and noticed that there had been a big change in the accounts of the shops on the south side. The women on the south side were actually spending their money at Linglong Pavilion.
"Fourth Brother, something's not right here. In just a few days, Linglong Pavilion's sales have increased dozens of times!" Qingyan was at a loss. Such sales figures were actually making her quite anxious.
Pfft!
Yin laughed: "You earn money through your own abilities, so why are you afraid?"
Qingyan glared angrily at Yin. How could she not be afraid? How much of the money that suddenly came into her hands was tainted? Who could know?
"It's hard to say whether it's officials in the south trying to use this opportunity to offer bribes!" Yin had heard that officials in the south would use their personal preferences to do these things.
In the past, when the Cao and Li families were still around, many imperial merchants would send their own gourmet boxes, ostensibly to deliver exquisite dishes, but in reality, they were mostly expensive silver notes and gold bricks.
When Li Xu's home was searched, Yinzhi seized a lot of gold bricks from Li Xu's residence and handed over all the details of the search to Kangxi for review. Kangxi was shocked.
Li Xu was one of the people Kangxi trusted most. He had been here for more than ten years, and his family was actually richer than Kangxi's treasurer. This obviously made Kangxi very angry.
"Little darling, your excuse is novel, but your Linglong Pavilion is open for business. Do you think you can just give me all this business and then back out?" Yin Dao felt that no matter who investigated, Qing Yan would not have to bear any responsibility.
With Yin's subtle assurance, Qingyan relaxed. The shopkeepers were anxious and hoped to get Qingyan's advice before deciding whether to accept the order.
"Are you really alright?" Qingyan asked, looking at Yin again.
“Yes, you can go and do business normally, no one will dare to say anything!” Yin nodded, Qingyan’s little gesture made him happy.
Qingyan was completely relieved. She took a piece of paper from Yin's desk and wrote a letter to the shopkeeper, even adding a note at the bottom: "Read it and destroy it immediately."
"Fourth Brother, we're really going to make a lot of money this time. Life will be much better when we get back to the capital!" Qingyan said happily.
Yin looked at Qingyan with a smile; this smile suited her best.
Chaos was brewing in the officialdom in the south. Yin looked through the reminders sent by Kangxi and pondered how to prevent it.
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