When Qingyan woke up in the early morning, she found that the candles were still lit in the room. In her groggy state, she wondered why the sun was not awake today.
She looked up at the ceiling and recalled what had happened in the secret passage. The scenes from last night resurfaced in her mind. Saito and Eshuo had worked together, even using strong hallucinogenic drugs, to get an unexpected answer from the captain of the men in black.
"Fourth Brother, is what that person said true?" Qingyan felt something was strange. If Dong'e Seventy really had ambitions, shouldn't they be directed at Yinzhi? Why would it be Yinzhi?
"It should be about right. Yinzhi's position is very low. He is too focused on Han studies. Father Emperor seems to value Han studies very much, but in fact, he hopes that the Eight Banners' sons can excel in the imperial examinations." Kangxi arranged for Nalan Rongruo to become a great Confucian scholar, with the ultimate goal of setting an example for the Eight Banners' sons.
However, Nalan Rongruo was a devoted lover. What Mingxiang did went beyond Nalan Rongruo's capacity to bear, so he paid for it with his own life.
"Then... the Third Prince's Chinese tutor was also personally selected by Father Emperor. Why would he do that?" Qingyan couldn't understand. Logically speaking, if Kangxi didn't approve, he shouldn't have let his own child suffer as well.
hehe!
Yin sneered. How could he not know Kangxi's methods?
Yinzhi was clearly close in age to the Crown Prince. Yinzhi was aiming for a military career, while Yinzhi was a civil official. In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, the two of them... no, all the princes should be Yinzhi's helpers.
"The Empress Dowager meant that when she was still alive, she was the final decision-maker regarding the education of the princes. Therefore, my elder brother and Yinzhi were the sacrifices. I was taken away by my father right after I was born, so before the Empress Dowager could do anything to me, I escaped that vortex." Yinzhi was actually glad that Kangxi had handed him over to Consort Tong. "Yinqi is about the same age as me, and the Empress Dowager directly entrusted Yinqi to the Empress Dowager to raise."
Looking back on his childhood, apart from the good life he enjoyed in the Ulanara family mansion, the rest of his days were really not good. He was almost always suppressed and instructed by the Empress Dowager, who relentlessly instilled in him the great difference between the status of the Crown Prince and the Prince.
After the princes turned six, the Empress Dowager directly instructed the nannies to teach them manners, and that they should give extra greetings when they saw Emperor Kangxi and the Crown Prince.
At first, they had a slight disdain for the Crown Prince, thinking that since they were all sons of Emperor Kangxi, why was there such a big difference between them? Now, they have all grown up and no longer have the same concerns about the Crown Prince.
"Really?" Qingyan asked in surprise.
At the beginning, Fei Yanggu also mentioned the Empress Dowager's methods, telling her to be extra careful. At the start of the selection process, Kangxi directly used his power to allow Qingyan to escape the Empress Dowager's scheme.
"Of course, none of us were willing to admit defeat. After all, we are not very old. Yin and Yinzhi, one a scholar and the other a warrior, directly suppressed the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince's heart was also somewhat shaken," Yin laughed coldly. "Later, Yin and the Crown Prince fought. The Empress Dowager then had Yin flogged, making it clear to the princes that the Crown Prince was not one of them. Father Emperor then had the Crown Prince whipped ten times!"
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When Qingyan woke up in the early morning, she found that the candles were still lit in the room. In her groggy state, she wondered why the sun was not awake today.
She looked up at the ceiling and recalled what had happened in the secret passage. The scenes from last night resurfaced in her mind. Saito and Eshuo had worked together, even using strong hallucinogenic drugs, to get an unexpected answer from the captain of the men in black.
"Fourth Brother, is what that person said true?" Qingyan felt something was strange. If Dong'e Seventy really had ambitions, shouldn't they be directed at Yinzhi? Why would it be Yinzhi?
"It should be about right. Yinzhi's position is very low. He is too focused on Han studies. Father Emperor seems to value Han studies very much, but in fact, he hopes that the Eight Banners' sons can excel in the imperial examinations." Kangxi arranged for Nalan Rongruo to become a great Confucian scholar, with the ultimate goal of setting an example for the Eight Banners' sons.
However, Nalan Rongruo was a devoted lover. What Mingxiang did went beyond Nalan Rongruo's capacity to bear, so he paid for it with his own life.
"Then... the Third Prince's Chinese tutor was also personally selected by Father Emperor. Why would he do that?" Qingyan couldn't understand. Logically speaking, if Kangxi didn't approve, he shouldn't have let his own child suffer as well.
hehe!
Yin sneered. How could he not know Kangxi's methods?
Yinzhi was clearly close in age to the Crown Prince. Yinzhi was aiming for a military career, while Yinzhi was a civil official. In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, the two of them... no, all the princes should be Yinzhi's helpers.
"The Empress Dowager meant that when she was still alive, she was the final decision-maker regarding the education of the princes. Therefore, my elder brother and Yinzhi were the sacrifices. I was taken away by my father right after I was born, so before the Empress Dowager could do anything to me, I escaped that vortex." Yinzhi was actually glad that Kangxi had handed him over to Consort Tong. "Yinqi is about the same age as me, and the Empress Dowager directly entrusted Yinqi to the Empress Dowager to raise."
Looking back on his childhood, apart from the good life he enjoyed in the Ulanara family mansion, the rest of his days were really not good. He was almost always suppressed and instructed by the Empress Dowager, who relentlessly instilled in him the great difference between the status of the Crown Prince and the Prince.
After the princes turned six, the Empress Dowager directly instructed the nannies to teach them manners, and that they should give extra greetings when they saw Emperor Kangxi and the Crown Prince.
At first, they had a slight disdain for the Crown Prince, thinking that since they were all sons of Emperor Kangxi, why was there such a big difference between them? Now, they have all grown up and no longer have the same concerns about the Crown Prince.
"Really?" Qingyan asked in surprise.
At the beginning, Fei Yanggu also mentioned the Empress Dowager's methods, telling her to be extra careful. At the start of the selection process, Kangxi directly used his power to allow Qingyan to escape the Empress Dowager's scheme.
"Of course, none of us were willing to admit defeat. After all, we are not very old. Yin and Yinzhi, one a scholar and the other a warrior, directly suppressed the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince's heart was also somewhat shaken," Yin laughed coldly. "Later, Yin and the Crown Prince fought. The Empress Dowager then had Yin flogged, making it clear to the princes that the Crown Prince was not one of them. Father Emperor then had the Crown Prince whipped ten times!"
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