The fourth wife, Ulanara, was a dignified, virtuous, gentle and honest woman. She personally stood at the door holding little Honghui's hand to greet them.
"Sixth Uncle! Fourteenth Uncle!" The child's eyes were shining, and although his voice was restrained, one could tell that he was extremely happy.
"Hello, Fourth Sister-in-law." Yinzuo and the Fourteenth Prince greeted the Fourth Lady with a smile.
Even the fourteenth brother, who was extremely incompatible with the fourth brother, respected his sister-in-law from the bottom of his heart.
"The fourth master just sent someone back to inform his two younger brothers that they were coming. When Honghui heard about it, he insisted on coming to the door to wait for his two uncles."
Honghui hid behind his mother somewhat embarrassedly.
Yinzuo squatted down with a smile and opened his arms to him.
"Xiao Honghui, come to Uncle Six."
Honghui couldn't hide his longing eyes, but he didn't run over rashly. Instead, he raised his head and asked his father.
Yinzhen said, "Your sixth uncle hasn't seen you for a long time. He kept asking about you on the way back. Let him hug you."
Only then did little Honghui rush over like a little cannonball.
The Fourteenth Prince on the side was making faces to amuse his little nephew, while Yinzuo was holding little Honghui in his arms, with a smile on his face.
During the dinner, in order to avoid further disputes between the brothers, Yinzuo turned to talk about his sister Qionghua's marriage.
"Shun Anyan is from the Tong family. So, we are nominal cousins. Yesterday, I went to see the Queen Mother. She wanted me to help Qionghua investigate him personally. What do you think is the appropriate reason to investigate him?"
"If you want to be my brother-in-law, you must be good in martial arts. Otherwise, how can you protect the fifth princess? It is better to call him out and compete with me." The fourteenth old man was ready to make a move.
"Vulgar." Yinzhen simply gave two words to evaluate it.
Old Fourteen was furious.
Yinzuo had just fed little Honghui in his arms a bite of food when he looked up and found that the two were about to fight again.
"Fourteen! Of course what you said makes sense, but you are the prince, so Shun Anyan will naturally give in to you, and he can't test your true ability. Besides, the wedding is only two months away. If you hurt him, wouldn't it delay Qionghua's marriage?"
After being successfully flattered by Yinzuo, the Fourteenth Old Man sat back down and said, "Then Fourth Brother, tell me what good ideas you have?"
"No need to try. I asked someone to check. Apart from his good family background, he is nothing special."
Yinzhen was a man who lived a second life, so how could he not know the details of his brother-in-law? Ever since the crown prince was deposed, he had been standing on the side of the eldest brother, but within a few years, even his title of prince consort was taken away by the emperor. He was really not worthy of being mentioned in public.
Yin Zuo said helplessly: "Qionghua is marrying someone, not selecting an official for the imperial court. As long as the man has good character and is compatible with Qionghua, that's enough. When he inherits the Tong family in the future, we can help him a little bit, and Qionghua will be able to live a safe life. It's better than marrying far away in Mongolia like other sisters."
"Sixth brother, mother said that time is the key to a person's true character. What can we see in just two months? Besides, we can't keep an eye on him all the time during these two months." The fourteenth brother felt a little bored.
Ulanara, who was standing by, also offered some advice. She smiled and said, "Then observe the details. I heard that Madam Tong has been unwell recently and has been bedridden. You are nominally the son of the Empress Dowager. You can go to the mansion in the next two months under the pretext of visiting the Madam and ask the maids and the little girl to see if he is a playboy, amorous, lecherous and lazy person."
"Fourth sister-in-law, this idea is good." Yinzuo nodded repeatedly, thinking it was very feasible.
"Don't get too close to the Tong family. It's winter now, you can ask Shun Anyan to go out for some ice skating, and then see after you get him drunk."
The Tong family produced two queens and went through three dynasties. It seemed to be a noble family, but the people in the house were not united. Some supported the eldest brother, some supported the eighth brother, and of course there was Longkodo who later turned to support him. Unfortunately, the whole family was ruined in the end. Yinzhen did not want Yinzuo to be involved in this family that would sooner or later turn into a mess.
"Then listen to me." Yinzuo continued to feed his little nephew in his arms.
The fourteenth brother finally came over, and the three uncles and nephews huddled together playing with the toys that Yinzo had given to little Honghui. Yinzhen took out official documents and reviewed them at the desk. It was rare for the three brothers to get together and be so harmonious.
With the existence of Yinzuo in this life, the Fourteenth Prince no longer hangs out with the Eighth Prince's clique like he did in his previous life. The Tong family focused all their attention on Yinzuo and never supported other princes. Some things have indeed changed.
But when the wheel of history rolled forward, Yinzuo was completely powerless to stop it. Apart from accompanying his two mothers and caring about his royal father, he could do nothing else.
Ever since Qionghua married Shun Anyan, he had often come to see Yinzuo. In addition, Soetu, who later supported the prince, was convicted by the emperor and imprisoned in the clan house, and eventually died in prison. His words and deeds were all meant to find out whether Yinzuo had any intention of replacing the prince.
Yinzuo was fed up with it and simply moved to the suburbs of Beijing. In recent years, he has lived in Tantuo Temple for a long time, discussing Buddhist scriptures with the abbot. He began to focus on compiling classics and wrote books to record the customs and people of various parts of the Qing Dynasty and the daily life of the people that he had seen during Kangxi's southern, western and northern tours in recent years. He even began to translate Western works, covering poetry, astronomy, geography, mathematics and many other aspects.
Yinzuo's reclusive attitude did not affect Kangxi's favor for him at all. He would always take him with him when he went on a long journey, and would occasionally issue an order to summon him back to the palace, and they would always have a great time talking.
The popular Eighth Wise King rarely met him in the palace, so he stopped him with a smile.
"Sixth brother, ever since we followed the emperor on his southern tour, you have distanced yourself from the rest of us brothers. Although Fourth Brother and Fourteenth Brother are your brothers from the same mother, are we not your brothers and sisters?"
Yinsi had always been bothered by the fact that he was not the son of the same mother as Yinzuo, and he had been feeling resentful about this since he was a child.
"Eighth brother, since you said that we are all brothers, why do you want to do such a thing as fratricide?" Yinzuo looked him straight in the eye and asked.
Yinsi pulled his hand back and clenched it into a fist in his sleeve.
"I didn't mean to hurt anyone."
Yinzuo did not participate in the fight for the throne, but he was not stupid. The Crown Prince's side was repeatedly reprimanded by the Emperor, and the relationship between father and son once reached a freezing point. Of course, they had their own problems, but if there was no pushing from others, it would not have been like this.
"You didn't. You just made everything worse. People with different ideals cannot work together. I have no intention of fighting with you, nor do I want to see you fighting. I'd rather stay away and have some peace. You are now the Eighth Sage King praised by everyone. If this is what you want, then Sixth Brother congratulates you."
After Yinzuo finished speaking, he walked past him and continued walking forward.
"Sixth brother!" Yinsi called him.
"My mother, I want her to be happier and respected."
"Do you really know what Concubine Liang wants? Is it your own ambition or your filial piety?" After asking this, Yinzuo left.
Yinsi seemed to have the deepest darkness in his heart exposed. He smiled, with red at the corners of his eyes.
Not long after, during the autumn Mulan hunting trip, everyone thought that just like in previous years, there would be only some minor frictions between the brothers, but unexpectedly, an event of great importance to the country took place.
The prince was deposed!
When Yinzuo, who was roasting a bonfire and eating barbecue outside with the Thirteenth and Fourteenth brothers, learned about this, he immediately mounted his horse and rushed to the palace.
The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Brothers followed on horseback without saying a word. The three brothers rushed back to the palace overnight but were stopped by the Fourth Brother's confidant who was standing at the palace gate.
"Sixth Prince, the master asked you not to get involved. This matter has already been settled. The emperor has called all the princes and ministers in. You just wait outside."
"Get out of the way!" Yinzuo finally rushed in on horseback.
When he walked into the main hall, he just happened to hear the emperor listing the prince's crimes.
"Yinreng insulted the court officials, monopolized power, and formed cliques; he was extravagant and extravagant, and his food and clothing were comparable to mine, but he was still not satisfied; he also sent people to intercept the tribute envoys of the Mongolian tribes and snatched the imperial horses presented to me; he was ruthless and indifferent to his brothers, and ignored the sick Eighteenth Prince; he was dissatisfied with my treatment of Suo Etu, coveted the throne, and attempted to kill me. The Qing Dynasty, the foundation laid by our ancestors, must not be handed over to such a disloyal, unkind, unfilial and unfilial person."
At this point, Kangxi burst into tears. He was already an old man in his fifties, with gray hair and wrinkles all over his face. He was disappointed, upset, and heartbroken.
Yinzuo looked at his brother the crown prince who was kneeling in the middle, distraught but with his back straight, and his eyes became red. Why did things have to come to this?
He still remembered how the Emperor Father protected the Crown Prince when he was young. Wasn't the Emperor Father proud of the Crown Prince?
The prince was imprisoned, and the eldest and fourth brothers were responsible for monitoring him.
Yinzuo was in front of the emperor, watching his father order the killing of many people, and watching him lose sleep all night because of this grief. No one's pleading was of any use, and even the edict of Ukuma Ma was taken out, it failed to go against the emperor's wishes. Yinzuo could not bear to mention his brother the crown prince again, and only coaxed his father to eat as much as possible and have a good rest, as he was already an old man and could not endure it.
He could only go to see his brother the Crown Prince privately late at night.
"Yinzuo, it's not that I won't let you in. The Emperor has said that no one is allowed to visit the deposed Crown Prince Yinreng. Please don't make it difficult for me. Or you can ask for an imperial decree and I will let you in right away."
The eldest brother is now in high spirits, having finally surpassed the crown prince. But now he keeps talking about deposing the crown prince, without even a hint of brotherly love in his words.
"Brother, even if the second brother is no longer the crown prince, we are still brothers after all. If the emperor knows about this in the future, you are doing your duty, which is true, but it would make people think you are too cold-blooded. The emperor often said that we should know benevolence, righteousness, filial piety and brotherhood. I am just going in to say a few words to the second brother, and you can accompany me and watch."
The Emperor has been very fond of Yinzuo over the years, and the eldest son was afraid that he would sue him after returning, so he let him in after all. However, in order to avoid being held accountable later, he brought the fourth son over.
"Old Four, Yinzuo is your biological brother, you go in with him, I'll stay outside and keep an eye on him for you."
"Okay." Yinzhen agreed immediately.
After entering, Yinzuo felt a little guilty.
"Brother, did I cause you any trouble?"
Yinzhen patted his shoulder and said, "It's okay, the emperor won't mind. The Ministry of Revenue has a lot of things to do now, and they can't do without me. Don't worry, I'll be standing here. Second brother probably doesn't want to see anyone else now, so you can go in and talk to him yourself."
Yinzuo nodded and walked in. He didn't bring anything in because he was afraid that the food was unsafe and someone might drug him.
"Brother Prince! It's me!"
With his back to the prison door, Yinreng, who was reflecting on his mistakes, slowly turned around and then quickly turned back, as if he didn't want others to see his embarrassment.
"Xiao Liu, why are you here? I am no longer your prince brother. Please leave."
Yinzuo did not give up. He changed his name and continued to call him, "Second brother! You said it yourself that I can call you Crown Prince Brother or Second Brother. Now that things have come to this, Second Brother doesn't even want to talk to me?"
The prince softened his heart. This younger brother, his favorite brother, whom he had deliberately alienated over the years, was the only brother who came to see him after he was deposed.
"Xiao Liu, be obedient and get out quickly. Don't let the emperor find out. He will be angry. Second brother doesn't want to implicate you."
"Brother, there must be some misunderstanding, right? Why don't you explain? If you don't tell me, how would the emperor know why you appeared outside his tent? Do you know how sad he is now? He is already over fifty years old. Brother, the emperor loves you the most. I believe you are not someone who would do such rebellious things!"
Yinreng turned around and looked at him with red eyes.
"I'm afraid you're the only one who believes in me at this moment."
Yinzuo stepped forward and grabbed the iron door of the prison, saying excitedly: "Second brother, of course I believe you, write a letter to explain everything to the emperor, and I will definitely find a suitable time to help you hand it to the emperor!"
After saying that, he took out a charcoal pencil he had made himself from his sleeve and a piece of silk cloth and passed it over through the iron gate.
"Okay." The prince walked forward and took the two things.
"Xiao Liu, do you blame me for deliberately ignoring you all these years?"
Yinzuo shook his head and smiled.
"I know you are doing this for my own good, second brother. You don't want me to get involved in party disputes. I understand. I don't blame you. I just hope that you are well and that everyone is well."
As he spoke, Yinzuo's tears began to fall. He turned his head away, wiped his tears roughly with his sleeve, and smiled again as if nothing had happened.
"Then write well, second brother. I will come again at this time tomorrow. I want to take care of the emperor. He has not been sleeping well these days and often wakes up in his dreams. I can chat with him."
Yinreng nodded and said through his dry throat, "Go ahead."
When Yinzuo left, he bowed to his elder brother to express his gratitude.
"Thank you, brother!"
"I didn't do anything, and I didn't see anything. If the Emperor blames me, it's only the crime committed by the Fourth Brother and you. It has nothing to do with me."
"Yinzuo, remember this, I will never let you down!"
After Yinzuo finished speaking, he hurried to the imperial court.
The eldest brother crossed his arms and looked at Yinzuo's back for a long time. At this moment, he was a little envious of Yinreng. When he was in trouble, there was still someone who really cared about him. He wondered if it were him, would someone be so disregarding his own safety to help him.
"Fourth brother, tell me, if it was me who was imprisoned this time, would there be someone like Yinzuo?" The eldest brother asked what was in his heart unconsciously.
Yinzhen, who was standing nearby, said, "Eighth brother has been raised by Concubine Hui since he was young. He is known as the Eighth Wise Prince and is the most kindhearted. He has always been on good terms with eldest brother, so he will surely do it."
"Him? Haha!" The boss smiled and said nothing more.
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