Yinreng, who became the crown prince again, became timid and not as confident as before. Kangxi became more tolerant towards the crown prince, but the more he feared making mistakes, the more likely he was to make mistakes.
The people under the crown prince relied on his title to become more and more arrogant, and repeatedly sought more power. Naturally, the emperor's confidants were unwilling to share power, so they repeatedly submitted memorials to accuse the crown prince and his party.
The struggle for imperial power between the emperor and the prince became increasingly fierce, and the contradiction between father and son became more and more obvious. Eventually, things became unreconcilable. Finally, Yinreng took off the prince's formal dress, wore only a plain dress, and knelt outside the Qianqing Palace.
"I, the unfilial son Yinreng, kneel down and beg the Emperor to depose me from the position of Crown Prince."
Kangxi inside closed his eyes and suddenly felt very tired.
Yinreng was a good boy. He could not bear to continue fighting with his royal father, nor did he want to fight with his brothers. But he could not be a good emperor. Kangxi understood this deeply at this time, but he could not blame Yinreng.
As a result, Yinreng was deposed again.
A year later, Kangxi abdicated.
"Yinzhen, the fourth son of Prince Yong, is a man of noble character and very much like me. He will surely be able to inherit the throne and succeed me as emperor."
After Yongzheng ascended the throne, except for Yinzuo, all his brothers changed the character "Yin" to "Yun" in order to avoid the emperor's name.
The deposed Crown Prince Yunreng was conferred the title of Prince Li, the eldest son Yinzhi was also pardoned and released, the thirteenth son Yunxiang was conferred the title of Prince Yi, the seventh son Yunyou was conferred the title of Prince Chun, and the seventeenth son Yunli was conferred the title of Prince Guo.
As for Yinzuo, since he was already Prince Rong and there was no more title to be given to him, Yinzhen granted him the Prince Yong's Palace to live in and also gave him his only legitimate son Honghui to teach.
After abdicating, Kangxi became the emperor emeritus. He took his mother, Tong Jia, who became the empress dowager, and his biological mother, Uya, who became the empress dowager, to travel around. Naturally, the most favored Prince Rong was also specifically named to be taken away.
Before leaving, Yinzhen summoned him into the palace and gave him a sign.
"Brother, what is this?" Yinzuo turned it over and saw only one word "sea" on it.
"This is a caravan that I have privately organized over the years to go overseas. When you were young, you always told me that other places overseas were very rich. So I trained a group of people, equipped them with the best muskets and artillery shells, and sent them to trade overseas.
I have indeed earned a lot of money over the years. Now that you are going to accompany the emperor and his family on a trip, it would be a waste of money or let the emperor pay for it himself. So you can take this token and withdraw money at will. Have fun. I only have one request, remember to come back and spend the New Year with me."
Yinzuo smiled and went over to hug him.
"Thank you, brother. I will definitely come back during the Chinese New Year."
Yinzhen patted him on the back and thought to himself, I should be the one thanking you. You have made up for many regrets of my previous life in this life. If I didn't have this younger brother, I'm afraid I wouldn't have such a fulfilling life.
"By the way, brother, the Emperor's father, the Emperor's mother and I are not in the capital. You have to take good care of Fourteenth. Although he likes to talk back to you, he actually admires you very much in his heart. I hope you can be more patient with him."
In this life, the Fourteenth Prince did not stand on the Eighth Prince's side, nor did he have any interest in the throne. Apart from his love for competing with him for Yinzuo, he was pretty good in other aspects. Yinzhen nodded, which was considered as his agreement.
After living a new life, Yinzhen's mind became more open. The emperor emeritus was still alive, and his brothers did not dare to act rashly. His throne was legitimate and no one questioned it. The world was so big, and there were so many countries. His brothers all had their own strengths. He assigned many errands to each person according to his strengths, to avoid exhausting the Thirteenth Brother alone like in the previous life.
As a result, everyone was immersed in official duties and had no time to think about seizing his throne. Of course, there were complaints, but seeing that Yinzhen, as the Prince of Juan, was even harder on himself and only slept two hours a day, they didn't dare to say anything and could only accept it.
Yinzuo often accompanied Kangxi and the two empresses, and became the most leisurely one among the brothers.
Of course, this only seems to be a leisurely time. The elders are all old, and Yinzuo pays great attention to taking care of them. He greets them, takes their pulses, prepares healthy meals for them every day, and tries his best to make them happy.
The group concealed their identities and traveled to the south of the Yangtze River. Yinzuo took them to revisit his previous route. The whole family was attracted by the beautiful scenery and simply bought an exquisitely decorated garden from a wealthy businessman in a small town and settled down there temporarily.
Yinzuo accompanied Kangxi to the lake for fishing every three to five days, and thus got to know several local prestigious elders. They shared the same hobby and had also experienced all kinds of human life over the past half a lifetime. Later, Kangxi became fishing and chess friends with them, and they could talk about almost anything. Yinzuo also compiled their interesting stories and conversations and wrote a very educational philosophy book.
Yinzuo's biological mother, now the Holy Mother Empress Dowager Rouwan, fell in love with Suzhou embroidery and specially found an embroiderer with superb skills to learn from. However, Yinzuo was worried that she would overuse her eyes, so he asked Aunt Qing to keep an eye on her.
"Second Madam, the young master told you not to do needlework in dim light."
Rouwan nodded and said to the embroidery teacher with some reluctance: "You can see, my son is very strict with me. I will stop here today. I will find you tomorrow and we will continue."
"Okay, Madam, I'll go back first."
The embroiderer was quite envious of her for having such a filial son who accompanied her every day and took care of her daily life. Once, the lady was sick, and the young master even personally coaxed his mother to take medicine and told her many interesting stories to pass the time. He was very patient. How many sons in the world can do this?
"Where is the eldest lady?" Rouwan asked.
Aunt Qing said softly, "He's reading a storybook in the yard."
Rouwan shook her head and went to find her in person.
Tong Jia was lying in a rocking chair, reading a book comfortably. On the cover was written "The Biography of Yingying, the Demon Cult Leader".
Rouwan patted her shoulder and said with a smile, "Xiao Liu said that we are not allowed to overuse our eyes when it gets dark. It's getting late now. I guess the father and son should be back soon. Sister, don't let him find out. He will be angry with you later. You are not allowed to look at it for several days."
Tong Jia closed the book and said with a hint of reluctance, "I'll read it tomorrow, Rouwan. The life described in this book is really wonderful, with people enjoying life in the martial arts world and traveling the world with swords. It would be great if I could really see it with my own eyes."
As soon as he finished speaking, a tall moon-white figure appeared at the gate of the yard. The person had a smoky temperament, smiling eyes, and his whole body was as gentle as moonlight.
"That's not difficult. If mother wants to see it, son can write a play and ask a troupe to perform it."
"Really? Then I want to see it on my birthday next year. Is it possible?" Tong Jia looked at him expectantly.
"No problem." Yinzuo agreed immediately.
Rouwan smiled and brushed the fallen flowers off Yinzuo's shoulders as he approached her, and asked him, "Where's the master?"
Yinzuo raised his eyebrows and lowered his voice and said, "I lost the game of chess today, and went to the study to look up the chess manual as soon as I came back."
Tong Jia and Rouwan both laughed out loud.
After winter came, the family returned to Beijing by boat and arrived back at the palace at the end of the year. The Qianqing Palace is still where Kangxi lives, while Yinzhen moved to the Yangxin Palace.
Yinzuo was still thinking about staging a new play for the Empress Dowager. The script had already been written, but he encountered trouble while rehearsing because Yinzuo did not have a deep understanding of drama.
Among the brothers, the second elder brother was very proficient in these things, and ever since he requested to depose the crown prince, he had been obsessed with drama, singing and dancing in the mansion. The Ministry of Internal Affairs would sometimes come to ask him for help in directing the performances. So Yinzuo went to Prince Li's mansion to ask his second elder brother to help the troupe rehearse the play.
It was around the end of the year and the government offices were on holiday, but somehow everyone got together and helped Yinzuo rehearse the play. They even told him about the completely unrealistic plots they had imagined when they were children and asked him to help them write a play.
Yinzuo simply compiled a storybook for them with the background of cultivating immortals and divided into several small units. The protagonists were different in each unit, but they had some connections with each other.
The younger generations of various families, led by Honghui, were most interested in this bizarre and fantastic story. They all came to join in the fun, chattering and asking questions.
"What is Sixth Uncle's spiritual root?"
"Uncle Six's story is really interesting. Is there really a world of immortals in the world?"
"Sixth Uncle, I want to fly on a sword, too!"
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Yinzuo patiently answered the little ones' questions one by one and did not ignore them just because they were children.
Even Fourteenth Prince joined his nephews in pestering Yinzuo.
"Sixth brother! You can write a novel for me too! How about the protagonist be named Yinzhen?"
Yinzuo smiled and agreed, and asked him: "Okay, okay, then what do you want him to do?"
"Of course it's to save the people! In a domineering and majestic way!" Fourteen is still a teenager, and he is at the age of being a middle school student.
Having not seen Yinzuo for several days, Yinzhen was too busy to concentrate.
"What has Prince Rong been busy with these days?"
Su Peisheng quickly replied, "Your Majesty, Prince Rong is busy rehearsing. The other princes, dukes, etc., oh! And the eldest prince, they are all here too."
Yinzhen simply put down his red brush, stood up and said, "Change my clothes, I will go and take a look too."
"The Emperor has arrived!"
The emperor's ceremonial procession was of course extremely conspicuous, and everyone knelt down to greet them at the first opportunity.
After Yinzhen woke him up, he personally walked over to Yinzuo, helped him up, and asked, "I haven't seen you for a long time, and I missed you so much that I came to see what kind of play you are rehearsing."
"They are new stories. I am only responsible for writing the scripts. My second, third, fifth, ninth and tenth brothers are helping to rehearse them. Would you like to take a look now, my Royal Brother?"
Yinzhen glanced at his brothers standing by and said, "Since the play has not been rehearsed yet, I will not watch it yet. Bring me the script you wrote and I will give you an evaluation."
"That couldn't be better." Yinzuo signaled Shunfeng, who was following him, to go to the study to get his manuscript.
During the New Year, the palace staged a splendid drama. The princes and ministers who were fortunate enough to watch the drama in person praised it highly and even wrote many poems in praise of it.
The family lived in harmony and created a prosperous era together. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment. All industries flourished, and the economic strength reached its peak. This is known in history as the "Kangxi and Yongzheng Period of Prosperity."
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It has been completed, with two small extra chapters, which are the later forum style and Nan Ke Yi Meng chapter that everyone commented on wanting to see.
Another book is "Saving the cannon fodder villain has exhausted the cubs", please collect it.
This article is one of the small worlds where Zhao Zhao completes his mission. He will reunite with Mafa, his mother, and his father in this world.
As the only cub host, Zhao Zhao receives a mission from the main system to rescue a cannon fodder villain named Lin Yuran, who had a miserable childhood and suffered repeated misfortunes.
Lin Yuran finally signed up for a talent show and gained some popularity, but the debut position that should have belonged to him was stolen by capital. Finally, he got lucky and participated in an unknown parent-child variety show by chance, but became the protagonist of the control group and was trampled into the ground. The villain was angry, and he fought back, but was frozen out and banned by the protagonist's admirer, and died in a shabby little rental house.
Main system: You have to influence him with love and don’t let him become cannon fodder, do you understand?
Zhao Zhao nodded her head, not quite understanding.
Zhao Zhao has to act cute and well-behaved in public every day, and also has to help his silly guardian, the villain, to whitewash himself. It's really tiring! But the audience was captured by him, and many of them said in the barrage that they wanted to go to the villain's house to steal the baby.
The villain who was lying down and being ridiculed did a sit-up on the spot: ??? Once you enter my house, you are my child. I just show you. Do you want to take him away?
Who would have thought that gradually things would become more and more pessimistic, and the netizens who had only talked big online, appeared in the real world one after another, and each of them had an extraordinary identity, including the TV station's pillar Wang Yunling, triple-actor Lin Zhen, and the head of a wealthy family Fu Xuanye!
When Zhao Zhao saw them, his eyes lit up and he wanted to follow them immediately.
In the end, the villain has no time to turn evil and is only focused on his career. There are too many enemies, so he must hurry up and become stronger, otherwise he will not be able to protect his cubs!
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