The quiet room in the rear hall of Kunning Palace...
Yinreng had lost count of how many days he had been imprisoned here.
After the Mulan Hunting Ground Rebellion, Kangxi deposed him from his position as crown prince and then made him disappear from public view.
No one knew where this deposed crown prince was imprisoned, not even the deposed crown princess, Lady Shi, or Hongxi.
Only Abao was with him.
Originally, this eunuch was to be executed by the Emperor, but Yinreng said, "Abao can play the tune that the Empress Dowager loves the most." So he was spared.
Yinreng was imprisoned here, and his food and drink were normal. He was not mistreated. However, he was no longer as pampered and powerful as before. He was confined to this small space every day, with only a Guanyin statue and a few Buddhist scriptures in front of him.
However, he quite liked this kind of life, as if a huge burden had been lifted out of his shoulders, and he felt an unprecedented peace in his heart.
This is Kunning Palace.
It was his mother's former bedroom.
When he stays here, it's as if he's still that child with a father and mother, who is pampered and loved.
He knelt before the statue of Guanyin, utterly devout, turning the pages of Buddhist scriptures, reading the texts, and each time he recited them, he was praying for his mother.
He had long been accustomed to the quiet and stillness of this place.
A quiet room, a quiet room, naturally it is extremely quiet.
But things are different today.
Today, there was a chaotic and noisy sound of footsteps, and a group of people barged in.
Yinreng turned his head in front of the Buddha statue and immediately saw the person in the lead, Liang Jiugong.
However, Liang Jiugong, who was extremely old and had lost all his energy, said in a hoarse voice, "His Majesty has passed away."
Rumble
It felt like the sky had fallen and the earth had caved in.
Yinreng felt as if he had tinnitus. He could no longer hear any sound. He could only see Liang Jiugong's lips moving, his face filled with grief, and tears streaming down his face. All he could hear was the echo of "passed away."
Father Emperor is dead.
The Empress Dowager is dead.
He is now an orphan.
Yinreng turned to look at the kind-faced Guanyin, wanting to ask her directly why he was born to bring misfortune to his mother, and now that his father, the Emperor, had also passed away. Was it all due to his bad fate? Was it really because he had brought misfortune to his parents?
But he couldn't make a sound; his cheeks were already covered in tears.
He thought he resented his father, the Emperor; he ruined his pride and his life.
But actually, no.
All he can remember now is his father holding him as a baby, playing with him, and whispering, "Baocheng is a son sent by heaven, a blessed man, and my best son."
Yinreng prostrated himself on the ground and wept bitterly.
At this time, inside the Qianqing Palace
The princes and court officials knelt on the ground, while three ministers stood in front of them, each holding one of the three versions of Emperor Kangxi's edict in Manchu, Mongolian, and Chinese. The Mongolian version was read by the Prince of Khorchin, the Chinese version by Li Guangdi, and the Manchu version by Fucha Boder.
Bodel first read the imperial edict, his voice strong and clear, announcing the succession of the new emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty.
"Prince Yong, the fourth son of the Emperor, Yinzhen, is of noble character and closely resembles me. He will surely be able to inherit the throne and ascend the throne as Emperor!"
After he finished reading, the edicts were read in Mongolian and then in Chinese. The edicts of the three dynasties were read aloud in complete silence, without a single sound.
After reading it three times, the thirteenth and fourteenth princes exchanged a glance and shouted loudly, "Your subject obeys the decree."
Then everyone shouted in unison and prostrated themselves on the ground to kowtow.
Yinzhen let out a long breath, closed his eyes, and then kowtowed as well.
When he stood up again, the fifth prince, who had just realized what was happening, immediately urged him to succeed to the throne, shouting, "Long live the Emperor!"
Fourteen looked at Fifth Brother, who had stolen his lines, and pouted. How come Fifth Brother is even more of a sycophant than him?
The other brothers and ministers were not to be outdone, and they all knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
Looking at the kneeling crowd before him, Yinzhen still felt as if he were in a dream, but more than that, he felt that his wish had been fulfilled and that victory was within his grasp.
No one disputes Kangxi's will.
Of all the late emperor's sons, only Yinzhen held the highest rank of prince, not to mention his powerful influence in the court. Right now, his father-in-law is kneeling at the very front, and just now the imperial edict of succession was read out!
Moreover, just now, Emperor Kangxi had a brief moment of lucidity and summoned only this one prince. From that moment on, this hidden dragon officially emerged from the abyss.
Prince Yong's Mansion
Changning held Hongxu in her arms, gently coaxing him and singing him nursery rhymes. It was unclear whether she was comforting her youngest son or herself.
Hongyan has returned. He has captured those masters and locked them in the woodshed. Changning has been handed over to Zhao Fuhai and Zhang Qilin, and they must find out their intentions.
These men were tough as nails, constantly shouting that they were cultivators who had come down from the mountain and didn't know why they had been captured and brought here. They claimed there was no law or reason to do this and demanded that they be released immediately.
Zhao Fuhai sneered: "You fortune tellers are quite skilled, how come you didn't foresee this calamity today?"
The group of people looked at each other in bewilderment.
Zhao Fuhai was too lazy to waste words with them. It was obvious that the Fujin wanted to get something out of them as soon as possible, so why would she have so much free time? He simply ordered his men to hold them all down in the water vat, and whoever couldn't take it anymore would have to speak first.
As expected, some people who were not good swimmers were the first to give in and struggled to break free: "I'll talk, I'll talk! It was Anba who gave us, his fellow disciples, some money and revealed a lot of information about officials, so that we could come to the capital to have our fortunes told!"
Zhang Qilin and Zhao Fuhai exchanged a glance, and after quickly finding out the details, they sent someone to investigate who this Anba was.
Zhao Fuhai then grabbed the man's chin and asked fiercely, "What else did you need to do? Tell me!!"
The man stammered and dared not speak, so Zhao Fuhai personally kicked him in, the violent action leaving Zhang Qilin speechless.
Are all the people around the Princess Consort so fierce?
However, the effect was excellent; the man was completely smeared, like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.
After hearing this, Zhao Fuhai almost couldn't resist skinning him alive, but the most important thing now was to report back to his master, so he just sneered, "Alright, you can rest now and wait for the master's decision."
After saying that, he handed the place over to Zhang Qilin and went to the main courtyard.
Changning had just put Hongxu and her two daughters to sleep when Chuixue brought over a bowl of shrimp wontons. Only then did she realize that she hadn't eaten all day, and her stomach was rumbling. She then took the bowl and began to eat heartily.
While we can still eat meat, let's eat it while we can.
When the time comes to observe mourning for Emperor Kangxi, there will be no meat to eat.
When Zhao Fuhai arrived, Changning had just finished eating two bowls of food. She was satisfied and looked much more relaxed. When she saw him coming, she asked him to explain.
“Master, those people have all confessed. They were originally practicing in the mountains when a man who called himself Anba came to visit them last month, gave them a lot of money, and asked them to do something.”
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