Chapter 145.
This was the first time that Kangxi allowed Yinzhen to stay by his side. Normally, such an honor was only given to the Crown Prince Yinreng, and at most the eldest prince Yinzhi. As for the rest of the princes, they could forget about it.
Therefore, although Yinzhen did not understand the purpose of Kangxi bringing him here, he still followed Kangxi obediently at this moment. Unless Kangxi let him speak, he would not say a single word.
When Kangxi saw that Concubine De dared to look at Yinzhen, he became even more furious.
Kangxi already knew that in the original timeline, Yinzhen would eventually ascend the throne and become emperor, so he couldn't help but look at Yinzhen at this moment with scrutiny.
After several observations, he finally came to like Yinzhen and admitted that his son was thoughtful and able to hide his emotions at a young age, so he was no longer surprised that he won in the end.
If, he said if.
If history could not be changed in the end, and Yinreng was ultimately unable to ascend the throne after his death, then Yinzhen, as the final winner, would now be raised by Yuying, and at least for the sake of filial piety, he would not be too bad to Yuying.
After all, he is much older than Yuying, and he will always leave before Yuying in the future. With Yuying's personality, he always has to make some plans for her.
Of course, the best outcome would be for Yinreng to succeed to the throne smoothly.
But Kangxi was now very dissatisfied with Yinzhen's soft attitude towards Concubine De.
Who in this world can do everything with a clear conscience?
Even though he was the emperor, he felt guilty. But Yinzhen, a young boy, actually wanted to have a clear conscience?
Therefore, he took Yinzhen to Yonghe Palace today so that Yinzhen could see with his own eyes how Concubine De severed the last bit of her relationship with him.
Concubine De is not worthy of his mercy a second time.
Kangxi's eyes flickered. After all, after so many years, he knew who Defei was. Kangxi was an emperor who had stirred up power in the previous dynasty. It was not that he could not understand a woman in the deep palace.
He was willing to give Concubine De some face before, only because she had not caused him any trouble for many years.
But now...
It can be seen that Concubine De did not want this face.
Thinking of this, Kangxi said in a cold voice: "Uya, I am grateful that you have served me for many years, so I will give you this opportunity."
When Concubine De heard this, hope flashed in her eyes. She did not bother to continue admitting her mistake and quickly crawled over to grab the hem of Kangxi's dragon robe.
Kangxi snorted coldly and easily pushed Defei away. After all, Defei didn't dare to really hold on to the dragon robe tightly. If it was torn, she would be really guilty of death.
Even after being thrown away, Concubine De didn't dare to say anything. She just got up again and knelt obediently.
Seeing this, Kangxi continued, "I have prepared two imperial edicts for you. As for which one will take effect, I will give you a chance to choose today."
Concubine De was kneeling on the ground, looking very embarrassed.
Yinzhen didn't want to see Defei's embarrassed look, so he had consciously looked away just now. When he heard Kangxi's words, he turned his head back. It can be seen that he was also curious about what kind of imperial edict Kangxi had prepared for Defei to choose.
Although Kangxi did not avoid him when writing the imperial edict, he was too busy hiding to know about it.
Seeing that Kangxi finally took out the imperial edict, Yinzhen also stared at the two imperial edicts.
Kangxi held the imperial edicts in his hands.
"Uya." Kangxi called Concubine De and motioned her to look at the imperial edict on his left hand. "The left one is an imperial edict to strip you of your title and demote you to a noble lady." Kangxi paused and continued, "Since you are a noble lady, you can no longer live in the Yonghe Palace. You can't raise Thirteen either. I will find another foster mother for him."
Kangxi finished speaking but was in no hurry to continue.
After hearing this, Concubine De's face suddenly turned pale. She raised her head and looked straight at Kangxi. At this moment, she didn't care whether facing the emperor directly was an offense to Kangxi.
She didn't expect that Kangxi would be so heartless?
Doesn't this mean that everyone can come and step on her? How can she gain a foothold in the palace from now on?
"What? Are you dissatisfied?"
De Fei lowered her head sharply, hiding the resentment in her eyes, "What about the other one? Your Majesty, what about the other one?"
Concubine De stared at Kangxi's right hand intently.
"This other title?" Kangxi's tone became meaningful. He also glanced at Yinzhen and then continued slowly, "This other mother, you can continue to support Thirteenth Princess, and you don't have to move out of Yonghe Palace, let alone be stripped of your title. You just changed from Defei to Depin."
As Kangxi finished speaking, Defei's eyes became brighter and brighter, as if she was about to open her mouth to accept the imperial edict in the next second.
But Kangxi spoke again before she could, "Of course, all this is subject to certain conditions."
Defei swallowed the words she was about to say again.
"And the premise is that I want you to give up your position as Yinzhen's biological mother."
Kangxi waited calmly for Concubine De to choose, although he was sure that Concubine De would not choose another one. However, even if by some accident Concubine De really chose another one, Kangxi would no longer keep Yinzhen under Concubine De's name.
However, his goal of making Yinzhen recognize Concubine De was not achieved for the time being. But it didn't matter, he could find another opportunity.
Kangxi concealed the deep meaning in his eyes and cast a cold gaze on Concubine De.
Uya, please don't let me down.
At this time, De Fei naturally didn't know that Kangxi wanted her to choose this imperial edict. She just looked at Yinzhen beside Kangxi, "Yinzhen..."
Yinzhen kept his lips tightly closed at this moment. He did not expect that Kangxi would actually let Concubine De choose. This was clearly different from what was said in Yongshou Palace just now.
But Yinzhen naturally would not expose Kangxi, and he also looked at Concubine De.
After all, he is just a teenager. When he suddenly finds out that the mother who has loved him for many years is not his biological mother, he might feel a little bit of sadness in his heart, which he himself cannot even notice... I hope Concubine De will not choose the latter.
No one wants to be abandoned by another person, let alone by his biological mother. This is human nature.
There was no emotion in Yinzhen's eyes, but Defei still succumbed to the eye contact with Yinzhen.
The answer is obvious.
Kangxi raised the corners of his lips, "Uya, have you chosen one?"
Defei looked at Kangxi with despair in her heart.
"Your Majesty, I have chosen." De Fei's eyes were filled with despair. "I... choose the right hand path."
After saying this, Concubine De collapsed on the ground, not daring to look at Yinzhen again. She knew that from now on, she would no longer have the face to call Yinzhen her mother.
But she didn't know that Yinzhen also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
That's fine.
Yinzhen suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
If Xiao Ba asked him to play with the white cat raised by Concubine Yi now, he thought he would not refuse.
Yinzhen's thoughts drifted to who knows where, but he was eventually brought back to reality by Kangxi's voice.
"In that case, then you may accept the order." Kangxi looked down at Concubine De, no, or rather, Concubine De.
"Yes, I will accept your order."
After Defei took it with both hands, Kangxi didn't want to stay in Yonghe Palace any longer, so he turned around and left with Yinzhen.
After taking a few steps, Kangxi seemed to suddenly remember something and turned to look at Concubine De.
Defei still sat on the ground, looking at Yinzhen with a sad look on her face.
"Uya, Yinzhen should thank you. If you hadn't caused this, I wouldn't have made up my mind to change Yinzhen's jade disc. From now on, Yinzhen is my cousin's child. I hope you won't do stupid things again, otherwise I won't let it go so easily next time."
After Kangxi finished speaking, he did not stop and took Yinzhen out of Yonghe Palace.
Depin, who was left behind, was stunned, and then she cried out shrilly: "Your Majesty, you can't do this!"
Unfortunately, Kangxi and Yinzhen had already walked away. Only Jinzhu, who had just been stopped outside by Liang Jiugong, ran over in a hurry. Seeing that she was still kneeling on the ground, she helped her up and shouted, "Your Majesty!"
Defei now seemed to have someone to rely on, and the imperial edict in her hand fell from her hands and was spread out.
Jinzhu glanced hurriedly and saw that it was just a demotion, but seeing Defei's look, she didn't dare to speak. She just helped Defei sit on the chair and brought her a cup of tea, "My queen, are you okay?"
It’s a pity that Concubine De didn’t want to pay attention to her at this moment.
At the same time, Kangxi looked at Yinzhen who was still planning to follow him, and waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, you can leave too, I have something else to do."
Yinzhen was a little at a loss, but still left as he was told.
Yinzhen watched Kangxi until he left.
Then he turned around and took a deep look at the palace behind him which was unfamiliar to him.
"Fourth brother! Come quickly!"
But I heard a familiar voice coming from not far away.
It was Yinsi who brought Yinlu and Yin.
Yinzhen then smiled for the first time that day. He did not stay but walked towards the three of them.
When I walked over, I saw Yinzhen and Yin pushing each other and hiding behind Yinsi.
Yinsi handed the thing in his hand to Yinzhen, "Fourth brother, this is what my aunt asked me to bring to you."
Yinzhen took the food basket from his hand, which contained a plate of lotus cake that he often ate.
Yinzhen also handed him something and said reluctantly, "This is from my second brother, the crown prince."
Yinzhen took it with his other hand and saw that it was a painting, but he didn't have a free hand to open it and see which one it was.
Then Yinzhen looked at Yin, as if curious about what he would bring.
Yin didn't dare to move until Yinluo nudged him with his shoulder. Yin finally reacted and continued to search.
Yinzhen's eyes suddenly lit up.
They were two puppies, who looked like they had just been weaned. They were two small balls huddled together.
Yinzhen handed the things in his hand to Yinsi and Yin'er, then reached out to hold the two puppies in his arms, looking extremely loving and cherishing.
Seeing this, Yinsi smiled and said, "Fourth brother, this is a gift from the three of us. We originally wanted to give you only one, but we thought that one would be too lonely, so we had to trouble you to raise two."
Yinzhen looked at them, then at the things in their hands, and said sincerely: "Fourth brother is very happy, thank you."
This was probably the time when Yinzhen showed his emotions most openly after the death of Queen Tongjia, causing Yin'er and Yin to stare at him continuously.
Yinzhen turned his head away and said, "Okay, let's go back to West No. 5 and clean up two nests for these two puppies."
"Fourth brother! Have you thought of a name for them?"
"Let me name it! Let me name it! I'm the best at naming!"
"Xiao Shi, this belongs to Fourth Brother, he should be the one to take it!"
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Several people left the territory of Yonghe Palace, leaving laughter and joy along the way.
Days like this are not too sad even in the deep palace.
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