Chapter 155 Draft
Soetu took out the things from the bag and his expression changed in shock.
"Does this look familiar to you, great uncle?"
But before Soetu could adjust himself, Yinreng was still pointing at him, and cold sweat could not stop dripping from Soetu's forehead.
How did these things fall into the hands of the prince?
Suo Etu was puzzled.
He raised his head and looked at Yinreng, "Prince..."
"Heh." Yinreng sneered, "Granduncle thinks that I am not competent enough as the crown prince, so you need granduncle to do these shameful things?"
"Your Highness, I am doing this for your own good... Look at how attentive the Emperor is to Imperial Concubine Jin. She might decide one day to remove you from the position of Crown Prince..."
Yinreng was furious. He thought that Soetu's action was a sign of contempt for Kangxi.
"Then, great uncle, do you know who gave these things to me?"
"Didn't you find out about it yourself, Prince?"
"These were given to me by Concubine Jin! I have already said that registering Fourth Brother under the name of Queen Tongjia was the result of my discussion with Khan Ama. Why don't you believe it, Grand Uncle?"
"If Concubine Jin is as my great-uncle said, and has a rebellious heart, you know that these can convict you!"
Yinreng's words were so decisive that Soetu was really panicked. "Prince, Your Highness, the Emperor should not know about this yet, right? I know I was wrong, please save me for the sake of Empress Hesheli..."
"Don't mention my mother!"
Soetu stopped talking awkwardly and just looked at Yinreng with tears in his eyes.
Yinreng looked at Soetu and sighed. After all, he was the best person to him besides Khan Ama, and he was so old. Looking at him kneeling on the ground, Yinreng felt a little sympathy in his heart.
But when she thought about how he had dared to deceive her, her heart, which had just softened, hardened again.
"If this happens again, please don't blame me for being hard-hearted." Yinreng turned his back, unwilling to look at Suo'etu again, "Please go back, uncle. I advise you to take care of yourself."
Soetu knew that the prince was still angry and probably wouldn't listen to anything else, so he tactfully took his leave.
When Soetu left Yuqing Palace with a dejected look on his face, Kangxi, who was always paying attention to Yuqing Palace, found out.
"Your Majesty, Lord Soetu has left the palace. From what I saw, it seemed that he was scolded by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Wei Zhu told Kangxi what he had just seen.
"I understand."
Kangxi thought thoughtfully, "The prince is now grown up and has his own little thoughts..."
Kangxi's unintentional sigh was heard in the hall. Liang Jiugong, who was standing nearby, felt his heart skip a beat. He raised his eyelids and glanced at Kangxi who was sitting in front of the imperial desk.
Your Majesty, are you dissatisfied with the Crown Prince?
Liang Jiugong withdrew his gaze, a thought flashed through his mind, but he denied it the next moment.
Impossible, impossible, how could the Emperor be dissatisfied with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
Liang Jiugong had no idea what Kangxi was thinking. After waiting for a few days at home, Suo Etu was relieved that he did not receive any other punishment. It seemed that the prince still showed mercy to him.
However, the prince's words that day were still echoing in his ears, which made Soetu much more obedient and he dared not do any other tricks behind the prince's back.
The matter was resolved, but Nalan Mingzhu actually wanted to marry into the Chan family of Tongjue. After much deliberation, Yuying refused. She also consulted Kangxi's opinion and quickly arranged a marriage for the original owner's younger brother.
However, her family was not close to the Juechan family, so Nalan Mingzhu's plan naturally fell through.
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In the blink of an eye, two years passed and it was the 31st year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi.
A lot has happened in these two years.
For example, Yinzhi's wife gave birth to two daughters. The third prince Yinzhi and the fourth prince Yinzhen also entered the court.
During these two years, due to Kangxi's indulgence, although Yuying did not have the title of empress, she was the de facto empress. Not only did she attend palace banquets and sit with Kangxi, but he even gave the phoenix seal to Yuying. If Yuying had not been lazy and refused, Kangxi would have even wanted to take over all the palace power distributed to various concubines and give it to Yuying.
Yuying gave Kangxi a blunt look at the time. She didn't want to be hated by everyone. She was the only one who monopolized all of Kangxi's favor, and she wanted to touch the rights they had obtained. Wasn't Kangxi just looking for trouble for her?
She didn't want to disrupt the peace of the harem.
The New Year had just passed, and the severe cold of winter had not yet completely dissipated. In Yongshou Palace, Yuying was lying on the chaise longue in a fur-collared dress, while Qingtao was peeling pine nuts for her. She looked so comfortable.
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent the last batch of portraits. Please take a look."
At this time, Lu Chen walked into the hall holding a pile of portraits, breaking the original comfortable atmosphere.
Upon hearing this, Yuying had no choice but to get up from the chaise longue, walk to the desk, and signal Luchen to put it down.
Yuying couldn't help rubbing her eyebrows and prepared to start looking at the portrait.
But this job was not difficult. Qingtao opened the portrait for her, and Luchen put it away for her. All she had to do was take a look.
However, no matter how easy the job is, you can’t stand watching it for several days in a row.
Yuying was very excited on the first day, but in the following days, even though the portraits were of different styles and the young and pretty girls were very attractive, she felt bored.
But unfortunately, she really couldn't shirk this matter.
After all, these were all beautiful girls to be selected, and there was no queen to take charge of the palace, so this matter naturally fell on her head.
Yes, due to the mourning period for the Empress Dowager and Queen Tongjia, the general election, which had been postponed for six years, was finally carried out under the urging of court officials.
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