He considered himself a wise ruler who never killed anyone wrongly, but his good prince actually killed hundreds of people in private.
"Father, I didn't do that. Who is it that is slandering me in front of you? You can't listen to other people's slander and wrongly accuse me!"
Kangxi suddenly felt that he had failed over the years. His son was useless and he was afraid that he could not be saved.
However, he kept saying that he was wronged, so I let him take a good look at the evidence.
He threw the things Liang Jiugong had found in front of the prince. The prince picked them up tremblingly and fainted after taking a look at them.
He suddenly felt that not only was his position as crown prince in danger, but his life might even be in danger!
"Father, please listen to my explanation. I don't know why I did that. I don't know."
"Just admit it. Draft an imperial decree. The Crown Prince is known for his cruelty and murderous nature... He is unfit to be the heir apparent. However, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Therefore, you are stripped of your title as Crown Prince, demoted to a commoner, and imprisoned in the Imperial Clan Court."
The prince looked at Kangxi in disbelief. His father actually deposed him from the crown prince position just because he killed a few people?
What? Are you trying to make room for someone else? Is he really that unpopular?
Suddenly, the prince remembered that a few years ago when he killed a palace maid in Yuqing Palace, the palace maid had cursed him to be deposed from the throne and even imprisoned. Could it be that what happened today was the backlash of the curse?
"Father, I know I was wrong. Please don't abolish my position as Crown Prince. I am the legitimate son of Empress Yuan. If you do this, Empress Dowager will be heartbroken!"
It would have been fine if Empress Hesheli had not been mentioned, but once it was mentioned, Kangxi became even angrier.
He is now seriously pregnant with the prince because he inherited the bloodline of the Hesheli clan, which is why he has become so murderous.
After all, the prince was very cute and sensible when he was a child. Otherwise, even if he was a legitimate son, Kangxi would not have loved him as much as he did for ten years.
"Come, take the deposed crown prince away. I don't want to see him again."
"yes."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you can't treat your son like this. He is your legitimate son!"
"Take him away."
After the guards took the deposed prince away, Kangxi sat on the dragon throne as if he had lost his temper.
It has been more than ten years since he ascended the throne. During these ten years, the number of people he has killed who made mistakes is not as many as that killed by the crown prince. The Aisin Gioro family cannot have a son who is so murderous.
Although he had been deposed from the title of Crown Prince and imprisoned in the Imperial Clan Court, there was no such thing as a leak-proof wall, and the news would eventually get out.
"Liang Jiugong, take people to comfort the families of the palace servants who were harmed by Baocheng over the years. Be sure to ask them to forgive Baocheng. Remember, be sincere and give them sufficient compensation."
"emperor?"
"Although I am the emperor, I am also a father. Baocheng did something wrong, and I must clean up the mess for him no matter what. But he cannot leave the clan house for the rest of his life."
"yes."
Mu Sili didn't expect that the deposed prince would kill himself before she even took action.
But it’s better this way, so that when she produces evidence, Kangxi won’t become suspicious of her.
After the family who had been hiding in the mountains for several years learned that the prince had been deposed and imprisoned, they cried out to God for mercy. Although he was not killed, his fall from the position of crown prince to a prisoner was enough to make him suffer.
The crown prince was deposed, and Concubine Xi, Suo Etu, and Ling Pu in the Imperial Household Department, who had been secretly cleaning up his mess, were investigated and punished.
Concubine Xi was directly demoted to a commoner and sent to Yonghe Palace to accompany Guo Luoluo.
Soetu condoned the prince's crimes and helped him clean up the mess. When his term of imprisonment expired, he was also imprisoned in the clan office.
Kangxi said that since Soetu, the great-uncle of the deposed crown prince, loved him so much, he should go to the clan house to take care of him.
As a result, Soetu was also imprisoned.
When Ling Pu learned that the prince had been deposed, he knew that his life was coming to an end. He wanted to escape, but before he could make a move, his family was captured.
As one imperial item after another was found in Ling Pu's home, Kangxi simply executed his entire family.
Because there are some things in it that even he, the emperor, has never used, or even seen.
And the most important thing is that the things found in Ling Pu's house were almost equivalent to half of the national treasury. The fact that a bondservant had so much property simply gave Kangxi a new way to get rich.
So, in the next month, Kangxi ordered a thorough investigation of all the bannerman families.
The harvest was also very fruitful. At least he was no longer poor, and his private treasury was also full with everything he needed.
The crown prince was deposed, and before Kangxi issued the imperial decree to confer titles on the concubines, Concubine Tong and Concubine Hui had already set their sights on the crown prince's position.
Chengqian Palace.
"Now that the Crown Prince has been deposed and the position of Crown Prince is vacant, I must find a way to register Yinzhen under my name."
"Your Majesty is absolutely right, but what are you going to do?"
"Let me think about this. You should go back to the Tong Mansion and tell my father to ask the emperor to register Yinzhen under my name.
I don't need to be promoted, I just want to be Yinzhen's true mother."
"Yes, my lady."
When Tong Guowei learned what Concubine Tong said, he knew what she was planning. She was his daughter, Tong Guowei, and knew how to use roundabout tactics.
He immediately got up and went into the palace. This matter needed to be done as soon as possible so that he could feel at ease.
Yanxi Palace.
"Why am I so happy? Now that the crown prince has been deposed, doesn't that mean the position is vacant?
As the eldest son, Yinzhi is so outstanding, he is the perfect candidate for the crown prince. Since ancient times, the eldest son has always been the heir, so the crown prince position must belong to Yinzhi."
"Your Majesty is absolutely right."
"Go, send a letter to my cousin, asking him to propose the appointment of a crown prince at the court tomorrow morning. I hope the position will be that of Yinzhi."
"Yes, my lady, I will arrange it right away."
Unlike Huipin who took it for granted, Nalan Mingzhu was a smart man. He knew that jumping out at this moment to ask Kangxi to appoint a crown prince would be tantamount to giving him a handle. He was not stupid, so how could he do such a thing.
So he sent someone back to Huipin, saying that the matter needed to be discussed and asked her not to worry.
But Huipin couldn't wait any longer and took Yinzhi directly to find Kangxi. When Nalan Mingzhu found out, it was too late.
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Kangxi had just sent Tong Guowei away. He originally thought that Tong Guowei came to the palace to talk to him about making Concubine Tong the queen, but he didn't expect that he would ask him to record Yinzhen as the concubine.
Before he could get angry, Tong Guowei said that he just wanted Concubine Tong to be Yinzhen's biological mother.
For this, she can give up the opportunity to be promoted. Even the Imperial Concubine is willing to be lower than the Rong Concubine and give the Rong Concubine the highest rank.
The Tong family supported Concubine Tong's decision.
Now it was good that Kangxi couldn't do anything to her. He had originally planned to make her the Imperial Noble Consort and then make Rong Fei the Noble Consort.
Now that the imperial concubine has done this, it would be inappropriate for him to promote her, but it would also be inappropriate not to promote her!
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