Soetu continued, "At this critical juncture, this servant feels that the Crown Prince should also share His Majesty's burdens and difficulties."
The Crown Prince was born in the thirteenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign. Now it is the twenty-fifth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, and he is only twelve years old. According to the traditional Chinese age reckoning, he is thirteen or fourteen years old. The Crown Prince, who grew up under an elite education, is outstanding in both literature and martial arts.
But he was still somewhat hesitant to seize power.
Soetu saw through it and said, "Back then, His Majesty ascended the throne at the age of eight. When His Majesty was the same age as the Crown Prince, he had already begun to rule in his own right. This servant believes in the Crown Prince."
Soetu's "encouragement" was quite effective, and the Crown Prince nodded in agreement upon hearing it.
With the Crown Prince's approval, the rest of the process was now in Suo'etu's hands.
The next day, while Kangxi was resting, he woke up to find a group of court officials kneeling outside his door, begging him to issue an edict allowing the Crown Prince to attend court and oversee the country on his behalf.
Good heavens, Emperor Kangxi's head, which usually didn't hurt much during the day, started to "ache" again after hearing this news.
He was genuinely unhappy. He wasn't dead yet, and it had only been a few days, but he was already thinking about pushing the crown prince up.
His headaches had been gradually decreasing over the past few days, and if things continued like this, he would be completely cured in a few days. He had originally planned to attend court tomorrow or the day after, but his good courtiers gave him such a big "surprise".
Kangxi said to Liang Jiugong, "Tell me who they are?"
Liang Jiugong read out the names of the people kneeling outside one by one.
"There are quite a few! Soetu took the lead, and Mingzhu joined in the fun." Now his head hurt even more.
Indeed, it wasn't just Suo'etu and his men who knelt before Kangxi, begging the Crown Prince to act as regent; many of Mingzhu's people did as well.
Soetu's idea was simple: he wanted the crown prince to take power, and as the crown prince's maternal family, he could enjoy even greater prestige.
As for Mingzhu, he was rather cunning.
It was probably intentional.
If he's alright, Suo'etu will be in trouble, and Mingzhu will at most lose a few insignificant underlings.
If something really happens to him, Mingzhu won't lose out in this round.
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