Yinzhen: Become the favorite of the group in the Qing Dynasty where the brothers were reborn

No one knew what happened in Prince Yong's mansion that day except the brothers.

Even Emperor Kangxi, who had great connections, didn't know.

He was now fully focused on preparing to promote his thirteenth son to the throne. He had finally waited for Yinxiang to give in. If he did not quickly force this kid to the position of crown prince, he was afraid that he would change his mind in a few days.

As a barely good father who did not want to use coercive means to force his son, Emperor Kangxi still preferred to persuade his son to accept the reality by boiling the frog in warm water.

Now that Yinxiang had finally accepted it, he didn't want to think about why he accepted it. Anyway, as long as it was implemented quickly, even if Yinxiang wanted to go back on his word, it would be too late.

Whenever Kangxi thought about the fact that he would soon be able to retire and have fun, he worked even harder.

If you work hard, you can retire next year!

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In mid-February of the 39th year of the Kangxi reign, the emperor suddenly issued an edict to move the nearly fourteen-year-old Thirteenth Prince into the Yuqing Palace.

Yuqing Palace, that is the true Eastern Palace of the Crown Prince of this dynasty.

This decree immediately attracted the attention of all the officials.

what's the situation?

what happened?

Could it be that the emperor's preferred next heir is the young Thirteenth Prince?

His eyes swept over the older and more distinguished princes one by one, and all the civil and military officials in the court fell into deep thought.

They were wondering why it was the Thirteenth Prince.

A son’s status depends on his mother?

That shouldn't be the case. Their emperor didn't spend much time on the harem. The Thirteenth Prince's biological mother, Concubine Min, was also a person with little presence, so it should be unnecessary to think from Concubine Min's perspective.

So what else?

Talent?

Although the Thirteenth Prince is smart and capable, he is not so smart as to crush the other princes.

That ... ...

Is it because the Thirteenth Prince is young?

After careful consideration, it seems that it is indeed possible.

In the minds of court officials, no emperor would easily give up the power in his hands.

They had been worried before, seeing that the emperor was in good health and could live another 10 or 20 years without any problem, and the Crown Prince Yinreng was already a strong young man by then.

The prince is young, strong and energetic. No matter how much the emperor loves his son, when he gets older, won’t he be afraid of the prince?

The court officials had some speculations in their minds, but they could not see the scene happen because the then Crown Prince Yinreng himself requested to abdicate, so there was no possibility of verification.

Now, with a new crown prince to be appointed, the emperor's favor for the Thirteenth Prince has made them think about this possibility again.

Perhaps that is the case. The reason why the emperor did not choose the older princes is because he was actually afraid of them.

Let the Thirteenth Prince, who is less than fourteen years old, come to power. Who knows what state the emperor will be in when he grows up.

This can not only avoid the threat posed by the crown prince to the emperor, but also prevent the crown prince from serving as the prince for many years until he is too old to wait, which will eventually lead to a disaster.

After a lot of brainstorming, the ministers finally felt that they understood the emperor's psychology, and no longer had much resistance to the sudden emergence of the Thirteenth Prince.

Although few of them have recommended the Thirteenth Prince, it doesn't matter. The Thirteenth Prince has a good relationship with all the princes, so it is okay for them to rely on him in another way.

——The most important thing is that the princes they want to rely on are not very welcoming to them.

The six ministers who had been interviewed looked at each other and gave awkward but polite smiles.

Who would understand? I thought I was just going to accept an invitation from a prince I liked, but I ended up running into a room full of colleagues and being lectured by a group of princes. It was really a bad feeling.

Damn you guys, where do all these bad tastes come from?!

Several ministers lowered their eyes and gritted their teeth, snorting in their hearts. Since no one wanted their support, they would go find the Thirteenth Prince who was favored by the Emperor. They didn't believe that the Thirteenth Prince was so unreasonable!

Faced with the indignation of the court officials, the princes except Yinxiang did not care.

Anyway, they don't want to fight for power, so why bother with so many things?

They are all royal princes who will not die unless they seek death. They don’t even care about the Khan’s face, so how could they care about a group of outsiders?

Instead of distracting your attention to others, you might as well think about how to join forces to cheat your dad when the time comes.

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On the fifth day of March in the thirty-ninth year of the Kangxi reign, the emperor issued an edict to confer the title of Crown Prince on his thirteenth son Yinxiang, and ordered the Ministry of Rites to select an auspicious day for the conferring ceremony.

On March 18th, the ceremony of enthroning the Crown Prince was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, during which Yinxiang was granted the Crown Prince's seal and title and was enthroned in the Crown Prince's Palace. On the 19th, an official decree was issued to the whole country.

It is said that the Ministry of Rites chose the auspicious date, but everyone knows that the date was chosen by the emperor himself.

The emperor's birthday was chosen specifically to enthrone the new crown prince, which shows how much the emperor values ​​the new prince.

Someone glanced at the former crown prince who was in a daze, wanting to know how he felt.

Chang Tai also looked at his nephew with worry. As Yinreng's biological uncle, he still remembered clearly that Yinreng's crown prince enthronement ceremony was held on December 13th.

Perhaps just talking about this day, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand its specialness.

But Chang Tai always remembered that this day was the birthday of his eldest nephew who died young.

The eldest son of Empress Yuan, Chenghu, who died young, was born on December 13, the eighth year of the Kangxi reign.

Chang Tai was not sure whether Yinreng knew about the specialness of this day, just as he was not sure what the emperor was thinking when he set this day as the ceremony to enthrone the crown prince.

But whether Yinreng knew it or not, as Yinreng's uncle, Changtai still had some complaints about the emperor at this moment.

What do these two special days represent to the emperor?

People like Changtai who knew the inside story focused their attention on Yinreng in front.

As for Yinreng himself, he had no idea how others were hurting for him behind his back. He was now whispering to Yinzhi beside him: "Look, the crown and robes of the crown prince on Thirteenth Brother were made by me!"

Yinreng still felt a little guilty about leaving the important task to his thirteenth brother, so he took the crown prince's enthronement ceremony very seriously.

Not only did he personally participate in all the preparations for the ceremony, he also personally supervised the making of the crown and robes of the Crown Prince. The oriental pearls on the crown tassels of the Crown Prince were specially found by him.

If Khan's father had not disagreed, he would have even taken charge of dressing his thirteenth brother in the crown and robes.