Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

"Father, rest assured. I know what's going on!" Yinzhen revealed his true thoughts for once. "Only when we are ruthless will the court officials know what they can and cannot do. There are some places where we can take action, but there are some places where we absolutely cannot! Don't worry. Jinshi are selected every three years, and there are many Hanlin scholars. If someone gives up, there will be someone else who will take up the task. Isn't there a saying that goes 'Learn the arts of literature and martial arts, and serve the emperor'?"

I'm afraid those Jinshi and Juren are eager for the court to vacate their official positions!

Kangxi immediately thought of the corruption in the government in recent years. He had no ambition anymore and just wanted to spend the last few years of his life in peace. However, the next crown prince had to be chosen from someone who was capable of taking on tasks so that the Qing Dynasty would not decline in his hands.

At this point, he sighed deeply and stopped preaching, "Okay, let's stop here. You must think carefully and weigh the pros and cons clearly in the future. Don't let the situation get out of control!"

After finishing the business, Kangxi glared at his fourth son, and before he even said anything, he was already a little angry. "You have a very busy job. How long has Yonghu been born? Why haven't you found a concubine for Honghui? As the grandson of the emperor, how can Honghui have only one wife?"

As the emperor, it is not right for him to arrange a concubine for his grandson without the permission of the fourth son and his wife. Unexpectedly, the fourth son was so busy that he forgot about it. Doesn't he care so much about the issue of his own son's offspring?

Yinzhen did not dare to refute, and said aggrievedly: "Honghui meant that he did not want to put so many people in the backyard. First, the backyard would be unstable, and second, he has never been interested in women, and his attitude towards Fucha is also indifferent."

The eldest son is different from him in the past. Love, women, and the beauty of a red-sleeved lady are all vanity in the eldest son's heart. The fact that Fucha is favored by everyone is entirely due to the eldest son's essentially aversion to trouble. In Yinzhen's view, Fucha has not entered the eldest son's heart.

Kangxi had heard something about this, so he didn't ask Concubine De to warn Ulanara and Fucha in the past. But now, seeing that Yonghu would be one year old in four months, he couldn't help but urge them.

"Even if you don't like women, there should be three or five people in the backyard, right?"

"What the emperor said is very true. But Honghui has said it before that we don't want any more princesses from noble families or bondservants in the backyard. We just want ordinary daughters of fourth or fifth rank civil officials or military officers, who must be obedient and not clingy, and of ordinary looks. It will be enough to choose two or three." It's not that the bondservants are randomly assigned. The Manchu and Han military flags all have to be married off by the emperor!

Ah, this! Kangxi was amazed. How could there be such a person in the world who doesn't like women? Although taking a concubine is for the purpose of continuing the family line, it's not possible to just accept it like this, right?

"You, you're not wrong?"

"It is absolutely true! Since it is about a concubine, I dare not look at her casually, so this matter has been delayed for a while. In fact, the queen has selected more than ten candidates, but Honghui rejected them all because of their high family background and appearance. The queen is unwilling to let Honghui down, so this matter has to be handled by you."

One of them refuses to compromise, while the other is willing to compromise even at the risk of his death. He and Yixiu are stuck in the middle, and it’s not appropriate for him to stand on either side!

“……” Kangxi opened his eyes wide in astonishment, his lips slightly opened, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.

What on earth was Honghui thinking? Were jobs and inventions so attractive? Was it so difficult to let him have children in the backyard?

All my questions were not answered yet, and I heard Yinzhen add, "Honghui means that those people must be willing."

Who is unwilling to marry into the royal family? This is the best destination at the moment!

Kangxi was speechless, and replied with a smile: "Okay, leave this to me first, you go back first."

Looking back, no matter how he tried to persuade Honghui, he still couldn't waver at all. In desperation, he could only carefully ask his grandson about his requirements before ordering him to find a suitable candidate.

After two months of busy work, at the end of August, two princesses moved into Honghui's backyard one after another, one was Zhang and the other was Liu.

As for whether Fu Cha Huimin would be jealous and dissatisfied? Oh! She wished that her master would have a few more princesses. It was because the reputation of the Fu Cha family could not tolerate any damage.

This year, some people have openly questioned Fu Cha's upbringing. If no remedial measures are taken, the women of Fu Cha will probably never be able to marry their ideal husbands!

"Have Zhang and Liu been settled? Master may not care, but I have to. Send a message to Zhang and Liu to give them a gold and silver hairpin and some cloth. After they have served Master, they can come back to pay their respects."

The servants around her were equally confident, and not one of them advised their young lady to be alert, probably because the two princesses were of ordinary birth and were not from the Manchu military banner. Besides, their young lady had Prince Yonghu as her own, and Lord Beizi was not a man who cared about women, so their young lady's position as Lord Beizi's wife was secure!

"Uh--mother"

Holding Yonghu who had already started talking, Fucha Huimin smiled gently: "My dear, are you hungry? I will ask the wet nurse to feed you now."

……

There was peace in Prince Yong's mansion. No one complained about His Majesty's actions, but outsiders were relieved.

"In my opinion, the new emperor must not be Prince Yong. Prince Honghui is his eldest son. His Majesty has rewarded two daughters of fourth-rank officials to enter the palace. It is said that they are also ordinary in appearance. Is this the way to treat an heir?"

"That makes sense. Which crown prince and the next crown prince's backyard isn't filled with aristocratic families? The backyard of Prince Yong's mansion has only one Manchu military banner person, Prince Yong's wife. Prince Honghui's backyard is still so shabby. Prince Yong doesn't have much hope!"

The royal family and court officials were gloating. It was Prince Yong's fault that he had offended most of the court but had not been punished at all. Now let's see how long he can remain so proud?

Once the new emperor comes to power, Prince Yong will become a thing of the past!

When the news of the defeat of the Junggar army and the expulsion of Dace Lingdun Dob from Tibet reached Beijing in mid-September, court officials began to think about showing their courtesy to the Fourteenth Prince who was far away in the northwest. It was said that they would enjoy great glory when he returned to Beijing.

However, before the Fourteenth Prince returned to the capital, not even a month later, their hopes were completely shattered.

After the Golden Festival on October 13, Kangxi issued a decree to appoint Hongyu, the eldest son of Zhibeizi Yinzhi, as the crown prince; Hongxi, the son of Libeizi Yinreng, as the crown prince; Hongsheng, the son of Chengwang Yinzhi, as the crown prince; Hongsheng, the son of Hengwang Yinqi, as the crown prince; and Hongshu, the son of Chunjunwang Yinyou, as the crown prince, and their salaries were all the same as those of Beizi.

From the eldest prince to the seventh prince, all the princely palaces have appointed crown princes, except for Prince Yong's palace which is left vacant!