Yinsi's voice rang out, and he stepped forward to explain:

"The Crown Prince is a noble person. Even if I were to hunt, I would not dare to surpass him. I did not expect that I could see clearly after following behind the Crown Prince. It turned out that the Crown Prince accidentally injured a minister while hunting."

Every word Yinsi said about the prince's dignity was actually a mockery of the prince's unworthiness for the position.

Sure enough, because of Yinsi's words, the prince's expression became even worse.

Before Yinreng could think of how to respond, Yinsi's voice rang out again: "I think the prince didn't mean it. Maybe he wanted to appease his subjects, so he didn't have the heart to continue hunting."

After taking a look at Yinreng, Kangxi knew that what the Eighth Prince said was true.

He was very dissatisfied in his heart, but after all, all the civil and military officials were present, and he had to save face for the prince, so Kangxi did not say anything.

In the following days of hunting, Yinzhen's daily ranking was still just middle.

He even deliberately let his fourteenth brother hide his strength several times, and it happened to be raining, and his seventeenth brother's talking delayed his hunting.

With Yinzhen's "help", Yinsi actually won first place several times.

Many of the people accompanying him took the opportunity to praise Kangxi, saying that Yinsi had not only made great progress in civil affairs over the years, but also greatly improved in martial arts, which he had not been good at in the past.

Since the ministers said so, Kangxi had to express his appreciation, so he rewarded Yinsi with some gold, silver and jewelry.

When the news reached Yinsi's people, they became even more proud, thinking that the contrast between Yinsi and the prince was becoming more and more obvious. Even Kangxi's attitude had changed greatly.

After all, if the prince can be deposed the first time, he can be deposed the second time as well.

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But Kangxi didn't seem to have much interest in this hunting expedition.

Only half a month later, Kangxi led his men back to the capital from Mulan Paddock.

The reason he gave was that the weather was dry this autumn and he wanted the prince to offer sacrifices to heaven and pray for rain on his behalf.

After learning the news, Yinsi almost immediately confirmed that this was a rare opportunity.

The sacrifice would take a long time to prepare, and it would take at least half a month before it could begin, which was just enough time for him to prepare the manpower.

The ceremony was held at the Temple of Heaven, only an hour away from the Forbidden City.

Since Kangxi was not going, the other princes did not need to attend either. Only the crown prince went alone with his palace guards and people from the Ministry of Rites.

Yinsi's men were arranged on the road leading to the Temple of Heaven.

When the masked killer rushed out, Yinreng was dozing off in the sedan chair.

These days, he worked day and night to get this job done, and he was really putting all his energy into it.

He is forty years old now.

During the last hunting trip, someone took the opportunity to say that he had been addicted to sensual pleasures in recent years and his energy and physical strength were not as good as before, which was why he shot and injured the minister. This was his chance to turn the tables.

He is not young anymore, and his younger brothers are growing up one by one.

He really didn't have time to reinstate his father as emperor a second time.

Unexpectedly, at the last moment, Yinreng's body could not hold on any longer and he fell asleep.

The riot quickly spread from the streets to the Temple of Heaven. Yinreng had a splitting headache and was extremely panicked. Looking at the shining swords, he only saw a white light in front of his eyes and could not see anything else clearly.

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Yinreng's guards were quickly dispersed, but Yinsi's men came in increasing numbers, rushing out from all directions and surrounding Yinreng.

Enduring the headache, Yinreng scolded the guards for resisting and loudly asked them where they came from and how they dared to attempt to rob and kill the prince. Did they still want to live?

Even at this time, Yinreng still believed that he could definitely break out of the siege.

As long as he could delay for a while, once the alarm bell in the capital sounded, the emperor would immediately send someone to rescue him.

Yinsi appeared.

A hint of joy flashed across Yinreng's face, but then he saw that these rebels respectfully made way for his eighth brother.

The smile froze on his face.

Yinsi took out a secret letter, which detailed Yinreng's crimes of colluding with local officials.

Especially during the drought during the autumn harvest this year, an official from Hunan sent three thousand taels of gold to Beijing, calling it a gift to the prince as firewood.

"You have such a wolfish ambition. You made this up!"

The prince shouted loudly, raised the bow and arrow in his hand and was about to shoot at Yinsi.

Just at this moment, Emperor Kangxi hurried over.

After dodging an arrow, Yinsi immediately stepped forward and kowtowed to Emperor Kangxi, saying, "Father, I am here by order of the Emperor to inquire about the Crown Prince regarding the 3000 taels of gold from Hunan. I never expected that the Crown Prince would be so angry that he wanted to shoot my son to silence him."

Because before, the people who were arranged were just small fights, trying to make the prince feel the danger and anger him.

Therefore, it was obvious to Kangxi at this time that Yinsi's people were at a disadvantage.

He glanced at the prince coldly and said, "Your Highness is so powerful now that you can kill the people I sent just because you want to. Are you going to kill me tomorrow?"

Without waiting for Yinreng to explain himself, Kangxi ordered his men to take him away.

The decree to depose the crown prince was announced on the same day, even faster than the imprisonment of the great prince.

At this time, winter had just begun, and the arrival of snow made up for the lack of water in autumn and also made many traces disappear quietly.

In Prince Yong's mansion, Yinzhen, who received the news, finally felt relieved.

He happily came to Yongkang Pavilion and told Yixiu the good news.

In Yinzhen's view, the prince had completely fallen, and Yinsi seemed to be in the limelight, so he personally took action against the prince. Although he deposed the prince, it was just as Yixiu had said before.

Referring to his elder brother's fate, Yinsi must have angered the Emperor at this time, so he is not a concern in the future.

The fourteenth brother only thought about how to ride a horse and shoot arrows every day, and had no intention of fighting for the throne at all.

Yinzhen thought that this meant that he had finally gotten his chance.

However, Yixiu's reaction was not as enthusiastic as Yinzhen had imagined.

She said that although the situation seems promising now.

But Yinzhen might not be sure of victory yet.

Because, perhaps some princes who are not talented enough will develop ambitions at this time.

At this time, the Prince Yong's Mansion not only had to be cautious in words and actions, but also had to be more wary of the princes who were not originally outstanding.

Once again, Yinzhen felt that Yixiu was a little too cautious.

Looking at all the brothers, it seems that there is no one left who is competitive.

However, what happened next soon proved that Yixiu's worries were not unfounded.

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