Prince of the Qing Dynasty

After hearing this, Shi Shi asked, "What did Huang Ama tell you?"

Yinfeng recalled the situation that day, and repeated Kangxi's words to Shi Shi: "I didn't know what Huang Ama wanted to do at the time, and Huang Ama never told me, but just asked me to stay in Dezhou to cooperate with him. Then, Huang Ama He told me meaningfully that he would seek truth from facts and would never make me suffer undeserved grievances. Moreover, Huang Ama also said that he would not endure the things Suo'etu did. I don't quite understand these words, but only now did I deeply understand the meaning of Huang Ama's words."

Kangxi's meaning is actually very clear. There was indeed a collusion between Yinfeng and Suo'etu. Although Kangxi no longer pursued the matter of Suo'etu, and he was not willing to find out those things one by one, but those rumors However, there are mostly traces to follow. These rumors involving Yinreng will naturally damage the crown prince's reputation, but in Kangxi's view, these are the grievances that Yinreng should suffer.Based on Kangxi's attitude of seeking truth from facts, he would never clarify these matters for Yinfeng.And these grievances, Kangxi also believed that Yinreng should bear the consequences.

"Huang Ama told me these words, it can be seen that he has a grudge against the relationship between me and Suo'etu. He is displeased, but he is unwilling to let Suo'etu involve me because he cares about the relationship between father and son. In fact, Huang Ama is also very contradictory in his heart, but he still showed mercy to me. My illness is also to express an attitude to Huang Ama. The intention is very complicated, but it is similar to what you said. Showed weakness to Huang Ama, "

Yinfeng smiled slightly and said, "I'm also gambling, and Emperor Ama still has a father-son affection for me. In fact, it doesn't matter what others say to me, the most important thing is to see what Huang Ama thinks." Mine. As long as there is still a slight sway in his heart, it means that my hope has not been cut off."

This disease was said to be unintentional, but Yinfeng did it intentionally. If he wants to get out of this situation, he can only use bitter tricks. After that, it depends on whether Kangxi is willing to go down the slope.

"However, the imperial doctor will also truthfully report the real situation of your illness to Huang Ama to know," Shi said, "If Huang Ama knows, your cause is emotional depression and five internal depressions, and I guess you It's because of Suo'etu, will you feel more and more annoyed?"

"You said that because you care about chaos, but you are wrong," Yinfeng said with a smile after hearing Shi's words, "The imperial doctors are all good people who have been in the palace for so many years. I don’t know what to say and what not to say? They are in that position, not only can they just think about a few sets of prescriptions, they also have to think about how to answer to satisfy the emperor and the masters of the harem, and not It will not implicate others or themselves. Like what you said just now, even if the cause of my illness is those, the imperial doctor would not dare to say it in front of Huang Ama. Otherwise, Huang Ama will be as you said Those reactions mentioned, it’s okay, Huang Ama won’t care about it, but aren’t they afraid that I, the crown prince, will care about it? So, they won’t say that in front of Huang Ama.”

"In that case, can Huang Ama restore her trust in you?" Shi Shi asked again.

"I don't know about this, but doing this can at least delay the time. Huang Ama is wary of me, and his distrust of me is also caused by Suo'etu. Now Suo'etu is detained, and I If he shows weakness like this, Huang Ama should feel more at ease, at least, in the past few years, he won't have any other thoughts about me, "

Yinfeng said, "What's more, the most important thing right now is not these, let alone Suo'etu, but another matter. I don't pay much attention to these. The ultimate goal of my disease is also to Just buy some time for the fourth brother."

Yinfeng's illness is a sign of weakness in order to make Kangxi feel at ease. If Kangxi is relieved of him, he will naturally stop suppressing him. In this way, he bought time for himself, and he let Yinzhen plan those things Things can be better and more perfect because of the abundant time.

Yinfeng looked at Shi Shi's eyes that were obviously full of doubts and smiled, and said: "I know what you want to ask, but I don't plan to tell you about this matter. It’s not good to say it; secondly, you’ll know sooner or later, it’s meaningless to say it now, you just have to wait and see.”

Shi wanted to ask one more question, but when he saw Yinreng coughed a few more times after saying these words, he stopped thinking about it, fearing that he would hurt his mind if he talked too much, so he didn't ask any more questions.Zuo Yinfeng is a person with ideas, what he wants to do must be something he is sure of, and there is really no need for her to worry about it.

It's just that Shi still couldn't let go of Yinreng's illness: "Yinreng, if you continue like this, your condition will get worse. This is not a long-term solution. Besides, how can your body bear it?"

Yinfeng heard the words and said with a smile: "It's okay. During the few days when I was ill, I drank all the medicinal soup prescribed by the imperial doctor, but in order not to recover so quickly, I took a break I haven't taken the medicine for a few days, and I will continue to take the medicine in a few days, and it will take a month or two at most, and the disease should be cured. So, Yuheng, you don't have to worry too much."

Not long after the conversation between the husband and wife, Kangxi sent Liang Jiugong to the Yuqing Palace and the Xuanshi family to go to the Qianqing Palace to inquire about Yinfeng's condition.In fact, Kangxi would ask the imperial doctor Yinreng about the situation every few days, but this time Yinreng had been ill for too long, so Kangxi called Shi to ask about the situation.

Shi Shi glanced at Yinreng before leaving, Yinreng didn't say anything, just looked at Shi Shi and smiled, in front of Liang Jiugong, he actually couldn't tell Shi Shi anything, his smile, presumably Shi Shi also could do it in his heart I understand, Shi Shi is a measured person, and when she is in front of Kangxi, she also knows what to say and what not to say

Not long after Shi Shi left, De Zhu came in again. He looked at Yinfeng and said, "Prince, Ling Pu is here to greet the Prince."

This is the second time Ling Pu has come to Yuqing Palace to pay his respects after Yinreng's illness.

After hearing this, Yinfeng was silent for a moment before saying, "Let him in."

As soon as Ling Pu came in, he greeted Yin Reng, and Yin Reng waved his hand to let De Zhu go out to wait. Then he looked at Ling Pu and opened his mouth without saying anything else, and directly said: "You are coming back now. , it hasn’t been long since the last time, you want to tell me that you got it done?”

Seeing that there was no one in the room, Ling Pu replied: "Go back to the prince. The servant came back up and got the order of the prince. I went back to prepare for that matter. The servant came back to report to the prince. The servant It's almost ready for that matter.

Yinreng glanced at Ling Pu, nodded, and said, "As long as things are ready."

When Ling Pu came back, it was Yinfeng who summoned him.Because he has one thing that Ling Pu needs to do for him.

Illness is just a way to delay the conflict between him and Kangxi, and one of the contradictions between him and Kangxi that has accumulated many problems lies in Suo'etu.As long as Suo'etu exists for a day, Kangxi will always have grudges and precautions in his heart.

Kangxi has always been kind and generous, and he refused to kill veterans and important officials easily. However, according to his attitude towards Suo'etu and his words of reprimanding Suo'etu, Kangxi may not have no intention of killing Suo'etu, but because of For some reason, Suo'etu had to be detained in the clan mansion.

What Yinfeng wants Ling Pu to do this time is to get rid of Suo'etu.

What he told Ling Pu last time was to ask Ling Pu to secretly go to the clan mansion to communicate, and to make Suo'etu's death look like a hunger strike. The reason why he didn't persuade Suo'etu to commit suicide was because he was very I understand that even if Suo'etu regretted it back then, with Suo'etu's temperament, he would never give up his life.Suo'etu would die if he refused, so he had to take other methods to get rid of Suo'etu.

After making this decision, the feeling in his heart was really unspeakable, but Yinfeng knew very well that Suo'etu must die.

"Master, I heard that the emperor seems to be planning to send Mr. Suo back to the Suo mansion for detention. If the news is true, do you really want to do this?"

Ling Pu asked this question cautiously.After he got the order from the crown prince, he followed the order of the crown prince to prepare for this matter. After the upper and lower joints were unblocked, the matter was ready, but he also got the news at the same time.

Ling Pu felt that this seemed to be a sign that the emperor had softened his attitude towards Suo'etu, and he felt that he should tell the crown prince the news.

After hearing this, Yinreng looked at Ling Pu with a sneer and said, "Have you heard? Have you seen the decree? How could such unreliable news be trusted without the order from Huang Ama! What's more, Suo'er The picture has ruined my reputation, if I don't do this, will I let him come back from the ashes and continue to ruin my reputation! I don't care what Huang Ama plans, I will always do this ! Suo'etu's death is much better for the situation than his living!"

In front of Ling Pu, he didn't need to worry too much, let alone explain his intentions and thoughts to Ling Pu.All he needed was for Ling Pu to know that Suo'etu was an existence that ruined his reputation, and as long as he got rid of it, his crown prince's reputation would no longer be damaged.As for those complicated grievances, there is no need to go into details with Ling Pu.

Suo'etu is now a sinner in Kangxi's mouth. No matter what the crown prince thinks in his heart, he must maintain a high degree of consistency with Kangxi in terms of language and actions.What Kangxi hated, he also hated.

"Yes, yes! The servant knows!"

Ling Pu got this quarrel, so naturally he didn't dare to say more, because he himself is a slave, and he has to listen to his master in everything, and he has to do what the master says, and after listening to Yin Reng's words, he thought carefully After a while, Ling Pu felt that the crown prince's words were very reasonable, so he said, "The prince just needs to rest well, the slave will definitely take care of this matter properly for the prince, and no one will find out about it!"

Yinfeng smiled slightly and said: "Of course I know this. If you can't do it well, you don't have to come to see me. I can't say how many people will be involved. If that's the case, your life will not be enough to pay for the crime." Yes. You understand this yourself."

Naturally, Ling Pu also knew how important his errand was, so he repeatedly assured Yinfeng that he would handle it well.

Yinfeng nodded to show that he understood, and then told Ling Pu: "You can do things for me. But you still can't slack off your own errands. I still say that, as the head of the House of Internal Affairs, your accounts are It's a big deal, you have to be clear."

Ling Pu said: "The words of the crown prince, the servant will always keep in mind, and will never dare to slack off in the slightest."

When a person is sick, his mental head is always not as good as when he is healthy. After talking for a while, Yinfeng felt a little tired, so he waved his hand to signal Ling Pu not to say more. He closed his eyes and rested his mind. Seeing this, Ling Pu In this case, I just bowed and left by myself.

After Ling Pu went out, the room fell into silence, but Yinreng opened his eyes at this time, a few cold lights flashed in them, staring at the direction Ling Pu went out.

If his prediction is correct, once the news of Suo'etu's death comes out of the clan's mansion, it will definitely cause an uproar.One, those who want to continue to slander him with Suo'etu will not be able to continue, which is one of the reasons why Suo'etu must die. Yinfeng can no longer allow anyone to use it to attack him; The design was that Suo'etu died of a hunger strike in the clan's mansion. No matter whether the news spread or not, there were many things that could be manipulated.

Since Kangxi was able to use some things several times to spread some rumors about him, so as to suppress and contain the power of the prince, couldn't he do so?

It was Kangxi's edict to order Suo'etu to be detained in the clan's mansion, and even if the news of Suo'etu's death from a hunger strike was true, there would always be people who would not believe it.Among them, as long as someone with a heart pushes it, there will be public opinions that are not conducive to Kangxi, and even Suo'etu's death can be pushed entirely on Kangxi.In this way, Prince Yu's situation is extremely favorable.

Where the public opinion is directed, the pressure is bound to be there.

It is one thing to care about the family relationship between father and son, but it is probably difficult to take this into account in the game of power. In this muddy water, Yinfeng is determined to drag Kangxi into it, and no one can think about it.

Things were exactly as Yinrong expected. After the news came out that Suo'etu starved to death in the clan's mansion, everyone was in an uproar. There were different opinions about the news, and the speculation about the cause of Suo'etu's death was naturally different. There is everything.

At that time, Yinfeng's illness was about to be cured, and he could see clearly that the situation was a bit chaotic because of Suo'etu's death, and it was time to fish in troubled waters.

He secretly sent people to spread the news to carefully guide public opinion.

It didn't take long to see results.Many people in the capital believed that Suo'etu was secretly ordered by Kangxi to get rid of him.And the news that Suo'etu died because of a hunger strike is just an official whitewashing of the peace, which is not enough to be believed.

At the same time, there is another theory quietly spread in the capital.It is said that the reason why the emperor executed Suo'etu without interrogation was because the emperor did not want to be known that there was not much collusion between Suo'etu and the crown prince, because the emperor used Suo'etu to attack the crown prince. The crown prince's goal was achieved, so Suo'etu would be useless, so Suo'etu must be executed.

As these sayings spread, more and more people believed them. Naturally, some people sympathized with Crown Prince Yinfeng because of this.This is also the first time in the capital that the self-supporting prince has had conflicts between the crown prince and the emperor known to everyone.

It is precisely because of such a move that Kangxi can no longer continue to suppress Yinfeng.Suo'etu was dead, and he couldn't investigate how Suo'etu died no matter what. The final result of the investigation showed that Suo'etu died of a hunger strike.After Suo'etu's death, the chief culprit who affected Yinfeng disappeared. If he continued to suppress Yinfeng, it would make all the officials more sympathetic to the crown prince's situation.

However, no matter what, Kangxi got the result he wanted. He was very happy with Yinreng's cooperation, and after Suo'etu's death, it was regarded as his confidant's serious trouble. Now Kangxi felt that Yinreng was his What a good son, Suo'etu was responsible for all the heartache before, but now, he sees Yinfeng much better than before.

Moreover, Kangxi felt that Suo'etu's death always owed Yinfeng a little, so Kangxi decided not to mention the unhappiness caused by Suo'etu in the past few years. He never said anything about these things. Not to mention, I still want to be Yinreng's good Ama, but Kangxi forgot that once some gaps and gullies are formed, how can it be so easy to heal?What's more, Kangxi just chose to ignore rather than repair.

More importantly, is there more than one person staring at the gaps and gullies between their father and son?Without Suo'etu, wouldn't these people be able to use other things to make a fuss about?

Since Yinreng's illness, many things he designed were to ease the relationship between Kangxi and him, and he was never misled by Kangxi's attitude. Kangxi thought it was over like this, but Yinreng Knowing that the conflict between him and Kangxi is far from over.All he did was to buy time for himself to eliminate dissidents. After all, the current situation was not the best time to face Kangxi head-on.

All Yinfeng needs to do is to severely attack those who were and are still committed to sowing the relationship between him and Kangxi.

However, since Suo'etu's death, the situation has shown a strange calm.Perhaps it was because of Kangxi's attitude towards Yinreng, or because of Suo'etu's death, people in Yinti's family of pearls thought that Yinreng had suffered a heavy blow because of this, so neither side made any obvious moves. , because of the calmness of all parties, it also created a delicate balance in the situation.

But Yinfeng knew in his heart that their short-lived peace may be brewing a bigger storm.At this time, Kangxi really wanted peace, but Yinfeng didn't want it, and those who opposed the prince's family didn't want it either.

In the 41st year of Kangxi, in addition to handling government affairs in Beijing, Kangxi took Yinreng with him when he visited Mount Wutai, paid homage to the Taimiao, or inspected the Nanhe River, and never left Yinreng alone in the palace.

In the heat of June, Kangxi decided to visit and spend the summer outside the Great Wall, and still took Yinfeng with him, but this time, he left Sanbeile Yinzhi in the capital, but brought Sibeile Yinzhen with him.The rest, like Yinti, Yinhu, Yinyu, Yin'e, etc., also followed.

It's just that they only accompanied Kangxi for half a month, and after half a month, they were going to return to Beijing, and the princes and elder brothers who stayed in Beijing came to escape the summer outside the Great Wall.After all, staying in the capital, with great pressure and heavy responsibilities, might as well go out with Kangxi to escape the summer heat.

Speaking of which, such a system of changing guards in shifts is the result of arguments between brothers.Because they think it's the most fair.

Among them, there are only two people who don't need to worry about it, one is Yinti and the other is Yinfeng.As long as Kangxi leaves Beijing, these two people must be with him.Yinreng knew that his elder brothers envied Yinti and him in private, so Yinreng had no choice but to smile wryly in his heart.

How could this be the expression of Kangxi's love and respect for the two of them?Kangxi took him with him wherever he went, but he was still worried about leaving him in the capital.And Kangxi always takes Yinti with him, it's just because Kangxi knows that Yinti is at odds with him, so Yinti is always by his side to protect his safety. .

On this day, it was the day when Yinzhen set off to return to Beijing in exchange for Yinzhi coming to the Great Wall, and Yinreng agreed to ride a horse to send Yinzhen off for a ride.

As a result, when he went to look for Yinzhen, he met Yinxiang coming out from Yinzhen's place. Yinreng only took one look and saw that Yinxiang's face was not very good, and Yinxiang didn't say much when he greeted him. In his eyes, he just nodded and didn't talk to Yinxiang much.

After seeing Yinzhen, Yinreng smiled and said: "Fourth brother, I just met Thirteen outside, and he seems to be in a bad mood. What's the matter with you two? Does he need you?"

Yinfeng still remembered what Hongchang said back then, and it seemed that Yinxiang and Yinzhen were not as close as they were when they were young.

"Actually not. The thirteenth brother wanted to see me off, but I was afraid that Huang Ama would send him an errand, so I didn't ask him to send me off. He also made a temporary decision and didn't report to Huang Ama. Yes, I'm afraid it's not good," Yinzhen said with a smile, "Besides, I've made an agreement with my second brother, and it's good for my second brother to send me off."

Yinfeng laughed and said: "So it was because of this, no wonder Shisan was unhappy, he also had good intentions. In fact, it was a good thing for several people to send you off. When Huang Ama found out, she would only say that you brothers have a good relationship. If you think about it, you won't blame him, it's okay for you to be worried, Huang Ama has so many people before her, and he is not the only one behind."

After hearing this, Yinzhen sighed softly, and said, "Second Brother, if Thirteen wanted to send me off in the past, I would definitely be happy. But in the past two years, I don't know what he is thinking Now, talking and acting always make me feel that I am not in the same way as him, and I feel very uncomfortable walking together, so I simply don’t ask him to see him off. Regardless of whether he is comfortable or not, anyway, I am quite comfortable leaving him. "

Yinreng heard that there was something in Yinzhen's words, so he asked: "Oh? What you said is strange, did something happen between you two? Seeing how sad and depressed you are, why don't you talk to me? Tell me?"