Liquidation

Before anything was found about the poisoning, news came from the palace that Kangxi was seriously ill and unconscious, and immediately ordered all the princes to enter the palace to serve him.

Yinhu and Yinzhen rushed into the palace without changing their clothes.In addition to the boss and the second who are locked up now, even the third elder brother Yinzhi, who was demoted to Gushan Beizi, also arrived.All the sons were waiting outside the Qianqing Palace.Several court officials also came.

The imperial doctors came and went with frowns on their faces, not daring to say a word.Yinhu was shocked, thinking that Kangxi didn't die at the age of 69, how could he be here now... Reminiscent of what happened in the past few days, I thought it was probably because of extreme anger and a sudden illness.But the imperial physician's expression did not seem to be fake.

Yinzhen stood with him, his face was calm and concerned, but he clenched his fists.Just now, Liang Jiugong had tipped him off, saying that Kangxi's illness was severe, and he was afraid it would be bad.

And what Yinhu said, he has also been verified. Kangxi has repeatedly expressed his regret for abolishing the prince, and even thinks that the prince was killed by the elder brother Yinfei to become like this, and there is Suo Ertu instigate.I want to re-establish the prince after a while.

If Kangxi is really bad, and there is no will, I am afraid that the crown prince will be succeeded directly... No, this kind of thing cannot happen.

Looking at Kangxi's dozen sons and many brothers in the room, Yinzhen slowly made up his mind.

Yinhu was at a loss: "Fourth brother, now... what should we do now?"

Yinzhen was calm and composed: "Little Ba, Emma Huang will be fine." He purposely spoke louder so that the people around could hear him.

The atmosphere seemed to be a little more relaxed, perhaps because Yinzhen always gave people the impression of being calm.So even Yinzhen, who hates him so much, doesn't seem so devastated anymore.

Everyone waited by Kangxi's bed for a whole day, but Kangxi still did not wake up.The ministers were already whispering, and their eyes were all looking towards the princes from time to time.

Tong Jiashi also came to find Yinzhen, and Yinzhen's reply was to wait and see what happened.Everyone was exhausted that night, the ministers returned home, and the princes spent the night in the nearby palace.The concubines were also unwilling to be lonely, and came and went frequently.

Yinhu watched coldly from the sidelines, only thinking it was ridiculous—is that high position really so attractive?Even Yinzhen...he cast his eyes on that person, and saw that he was frowning tightly, as if he was thinking about something.

Yinhu couldn't help saying: "Fourth brother, you..."

When he saw him, Yinzhen's eyebrows and eyes were a little gentle and warm: "Xiaoba, you are tired today, go and settle down."

Yinhu shook her head: "I'm fine, it's just... what are you going to do?"

What he asked was Yinzhen's plan, Yinzhen was slightly taken aback, and said: "What is my plan, Huang Ama is now—"

"Fourth brother!" Yinhu interrupted him. "You... when did you hide it from me?"

Yinzhen could only say: "Little Ba, this is a big deal. If I fail, I don't want you to get involved."

Yinhu was silent for a while, and took the initiative to grab Yinzhen's hand: "Fourth brother. I'm with you."

Yinzhen looked back at him burningly, Yinhu forced a smile, and thought of the original fate of Yinhu: "If something happened to the two of us, it would be just like the eldest brother, or go directly to the clan's house. It will not involve Hong Kong Hui and Hongwang...whether they live or die, I will be with you."

"I once said that I would be with you for the rest of my life. I broke my promise once, but I can't break my promise a second time." His smile gradually became real: "You also said that I abandoned you cruelly, and now I'm in another place. , you might be able to calm down?"

Yinzhen was upset, and slowly recalled the years the two had spent together, and couldn't help smiling: "Xiao Ba, let's go together."

"Together, to die together." Yinhu spit out these four words slowly, and felt that there was something that made him more closely connected with the person in front of him, making them inseparable.The hands of the two were tightly held together, and they both felt that there was no time in this life that was so satisfying.

As soon as the words were spoken, Yinzhen said: "I... sent someone to find the prince."

Yinhu was very surprised: "Fourth brother, what are you... What are you going to do?"

Yinzhen glanced at him, and finally confessed the whole thing: "I asked someone to send a message to the prince, saying... that Huang Ama is seriously ill and may be going. In order to ensure the new king's succession, the prince may go with him."

"You..." Yinhu was dumbfounded: "There is no such thing as a burial in this dynasty, and the crown prince has been abandoned. How could he believe such rumors?"

"It's just rumors and rumors that affect the prince's judgment." Yinzhen said disapprovingly: "If the prince believes it, he will take action. If he doesn't believe it, then we can only wait for Huang Ama's illness."

Will the prince really believe it?In the current situation, rumors and gossips are spreading all over the sky inside and outside the palace, and it is not known whether it is true or not.There is reality in the void, and there is fiction in the reality. No one knows when Kangxi will wake up, or whether he will not wake up from sleep.

Yinhu was flustered, thinking about it, and for some reason, he had some bad premonitions in his heart.And he must not watch Yinzhen step into the land of eternal doom.After seeing off Yinzhen, he thought over and over, couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, finally got up and left the palace alone.

The majestic daytime in the Forbidden City has turned into the eerie darkness of night.Walking alone among the long palace walls, I also feel a little uneasy.The prince was still imprisoned in the upper fourth courtyard. He identified the direction and went all the way forward, but found that the surroundings were silent, and there was no one.

This is not right, how dare the guards of Miyagi leave their posts without authorization?Or when Kangxi was critically ill?The Shangsi courtyard was also silent, Yinhu bit the bullet and sneaked in, only to find that there was no one there.

The prince...is not in the Shangsi courtyard!

Did someone take the prince away, or did the prince collude with others to leave?Either way, the situation has changed and become unmanageable.Yinhu was flustered and hurried back to inform Yinzhen.But suddenly the flames were bright, and a large group of people rushed out from the corner, and some weapons blocked him with a gloomy and cold light.

Yinhu's eyes widened in disbelief: "Prince?"

The prince was still wearing the bright yellow prince robes, his expression was casual and there was a hint of madness: "It's the eighth brother, it's late at night, and the eighth brother is not resting on the bed, what are you doing in Shangsi courtyard?"

Yinhu didn't want to say any more nonsense, but asked: "You want to rebel?"

As soon as these words came out, the prince suddenly lost his mask, and laughed loudly: "What rebellion! Gu is the prince, Huang Ama is dead, Gu is the emperor - Gu is just taking back something that belongs to Gu!"

He personally stepped forward, held the dagger against Yinhu's neck, and sneered in his ear: "Eighth Brother, it's hard work for you to go with Gu. After a few days, Gu will be enthroned, and I will definitely make it up to you." .”

Yinhu was expressionless: "Second brother, you are no longer the prince."

The prince turned a deaf ear to it, and just dragged Yinhu to the Qianqing Palace. The inside and outside of the Qianqing Palace were brightly lit, and the guards saw a large number of people coming, and they panicked.

It turned out that Kangxi woke up at night and felt powerless, so he called all the ministers and princes to make extra preparations.But it does have the intention of restoring the crown prince.Now I came in to report, saying that the prince had rebelled against me, and even kidnapped the eighth elder brother, so I couldn't help but get angry and vomit blood on the spot.

"Evil animal... evil animal!" Kangxi was furious, "Let him in! Let him in!"

The prince grabbed Yinhu and came in, followed by a large group of people.Some ministers wanted to get up and scold the prince angrily, but they were separated by soldiers, but they were all from Suo'etu's previous life.Suo'etu committed suicide in the prison and got away with it, so Kangxi didn't severely punish and implicate him too much.The prince was abolished, this group of people had no hope, and suddenly things turned around, Kangxi was seriously ill, so they felt that the opportunity had come.

Kangxi was so angry that his face turned pale. Seeing that Kangxi had woken up, the crown prince was flustered for a moment, but he knew that riding a tiger was hard to get off, so he said: "Huang Ama, abdicate."

"You!!!" Kangxi was furious: "Nie Zi! Even if I die here today, I will not let you, an unfaithful, unfilial, unkind, unrighteous bastard, become emperor, so as not to ruin the Qing Dynasty!"

The prince's sanity was obviously not clear, and he wanted to persuade Kangxi: "Huang Ama, there is no prince who has been in the world for 30 years. You are old, and you should abdicate as soon as possible."

During the stalemate, the sound of fighting suddenly came from outside the palace. The prince only led 2000 people to break into the palace, but within half an hour, the nine admirals who had been dispatched by troops surrounded the door again.In the blink of an eye, the situation reversed again.

Yinhu was physically weak at first, but at this time he was taken hostage by the delirious prince. The prince held Yinhu's neck with one hand and would not let go, while the other hand held the dagger against his left chest. Use force, lest he escape from the palm of your hand.However, Yinhu's expression gradually returned to normal, she tried her best to raise the corners of her lips, and smiled slightly at Yinzhen, as if to comfort him.When the latter saw her, her eyes turned red and her eyes were crystal clear.

Seeing the prince, he laughed frantically and said, "Okay! Okay! Okay! Fourth, it's you, right? If Gu falls, you think it's your turn to be the prince, right? Gu tells you, you're dreaming! Will fall! Gu is the prince! Gu wants to be the emperor! Gu wants to be all—all of you will be killed!"

He didn't know when his braids came loose, and his hair was disheveled like a madman. Yin Zhen looked anxious, but he couldn't act rashly, his face was not as calm as usual, and his eyes were only on the movements of the two of them.

Kangxi was coughing on one side, and it took him a long time to straighten out his breathing. The veins on his forehead were bulging, and he was so angry that he tossed and turned: "Niezi... Niezi! Niezi!!!" Yinzhen was still distracted. On Kangxi's side, he hurriedly called out: "Huang Ama!"

Kangxi's body was trembling, and he raised his finger tremblingly to the prince: "Yinzhen, let me kill...kill this evil son!"

As soon as these words came out, the sword light flashed in the hall, and the guards were waiting in full battle.The prince was driven to a dead end, his eyes were red, and he shed tears. He still held Yinhu tightly with his hands, and shouted loudly: "Fourth brother, don't you want the life of the eighth brother?!"

Yinzhen was hesitant, and the prince became even more crazy when he saw this, his facial features became distorted.He doesn't care about anything at the moment, either he will go completely crazy and fight for his last chance, or he will be arrested and wait for death.He knew the importance of Yinhu to Yinzhen, he failed to force the palace to rebel, even in today's situation, he still doesn't want to die, so he can only gamble at this moment.If he loses the bet, even if he dies, even if Yinzhen wins, even if the fourth son becomes emperor...he will make him unhappy!

The prince straightened his arm holding the dagger, and pointed the blade straight at Kangxi: "Since you kill him, you will let Lao Ba go! Huang Ama and Lao Ba, you can only choose one!"

The hall was silent for a while, only the rebellious threat of the prince could be heard clearly.Kangxi was so angry that he trembled all over, apparently about to faint again, Yinzhen's body also trembled, his whole body stagnated, his eyes almost burst into flames.

The others have different thoughts and expressions.Only Yinhu lowered his head slightly, lowered his eyes, and laughed from his throat.

This is an innocent disaster!He had a sore throat, looking at the shadows of swords and swords in the hall, listening to Kangxi's ruthless order to kill... only felt that the dagger in his heart seemed to have pierced his clothes, and the pain had already pierced his chest, but he felt the same pain when he saw Yinzhen's eyes. Suddenly calmed down in pain.

After all, they met him before they died, and the two also knew each other and fell in love with each other for a while, so it's not considered dead.This life is already consummated, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that I will go by myself, Yinzhen will find it hard to let go, but it is inevitable that I will be lonely in the future.I just said a few hours ago that I will live and die together, but I can't do it now.

As soon as the laughter came out, everyone gathered in one place again, the prince let go of his hand a little, and asked ferociously, "Old Ba, what are you laughing at?"

Yinhu felt relieved, coughed, and said calmly, "I'm going to die, can't I just smile?"

The crown prince also sneered and said, "That's right, the fourth brother will not give up the throne for you. Ha! Brothers of the Tian family, what is the real bond of flesh and blood?"

The tone of Yinhu's mouth was still as flat as water, as if he was talking about not his own life or death, but the failure of the chess game, picking up the pieces and starting again: "My fourth brother and I don't need others to comment." His neck and fate are still in the hands of the prince, but he does not He couldn't avoid it, but he just freed up his hands and carefully arranged his clothes.

Many pairs of eyes in the hall saw his graceful and calm movements, neither sad nor resentful, and disregarded life and death. In contrast, the prince's disheveled clothes and the dying state of a trapped animal were even more hateful. Thoughts, at this moment, I can't bear it.

Yinhu didn't have any idea, just wanted to make his death not so ugly.He straightened his clothes and stopped caring about the crown prince. He knelt down respectfully and kowtowed three times in the direction of Kangxi, and said with a slight smile, "Huang Ama, my son will go first."

It was probably the first time in his life that Kangxi cared so much about his eighth son, and said sadly: "Yinhu!"

Yinhu smiled, and then looked at Yinzhen, with a thousand emotions revealed in this look.Yinzhen's grief was even worse, and he looked back deeply.The two were connected with each other, and instantly understood each other's thoughts.But before this life and death, Yinzhen hated himself so much, hated himself for being powerless, and made Yinhu fall into this situation, even more resolutely to die, but he was perfecting himself!

If Yinhu dies like this tonight, even if he enjoys the supremacy and sits on the world in the future, what fun is there?Wasn't he plotting and scheming to compete for that position for the sake of the two of them staying together forever?

There is only one thought in Yinzhen's mind now: Xiaoba, Xiaoba, if you die, I will kill my enemy, arrange the funeral, and go with you!

When he encountered such a situation, he became calmer, looked at the situation inside and outside, and said coldly: "The abolished prince Yinfeng's plot to rebel has already failed, and you all made such a big mistake because you were bewitched by the abolished prince. Immediately repent, you can keep the whole body, and don't implicate your family!"

The soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, seeing that the outside was already surrounded, and the crown prince was really defeated at the moment, but within a few breaths, they threw away their weapons in an act of surrender.And in a short while, only a few cronies of the prince were still guarding behind the prince in the hall.

These few cronies were also hesitant and flustered.Yinzhen felt pain in his heart, but he said resolutely: "If there are those who abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and take down the chief culprit, let the past be forgotten!"

As soon as the words fell, someone suddenly attacked behind the prince. The prince didn't check for a while, and was knocked down to the ground, but he couldn't distinguish the blade in his hand. He cut Yinhu's neck, and a long bloodstain immediately appeared.

Yinhu staggered and failed to stop, and also fell to the ground.After touching the neck, the palms of the hands were full of blood, but the trachea was not injured.Yinzhen rushed forward: "Xiaoba!"

Yinhu leaned on him, panting slightly: "Fourth brother, I'm fine."

Kangxi braced his body to get out of bed and walked in front of the prince. The prince fell down on the ground and cried out bitterly, calling "Huang Ama" loudly.The cry made Kangxi burst into tears, and he couldn't control himself anymore, and fell unconscious on the ground.

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In August of this year, Kangxi was seriously ill and unable to govern.It is said that Yinzhen, the fourth son of the emperor, abdicated as the Supreme Emperor.

In October, Kangxi died.The following year, Yinzhen ascended the throne, with the reign name Yongzheng.

History, finally completely changed.