The princess has the skills to keep her face [clear wear]

Corruption and bribery have existed since ancient times.In fact, if the nature is not too bad, such as forcing people to death, or embezzling disaster relief funds, most of the superiors will turn a blind eye to it.After all, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. If there is no benefit at all, the people below will not be able to catch them. How can they have the motivation to do things well?

If the prince just condoned the corruption and bribery of his disciples, Kangxi might not take it too seriously.However, the officials who came forward to impeach him broke out that the disciples under the crown prince pretended to be powerful and bold, not only corrupted and accepted bribes, but also killed people in order to forcefully buy fertile land.It's just that, relying on the prestige of the prince, that person suppressed this matter early in the morning, and it never reached the ears of the superiors.If it wasn't for the elder brother who sent people to watch the prince's people all the time, waiting to grab the prince's pigtails, I'm afraid he wouldn't know about it.

This kind of thing is certainly abhorrent to the people below, but the elder brother knows that Kangxi has very high expectations for the prince, and if it is just this incident, it will not be able to shake the prince's position in Kangxi's heart.After all, the prince can completely say that the subordinates made their own decisions and ruined his reputation, and he himself did not know about it.

But the crown prince indulged his subordinates in intercepting the things that should have been tributed to Kangxi, so it is not justifiable to be ignorant.This behavior is a provocation to Kangxi.Without Yinreng's consent, how could the subordinates dare to go beyond Yinreng and do such a crime?

All of a sudden, the officials of the DPRK and China looked at the prince with something strange in their eyes.We all know that the crown prince is becoming more and more frivolous under Kangxi's favor, but no one expected that the crown prince is so crazy that even Kangxi doesn't pay attention to him!

In the past, when the prince made a mistake, Kangxi would most likely hold it high and put it down gently, unwilling to punish the prince heavily in front of civil and military officials, which would hurt the prince's face.But this time, the people under the crown prince did such a rebellious thing, can Kangxi forgive him like before?

Everyone turned their attention to Kangxi, but unfortunately, Kangxi's expression did not change much, they could not judge Kangxi's mood at this time from Kangxi's facial expression.

To everyone's surprise, Kangxi, after carefully reviewing the criminal evidence presented by the minister, did not open his mouth to question the prince, but asked Yinzhen who was standing aside with downcast eyes: "Do you know that the prince indulges his subordinates?" Is it a matter of the disciples fishing and fleshing out the common people?"

"...Yes." Three years ago, before Yinzhen left the capital, the relationship between him and the prince was quite harmonious.

At that time, the people under the crown prince had already acted frivolously and arrogantly.Yinzhen bumped into him by chance, couldn't see it, so he asked the prince to mention it, but unfortunately, the prince didn't take it to heart at all, and only said that he had a sense of propriety, so that Yinzhen didn't have to worry.

The crown prince himself doesn't care about it, what can Yinzhen say as a younger brother?Could it be that he could go to Kangxi and report the prince because of the evil deeds done by the prince's subordinates?Not to mention that this violated the brotherhood between him and the prince, even Kangxi would feel that he made a fuss out of a molehill, because he said bad things about his brother because of a trivial matter, and he didn't have loyalty in his heart.

But now, the things done by the prince's subordinates have been revealed, and it has become the evidence of the prince conniving at the servants' murder. Yinzhen, an insider, must become an accomplice in the eyes of others.

"I ask you, after you learned about these things, did you intentionally show favoritism, as stated in the memorial, and clear the evidence for the people under the crown prince's family?"

"There is absolutely no such thing!" Yinzhen raised his head suddenly: "I tried to stop them, but failed. These servants only listen to the prince's words, and are not willing to listen to my orders."

"That being the case, did you tell the prince about this later?" Kangxi stared straight at Yinzhen like a falcon, and Yinzhen felt as if he was being watched by a large bird of prey, and his back tingled. cold sweat.

This is just a very simple sentence, but it is difficult to answer.

If the answer was told to the prince, then the prince knew that his subordinates were oppressing the people and did not control them, and the crime would be aggravated. If the answer was not told to the prince, then it was confirmed that Yin Zhen connived at the people under the prince's misconduct.

In the former, the crown prince suffered, while in the latter, Yinzhen himself suffered.Whether it's the crown prince's disaster or Yinzhen's disaster, thinking about it, it's a situation that the elder brother would like to see.After all, Yinzhen recently came back with meritorious deeds to become king, which is really too eye-catching!

Sure enough, the corners of the elder brother's lips were slightly raised, and soon, he forced himself down again.However, he is really not a person who is good at hiding his emotions, and the joy in the corners of his brows and eyes can be easily seen by others.

Contrary to the elder brother, the prince's face was disheveled, and he looked at Yinzhen with a hint of pleading in his eyes.Obviously, what Yinzhen understood, the prince also understood.The prince hoped that Yinzhen could help Kangxi to settle the matter in front of Kangxi.

Yinzhen hesitated for a moment, and the next moment, as if he had made up his mind, he said to Kangxi: "Everything is the fault of my son and minister, the crown prince...has never heard of this."

Hearing these words, the prince's tense nerves relaxed, and the elder brother's eyes showed disdain and resentment. He felt disdainful for Yinzhen's willingness to help the prince to take the blame, but at the same time, he felt a little faint about it in his heart. Envy, among the brothers, he has always been a lone ranger. If something like this happened to him, no brother would be willing to take the blame for him like Yinzhen did for the prince.

As for Yinzhen, after saying these words, he didn't look at the prince again.This time, as the prince wished, he took the place of the prince's crime, and completely cut off the brotherhood with the prince.In the future, what the prince will do, and the conflict between the prince and Kangxi, have nothing to do with him.As for the elder brother... this incident was originally planned by him, so he must be very proud of himself at this time!

After Yinzhen said these words, he looked at Kangxi with guilt in his eyes, just like any child who has done something wrong and dare not face his strict father.He is not ashamed of the prince, but he is not ashamed of his father—he still lied to Khan Ama after all.

Kangxi was still a little annoyed at first, but when he saw Yinzhen, who was always cold and rigid, showing a rare uneasiness, he couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted.Those who don't know the truth may think that Yinzhen is afraid to face Kangxi because of something wrong, but how can Kangxi not know the real reason why Yinzhen is ashamed of him?

Really think he is a fool, can't see the eyebrows and eye lawsuits between the prince and Yinzhen?

Yinzhen has always been a person who doesn't rub the sand in his eyes, so how could he not tell the prince after learning about the crimes of the disciples under the prince?Therefore, Yinzhen must have told the prince, but according to the prince's temperament, he probably didn't take it to heart.The prince was fine in the early years, but in recent years, his desire for profit has become stronger and stronger, and he only thinks about profiting for himself, so how can he pay attention to the life and death of those people who seem to him as small as ants?

It has to be said that Kangxi still knows his sons quite well.

When Kangxi saw that Yinzhen took the crown for the prince as he wished, he was very disappointed for a moment. In order to help the prince, Yinzhen actually lied to the prince. This is certainly worthy of the brotherhood between Yinzhen and the prince , but made Kangxi feel that Yinzhen was unfaithful to him.But Yinzhen's dejected and annoyed look reminded Kangxi of Yinzhen's appearance when he made a mistake when he was a child.When people think about these, they will inevitably have soft-hearted memories, which successfully resolved most of the anger in Kangxi's heart.

Kangxi thought, why should he care about Yinzhen?It's not the first day I know this kid has solid eyes.

Obviously in the whole incident, Yinzhen was the most innocent, but in order to protect the brotherhood, he came forward to confess the crime for the prince.Right now, he feels uneasy and even guilty because he lied to Junfu...

But the crown prince, who deserves to feel guilty the most, now has an expression of relief.This aggravated Kangxi's dissatisfaction with the prince and his pity for Yinzhen.

Kangxi turned his eyes and saw the gloating smile on the elder brother's face that hadn't had time to put it away, and felt very disgusted.Boss, he was afraid that his brothers would live too comfortably!He has been impatient with his younger brothers since he was a child, but now that he has grown up, he has become even worse, hoping that his younger brothers will be punished. He is really an elder brother in vain!

With the big elder brother as a comparison, it becomes even more commendable that the fourth elder brother is willing to take the blame for the prince.

In this short period of time, Kangxi was condescending, taking in all the expressions of the people below. Many thoughts swirled in his mind, but he didn't show it. He just asked Yinzhen who was kneeling on the ground coldly: " Then, do you know about the interception of the tribute by the people under the crown prince?"

Under the prince's earnest gaze, this time, Yinzhen's hesitation was obviously longer than before: "I don't know—Khan Ama knows that I have been away from the capital for three full years after all. I remember that three years ago, When the ministers left, the people under the crown prince were only oppressing the people, they never had the courage to intercept the tribute presented to Khan Ama."

Although Yinzhen was willing to help the prince one last time before breaking up, it was not a crime and he could help.If he confessed the crime for the crown prince, not to mention that he would be unlucky, I'm afraid Queen Tong would also be implicated by him.

And just as Yinzhen said, he has been away from the capital for three years. Three years ago, the people under the crown prince were not so bold. Should be unaware.If he committed this crime for the crown prince, he would be exposed easily, and he would be accused of deceiving the emperor at that time.

Therefore, after hesitating, Yinzhen chose to defend himself.As for what will happen to the prince, he can't control it anymore. The prince provoked the matter, so let the prince solve it himself!

"The king of Yongjun knows that the prince's family is mermaid and common people, but he chooses to condone and indulge because of brotherhood. This trip is merciful, and the law is intolerable. After a while, he will come to me to lead ten times."

"Yes."

When everyone heard it, the fourth elder brother's mistake was not considered a big mistake, and he was going to be punished. Although for the sake of the fourth elder brother's face, Kangxi wanted him to be punished in front of others, but this punishment was really not light.The fourth elder brother is like this, I don't know how the prince who made a big mistake will be punished?Speaking of which, Kangxi has not asked the prince since someone stepped forward to impeach the prince.Those with quick brains have already begun to think about Kangxi's intentions.

"As for the prince—" Kangxi seemed to have just remembered the prince, and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

"I didn't realize the fault of my subordinates, but let the fourth brother be punished for my son. Is it my son's fault? I also ask Khan Ama to come down." The prince said lightly.

The elder brother has worked so hard to collect evidence for so long, and finally found a chance to impeach the prince, how would he want to see him escape easily?

"Prince, you indulged the matter of the fish and meat people under your command, but let the fourth brother carry the blame for you, but you condone the matter of your subordinates intercepting Khan Ama's tribute, but who do you want to take the blame for you? Khan Ma is devoted to you, and everything that is good will be sent to your Yuqing Palace first." Speaking of this, the elder brother's tone was a little sour: "You are good, you have no respect for Ama Khan, even Khan Ama's things are going to be meddled, do you dare to say that you have no heart of disobedience?"

"You don't spout! When did Gu feel disobedient to Khan Ama?" The prince glared at the elder brother who gave him a big hat.He admitted that his usual behavior was a bit presumptuous, but that was also because Kangxi was quite conniving towards him, which made him feel that he didn't have to be so careful around Kangxi.But if it is said that he wants to harm Kangxi, that is absolutely nothing!No matter how arrogant and frivolous he is, he still has his own bottom line!

"If you have no disobedience to Khan Ama, how can you do such a presumptuous thing? If you can cut off Khan Ama's tribute today and keep it for yourself, tomorrow if you are against Khan Ama Who will be able to find out if the food and the things used are tampered with and sent to Khan Ama?"

It has to be said that even though Kangxi knew that elder brother's words were trying to provoke the relationship between him and the prince, the words of elder brother were indeed like a thorn in Kangxi's heart, making Kangxi feel like a thorn in his throat. .

"Shut up!" Kangxi's face was gloomy and terrifying: "This matter, let's stop here! I believe that the crown prince will not intentionally do such a presumptuous act. Thinking about it, the crown prince was also deceived by his servants. The people involved in the incident under the crown prince are all shot with sticks, my royal family does not need such slaves who deceive the superiors! As for the crown prince... he will be banned for ten years and fined for one year."

One ten days is ten days, and the prince was banned from thinking about it for ten days and fined for one year, which had little effect on him.

As soon as Kangxi's words fell, the elder brother's face was a little distorted.He never expected that Kangxi's preference for the crown prince would reach such a level.The prince made such a serious mistake, but Kangxi gave him such a light punishment, so light that it cannot be counted.Even Yinzhen's punishment was much heavier than that of the crown prince.

This blatant favoritism filled the elder brother's heart with resentment and unwillingness.Could it be that the only one left by Empress Yuan is the real son of Khan Ama, and they are all picked up?

At the same time, the prince who had been worried that he would lose Kangxi's trust because of this matter, and even be suspected by Kangxi, finally breathed a sigh of relief.Apparently, Khan Ama believed him after all.As long as Khan Ama still believes in him, everything will be fine.It's just that Yinzhen was dragged down by him this time.

The prince still remembered that after Yinzhen found out that his subordinates were not stingy, he specifically asked him to mention this matter, but at that time, he thought it was just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning at all. Take this to heart.Looking back now, he really failed Yinzhen's good intentions.

Speaking of which, this time, Yinzhen chose to help him smooth things out, did he intend to reconcile with him?

The prince turned his head to look at Yinzhen, but found that Yinzhen kept his head down and did not look at himself again.

That's right, this time, he caused Yinzhen to be punished. Thinking about it, this is an extremely embarrassing thing for Yinzhen, right?The prince made up his mind that after Yinzhen was punished, he would go to Haosheng to see him.

……

After the ten boards passed, the weak Yinzhen was taken back to the Changchun Palace by Qionghua and Empress Tong.

Ever since she was a child, her elder brother had never been punished so severely, which made Qionghua feel a bit of resentment towards the prince who had always been respected.There is also the elder brother, who likes to make small reports, seeing others are not good, he will be better off, no wonder he always steps on Kangxi's thunder, Qionghua thought angrily.

Because Yinzhen's injured part is a bit sensitive, and now that the brother and sister are grown up, it's not good to be as careless as they were when they were young. Therefore, Qionghua failed to use her supernatural power to heal Yinzhen's wounds, so she could only stand at the door , with his back to Yinzhen and Queen Tong who was giving him medicine, listening to Queen Tong's gentle comforting voice and Yinzhen's forbearance of humming.

The whole process of applying the medicine was not long, and in order to relieve Yinzhen's pain, Empress Tong did it quite neatly.But Qionghua felt that when the whole process was over, time seemed to have passed for a long time.

She didn't turn around until Queen Tong reminded her that she could go in and see Yinzhen.

When Qionghua came to Yinzhen's side, Yinzhen found that her younger sister, who was always gentle and smiling, now had some red eyes.He knew that his sister cared too much about him, so he said, "Don't cry, I've never seen you cry before, I'm not used to it."

Qionghua also said: "Then I haven't seen you in such a mess before, and I'm not used to it either, you should hurry up and get better."

Yinzhen: "It's a manly man, but it's just a few boards, so it's fine."

Qionghua glanced at him, took out a small portable bronze mirror and handed it to Yinzhen, the mirror clearly reflected Yinzhen's sweaty face: "You should wipe the sweat off your face, and wipe your face away." Put away that forbearing expression, and tell me this again."

Yin Mo: "..."

When I tried to be brave, my sister exposed me on the spot, what else can I do?It's just... embarrassing.

Seeing that Yinzhen was guilty, Qionghua took the opportunity to bargain: "These days, you have to follow the doctor's orders to drink medicine. Every day, Erniang and I will make some nourishing soup for you and send it to your house. Drink it well, you know?"

When Yinzhen thought of the upcoming Shiquan Dabutang set meal, he couldn't help turning pale, but under the eyes of his sister, "Don't even think about going out of this door if you don't agree", he finally chose to give in: "Okay."

Qionghua nodded in satisfaction.

She saw that her elder brother was suffering from flesh and blood, and logically speaking, the prince who committed a crime several times worse than her elder brother was hardly punished, she couldn't help but feel a little bit aggrieved, and this incident seemed to be full of weirdness.According to Kangxi's temperament, how could he tolerate someone offending his authority like this?Not even his favorite son!

After Yinzhen learned about Qionghua's thoughts, he sighed: "This time, the prince did not receive any decent punishment, but this may not be a good thing for him. Khan Amana's temper, you are I know, if there is anything, I like to keep it in my heart, and I may not be willing to show it. This time, if Khan Ama punished Prince Haosheng and let him vent his anger, this matter will pass in his heart. But this time, Khan Ama still held the prince high and put it down gently, seemingly forgiving the prince's crimes, but in fact, in his heart, has this matter really passed?"

After hearing this, Qionghua couldn't help but feel tight: "So, the situation of the prince's brother is actually quite bad?"

Soon, Qionghua remembered the prince's use of Yinzhen and his alienation from her. She couldn't help laughing at herself, feeling that her worries were a little unnecessary: ​​"Forget it, let the prince's brother and Suo'etu worry about it. Anyway, Since a long time ago, the prince's elder brother didn't listen to us very much."

As if thinking of something, Qionghua told Yinzhen again: "If this kind of thing happens again in the future, fourth brother, you should protect yourself first, do you hear me? You were injured, and only me and Erniang will do it for you. You feel sorry for him, so the crown prince won't feel sorry for you! In the future, you must stop being stupid and only know how to defend him."

From Qionghua's words, Yinzhen heard her dissatisfaction with the prince.

This was something that had never happened before.Sure enough, in Qionghua's heart, he, the fourth brother, is still more important than the crown prince, right?Yinzhen couldn't help feeling a little flattered.

It's just that his sister seems to have misunderstood him.At that time in front of Kangxi, he chose to defend the prince, not because of how deep his brotherly affection for the prince was, and he would rather sacrifice himself to take the blame for the prince, he just chose the path that was most beneficial to him.

Yinzhen's act of taking the crown prince's crime made Kangxi see his friendship and brotherhood, and his behavior of being ashamed of his old father because of lying made Kangxi see his loyalty and love for his father.It can be said that although Yinzhen was punished, Kangxi was actually the most satisfied with Yinzhen among the elder brother, prince and Yinzhen.It's just that the elder brother was immersed in the joy of the successful scheme, and the prince was also immersed in the illusion that Kangxi still loved him as before, so he didn't realize it.

Of course, there is no need to explain these to Qionghua.Although Yinzhen also has ambitions and a dark side of his own, he still hopes that what he shows to his sister is the sunny side.

Yin Mo patted Qiong Hua's head: "Okay."

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