[Red Chamber] Come for a hexagram?

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The emperor fainted, the eighteenth elder brother passed away, and the prince was deposed.The Mulan siege this time was really wonderful, it was so wonderful that the ministers were scared to pee.

Due to the occurrence of these incidents, the trip this time naturally stopped immediately, and everyone turned their heads and set off back to the palace.

After going back, he was even more busy, the eighteenth elder brother's funeral, the crown prince was deposed, and all kinds of turmoil in the court.

After the emperor woke up from the coma, he felt very confused. As the emperor who ruled the Qing Dynasty for more than 30 years, he acted decisively and ruthlessly. Even when he killed Oboi, he didn't hesitate at all.But at this time, for the first time, he didn't know what to do.At this moment, he thought of Wang Ren.

At this time, Wang Ren was standing in the hall with other trembling officials, waiting for the emperor to speak.However, at this moment, the eunuch Li Yu came out and relayed the emperor's oral order to summon Wang Ren.And it is to talk to Wang Ren in private.

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...to have a private conversation with Wang Ren.

Immediately, Wang Ren felt the complicated eyes of other officials looking at him.Several officials who were familiar with Wang Ren kept winking at him.Wang Ren immediately understood what they meant. He wanted to know how the emperor's current health was, whether it was true that the prince was dismissed, whether he would take the throne at this time, and... who would the next crown prince be?

Wang Ren bowed his head, looked at his nose, nose, and heart, and followed Li Yu to the emperor.At this time, the emperor looked ten years old, and his usual energetic appearance had disappeared. Although he was still wearing a clean and tidy yellow robe, Kangxi, who was leaning on the bed and coughing constantly, looked like he had just arrived. Just a poor old man who knows his fate.

Wang Ren bowed his head to salute, but Kangxi waved his hand to stop him. Li Yu who was beside him immediately moved a chair to Wang Ren's side.Kangxi sighed helplessly: "Sit down."

After thanking His Majesty, Wang Ren sat down slowly and looked at the emperor with worry.

"I still can't die." Kangxi said in a deep voice.

"I'm terrified," Wang Ren said.

"Okay, I've known you for so many years. There is no one else here, and I forgive you for your innocence. I will throw away the pile of false gifts. I didn't see you come to salute." Kangxi said impatiently.

Wang Ren looked up at the emperor, put his hands down, nodded and said, "Your Majesty, are you all right?"

"Some of them are suffering from a cold, and the group of old doctors said that I am too worried." Kangxi said.

Wang Ren nodded knowingly: "It is a blow to any father that such a thing happened."

Kangxi smiled bitterly and said: "You are right. Those old ministers would only tell me to take care of the dragon's body and relax. But will I really relax?" Then he coughed violently.

Wang Ren was startled, and hastily stepped forward to deliver the water Li Yu handed over to him.By the way, he patted the old man on the back.

Kangxi waved his hand, and Wang Ren sat back.

"Every time I have troubles, I have to talk to you, and every time you persuade me to be more tolerant to the prince. But now... I depose the prince, do you think I have passed?" Kangxi asked.

Wang Ren was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's hard for me to say anything about this matter."

"No matter what you say, I forgive you for your innocence."

"I have been persuading His Majesty, but in fact, I don't think about the world at all, but I think about you, Your Majesty."

When Kangxi heard this, he looked up at Wang Ren.

"The prince was taught by you since he was a child. He is quick-witted and has never made any mistakes in handling political affairs for you. It's just...Your Majesty, you dote on the prince too much." Wang Ren said, "Excessive doting has become doting, and doting will make a People become arrogant, arrogant and domineering. No matter how talented he is. However, personality deviations can be corrected. You have taught the prince for more than 30 years, but now you are disgusted because the prince is spoiled... Whether it is for you or the prince It's all a sad thing. Even in a poor family, I have never seen such a deep feeling of licking a calf. If you really let go of this, wouldn't your majesty be sad?"

"I'm not only sad, I'm chilled!" Kangxi said with anger, "Eighteen died of illness, but he didn't have any sadness at all. How can such a cold-blooded person..."

"Your Majesty." Wang Ren whispered, "There is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not."

"I said before, I forgive you for your innocence. No matter what you say, just say it."

"Your Majesty, when there is not much contact between the princes, the relationship is weak. What's more, the age difference between the prince and the eighteenth brother is too big, and there is nothing to say between them. This relationship is still a friendship that has grown up together since childhood. It is long and sincere. You reprimanded the prince today for not being a brother, I am afraid..."

"Afraid of what?"

Wang Ren stood up and knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "I'm afraid your other elder brothers don't have any affection for the prince."

"They dare!" Kangxi immediately understood what Wang Ren meant, and said angrily.

"Your Majesty can give it a try. Depose the prince, put him in confinement, and see how other elder brothers will react." Wang Rendao, "Your order to depose the prince has been issued, why don't you use it to try the prince and the hundred princes?" The reaction of the officials. As for the position of the prince, it will not be too late to wait until the results are obtained."

After Kangxi was silent for a moment, he waved Wang Ren back.Although the emperor did not say whether to adopt Wang Ren's suggestion, Wang Ren had already seen the result from Kangxi's expression.Wang Ren couldn't help laughing secretly, he just dug a big hole, waiting for the princes to jump.

After walking out, all the ministers immediately surrounded him and looked at Wang Ren.Wang Ren looked sad and shook his head helplessly.After Li Yu announced that he wanted all the officials to disperse, Wang Ren saw the opportunity and slipped away first.Let the ministers look at me and look at you, confused.

shake your head?sigh?What's the meaning?

That night, Wang Ren went back to his home directly, and did not go to Shisan's house again.The court has been in turmoil recently, so it's better to be cautious when doing things.Especially the collusion between the courtiers and the prince was strictly watched.But after all, the two backyards are also next to each other. Some time ago, Wang Ren found a loose brick in the corner of the yard, so he half-jokingly told Shisan that there was some news that was inconvenient to pass on, and went to the yard to move the brick out of the gap. pass in.Wang Ren's study room was separated from Shisan's bedroom by a wall, so he knocked on the wall as a signal, and then passed the note himself through the gap, which was safe and reliable.Didn't expect it to come in handy today.

Wang Ren: It feels like cheating.

Shisan was speechless when he heard Wang Ren's knock on the wall. He thought it was because Wang Ren was interested in playing, so he knocked on the wall as a reply.Walking to the corner of the yard, Wang Ren took the brick away, looked at Shisan with a smile on his face, and then sent a note over.Thirteen got a ball of paper, opened it, and saw a few crooked words: Test brotherhood by abolishing the prince.

Shisan was taken aback, and just about to speak, Wang Ren raised his hand and blocked Brick back.

Reluctantly, Shisan could only go back and burn the note in the brazier.Sitting in the room and thinking for a while, he stood up and put on his outer robe, then went up to the fourth master's mansion.

Court the next day.Kangxi asked the eunuch Li Yu to read the decree to depose the prince on the spot, and the reason given was also very false, saying that he "did not follow the ancestors' virtues, did not follow my training, but only abused the public, violent and promiscuous" and deposed the prince.But in fact, what bad things did the prince do, the imperial decree didn't mention a single word.

However, to be dismissed is to be dismissed.Some of the courtiers knelt down and once again begged the emperor to think twice.Kangxi glanced at them, they were all the henchmen of the prince.Don't worry about it, just look at the prince.The fourth elder brother was the first to stand up, knelt on the ground and begged the emperor to take back his order.Although his face was expressionless, there was sadness in his words. After all, it was the love between father and son for many years. Please don't alienate the prince because of the villain's slander.Kangxi didn't answer, but just looked at Yinzhen fixedly.Si Ye wanted to protect the words here, and naturally there were some people who were impatient and wanted to add insult to injury.Hearing Yinzhen keep saying that the prince did not make any mistakes, the elder brother became anxious.He has been fighting with the prince for 30 years, and he finally got off the horse. How can he take back the few good words he said, and immediately knelt down and reprimanded the prince for his licentiousness. Well-founded.The elder brother took the lead here, and some people began to kneel down and say that the prince is licentious and immoral, and begged for the prince to be imprisoned forever.Kangxi still didn't say a word. As Wang Ren said, you can tell who is forming a party with whom at a glance.It's just...but I haven't seen the fourth brother's henchman, who is an upright and honest child.

Pseudo-integrity, deep sincerity, and acting skills Emperor Yinzhen was a little anxious, and stepped forward to beg the emperor again to take back his life.But at this moment, Shisan stood up, knelt down and told the prince's licentiousness, and asked the emperor to imprison him.Fourth Master was taken aback for a moment, with a trace of astonishment on his face, and then quickly covered it up.

Wang Ren, who was standing in the court hall, felt his heart skip a beat, and secretly scolded Thirteen.

Isn't this so stupid!Didn't he just send a letter to Shisan yesterday to tell him that the emperor is using the abolition of the prince to test whether his princes have brotherhood!Is this guy still rushing to be scolded by Kangxi!Is it impatient to live or impatient to live.He dug the pit for the other princes to jump in, not for you!

Wang Ren bowed his head in silence, waiting for Kangxi's storm.Sure enough, when the elder brother said that he would kill the unfilial prince for the emperor, Kangxi's anger reached its peak. He threw things and scolded the elder brother for his lack of brotherhood, and then left in anger.

Wang Ren glanced sideways at Big Brother, he seemed to have been hit hard.Because just now Kangxi scolded the elder brother angrily on the spot: "Even if you kill Yinfeng, you will not be able to take the position of the prince!" One sentence wiped out the possibility of the elder brother inheriting the great rule.

After the court was over, Wang Ren wandered slowly at the gate of the palace, but he waited for a long time, but he couldn't wait for Shisan to come out.A moment later, when the fourth master came out from the main gate of the palace, he passed by Wang Ren and received his hand bow and said in a low voice: "Thirteen was taken away by the father to talk."

Wang Ren was taken aback.

Fourth master passed Wang Ren and left far away.Recently, he couldn't show how close he was to Wang Ren, especially at the gate of the palace.

Wang Ren looked back at the high palace gate, worried in his heart, but he didn't dare to stay at the palace gate, so he had to walk home slowly.

Although the fourth master was also worried about Shisan's remarks in the court, the elder brother who begged the emperor to kill the prince was just scolded and missed the throne, and Thirteen would not be severely punished.As for why Shisan knew that the father was trying to see if they had brotherhood, but he went up to find and be scolded. It should be to let the emperor dispel his doubts and trust Wang Ren and himself.Thinking of this, fourth master secretly sighed in his heart.

Kangxi now doubts even the prince, let alone Wang Ren.Even if Wang Ren was clever enough to use channels that would not be discovered by others to exchange information, once the emperor made an attack, he didn't necessarily need a factual basis, he only needed doubts.If the two elder brothers who were close to Wang Ren did the same thing to protect the crown prince, Kangxi would definitely be suspicious.If Thirteen, who is closest to Wang Ren, touches the Emperor's Ni Lin, but Si Ye, who is farther away, does not, the possibility of Wang Ren passing the news is close to zero.After all, doing so by Shisan means that he has no destiny for the throne.Didn't Big Brother just get scolded?No one would have imagined that Thirteen would actually abandon the car to protect the handsome man and regard himself as a pawn that could be sacrificed in order to protect Wang Ren and make Kangxi trust Wang Ren and the fourth brother more.

But Shisan just did this, he himself abandoned the chance of inheriting the throne.For Shisan, some people and some things are more important than the throne.Such as protecting Wang Ren, such as... Pushing the fourth brother to sit on the throne.