"Prince, prince, that is your own brother!"
The prince frowned, and looked at him with a straight back, "I didn't do it, how could I spread the scandal of the royal family?"
"Hmph, is there anything you can't do for the throne? Do you want to get rid of this old man?"
"I have absolutely no such intentions!" The prince knelt on the ground, sweating coldly, "Huang Ama trusts me, this is really not what I did!"
"Who else would know but you? It hasn't been leaked in the past few years, but I spread it to you as soon as I told you. How can you tell me to believe you?"
"My son..." The prince thought of Suo'etu, and had a bad feeling in his heart. How could such a stupid thing be done by Soetu? Even if we let the world know that Yinzhen is sterile, we can't let out the fact that Concubine De drugged her!
Kangxi knew what he was thinking when he saw his expression, and snorted coldly, "Li Dequan! The Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Procuratorate, and Dali Temple will investigate this matter strictly, and the relevant people will be sent to the dungeon immediately!"
The layout has been too long, since Suo'etu has given such a good handle, let him be eradicated. Keeping this person will only confuse the prince.
The prince heard what he meant, and suddenly felt that their father and son seemed to be extremely estranged. Obviously, this person once taught him how to be a king of a country. Was he not doing well enough? Why have you come to this point today
Kangxi didn't look at him again, and waved his hand to make him retreat, as if he was so disappointed that he didn't want to say anything more.
Suo'etu was in a state of desperation, and yelled in the study, "How do you do things? I only teach you to attract people's doubts, don't say anything else, why is it now known all over the city? It's a royal scandal, you guys How many heads are enough?"
"My lord! My lord, we didn't pass it on. How dare we do such a rebellious thing? We really only said a few words about doubting Prince Yong and avoided it. This, this must be someone else behind the scenes..."
"I don't know if there are other people? But now no one can guarantee that the emperor will not find you. That's enough. If you leave Beijing overnight, I will tell people to clean up the tail." Suo'etu ordered them to retreat impatiently. , each rewarded two ingots of gold, but they winked at the guard when they saluted in gratitude.
The guard sent them out all the way, and when they passed the rockery, they dragged the two of them in instantly, with fierce eyes. The two of them stared wide-eyed, struggling desperately in horror, watching the icy knife stabbing towards them. At the moment when the point of the knife entered the body, two men in black suddenly appeared and knocked the guards out, carried them up and down a few times and left the yard, hid in the carriage and quickly left the mansion.
The two of them were trembling with fright, and when they calmed down and wanted to ask who the man in black was, they were thrown out of the carriage, and when they looked up, it was in front of the gate of Dali Temple. They turned their heads, only to hear a cold voice from the carriage turning away, "Suoetu's crimes are too numerous to record, you should know what to say, think about your family, Suoetu will not let them go."
Although the two had just escaped a catastrophe, despair swept over their bodies again. They were going to die no matter what, but someone could protect their family members from fleeing, which was the last thing they could do for their families. After thinking it through, the two supported each other and walked slowly but firmly into Dali Temple.
The person who was ordered to investigate this matter had originally complained secretly, but now two witnesses came, not only saying that this matter was instigated by Suo'etu, but also many private dirty things about Suo'etu. Some of them didn't do it themselves, but they knew who the people who did those things were. As long as they were brought back, more people would be able to testify against Suo'etu's crimes.
Immediately afterwards, King Zhijun and Yinzhen both secretly sent a lot of evidence. Even if they wanted to make peace with Sini, it was a hard job. Today, the emperor heard that Suo'etu was overthrown. Look for opportunities to eliminate them. But now that there are all witnesses and material evidence, more people will be offended if they don't do anything. Once the adults discussed it, they immediately took action to arrest Suo'etu and his men and put them in prison.
Under torture and interrogation, half of the people who worked for Suo'etu confessed, which is enough to bring Suo'etu to justice. Suo'etu knew he was going to die, so he tried his best to bite the Mingzhu Party and the Yinzhen Party before he died. But Yinzhen has always obeyed Kangxi's orders in the past few years, and most of his people are obviously loyal to Kangxi. As for the remaining few people, no one knows that they are his people.
So in the end, only Mingzhu was unlucky. Who told him that he was also one of Kangxi's thorns? Even if Kangxi wanted to keep Mingzhu to balance Yinzhen's growing power, after Suo'etu provided so many criminal evidence, he could only angrily remove Mingzhu's party.
The imperial court needed checks and balances, but he still remembered that the Qing Dynasty was in jeopardy, and they must not be allowed to stir up troubles and damage the national strength of the Qing Dynasty. But he is not worried either. First, Yinzhen will not have any dissent in a short period of time. Second, there are many capable people in the court. He can continue to support other ministers. Ministers who can do practical things will just slowly suppress the Tong family.
At this time, Kangxi didn't know that Suo'etu and Mingzhu were able to fall so many years earlier than in history, and it was entirely due to Yinzhen's credit. If Yinzhen hadn't collected so many evidences of their crimes and handed them over to each other, how could they have pulled each other down? It's a pity that they didn't know that the other party had their own tricks in their hands, otherwise they would never have dealt with the other party so easily. After being imprisoned, they guessed it, but if they fell, they would fall. Even if they said it, Kangxi would only think that they were chasing and biting. Yinzhen hid too deeply, and this ability is frightening.
In fact, it's no wonder they couldn't figure it out, after all, no one would know that there is still a vixen in this world who can go to heaven and earth! Su Yuanyuan has traveled all over the country with her magic power, how could she miss their territory? There are maps of all the ministers' homes and the location of the secret room on the sticky stick, all of which are the result of Su Yuanyuan's stealthy investigation. As for the criminal evidence of Mingzhu and Suo'etu, she found out through many explorations, and she even knew their hidden stakes clearly.
It is also because of her spells that when Kangxi occasionally sent secret guards to detect whether Yinzhen was disobedient, she would dodge it perfectly, making Kangxi always believe that everything Yinzhen did was following his orders and was upright.
The subordinates didn't know how she did it, and felt that she was unfathomable. So whether it's the sticky stick or the blood drop, their loyalty, admiration and respect for her are already unshakable, and they are working hard one by one, hoping that Su Yuanyuan can teach them more things. That mentality of admiration makes them more cohesive and confident, and every action can get twice the result with half the effort, becoming the sharpest weapon in Yinzhen's hands.
With the loss of two major factions in the court, peace finally returned, and because Yinzhen promoted some people in the past few years, even if Mingzhu and Suo'etu were brought down, it would have little effect on the court. The most influential ones are the Zhijun King and the Crown Prince. Everyone can see that the two of them have lost power, and now they are walking on thin ice, and they are no longer favored by the emperor. In particular, Kangxi began to take Xiao Shiwu by his side to teach him. This was the treatment only a prince had back then. Almost everyone understood what it meant.
The crown prince is getting more and more violent, and the king of Zhijun is getting more and more unwilling, but they are gone, and no matter what they do now, they will only make Kangxi more bored with them. In Kangxi's heart, they have always been inseparable from the rebellious image that Concubine De said. Since they decided to train Xiao Shiwu, naturally they cannot be allowed to become Xiao Shiwu's threat. This little Shiwu was a windfall, a child who had never appeared in the future, and a child he could trust completely.
Yinzhen started to hide his strength and bide his time in due course, he still did the things that Kangxi entrusted to him very seriously, but he didn't involve any more, as if everything he did before was just to help Kangxi eradicate moths. But in fact, 80% of those who were personally promoted by him have already surrendered to him in private. Although he can't give birth, the future emperor may be the fifteenth elder brother, but who knows how long Kangxi can live
If Yinzhen becomes the regent like Dorgon in the future, won't the court be in Yinzhen's hands? So before the fifteenth elder brother grows up, the biggest backer for them to have something to do and to be promoted has to be Prince Yong. If there are any changes, they will have to see the signs before making a decision.
Kangxi used the Tong family to try Yinzhen, and seeing that the Tong family did not support Yinzhen because of the fifteenth elder brother, and Yinzhen ignored his suppression of the Tong family, he felt relieved a lot. Finally, he brought up a matter that he had been thinking about for a long time. He wanted to change the jade plate and officially record Yinzhen under the name of the imperial concubine!
This is also what the imperial concubine meant. After all, everyone in the world knew that Yinzhen was poisoned and sterilized by his biological mother. How could such a vicious woman deserve to be called Yinzhen's mother? What's more, Yinzhen was raised by the imperial concubine since he was a child, and now that the jade plate has been changed, it can be considered as a complete bond between their mother and child, and it has completely tied Yinzhen and Xiaoshiwu together.
No one in the Manchu Dynasty raised any objections. After several years of incidents, large and small, they have seen Yinzhen's temperament clearly. If you don't mess with him, he won't meddle in his own business, but if anyone messes with him, he will definitely be unknowingly unlucky. It is simply not happy to have no one to look for, a prince who is sterile and deeply trusted by the emperor, and may be the next emperor's brother, will have a bright future in the future, and it is true to please more.
Just when everyone thought they could live a stable life, Galdan attacked again!
Kangxi was furious in the court hall, threw down his notebook, and said coldly: "This time, the imperial conquest will completely eradicate Nagardan! The crown prince, the king of Zhijun, and Dunbeile will go with me, and Prince Yong will stay to supervise the country." .”
The ministers all lowered their heads and did not dare to look at the prince's face. Before Kangxi left the capital, he let the prince supervise the country. This time... it is obvious that he does not trust the prince. But Kangxi didn't care about anyone's mood at the moment, and set off immediately after the arrangements were made, and Yinzhen personally sent them out of the city to leave the capital.
After the team walked away, the old ten looked back immediately, met Shang Yinzhen's gaze, nodded slightly, and left quickly.
Yinzhen turned the wrench in his hand, showing no emotion on his expressionless face. He stood on the city wall watching Kangxi's team until he could no longer see anyone. Everything is ready and only owes Dongfeng, and we can't wait any longer.