Chapter 101 Everyone Wants to Be the Crown Prince

In the end, Yin failed to bring Qin Xiaomei's body back to the capital.

The severe drought in Shandong and the scorching heat accelerated the decomposition of the corpse. As a last resort, Yin cremated her personally, which gave her a clean ending.

Brother Qin did not receive such good treatment. Prince Zhi ordered that his head be chopped off and hung in front of the government office as a public display to warn local people not to follow his old path.

Yin would stare at the shriveled head for a long time every day, wondering what he was thinking.

Prince Zhi completely took over the military and political power of Shandong in the name of finding the fish that had escaped the net. Everyone from top to bottom was busy, and ten days passed in the blink of an eye. The two brothers returned with a full load.

When Kangxi received the memorial from Prince Zhi, he was very pleased. He praised him eloquently at the morning court and also gave the task of hosting the welcoming banquet to the crown prince.

The prince took it without changing his expression, returned to Yuqing Palace and smashed the vases on the floor.

The first thing Prince Zhi and Yin did after returning to Beijing was to go to the palace to meet the emperor.

When he saw his two sons, Kangxi was a little puzzled.

The boss was in high spirits, with achievements in hand, and spoke eloquently.

In contrast, Old Ten was too gloomy, as if he had something on his mind.

Prince Zhi was therefore somewhat depressed to discover that Kangxi was inattentive when listening to his heroic deeds, and instead kept looking at the Tenth Prince.

"Your Majesty, my tenth brother has done a lot of practical things in this encirclement and suppression. Why don't I tell Your Majesty about it?" The Prince of Zhi acted like an elder brother who loved his younger brother and was willing to give away all the credit.

Yin knelt on the ground and said, "Father, there is something I don't understand."

It was the first time that Kangxi saw the Tenth Prince so serious. He rubbed the teacup and motioned him to continue.

Yin couldn't help but speak out, he explained the origin of the rebellion in detail, and finally emphasized: "Father, this is the government forcing the people to rebel. Sister Tan is so innocent, I always feel that this should not be done."

Kangxi stopped smiling. He stared at Yin for a long while, his eyes revealing a bit of coldness: "Do you sympathize with those who are plotting rebellion?"

"I dare not." Yin said this impulsively, and he felt a little regretful. At this time, he broke out in a cold sweat as Kangxi stared at him.

So, when news came from the palace that day that Prince Zhi took a cart of rewards back from the palace, and the tenth prince Yin received twenty beatings, this became interesting.

When Yinlang received the news, he took Yinzhen to visit.

Yin was seen lying on the bed, unable to move, with the Tenth Lady sitting beside him, looking as if she was enjoying a good show, and a maid was serving her grapes.

After paying her respects to Yinzhen and his entourage, the Tenth Lady tactfully withdrew, saying that she would prepare a table of delicious food for her two brothers to dine with.

Yinzhen came over, lifted the quilt, stretched out his finger and poked it gently, and Yin screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

"Ninth brother, don't touch it, it hurts so much." Yin grimaced, and it was obvious that the beating was very heavy.

Yinzhen sat in the position of the Tenth Lady just now and ate a piece of grape. The iced grape made him feel very comfortable.

"I heard that our Tenth Prince was in the Yangxin Palace pleading for the rebels. Your trip out here not only made you more capable, but also more courageous."

Yin covered his face with his hands: "I was just impulsive."

"If your surname wasn't Aisin-Gioro, the Emperor would sentence you to death on the spot and no one would say a word against it." Yinzhen was so angry that he hit Yin's wound hard.

"It hurts!!!!" Yin screamed.

"It's good that it hurts. If it doesn't hurt, you won't learn your lesson." Yinzhen took out a medicine bottle from his arms. "This is the secret medicine from the palace that mother gave to you when she heard that you were beaten. It's very effective. I'll let my sister-in-law apply it on you later." Yinzhen stood at the window without saying a word when he saw Yinzhen come in. "Fourth brother, do you also think your brother did something wrong?"

Yinzhen looked back at Yin, it was a pity that this younger brother had a pure heart.

"The sage said that the people are the most important, the country is second, and the emperor is the least important." Yinzhen said, "This is what people who have read too much believe. In the eyes of the emperor, the emperor's power is greater than heaven. You contradicted the emperor in public, but he only got 20 strokes of the cane and then let you go. It shows that the emperor loves you."

Yin fixed his eyes on the porcelain vase in the window. His lips were bitten until they broke. "Men's struggle for power and profit has nothing to do with a twelve-year-old girl!"

"Fourth brother, it is obvious that eldest brother's top priority this time is to suppress the prince's faction. The governor of Shandong is still in custody, and everything he does will be regarded as instructed by the prince." Yin buried his head in the pillow and said in a muffled voice.

"My younger brother is not stupid. He can see that my elder brother wants to be the crown prince."

"If everyone can be the crown prince, do you want to be one, fourth brother?"

Yinzhen turned the ring on his hand and said, "Brother Crown Prince is the legitimate son of Empress Yuan. He has worshipped heaven and earth. He cannot be deposed unless he has committed a serious fault. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is one of the foundations of the country."

"As long as the prince is still the prince, we are loyal to him." Yinzhen glared at Yin after saying this, "If you still can't change your habit of talking nonsense, then I'll beat you with a few dozen sticks!"

Yin's expression changed instantly: "Brother, why don't you just stop talking?"

Yinzhen stayed to keep Yin company and entertain him, but Yinzhen was worried about Honghui and went back home on the pretext of having something to do.

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After drinking medicinal food for so many days in a row, Honghui no longer struggled. When he washed his face in the morning, he felt that he had pimples on his face. This was obviously due to over-supplementation.

Honghui even thought it was no problem if he woke up with a nosebleed one morning.

After enjoying his mother's care from head to toe, Honghui followed Yinzhen back to the front yard and breathed a sigh of relief.

It was really *from head to toe. Honghui felt that his mother wanted to strip him of his clothes. It was so scary.

Yinzhen looked at Honghui and nodded, saying, "Well, nothing unusual."

"Your tenth uncle was beaten in front of the emperor. What do you think?" Yinzhen held a book in his hand, opened it but did not read it.

"My son heard that Feng Liqing, a disciple of the Nalan family, is temporarily appointed as the governor of Shandong." Honghui opened his mouth, but said something else, "My son thinks that uncle cannot get what he wants."

Yinzhen nodded, motioning him to continue.

"The Emperor likes Western learning, especially the word balance. It is a great achievement that my uncle successfully suppressed the bandits this time. If my tenth uncle hadn't been beaten, there might still be some possibility."

Yinzhen smiled and said, "Don't be rude to your uncle."

"So what do you think about the Qin brothers and sisters?"

Honghui was silent for a while, he looked up at Yinzhen and said: "Father, although uncle's methods are dishonorable, speed is of the essence in war, and those in power hate women's kindness the most."

"But there are so many grievances among the people, and there are only a few people like Brother Qin who dare to resist. I admire his courage." After Honghui finished speaking, he glanced at Yinzhen again, fearing that his father would be angry.

Yinzhen did not comment on Honghui's speech. He waved his hand to signal Honghui to go down: "Remember to drink a bowl of ginger soup before going to bed. Go."

Upon hearing this, Honghui went out with a sad face.

His yard is next to Hongyun's yard.

Hongyun saw his elder brother coming out of Ama's yard with a dejected face, and he felt the same way: "Brother, did Ama scold you?"

Honghui shook his head and waved him over. The two brothers shared a pot of ginger soup, chatted for a while, and then went to sleep.