Chapter 157 Irreconcilable
After the crown prince was deposed, the emperor was in a bad mood. The palace servants in the Yangxin Palace continued their life in fear outside the Great Wall. Everyone had trained themselves to walk silently in the dark without encountering any obstacles. Those who had not mastered the skill disappeared.

Just as the news came from the palace that Kangxi had once again brought Hongzhao to his presence and teased him, Prince Zhi could no longer bear it. He mobilized almost all the energy of himself and the Nalan family and proposed to Kangxi to establish a crown prince.

Kangxi directly took down several officials who had been clamoring the most in the morning court, stripped them of all their titles, and imposed the punishment of exile thousands of miles away, which directly silenced those who had submitted memorials to establish a crown prince.

"The matter of the crown prince is the foundation of the country. It is not an excuse for people like you to fight for power. Whoever instigates me to establish a crown prince is treason!" Kangxi made the final decision, shattering the Prince of Zhi's idea of ​​soaring to the sky. He looked quite ashamed after leaving the court.

He was unwilling to give up and wanted to try harder, so he went to the Yangxin Palace to wait after the morning court session.

There are a number of waiting seats here. Many ministers were called here by Kangxi. There are also some like the Prince of Zhi who have never been summoned but wanted to try their luck, just in case the emperor has time.

When Prince Zhi sat down, he happened to see the Ninth Prince coming out. He looked up and down at this ninth prince, who was the most handsome among his brothers.

In just one month since I last saw him, my ninth brother had lost at least ten pounds, his chin was pointed, and his face seemed to have some makeup on. Even so, it couldn't hide the dark circles at the corners of his eyes, as if he hadn't had a good rest for a long time.

He was wearing ordinary royal blue clothes, but the bright color made his face look even darker, and most importantly, his eyes.

Originally, the Ninth Brother was lively and full of vitality, but now Prince Zhi could only see loneliness and coldness in his eyes.

When his ninth brother looked at him, Prince Zhi couldn't help but shake his shoulders and felt uncomfortable.

"Greetings to Prince Zhi." As soon as Yinzhen opened his mouth, he frightened Prince Zhi.

"Laojiu, what's wrong with your throat?"

Yinzhen touched his protruding Adam's apple and said, "The high fever damaged my throat. The imperial physician said that I can recover slowly. I'm sorry, big brother."

"Your illness looks serious, go back and recuperate." Prince Zhi thought about the clues he had found and had some guesses about his illness.

Yinzhen came today to express his gratitude. While Kangxi was deposing the crown prince, he did not forget to instruct Liang Jiugong to send him medicinal herbs. His deep love for his son is truly touching.

Kangxi never asked Yinzhen what was wrong with him from beginning to end, but the father and son just chatted. Seeing that the emperor looked tired, Yinzhen tactfully left first. Before leaving, he saw a man dressed as a doctor waiting outside the palace. He felt a little strange. Judging from the man's clothes, he seemed to be from the common people, and did not look like a new physician in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

He waited from noon till dark, and finally heard no word from Liang Jiugong. Prince Zhi walked out of the palace with his head hung.

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Yinzhen saw that Yin'er had recovered like a normal person, but his originally bright and enthusiastic ninth brother now looked lifeless and exuded a gloomy aura.

It is not easy to quit drugs, as for other things, I'll take my time to recover, Yinzhen thought, and took people to a secret room.

There was a woman imprisoned inside. The moment Yinzhen saw her, veins popped up on his forehead. He rushed over and pinched her neck hard, muttering, "Poisonous woman! Poisonous woman!"

"Ninth brother, she is not Yan Ying'er, let go." Seeing that his ninth brother was so weak that he couldn't even cause any substantial harm to a weak woman, Yinzhen's hatred for the person behind the scenes increased a little more.

Yin'er's eyes gradually became clear, and he looked up and down at the woman in pink. She was indeed more mature than his former "concubine".

"This is Yan Tao'er." Yinzhen explained to Yinzhen, "They are sisters."

"This woman was stolen from the Eighth Master's residence." Yinzhen said bluntly, "The Eighth Master's concubine helped our people to bring her out without anyone noticing."

"I haven't interrogated this man yet." Yinzhen said, "I'll leave him to you." Old Nine has been through such a hard time for a long time, he needs to vent.

Yinzhen shook his head: "Fourth brother, ask whatever you want, and just tell me the result. It doesn't matter if she doesn't confess."

"Fourth brother, I was naive before, I thought... we were all brothers." Yinzhen laughed at himself, he shook his skinny arms, "Now my brother has been taught a lesson, fourth brother, rest assured, from now on, the eighth brother and I will never coexist!"

"The Tenth Prince was trapped by him. He was also capable of harming Honghui. He might also be responsible for the Fourth Sister-in-law's incident. Fourth brother, we can't just sit there and wait for death. We must fight back!" Yinzhen's eyes flashed with intense hatred.

Yinzhen patted him soothingly and nodded to show that he understood.

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Wanyan invited Yihuan to take a hot spring bath. Yihuan took the eldest princess and Liuliu to her dowry farm, ready to relax.

The eldest princess was taking Liuliu to play in the water, while Wanyan and Yihua were lying by the hot spring enjoying massage services.

"Fourth sister-in-law, this is someone sent by my sister-in-law from my mother's side. This is her massage skill." Wanyan gave a thumbs up.

Yihua deeply agreed that this strength was indeed that of a trained martial artist.

"Fourth sister-in-law, you may not know this, but Fourteenth Master has been in great trouble recently." Yihuan stared at Wanyan's beaming face and thought that this couple was really interesting.

"My sister-in-law looks very happy." Yihuan said sincerely.

"Haha." Wanyan laughed, "I don't know how our master offended the Fourth Prince, and he has been punished severely recently."

"His attendant said that whenever the Fourth Prince meets our master, he will get angry and say things that are hard to refute."

"Our master was so angry that he couldn't refute it, so he could only hold his anger in. So he went to race horses to vent his anger."

"Fourth sister-in-law, do you know how our master offended Lord Beile?"

Yihuan understood this time. She looked at Wanyan in surprise. She originally thought that the two were just a "plastic" couple, but she didn't expect Wanyan to be willing to help find out.

If you ask her the reason, Yihuan actually knows it.

One is the old grudges that have accumulated over the years, and the other is Hongchun’s words relayed by Liuliu.

When a child says something like "your parents don't want you", it is likely that it is malicious. In addition, Yinzhen thought that he was abandoned by his own mother, so this sentence directly hit the nail on the head. It is the father's fault for not raising and educating the child. Yinzhen put all the blame on the Fourteenth Master.

"What are you talking about, sister-in-law? Our grandfather and the Fourteenth Master are brothers from the same mother. To be frank, our grandfather thinks that the Fourteenth Master and Honghui are no different. Beating is a sign of love and scolding is a sign of care. You also know that the situation outside is tense right now. Our grandfather probably wants to keep an eye on the Fourteenth Master and make sure he doesn't touch the Emperor's taboos." Yihuan certainly couldn't admit that Yinzhen was deliberately seeking revenge, so she started talking nonsense.

Wanyan was speechless, "Fourth sister-in-law, this is boring. Forget it, let's not talk about him. The eldest princess is not young anymore. What are your plans?"

"Our master knows about this matter. He loves his daughter very much and wants her to stay for a few more years. There is no rush." ​​Yihuan changed the subject. Even if Wanyan wanted to act as a matchmaker, she couldn't agree.

"How is Hongming doing recently? I heard that he caught a cold and the Empress in the palace was extremely worried." Yihuan changed the subject, and Wanyan talked even more eloquently about Hongming.