Chapter 158: The art of hating victory
The Prince of Zhi has been having a very hard time recently. He thought that after overthrowing the Crown Prince, he would be able to succeed to the throne naturally with his favor. However, the Emperor simply refused to see him. Even the Nalan clan suffered a blow. Mingzhu was scolded by the Emperor almost every day.

He seemed to see the scene before Soltu's death, which was very similar to the present. So the bad-tempered Prince Zhi exploded when he met the triumphant Prince Cheng.

Prince Cheng was ordered to revise a book, and he has made some progress. So he hurried to the palace to show his face in front of the emperor. The emperor has seen a lot of miserable sons recently, so he praised Prince Cheng for his rare kindness and gave him many rewards.

When Prince Cheng came out of the Yangxin Palace and saw Prince Zhi waiting there, he felt a subtle sense of superiority. You see, before it was you and the crown prince inside, while your younger brother was waiting outside. Now the situation has changed, which is really wonderful.

"Brother, the Emperor asked me to come out and tell you that he will not summon you today. Go back and come back tomorrow." Prince Cheng had a smile in his eyes and waved a folding fan in his hand, looking very high-spirited.

Prince Zhi began to wonder in his heart, could it be that the Emperor has set his eyes on the third son?

With such suspicion, Prince Zhi did not hesitate to impeach several ministers who relied on the third brother to get to the top. The third brother became anxious when he saw that his spies in the court had been caught.

He devoted himself to studying books, but he did not want to be blind. He just left a few people in the court to prevent himself from becoming cannon fodder without knowing anything.

After all, Prince Cheng had been a prince for such a long time, and he put in the effort to investigate, and he did find some clues.

Prince Cheng felt that his eldest brother was a mad dog. Not only did he bite the crown prince, but he also came to bite him. He could not just sit there and wait for death, so he pondered for a long time and came up with a brilliant plan.

October of the 47th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi
Prince Cheng submitted a memorial to the emperor accusing Prince Zhi of using witchcraft on the crown prince, causing him to be possessed by evil spirits, behave rudely, offend the emperor, and disrespect human ethics. He also earnestly stated that none of this was the crown prince's fault.

The literary talent of Prince Cheng is obvious to all. He is also the prince who has the most in-depth study of Chinese studies except for the Crown Prince. With his inspiration flowing, he first eulogized Kangxi's achievements, and then turned to say how could the Crown Prince, whom he had carefully brought up, suddenly change his temperament. There are reasons for this, and it is all Prince Zhi's fault!

The Eighth Prince fell silent as he watched Prince Cheng's impassioned speech. He wondered if his Third Brother had become stupid from reading so much that he could come up with such an outrageous idea.

Even the Prince of Zhi stood up straight and was not afraid. The Emperor must be crazy to believe in witchcraft.

Just when everyone was laughing at Prince Cheng's joke, Kangxi made a move. He looked around at the princes and said, "Investigate!"

Liang Jiugong personally led his men and, under the supervision of Prince Yu, began a vigorous palace search.

As a result, they actually found a few cloth dolls in Yuqing Palace. The prince's birth date was written on them, and silver needles were inserted into them according to some rules. They looked somewhat evil.

All the princes in the Yangxin Palace were waiting for the results of the palace search. The Fourteenth Prince came over with a playful smile and said, "Third brother, this is a move that will shock the world. You know about such a secret. It seems that you are not just doing things behind closed doors."

Yinzhen glared at Fourteenth. While others were unable to dodge, he actually moved forward.

As he had been under the supervision of Yinzhen recently, Fourteenth Subconsciously leaned back, trying to disappear from Yinzhen's sight.

Prince Cheng was sweating all over at this time. He was just angry for a moment and wanted to make Prince Zhi suffer, but he didn't expect the emperor to react like this.

What if this is not found?
He said that the Prince of Zhi destroyed it. He saw it with his own eyes. Yes, that's it!

Prince Cheng was ready to lie, but he saw Liang Jiugong coming over with a box in his hands. From his expression, it seemed that there was something incredible inside. Not long after Liang Jiugong entered the Yangxin Palace, he heard a series of crackling sounds of things breaking, followed by footsteps getting closer and closer. He saw Kangxi holding a sword and slashing hard at Prince Zhi, cutting a long hole in the dragon robe on Prince Zhi's body.

He threw the sword on the ground and smashed the Buddhist beads wrapped around his wrist towards Prince Zhi: "Rebellious son! You are plotting to murder the crown prince, you deserve death!"

Prince Zhi was stunned. He looked up at Prince Cheng and found that he also had a bewildered look on his face. He never expected that the excuse he made up on the spur of the moment would actually come true.

He could not remember clearly how the Prince of Zhi returned to the palace that day. He only knew that he kept kowtowing and shouting that he was innocent, but the emperor was so heartless that he didn't even look at him.

Prince Cheng returned home as if he was walking on cotton, one step deep and one step shallow. He locked himself in the study and didn't even see his favorite son.

Yinzhen's focus was on the emperor's title. He called him the crown prince, not the deposed crown prince. One word can make a world of difference.

Unexpectedly, before the crown prince really fell, the Prince of Zhi fell first, and it was the third brother who was usually timid and instigated it.

The box that Liang Jiugong took in must contain very important evidence, which was most likely the voodoo doll, as it could have made the emperor so angry and almost ruined the future of Prince Zhi in public.

Yinzhen didn't think that this thing was done by someone from the line of Prince Zhi. Prince Cheng's move could be said to be a stroke of genius that no one could have predicted in advance. Now that there is even physical evidence, the person who did it can only be... Liang Jiugong.

It was a reasonable guess, and Yinzhen felt as if he had grasped something.

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The decree that stripped the Prince of Zhi of his title and sentenced him to imprisonment once again silenced the ministers in the court.

However, within just a few months, the two most glorious princes of the Kangxi Dynasty were each beaten with fifty lashes by the emperor, and neither of them got any good result.

Prince Cheng's blow was fatal, but he was frightened half to death. He quickly said that he would stay at home to write and would not see any guests.

Yinzhen saw that the situation was not right and the eldest, second and third brothers had all hidden. He decided not to let the emperor's eyes fall on him at this time, so he acted first and reported to the emperor later. He took his wife and children out of the capital overnight and went to live in a quiet farm.

Only Honghui was left in Beijing because he had to go to the study.

After Honghui returned home, he found that his father, mother, Liuliu, Xiaolang and the new member Doudou were all gone, leaving Hongyun and the other person looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Brother, my elder sister has left with Ama and the others. Ama told me to tell you to take good care of the house." Hongyun relayed Yinzhen's words and concluded.

Honghui was at his wit's end. Why did the whole family go out for vacation, leaving only them and their brothers in distress? No, he had to go too.

Although the idea was good, Kangxi refused to let him go.

"Your father has gone to hide away." Kangxi naturally knew that Yinzhen had left overnight. He still had a good impression of this son. He never formed cliques for personal gain, was meticulous in his work, and was easy to use.

"Come and read to Huang Mafa." Kangxi pointed to a travel book. Honghui found that Huang Mafa had asked him to read to him more and more often recently, as if he was unwilling to use his own eyes.