Chapter 163: The Crown Prince is Reinstated
The Eighth Prince was released after being imprisoned for a few days. The Emperor stripped him of his title and he is now just an ordinary member of the royal family. All his duties were stopped and he was left unemployed at home, having to start from scratch.

In this turmoil, the one who was actually affected was the Nalan family. Mingzhu's idea of ​​having a good beginning and a good end finally turned out to be a pipe dream. He was given a cup of poisoned wine. The Nalan family was leaderless and was immediately divided up. Overnight, it lost its former glory.

Yinsi was not mistreated in the clan residence. Prince Yu treated all his sons and nephews equally. He just didn't pay any special attention to them. When he returned to his own residence, he stepped over the fire basin and drove away the bad luck. What he saw was Fu Jin, who was forcing a smile with tears in her eyes, and the child in his arms.

Hongwang was well-educated. When he saw him looking at him, he called "Ama" in a baby voice. The Eighth Prince picked him up and shook him around. He and the Lady Fu Jin went to the main courtyard, leaving Nalan and several concubines behind her.

Perhaps it was because adversity tests true friendship, the Eighth Lady felt that she and Yinsi had become much closer, as if they had returned to the time when they first got married, when it was just the two of them and no one else.

Now, in addition to the two of them, there is also Hongwang, the little troublemaker.

The Eighth Lady would like this child, if he didn't look more and more like Nalan.

Yinsi took some time to visit Nalan's courtyard, and the two sat opposite each other in silence.

"You betrayed me?" Yinsi was a little confused. He had given Nalan enough respect and love, and they also had a son. During the few days in the clan house, he carefully sorted out what had happened recently, and he found that he had overlooked a very important link.

Ever since someone went missing from the mansion, Yinsi had wondered if there was an internal thief, and had conducted an internal screening, but to no avail.

Now that I think about it, it was a foreshadowing. If it weren't for the female relatives' collusion, Tao'er wouldn't have been taken away so easily.

Nalan looked up at Yinsi, hatred flashing in her eyes: "Eighth Master, do you know what is the most unforgivable thing for a mother?"

"Just take the child away from her."

"Guo Luoluo is jealous and infertile. I gave birth to a child for my father, but she took it away so easily. That child is my child. Why should I let her raise him?"

"You know how terrified I am. When I think of my Hongwang living under the clutches of that vicious woman, I wish I could eat her alive."

"I was so desperate and begged you many times, but you didn't care about us mother and son at all. It doesn't matter whether Hongwang can survive or not. You will have many more children. Hahahaha."

"My last name is Nalan, you won't know it now, will you?" Nalan drank tea calmly, "It's not a pity for me to die, but you have to take good care of Hongwang."

"Perhaps, this is your only child." After Nalan said this, Yinsi's heart moved.

"What do you mean?"

"It means exactly what it says." Nalan said no more.

Yinsi looked at her strangely and didn't want to say more to her. Anyway, the Nalan family had fallen, so she, as a concubine, had no value.

He returned to the study and called the court doctor to take his pulse. The court doctor took a long time and said, "My Lord, your pulse seems to indicate that you have taken something toxic and injured your body."

"What effect?" Yinsi had the worst thought.

"My medical skills are not very good, and it may have some impact on my offspring." The court doctor felt that his life was over, as he had discovered such a secret. However, he was a servant of the Eighth Master, and keeping silent about it was never an option for him.

Yinsi asked him to leave with a gloomy face, and privately found many famous doctors, anonymously paid a lot of money to ask them to take his pulse, and finally confirmed that he would not have children in the future. "Nalan!" It must be her doing, Yinsi went to her yard angrily, only to see that the door of the bedroom was closed tightly.

Seeing Yinsi coming with such force, the servants in the room wanted to stop him and give their master a warning, but the most respectable maid was kicked in the heart, and no one dared to offend him again.

Yinsi pushed open the door and smelled a very strange smell. He looked up and saw a person hanging from the beam. The servants hurriedly carried the person down and found that he was already dead.

Yinsi didn't expect that the person who was talking to him yesterday was gone today, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

He ordered the servants to take good care of Nalan's appearance, and suddenly found a note left on the dressing table.

"Eighth Master, I am guilty and will leave first. Please take good care of Hongwang, take care!" These two short lines were written in a hurry and the handwriting was very sloppy.

Yinsi sighed, collected the note, and went to discuss with Guo Luoluo about arranging Nalan's funeral.

Hearing that Nalan committed suicide, the Eighth Lady was not as happy as she had imagined. Sooner or later, other women would come into the Eighth Master's house. With Nalan supporting her, and her son in her arms, she was the scapegoat for so many times, how could she die!
"Give her a proper burial." If she were still alive, Yinsi would have tortured her severely. But now that she died so decisively, he felt a lot of pity in his heart.

Perhaps, it was this palace that forced her to death.

I still remember when Qing'er first came into the mansion, she was such a bright and gentle person.

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The first month of the 48th year of the Kangxi reign
The emperor frequently summoned the deposed prince. At first, it was just the father and son alone. Later, when Kangxi summoned adults, he began to not avoid Yinreng, and occasionally even asked for his opinion.

More often than not, court officials could see Kangxi and his son teasing Prince Hongzhao. It was much more interesting after the child could speak.

Kangxi would also express his feelings, saying that the crown prince had gotten rid of the influence of the evil spirit and had returned to his previous gentleness and courtesy, and should be a model for the princes. He even said that he had dreamed of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, who asked him in his dream, "Is Baocheng good?"

After all this preparation, Kangxi proposed the issue of establishing a crown prince during a morning court session.

"Who do you think among my princes is capable of this important task?"

Everyone looked at the first prince standing. For a period of time before, Prince Cheng was the first, but today it was Yinreng. He was not wearing the prince's clothes, but ordinary clothes, staring at everyone without changing his expression.

To Kangxi's surprise, many people recommended the Eighth Prince. Among them, important ministers such as Ma Qi, Alinga, and Orondei jointly recommended him, but Kangxi did not say a word.

A minister who had guessed Kangxi's intention tentatively recommended the deposed crown prince, and Kangxi softened his attitude and nodded.

Since this was the case, the court officials understood the emperor's intentions and began to sing praises and build momentum for the deposed prince.

That month, the crown prince was successfully reinstated. At the same time, Kangxi also promoted the titles of the other princes.

Yinzhen was conferred the title of Prince Yong, Prince Cheng was promoted to Prince Cheng, the fifth prince was conferred the title of Prince Heng, and those from the seventh to the thirteenth were all conferred the title of Beile, and the fourteenth was a Beizi.

The difference is that this time the regulations for the crown prince's restoration were completely simplified in accordance with Kangxi's opinions, and Yinreng returned to Yuqing Palace with his family.

"I'm back again." Yinreng muttered to himself, "This time, Father Huang, we'll fight to the death!"