Chapter 62 Yinzhen borrows money
Kangxi looked at the results of the investigation without saying a word. He was hoping day and night that Baocheng would have a legitimate son, as this was related to the stability of his position as crown prince and the inheritance of the Qing dynasty.

When the Crown Princess was three months pregnant, the Imperial Physician examined her pulse and told her that there was a 70% chance that the baby would be a prince.

The bunch of mediocre doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau never say anything they are 100% sure of. If they say they are 70% sure, that's basically it.

Since then, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess entered their honeymoon period. Baocheng would either attend court or study or stay in the Crown Princess's courtyard. Although he still disliked the Crown Princess, he chose to be patient for the sake of his legitimate son.

Who would have thought that the Crown Princess, who had been suppressed by Li Jia for so many years, would turn the tables and start a quiet rectification. It might sound simple, but with the Crown Prince's tacit approval, Li Jia suffered a lot.

She had been pampered for decades, and her body couldn't stand such torture, so she fell ill.

Without the approval of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, no one dared to leave Yuqing Palace to invite an imperial physician for Li Jia. Her illness became more and more serious. Hongxi and Hongjin rarely saw their mother, and suddenly found that their mother was suffering. They were furious and wanted to go to the Crown Prince for support.

Where is the prince at this time? Naturally, he is with the Crown Princess.

The Crown Princess's light-hearted words, "How can a lowly person see the imperial physician?" ignited Hongxi's anger. He subconsciously pushed the Crown Princess, but he didn't expect that she fell so badly.

The most suspicious thing among them are several white rice-sized beads scattered on the ground.

Kangxi thought for a moment and ordered, "Call the crown prince!"

Yinreng didn't want to see the Crown Princess's crying face, so he was drinking alone in Yuqing Palace to drown his sorrows. When he heard the Emperor's summons, he immediately rinsed his mouth, tidied his clothes and went there.

After paying respects, Kangxi looked calm and asked, "How is the Crown Princess?"

"The imperial physician said that the root of the fetus has been damaged. If you want to get pregnant again, you have to wait at least three years." Yinreng said truthfully.

"Well." Kangxi continued to ask, "Have you come to a conclusion about what happened yesterday?"

"Father Emperor, Hongxi was indeed reckless, but please be lenient with him considering his pure heart." Yinreng knelt down and begged for mercy. His legitimate son was gone, and his eldest son was also gone.

Kangxi frowned and felt slightly disappointed with the prince.

A small detail can reveal a big picture. One day passed and the prince did not conduct a thorough investigation. Even in his own small piece of land, Yuqing Palace, he was deceived and could not see the truth, let alone rule the world.

"So what do you want to do?"

Yinreng thought for a moment and said: "It would be better to punish him by beating him ten times and then make him copy the scripture a hundred times to pray for the unborn prince."

Kangxi patiently taught him: "No matter what, the Crown Princess is the legitimate mother of Hongxi and Hongjin. Breaking into the legitimate mother's bedroom and fighting with her, is this the rule I taught you?"

Yinreng said repeatedly: "I dare not."

"You don't dare, but your son does." Kangxi pointed at him and said, "Why does the Crown Princess have to be so hard on Li Jia? The reason is that you dote on her too much and lost your sense of propriety. As the Prince of the East Palace, how can you favor your concubine over your wife?"

Yinreng's face turned pale, and he knelt down and kowtowed: "My son knows his fault, please calm down, Father."

"If you can't even clean up your own house, how can you clean up the world?" Kangxi stared at the prince and said word by word, "Governing a country is like governing a family. Rules and laws are the most important. If you take the lead in breaking the rules, then your family will no longer be a family, and your country will no longer be a country."

"Your son is ashamed. You will follow the teachings of your father." Yinreng's worry gradually settled down. The fact that his father was still willing to teach him in this way showed that he was not too angry yet.

"Get up, you should comfort the Crown Princess. I will appoint you a concubine in the next selection." Kangxi sighed, "You need someone powerful to take care of your backyard."

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After the prince left, Kangxi thought that Honghui did not come today, so he asked about Liang Jiugong.

Little did he know that Honghui, who was being thought of by Kangxi at this time, was looking curiously at the foal in his hand.

What a palm-sized pony, covered in gold. It must be made of gold.

Honghui looked at Uncle Jiu curiously. Uncle Jiu would give him those little gold toys every time they met. Could it be that Uncle Jiu's house was all made of gold? The history books said "a beautiful woman is hidden in a golden house", who did Uncle Jiu hide? Yinzhen saw that his nephew was looking at him strangely, so he kept a kind smile.

Knowing that he came to see his father, Honghui tactfully withdrew after receiving the gift from Uncle Jiu.

"What do you want?" Yinzhen asked.

Yinzhen sat down with a smile, crossing his legs in an unbelievable manner: "Look at what Fourth Brother said, we are two brothers, does the younger brother have to have something to do before he can come?"

"Since everything is alright, then take care and leave, Su Peisheng!" Yinzhen began to grind, not intending to continue paying attention to him.

"Alas, please don't bother Eunuch Su. Fourth brother, I am here." Yinzhen hesitated for a while, "Last time, I went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang with fourth brother, and I had a lot of insights. Recently, I also expanded my business there. It's just that the scale expanded a little too fast, and I lacked some money for turnover."

"Fourth brother, I won't take your money for nothing. I'll consider it as your investment. At the end of the year, I'll not only pay you back but also share in the dividends. How do you think?"

"You talk as if I care about your dividends." Yinzhen rolled his eyes at Yinlu, "Su Peisheng!"

Su Peisheng understood and took out a small box from the box at the innermost side of the bookshelf, held it up with both hands and handed it to Yinzhen.

Yin'er's eyes lit up as he took it and opened it impatiently. He roughly counted it and found that it was two hundred thousand taels.

"Fourth brother, I..." Yinzhen wanted to say that he didn't need these.

Yinzhen took over the conversation: "These are what I am going to use to build a mansion for the Fourteenth Prince. If you pay for it, you can give the mansion to the Fourteenth Prince in the future."

"Tsk, who has the patience to live with that troublemaker." Yinzhen put the box away, "Don't worry, fourth brother, I will not fail in my mission. Not only can I repay the principal, but I can also save up a betrothal gift for our eldest nephew."

"Get out of here now." Yinzhen couldn't stand Yin'er's nonsense and said with disgust.

Having achieved his goal, Yinzhen immediately changed his depressed look at the door and went out happily, jumping up and down.

Yinzhen looked at Yin'er's back. All of his brothers were good-looking, except for the ninth brother, who was extremely gorgeous. When he was young, he looked androgynous in a red dress. Just now, he smiled brightly and was radiant.

"Su Peisheng, go check where your Ninth Master went before he came to my place." He walked in with a dusty face and a look of being rejected.

"Yes."

Yinzhen left the Fourth Prince's Mansion and went to find the Tenth Prince: "Fourth Brother is really righteous. He didn't even ask me how to spend the money or how to calculate the interest. He just gave it to me, and he took so much money at once."

The Eleventh Old Man counted them one by one and said, "That's not right. Fourth Brother's allowance is not much more than ours. With so much money, he wouldn't be corrupt, would he?"

Old Nine was furious when he heard this and punched him: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could Fourth Brother, who looks so righteous, do such a thing? I guess it's the property left by the former Imperial Concubine and the business that Fourth Brother has been running for these years."

The tenth elder smiled innocently: "My mother left quite a bit, but I have spent almost all of it."

"I didn't count on you at all. You count on the emperor to support you." Lao Jiu rolled his eyes and suddenly sneered, "It's just that we usually send a lot of dividends to the starling, but I didn't expect it to be a Pixiu, with only money coming in but no money going out."

Lao Shi was silent for a while: "Maybe it's just that they can't make ends meet for the time being."

"And he just gave me three thousand taels of silver to get rid of me?" Yinzhen became more and more angry as he spoke. "With the little silver he put in before, how many tens of thousands of taels of silver can he get as dividends every time?"

"This is not how a brother acts." Yinzhen was furious and seemed to want to cut ties with him.

The Tenth Elder patted Yinzhen's shoulder and said, "No matter what you choose, I will follow you."

"Of course." Yinzhen raised his eyebrows proudly, then he covered his shoulder, "I told you that you are strong, be gentler next time, idiot!"