Chapter 68 The Three-Day Period Has Arrived
The next day, Honghui entered the palace with his left hand wrapped in gauze.

Kangxi saw it at a glance and asked curiously: "Honghui, what's wrong with your hand?"

Honghui first knelt down and kowtowed three times, then said with a face full of shame: "Honghui admits his fault to the emperor. That day, Honghui deliberately mentioned my mother in front of the emperor. Yesterday, my father and my mother said that a gentleman treats others with sincerity. Honghui is not honest and behaves like a villain."

"Honghui's behavior has hurt the kindness of the Emperor Mafa. Please punish him."

Kangxi smiled knowingly. He signaled Liang Jiugong to help Honghui up, and waved his hand for Honghui to come to him.

"Did your father hit you?"

Honghui nodded shyly: "Father said to spank me first, and then spank me after my younger brother is born."

Kangxi thought about it and realized that the fourth son was worried about his wife and didn't want her to worry.

I didn't expect that the famous cold-faced prince in the capital would actually spend so much time and effort on a woman. This shows that he dotes on her.

"Huang Mafa, Honghui knows he was wrong. Can you forgive him?"

Kangxi saw the little man's sparkling eyes and pinched his fading baby fat: "This is just the first time, it won't happen again."

"Honghui thanks the Emperor." Honghui instantly broke into the warmest smile, which immediately infected Kangxi.

Kangxi's heart softened and he continued to teach him to read and write, just like before.

Honghui passed the test smoothly and resumed his honeymoon period with Kangxi. Yinzhen was a little worried about the porcelain vase that was causing trouble.

He didn't sleep the whole night yesterday, and he had almost found out the owner of the porcelain vase.

One of Yinzhen's retainers knew all these imported goods like the back of his hand. After studying them himself, he said, "My Lord, although this perfume has only become popular in the capital in recent years, a batch of it was actually brought into the capital decades ago. At that time, it was a rare item and was sent to the palace."

"I vaguely remember hearing that the empresses in the palace didn't like the taste, so they basically kept it in the closet or gave it to the servants as a reward." This retainer was related to the Lifanyuan people and was very sensitive to these foreign things. "At that time, the rewards in the palace were recorded, but so many years have passed, it's hard to say whether the records are complete."

This was very useful. The doorman gave a direction, which was the same as the vague hints given by Concubine De, both pointing to the harem.

If it comes to murdering the queen, the four concubines now all have motives, and Yinzhen believes that the mastermind is most likely among them.

Su Peisheng, a servant in the Beile Mansion, urgently sorted out the matter again and found that a young eunuch who was cleaning the base of the wall had died and fell into a dry well. If Su Peisheng had not been careful, this person would not have been discovered.

Yinzhen felt as if he was sinking into an icy cave. He wondered how many eunuchs like him there were in his Prince's Mansion, and who were the people behind them? Thinking about this, he could not sleep at night.

The background of this young eunuch was soon discovered. It was said that he was sworn brother to a palace maid in Yuqing Palace. However, since the relationship was known to everyone, it could not be used as evidence.

The maid in Yuqing Palace was named Yuhui, and she was the second-class maid of the Crown Princess.

After finding out this, Yinzhen had two guesses. One was that the Crown Princess was grieving over the loss of her son and took her anger out on Yihuan who was about to give birth. If this was true, then the Crown Princess was crazy and Yihuan was the unlucky one.

There is another possibility that there is someone behind Yu Hui, who not only planned the Crown Princess's miscarriage, but also extended her hand to Yi Huan.

The only people who can do this are undoubtedly the Four Concubines.

Yinzhen knew that he could not investigate further because Kangxi was the current owner of the Forbidden City and only he could move the people living there, not his son. ******
The three-day deadline had arrived. Yinzhen did not wear his Beile court robes, but changed into the prince's casual clothes and went to the Yangxin Palace to pay his respects.

At the door, he was stopped by Crown Prince Yinreng, who was dressed in bright yellow. He anxiously grabbed Yinzhen's wrist and said, "Fourth brother, how is your investigation going? Did someone really kill our mother?!"

Yinzhen immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty: "I pay my respects to the Crown Prince. I am incompetent and have not yet found out the truth. I am ashamed to come before the Emperor today to accept the punishment."

Yinreng hugged his shoulders and looked at Yinzhen who was kneeling on the ground. After a while, he said, "Fourth brother is very capable. I'm afraid it's not that he can't find out, but he just doesn't dare to say it."

"I am a dull young man and do not understand what you mean, Your Highness."

Liang Jiugong looked at the scene in front of him with a normal expression: "The Emperor summoned His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Four Princes to meet him!"

After Yinreng entered the palace, he immediately knelt down at Kangxi's feet, crying and wailing, his tears streaming down his face. It was really heartbreaking to hear: "Father, please help the Empress Dowager. Although I have always had doubts about the Empress Dowager's death, I know that it is also the pain in your heart, so I never dared to ask or think about it."

"Now that we have solid evidence that the Empress Dowager was murdered, the Emperor must make a decision for his son and the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager was so young when she passed away. The son could have had brothers and sisters, and he could have had his biological mother by his side."

"I have always envied my brothers since I was little. They all have a mother, but I don't." Yinreng cried out of breath and held Kangxi's legs tightly. "I often fantasize about what would happen if the Royal Mother was still alive. Please punish the real culprit severely!"

Yinzhen knelt far away at the door, watching his nose and his heart, as if he were dumb and deaf.

Kangxi was so moved by Yinreng's crying that he pulled the prince to comfort him. For a moment, the father was kind and the son was filial. Yinzhen watched coldly, his heart was calm. He even thought that if Honghui saw this scene, he would not say such stupid things as "The Queen really loves me."

All along, the only person Kangxi truly cared about was the Crown Prince.

The father and son exchanged their feelings. Yinreng turned his head and looked at Yinzhen with an expectant expression: "Fourth brother, tell us the truth in front of the emperor. Don't be afraid."

"Father Emperor, Second Brother Crown Prince, you all know my temper. I will say this to you honestly. This is my fault for being incompetent. I have been investigating for three days and have only found a few scattered clues, pointing to... the Crown Princess of Yuqing Palace."

"You were the Crown Prince and you were just born back then, let alone the Crown Princess. This is obviously a false clue."

"I am incompetent. Please punish me, Father."

Kangxi looked at his son calmly, studying his facial expression, and said after a while: "I said that day that if you can't find out the truth, I will take away your title of Beile. Do you know?"

"I understand. If you give the order, I will quit my job at the Ministry of Revenue from today and go to the study to study with my brothers." Yinzhen said with some yearning, "In just over a month, Honghui will also go to the study, and I will supervise his studies."

"You've found yourself a good job." Kangxi pointed at Yinzhen and smiled, "Okay, I didn't say I'm going to strip you of your title. It's not shameful to put your clothes back on."

"It just so happens that your wife is about to give birth, so you should stay at home and accompany her for a while." Kangxi said casually, "I am still looking forward to having another grandson as smart as Honghui."

Yinzhen followed the order and left the Yangxin Palace. Before leaving, he saw from the corner of his eye that the prince had stopped crying long ago, and his face had a gloomy expression.

On his way out of the palace, Yinzhen pondered slowly. The four concubines now all had princes raised by their parents. For the sake of his sons, he should consider the case. Moreover, it was an old case without sufficient evidence. He thought that the emperor would take his time and give appropriate punishment at the right time. It was hard to imagine that the emperor would do this.

The prince also knew that this was an unsolved case and was just a trick to win sympathy.

It is interesting that the father and son of the Tian family can do what they do.