"The emperor posthumously crowned the fourth elder brother as the prince of treasure, and he has already given the fourth elder brother great mourning, and there is no grievance."

"No, that's not enough." Yin Zhen paced back and forth in the hall, and in such pacing, he made a decision that even Yunxiang didn't expect, "I want to posthumously crown Hongli as the crown prince, and I want to tell the whole world that he is the prince I have always wanted." ”

Yun Xiang naturally didn't have any opinion on this, but he still reminded responsibly: "If the emperor does this, it will definitely provoke the criticism of the ministers of the court and China." ”

"If they want to criticize, they can criticize, haven't I received enough criticism over the years? This honor is owed to their mother and son, and must be given to them. Seeing that Yinzhen insisted on his opinion, Yunxiang no longer persuaded more, but said: "The younger brother will tell the Ministry of Rites and let them handle the funeral of the fourth elder brother according to the prince's specifications." ”

Just as Yunxiang was about to retreat, Yinzhen remembered something and hurriedly called him and said, "I remember that when Hongli went to Lianjiang County, Zhaohui and Ah Gui also followed, right?" ”

Yun Xiang said a little strangely: "Yes, that's what Lin Xueli said on the fold, is there anything wrong?" ”

"The spies I sent recognized Zhaohui and Gui, but they said that among the more than 100 people who were buried, no trace of Zhaohui and Gui was found."

Yinzhen's words lifted Yunxiang's spirits, and he hurriedly said, "Aren't the two of them dead?" ”

"I have this suspicion, but if they didn't die, where did they go, and why didn't they appear?"

"This ......" Yunxiang couldn't answer for a while, and thought for a while: "There is another possibility, they are indeed not dead, but they were arrested, but the younger brother can't think of a reason to arrest them, I wonder if the emperor has a clue?" ”

"I can't think of it, but I always feel that this is a very critical place, if I can find them, maybe I will know who the real murderer of Hongli is!"

Yinzhen was ready to be posthumously crowned as the crown prince, as soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a huge controversy, and the hundred officials believed that since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there had never been such a precedent, and even the death of the son of Concubine Dong E, who was favored by Shunzhi Ye, was just a posthumous title to Prince Rong. Besides, the fourth elder brother is not the eldest son, and the biological mother is just a concubine, how can he be qualified to be posthumously crowned as the prince, if he is really posthumously sealed, where should the face of the second elder brother, who is the eldest son, be placed?

Combined with the above reasons, the ministers vigorously opposed it in the court and asked Yinzhen to change back to the previous decision, that is, to posthumously crown Prince Bao. However, Yinzhen has made up his mind, and on the grounds that the fourth elder brother died for the Qing Dynasty, he is determined to posthumously crown him as the crown prince.

For a time, Yinzhen and hundreds of officials were in a stalemate, engaged in a tug-of-war, and every day in the court, officials played to ask Yinzhen to take back his fate, because of this matter, Hongli's nickname has not been decided. The ministers played again and again, not only did not make Yinzhen change his mind, but made Yinzhen Longyan angry, and he dragged the ministers who opposed the most fierce to the outside of the Heart Cultivation Hall and scolded them in public.

He asked himself that he was never a benevolent monarch, and when the minister wanted to challenge his bottom line or even control him, he didn't mind using cold-blooded means to suppress him.

After this incident, no one raised any objections, and the Ministry of Rites quickly gave Hongli's nickname - Crown Prince Baoshuo.

When the Guarjia clan told Ling Ruo about this, her hand holding the tea trembled, but she didn't say anything, just looked out the window at the non-stop autumn rain.

Seeing her like this, Guerjia sighed lightly: "Ruo'er, it's been so many days, you really can't let go at all?" In fact, the emperor has really done a lot for you and Hongli, forgiving others is equivalent to forgiving yourself, why are you so persistent? ”

Ling Ruo retracted his gaze and said lightly, "My sister promised me that I wouldn't mention him, why did she go back on her word?" ”

"I just don't want you to hurt yourself and the people who care about you." Guerjia took the tea cup in her hand, put her cup in her hand instead, and said: "Just like this tea, it is obviously hot, you don't hold it, but you want to hold the one that is already cold." ”

"Whether it's Prince Bao or Crown Prince Baoshuo, everything is false, for me, the only real thing is Hongli, as long as he can come back to life, I can do whatever I want." Although many days have passed, the pain in her heart has not been alleviated in the slightest, as long as she closes her eyes, Hongli's voice and smile appear in front of her, making her mistakenly think that Hongli is still alive, and she just had a nightmare before; But every time she opened her eyes, reality would cruelly remind her that it was not a nightmare, Hongli was really gone.

Guarjia stroked his forehead and said, "You know that this is impossible. ”

Ling Ruo said without blinking: "Since it is impossible, then sister should not mention it again, I will not forgive him, just like Hongli will not come back to life." ”

Seeing her like this, the Guerjia clan didn't know what to say, so they could only sigh incessantly, this knot in Ling Ruo's heart was too deep, and he couldn't untie it for a while.

At the same moment, the Nala clan was listening to Yingge in the Kunning Palace, and after listening, she frowned and said, "The emperor's attitude is really so resolute, there is not even a trace of room to turn back?" ”

Ying Ge smiled bitterly: "If there is really room for return, those ministers will not be beaten, and they will be beaten one by one, and they will not be able to stand up." ”

Nala's armored fingers swiped across the lid, leaving a white mark, "The emperor's attention to Hongli is really a surprise to the palace, and it is a loss that Hongli is dead this time, otherwise he will be the crown prince." ”

Yingge took over and said: "Niangniang is right, otherwise we have united so many ministers, even if we persuade the emperor, we should persuade the emperor to change his mind." After this incident, those ministers didn't dare to say a word anymore, so Weichen specially went into the palace to ask Niangniang's opinion to see what we should do next, if the emperor really asked the fourth elder brother to be posthumously crowned as the crown prince, the second elder brother would be very embarrassed. ”

Nala knocked lightly on the table and muttered: "The emperor did this, obviously thinking that he was worthy of the fourth elder brother, so he desperately made amends, and the prince was not enough, so he simply posthumously named him the crown prince." Since the emperor's attitude is so resolute, let him go, the fourth elder brother on the left and right is already dead, there is no need to fight with the dead, these mourning rights should be the last little comfort for the Niu Hulu clan. ”

Inge nodded, and said with some anxiety: "But the second elder brother ......"

Nala looked at him and said: "It's just embarrassing, it can't get in the way, and if he can't even get through this little hurdle, how can he be an emperor who reigns over the world?" ”

"That's what the mother said." Although Inge is the younger brother of the Nala clan, he never dares to refute the words of the Nala clan.