Chapter 19: The Scapegoat
Everyone has not returned to the capital, but they received the bad news of the untimely death of the eighteenth elder brother, Kangxi was sad in his heart and did not want to see anyone.
Lin Feng and the elder brothers all came over to see Kangxi when they heard the news, but Ruoxi said that Kangxi didn't want to see anyone.
The fourth elder brother quietly found Ruoxi at this time, and didn't say a word about last night's incident, but revealed that the reason why Kangxi values Ruoxi is because Ruoxi is like Kangxi's daughter.
There was a thunderstorm at night, and only Kangxi and Ruoxi were left, and Kangxi rarely confided in his heart. said to Ruoxi why he has always favored the prince, it turns out that the prince has no mother since he was born, and the emperor has always been very fond of him and cultivated it personally, but unfortunately the bigger he is, the more he is angry......
The people around the prince have already been bought by Lin Feng, with the addition of oil and vinegar from the people around the prince, the prince was worried about the abnormality, so he disturbed Kangxi in the middle of the night, Kangxi was really angry this time, the eighteenth elder brother made him extremely hurt, and now the prince has come to make matters worse, coupled with the prince's misappropriation of tribute and other bad deeds, at this time Kangxi remembered them one by one. He immediately instructed Li Dequan to summon the accompanying officials.
Lin Feng knelt down and saw Kangxi with a sad face, staring at the prince with his eyes, he knew that this time the prince was very few.
When everyone arrived, Kangxi said in a deep voice: "The prince does not listen to the teachings, he can't see it, I have tolerated it for more than 20 years, not only does he not repent, but it is getting more and more intense, and it is really difficult to entrust the grand cause of the ancestors." ”
When Kangxi's words fell, everyone could only say in unison: "Please think twice." ”
"The prince is lawless, does not follow the precepts, behaves obediently, and does everything. In the twenty-ninth year, I fell ill on the way to Galdan, missed the prince, and specially called the prince to serve in the palace. Now that the eighteenth elder brother has died, everyone is worried about me, only you, only you, only you, only your brother, without the slightest sense of friendship, which really makes me heartbroken.
The crown prince arbitrarily seized state funds, interfered in political affairs, and the evil deeds were too numerous to mention, and I still hope that he will repent and reform himself, and forbearance and tolerance to this day. It's a pity that the prince still has bad intentions and peeps at me! Such a person, if he entrusts his fathers with great causes, will ruin my country and rob my people. I must not be the ruler of this unfilial and unkind person. Returning to Beijing to announce the Temple of Heaven and Earth, the prince will be abolished...... "Kangxi barely finished speaking, his body was no longer good, and he suddenly fell to the ground.
"Huang Ama... Huang Amma... Huang Ama..."
"How are you, Your Majesty!"
"Quickly pass on the Imperial Doctor..."
The elder brothers helped Kangxi to the bed, and Kangxi also opened his eyes at this time and did not speak. Lin Feng took off Kangxi's coat, took another pillow, put Kangxi's head on it, and ordered to take the quilt and cover Kangxi, behaving extremely carefully. The elder brothers only knew that they were shouting at Huang Ama just now, and they didn't go up to sort out for Kangxi like Lin Feng. Even if they are asked to do it, they probably won't, because they are the masters, how can they do what the next person should do.
At this time, the imperial doctor hurriedly came to check Kangxi's pulse. The elder brothers had to stand aside. The thirteenth elder brother and the fourth elder brother were exchanging glances, not knowing what they were thinking.
The eldest brother is a concubine and the eldest son of the emperor. He doesn't think that his ability is worse than that of the second elder brother, at this time, his eyes are rolling wildly, and his face is happy, I am afraid that he is also thinking in his heart that Kangxi will stand up and not be young, and the prince of the second elder brother is gone, so isn't he the next.
Lin Feng was expressionless and waited for the development of the incident.
"Your Majesty, you are so angry that your blood is not smooth. Later, the minister will prescribe a decoction for the emperor to calm the nerves and condense the heart, and the emperor will have a good rest after taking the medicine. Natural diseases will get better. But the seven emotions hurt the body, and the sorrow is angry..."
Before the imperial doctor's words were finished, the eldest brother suddenly knelt down in front of Kangxi, and said with a look of remorse: "Huang Ama, the son is not filial, and he failed to share the worries of the emperor Ama, even the prince did such a thing that lost the country's body, and the son deserves death..."
Kangxi didn't even look at the eldest brother, so he interrupted the eldest brother and continued, and said directly: "Fourteenth elder brother." ”
Lin Feng heard Kangxi calling him, stepped forward and said, "Erchen is here!" ”
Kangxi turned his head at this time, but he still didn't look at the eldest brother, and said to Lin Feng: "You find someone to watch the prince." You can do the rest. ”
"Erchen takes orders!" Lin Feng glanced at the eldest brother kneeling on the ground with contempt, the words of the eldest brother just now not only made others numb, but his goosebumps also fell to the ground.
The thirteenth elder brother and the eighth elder brother looked at each other again, and the fourth elder brother was already frowning.
After Lin Feng stepped back, the eldest brother was embarrassed, Kangxi glanced at him, and then lay flat and closed his eyes to recuperate. Big brother, even if he is thick-skinned, he feels embarrassed.
"Fourth brother, how do you say the fourteenth brother will deal with the prince's affairs?"
The thirteenth elder brother and the fourth elder brother did not go back after leaving the camp tent, discussing what had just happened.
The fourth elder brother pondered for a moment and said, "I don't think the fourteenth brother will punish the prince. ”
The thirteenth elder brother looked puzzled and said, "Prince, he is to blame, can the fourteenth brother still protect him?" ”
The fourth elder brother stopped and turned back to the thirteenth elder brother and said, "Thirteenth brother! ”
"I'm telling the truth. The crown prince is arrogant and arrogant, even though there are Huang Ama and the fourth brother in him on weekdays, you help him protect him everywhere, but he has repeatedly taught and acted recklessly. This time, if you commit a loss of national body and insult your father, even the emperor Ama will be severely punished, do you still want to protect him, fourth brother? If the fourteenth brother is really as the fourth brother said, we should suggest that he punish the prince severely. ”
"Thirteenth brother, you haven't understood the fourteenth brother, this prince fell into the hands of the fourteenth brother, although the fourteenth brother will not hurt him, but I am afraid that the value of this prince will be squeezed dry by him.
Moreover, this dethronement, Huang Ama may be a momentary mood, no one can predict the future changes, if the fourteenth brother punishes the prince may hand over the evil emperor Amma, the fourteenth brother is estimated not to do such a thing.
We still keep to ourselves and act according to the will of the emperor, and you should not interfere in this matter. ”
Kangxi and the others finally returned to the court, Lin Feng was extremely low-key at this time, and did not meet with the eighth elder brother, except for Kangxi Yumen to listen to the government, he stayed at home and secretly manipulated his plan.
The abolition of the crown prince shook the government and the opposition, and the princes and ministers were speculating about the possibility of the future prince, for fear of standing on the wrong side. All the ministers hoped that the emperor would take back his order. At this time, the third elder brother came to play, indicating that the recent abnormal behavior of the prince was due to the eldest brother's spell bewitchment, and sure enough, as in history, the grass puppet was found from the eldest brother's mansion, and the emperor was furious and imprisoned the eldest brother for life. In this way, the eldest brother became Lin Feng's scapegoat, and Kangxi's doubts about Lin Feng's behavior disappeared, and he valued Lin Feng more and more.
As soon as Ruoxi returned to Beijing, the eighth elder brother asked the ninth elder brother to send a love letter, which made her surprised and delighted, and then heard from Yutan that someone in the court wanted to elect the eighth elder brother as the crown prince, and Ruoxi, who knew the future direction of history, wanted to write a letter to remind the eighth elder brother.