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Chapter 87 The Crown Prince is Deposed for the Second Time

Sure enough, not long after, Kangxi returned to Beijing.

The crown prince gathered his followers and decided to learn from Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate Incident and raise an army to fight back. He ordered Ling Pu to lead the Rehe garrison to the vicinity of the capital, and Geng Suotu to lead the Miyun garrison to set up an ambush on the way back to the capital. He removed the guards of Kangxi who was returning to the capital in the name of escort, and then secretly sent the emperor to the capital to force the emperor to sign the abdication edict.

At the same time, he ordered Tuoheqi to take the prince's handwritten order, replace Longkodo as the governor of the Nine Gates, and take over the capital.

Kangxi had long anticipated the prince's intention and issued an order to the fourteenth prince in advance, asking him to order the Xishan Ruijian Camp to defend against the Rehe garrison, that is, Li Yan's 50,000 troops of the Zhenghuang Banner, in the name of the Ministry of War, to defend against the Lingpu garrison in Rehe.

Why didn't the old man give him a direct order, but had to go through the military department of the fourteenth prince? Li Yan felt that this was legitimate, and secondly, he didn't want him to get involved in the prince's affairs. When the fourteenth prince came to pass on the order, he looked arrogant, and Li Yan discovered another hidden purpose of the old man, which was to make him and the fourteenth prince at odds.

After realizing this, Li Yan ignored Old Fourteen and acted sarcastic, which made Old Fourteen so angry that he left in disgrace.

Unfortunately, Ling Pu did not move after the prince's final attack.

Last time, Ling Pu of Rehe entered the palace under the order of the crown prince, which violated the emperor's taboo and almost cost him his head. Although he was not dismissed, Ling Pu also found that it was difficult for the crown prince to accomplish anything. He probably thought that if it happened again, even gods could not protect him, so Ling Pu's army did not go to the capital.

However, the Fourteenth Prince personally led the Fengtai camp to disarm Geng Suotu's Miyun army on the spot, winning a great victory and becoming the talk of the town.

On the night of August 15th, the fourth prince Yinzhen went to the government office to persuade the prince to surrender. After the prince refused, he was arrested.

On August 16, Kangxi returned to Beijing!

As soon as he returned to Beijing, Kangxi held a grand court meeting in the Qianqing Palace, and Li Yan also went to attend.

The first thing was to announce the dethronement of Crown Prince Yinreng, demote him to a commoner, take him to the clan house, and imprison him forever!

When the prince was dragged out of the Qianqing Palace by the guards, everyone had different expressions. Li Yan was also sighing in his heart. The prince's current situation was not entirely his fault.

All I can say is that time is also destiny!
In this short period of time, the crown prince was deposed for the second time. No matter what, there would be no chance for a third time.
Seeing the prince's current fate, Li Yan became more determined that his destiny must be in his own hands. He must never pin his freedom on the kindness of others or be sent to hell by a single word from anyone, even the emperor.

Kangxi was high above, and all his ministers obeyed him obediently!
A single word can determine a person's life, and a single word can determine a person's death. Li Yan couldn't help but think of Liu Bang's sigh after he first saw the majesty of Qin Shihuang, a real man should be like this!

Kangxi, who was sitting on the dragon throne, said with a sullen face, "Yinxiang, you helped the crown prince to assassinate Zheng Chunhua and sent troops to wipe out Jiangxia Town. Is this true?"

The Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang stood up and opened his mouth, but said nothing. He sighed dejectedly and lowered his head!

"Take him down and put him under house arrest in the clan government. Do not release him without my permission!"

"Yinzhen."

The fourth brother was about to come out to plead for Yinxiang with an anxious look on his face, but Kangxi called his name again. Hearing this, Yinzhen came out with a look of panic and knelt on the ground.

"Yinzhen, do you know what happened in Jiangxia Town?"

"Father, I am your son."

Yinzhen didn't know whether he should explain himself or not. It was impossible for the emperor to be completely unaware of such things. If he talked nonsense and the emperor blamed him, it would be adding insult to injury!
"You condoned Yinxiang to wipe out Jiangxia Town and burned the official records without authorization. Come, arrest Yinzhen and take him to the clan house for imprisonment!"

"嗻"

The imperial guards in yellow jackets came forward and pulled Yinzhen away. An official stood up and pleaded for Yinzhen: "Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince."

Kangxi turned his head in annoyance and said decisively: "Don't talk about the fourth brother anymore."

The princes present were terrified when they saw that even the fourth prince was arrested, and some ministers knew that the 13th prince Yinxiang was responsible for the incident in Jiangxia Town. Although the fourth prince Yinzhen was responsible for the death of the ninth prince Yinzhen and the incident recorded by officials in Jiangxia Town, the emperor did not say it clearly.

Asking for mercy at this time would be tantamount to offending the emperor and would definitely be rejected.

"Ren Boan"

Kangxi began to educate the civil and military officials in the court: "A low-ranking official who has not entered the mainstream, buys and sells official positions, manages the six ministries like chess pieces, and commands officials like driving cattle and horses. Why is this? Who of you can answer?"

All the officials lowered their heads and remained silent. When they heard Kangxi's questioning, they had no choice but to stand up and kneel on the ground to show their guilt. After the first few people knelt down, the ones behind them followed suit.

In less than a moment, all the officials knelt down in unison.
Kangxi ignored it and continued, "He has created a private file, and everyone is afraid that he will expose his shortcomings and ruin his future."

"What can I say to you? I've been talking for decades, what's the point?"

"If everyone can treat the court and the world with impartiality, serve the master and the profession with loyalty, without hiding anything or being selfish, then what is there for Ren to remember, and how can he threaten you?"

Kangxi said a few words, and seeing that everyone was kneeling, he felt disgusted and bored, so he said, "You all reflect on your past and kneel for an hour!"

After finishing his explanation, he left with Li Dequan.
Afterwards, Kangxi returned to the harem, came to the Defei Palace, and met Yinzhen’s biological mother, Uya.

Uya hastily paid her respects to the emperor, and seeing that Kangxi intended to stay, she quickly asked the palace maid to make tea and bring it up.

Kangxi took a sip of tea, frowned and thought for a while, then said with an inexplicable look: "Today I locked up Yinzhen in the court, I think his family will be worried. In my name, please invite them to the palace for a banquet, comfort them for me, and ask them to come and stay in your palace for one night and go back tomorrow."

"Yes, I will do as the emperor wishes. Yinzhen did something wrong, and I would like to apologize to the emperor on his behalf. I hope the emperor can forgive him." When Uya heard this, she knelt down in a hurry and apologized.

"I know how to deal with Yinzhen's affairs. You just need to do what I tell you to do. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Kangxi was in a bad mood and didn't want to say more. After he finished explaining the important matters, he left Defei's palace and returned to the imperial study.

As soon as he entered the study, he ordered: "Li Dequan, pass Tulichen!"

"嗻"

After a while, Tulichen came to the imperial study in a yellow jacket and bowed: "Your servant Tulichen, kowtow to the emperor."

"Turichen, have you arranged for someone to stay in the mansions of the princes?" Kangxi asked slowly.

"Your Majesty, in accordance with your orders, we have people in the other princes' mansions. However, the management of the four princes' mansions is very strict, and our people have not come into contact with anything real."

"Have they made any unusual moves during this period?"

Tulichen knew that Kangxi wanted to ask about the assassination of the Ninth Master. After thinking for a moment, he replied cautiously, "Your Majesty, except for the Third Master and the Tenth Master's residences, there have been unusual movements in other palaces, but there is no definite evidence."

"The third brother only knows how to edit books. What about the tenth brother, what is he doing recently? And what about the other brothers? Tell us about them all."

(End of this chapter)