My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 200 Severely Punish the Third Brother, Yunzhi
Soon after, Emperor Yongzheng learned that the thirteenth prince had requested an imperial physician.

Emperor Yongzheng then visited Jiaohui Garden.

After all, the thirteenth prince had always held a very high position in Yongzheng's heart.

Therefore, Yongzheng forced Wen Tai, the bodyguard of the thirteenth prince, to reveal the reason for the thirteenth prince's sudden worsening of his condition.

"Does Hongsheng think that if he angers my thirteenth brother to death, I will let his father take over his power?"

Emperor Yongzheng's face darkened, and he asked the following question.

None of the people around Yongzheng dared to answer.

At this moment, Yongzheng put his hands on his hips, his face as black as charcoal, and asked Wen Tai, the guard of Prince Yi, who was kneeling in front of him, "According to what you just said, Hongli was also there at the time?"

Wen Tai did not dare to answer.

Upon seeing this, Yongzheng shouted, "Summon Hongli!"

Before long, Hongli arrived at Yongzheng's place.

This was the first time Hongli had ever seen Yongzheng look at him with such cold eyes. Before he could even bow, Yongzheng asked him, "Your thirteenth uncle suffered such a great humiliation. You were there at the time, why didn't you stand up for your thirteenth uncle?"

"Answer me!"

Before Hongli could explain, Yongzheng slammed his hand on the table beside him, his dark face giving off a very cold impression.

In Hongli's memory, this was the first time Yongzheng had questioned him so sternly, even more so than when Yongzheng had misunderstood him as wanting to see the Eighth Prince.

Clearly, Yongzheng was very disappointed that his son hadn't stood up for the thirteenth prince.

In response, Hongli believed that even if the emperor was one's own father, one would still feel as if serving a tiger.

Because the other party has the right to lash out and question anyone at any time due to dissatisfaction or unhappiness, while you do not have the right to question the other party in return.

Fortunately, I was prepared in advance, otherwise I would have inevitably been criticized today.

Although it's common for sons to be criticized by their fathers, if the father is an emperor with great power, then it's not just a simple matter of being criticized and scolded by the father.

A slight misstep could greatly impact one's future.

"Fourth Brother, this matter cannot be blamed on Hongli."

At this moment, the thirteenth prince was helped out by a eunuch.

Cough!

As the thirteenth prince was coming out, he covered his mouth and coughed twice.

Emperor Yongzheng stood up and looked at the thirteenth prince with concern: "Why didn't you rest properly? Why did you come out?"

"Your Majesty, how could I not come out to greet you on your arrival?"

After saying that, the thirteenth prince said, "It was I who made Hongli not stand up for me. He is not the same as I was back then. Besides, I was too impulsive back then, which caused trouble for many people."

"Those were those days, and now is now."

"I don't want him to do nothing when faced with such a situation. Even if he's not as reckless as the Thirteenth Prince back then, he shouldn't be like the Eighth Prince and think that forbearance is a form of wisdom!"

When Yongzheng finished speaking, he glanced at Hongli.

Just as Hongli was about to speak, Su Peisheng approached and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Dun requests an audience!"

The tenth prince was invited by Hongli to the thirteenth prince's Jiaohui Garden.

Hongli went to see the tenth prince and persuaded him to teach Hongsheng a lesson on his behalf. He also asked the tenth prince to teach Hongsheng a lesson and then bring Hongsheng to the thirteenth prince's Jiaohui Garden so that he could force Hongsheng to apologize to the thirteenth prince.

Because Hongli knew that although the thirteenth prince forbade him to stand up for him at the time, given how much Yongzheng cared about the thirteenth prince, he wouldn't be particularly happy that he listened to the thirteenth prince and didn't stand up for him.

After all, Yongzheng's true intention was always that he would be able to protect his thirteenth son after he became emperor.

If he obediently refuses to stand up for the thirteenth prince now because the thirteenth prince won't let him, then Yongzheng won't feel at ease letting him protect the thirteenth prince, and thus protect the achievements of the new policies represented by the thirteenth prince.

However, after Su Peisheng mentioned that the tenth prince had arrived, Yongzheng's brows furrowed even more sharply: "What is he here for? The third prince invited him to plead for Hongsheng and, incidentally, to see the thirteenth prince make a fool of himself?"

"This servant does not know."

Su Peisheng quickly lowered his head and replied.

Because the Tenth Prince had once been a member of the Eighth Prince's faction and did not belong to the same camp as the Thirteenth Prince, Yongzheng assumed that the Tenth Prince had been invited by the Third Prince to test his and the Thirteenth Prince's attitudes and to see how the Thirteenth Prince would be made a fool of. So, he waved his hand impatiently and said, "Let him go back!"

Then, Yongzheng looked at Hongli, still with a displeased expression.

Hongli took a deep breath and was about to explain himself when the thirteenth prince continued to persuade Yongzheng: "Fourth brother, please let the tenth brother in. I have no reason to refuse my elder brother outside. If you do this, I will appear to be very impolite!"

Yongzheng looked at the thirteenth prince, then sighed and said, "Well, he is indeed your thirteenth brother. He is always so polite, law-abiding, calm and composed. I am no match for him."

Hongli agreed with this, wishing he could silently echo it.

"That's right!"

"That's right!"

But at that moment, the thirteenth prince actually said something like that.

Yongzheng was slightly taken aback, then smiled and told Su Peisheng to summon the Tenth Prince.

"Fourth brother!"

"All you do now is get angry with Hongli, but have you ever thought about what would have happened if he had actually beaten Hongsheng for his brother's sake? Who would have been in a difficult position then?"

"Hongli doesn't just blindly listen to me; he also considers you!"

The thirteenth prince spoke up, explaining why he had just echoed Yongzheng's words.

When Yongzheng saw that the thirteenth prince was speaking up for Hongli and that Hongli had been tolerant for his own sake, he glanced at Hongli again and said to him, "Hongli, come here."

Hongli then walked up to Yongzheng.

Yongzheng then said to Hongli, "Don't really think that not making things difficult for me is the proper behavior of a loyal and filial son. Do I need you to consider whether I will be put in a difficult position because of this?"

“No need!” Hongli replied.

Yongzheng was taken aback, then nodded: "It's not too late to understand."

Then, Yongzheng coldly questioned Hongli: "Why didn't you stand up for your thirteenth uncle back then? Don't you know that the last thing I want to see is you sons and grandsons like your eighth uncle?"

"Fourth brother!"

"It wasn't that Hongli didn't stand up for the thirteenth prince."

At this moment, the tenth prince came over, and because he heard Yongzheng questioning Hongli, he spoke up first.

Hongli had no choice but to shut up and let the tenth prince, an elder, speak first.

Moreover, with the arrival of the eleventh prince, many things can be explained clearly.

At this moment, Yongzheng looked at the tenth prince.

The tenth prince bowed first, and then after Yongzheng told him to stand up, he raised his big round face and said, "Hongli came to see me and told me everything. He asked me to teach Hongsheng a lesson. I think he's right. Since Hongsheng is so outrageous, he should be taught a lesson. So I went with Hongli and I even beat Hongsheng up."

Yongzheng asked the tenth prince, "Why do you listen to Hongli so much?"

"Of course I believe what Hongli said. Don't I know what kind of person Third Brother's son is?"

Old Ten replied.

Yongzheng immediately nodded: "Why did you hit him?"

"Because we were going to beat him up anyway."

Old Ten replied.

Yongzheng looked at the tenth prince: "What do you mean by 'it was going to be fought anyway'?"

The tenth prince said, "Hongli wanted me to provoke him and teach him a lesson. However, he said that Hongsheng is a thick-skinned person, so sarcasm would probably not work and I would have to use fists and feet. So I agreed to his request and thought I would provoke him and teach him a lesson with a horsewhip. But it just so happened that he was shaving his head and I hit him."

Upon hearing this, Yongzheng suddenly stood up: "He deserves to be beaten! He absolutely deserves to be beaten!"

“Not only did my brother beat him, but he also brought him here to apologize to the thirteenth prince.”

"He is currently outside being guarded by my younger brother's guards, waiting for the thirteenth prince to see him."

The tenth brother then replied.

Yongzheng looked at the thirteenth prince.

The thirteenth prince looked at Yongzheng and said, "Then let's meet him, Fourth Brother!"

Emperor Yongzheng nodded and sent Hongsheng here.

At the same time, Yongzheng looked at Hongli, then lowered his eyelids and looked elsewhere.

Not long after, Hongsheng limped in, covered his face, and knelt down with gritted teeth: "Greetings to the Emperor's Fourth Uncle, Tenth Uncle, Thirteenth Uncle, and Prince Bao."

After Hongsheng finished paying his respects, Yongzheng coldly asked him, "What are you doing here?"

Hong Sheng replied tremblingly, "Your subject has come to apologize to your thirteenth uncle."

"What crime are you apologizing for?"

Yongzheng asked coldly.

Hongsheng replied, "Your nephew made an act of humiliation in front of your thirteenth uncle, which was disrespectful to your elders, arrogant and rebellious, and extremely heinous. After being admonished by your tenth uncle, I finally realized how serious my crime was, so I have come to apologize."

"Then show some remorse!"

Yongzheng shouted sternly.

"Whoo!"

Hong Sheng actually had no choice but to come and apologize, because if he hadn't come, Lao Shi had already made it clear that he would break his legs.

That's why he took the initiative to admit that he had done it, and after Yongzheng said that, he actually knelt down before the thirteenth prince and sincerely kowtowed to apologize: "Nephew was impolite, please punish me, Uncle Thirteen!"

"That's it!"

“Since your tenth uncle has already taught you a lesson, there is no need for me to teach you a lesson again. Besides, since you know what happened back then, you should also know the consequences of my impulsiveness back then. Think more before you do things in the future.”

The thirteenth brother waved his hand and said, "You can go now!"

"I will remember this, and thank you for your forgiveness, Uncle Thirteen."

Hong Sheng replied.

At this moment, Yongzheng looked at Hongsheng with a very gloomy expression.

The more magnanimous the thirteenth brother was, the more moved and indignant he felt for him, and the more he felt that Hongsheng and the others had let the thirteenth brother down.

Your thirteenth uncle is such a good person, yet as a junior, you still humiliate him like this!

Are you even human? Do you deserve to be descendants of my Aisin Gioro family?
At the same time, Yongzheng glanced at Hongli, his gaze softening considerably.

fortunately!

His son, Hongli, was not so cold-hearted, selfish, or foolish. He even knew to ask the tenth prince to teach Hongsheng a lesson, and even took the initiative to ask the tenth prince to directly provoke and beat up this scoundrel, Hongsheng.

Yongzheng did not think there was anything wrong with Hongli using the tenth prince in this way; he was only happy that Hongli was doing so much for the thirteenth prince.

Whether or not the tenth brother should be taken advantage of by the younger generation is not a big deal.

In Yongzheng's eyes, it was a blessing for the Tenth Prince, a fool, to be instigated by his son to do good deeds.

But now, Yongzheng could no longer find a reason to severely punish Hongsheng.

After all, Hongsheng had already been beaten by the Tenth Prince, and quite badly at that. If he punished Hongsheng further, it would make him seem even less humane than the Tenth Prince. He simply said coldly:
"This is all due to the third prince's arrogance. Issue an imperial decree that Prince Cheng be made to kneel in the Shouhuang Hall for a day and reflect on his actions before the statue of the late emperor!"

(End of this chapter)