My father is Yongzheng, and I am Qianlong?

Chapter 382 Revenge from the New Emperor: Qianlong Shows No Mercy!

On the same day that the edict of his ascension to the throne was issued, Hongli proclaimed the first batch of imperial decrees bestowing favors upon the emperor.

Therefore, although Hongsheng and others who were not granted special favors were very disappointed, most of the imperial family members and even court officials saw Hongli's sincerity in treating all the princes and ministers of the country with courtesy.

This led most of the princes and ministers to secretly praise Hongli, saying that he was a truly benevolent and sage ruler!
When Hongli heard these remarks, he simply smiled faintly, knowing that the more he targeted individual princes and ministers in such circumstances, the less likely they would become suspicious.

The same applies to the eunuchs and palace maids in the inner court.

While most of these people felt that their new master, Hongli, was treating them very well, Hongli was listening to Li Yu's report on Li Pan's situation.

"Li Pan secretly returned from Zhengjiazhuang today, carrying a huge sum of 10,000 taels of bank drafts, and even a cat's eye stone."

"These are his collection of membership tickets and cat's eye stones."

"Please, Master, see the truth!"

As Li Yu spoke, she presented ten thousand membership tickets and a cat's-eye stone to Hongli.

Cat's eye gemstones were forbidden items in the Qing Dynasty, except for those belonging to the imperial family.

Li Pan, being a eunuch, naturally had no right to possess it.

Hongli picked up the cat's eye stone and looked at it, then picked up the ticket and looked at it again.

Then, Hongli asked Li Yu, "Bring Li Pan here."

"Whoo!"

Not a moment later.

Li Pan was then brought before Hongli.

Upon seeing Hongli, Li Pan immediately kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please have mercy! This servant was only temporarily bewitched and accepted Prince Li's reward. This servant will never dare to do it again."

"I think it's not just a matter of being bewitched, is it?"

"Speak, was it Hongxi who instigated you to dismiss Fu'erdan from his post because of your complaint against me last time?"

Hongli inquired about Li Pan.

Li Pan was slightly taken aback, his mouth agape.

Hongli picked up his tea and said coldly, "You dog of a servant, do you really think that you and your people can sow discord between me and my father so easily?"

“Father didn’t punish you back then because it was difficult to punish a servant who reported the truth to him, but that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t have suspected you because of it.”

"Damn slave!"

"This slave deserves death!"

Li Pan immediately kowtowed repeatedly.

Bang!
Hongli slammed the teacup down on the table and shouted sternly, "You deserve to die!"

"Go and summon the chief eunuch, Zhang Qilin!"

"Have him arrange for someone to hand over this traitorous lackey to the Censorate and have him beaten to death."

Hongli then gave Li Yu a handwritten edict that he had already prepared.

"Whoo!"

Li Yu responded and accepted the imperial edict.

Li Pan opened his mouth wide again, then kowtowed repeatedly, pleading, "Master, spare my life! Master, spare my life!"

Hongli ignored him and left the Jiuzhou Qingyan Hall, heading to the Qinzheng Qinxian Hall.

After arriving at the Hall of Diligent Governance and Appreciation of the Virtuous, he did not immediately deal with the memorials. Instead, he stared blankly at the two "Emperor's Seals," and even reached out to touch them gently, just as he had when he first came into this world and touched the crabapple blossoms.

Hongli couldn't help but grin and take a closer sniff. The scent of sandalwood filled his nostrils, making him feel as if he could smell the supreme imperial power.

Hongli then sat up straight, looking refreshed, and picked up the memorial sent by the Grand Council to read.

But while reading the memorials, he couldn't help but think of the matter of how he had just dealt with Li Pan.

Executing Li Pan was something he had long intended to do.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have had Li Yu secretly keep an eye on Li Pan.

His reason for doing this was not to take revenge on Li Pan, but to prove that he now had the power of life and death over others, and to make a warning to others, especially after he had just issued an edict to bestow many favors upon members of the imperial clan.

Hongli was slightly taken aback for a moment, and then stood up.

Wang Changgui, the deputy chief eunuch who was on duty at the Hall of Diligent Governance and Appreciation of the Virtuous, held his breath upon seeing this. But Hongli then sat back down, thinking to himself, "Enough! I don't need to consider anyone's feelings now."

After thinking it over, Hongli continued reading the memorials.

While Hongli was reading several memorials, Zhang Qilin came in and reported, "Your Majesty, Li Pan has been beaten to death!"

Hongli raised his head and glanced at Li Pan, who was like a lump of mud. After a moment of slight distraction, he waved his hand and said, "Issue an imperial decree: after Li Pan is beaten to death, bestow him upon Hongxi and have the eunuch Wang Chun send him to Zhengjiazhuang."

"Whoo!"

After a slight moment of distraction, Zhang Qilin responded immediately, and unconsciously lowered his head even further.

Wang Changgui also lowered his head even further.

After giving this instruction, Hongli looked at Wang Changgui and said, "Send the shad from the Jiangning Textile Bureau to Changchun Xianguan again so that Father can choose first. Also, tell Su Peisheng that I will pay my respects at 3:45 PM and ask him to ask Father if it is convenient."

"Whoo!"

Wang Changgui immediately responded.

"Husband Su, Li Pan has been beaten to death."

When Wang Changgui was delivering shad to Emperor Yongzheng by imperial decree, he secretly told Su Peisheng about it.

Upon hearing this, Su Peisheng's face turned pale.

Then Su Peisheng sighed, "What a pity, Li Pan didn't serve as the chief eunuch for long."

"You all need to be more careful from now on!"

“The new master has already given his approval. Although you are the old master’s old servants, the new master can do with you as he pleases.”

Su Peisheng reminded Wang Changgui of this.

Wang Changgui nodded in agreement: "You're right."

"What a pity, Li Pan really underestimated the bond between his two masters! Including Prince Li."

……

Hongjiao stared grimly at Li Pan's corpse, which was being carried to Hongxi's feet, and couldn't help but say to Hongxi, "Brother, you are a dignified Prince Li, yet he has ordered you to be executed by a eunuch!"

"The meaning is obvious: any eunuch who dares to have an affair with me will become a dead eunuch."

Hongxi replied casually, and looked at Wang Chun, the eunuch he had placed in the inner court during the Kangxi era.

Wang Chun immediately knelt down as well: "Your Highness, please save this servant!"

Hongxi said, "I can't save you, but I will take good care of your family."

Wang Chun looked up in surprise.

clap clap!

Hongxi clapped his hands.

Immediately, the guards from the two princes' mansions rushed over, pinned Wang Chun to the ground, and forced him to take a pill.

Wang Chun immediately reached out to try and scrape it, but could only scrape out some acidic liquid.

"Your Majesty!"

Wang Chun looked at Hong Xi in despair and knelt down before him: "Won't you spare this lowly servant's life?"

"This is the master's will."

"Don't blame me."

Hongxi then said, "Go and report back to the imperial decree."

Wang Chun had no choice but to turn around and leave the Prince Li's residence.

At the same time, Hongxi's voice came from behind him again.

"Give Li Pan a proper burial and write a letter of thanks for my gratitude."

After Hongxi said that, Hongsheng's face turned pale.

"Brother, tell me, Hongli first targeted me, and now he's openly threatening you after ascending the throne. What exactly does he mean by doing this?"

"Does he know something?"

(End of this chapter)