"The emperor has bestowed upon the fourth elder brother a great honor by conferring the title of Prince of Treasures on the fourth elder brother. There is absolutely no sense of grievance."
"No, this is not enough." Yinzhen paced back and forth in the palace. While pacing, he made a determination that even Yunxiang had not thought of. "I want to make Hongli the crown prince. I want to tell you."
In the whole world, he is my favorite candidate for the crown prince."
Yunxiang naturally had no objection to this, but he still reminded him dutifully: "If the emperor does this, he will definitely attract criticism from the ministers in the court."
"If they want to criticize, just criticize. Haven't I received enough criticism over the years? I owe this honor to their mother and son, and I must give it to them." Seeing that Yinzhen insisted on his own opinion, Yunxiang stopped trying to persuade him.
Instead, he said: "My younger brother will tell the Ministry of Rites to arrange the funeral of Fourth Elder Brother according to the prince's specifications."
Just when Yunxiang was about to leave, Yinzhen remembered something and quickly called him out: "I remember that when Hongli went to Lianjiang County, Zhaohui and Agui also went with him, right?"
Yunxiang said a little strangely: "Yes, Lin Xueli's memorial said so. Is there anything wrong?"
"The spies I sent recognized Zhaohui and Agui, but they said that among the more than 100 people who were buried and killed, no trace of Zhaohui and Agui was found."
Yinzhen's words cheered up Yunxiang, and he quickly asked: "Are they not dead?"
"I also have this suspicion, but if they are not dead, where have they gone, and why have they never appeared?"
"This..." Yunxiang couldn't answer for a while, and thought for a while and said: "There is another possibility that they are indeed not dead, but they were arrested, but I can't think of a reason for arresting them. I wonder if the emperor has a clue.
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"I can't think of it, but I always feel that this is a very key place. If we can find them, we may know who the real murderer of Hongli is!"
As soon as word spread that Yinzhen was planning to pursue the title of crown prince, it immediately aroused huge controversy. Officials believed that there had never been such a precedent since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. Even the son of Concubine Dong E, who was favored by Emperor Shunzhi, passed away.
also
It's just a posthumous title of Prince Rong. Besides, the fourth elder brother is not the eldest son, and his biological mother is just a concubine. How can he be qualified to be posthumously named a prince? If he is really posthumous, the second elder brother, as the eldest son, will lose his face.
Where to put it?
Based on the above reasons, the ministers strongly opposed it at the court and asked Yinzhen to change his previous decision, that is, to pursue the title of Prince Bao. However, Yinzhen had already made up his mind. On the grounds that his fourth elder brother died for the Qing Dynasty, he insisted on
He was posthumously named Crown Prince.
For a time, Yinzhen and the officials were in a stalemate, and they were engaged in a tug-of-war. Every day, officials went to court to ask Yinzhen to take back his order. Because of this, Hongli's posthumous title had not been decided yet. Ministers asked again and again.
After three rounds of memorials, not only did they not make Yinzhen change his mind, but they made Yinzhen Longyan furious. He dragged the ministers who were most opposed to him outside the Yangxin Hall and scolded him in public.
He asked himself that he had never been a benevolent monarch. When ministers wanted to challenge his bottom line or even control him, he did not mind using cold-blooded means to suppress it.
After this incident, no one raised any objections, and the Ministry of Rites quickly gave Hongli his posthumous title - Crown Prince Baoshuo.
When Guarjia told Ling Ruo about this, her hand holding the tea trembled, but she didn't say anything. She just looked out the window at the non-stop autumn rain falling in trance.
Seeing her like this, Guarjia sighed softly: "Ruo'er, it's been so many days, are you really still unable to 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 looked away and said calmly: "Sister promised me not to mention him, why did she go back on her promise again?"
"I just don't want you to hurt yourself or the people who care about you." Guarjia took the tea cup from her hand, put his own cup into her hand instead and said, "Just like this cup of tea, obviously
If you don't hold the hot one, hold the one that is already cold."
"Whether it is Prince Bao or Crown Prince Baoshuo, everything is false. For me, the only real thing is Hongli. As long as he can survive, I can do anything he wants." Although many days have passed.
, but the pain in my heart has not diminished
At the slightest moment, as soon as she closed her eyes, Hongli's voice and smile appeared in front of her eyes, making her mistakenly think that Hongli was still alive and that she had just had a nightmare; but every time she opened her eyes, reality would cruelly remind her that it was not a nightmare.
, Hongli is really gone.
Guarjia stroked her forehead and said, "You know this is impossible."
Ling Ruo said without blinking: "Since it's impossible, then sister, don't mention it again. I won't forgive him, just like Hongli won't survive."
Seeing her like this, Guarjia didn't know what to say and could only sigh. The knot in Ling Ruo's heart was so deep that she couldn't untie it for a while.
At the same time, Nala was listening to Yingge's words in Kunning Palace. After listening, she frowned and said: "Is the emperor's attitude really so determined that there is no room for change?"
Yingge smiled bitterly and said: "If there was really room for improvement, those ministers would not have been beaten. Each one of them would have been beaten so badly that they could not even stand up."
Nala's armored fingers scratched the lid of the lamp, leaving a white mark, "The emperor's regard for Hongli really surprised me. Fortunately, Hongli died this time, otherwise he would have been the crown prince."
Genus."
Yingge took over the words and said: "Your Majesty is right, otherwise we have united so many ministers, even if we persuade, we should persuade the emperor to change his mind. After this incident, those ministers did not dare to say a word anymore, so the minister
I came to the palace specifically to ask for your opinion and see what our next step should be. If the emperor really asks the emperor to posthumously make the fourth elder brother the crown prince, the second elder brother will be very embarrassed."
Nala tapped the table lightly and muttered: "The emperor did this because he clearly felt that he was ashamed of his fourth elder brother, so he tried his best to make up for it. When the prince was not enough, he simply made him the prince. Since the emperor's attitude is so resolute, let him
Go ahead, the fourth brother is already dead, there is no need to fight with the dead, these rights of mourning and honor should be the last bit of comfort for the Niu Hulu family."
While Yingge nodded, he said a little worriedly: "But the second elder brother..."
Nala's eyes turned sideways and he said: "It's just a little embarrassing, it won't hinder the big things. Besides, if he can't even overcome this small hurdle, how can he be an emperor who rules the world?"
"That's what the empress said." Although Yingge was Nala's younger brother, he never dared to refute even a word of Nala's words.