Chapter four hundred and seventy fourth: Hong Zhen
Sixi agreed and left immediately. After Hongli went back to Yangxin Hall to review nearly half of the memorial presented today, he came back. Behind him was a man in his twenties who looked like the deceased Yinxiang. A somewhat similar young man came in.
"Your Majesty, bring Prince Ning to you." After saying this, Sixi stepped aside.
Hong Li raised his head from the imperial desk, looked at Hong Shen who was standing alone, and said coldly: "Why don't you kneel down when you see me? Aren't you afraid that I will blame you?"
Hong Chen smiled coldly and said: "If I salute, will the emperor wipe out the previous affairs and release Prince Li?"
Hongli stared at him and said: "I remember reminding you before that the Qing Dynasty no longer has Prince Li. The name of the person you are talking about is Forty-Six."
Hong Chen narrowed his eyes and said: "No matter what name the emperor changes to him, in my eyes, he is Prince Li and the eldest grandson of the Holy Ancestor."
Hongli suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "Hongchen, I'm not surprised that others help Hongxi to deal with me. But you, I really can't think of any reason for you to do this. I'm not treating you lightly." Have you? Your brother inherited the title of Thirteenth Uncle, and you were made a county king. Apart from Hong Zhou and the inheritor, you have the highest title. However, you betrayed your gratitude and helped the rebellious officials. You are plotting against me; I thought of brotherhood several times and did not want to pursue this matter and embarrass you, but what about you? In the court, together with Hongchang, you forced me not to pursue Hongxi. Hongchen, in your eyes And I am the emperor?!"
Hong Chen sneered and said: "What the emperor said is really nice. Yes, you made me the county king, but so what. What I did for the late emperor, wasn't it enough to replace me with a prince and a county king? Back then, , Amma was imprisoned for more than ten years for the late emperor. I was born at that time. From the time I was born until I could walk, run and jump, the scope of my reach was limited to that small mansion. "I once naively thought that the world was only so big. It wasn't until the late emperor ascended the throne and my family walked out of that mansion that I realized that it was so big. The place we lived before was just a drop in the ocean."
"During those years in captivity, Amma was depressed and her health deteriorated at that time, and she never recovered from it. She thought that after her release, she would be able to recuperate well; but the late emperor asked Amma to do this errand and that errand at the same time. , and even asked Ama to lead troops to fight, which made Ama's health worse and worse. After only eight years, he left. My eldest brother and I lost Ama, and my mother lost her husband. Who gave me all this? ?All thanks to the late emperor, the emperor’s Amma! He never regarded my Amma as a brother at all, but just as a tool, squeezing me as much as possible. After the squeezing was over, he would reward me with some honors at will, but I still have to pretend. She looked like she was crying with gratitude and kowtowed to him to thank him, haha, it’s really ridiculous!” After saying this, Hong Chen was extremely excited, and even his voice became sharp.
Hongli shook his head repeatedly after hearing this, "Emperor Ama has never regarded his thirteenth uncle as a tool. On the contrary, he and his thirteenth uncle have a deep brotherly love and a very good relationship. As for the errands, the overall situation was not stable at that time and many people were eyeing the throne. Except for Apart from the Thirteenth Uncle, Huang Ama couldn’t trust anyone else at all; and what you mentioned about leading the troops to the expedition was the Thirteenth Uncle himself who repeatedly requested it, and Huang Ama really couldn’t find anyone else who could be used, so he reluctantly agreed to it. You "Uncle Thirteen is said to be in poor health, but Huang Ama's health is not in good shape."
Hong Chen snorted coldly: "He is in poor health. He was greedy for women and was harmed by women. Who is to blame?"
"You!" Hongli was so angry that he couldn't speak. He walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his hands. After suppressing the anger that almost burst out, he said: "Who said those words to you just now? Hong Xi?" ?You are really confused. He is basically trying to drive a wedge between you and me. How can you take it seriously?"
"I have seen everything with my own eyes. How can there be any lies? In the final analysis, the late emperor was just a bastard born by a concubine, and he was not qualified to inherit the throne. As for you, the emperor..." He sneered and said: "Oh, the same thing He is a bastard."
Hongli was extremely angry and laughed back, "According to what you said, neither I nor Huang Ama are qualified to inherit the throne. Only Hongxi is qualified, right?"
Hong Chen said: "Yes, Prince Li is the eldest grandson of the Holy Ancestor. After his Ama passes away, he should inherit the throne, not you."
"Insolent!" Hongli slapped Hongchen on the face bitterly, "If Uncle Thirteen had known that there was such an unscrupulous descendant like you, he would have been so angry that he would vomit blood. Fortunately, your mother-in-law went to the palace to see the Queen Mother, please. I want to spare your life; I sent you here because I wanted to see if you had any remorse, but I didn't expect that not only did you not have any remorse, but you also worsened your situation, which is really hateful!"
Hong Chen's expression froze for a moment, then he gritted his teeth and said, "If you want to kill me, just kill him. There's no need to say this anymore!"
Hongli sneered and said: "You are really not afraid of death. Do I still want to praise you for your backbone? Hongchen, it doesn't matter if you ruin yourself. Don't tarnish Uncle Thirteen's honorable name."
"I..." Hong Chen wanted to say that he didn't, but before he said a word, he was interrupted by Hong Li, who said word by word: "If you do, the world will laugh at the fact that the thirteenth uncle was heroic and loyal all his life, but he gave birth to a child." Those unworthy sons who rebel against the country and the emperor will die with their eyes open!"
Hong Chen's expression changed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The late Emperor killed my Ama, I just wanted justice for him."
"Fair?" Hongli sneered and shook his head: "Stop fooling yourself and others. It's just you who are dissatisfied. You think that Uncle Thirteen has done so much, even if he inherits the throne, it is not an exaggeration. But in the end, the throne fell to me. In the hands of the emperor's Ama." In Hongchen's increasingly ugly expression, he continued: "You don't want to be a county king, you want to be a prince, or even an emperor!"
Hong Jiao's face changed drastically and he said sternly: "I didn't, I have never thought of it that way!"
"Have you ever thought about it? You know in your heart that you feel that your Ama has tolerated too much and lost too much, so you want to take it back. If your conspiracy succeeds, I'm afraid that you will be killed when Hong Xi ascends the throne. You will also be dissatisfied in your heart. But Hong Chen, you have never thought about why Uncle Thirteen was willing to help Emperor Ama ascend the throne regardless of gains and losses; why Uncle Thirteen was so weak that he still led troops to go out to relieve Emperor Ama's worries. All of this has nothing to do with anything else, just because Huang Ama is his fourth brother and his best brother. For the sake of his brother, he is willing to give up his life, let alone gain or loss. You..." Hongli He shook his head and said, "It's really embarrassing to Uncle Thirteen!"