kvmb Chapter 228 Mingyin's Methods
Chapter 228 Mingyin's Methods
I hope my mother won’t let my fourteenth brother be as completely disappointed in her as I am.
The brothers all have the same surname - Aisin-Gioro.
At this moment, Little Fourteen seemed to have removed a stone and completely relaxed. The Crown Prince looked at him several times, smiled and shook his head. After Prince Zhi and the Fourth Master left the palace, Little Fourteen returned to the prince's residence and hurriedly shared the matter with his Thirteenth Brother.
Xiao Shisan thought of Concubine Uya, whom he knew, and felt that it was unlikely. But his Fourteenth Brother said that the Emperor and the others were all there, so Xiao Shisan simply stopped thinking about it. As long as the Emperor was there, nothing could go wrong, and he must have been overthinking.
Kangxi brought the prince back to the Qianqing Palace. Inside the palace, Kangxi looked at his own Baocheng who seemed to be hesitant to speak, "What exactly do you want to say? When have you never dared to say such a thing?" He was like a woman who was reluctant to accept but was actually reluctant. It was really a bit eye-catching.
The prince was choked. It was not that he didn't dare to say it, but he felt that there was no need to explain it clearly. However, since the emperor asked, he would say it, "I want to talk about Concubine Wu Ya. I'm afraid that Fourteenth will be hit hard in the future."
"If you are hit, you are hit. You brothers have been hit before, so why can't Little Fourteen do the same? He said it himself and chose the path for his mother, so he should just go on his own," Kangxi's face did not change, but his voice was full of the majesty of an emperor. "Baocheng, remember, even when facing your brother who is so devoted to you now, you must be in full control of the overall situation and not let others control your emotions."
"Everyone's words and actions will unconsciously eliminate factors that are unfavorable to him. Everything that comes out of their mouths is favorable to them. All words are modified. For example, what Little Fourteen said today about the disposal of the Uya clan was deliberately said to you and me," Kangxi leaned against the desk and looked at the prince in front of him.
Kangxi looked at the prince in deep thought, "Baocheng, if you were to take the throne, would you exterminate the entire Hesheli clan? The Hesheli clan is quite ambitious."
The prince thought his father was testing him. Seeing his father's encouraging look and thinking about the words that he would be abolished in the future, the prince didn't want to hide all his thoughts. After a pause, he replied directly: "I won't. The Hesheli family has ambitions, but they can be used to check and balance other families. The Hesheli family will be punished by me, but I won't kill them all."
It would be satisfying to kill them all, but it would also become a handle for people all over the world to attack him. There are even many families who stepped on the Hesheli clan to gain power. Don't think that he would make an example of them to scare the monkeys among the aristocratic families!
The emperor's mother's family is too tempting, and killing a chicken to scare the monkey has little effect in such matters.
If he does this, it will be a good thing if handled well, but it will be a disaster for him if handled poorly.
Kangxi took two steps forward and patted the prince on the shoulder. "Go back and have a rest. As for Concubine Wu Ya, she will choose her own path. I have given the fourth and fourteenth princes a chance. If Concubine Wu Ya cannot seize it, then she will die on her own."
At the Fourth Master's residence, the Fourth Master returned to the main courtyard. He said nothing while the Fourth Lady helped him wash and undress. When the two of them sat on the bed, the Fourth Master hugged his own Lady tightly and said the first words after returning home, "Mingyin, mother... I'm afraid she won't get better."
The Fourth Lady didn't know what to say to comfort the Fourth Master. In her heart, this result was normal and she was looking forward to it. After all, it would be good for her to no longer have a mother-in-law like Concubine Uya around. But when she saw the Fourth Master so sad, she felt guilty for thinking so much.
"Master, you still have Honghui and me. We will always be with you," the Fourth Lady thought of the fact that Honghui was drugged by Li. Li was sent in by Concubine Wu Ya in order to balance the Fourth Master's backyard so that he could control her!
After all, if she won the heart of the Fourth Master, she, as his mother, would have to control herself depending on his mood. But if the Fourth Master had a favored concubine in the backyard, she and the Fourth Master would not be so close, and she, as his mother, would be able to control herself more easily.
The trace of guilt that the Fourth Lady felt disappeared, but there was still a trace of resentment in her heart. If it weren't for her Ninth Brother and his wife, her Honghui might have been gone. This was not only because of Li, but also because of Concubine Uya!
The Fourth Master suddenly raised his head and looked at his wife, stroking her face with one hand, "Mingyin, do you still blame your mother for sending Li into the mansion?"
The Fourth Lady's expression did not change. She smiled and shook her head, "No, I don't hate you. It was my fault that I failed to protect Honghui. Mother sent Li to you because she cared about you. You have rarely seen me smile in those years. Mother did that for you. How can I blame her?"
Why not blame her? She wanted to kill Wu Ya herself, but she would not show any resentment in front of the Fourth Master.
The Fourth Master had a guilty look on his face, and he hugged the Fourth Lady tightly in his arms, "How can you be so kind and considerate of others? Mother treated you like that so that I can't always focus on you. If you don't blame me, I will!"
"Master, why bother? Mother is your biological mother, there is no overnight hatred between mother and son. Since Mingyin became your mother, she understood that maybe mother just wants you to think that she is the most important in your heart," the Fourth Lady added in her heart: Honghui, what mother said just now was nonsense, you must not believe it!
The Fourth Lady would never allow herself to complain about Concubine Wu Ya in front of the Fourth Master. She knew very well that she was from an outsider family and Concubine Wu Ya was someone else's mother. She was very clear about the fact that the mother was more important than the legitimate wife!
Now she is able to win the master's heart little by little, relying on this calmness and clarity. She will never allow herself to be unconscious at any time, and she has always been very accurate in positioning herself!
I never thought that my status in the Fourth Master's heart would be higher than that of Concubine Uya!
"That's just how you are," the Fourth Master calmed down, "I have done what I should do. If mother still has harmful intentions, it is better for her to go and see Sixth Brother as soon as possible," which is worse than implicating him and Fourteenth Brother in the future.
A trace of coldness flashed across the Fourth Master's eyes. Even if it was Concubine Wu Ya, she couldn't let him suffer in his current life. After all...
The Fourth Master thought about Wen Yao's words that were heard by the Emperor and their nine brothers. Most of them should have guessed that he would be the one to succeed to the throne after the Second Crown Prince was deposed. The harmony between their brothers now was hard-won.
The Fourth Master narrowed his eyes when he thought of this. Perhaps he should go to his Ninth Brother's wife to ask some questions and see if the Qing Dynasty history in her memory had changed. He didn't quite believe that his Second Brother could be deposed by the Emperor!
Somewhere in the backyard, Li was stroking her big belly, "Defei has become Uyapin, and the Fourth Master is no longer Uyapin's son, but the legitimate son." She used to rely on De... Uyapin, and now that her conspiracy to murder Honghui has been exposed, does she still have a chance to get back on her feet?