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Chapter 662: Legend of Zhen Huan: Honghui 26

On that day, Emperor Kangxi only announced the imperial edict of abdication and asked the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare for the abdication ceremony and the coronation ceremony of the new emperor. However, he was very cunning and did not tell anyone who the new emperor was.

Of course, it's not that the ministers were unaware of the inside story. They were all Honghui's men, and they naturally knew that the master they followed was already the new emperor. As for why Emperor Kangxi did not announce it, it was probably because he had some plan with his master.

For three years, Honghui studied in the palace with his cousins. Except for the servants in the Qianqing Palace, not many people knew that Honghui had been reviewing memorials for Emperor Kangxi.

The comments in the memorials were all written by Honghui imitating Emperor Kangxi's handwriting. Emperor Kangxi knew this, but he did not say anything and instead acquiesced to his behavior.

But later on, the surveillance on Honghui was much more like that on the crown prince.

When the system told Honghui that his Guo Luomafa was among the people monitoring him, he said nothing, but continued to act as a well-behaved and intelligent grandson.

Emperor Kangxi's body is now being kept alive by the system. If he makes any decision that is unfavorable to Honghui, Honghui can stop extending his life.

Fortunately, his Guo Luomafa was better to him than his own father and did not make any decision that would harm others and benefit himself.

After confirming his position as the crown prince, he tried his best to tell Honghui his experience as an emperor. What finally made Emperor Kangxi voluntarily abdicate was that Honghui promised Emperor Kangxi that he would treat his uncles, including Prince Li, well after he ascended the throne.

Prince Li is the former Crown Prince Yinreng.

As early as a year ago, Emperor Kangxi learned that Yinreng was secretly in contact with his two younger brothers who had been demoted to commoners, so he called Yinreng to have a secret talk overnight. In the end, Yinreng's position as crown prince was abolished, and he became Prince Li and continued to be imprisoned.

Yinreng thought that he would be imprisoned until his death, but he did not expect that after he returned to the palace, although he was no longer treated as a crown prince, he could still enjoy the treatment of a prince, and his whole family was not treated harshly.

One night, Wei Zhu came to him and told him the emperor's intention and answered his questions.

Until this moment, Yinreng knew that even though his royal father was disappointed in him, he still couldn't let him go and didn't give up on him.

After Wei Zhu left, Yinreng cried in the room for a long time.

Yinzhen knew that the news of his father's abdication was told to him by Honghui himself.

When he knew that his son had entered the palace many times, he vaguely understood his royal father's intentions, and began to suppress Honghui with filial piety, making Honghui a weapon for himself to seize power.

Unfortunately, Honghui's weapon can hurt people. Even if Yinzhen threatened Honghui with the lives of Yixiu and Hongyao Galudai, Honghui would only paralyze him, and he would have to lie in bed for the rest of his life and need someone to take care of him.

As for Yixiu, when she knew that her son was very likely to be the crown prince, she decisively gave up on Yinzhen as a man and taught her younger son and daughter to listen to their eldest brother so that they would have a good life in the future.

At the beginning, Yixiu still had illusions about Yinzhen, thinking that this man would never hurt his son. However, Honghui and Hongyao just went out for a trip and came back covered with scars (the injuries were pretended by Honghui and Hongyao). She became disappointed with the prince and finally heard the prince say that if the three of them were not obedient, Galudai would be sent to Fumeng in the future.

Children are Yixiu's Achilles' heel. Any one of them can turn Yixiu into a ghost and take her life. What's more, Yinzhen intends to kill all three children, which further annoys Yixiu.

Not long after Yinzhen became paralyzed, only his head could move, but his limbs became stiff and he could not even speak.

Honghui was very satisfied with his mother's actions, and secretly cleaned up the mess for her without letting Guo Luomafa know about it.

After the abdication decree was issued, there was still no news about who the new emperor would be. Several princes and ministers who were still eager to make a move requested permission to go to the palace to pay their respects to the emperor, but in fact they wanted to ask who the new emperor would be.

During these three years, in order to prevent Honghui from being exposed to the world too early, Emperor Kangxi released several of his sons. Except for Yinzhen who was paralyzed and unable to attend court, the others could continue to attend court and were summoned by Kangxi from time to time. The children could also continue to study in the Shangshufang.

Therefore, the princes who came to the palace to pay their respects all thought that one of their brothers had won the emperor's favor, but they did not expect that a nephew Honghui would appear and block their way.

The idea of ​​the clan members and old ministers was very simple. They would find out indirectly who the new emperor was so that they could make preparations.

Emperor Kangxi's health had become weak, and it was only a matter of time before a new emperor was enthroned. However, they did not expect that Emperor Kangxi would choose to abdicate instead of writing an edict to them and announcing who would be the new emperor after his death.

Emperor Kangxi first summoned several sons who still had ambitions one by one, then sent them away and summoned some clan relatives and old ministers.

He told them in front of them that Honghui would be the new emperor in the future, and then they began to discuss announcing Honghui as the crown prince at the abdication ceremony and the subsequent coronation ceremony.

Most of the people who came to meet him were royalists and never took sides.

Kangxi looked at those relatives and found that none of them opposed Honghui becoming emperor, and sighed inwardly. It seemed that his grandson's sphere of influence was even larger than he had imagined.

After several princes returned, they began to prepare to test which of their brothers was most likely to become the new emperor.

The most excited among them was the Fourteenth Prince Yinzhen, who believed that his current power was the best among his brothers.

His mother's family, the Ulanara clan, as well as the families of his own wife and concubine, naturally stood by his side.

Today, Yinzhen is very grateful to his mother for her foresight in giving him women who are all princesses of Manchu descent.

Even if those clan members recommend a crown prince, they will consider nominating him.

Now he is the only healthy and intelligent prince. Those brothers who are more capable than him are either deposed or imprisoned, and some have become disabled like his biological brother Yinzhen.

His previous pockmarked face has disappeared, and he has turned back into a handsome man.

When Concubine Wu, who was lingering on in Jingyang Palace, knew that her youngest son was most likely to become the new emperor, her frail body suddenly gained a bit of strength. She mobilized the forces of the Uya and Ulanara clans and tried her best to assist him in ascending to the supreme position.

Not only did the secret forces in Jingyang Palace take action, but the secret forces in other palaces also took action.

As expected, those forces were destroyed by Honghui and Emperor Kangxi's men when they took action.

The influence of the concubines in the Imperial Household Department was eliminated one by one. At the same time, Emperor Kangxi also learned the evidence of corruption in the Imperial Household Department.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs underwent a major reshuffle.

Honghui took this opportunity to send his own people into the Imperial Household Department and placed them in various palaces.

Several princes were dumbfounded when they received the news. Before they could react, they were punished by the emperor.

Not only was he imprisoned again, but the place of imprisonment had also changed.

The whole family was driven to several farms in the suburbs and kept under custody. As for food, clothing and housing, their treatment was the same as that of ordinary farmers.

It can be said that this was a disguised demotion, from aristocratic royal family to a peasant, which also increased the conflicts within their family.

Just when they were suffering, they gradually discovered that none of the adult princes seemed to be able to escape imprisonment. So who would be the new emperor?

Could it be Prince Li who was imprisoned in Xian'an Palace?

If in the end it is the son that the emperor loves the most who ascends the throne, then what is the point of all their brotherly fighting over the years?

While they were struggling and in great pain, time quickly came to the day of the abdication ceremony. Emperor Kangxi completed the abdication ceremony in front of civil and military officials, and also canonized Honghui as the crown prince, and named him the new emperor from that day on.

When the civil and military officials learned that the prince from the Fourth Prince's mansion had become the new emperor, most of them were stunned. Fortunately, the ministers who knew the news in advance knelt down and shouted, "See the new emperor."

As for those pedantic and stubborn old ministers, they still wanted to use the rites and laws to oppose Honghui from becoming the new emperor, but Honghui said nothing and just watched them commit suicide.

Not only Honghui, but also several other old ministers who had seen Honghui's true side, including the abdicated Kangxi, were silently watching them commit suicide.

Honghui had already given them great gifts, guaranteeing that they would not be seen at his coronation ceremony in a few days.

When Yinreng learned that Honghui became the new emperor, he felt inexplicably relieved. It was better for Honghui to be on the throne than for his brothers. After all, although Honghui was at war with him, he would not treat him harshly.

But he relaxed too early. Later, when he was squeezed to the point of suffocation by Honghui, he regretted very much why he was imprisoned in the imperial city instead of in the suburbs like his younger brothers.

Let Honghui take the opportunity to enslave himself and make himself do things for him.

After Honghui became the new emperor, he needed to stay in the palace to prepare for his ascension to the throne and could not leave the palace again. When Yixiu knew that her son had become the new emperor and she had become the empress dowager, she cried with joy.

As for Yinzhen, he was so angry that he died when he heard that Honghui had really become the new emperor.

In order to avoid disrupting the new emperor's coronation ceremony, Yixiu froze Yinzhen's body in a cold storage, waiting for a year or so before informing everyone of his death.

The other women in the palace could not even see the prince, so naturally they did not know that the prince had died.

When the news reached the suburbs, the princes were all stunned and looked towards the direction of the imperial city in disbelief. They didn't understand why Honghui became the new emperor. Where was their second brother?

In fact, when the emperor issued the abdication edict, they did not consider at the first moment that a new emperor would emerge from the Four Princes' Palace.

At that time, Yinzhen was already disabled and had not seen his father the emperor for a long time. They also had not seen their fourth brother for a long time. Only Honghui and Hongyao from his family were allowed to enter the palace to study.

Honghui and Hongyao went home after school and never stayed in the palace (so they thought). They also seldom saw the emperor, so their entire family was not among their targets.

Unexpectedly, the existence they least expected took away what they had always wanted. One can imagine how depressed they felt.

When Concubine Wu knew that her grandson had become the new emperor, she had the motivation to live again. She is now the new emperor's Guo Luomama, so who would dare to look down on her?

Unfortunately, her beautiful dream was soon shattered, and a little palace maid sent her away with a cup of tea.

He wanted to secretly understand Concubine Wu's system. After seeing that Emperor Kangxi's men had sent Concubine Wu away and watching Concubine Wu's death struggle for a while, he turned back to the Qianqing Palace to tell Honghui the news.

Honghui was sitting on the dragon throne at this time, and Weizhu was helping him handle official business. Knowing that his Guo Luomama was dead, he didn't pay any attention to it, but started to get busy.

According to the Qing Dynasty's algorithm, Honghui is actually 18 years old this year, but the system calculates his age based on his actual date of birth, so the system will stay with him for another year.

The system did not expect to see Honghui ascend the throne, and was happy because Emperor Kangxi's teachings reduced Honghui's blackening value. Therefore, the system kindly gave him another health pill.

Of course, this fitness pill was modified with Honghui's permission.

Honghui's mood was changing constantly. Before, he wanted Emperor Kangxi and the Crown Prince to die early, but now he hoped that Emperor Kangxi would stay for a few more years to intimidate those active old ministers in the court, so that he would not be in a passive position when he took back power from the old ministers.

Prince Li's pride has not been bent yet, and he is considered a rare talent. More matters can be handed over to him in the future. As for the demoted Yinzhen, he was secretly hidden by Honghui, and he planned to send him to the northwest to guard the border after he ascended the throne.

Of course Yinzhen would do things for him because he promised to treat his family well.

It would be best if the matter of Princess Fu Meng could be ended during his tenure, otherwise his sister would follow the same path sooner or later.

Yinzhen agreed so readily because he was also considering the future of his daughters. He hoped that all his daughters could stay in the capital.

As for the other uncles, if they want benefits, they have to work for him, otherwise they should continue to be imprisoned. Anyway, he has enough money now and can afford to support them.

On the day Honghui ascended the throne, the weather was clear and colorful auspicious clouds appeared in the sky, adding a sense of auspiciousness to the new emperor's ascension to the throne.

When the system heard the people's discussions, it happily came to Honghui to ask for praise.

At this time, Prince Li and Prince Zhi also attended the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, and even the ninth and tenth princes were among them.

As for the other brothers, they are still struggling and in pain, and Honghui will not let them participate in this ceremony.

This time, with the help of the new emperor's ascension to the throne, the ninth and tenth princes were promoted to princes.

Afterwards, when those princes learned that the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince had become princes, they all felt deeply regretful. Their momentary hesitation made them miss the best opportunity to be promoted to the title.

Although many old ministers were confused, when they looked at the emperor above them and saw that the emperor had no objections, what was the point of their opinions? They would not be forced to return home in glory like the old ministers who had scolded the new emperor before.

As for the new emperor's decision, they should just obey it.

After thinking about it, they bowed their heads and continued to kneel before the new emperor.