bookrebus Chapter 81: Transformed into Bamboo Breath 45
Chapter 81: Transformed into Bamboo Breath 45
Sure enough, after the Fourth Prince continued to kneel outside the Imperial Study for a few days, Kangxi agreed.
The Fourth Prince knew that the Emperor had not softened his heart just because he had been kneeling for so long.
The Emperor is first the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and then his father.
Some time ago, the Crown Prince sent the Fourth Prince to investigate the illegal sale of salt, a matter that involved many of the First Prince's subordinates.
The crown prince directly reported the eldest prince in the court, which greatly weakened the power of the faction headed by the eldest prince.
From the fact that Kangxi appointed the eldest prince's uncle Mingzhu as prime minister and the prince's grandfather Soetu as prime minister, and the two had equal status, we can see that Kangxi was obsessed with balancing the political situation in the court.
As the tacitly appointed prince of Kangxi's party, the Fourth Prince will leave the palace and live in his own residence next year, so he will definitely be given a legitimate wife.
The status of the legitimate wife who was appointed was too high. The prince's party was already in power, and this would further strengthen their power. This was something Kangxi absolutely did not want to see.
No matter which faction, no one can become too big.
However, the status of the legitimate wife was too low, which made it seem that Kangxi was too determined to suppress the prince. Besides, the Fourth Prince was also his son, and it was not to the point of wronging him.
It just so happened that at this time the Fourth Prince himself came to ask Kangxi to make Zhuxi his principal wife, and he even knelt outside the imperial study for several days, causing the matter to become a hot topic and known to everyone.
People inside and outside the palace were lamenting that the Fourth Prince was a lovesick man, and was completely obsessed with the Bamboo Breeze he mentioned.
After a few days of stalemate, Kangxi agreed. In order to balance the two factions of the crown prince and the eldest prince, he also demonstrated his deep love for his son and his fatherly heart. He made an exception for the fourth prince and promoted his concubine to the principal wife.
It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
The Fourth Prince really seized the good opportunity this time!
Taking advantage of the joyous event of Zhuxi giving birth to twins, she pretended to be overwhelmed by joy. Without thinking things through, she impulsively asked the Emperor for a reward like a fool.
If there were no concerns about the court, Kangxi would never agree. Even if the Fourth Prince knelt for hundreds of days until his legs were rotten or disabled, it would be useless.
The Fourth Prince had already made plans for a long-term war of resistance, but he did not expect that the Emperor would agree so quickly. He had only been kneeling for a few days.
Of course, it’s also good to kneel for less time.
The Fourth Prince had long anticipated that the Emperor would agree. However, when Liang Jiugong asked him to receive the imperial decree, when he saw with his own eyes the imperial decree appointing Zhuxi as the legitimate wife, and when the decree appointing Zhuxi as the legitimate wife was clearly read out aloud by Liang Jiugong, the Fourth Prince was still ecstatic.
Zhuxi, she is finally his, Aisin-Gioro Yinzhen’s wife!
At the same time, I also had a better understanding of the Emperor's thoughts.
It seems that the Emperor has been suffering from the Crown Prince's faction for a long time.
Yes, the emperor is old, while the prince is still young and ambitious at his age. He is eyeing the throne under the old lion and is eager to try.
The Crown Prince's faction had just surpassed the Eldest Prince, and seeing that he had another chance to go further, the Emperor became anxious.
In order to balance the situation, we are willing to break the rules of our ancestors.
According to the rules, not to mention that the prince has no legitimate wife, even if he has one but she dies, the concubine cannot be made the legitimate wife, and the prince can only marry another wife.
Let’s put all this aside for now. The Fourth Prince wants to go back quickly, to his home, to share this good news with Zhu Xi and his wife.
Zhuxi, his wife.
Finally, she can be by his side with dignity.
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Zhuxi was also waiting for the Fourth Prince to come back.
She has received the message.
The people serving in the imperial court were very perceptive. Before Liang Jiugong read the imperial edict to the Fourth Prince, he had already sent his apprentice to the Nansanso to report the news.