Chapter 1256: The unreasonable Concubine De and the impeached Shi Shilun
Moon Festival.

Jingren Palace, one of the six eastern palaces.

This was originally the residence of Empress Xiaoyiren, Tong Jia.

The fourth prince Yinzhen was raised by Empress Xiaoyi Ren when he was a child and grew up here.

In June, after Kangxi canonized Su Mingzhe as the crown prince, Su Mingzhe did not move into Yinreng's Yuqing Palace, but moved into Jingren Palace.

After being imprisoned for half a year, the fourteenth prince Yinzhen re-entered the palace. Instead of paying respects to his mother, Concubine Defei, he came to Jingren Palace to express his gratitude first.

After all, he formed a clique with Yinsi and others and committed heinous crimes. The fact that he was released so quickly was largely due to the contribution of his fourth brother, who was born of the same mother.

"Yinzhen pays respects to the Crown Prince!"

"No thanks, my fourteenth brother is here, please sit down first!"

After Su Mingzhe reviewed the memorial in his hand, he put down his brush and looked at his brother whom he hadn't seen for many days.

Although they are said to be brothers, in fact, one of them is from the Prince's Party and the other is from the Eight Kings Party. Not only are they not close relatives, they are actually sworn enemies.

Now when the two meet again, Su Mingzhe has become the prince, the heir apparent of the Qing Dynasty, full of vigor and enthusiasm.

However, Yinzhen became a prisoner, looking haggard and with a hunched back.

The huge difference in status knocked out the last bit of energy and spirit from Yinzhen, and his eyes were full of flattery towards Su Mingzhe.

"Thank you, Prince!"

Yinzhen sat down carefully, his expression full of restraint and caution.

Seeing this, Su Mingzhe felt a little reluctant and wanted to ask him how he was doing recently, but he felt that such questions were a little redundant.

After thinking for a moment, Su Mingzhe still had a cold face and scolded:

"You've been locked up for more than half a year. Have you ever reflected on what you did wrong?"

"Yinzhen knows he's wrong!"

Yinzhen did not dare to be negligent and began to reflect on himself in a panic.

Seeing him like this, Su Mingzhe felt a little disappointed and couldn't help but scold him:

"Humph! You guys are so bold. You are the princes, but you even resorted to such despicable means as the "Annals of Officials". You really bring shame to the Qing Dynasty..."

"Yinzhen knows his crime, Yinzhen knows his crime!"

Yinzhen stood up again, bent his waist, and kept confessing his guilt.

After a while, after Su Mingzhe finished scolding, he said earnestly:

"Before, I always thought that you guys just couldn't stand Second Brother, so you united and made some small fights. I didn't expect you to be so unpromising and do things that are even more excessive than Second Brother!"

"The Emperor has been so angry at you that his old illness has come back, and now he can't even handle government affairs. So, for the time being, you have to stay in your own house and reflect on your mistakes! Be patient for two or three years and temper your temper..."

"Thank you, fourth brother!"

After hearing what Su Mingzhe said, Yinzhen felt a pang of pain in his heart for some reason, his eyes turned red, and he couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.

During the six months of being confined in the clan house, Yinzhen suffered a lot. He was really afraid that he would be locked up for the rest of his life and never see the light of day again.

Now, Su Mingzhe, the crown prince, has personally promised to release him in a few years.

Yinzhen was immediately full of hope for the future.

Seeing that this guy had regained some energy, Su Mingzhe stood up and said:
"Let's go, let's go and pay our respects to Mother. During the time you were imprisoned, Mother was the saddest and most miserable!"

Inside the Yonghe Palace.

Because it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, Honghui and several other princes did not go to class. Instead, they accompanied their mother to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager, Concubine De, early in the morning.

As the old man got older, he liked his youngest son and eldest grandson.

Without Yinzhen's frequent visits to pay his respects and greetings, Honghui became Defei's darling.

When Concubine De hugged her eldest grandson, she didn't even look at her two nieces.

As for Nian Shilan and Lan Xin who came to pay their respects, they were like invisible people and didn't even have the chance to speak.

Suddenly, a leading eunuch hurried in and announced the good news:
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and the Thirteenth Master have come to pay their respects to you!" "Quick, please come in!"

When Concubine De heard that her youngest son had arrived, she happily picked up her eldest grandson and was about to go out to greet him, but Rouze and Yixiu stopped her:
"Aunt, you just sit here, the Crown Prince and Fourteenth Brother will be here soon!"

As her man's status rose, Yixiu gradually became angry. She didn't care about her or Yinzhen's status in Concubine De's heart, and said:

"Aunt, Fourteenth Brother followed Old Eight and the others and made such a big mistake. You have to have a good talk with him later. You can't spoil him like before..."

"I know I know."

When Defei heard the news that Yinzhen was coming, she no longer had any interest in the others, even her eldest grandson. She didn't even listen to a word Rouze and Yixiu said.

Soon, Su Mingzhe brought Yinzhen into the main hall.

Everyone finished the ceremony.

Defei hugged Yinzhen and cried bitterly, making Yinzhen feel embarrassed.

In the end, it was Rouze and Yixiu who worked together to persuade Concubine De to calm down.

Seeing that her youngest son was fine except for being a little thin, Concubine De felt a little relieved, but then she said to Su Mingzhe:
"Yinzhen, what do you say about your brother? Do you want to keep him imprisoned?"

When Su Mingzhe heard Concubine De say this, he immediately smiled bitterly and said:
"Mother, you don't know what a bad influence the "Annals of Officials" has caused in the court. There are so many civil and military officials in the court who want to tear the four of them to pieces! There is no way that the emperor will let Yinzhen go so easily!"

"That 'Annals of Officials', wasn't it written by Yinsi and Yinlu? What does it have to do with your brother?"

When Concubine De saw that Su Mingzhe refused to agree to her request, she immediately became 'unreasonable':
"I don't care. You are the crown prince now and you are also responsible for the regent. Can't you even save your brother?"

"Mother, this is the order from the Emperor!"

Seeing Concubine De like this, Su Mingzhe couldn't help but feel annoyed and irritated:
"I was able to take advantage of the good news that my thirteenth brother had suppressed the Junggar rebellion to let Yinzhen return home to reflect on his mistakes. This is already good enough. If I want to take further steps, I can only wait for a new opportunity..."

"Mother, Fourth Brother is right!"

Seeing that his mother was constantly forcing Su Mingzhe, Yinzhen was also afraid that he would annoy his brother who was already the crown prince, so he quickly helped Su Mingzhe persuade Concubine De.

With Yinzhen's persuasion, Defei's emotions were slightly controlled.

Afterwards, Defei requested that Yinzhen must visit her every few days.

Su Mingzhe saw that if he didn't agree, Concubine De would throw a tantrum, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree.

This old lady is getting more unreasonable as she gets older!

After spending the Mid-Autumn Festival at Concubine De's place.

Su Mingzhe was busy again.

In the blink of an eye it was October.

Kangxi sent a message from Nanjing that he would inspect the rivers and salt routes in Jiangnan and let Su Mingzhe continue to supervise the country.

By this time, Su Mingzhe had already gathered more than half of the civil and military ministers in the court, and more than half of the provincial and municipal officials who came to Beijing to report on their work had also visited the Eastern Palace.

To put it bluntly.

At this time, Su Mingzhe only needed to shout and all civil and military officials would persuade Kangxi to abdicate.

Fortunately, Su Mingzhe has always been pragmatic and doesn't care much about becoming an emperor or not.

Before we knew it, it was deep winter.

On this day, there was a heavy snowfall.

Shi Shilun, the newly appointed governor of Shuntian Prefecture, reported that people had frozen to death in the slums in the south of the city and at several docks outside the city, and asked the prince to mobilize supplies for disaster relief.

Su Mingzhe immediately approved the order and ordered the Nine Gates Governor Tuoheqi to cooperate with Shuntian Prefecture Governor Shi Shilun in disaster relief.

At the same time, Shi Shilun was appointed as the Left Vice-Chief Censor-in-Chief and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

With the title of Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, all levels and departments cooperated very well.

On the third day, Shi Shilun led everyone to control the disaster.

Just when the civil and military officials in the capital were about to submit their congratulations.

However, the Nine Gates Admiral Tuoheqi submitted a memorial first, impeaching Shi Shilun for "buying the hearts of the people" and "having ulterior motives"!
(End of this chapter)