15. Family Festival (2)
The eldest prince dragged Yinzhi, who was still sobbing, and whispered a few instructions. Yinzhi's face suddenly turned pale, but he didn't say anything. Yinzhen had noticed it since the third brother started conspiring, but pretended not to know, and he was still in a daze, but he began to think about it in his heart.
It is obvious that these three people must be planning something, probably not good for themselves, otherwise they will not be responsible for themselves. The biggest possibility is to let themselves take the blame. The problem is, what are the consequences of taking the blame for themselves? It is inevitable to be punished by Emperor Ama.
Although he may have escaped a disaster when he makes a defense, he may not have a better life, and he will not give Kangxi any good impression; but if he does not make a defense, he bears it silently, and at the same time finds a way to let the emperor know that he has suffered a grievance, then the situation will be different. First of all, the emperor must have felt that he knows that his brotherhood and brotherhood are in charge. This is the first step. Secondly, it can highlight that the three people who use any means to escape responsibility have already lost a big score in front of Kangxi. The difficulty lies in how to avoid the so-called risk of "deception of the king".
Just as they were thinking about the way, they heard a message from the outer wing: "The emperor is here." The four of them immediately knelt down in a proper manner, and did not dare to say anything.
The eunuch in charge opened the curtain. As soon as Kangxi walked in, he found the remains of the jade Ganoderma lucidum on the ground. His face immediately became gloomy, and he looked like he was about to be furious. The prince had originally secretly looked at Kangxi's face, but he was so scared that he didn't dare to raise his head.
Kangxi said coldly: "Who did this?" No one responded for the moment.
Kangxi's voice became colder: "Why, why dare not act like it? I love the descendants of the Xinjueluo family, there is no such coward?" The prince raised his head slightly when he heard this, glanced at the angry Kangxi, and happened to meet Kangxi.
Kangxi stared at the prince and asked, "You are the prince, you said!"
The prince hesitated for a moment and said stutteringly, "It's the Fourth Prince, the Emperor. The Fourth Prince is young and has a great time. He just wanted to take it and see it fresh, but accidentally dropped the tribute jade Ganoderma. Emperor, I beg you to be kind. The Fourth Prince just made a big disaster because he was greedy for a while."
The eldest prince followed and said, "Emperor, I'm thinking about it. I'll spare the fourth brother this time. The ministers just now had the intention of protecting the fourth brother, so they didn't report to the emperor in time. They knew they were guilty." As he said that, he looked at the third prince Yinzhi. Yinzhi looked at the two brothers, hesitated for a moment, but still said nothing.
Yinzhen thought to himself: "These two are so cruel. This black brick is smashed. Not only do you pick yourself out, but you also want to put a good place in front of Kangxi."
Kangxi frowned, stared at Yinzhen, and said, "Yinzhen, is it really you? Why didn't he admit it just now?"
Yinzhen knew that everything he said was wrong at this time, so he kept silent and kowtowed a few times to Kangxi.
Kangxi was even more angry and scolded: "I usually see you as polite, but I don't know that it's so unbearable. I learned everything the master taught you into the dog's belly? I fell things, made mistakes, and took responsibility and received punishment. This is not a big mistake, but being dishonest to the king and father is a big mistake!"
How could Yinzhen have no idea? He could only kowtow and apologize: "My son knows his mistake, please ask the emperor Ama to punish him heavily."
Hearing this, Kangxi was slightly angry, and the initiator of the incident, the prince and the eldest prince, also spoke secretly.
Kangxi thought for a moment and said, "I am not too harsh when you are young, but this time I should teach you a lesson, so that you can remember for a long time. Go to the yard and tell Wu Dan that I want him to beat you twenty times."
Yinzhen fought a cold war and complained secretly, but he had to thank him according to the etiquette and said, "I thanked the emperor Ama for his grace." Before he got up, he looked at the third prince with "sorrow" and did it more obviously. This is an important link to whether he would be beaten in vain? If Kangxi also noticed it, coupled with the abnormal reaction of the third prince before, Kangxi might be suspicious. If he asked the third prince later, then there might be hope of winning back the city. Sure enough, he noticed that Kangxi frowned slightly.
When he walked into the yard and saw Wu Dan, Yinzhen said honestly: "Wu Junmen, I made a big mistake just now. The Emperor asked me to come to you to get twenty whips. The Emperor also ordered to beat him hard."
Wu Dan did not dare to neglect, so he bowed to the study room and said, "I received the order." Then he looked a little sympathetic and said, "Fourth Prince, I am going to offend me, I dared to ask the Fourth Prince to take off my coat."
Yinzhen took off his outer garment and python robe, leaving only the white robe inside, and knelt down to the study.
Wu Dan went elsewhere to get a whip, but he chose a whip with a special rope. After all, the emperor's nobleman, golden branches and jade leaves, and Concubine Tong's beloved son, although he was beaten hard by himself, but this little man was so young and tender, and he was really injured, and the emperor could not spare him. Standing behind Yinzhen, Wu Dan whispered again, "I offended." Then, he swung the rope whip and continued to hit him.
Yinzhen tried his best to hold back and prevent himself from screaming. Every time he whipped, he felt like a knife cutting fire. He clearly felt the skin on his back was tearing.
Kangxi was also listening attentively inside the door, but there was almost no other sound except for the whip of the rope whip, which surprised him very much. He even thought that Wu Dan was deliberately doing a show, but he knew that Wu Dan was always loyal, but he could not make a falsification. So he lifted the curtain and saw that Wu Dan was indeed executing his orders without fail. Yinzhen was straight, and his face was indeed full of tears, but looking at his expression, he seemed to have suffered a lot of grievance.
Wu Dan was also secretly surprised. He didn't expect that such a young man would be so tough and whipped twenty whips. Even though he showed some mercy, Yinzhen's back was still full of skin and his little clothes were almost broken. After the torture was finished, Yinzhen struggled to kowtow to the study room and said, "My son has finished receiving the punishment." Then, he fainted.
Wu Dan whispered: "The good guy is the man." While hugging Yinzhen in a hurry, he went into the study to submit the order.
Kangxi looked at Yinzhen, who had fainted in Wu Dan's arms and asked, "Go, send him back to Concubine Tong, and find the imperial physician to take a look." Wu Dannuo said, hurriedly hugging Yinzhen out.
Kangxi looked at the third prince Yinzhi with a profound meaning. The third prince's eyes flashed, and he did not dare to intersect with Kangxi at all. Kangxi was full of suspicion, but he could not ask questions immediately, so he had to wave his hand and let the three brothers retreat. The matter of preparatory worshipping the sons on the occasion of the First Palace was the only way to put aside.
Chapter completed!