I just want to live a happy life

Chapter 282: Startling Steps - 4 Fu Jin 28

He is old, but not senile. As he gets older, he begins to care about his reputation.

It's not that he doesn't know about those messes, he just doesn't want to get involved.

If this situation continues for a long time, it will definitely lead to more serious consequences. At this time, a tough person is needed to deal with it, and Yinzhen is very suitable.

Yinzhen was capable and ruthless, he thought, so he would definitely be able to handle it.

With this in mind, the emperor took Yinzhen with him more often, helped him deal with things, and taught him how to be a good emperor.

The ministers were not fools. They could only put aside their own little plans and gradually accept the fact that Prince Yong would become the emperor in the future.

Soon it was the sixty-first year of the Kangxi reign. The emperor's health was deteriorating, and the atmosphere in the capital was becoming increasingly tense, almost suffocating.

In the end, Emperor Kangxi closed his eyes forever in Changchun Garden in November of the 61st year of his life, with a heart full of reluctance and unwillingness.

Yinzhen was the successor chosen by the previous emperor, and he had every right to sit on the throne. Neither his brothers nor the court officials could say anything.

Therefore, not long after the death of the previous emperor, Yinzhen ascended the throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and changed the reign title to Yongzheng. The next year was the first year of Yongzheng.

After Yinzhen came to the throne, Yu Ludai naturally took the throne of queen.

His two good brothers Yinxiang were conferred the title of Prince Yi, while the fourteenth prince Yinzhen was conferred the title of Prince Xun.

He also gave additional titles to other brothers who knew the times.

From then on, the world belonged to Yinzhen.

After Yinzhen ascended the throne, he did not need to worry too much about the national treasury. After all, the national treasury was very rich. Countless gold, silver, jewelry and other items had been seized from the bondsers' homes before, and there were still many left.

For Yinzhen, the most important thing was to deal with the troubles that his royal father had in his later years.

At this time, Minghui, who had long since become alienated from Yinsi, discussed with Prince An's Mansion and then offered the two flags under the control of Prince An's Mansion to Yinzhen.

Of course, Yinzhen gladly accepted this and rewarded Minghui. He also named Hongwang the crown prince of Prince Lian's mansion, and the title of Prince Lian was inherited by Hongwang.

Yinzhen did not mention Yinsi, but ignored him. It seemed that he did not vent his anger on the mother and son for Yinsi's mistakes, and Minghui no longer had to worry.

Yinsi was already disabled, and Yinzhen would not use him and would just pretend that he did not exist.

Yinzhen was very dissatisfied with this. He always disliked the fourth brother who was against the eighth brother. Even if he became the emperor, he would still not accept it.

Just as he was about to cause trouble for Yinzhen, he was discovered by the Tenth Brother, who often followed him. He hurriedly stopped him and prevented his ninth brother from doing anything stupid.

"Old Ten, why are you holding me? I don't believe that Old Four can kill me."

The Tenth Brother: "Ninth Brother, don't be impulsive. Fourth Brother is the Emperor now, and his status is different. Don't call him so casually like before."

"I know you're doing this for mynah bird, but the emperor doesn't like mynah bird. What's the point of you standing up for mynah bird? Maybe if you go, the emperor will not only punish you, but also vent his anger on mynah bird."

"Myna is having a hard time right now, so don't hold us back."

"I think Eighth Brother is doing fine now. This is a blessing in disguise. If Eighth Brother is fine now, wouldn't the Emperor settle accounts with him? Forget it, Ninth Brother. Just ignore him. It's better than having no life."

"As a man, you must know the times."

Yinzhen also slowly calmed down. What the tenth brother said made sense. He couldn't be the first to take action now. Perhaps the fourth brother was still waiting for someone to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. He couldn't be that chicken.

Ever since Yinzhen came to the throne, the little hope that Yinsi had in his heart was gone, and he had no chance of becoming emperor at all.

At this point, he became even more depressed and looked frustrated. Of course, he did not stop investigating who caused him to fall off his horse.

But the Emperor has more people than he does, and if the Emperor can't find it, how can he find it?

And the longer the time goes, the less you can find out.

So he slowly gave up and didn't want to do anything anymore. Now he spends most of his time lying in bed. Sometimes when the weather is good, he will ask someone to push him outside for a walk.

With the passing of the previous emperor, Prince Lian's mansion was inherited by Hongwang, and Minghui stopped pretending. Yinsi was no longer of any use to her, and she was completely fed up with Yinsi and he no longer came to see her.

Ruolan was already weak due to Qingshan's death, and her health became worse due to the loss of her sister. Besides, she didn't like Yinsi, so how could she drag her poor health to see him?

Ever since Zhang Xiao was exposed that day, Ruolan has never seen her again. Zhang Xiao went to look for Ruolan, but she was nowhere to be found every time. Gradually, Zhang Xiao became annoyed.

If you don't want to see each other, just don't see each other. You really don't know what's good for you

Zhang Xiao was also angry with Yinsi, angry that he treated her as a substitute, so she did not go to see him.

Zhang Xiao was not a person who could stand loneliness. Ruolan refused to see her, and Qiaohui, the only person who could talk to her, also left her and went to Ruolan.

Minghui assigned her a personal servant, but Zhang Xiao was worried that the assigned person might be Minghui's man, so she didn't really tell her what was on her mind.

Another reason is that she was afraid that someone would eavesdrop on her conversations, so she kept some things in her heart and would not say them out loud.

As for the people in the backyard, no one had done anything to her before because Yinsi doted on her and she had her elder sister, Ruolan.

But seeing that Zhang Xiao was no longer favored and cared for by her biological sister, they did not care that she was a concubine, so whenever they saw her, they would speak sarcastic and mocking words to her.

Zhang Xiao couldn't win over these people. Every time she returned to the yard full of anger, she would smash things in the room. She would feel better every time she saw the mess on the floor.

It would be fine if it happened once or twice, but Zhang Xiao did this every time and didn't care at all how much money she would waste by destroying things.

Minghui had never had a good impression of Zhang Xiao. She was already very generous of her to let her live in the mansion. She didn't expect that she would dare to destroy things in the mansion.

Those things belong to the mansion. Since they are not hers, she doesn't care about them, right?

So Minghui ordered people to remove the ornaments and decorations in Zhang Xiao's room and not let her use them anymore. If it were in the past, she would have dared to go to Minghui for justice, but now Zhang Xiao didn't dare to do that at all. She would not have the upper hand against Minghui.

Zhang Xiao doesn’t have any close friends here, and no one interacts with her. Also, as a woman in the backyard, she is not allowed to leave the house.

She felt depressed and uncomfortable and wanted to go out, but now no one would indulge her and no one cared about her feelings.

If you really want to find someone to talk to, it can only be Yinsi.

When she first found out that she was a substitute, she was still angry with Yinsi and didn't want to see him, but the funny thing is, she found that she didn't care anymore. She just wanted to find someone to talk to. Maybe she didn't like him in the first place, otherwise why wasn't she sad at all now?