I just want to live a happy life

Chapter 279: Startling Steps - 4 Fu Jin 25

What Yu Ludai thought was right. As Yinsi was locked up in the mansion for reflection, the fighting between the princes in the court became more and more intense, and the emperor did not let them off. Soon, the power of the princes in the court dispersed or weakened, and soon only the fourth prince Yinzhen's party was more prominent.

But Yinzhen never left any handle behind when doing things, and the emperor could not blame him at will. Looking at this capable son, the emperor became more and more wary of him.

Now the emperor is getting older and has become a slave to power. Naturally, he does not want to give the throne to his sons. For the sake of power, he has little affection left for his sons, and he is more afraid of them.

Since Yinzhen did not make any mistakes, he can only practice the balancing act as before to stabilize the court. Now the eldest prince and the second prince have been imprisoned, and the rest of the princes are either incompetent or are the fourth prince Yinzhen or the eighth prince's men, so the only candidate at present can only be the eighth prince Yinsi.

Thinking of this, the emperor saw that Yinsi had reflected enough in the palace, so he released him and allowed him to continue attending court.

Even after Yinsi did a few things, he was conferred the title of prince. Yinsi was used to treating people of high caliber with respect, so there were still many ministers following him.

There is also the ninth prince Yinzhen, who has always been loyal to him. Yinzhen has a good relationship with Yin?. Although Yin? is a bit thick-skinned, he is not a stupid man. He does not want to participate in the fight for the throne at all. He just wants to wait patiently for the title of prince and live a good life.

But he and his ninth brother grew up together and were the closest brothers. He couldn't bear to abandon Yinzhen, so he just followed behind Yinsi.

Sometimes he would even secretly and casually persuade him not to get involved, but Yinzhen wouldn't listen. However, Yinzhen was not a person who gave up easily. If it didn't work once, he would persuade him a few more times. Then he didn't believe it. Didn't his ninth brother ever hesitate and think about giving up?

With the emperor's secret support, Yinsi's power in the court gradually became equal to that of Yinzhen, and a temporary balance was reached.

At this point, the emperor was much more relaxed. This was good. A balance in the court was beneficial to him.

If you say that Yinsi knew that the emperor was using him to make him go against Yinzhen, he knew it, but even if he knew it, he was unwilling to miss this opportunity. If he won, perhaps the throne would belong to him.

So for the throne that was about to be within his grasp, Yinsi's actions gradually lost control. He frantically eroded Yinzhen's power in the court, and then continued to treat him with courtesy and respect.

Many ministers in the court were still willing to follow the eighth prince Yinsi, because Yinsi was gentle and tolerant, and if he succeeded to the throne he would definitely be a benevolent monarch.

In the court, either the emperor is strong or the court officials are weak, or vice versa.

If it is the latter, it is not impossible to control the emperor.

The fourth prince Yinzhen was unkind and liked to plunder the homes of corrupt officials. If there was such an emperor, the court officials would have to keep their tails between their legs and behave themselves. How could they gain benefits in the court?

Therefore, in the minds of the ministers, it was more to their liking for the eighth prince Yinsi to sit on the throne.

Some ministers with some ideas all joined Yinsi, and as more and more ministers supported him, Yinsi was gradually blinded by the interests and acted more and more boldly.

Yinzhen looked at the emperor sitting above him who was becoming increasingly dissatisfied with Yinsi. He decided to temporarily withdraw from the court and return to rural life. He would let Yinsi test the emperor's bottom line in the court. He was not going to play anymore.

Yinzhen withdrew quickly. He was retreating to advance, but in Yinsi's eyes, he was admitting defeat, so he became even more proud.

Soon, Ruoxi, who was staying in Yinsi's backyard, learned that the Fourth Prince Yinzhen had taken his family to the Old Summer Palace and temporarily withdrew from the court.

She suddenly remembered that this was also the case in history. He deliberately left a good impression on the emperor that he was not interested in fame and fortune. She couldn't remember what happened afterwards, but in short, the emperor passed the throne to Yinzhen.

She didn't expect that even though she had tried so hard to help Yinsi, she still couldn't change history. Would Yinsi never be able to sit on the throne? How could she still be the queen?

No, she had to make Yinsi behave himself during this period of time and not stand out so much.

But after all her persuasion, Yinsi didn't listen to her at all. Yinsi was now dazzled by the throne that he was about to obtain and would not listen to anything.

If Ruoxi said something unpleasant, he would get angry with Ruoxi.

Ruoxi couldn't persuade him at all.

At this time, Minghui also felt that the time was almost right. If Yinsi continued like this, the emperor would definitely settle accounts with him.

Soon, Minghui took action.

One day, after Yinsi finished dealing with some work in the study in his mansion, he left the study and planned to go to the palace.

Not long after he left, someone secretly came to the study, extinguished the incense that Yinsi had lit when he was there, and took it away, then destroyed the body without leaving any evidence.

No one noticed all this.

When Yinsi left the mansion and rode his horse to the gate of the palace, he suddenly felt dizzy and fell off the horse.

After hearing the news, Minghui and Tangzhi looked at each other, then hurried to the palace with sad faces.

Yinsi fell and was injured at the gate of the palace. Since it was so close to the palace, they carried him directly into the palace's prince's residence and asked the imperial physician to treat him.

When Minghui arrived at the palace, the imperial physician had already gone downstairs to prepare medicine for treatment. The emperor heard the news and rushed over to see Yinsi, and he is still here now.

Minghui first greeted the emperor: "Your daughter-in-law pays respects to your father-in-law."

The emperor waved his hand and let Minghui go into the inner room.

After entering the inner room, Minghui's face was still filled with sadness. This was the imperial palace, a place where even a stone could speak. She had to be careful and not let anyone catch her.

Minghui looked at the two legs tied up with white gauze, and her eyes turned red: "Hey, hey, how come the injury is so serious? It must be in so much pain."

Tangzhi comforted Fu Jin: "Fu Jin, don't worry too much. There are so many skilled doctors in the Imperial Hospital. The prince will definitely get better."

Minghui wiped her tears and said, "I hope so."

Minghui had just walked out of the inner room after reading it when Yinzhen and Yinzhen, who had heard the news, also came.

Yinzhen was the most impatient: "Father, how is my dear brother? What did the imperial physician say?"

The emperor did not speak. Li Dequan, who was beside him, was a man who could read the emperor's mood, so he said, "Ninth Prince, the imperial physician said that the injuries to Eighth Prince's legs were too severe and it is very likely that he cannot be cured."

Yin'er's face was as ugly as if he had been struck by lightning: "How could this happen? How could this happen? My brother was fine before, how could something happen to him so suddenly?"

"Father Emperor, someone must be trying to harm myna. Please help myna."