bookcurios Chapter 138 A Bit Wasteful
Chapter 138 A Bit Wasteful
"In later generations, Concubine De was evaluated as doting on the Fourteenth Brother and hating the Fourth Brother. She was even very reluctant to see the Fourth Brother ascend the throne. On the day of the Fourth Brother's ascension to the throne, she even threatened to kill herself and force the Fourth Brother to give up the throne to the Fourteenth Brother. She also said that Kangxi's imperial edict was wrong at the time, and it clearly said the Fourteenth Brother instead of the Fourth Brother. Even if the Fourth Brother ascended the throne, she was unwilling to move into the Cining Palace," Wen Yao listed them one by one. "Many people in later generations hated Concubine De, such as... me!"
Yinzhen looked at Wen Yao strangely, "Are you the only one who thinks so? Forcing the fourth brother to give up the throne to the fourteenth brother? When the fourth brother ascended the throne, the fourteenth brother had not returned yet. No, that's not the question. Even if Concubine De is mentally ill, she would not do such a thing."
The more Yinzhen thought about it, the more he felt that this statement was stupid, and it was consistent with his wife's clumsy "belief".
Wen Yao shook her head decisively. Although she thought so, there were definitely people who thought so. This was definitely not her original creation. She did not admit that she was stupid. "I am just telling some things in the future. Listen carefully, it is some remarks."
"Haha... I see." Yinzhen decisively determined that the answer to this question could be directed at a certain person. "Then what you said about the imperial edict being wrong, and writing about the fourteenth brother instead of the fourth brother, is it also what some... people think?" He emphasized the word "some".
Wen Yao nodded, "That's definitely what some people think, not just our descendants, who say that it was you, the Eighth Master Party, who spread rumors to slander the Fourth Brother, and that you opposed everything the Fourth Brother did when he ascended the throne, causing a lot of problems for the Fourth Brother, who was then Emperor Yongzheng."
"Bah! I died not long after my fourth brother ascended the throne. My eighth brother and my tenth brother...even before we were imprisoned, the three of us were not together. We were all separated. Spreading rumors! I wish I could do that!" Yinzhen became even angrier. He obviously didn't do it, but he wanted to. But did he have the ability to do so?
The fourth brother succeeded in winning the throne, and he really thought he was made of tofu. He had already separated the three of them. What could he do? Nothing!
He is so wronged. He did nothing wrong but still has to take the blame!
"Also, the imperial edict was written in three languages: Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese. How can it be changed? Isn't that stupid!" Yinzhen shook his head, "Does anyone believe this rumor? Even if I want to spread a rumor, it definitely won't be this kind of rumor. How embarrassing!"
"Why are there so many rumors about you later generations? They are getting more and more outrageous! They are like unofficial history!" Yinzhen felt that his reputation had been tarnished and he felt so wronged!
"Unofficial history may not be true, but it definitely preserves its wildness. Let me tell you one... It's not unofficial history, but a storybook in later generations, just like the operas nowadays, performed by many people, just like the Princess Huaiyu I told you about last time," Wen Yao turned off the gossip app. She became interested and wanted to tell the prince of Qing Dynasty about the story of Zhen Huan!
She had thought about it a long time ago, but she could only think about it when watching the short video. This time she can do it. She didn't do it before because she didn't think about it!
Yinzhen swallowed his saliva. The same as Princess Huaiyu? Actually, he didn't really want to hear it!
Looking at his Wen Yao's excited expression, he was sure that it was definitely another fabricated story about their Qing Dynasty. "Actually, also..." No need, Yinzhen hadn't finished speaking.
Wen Yao grinned, "It's about the harem after the fourth brother ascended the throne."
"Actually, I love to hear it. Tell me!" Yinzhen immediately became interested. Oh, it was made up by Fourth Brother? He loved to hear it. It was just a storybook. It was just interesting. How could it be the same as history?
You see, the stories nowadays are different from the history in the past, so you can listen to them!
"Let's start from the first chapter. I can recite this story by heart. There was a girl named Zhen Huan. In the first year of the fourth brother's ascension to the throne, which was the first year of Yongzheng's reign, a beauty contest was to be held," Wen Yao was about to continue speaking when she was interrupted by Yinzhen.
"Wait a minute, when is the selection? I didn't hear it clearly," Yinzhen was a little unbelievable. Isn't this too outrageous? The first year? Less than a year after the emperor's death?
Is the fourth brother so impatient? No, Yinzhen still knows that the fourth brother is not so impatient!
Although he wanted to hear Fourth Brother's jokes, wasn't this a little too cute?
"Hehehe... Come on, let's continue. It was the selection of concubines in the first year. It was proposed by Concubine De, the Empress Dowager at that time. It was because Fourth Brother had few concubines. At that time, only the Third Prince survived. Oh~ there was also a Fourth Prince. Speaking of the Fourth Prince, we have to talk about it before Fourth Brother ascended the throne. I forgot when and where it was?" Wen Yao thought for a while, "It seemed to be the Old Summer Palace? Anyway, it was one of these places. At that time, you and your Eighth Brother and Tenth Brother framed Fourth Brother and made him favor a slave."
Yinzhen's face turned dark, and he said to the fourth brother, why is he still involved!
"Fourth brother hated Hongli, so he kept him in the Old Summer Palace," Wen Yao continued.
"Hongli was born to Niuhuru. Although Niuhuru was not favored, he was not born to a slave," Yinzhen felt tired. Everything was wrong. And it was they who harmed the fourth son. If the fourth son was so easy to return, he could still ascend the throne!
"Listen to me, because there were only two princes, a talent show was held, and Zhen Huan went to the temple to burn incense, saying that she did not want to enter the palace, but wanted to marry the best man in the world. After she came out, she met an imperial physician named Wen. They had been childhood sweethearts. Imperial physician Wen liked Zhen Huan very much and expressed his love with a jade pot. Zhen Huan refused, saying that she only regarded him as a brother. Then Zhen Huan entered the palace for the talent show. It was easy to pass the first two levels, and then she came to the last level, the interview," Wen Yao said excitedly.
Yinzhen wanted to complain but didn't want to anymore. He was tired! What the hell was this? "Yaoyao, keep going. I want to hear how outrageous it is!"
Wen Yao continued talking until she mentioned that Zhen Huan resembled the deceased Queen Chun Yuan. Wen Yao explained the matter of Chun Yuan and the successor queen. Yinzhen pinched his brows, not wanting to complain but unable to stop, "Yaoyao, Fourth Brother really only has one Queen, who is our Fourth Sister-in-law. How can there be a successor queen? Honghui is the eldest son! The real eldest son!"
"The storybook! What you just said," Wen Yao was very happy. She wanted to see what would happen when the Nine Dragons of the Qing Dynasty heard this story. After they all knew about it and calmly accepted the ascension of their fourth brother to the throne, she would tell them the story!
Wen Yao quickened her explanation. After all, what she knew was probably learned from reading fan fiction. She had not read the real Legend of Zhen Huan. Wen Yao described in great detail the story of picking up the wife's brother, the secret pregnancy, and the eternal sleep of Doctor Wen and Shen Meiyu.
Yinzhen originally thought that Wanwan Leiqing's killing of his own son and his fear of the Nian family were outrageous enough, but he didn't expect that there would be the matter of his seventeenth brother, and even his seventeenth brother's mother became Wang!
"When everyone knows that Fourth Brother has ascended the throne, you can tell the other brothers. They will definitely feel relieved! Really!" Yinzhen felt bad, but at least he felt relieved, though it was a bit of a waste for his Seventeenth Brother!
“Hahahahahaha…” Thinking of this, Yinzhen laughed out loud. It was too funny and so outrageous that it made him speechless, but it really made him feel relieved.