The ministers present didn't know what to do for a while, so they secretly went to see Tong Guowei.

Naturally, they felt that the eighth prince was the best candidate, but the emperor's attitude towards the fourth prince made them somewhat hesitant.

The emperor's thoughts are the most difficult to guess. Could it be that the emperor really intends to restore the crown prince? It would be great if someone could test the emperor's intentions.

At this time, a person suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate."

The courtiers recognized the voice and all looked over. As expected, it was Ma Qi, Master Fucha, the great scholar of Wuyingdian Palace, who spoke.

As a bachelor and Taibao of the Crown Prince, Ma Qi has always been highly valued by the Emperor. If he can test the Emperor's intention, this matter will be somewhat certain.

Others secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"The old minister believes that it is not appropriate to reinstate him." Ma Qi walked out of the queue and bowed and said: "The matter of establishing a crown prince is related to the foundation of the country. Everything the second prince did before was against morality. Even the emperor did not do it when he was deposed.

I have said that he 'acts surly'. This shows that his words and deeds are indeed inappropriate. In this case, appointing him again may be detrimental to the country, and I hope the emperor will think twice."

As soon as he said these words, the smile that had just appeared on Emperor Kangxi's face because of his fourth elder brother gradually faded away.

There was silence in the court hall again.

After a long while, Emperor Kangxi's voice slowly sounded: "I think the second prince is inappropriate, but Yinhu is very suitable?" He paused briefly, "Yinhu is indeed good, he speaks appropriately and behaves gently, and is the same as Yinreng."

It makes a big difference.”

Ma Qi and Tong Guowei quietly exchanged glances.

Tong Guowei felt that the emperor agreed with Ma Qi's point of view, so he signaled to everyone around him.

Everyone's minds were unified at this time, and everyone's voices rang out in the court: "I think that Ba Beile is very suitable and worthy of a great responsibility."

Emperor Kangxi smiled.

Everyone could not figure out what the emperor's laughter meant, and they all bowed and did not dare to say a word.

"I already understand what you mean, my dear friends." Emperor Kangxi said: "So many of you are saying that Yinhu is good... I wonder who started this?"

This question sounds like a pleasant tone.

Lead the ministers of the bodyguard, Aling'a and Elundai, to come forward.

Aling Ayan said: "No one took the initiative, but it was just the response of the public." Elundai said: "This is the unanimous opinion of the ministers, and no one took the lead."

At this time, something unexpected happened.

Emperor Kangxi suddenly became furious. He suddenly picked up an object and threw it towards the ground. The object hit the ground with a muffled sound, which shocked everyone into silence.

"It's so popular." Emperor Kangxi was obviously angry and laughed: "You all stood by Yinhu's side and completely ignored my opinion?"

He pointed to the two people in the lead: "You two, tell me, who is taking the lead?"

Aling A'nai is the son of Ye Bilong, and Elundai is the son of Tong Guowei. Their attitudes represent the views of the Niu Hulu and Tong Jia families.

However, at this time, the situation has changed suddenly, and no one will rashly come out to be the "first" person at this moment.

Even though everyone knew that Tong Guowei was the first person to stand in the queue of Eighth Prince, no one dared to say anything - because Tong Guowei was the emperor's uncle and father-in-law, and no one would get into trouble with both sides at this time.

At this moment, it was difficult for Yinzhen to come forward because the late Queen Tong Jia was his adoptive mother.

But the emperor has spoken, and if no one comes forward to say something, there is a high probability that this deadlock will continue, and neither the civil or military officials of the court will be able to find relief.

Just when the atmosphere was stagnant, suddenly, someone spoke up: "I have heard a little bit about this, but I'm not there, so I don't know if what I said is correct."

Everyone looked towards him.

I saw that the man was elegant and tall, and even though he was wearing court clothes, he still looked bookish. He saluted the Nine-Fifth Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being bold, I am afraid that I am going to tell you about an adult who will surprise you very much."

Emperor Kangxi subconsciously wanted to see his fourth son Yinzhen, but he resisted and pointed at Zhang Tingyu: "Say."

Zhang Tingyu said calmly: "Master Fucha, a scholar of Wuyingdian."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Ma Qi, and then turned to look at Zhang Tingyu.

No one expected that Zhang Tingyu would speak out at this stall. Moreover, he was really an important minister who supported Eighth Prince. Although Ma Qi was not the first, he was one of the first among those with high authority.

There shouldn't have been any noise in the court hall, but there was still a burst of low-pitched discussion.

Emperor Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Tingyu is a good person.

The chosen Ma Qi is also very suitable.

Emperor Kangxi was very angry because Ma Qi had promised him not to get involved, but he backtracked and directly identified Yinhu.

Zhang Tingyu's move not only gave him an answer to his previous question, but also prevented him from losing his beauty. It also gave him a reason to cure Ma Qi.

"It's you." Emperor Kangxi happened to take advantage of this excuse and shouted angrily at Ma Qi: "A great scholar is involved in forming a party for personal gain! Where do you put my orders?"

This remark is a pun, referring to what he said many years ago about strictly prohibiting forming parties for personal gain, and also refers to his warning to Ma Qi a few days ago that "you are not allowed to take sides."

Ma Qi knew that he had disobeyed the emperor's wishes.

But he had been very sure that the emperor was interested in the eighth prince, so he wanted to compete for the merit of being a disciple of the dragon. When the eighth prince became the prince and emperor, he would be able to care about him and the Fucha family.

But seeing how angry the emperor was now, Ma Qi hurriedly knelt down and said: "I am guilty, please ask the emperor to punish me!"

After Emperor Kangxi reprimanded him, he could only leave the matter of "electing a person to establish the crown prince" for the time being.

He was angry at Ma Qi's behavior and directly ordered Ma Qi to go to the Qianqing Palace to lecture him. But seeing Zhang Tingyu standing next to him as if he was confessing his guilt, he called Zhang Tingyu there too.

Yinzhen was afraid that Zhang Tingyu would be reprimanded, so he turned around and followed him.

Emperor Kangxi looked on coldly, but didn't say much, and let the fourth child enter the study room of Qianqing Palace with them.

As soon as he entered the room and closed the door, Emperor Kangxi scolded Ma Qi, scolding the old minister until he couldn't hold his head up.

Logically speaking, Zhang Tingyu should be scolded at this time.

But Emperor Kangxi didn't want to.

He also knew that Zhang Tingyu was rescuing someone from a critical situation at that time, and did not want the emperor to face the situation where none of the courtiers showed up, so he took the initiative to tell Ma Qi's name.

But Zhang Tingyu's behavior just now was indeed inappropriate in the eyes of others. Now that Ma Qi is here, as an emperor, he should be on both sides and say a few words to Zhang Tingyu.

Just when Emperor Kangxi was thinking about how to train Zhang Tingyu, suddenly, the door of the house was pushed open a crack, and Liang Jiugong's anxious face was revealed through the crack.

Emperor Kangxi asked: "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty! Something bad has happened!" Liang Jiugong's voice was low but very urgent: "The Zhang family just sent someone here to say that Mr. Zhang Ying is not in good condition, and asked Mr. Zhang Tingyu to go home quickly!"

Zhang Tingyu's face suddenly turned pale.

Since July and August this year, my father Zhang Ying has been in poor health.

Fortunately, the fourth elder brother sent people all over the country to find good doctors, and his father was able to survive until now. However, after winter, the condition recurred and he was bedridden.

This morning before Zhang Tingyu went to court, he heard a report from his servant that the boss was not well. At that time, he hurried over to visit and found that his father was sleeping. He did not dare to delay going to court, so he could only stay for a while and saw that nothing happened, and then left quickly.

Home.

Who knew that such news would suddenly come out?

Zhang Tingyu subconsciously wanted to rush out of the door. When he reached the door, he remembered that he was in the emperor's study room. He quickly turned around and saluted and apologized: "I hope the emperor will forgive me. I am... really..."

"It doesn't matter." Emperor Kangxi said, "I order you to go home as soon as possible and visit the great scholar Zhang."

Zhang Tingyu hurriedly kowtowed to thank him and ran out staggeringly.

When Yinzhen heard this, he felt anxious and subconsciously looked at Emperor Kangxi.

Emperor Kangxi knew that he had a good relationship with the Zhang family. After all, it was the family of the Seventh Prince Consort, and Zhang Tingyu was Honghui's enlightenment master.

Emperor Kangxi waved his hand: "You can just follow."

Yinzhen took a step and left.

Kangxi shouted again: "Give me my greetings to Academician Zhang! Tell him that I have always been thinking about him!" This voice was full of the decades of affection between him and this important minister in the court.

Yinzhen nodded deeply and followed Zhang Tingyu with long strides.

Emperor Kangxi asked someone to prepare horses for the two of them, and the two rode off, but they rushed back to Zhang Mansion very quickly.

When the two dismounted in front of the gate, a carriage happened to be heading this way, and it looked familiar.

The carriage stopped, and two people, one large and one small, got out.

But it was Honghui who came with the wet nurse at home. The wet nurse was holding a baby in her arms, and it turned out to be the infant little Gege Qingchen.

Yinzhen was stunned.

Honghui bowed and saluted the two people in front of him: "I have met Ama, I have met Mr." and then explained: "My sister was brought here by E Niang. E Niang said that Mr. Zhang is my enlightenment teacher, and agreed

Mr. Zhang is my sister’s enlightenment. My sister and I should come and take a look.”

Zhang's Mansion and Si Age's Mansion are not very far apart.

The Zhang family knew that the fourth elder brother was concerned about Mr. Zhang's health and was looking for famous doctors to take care of Mr. Zhang. Now that Zhang Ying was not doing well, they hurriedly sent someone to the fourth elder brother's house to answer the question.

Although Honghui and the wet nurse came in a carriage, because the distance was closer than the Zhang family and the palace, people from both sides arrived here at the same time.

Zhang Tingyu looked at the little swaddling baby and felt distressed: "How old is Sister Chen? How can she bear the fatigue of traveling and traveling! Fujin is too willful."

The words were full of gratitude and sighs.

Everyone knows that when Zhang Ying looked better a few days ago, he was so happy to hear that his fourth elder brother had a legitimate daughter. He even said that when Sister Chen's son was born for a hundred days, he would personally go to his house to have a full moon meal.

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Now Sifujin didn't care that the old man was sick, and even brought the child over for the old man to see, obviously trying to satisfy the old man's wishes.

Yinzhen was very happy that his wife could think of this for him.

He patted Zhang Tingyu on the shoulder: "Our two families are in-laws, why did we separate?" Then he hurried into the yard.

Zhang Tingyu was afraid that the cold weather would freeze the child, so she quickly asked the wet nurse to carry her into the house.

"It doesn't matter." The wet nurse said with a smile: "This little quilt made by Fujin is very warm. Even if there is a strong wind, it won't chill my sister. Fujin said that he just hugged my sister and showed it to Mr. Zhang.
To be continued...