GBP Chapter 539 No, we've become emperors!
Chapter 539 No, we've become emperors!
There's a saying that goes, "It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality." Once you've personally experienced a good life, it's basically impossible for you to go back to the old days when all you did was work from the moment you opened your eyes.
Kangxi now fully understands Yinzhuo. Of course, after understanding him, he inevitably wants to become like him. So after careful consideration, Kangxi decided to completely relieve him of this heavy burden.
"What the hell? An abdication edict? Brother, what is Father thinking? Didn't he used to be so wary of us? Why is he suddenly abdicating?"
Not to mention Yinzhi was surprised, even Yinzhen, who had been holding the edict and reading it several times, was still in a daze. "Wait, I'm the emperor now? Why do I feel so confused and bewildered?"
No matter what, the eldest brother is always the eldest brother. Yinti took the edict from Yinzhen's hand, looked at it, and quickly accepted the fact that he had gone from being a prince to the emperor's elder brother. Then, without any hesitation, he knelt down with one hand on his sleeve.
"Your subject, Yinti, pays his respects to Your Majesty."
With Yinti taking the lead, Yinzhi and the others quickly followed suit. They exchanged glances, and a hint of excitement flickered in their eyes.
"Your Majesty, we, your humble servants, pay our respects..."
Yinzhen sat there dumbfounded, staring blankly at the group of brothers who had knelt down in front of him. His feelings were extremely complicated. No, I mean, aren't you all going to ask someone to confirm with our father? This is the throne! Aren't you afraid that this edict is a forgery?
Are Yinqi and the others afraid? Heh, it would be strange if they were afraid. After all, their father is in good health now, and the position of crown prince has long been decided. In any case, they have long given up their thoughts of vying for the throne. They don't care when the fourth prince will ascend the throne.
Yinti and Yinzhi were thinking about this all the time. As the saying goes, "a new emperor brings a new court." After the fourth prince ascended the throne, he would have to work hard to cultivate his own power, and they, as those who had competed with him for the throne, would have to be wary of him.
It's good to be feared. If they're feared, they'll have a reason to run away. They've heard that Xiao Liu has someone build a big house in Laizhou Prefecture so he can experience the life of facing the sea and enjoying the spring blossoms. They'll run there then, facing the sea and enjoying the spring blossoms. Just listen to that. How can it be so enviable?
Regardless of Kangxi's decision, and regardless of whether Yinzhen was eager to inherit the throne, he still followed the rules and first rejected Kangxi's abdication edict. The father and son declined three times, making a show of it, and finally Yinzhen accepted his father's abdication edict.
As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a ruler for a day. As soon as Kangxi issued the abdication edict, the Ministry of Rites immediately began to work busily. It took more than three months of preparations to complete all the preparations for the enthronement ceremony.
Now everything is ready except for the final push. Just a few days before the enthronement ceremony, Emperor Kangxi, who had been away from the capital for nearly half a year, finally returned with Yinzhuo and Yinreng.
"Fourth Brother, congratulations! You know your little brother is a good-for-nothing. My childhood dream has always been to be a spoiled brat. You'd better roll up your sleeves and get to work. Whether my dream can continue depends entirely on you..."
Yinzhuo circled around Yinzhen, who was dressed in a dragon robe, and reached out to touch the lifelike, majestic five-clawed golden dragon embroidered on his fourth brother's clothes. He then patted Yinzhen's shoulder and began to earnestly reiterate his childhood dream to his fourth brother, as if he was afraid that his fourth brother would keep him as a laborer.
Yinzhen looked at his unruly younger brother in front of him, gritting his teeth for a long time but he couldn't do anything about it. Don't think that just because he is the emperor now, he can be underestimated. Don't forget that there are two powerful figures above him, the retired emperor and the empress dowager.
This damned thing in front of him was the apple of his father's and mother's eye. If he dared to lay a finger on this guy, even if he was the emperor, his father and mother would give him a double dose of sex.
With the powerful Emperor Kangxi above him and the concerted efforts of his brothers Yinti, Yinreng, and Yinzhi, Yinzhen's enthronement ceremony proceeded exceptionally smoothly.
Even after the ceremony ended and he returned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, sitting on the dragon throne and looking at his brothers and court officials standing below the steps, Yinzhen still felt a sense of unreality.
But this hazy, unreal feeling of prosperity was quickly shattered. Yinzhuo had gotten up earlier than ever before, and his head was still foggy. After standing there for a while, he actually became quite drowsy.
Yinzhuo had been pampered since childhood, so he was not like the servants who had long since developed the skill of sleeping standing up. Once he fell asleep, he naturally couldn't stand up. If it weren't for Yinyou standing behind him who quickly pulled him up, he probably would have fallen to the ground.
"Sixth Brother, how are you? Did you hurt yourself anywhere? If you feel sleepy, go back and rest. Ninth Brother, go over and help Seventh Brother support your Sixth Brother so he doesn't fall while he's still half asleep."
As the saying goes, the eldest brother is like a father. Although Yinzhen usually disciplines Yinzuo strictly, he has also worried about him a lot since he was a child.
The ministers standing below were initially quite worried for Yinzhuo after seeing his rudeness in front of the emperor. After all, with each new emperor comes a new set of ministers, and just because Kangxi doted on this son did not mean that the new emperor would spoil his younger brother Yinzhuo in the same way.
Although they had always heard people say that the royal brothers had a good relationship, they didn't really believe it at the time. After all, there was only one throne, and faced with such a great temptation, they were all sons and grandsons of the emperor. They didn't believe that Prince Zhi and Prince Cheng would be so willing to be subordinate to others.
It seems their efforts were in vain. The brothers' relationship is truly excellent. Didn't you see how anxious His Majesty the Emperor was when Prince Zhao almost fell to the ground? And Prince Chun was quick-witted and nimble-fingered; before they could even react, he had already pulled them back.
Although Yinzhuo's mind was a little dazed, he was still aware of where he was. The near fall had cleared his head a bit. Hearing this, he looked up at his fourth brother and then waved his hand to indicate that Yintang didn't need to support him.
"Fourth Brother, I got up before dawn this morning and I'm really sleepy now. I was disrespectful in front of the palace just now, please forgive me. If you don't have anything to do here, I'll go to Khan's place to rest for a while. I'll come to Yangxin Hall to find you when you're done."