The prince is hard to serve

Li He acted boldly and dared to commit the following crimes, but was dismissed by the furious Yan Wenhao. Not only was Emperor Yan not displeased when he heard about it, but he was very satisfied. Some ministers were even more trembling, for fear that it would be their turn next——

They had all talked about Yan Wenhao's marriage to a man behind their backs, and each of them took it as a laughing stock, and what's more, they repeatedly brought it up for jokes.

Yan Wenhao lived in Lingxiao Pavilion for a long time, he was weak and sick, and he had no power at all. Emperor Yan seldom mentioned him, so that although some ministers still remembered his identity as a prince, they already regarded him as a useless prince .

They all thought that Yan Wenhao would not have a day of 'recovery'. Regarding the words of the national teacher, they only regarded it as nonsense.

Now, Emperor Yan has just passed the age of forty, and has not yet intended to establish a crown prince, but some high-ranking officials have already worked on their own, standing behind their future crown prince candidate.

Emperor Yan's heirs are thin, with only six princes in his [-] years of reign. Excluding the eldest prince who died young, there are still five princes. However, only three princes have the hope of competing for the position of the East Palace. As for the other two princes, One was too young and the other was seriously ill.

Therefore, these ministers naturally took it for granted that it was impossible for Yan Wenhao to be among the candidates for the crown prince.

However, this time about Li He, Yan Wenhao, who had been completely ignored by everyone for a long time, was pushed out. Emperor Yan made no secret of his love for him, which caught many ministers by surprise, and also made a small part of them sober The people who have started to look at the situation again.

Perhaps, in addition to the three princes, there needs to be one more candidate for the crown prince?

Of course, Yan Wenhao knew about the vicissitudes in the court and the twists and turns in the hearts of the ministers, but he didn't want to pay attention to it.

What he needs now is to 'recover' with peace of mind, and wait until the day when he 'recovers'.

It's just that although Yan Wenhao didn't pay attention to it and was calm and composed, someone heard the wind and he was in a hurry.

Yan Wenzhi is the fifth prince of Emperor Yan, and his mother concubine is a good concubine who is one of the four concubines in the harem. He is one of the candidates who is expected to compete for the crown prince.

As soon as the news about Li He came out, he couldn't sit still at all.

He just turned sixteen this year, and he had already performed the crown ceremony a few days ago and left the palace to build a mansion.

At this time, in the Fifth Prince's Mansion, in the meeting hall.

Yan Wenzhi sat in the upper seat with a ferocious face and angry eyes. Below him stood a few courtiers in casual clothes, but each of them had a bad complexion.

They had clearly just had an argument.

After being quiet for a long time, seeing that Yan Wenzhi's mood had calmed down, several officials looked at each other, carefully glanced at Yan Wenzhi, opened their mouths to speak again, but hesitated for a while, and finally did not speak. .

Just at this moment, an official who hadn't spoken since he entered the door just now stood up, and he said slowly, "Your Highness, please calm down."

The official who spoke was Jiang Xi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, one of the six departments of the imperial court.

Yan Wenzhi glanced at Jiang Xi, snorted coldly, and looked at him coldly.

"Calm down? How do you want me to calm down?"

Throwing the teacup in his hand on the ground forcefully, Yan Wenzhi's tone was extremely excited and filled with strong anger, his eyes were wide open, making his face look extremely distorted.

"You are all useless, like trash, you can't even think of a solution, now Luo Yu has come up with a solution, but you are all against it, what? Do you want me to watch my sick Brother Second Emperor regained his health, will he stand in court and compete with me for the position of crown prince?"

Today in the court hall, Yan Wenzhi had just been scolded by Emperor Yan, making him feel ashamed. When he returned home, he heard about Li He again, and knew that his sick son, the second emperor brother, was very likely to die. How could he not be angry when he came back to the court?

Yan Wenhao was originally the son of Empress Zhuang, and he was a legitimate son. If he recovers physically and returns to the court, then the group of old stubborn people who have already compromised and stick to the old etiquette will definitely praise him with all their strength. At that time, he Yan Wenhao What's the point of Wenzhi fighting for so many years?

Seeing Yan Wenzhi's angry and irrational appearance, Jiang Xi sighed in his heart, but his face remained calm, and he continued to say: "Your Highness, judging from the current situation, the third prince should be the one you should pay the most attention to. , be careful, it is also the third prince, as for the second prince..."

Frowning, Jiang Xi said in a deep voice: "I think it's still unknown whether the second prince's body will be able to heal or not, and based on Li He's incident, he can directly conclude that he can return to the court and stir up the situation. It's too early."

After a pause, he looked directly into Yan Wenzhi's eyes, and then said: "Even if the second prince can come back, but the empress Zhuang has passed away, he himself has been ill for several years, and he has never known or wooed any officials in the Lingxiao Pavilion for a long time. Even if there are veterans who stick to the ancient etiquette and praise him, it will not help, those veterans are already reaching the age of retirement, what else can they change?"

Speaking of this, Jiang Xi bowed to Yan Wenzhi, and said slowly: "Your Highness, I am sorry to say that the current form is the same for the third prince. Once the second prince returns, he will also be restrained. Why don't we wait and see? Watch them fight each other, and when the time is right, defeat them in one fell swoop?"

After these remarks, Yan Wenzhi's anger was finally half extinguished. He frowned and paced slowly in the room, as if he was thinking about Jiang Xi's words.

The other officials saw that Yan Wenzhi had finally calmed down, so they followed Jiang Xi's thoughts just now, and spoke again.

It wasn't until the time of persuasion for a stick of incense that they made Yan Wenhao give up his original idea-while Yan Wenhao was still recovering from his illness, they acted preemptively and killed him.

When leaving the Fifth Prince's Mansion, Jiang Xi walked with another fourth-rank official.

On the way, the official couldn't help asking: "Master Jiang, do you think His Highness will listen to us?" Although His Highness has suppressed that extremely dangerous thought now, he is always very disturbed.

At this moment, Yan Wenhao absolutely can't do anything, otherwise Emperor Yan will thoroughly investigate, and if any clues are found, they will all be unable to eat and walk around.

"Although His Highness has a reckless and impulsive character, he listened to what he said today. I don't think he will act rashly for the time being." Pursing his lips, Jiang Xi's eyes flashed, and he suddenly asked: "By the way, you Do you know who the 'Luoyu' mentioned by His Highness is?"

The official shook his head and said honestly, "I thought Master Jiang would know."

Hearing this, Jiang Xi's face darkened, he stopped, stood on the spot thinking for a while, and said after a while: "Let's go, we need to go to Duke Mu's mansion."

After all, he turned around quickly, with a gloomy face, and strode towards the direction he came from.

Thinking while walking, Jiang Xi always had a bad feeling about the sudden appearance of this 'falling rain'.

As if something was going to happen.

Who is this man called 'Luoyu'?When did it appear beside Yan Wenzhi?He thought, he must go ahead and tell Duke Mu, and let Duke Mu send someone to find out the details of this 'Luoyu'!