The prince is hard to serve

Fuquan and Fuxi were the same group of eunuchs who entered the palace. In terms of age, Fuxi would be older than Fuquan.

They used to have a good relationship, Fuxi always took good care of Fuquan, but later, because one was sent to the front palace to serve the emperor personally, and the other was sent to the harem to serve the concubines, the palace was too big, so they seldom met each other, and their relationship was quite aloof. .

Seeing Fuxi now, Fuquan stopped and nodded slightly to him, counting it as having asked him.

Fuxi wanted to reminisce about the old days, but he had the imperial decree in his hand, and the imperial decree could not be delayed, so he could only nod his head slightly as a response.

Holding the imperial decree, Fu Xi followed Duan Yuan into the study room. As soon as he looked up, he saw Yan Wenhao standing with his arms folded, looking at him with blazing eyes.

Fuxi has served two generations of emperors, she has her own way of judging people, and she rarely makes mistakes.

At this time, when he saw the second prince who was not hiding his elegance at all, he couldn't help being startled and very surprised. He secretly thought, maybe they had ignored Yan Wenhao's existence too much before.

Concealing the surprise in his heart, the expression on Fuxi's face did not change at all. He greeted Yan Wenhao respectfully, and then said: "Please forgive me for not being able to salute Your Highness because of the imperial decree."

Shaking his head at him, Yan Wenhao waved his hands and said softly, "No problem."

Without saying anything else, Fuxi went straight to the point. He slightly raised the imperial edict in his hands, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, please kneel down to receive the edict."

Hearing this, Yan Wenhao tossed the hem of his clothes and knelt straight down. His back was straight, but his head was lowered neatly.

Seeing that Yan Wenhao had knelt down, Fu Xi respectfully opened the imperial decree, and at the same time, the eunuch's characteristic, high-pitched voice rang out.

"Following the heavens, the emperor ordered--"

The content stated in this imperial decree is first to let Yan Wenhao resume the morning court every day from tomorrow, and he must not be absent again.The second is to hand over the former Minister of Rites Li Zezhang's corruption and bribery case to him for trial, and order the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to fully assist him.

As for the candidates to participate in the trial, Yan Wenhao can appoint and decide at will.

After hearing Emperor Yan's will, a trace of surprise flashed in Yan Wenhao's eyes, and this surprise happened to be captured by Fuxi, which was very in line with his previous state of complete ignorance.

Of course, this kind of superficial surprise was only intentionally shown by Yan Wenhao to Fuxi. The purpose, of course, was to get rid of the suspicion and cover up the truth behind the fact that he was planning this step by step——

He knew that the reason why Emperor Yan sent Fuxi to read out the will in person was because he had a tempting heart for him.

Even so, it wasn't that he was completely surprised, but what surprised him was not the content of the imperial decree itself, but the time when the imperial decree was issued.

——It came much earlier than Yan Wenhao himself expected. He originally thought that, with Emperor Yan's suspicious character, this edict would not come down until at least tomorrow.

However, it can also be seen from this that Emperor Yan attaches much more importance to this case than he imagined, and this will naturally help him more and more in what he will do in the future.

"Your Highness, it's time for you to give thanks."

Seeing Yan Wenhao's dazed look, Fuxi bowed slightly, reminded him in a low voice, and then handed him the imperial decree in her hand.

When he returned home, Yan Wenhao had already suppressed the expression on his face, and accepted the imperial edict with a calm expression. After that, he stood up, didn't ask Fu Xiduo anything, but thanked Fu Xi with a very flat expression.

Hearing this, Fuxi was a little overwhelmed by the flattery, and hurriedly raised his hand in return.

After saluting, Fuxi raised his head. He looked at Yan Wenhao, was taken aback for a moment, then took a closer look at his eyebrows, and then suddenly realized that the Second Highness in front of him was actually the same as ten years ago. The person who died was too similar.

Lowering her head, she narrowed her somewhat complicated eyes, Fu Xi's eyes rolled a few times, her mind turned back and forth in an instant, and soon she had her own thoughts in her heart.

He has been with Emperor Yan for more than [-] years. Even now, he is still deeply impressed by the incident that happened more than ten years ago, and he has not forgotten it.

At this time, he looked at Yan Wenhao, and saw Yan Wenhao's natural extraordinary demeanor and calmness from the inside out, so he couldn't help nodding in his heart, and then he felt biased.

Being able to go from being a little eunuch to the head of the imperial court all the way, Fuxi's thoughts will naturally not be less, not to mention that he is personally serving Emperor Yan, his ability to observe words and emotions must be much better than others, otherwise if there is a little If he made a mistake, he would be greeted with a head on the ground.

Previously, he did not stand for any party, and never stated his position, but he had figured out Emperor Yan's mind-at this time, Emperor Yan had never thought of establishing a crown prince at all, and at least he would not have such an idea in the short term.

Emperor Yan was in his prime of life, and it was the time when he missed the imperial power very much. At this moment, how could he appoint a prince to divide up the power with himself, and even compete in a separate court?

But now.

Fuxi stared at Yan Wenhao in front of her, feeling vaguely in her heart that the sky in the imperial city might change soon.

He felt it was time to clearly state his position.

In less than a cup of tea, Fuxi had already analyzed the pros and cons and made a direct decision.

After thinking in silence for a while, Fuxi took the initiative to mention Emperor Yan's thoughts on this case to Yan Wenhao, and then specifically mentioned the Ministry of Punishment and Yan Wenzhi. , After reminding me, I didn't say anything else.

However, Fuxi very much believed that with the second prince's intelligence, he would soon realize that he was showing favor to him.

Yan Wenhao is not stupid, he naturally understands what Fuxi means, and the smile in his eyes deepened a lot immediately. He smiled lightly at Fuxi, nodded again, and then ordered Duanyuan to fetch a piece worth less The low glass jade pendant was directly given to Fuxi.

"This is not a valuable thing. Eunuch Fu can take it back and play with it as he pleases." His voice was very weak, and he couldn't hear any attitude of trying to win people over.

When Fuxi saw the gift, she understood Yan Wenhao's thoughts.

Looking at the jade pendant with good quality and texture, Fuxi was very satisfied. He did not lack these gadgets, but he had no other hobbies in his daily life, but he liked to collect all kinds of precious jade pendants. Now, he just scanned One glance at the jade pendant, and I immediately liked it very much.

Without any refusal, after Fuxi took the jade pendant, he smiled and thanked Yan Wenhao: "Thank Your Highness, the old slave will accept it." After a pause, he continued: "Your Majesty still needs this old slave by his side. I will serve you in the past, so I won’t stay any longer, and the old slave will leave first.”

After Fuxi left, Yan Wenhao casually dropped the imperial decree, then turned around and told Duo Yuan: "Go out of the palace to find Xie Jingyu, and ask him to come to Lingxiao Pavilion at night."

"Yes."

Responding respectfully, Duo Yuan turned around and retreated.

Sweeping his gaze over the imperial decree that he had casually left aside, Yan Wenhao tilted his head and looked at it quietly for a while, then hooked the corners of his mouth and revealed a smile on his face.

However, although he was smiling, there was no smile at all in his eyes, instead, there was just a chill and coldness...and, hidden in the deepest part of his eyes, was an incomparably thick hatred.

——The matter of Li Zezhang is just the beginning, and his revenge on all of them has only just begun.

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The words are divided into two parts.

Once back in his room, Mu Ziling drove out all the accompanying eunuchs and court ladies.

Right now, he just wants to be alone.

Sitting alone in the room for a long time, Mu Ziling didn't think about anything, and he couldn't think about anything. He felt as if he had fallen into a dark world. the way.

——He could see no hope, no future, and no ray of light.

Staring blankly into the distance, Mu Ziling couldn't help laughing out loud at himself, his eyes were sore.

Maybe it was the truth that hurt him too much, but he couldn't shed tears. No matter what, he never thought that all of this was actually designed and planned by Yan Wenhao behind the scenes.

And he is just one of the pawns.

How cruel?

Holding his forehead uncomfortably, Mu Ziling felt a splitting headache, as if his head was about to explode. After a while, he suddenly felt very cold again, as if he was in an ice cave, and no one could warm him he.

Staring blankly at the big bed behind the screen, Mu Ziling stood up slowly, raised his hand and took off his coat, then walked around the screen and climbed onto the bed.

Tucking himself into the quilt and curling up again, Mu Ziling stared, opened his arms, and hugged himself tightly, as if only in this way could he find a little warmth.

However, he just lay down for a while, and suddenly felt a sweet and fishy taste gushing out of his mouth. Immediately, his expression changed, and the next moment, he couldn't help turning his head and spit out a big mouthful of blood.

When Fuquan led Imperial Physician Pei and felt that something was wrong, he opened the door and entered. What he saw was Mu Ziling with bright red blood in the corner of his mouth, his face was very pale, his eyes were closed tightly, and he was obviously unconscious.

Seeing this, Imperial Physician Pei's expression changed, and he quickly threw the medicine box into Fuquan's arms, while he quickly stepped forward, grabbed Mu Ziling's hand, and diagnosed his illness.

Fuquan hugged the medicine box tightly, followed closely, and hurried up: "How is the princess?" He asked anxiously.

After taking the pulse for a while, the doctor Pei said: "The princess will vomit blood and pass out, it is caused by the sudden fire."

Putting Mu Ziling's hand back into the quilt, Imperial Physician Pei's expression became very serious, he frowned, and said with great concern, "But the princess's body is inherently deficient, and the most taboo is emotional ups and downs, and now I don't know why I am so anxious. , the emotions can't be eased, if he still can't calm him down after he wakes up, I'm afraid the situation will be very dangerous."

Coming in a hurry, Yan Wenhao happened to hear the last words, his voice was extremely cold: "What's wrong with being modest? What danger is he in?"

Before he finished speaking, he walked quickly to the bedside and pushed away Fuquan who was standing in front of him. After seeing Mu Ziling lying on the bed, his face was pale and bloodless, and he had already passed out, his expression changed suddenly.

Turning his head, he looked at Imperial Physician Pei, with infinite coldness in his words: "What's going on?"

After bowing to Yan Wenhao, Imperial Physician Pei repeated what he had just said to him.

After speaking, Imperial Physician Pei paused for a long time, first glanced at Yan Wenhao, then thought for a while, and then continued: "Your Highness, the most urgent task now is to ease the princess' mood... "

Hearing this, Yan Wenhao stared blankly at Mu Ziling for a long time. Finally, he lowered his eyes, sighed softly, and ordered: "Fuquan, go and get the carriage ready...I want to take Qianhe out of the palace."

The only place where Mu Ziling can calm down is the Mu Mansion.