Li He was bold and reckless, daring to commit the next offense, and as a result, he was dismissed by the angry Yan Wenhao, and Emperor Yan was not only not half displeased but very satisfied after hearing about it, this matter was transmitted to the court, and for a while, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty began to introspect themselves, and some of the ministers were even more trembling, for fear that the next one would be their turn-

They all talked about Yan Wenhao's marriage to a male wife behind their backs, and they all regarded it as a laughing stock, and even worse, they repeatedly took it out to talk and laugh.

Yan Wenhao had lived in Lingxiao Pavilion for a long time, was frail and sickly, and had no power at all, and Emperor Yan rarely 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 another day of 'healing', and they only regarded the words of the national teacher as nonsense, even if they listened to it, they only regarded it as wind in their ears, and even if it blew it.

Now, Emperor Yan has just passed the age of confusion, and he has not yet had the intention of establishing a prince, but some high-ranking ministers have already gone their separate ways and stood behind the future prince candidate in their hearts.

Emperor Yan's heirs are thin, there are only six princes in the twenty years of reign, in addition to the eldest prince who died early, there are now five princes, but only three princes have the hope of competing for the position of the East Palace, as for the other two princes, one is too young, and the other is seriously ill.

Therefore, these ministers will naturally take it for granted that Yan Wenhao will not be among the candidates for the crown prince.

However, this time Li He's incident pushed out Yan Wenhao, who had been completely ignored by everyone for a long time, and Emperor Yan's love for him was undisguised, which surprised many ministers, and also made a small number of sober people start to examine the situation again.

Perhaps, in addition to the three princes, the candidate for the crown prince needs to add one?

Of course, these changes in the court, the twists and turns in the hearts of the ministers, at this time, Yan Wenhao knew, but he didn't want to pay attention to it.

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

It's just that although Yan Wenhao didn't pay attention to it and was calm, someone heard the wind and was anxious.

Yan Wenzhi is the fifth prince of Emperor Yan, and his mother is one of the four concubines in the harem, and he is one of the candidates who hope to compete for the crown prince.

As soon as Li He's matter came, he couldn't sit still at all.

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

At this time, the Five Princes' Mansion, inside the council chamber.

Yan Wenzhi sat on the upper seat, his face was hideous, his eyes were angry, and below him, there were several courtiers in civilian clothes standing upright, all of them with bad faces.

They had apparently just argued.

After being quiet for a long time, seeing that Yan Wenzhi's feelings had eased, several officials glanced at each other, glanced at Yan Wenzhi cautiously, opened their mouths and wanted to speak again, but hesitated for a while, and finally did not speak.

At this moment, an official who had not spoken since he entered the door just now stood up, and he said slowly: "Your Highness, please calm your anger. ”

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

Yan Wenzhi glanced at Jiang Xi, snorted coldly, and looked at him with a cold expression.

"Anger? How do you want me to calm my anger? ”

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

"You are all useless, like waste, you can't even think of a way, and now Luoyu has come up with a way, but you are all against it, what? Do you want me to watch my sick second brother recover his health, stand in the court, and compete with me for the crown prince? ”

Today in the court, Yan Wenzhi was scolded by Emperor Yan in a stinking manner, making him shameless, when he returned home, he heard about Li He again, and knew that his sick second emperor brother was very likely to return to the court, how could he not be angry?

Yan Wenhao was born to Empress Zhuang and is a righteous son-in-law, if his body recovers and returns to the court, then the old diehards who have already compromised and clinged to the old rites will definitely respect him with all their might, and at that time, what is the point of him Yan Wenzhi fighting for so many years?

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

Frowning, Jiang Xi said in a deep voice: "The minister thinks that it is still unknown whether the second prince's body can heal or not, and it is too early to conclude that he can return to the court and stir up the situation through Li He's incident." ”

After a pause, he looked directly into Yan Wenzhi's eyes, and then said: "What's more, even if the second prince can come back, but Empress Zhuang has passed away, he himself has been ill for several years, and he has never known or won over any officials in Lingxiao Pavilion. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Xi bent down at Yan Wenzhi and said slowly: "Your Highness, with all due respect, the current form is the same for the third prince, once the second prince returns, he will also be restrained, why don't we watch the fire from across the shore, watch them fight each other first, and when the time is ripe, then 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 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 admonishing a stick of incense that they made Yan Wenhao dispel his original idea - when Yan Wenhao was still recuperating, they would strike first and kill him.

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

On the way, the official couldn't help but ask, "Lord Jiang, do you say, will Your Highness listen to us?" Although His Highness has now suppressed that extremely dangerous thought, he is always very apprehensive in his heart.

At this moment, Yan Wenhao must not have anything happen, otherwise Emperor Yan will investigate thoroughly, and once a trace of clues is found, they will not be able to eat and walk around.

"Although His Highness's personality is reckless and impulsive, he listens to today's words, and I think he will not act rashly for the time being." Pursing his lips, Jiang Xi's eyes flashed, and he suddenly asked, "By the way, do you know who His Highness mentioned 'Falling Rain'?" ”

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

Hearing this, Jiang Xi's face sank, he stopped, stood in place and thought for a while, and after a while, he said, "Let's go, we need to go to Muguo Mansion." ”

With that, he had turned neatly, and with a gloomy face, he strode in the direction he had come.

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

It's like something is going to happen.

Who is this man called 'Falling Rain'? When did he appear by Yan Wenzhi's side? He thought that he had to go and tell Mu Guogong and let Mu Guogong send someone to find out the details of this 'falling rain'!