Chapter 100 Li Yan Enters the Palace
Seeing Li Yan remained silent and serious, Wu Sidao asked decisively, "Since Master Shi doesn't want to say anything, I won't ask. I only want to ask one question now, whether Master Wang must fight for the position of the new emperor."

"If you regret it now, it's not too late!"

"Sir, there is no need to doubt it. Yin is determined to succeed!" Li Yan sighed and said without hesitation.

There is no doubt about Wu Sidao's wisdom. He may be able to pretend in front of outsiders, but in front of this old fox who is so wise that he is almost a demon, he cannot escape his eyes. I am afraid that the person who knows him best in this world is Old Wu.

After more than ten years of living together, I have spent less time with him than with my several wives and children.

In fact, Lao Wu took on the role of a father and took good care of him. Lao Wu had no relatives and never married or had children in his life. Li Yan believed that he also regarded himself as his closest person.

These words came from the heart. In fact, Old Wu did not want to be emperor. It was not that he had selfish motives, but he knew that his personality was not suitable for it.

The position of the emperor is like a golden lock, which will only restrain himself and change the current way of getting along between the two!

But he didn't know that he had his reasons to fight.
Hearing Li Yan's reply, Wu Sidao sighed as expected and said, "Prince, if you go to the palace now, even if the emperor passes the throne to you, you will be deprived of the throne without troops. If you have troops, even if the emperor passes the throne to someone else, you can fight for it!"

"So, we can't just leave it to fate now. Your Majesty, why don't you give me the order to mobilize the troops of the Ruijian Camp in Xishan, and keep the gold medal given to you by the emperor. If there is no news from you by tomorrow morning, I will send a message to Aldo to mobilize 50,000 troops from Xishan to go to Beijing to protect the king!"

Aldo was the former guard commander of the Tenth Lord's Mansion and a close confidant of Li Yan. Ten years ago, after Li Yan was ordered to take charge of the Xishan Ruijian Camp, he transferred Aldo to the camp as a thousand commander. In the past few years, he has been promoted to the commander of the Han Army Banner, commanding 30,000 Han troops. In addition, the commander of the Manchu Banner, Kuguchi, was born in the Niuhulu clan and was a member of Li Yan's mother's family. He was a close confidant.

It can be said that over the past ten years, Xishan Ruijianying has been run by Li Yan like an iron barrel. As long as Kangxi is not around, Li Yan's words are imperial edicts.

With just one order, these 50,000 troops can be mobilized and reach Beijing in less than an hour.

Li Yan thought that this was also the arrangement before the Fourth Prince entered the palace in the original drama, so there was nothing to say, so he took out the troop mobilization token and the emperor's gold medal.

After hesitating for a moment, he handed it to Wu Sidao and instructed, "Sir, please do as you see fit!"

After arranging everything, Li Yan turned around, walked out of the courtyard and came to the main hall.

Seeing Turichen sitting at the table drinking tea in a leisurely manner, Li Yan's already anxious heart became even more confused.

The decree was announced in the middle of the night, and it was such an urgent matter, so how come Tulichen was not anxious at all!
After more than a decade of being at the center of power and learning how to win people's hearts from Old Wu, Li Yan became suspicious of this scene that was clearly inconsistent with the situation.

Li Yan stepped forward and smiled, saying, "Master Tu, thank you for waiting for so long. Can I ask you what happened in the palace?"

Tulichen looked embarrassed: "Master Shi, this..."

"I don't know either. This is the task assigned to me by Zhang Zhongtang and his men. I am just a guard. How dare I speculate about what is happening in the palace?"

"Have you arranged everything for Master Shi?"

"Why don't you follow me to the palace? If you go too late and miss the emperor's mission, I won't be able to bear it." "Okay, let's go now."

Li Yan no longer forced himself after hearing this and followed Turichen out of the mansion.

The two chatted as they walked, talking about the time when Tulichen went south to Hangzhou to pick up Li Yan and brought him back to Beijing, and passed by Jiangxia Town to rescue Zhang Wu Ge. Tulichen also relaxed, and recalled the scene at that time, and sighed!

Although the two were reminiscing about old times and chatting about everything under the sun, Li Yan's uneasiness became stronger, and he always felt that something was wrong.

But he couldn't remember it for the moment. Now the fight for the throne has reached the final and most critical moment. If he takes one step further to rule the world, he will be doomed.

Everyone was on edge and suspicious.

Li Yan tried to suppress his restlessness and chatted with Turichen, but in his mind he kept recalling the series of events that had happened after Kangxi's birthday, the dead eagle incident, Kangxi's critical illness, the important officials of the Shangshufang and the kings being dismissed one after another, and only he seemed to be forgotten, as well as the troop mobilization token he had just left for Mr. Wu.

As he walked through the garden and reached the gate, Li Yan felt more and more uneasy, as if this step would lead him into the abyss!

'Oops! ’

Li Yan's heart skipped a beat, and a flash of inspiration came to him. He quickly connected the recent events in his mind, and suddenly remembered a lot of things that were wrong. The memories deep in his mind that did not belong to this world also surfaced, and he remembered a lot of things.

Without hesitation, he turned and ran towards the mansion
"Master Ten, there is an urgent matter in the palace. What are you doing?" Tulichen got anxious when he saw it!

Tulichen responded with a voice from far away: "I forgot to take something, I'll be back soon."

After a while, Li Yan ran back to the gate and said with sweat on his forehead, "Excuse me, Master Tu, let's go into the palace now!"

Tulichen looked at Li Yan calmly, a complex expression flashed in the depths of his eyes, and he nodded with a smile! Taking advantage of the night, the two of them walked towards the direction of the palace under the protection of several imperial guards.

When they arrived at the palace, the third, fourth, eighth and other princes had already arrived, but the fourteenth prince, who was said to be the successor to the throne, was nowhere to be seen.

Everyone gathered together, talking in low voices, asking each other what had happened. Although no one said it, everyone had some guesses, but no one dared to speak out. According to the current situation, it was most likely that the emperor was dying, so everyone's face was heavy and gloomy!

When all the people who were supposed to come had arrived, Zhang Tingyu came over and said, "My dear brothers, the emperor has summoned you. Please follow me!"

Zhang Tingyu led the kings through many twists and turns and came to a room where Kangxi was lying on the bed, looking at everyone with a smile.

After only a few days of not seeing him, everyone noticed that Kangxi had become increasingly thinner, his face was pale, and he looked completely bloodless. His body had almost shrunk into a small ball, leaning against a few quilts, lying sideways on the bed, gasping for breath. He couldn't even lift his head, and he looked so old that he was unrecognizable!

(End of this chapter)

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