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Chapter 82 The Real Rival is Kangxi
Li Yan was stunned. This topic has gone a bit far. He said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Well, this matter has been discussed by my Eighth Brother and me and my Fourteenth Brother. My Fourteenth Brother said that the Emperor is testing me. My Eighth Brother is also puzzled. I am also a little confused. I just feel that the Emperor doesn't seem to want me and Old Fourteen to get too close to him."

"Mr. Murphy, what do you think?"

Wu Sidao shook his head: "Prince, after the last recommendation, I was also puzzled. After all, the emperor's actions were somewhat beyond my expectations. Especially the blow to the Eighth Master's Party, but it strengthened the power of the prince and the fourteenth master who were members of the Eighth Master's Party."

"So, I pondered over it in my house, and finally I suddenly realized and figured out the key."

"Oh!"

"Sir, what have you figured out? Tell me quickly." Li Yan instantly perked up and asked with concern.

Wu Sidao slowly explained: "Prince, you said that the prince was deposed. Did he really do something that is intolerable to heaven?"

Without waiting for Li Yan to answer, he continued, "In my opinion, no, the prince has not made any big mistakes. He has been the prince for more than 30 years, so his personality has long been determined and his style of doing things will not change much. Why did the emperor tolerate it before, but not now?"

In this empty place with no outsiders, Li Yan did not bring out some superficial and high-sounding reasons, such as the prince dispatched troops to besiege the headquarters, the prince secretly had an affair with Zheng Chunhua, etc. It would make people feel dishonest, not to mention Wu Sidao's statement, tracing the root cause, this objective and new perspective to look at the prince incident, also made Li Yan's eyes light up and re-examine the prince incident.

"I hope you can give me some advice to resolve the doubts in Yin's mind!" Li Yan asked sincerely.

Wu Sidao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "In the final analysis, the prince was weak and growing up before. The emperor is in his prime, strong and energetic, and has a strong grasp of government affairs and influence over his ministers. Therefore, the emperor feels very safe and naturally has nothing to dislike about the prince. On the contrary, the worse the prince's performance, the more relieved the emperor is."

"You mean"

Li Yan's heart skipped a beat. He had thought of these things before, but no one saw them as clearly as Old Wu. Li Yan thought of a possibility and blurted out a sentence.

Wu Sidao saw what Li Yan was thinking and nodded with appreciation: "That's right. Later, the emperor was old and aging, and his energy was not as good as when he was young. He began to be tired of government affairs. The prince became more mature and handled the government affairs more and more steadily. For the sake of the future, the officials and ministers gradually leaned towards the prince and increased their support for him, which caused the emperor to be uneasy."

"At this point, in the eyes of the emperor, the crown prince has become a competitor who can replace him at any time."

"This makes the emperor begin to regard the prince as an opponent who can threaten his existence. In this case, no matter what the prince does, the emperor will not like it. No matter what the prince does, it is doomed to be useless and will be hated by the emperor. On the contrary, the better the prince does, the more uncomfortable the emperor will feel."

Wu Sidao's words made Li Yan's heart turbulent, and he stopped in shock, panting heavily, and his heart was extremely uneasy. Li Yan had never looked at the situation in the court from this perspective. This perspective gave him a completely new understanding of the current situation, which almost overturned some of his own judgments.

Wu Sidao knew that Li Yan was in a state of panic and injustice, so he was silent for a while, waiting for Li Yan to digest and understand. "Sir, please continue, don't stop."

As if he noticed the silence between the two of them, this silence made Li Yan feel a little uncomfortable, as if his inner panic was exposed in the air.

Wu Sidao walked forward slowly: "In this environment, the prince suffered one blow after another from the emperor, and was finally deposed. The emperor felt relieved a lot after the prince fell from power and was abandoned by his ministers, but the emperor attacked the prince in order to make his ministers support him again, not to help others."

When Li Yan heard this, sweat broke out on his forehead, his mouth became dry, and he subconsciously clenched his fists and swallowed his saliva to suppress the panic and anxiety in his heart.

Seeing Li Yan's serious expression, he continued, "At this time, the emperor asked the ministers to nominate a new prince. In fact, he wanted the ministers to quarrel or even fight because of their different opinions. In the end, they had no choice but to postpone the selection of a new prince. Because no matter who is chosen, they will only choose from a few adult princes. In that case, it will just be another Yinreng. What difference does it make? If that's the case, why bother to choose again?"

"Who would have thought that the result would be completely beyond the emperor's expectations. All the ministers above the ninth level actually supported the Eighth Master. What kind of behavior is this? This is stronger than the deposed crown prince and has the support of the people. It has brought far more pressure to the emperor than the deposed crown prince. Your Majesty, do you think that the emperor will go with the flow and help the Eighth Master to the position of crown prince in the face of the threat from the Eighth Master's party?"

Wu Sidao's question was like a comet falling from the sky, carrying tremendous power and smashing heavily into Li Yan's heart. Terrifying waves flew in all directions unscrupulously.

Li Yan shuddered all over, his face turned pale, his lips trembled, and he muttered to himself: "So that's it, so that's it! I always thought that the prince's opponents were the fourth brother and the eighth brother, and their opponents were also each other, and my opponent was also the eighth brother or the fourth brother. It turns out that our real opponent is not you brothers, but the emperor."

"Your Majesty, do you still remember what happened that night in Rehe?"

Li Yan was in a state of confusion. Facing Wu Sidao's question, he asked in a panic, "What's the matter?"

"On the night when Ling Pu led 2,000 troops to the palace, the emperor summoned all the adult princes to Jie De Ju, and then urgently promoted you five brothers to princes. Don't you think there is something strange about this, Your Highness?" Wu Sidao started another game while Li Yan's heart was beating wildly.

Li Yan closed his eyes, opened them again, shook his head, and said hurriedly: "Sir, I am very upset now, please just speak directly."

Seeing that the Tenth Prince had been shocked by his words, Wu Sidao did not ask any more questions and continued, "The Emperor summoned all the princes to Jiedeju. First, he was afraid that Xiao Qiang would be in trouble. Since ancient times, the king should be captured first. If you control you, you will control the overall situation. Second, he temporarily conferred the title of Prince. You should know that under normal circumstances, a county prince would cost a lot of money, and the Emperor would not easily confer the title. But at that night, at a critical moment, the Emperor conferred five titles in a row, all of which were princes."

"why is that?"

(End of this chapter)