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Chapter 98 Kangxi is Critically Ill
Then, the envoy sent by the Fourteenth Prince from the northwest, Erlundai, presented a box sealed with a lock. Erlundai handed over the key, and Li Dequan opened it and was so frightened that he almost dropped the box. Kangxi saw that Li Dequan looked wrong, so he came over to take a look, knocked the box to the ground, and a dead eagle rolled out, shocking all the officials present.

Suddenly everyone looked at this embarrassing scene in awkwardness, and there was complete silence!

Kangxi was so angry that he fainted. The scene was in chaos. Longkodo came in and took control of the situation. He sent Kangxi back to the harem and ordered the imperial physician to treat him.

It was such a wonderful wedding banquet, but it ended so anticlimactically!

Li Yan returned home with his family, feeling somewhat confused. It seemed that today's situation was somewhat different from that in the drama, but he couldn't figure out what was different!
Maybe after my many intrusions, the plot has changed in some way.
Sure enough, not long after, word spread that Kangxi had been ill since the birthday banquet, and the imperial physician frequently came in and out every day. Li Yan also went to the palace to visit him twice, and saw Kangxi lying on the couch, mentally exhausted and depressed. He forced himself to answer a few words, and then sent himself back home.

I think the same thing happened to other princes who came to visit. It seems that after this incident, Kangxi might not live long!
After two months, Kangxi's condition did not improve but became more serious.

The ministers and people in the capital all knew that the emperor's time was up, so there was a solemn atmosphere everywhere.

Most of the people in the world were born under Emperor Kangxi, and they had lived under this sky all their lives. They were all a little panicked when the emperor was about to die. What made the officials in the court even more worried was that since the crown prince Yinreng was deposed for the second time in the 51st year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, the emperor had not appointed a new crown prince so far.

If the emperor suddenly passed away and there was no crown prince in the court, the princes were still in their prime, and some of them held military power. If something unexpected happened one day, there would surely be chaos in the world.

Wang Chan, the Prince's tutor, saw this and submitted a memorial to the Emperor asking him to appoint a crown prince to reassure the people. This also represented the opinions of all the civil and military officials in the court. But after the memorial was submitted, it was not only rejected!
An imperial decree was also issued from the Shangshufang, saying that Wang Chan had talked nonsense about appointing the crown prince when his father was seriously ill, and his intention was unpredictable. Therefore, Wang Chan was to be removed from all his posts and deported back to his hometown!
This made everyone even more worried.
Who would have thought that just a few days later, when Li Yanzheng and the third, fourth, eighth and other princes were at the Temple of Heaven, praying to God for Emperor Kangxi, another imperial edict came!

Li Dequan's voice sounded:

"Your Majesty! I have been disrespectful and disloyal, and the affairs of state are so complicated. Who would have thought that Prince Yong Yinzhen, Prince Lian Yinsi, and the ministers of the Imperial Study Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu would behave inappropriately and be timid in dealing with matters, and have failed my expectations!"

"Yinzhen and Yinsi, all duties shall be dismissed immediately. Zhang Tingyu and Ma Qi shall be stripped of their titles of Grand Secretary and temporarily retained in the Upper Study. I decree this!"

"I accept the order and thank you!"

Although Li Yan and Lao San were not mentioned in the imperial edict, they still knelt down with everyone else to receive the imperial edict!

The princes and ministers who received the decree stood up and looked at Li Yan at the same time. Almost all the important officials in the court were caught in one fell swoop, except for the third prince Yinzhi and Li Yan. The third prince had never served in the court. After the Rehe incident, he gave up the desire to compete for the throne. He stayed in the mansion all day and buried his head in writing books. He was an idle prince.

No one cared, but Li Yan, as a powerful prince commanding 50,000 soldiers of the Xishan Ruijian Camp, stood out.

Compared to the envy and jealousy of others, Li Yan felt a little confused.

I remember Lao Wu said in the original drama that Kangxi dismissed these ministers out of compassion and in order to protect them, so why did he leave himself out?
Could it be that Kangxi's candidate for succession was him? Thinking of this, Li Yan's heart couldn't help but pound.

When Li Yan returned home, he immediately found Wu Sidao and told him in detail what had happened in the past few days.

After listening to this, Wu Sidao frowned and thought for a while. After a long time, his expression was full of joy: "Congratulations, Master Shi. The emperor's tacit candidate for the succession is likely to be Master Shi."

"Oh, is that really the case?" Li Yanxi said.

"Master Shi, you really should take a closer look at the Emperor's mindset!"

"The emperor is preparing for his death! His body is not in good condition, and he knows he will not be able to get up. The princes are fighting for supremacy to the point of being incompatible. The Eighth Prince is on guard against the Fourth Prince, and even more so against the Fourteenth Prince. The Fourteenth Prince has his own army, and he is just waiting for the emperor to pass away, and then he will march to the city to fight against the Eighth Prince!"

"All those who have been dismissed are capable officials. These people are caught up in factional disputes, which is not conducive to the future government. If the wrong person is appointed as the assistant, the new emperor will inevitably kill people when he ascends the throne. If the right person is appointed as the assistant, he will easily become arrogant and difficult to control. So now we have to put them all in custody and protect them. When the new emperor ascends the throne, he can issue a pardon and they will all be useful officials of the new dynasty."

"Although the emperor's plan is difficult, it is also a kind-hearted one!"

When Li Yan saw this part in the original play, he was full of admiration. Now listening to Wu Sidao's explanation in person, he was even more impressed.

Li Yan also became optimistic.
Wu Sidao continued, "The key is who the emperor has tacitly chosen as the successor. If it was the Eighth Master or the Fourteenth Master, there would be no reason not to investigate. Just because there was no investigation, it can be concluded that the emperor's tacit candidate is not the Eighth Master or the Fourteenth Master."

"It must be one of the Tenth Master or the Fourth Master. The Emperor dismissed the Fourth Master this time, but retained your position, and the military power of 50,000 soldiers in Xishan. The Emperor will definitely not ignore such an important position."

"Oh, then sir, do you think that Fourth Brother still has a chance?" Li Yan asked unwillingly.

"Yes, now it depends on the final decision of the emperor. The new successor is either the Tenth Master or the Fourth Master! But if it is really passed on to the Fourth Master, and you, the Tenth Master, have 50,000 soldiers in Xishan, and Longkodo has been with you for a long time, if you want to succeed, you only need to give an order and the situation will be reversed in an instant. The Fourth Master will not be able to sit on the throne at all."

Wu Sidao pondered for a moment, shook his head, and felt that it was unlikely that Kangxi would pass the throne to the Fourth Master.
The situation at this time has become more complicated and turbulent because of Li Yan's arrival. Even Wu Sidao can't figure out the mystery. Perhaps Kangxi himself is also hesitating!

In the original drama, only the fourth brother was worthy of being cultivated, but now there is Li Yan, who is not inferior to the fourth brother in terms of talent and even better in terms of morality.

Moreover, Li Yan does not have the shortcomings of the fourth brother, so I think Kangxi will also make some considerations!
(End of this chapter)