FSC [QT] Chapter 115.1

A gust of cold wind blew by.

Seemingly because he was standing in the wind outlet, one of the people took a few steps to the side. At this time, he happened to escape from the shadow of the backlight of the wall, and half of his body was exposed to the moonlight.

The man was wearing a black cloak, and the wide hood covered most of his face. Only the delicate and pointed chin under the shadow of his hood could be seen. His skin was delicate, like a woman’s, and there was no trace of stubble.

“By the way, you went to the Palace of Peace and Harmony today. Did you see the two girls from the Marquis of Changping Mansion?”

The rough voice sounded again, and the man with half of his body exposed to the moonlight kept his lips tightly closed. Obviously, the owner of the rough voice was not him, but the young man who was still standing in the shadows.

“…”

Yu Yan pulled the brim of his hat and looked at the Fifth Prince standing in the shadows. The young man who was unanimously regarded by the outside world as having fallen out of favor, was cowardly, and was unable to bear the heavy responsibility.

“I have met them.”

Yu Yan pretended to be calm and replied.

“How?”

Li Chenghe asked, and then he laughed: “I forgot. There were so many young ladies at that time. I’m afraid you couldn’t even notice the two girls from the Marquis of Changping Mansion.”

Yu Yan wanted to refute Li Chenghe: How could he not notice? His Xiao Wu had always been the most dazzling among the crowd.

But he couldn’t say this to Li Chenghe.

First, he didn’t want to, and second, he couldn’t.

“That person Ling Yaodong…is worth winning over…”

Li Chenghe and Yu Yan had joined forces since a long time ago, so he didn’t worry about what was inappropriate to say in front of Yu Yan.

Li Chenghe is already fourteen this year. In another year, he should go to court to get involved in government affairs. Not only that, but his marriage should also be put on the agenda.

His adoptive mother, Noble Concubine Jiang, had mentioned the daughter of the Jiang family in a roundabout way in front of him.

However, she was not the child of Noble Concubine Jiang’s brother, but a girl from the same clan as Noble Concubine Jiang. Her biological father was only a small official of the fourth rank.

Not only could she not help the Fifth Prince, but she would also probably become a chess piece placed by Noble Concubine Jiang to monitor and control him.

Li Chenghe had too many secrets. He could allow the servants around him to be the chess pieces placed by various forces, but he could not accept his future wife, the mother of his child, to have unclear intentions.

Moreover, the position of the legitimate wife was too important, so Li Chenghe was unwilling to give it up easily.

He had a favorite candidate, that was, the daughter of Ling Yaodong, the Marquis of Changping. The old fox was able to gain the trust of the emperor despite Yan Zhongying’s pursuit and interception. He definitely had extraordinary abilities.

More importantly, his daughter was educated by the Marquis of Changping Mansion. Even if the Marquis of Changping Mansion could not help him in the future, it would definitely not hold him back.

This was confirmed by Li Chenghe after he met Ling Yaodong’s eldest son, Ling Zihuai.

Unfortunately, he was not the only one who had set his eyes on the daughter of the Marquis of Changping. His Eldest Brother Li Chengmin and his Third Brother Li Chengshou seemed to have the same ideas about the daughter of the Marquis of Changping Mansion.

There were only a few people in the entire Li Dynasty who could be favored by the princes. There were very few families with girls of the right age, and they were also legitimate daughters of noble status. Among them, the Marquis of Changping was probably the most conspicuous.

Li Chenghe knew in his heart that given his status in the eyes of Emperor Qian, it would be difficult to marry the daughter of the Marquis of Changping Mansion.

But Li Chenghe believes in one sentence that everything depends on man-made efforts, and nothing is impossible.

Because it was too dark, Li Chenghe did not see the unhappiness in Yu Yan’s eyes.

As an ally, he admired the Fifth Prince, but this did not mean that he would be happy to see the Fifth Prince become his brother-in-law.

The first meeting between Yu Yan and Li Chenghe was not so good.

At that time, Yu Yan was not Yan Yu yet. He just wanted to climb up and started to prepare for a high position.

His goal was very clear. The person he needed to please was Yan Zhongying. Only that eunuch could promote him to a high position in the shortest time.

But at the same time, Yu Yan knew very well that Yan Zhongying and his allies were doomed.

They would not have the last laugh because there had never been an eunuch who became an emperor in all dynasties, and the final end of any eunuch in power was miserable.

Therefore, from the beginning, Yu Yan was just going to use Yan Zhongying as a springboard. He knew that he still needed to find an ally, someone who could help him retire at a later stage.

So, Yu Yan set his sights on several princes in the palace.

The First Prince was ambitious but incompetent. The Third Prince was arrogant and noble. The Seventh Prince was too young to see his temperament, but his biological mother, Noble Concubine Jiang, had a strong desire for control and was not an easy person to get along with.

Besides, there were too many flatterers around these three princes who wanted to be loyal to them.

Yu Yan had no one to rely on at that time. Even if he approached them, he would not be taken seriously by them.

 

 

 

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