The Emperor did not want to exceed the reign length of His Majesty the Kangxi Emperor. In two years, the edict following the establishment of the Zhengda Guangming (a system of official authority and propriety) would be made public to the world. Yongyan's hands clenched tightly, his knuckles cracking.

Prince Yongxuan of the Dorois sat opposite Heshen, below Yongyan. Yongxuan glanced at Heshen, who fawned over the emperor all day long, and said sarcastically, "What wind blew Lord Heshen, who accompanies His Majesty all day long, here? I thought Lord Heshen was no longer a high branch that we could climb!"

Heshen's eyes were like crescent moons, unconcerned by Yongxuan's mockery. Yongyan angrily rebuked Yongxuan, "What kind of time is this to be killing each other?!"

Yongxuan glanced at Yongyan with a slightly embarrassed expression, and lowered his voice, "Doesn't Lord He claim to be a member of the He Party? He has three thousand disciples, when did they become our own people!" Yongyan glared at Yongxuan, and he shut his mouth and stopped talking, lowering his head to play with his jade pendant.

Yongyan concealed his anger, his eyes smiling as he looked at Heshen. "Lord Heshen, you are by Father Emperor's side every day, do you know why Father Emperor has been so cold to Fukang'an lately?"

Heshen replied with a satisfied expression, "On the night that Old Madam Fucha passed away, His Majesty secretly visited the Fucha residence! His Majesty's current actions are nothing more than a sign that there are other secrets about Fukang'an's background!"

Upon hearing Heshen's words, Yongxuan and Yongyan exchanged glances and smiled. If this was truly the case, then the Emperor's ruthlessness was merely the beginning, and they could focus their efforts on dealing with Yongxing first. Yongyan summoned back Wu Zhenyuan and the other assassins he had sent to Annam to kill Fukang'an. He wanted to see what kind of frustrated and dejected Fukang'an would be, having only returned to the capital after the mourning period for his mother.