After much thought, Yan Cheng still felt that Qu Zhaoyue should not be allowed to take the position, otherwise his life would be in danger.
If the novel "The Time Traveler and the Princess in the Palm of the Prince's Hand" is a sweet love story, then its sequel is a dark story.
In the former, the time-traveling girl is a cute little girl with a subtle tendency to be a heartthrob, while in the latter, she is a blackened imperial concubine who abandons love in pursuit of power.
The evil imperial concubine cannot raise a second generation of white children, she can only raise a second generation of black children.
Although Qu Zhaoyue is the protagonist of the sequel, it is a sequel after all. The protagonist is not like the protagonists in ordinary novels who are kind, beautiful and true. Instead, she seems like a qualified politician.
In the early days, Qu Zhaoyue didn't seem too extreme due to her age, but in the middle and late stages, she quickly evolved into a crazy person who would mess with anyone she disliked.
Yan Cheng was really afraid that Qu Zhaoyue would criticize him and the people he cared about after ascending the throne, so he decided to exclude him from the list of candidates for the next emperor.
Yan Cheng knew that whether in the sequel or in reality, Emperor Jingxi had always wanted to make Qu Zhaoyue the crown prince.
But because Yang Guifei had no support behind her, he did not dare to easily say to make Qu Zhaoyue the crown prince, for fear that Qu Zhaoyue would anger the public and be killed.
Even though he clearly liked Qu Zhaoyue the most among all his sons, he didn't dare to express it openly and had to pretend that he liked another son at the same time.
In a sense, isn't the Seventh Prince Qu Zhaoyue's shield?
Twins, a boy and a girl, represent good fortune, so it is reasonable to pamper both children a little more.
The reason why the Seventh Prince fell into the water in winter was because Emperor Jingxi showed his affection for him too obviously.
If it weren't for the God's perspective, who would have thought that Emperor Jingxi's favorite was Qu Zhaoyue, not Qu Zhaoheng.
Look at how much effort he made for his beloved woman and his most beloved son, Emperor Jingxi.
From another perspective, Emperor Jingxi could not appoint a crown prince according to his own wishes because he was not an emperor who held all the power in his hands.
A long time ago, when Yan Cheng first learned from Yan Guangyi that there were vassal kings and generals in Daxia who commanded large armies, he felt it was incredible.
——With so many wild beasts running wild in his territory, the emperor can still sit still. He has a really good temper.
Later, as time passed, the situation in Daxia remained the same. There were people in the north and south who commanded armies of more than 100,000 people, and there were vassal kings in various places who commanded troops of several thousand or even tens of thousands.
——I really don’t know how Daxia has remained stable for so many years. Those generals and princes who hold military power have not even coveted the throne.
After seeing it so many times, Yan Cheng became calm.
Anyway, he is not the one sitting on the throne, and the territory where the beasts are rampant is not his, so he doesn't need to worry about military power or vassal status.
Yan Cheng now understands what he couldn't understand before.
All the things that don't make sense are set by the author.
Why did Daxia have generals and princes who held military power but had no desire for the throne?
Because they are stepping stones paving the way for the protagonist, they will play an important role as villains on the protagonist's road to success, raising the protagonist's reputation with blood and death.
When the plot develops to the right time, they will reveal their ambitions to the outside world and covet the throne, and then be ruthlessly trampled under the feet of the protagonist with a halo on his head.
Well, it seems that the protagonist’s halo is quite scary.
Yan Cheng held his chin and thought nonchalantly. Under the candlelight, his bright and flamboyant facial features looked a little gloomy.
Therefore, if we want to block Qu Zhaoyue's path to the throne, we must first make it impossible for him to use his protagonist halo.
Qu Zhaoyue was able to ascend the throne later because his protagonist halo allowed him to always encounter stray dogs in distress. After he helped them, he gained their loyalty.
So what if stray dogs stop wandering?
Yan Cheng dipped his fingers in tea with great interest and wrote names one after another on the table.
Let’s start with Princess Ning’an.
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Yan Cheng came up with a simple plan.
Princess Ning'an, who lost her father and mother, had a hard time in the palace. The Empress Dowager and Emperor Jingxi ignored her because of what Princess Qingyang had done. Everyone from the princesses to the palace maids could step on her.
Originally, the Fifth Princess was on good terms with her, and with the princess, the daughter of Concubine Yun Shu, taking care of her, her life in the palace would not be difficult.
However, before moving into the palace, Princess Ning'an had a falling out with the Fifth Princess for unknown reasons.
After entering the palace, not only did she not get help from the Fifth Princess, but she was repeatedly stepped on by the Fifth Princess.
The novel does not mention the reason for their falling out, but in reality, they broke up because the Fifth Princess discovered that Princess Ning'an did not care about her as much as she had imagined.
The Fifth Princess once broke down in the Moon-Lanling Palace and said, "She only befriended me because I am my mother's daughter. I thought she truly considered me a friend, but it turns out she is no different from those who cling to power.
Now I'm the fake princess, all her plans have failed, she deserves it!"
Yan Cheng had heard about this matter from the young eunuch in the North Second Prison.
Yan Cheng was not sure whether the Fifth Princess would target Princess Ning'an this time.
Although he felt that it was more likely not to happen, after all, the Fifth Princess was no longer the daughter of Concubine Yun Shu, and there were not as many people available in the palace as in the novel.
But still need to serve snacks.
Yan Zhaoyi has capable people in the palace, so he just needs to ask Yan Zhaoyi to help take care of Princess Ning'an.
In this way, Qu Zhaoyue would not be able to find an opportunity to help Princess Ning'an, and would not be able to gain Princess Ning'an's loyalty.
How to explain his attention to Princess Ning'an?
However, before he could think about this question, he saw...
In the open garden, three girls were flying kites with laughter.
"Ning'an, your kite is too low! Xiaowu, why is your kite flying so high? No, I must be the winner today!"
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