Me! The cannon fodder male supporting role, it's reasonable for me to torture the protagonist t

After the incident of the Western Region woman came to an end, the New Year arrived immediately, and the streets and the government offices were filled with a festive atmosphere.

The gentlemen from the Prime Minister's Mansion went home to celebrate the holidays, and Yun Yi finally got a short break.

On the last day of the New Year when Yun Mingcang attended court, he submitted a memorial requesting retirement and returning home.

The old emperor had become increasingly wary of him over the years, and he had just reported the matter of the woman from the Western Regions to the emperor, which had won him more and more support in the court. His resignation letter was very appropriate.

It would be best to leave while he still has support in the court and the old emperor doesn't dare to take action against him easily.

If he waits until the old emperor takes action against him and purges all his supporters, and then he leaves when there is no one to support him, I am afraid that his departure will not be smooth.

After the New Year, on the first day of court, the emperor agreed to his resignation and on the same day nominated two ministers to be the left and right prime ministers.

Before, there was only one prime minister, Yun Mingcang, in the court. Now the prime minister is divided into left and right. It is obvious that the emperor will no longer allow there to be only one head of all officials in the court.

The art of checks and balances, if you want to stay on the throne for a long time, you must be well versed in this.

But no matter what, Yun Mingcang successfully resigned from his post.

I will deal with all the affairs in Beijing these days, and return to Jiangnan with my family in the spring.

-

"To keep a low profile this year, I didn't even go out to see the lanterns on the 15th. Next year I must go and see what the Lantern Festival lanterns in Jiangnan are like."

Jian Ran is a person who can't sit still. She has been stuck at home for several months and is almost growing hair.

"Miss, this is a gift that the Third Prince just sent. He said it was for you to enjoy."

At this time, Xueyan came over with a food box and put it on the table, and several people behind her came over holding several boxes.

"These are the snacks that the Third Prince asked the palace chef to make. They are all what the young lady likes to eat."

Jian Ran was not in the mood. Recently, besides Li Mochuan, Li Moci was also very attentive to her and always gave her gifts.

Different from Li Mochuan's exquisite and novel gifts, Li Moci's gifts were mainly valuable, such as jewelry and antiques, whatever was expensive.

"There is an extra meal today. I wonder how good the chef's cooking skills are? I have never eaten a royal meal before."

Jian Ran was not interested in those gifts, but the imperial snacks won her attention.

"This rice cake is made...it's really simple."

It's just a layer of osmanthus honey sprinkled on the rice cake, and there's nothing special about it at all.

What did Li Moci mean by giving her this? Did he think she had never eaten rice cakes?

Yun Yi keenly caught the scent of tea emanating from the rice cake. He narrowed his eyes slightly and waved his hand to let Xueyan go away.

"This rice cake is not good to eat."

Jian Ran blinked slightly, her eyes full of confusion.

-

"Your Highness, Prime Minister Yun and his family have already set off for the south. Many officials have gone to see them off. Mr. Li asked his subordinates to ask Your Highness if you want to see them off as well?"

Mr. Li is a guest official in the palace, responsible for handling interpersonal relations between Li Moci and court officials.

There are many people who respect Yun Mingcang. If he goes to see him off now, he will definitely win the favor of those people.

But now Li Moci didn't want to go. He knew without thinking that Li Mochuan would definitely go, and he wouldn't get any extra benefits even if he went.

What he cares more about now is whether Jian Ran had eaten the plate of rice cakes that was sent to her?

Why didn't she respond to him until she left the capital?

Li Moci couldn't help but feel annoyed. If he had known earlier, he would have asked her to go to the restaurant and watched her plant the poisonous insect.

"Your Highness, something bad has happened. His Majesty has fainted."

At this time, a young eunuch suddenly ran in from outside and said.

The old emperor fainted?

Li Moci didn't care about anything else and hurried into the palace to check the situation.

The old emperor was over sixty years old and fell seriously ill. He never recovered from his illness.

Until the Yun family returned to Jiangnan and settled down, there was no news from the capital that the old emperor had recovered.

During this period, the capital did not calm down because of the old emperor's serious illness. Instead, it became even more chaotic.

More than a month later, news came from the capital that the third prince Li Moci had been imprisoned.

The reason was that he was harboring the Holy Maiden from the Western Regions and attempting to murder the emperor with a poisonous insect.

The fifth prince was the first to discover his conspiracy. When the old emperor regained consciousness, he, together with several other princes, reported the matter to the emperor bluntly.

On the same day, Aunt Lin and her daughter Jian Yuan were captured by the Imperial Guards at Li Moci's villa on the outskirts of Beijing. They confessed to having prepared poisonous insects for Li Moci.

And on the day after Li Moci was imprisoned, a secret memorial was submitted, accusing Jian Fan of using his power to commit murder and robbery in the local area.

In a short period of time, Jian Fan, Aunt Lin, and Jian Yuan's family of three were all thrown into prison, and the whole family was complete.

Li Moci was stripped of his title and imprisoned in a separate courtyard, completely destroying his hope of ascending the throne.

Aunt Lin and Jian Yuan were guilty of unforgivable crimes and were sentenced to death by beheading.

As for Jian Fan, according to the laws of the Li Dynasty, he would be exiled.

The old emperor gave the order quickly and efficiently, but everyone was a little surprised that he actually spared Li Moci's life.

After dealing with those people, the old emperor ordered the fifth prince to be appointed as the crown prince, and he would ascend the throne as emperor on the first day of next month, and he would abdicate and become the emperor emeritus.

"I never expected that the one who would eventually sit on the throne would be His Highness the Fifth. I never expected that he would be so low-key before."

Jian Ran was in Jiangnan and received the news ten days later. She exclaimed in amazement.

After going through so many things, Jian Ran certainly wouldn't simply think that the fifth prince was able to ascend the throne just because he reported Li Moci for casting a curse on the old emperor.

"Tomorrow is an auspicious day. My bookstore will be open tomorrow. Do you want to go over and take a look?"

The emperor took turns, and it made no difference to him who was the emperor. He just had to run his own small bookstore well.

"Are you in such a hurry? Have you consulted a few more fortune tellers? Is tomorrow really an auspicious day?" Jian Ran looked at the gloomy sky. Will it be clear tomorrow?

"I've talked to several people and have seen it all. Tomorrow is indeed the best day of the coming year." Yun Yi said.

It turns out that those gentlemen do have some skills.

Just after midnight, the dark clouds in the night sky all dissipated.

After the day dawned, the sky was clear, without any of the dark clouds from yesterday.

The bookstore opened, and with the reputation of being the son of the former prime minister, it attracted many students as soon as it opened.

After getting Yun Mingcang's permission, Yun Yi moved many of his books from home and allowed students to copy them for a fee.

Of course, copying can only be done in a bookstore.

In the beginning, many people questioned that his actions tarnished the teachings of saints, and that knowledge could not be measured by money.

But as Yun Yi insisted on not giving in, the voices of opposition became boring and gradually disappeared.