This day was rainy and rainy. When it was just dawn, the drizzle began to fall and never stopped.

It has been two days since Yuan Daoling was killed, but there was no big news from Qi Tianguan. Han Mo thought Yun Canglan would definitely come to find him afterwards, but for some reason, Yun Canglan did not see him.

The day of the princess' wedding is getting closer. Song Shiqing, the Minister of Rites, was the busiest person in the Yan State mission. Every day, he would lead several officials from the Ministry of Rites to the Qing State's Ministry of Rites, saying that it was to negotiate the details of the wedding, but in fact it was to urge Qing State to prepare for the wedding.

However, the Korean Desert did not leave the house for these two days and was just guarding Hongxiu.

The drizzle kept falling. After noon, someone came to report that Changdehou summoned Han Mo to come.

Han Mo cleaned up and came to Changde Hou's residence. He saw Changde Hou wearing formal clothes. When he saw Han Mo coming, he just nodded, his expression didn't look very good.

"Mr. Marquis!" Han Mo stepped forward and bowed: "I wonder what orders do I have to tell the ministers to summon me?"

He thought that Cao Yin called him to come either for the princess’ marriage or for the last time he was assassinated.

But Cao Yin frowned slightly and said, "You go to the uncle's mansion with me!"

"National uncle's mansion?"

"Yes!" Cao Yin said: "The uncle was assassinated last night, we must go and see what he is like."

Han Mo was shocked. He didn't expect that Lu Shangde was assassinated, and the time difference was so close. In addition, he was surprised and immediately realized something and frowned.

Cao Yin seemed to understand Han Mo's thoughts and said, "You don't have to think too much. This matter naturally has nothing to do with us. Even if someone doubts, we are not afraid."

Han Mo was stabbed just now, and Lu Shangde was assassinated. In the eyes of some people, they must have thought that the late party sent someone to assassinate Han Mo first. After Han Mo was stabbed, the Yan people did not show any weakness and immediately sent someone to assassinate Lu Shangde, which was a naked act of revenge.

But Han Mo also knew in his heart that in the past two days, the Yan State mission has maintained absolute quietness and has never taken any action.

Could it be that the Wei people are doing the trick again?

...

After cleaning up, Cao Yin said to Han Mo: "You should have the same car as me, I will tell you some things."

Han Mo hesitated for a moment, and it was naturally not easy to violate it.

After leaving the mansion, the two of them took a car together and, under the escort of the Imperial Guardian, headed to the mansion of the uncle.

Cao Yin leaned in the carriage, pondered for a moment, and finally said, "The country's uncle was stabbed, there is a big problem with this matter. If you have been stabbed for only three days, he will also be assassinated. In the hearts of many people, I am afraid that they will doubt our Yan State."

Han Mo smiled faintly and said, "As the Marquis said, this matter was not instructed by us. Even if someone doubted it, we are not afraid."

Cao Yin smiled faintly and said, "That's natural. But this marquis is quite strange. First you were assassinated, but now he is assassinated again. What conspiracy is there in the middle? Could it be that the people of Wei are really making trouble?" Changde Hou didn't know that the real murderer who assassinated Han Mo had been killed, so he just smiled calmly and said, "Or, this is just a trick of the uncle?"

"Ghost trick?"

"In my opinion, compared to the Wei people making trouble behind the scenes, the possibility of the uncle using his own fraud is much greater." Cao Yin's beautiful face was very calm: "The person who assassinated you may be the uncle instructing you behind the scenes. Yun Canglan may have found some clues in the past few days. The uncle felt that things were a little bad, so he performed such a scene, which was to make others suspect that it was my Yan State delegation who took action behind the scenes... The uncle may be trying to divert others' attention...!"

If Han Mo didn't know the truth of the matter, he would still think it would be very reasonable for the analysis made by Cao Yin.

"The Marquis is right." Han Mo nodded slightly: "We went to the uncle's mansion this time to see if the uncle is really injured?"

Cao Yin smiled and said, "I am just worried that my uncle will take this opportunity to deliberately pretend to be injured. He is the preparer of this wedding. If he is really injured, the wedding will inevitably be delayed. I always want to see what he is hurt...!"

"The people of Qing have already announced the wedding date to the world." Han Mo said: "Even if the uncle is injured, he cannot delay the wedding, unless the people of Qing don't even want the face!"

Cao Yin nodded and said, "The wedding date is naturally fine. I am just worried that other troubles will occur in the wedding. If the uncle is not injured, then as the preparer of the wedding, it will be his responsibility for any problems. But if he really takes the excuse to recover from the injury and ignores the wedding matter. If the situation really happens, he will make excuses to shirk responsibility."

The car was walking slowly in the drizzle.

"I asked you to have something to tell you." Cao Yin looked at Han Mo and whispered: "I just received the report today. There has just been a big deal in Yanjing City!"

Han Mo looked at Cao Yin and did not speak.

Cao Yin said slowly: "The prince just made a marriage a few days ago!"

"Then I want to congratulate the Crown Prince!" Han Mo said hurriedly.

Cao Yin smiled faintly and said, "Why don't you ask who is the future princess?"

Han Mo immediately said: "If you can become a crown princess, you must be a virtuous girl!"

Cao Yin smiled softly, approached and said with a smile: "You may recognize this future princess, you are the girl of the Xiao family and the granddaughter of Grand Master Xiao!"

When Han Mo mentioned "the girl of the Xiao family", he was shocked and couldn't help but think of Xiao Lingzhi. But in an instant, he knew that this future crown princess could never be Xiao Lingzhi.

"Xiao Mingmei?" Han Mo asked.

Cao Yin nodded and said, "Yes, it's the girl Xiao Mingmei." He paused and smiled and said, "You and I know the reputation of that girl Xiao very well."

Han Mo frowned slightly and looked at Cao Yin, not understanding what Cao Yin meant.

Cao Yin just smiled faintly and did not explain much. He obviously had something to say, but he didn't say it after all.

Han Mo could actually guess what Cao Yin wanted to say.

This marriage was naturally another heavyweight political marriage. The marriage between the prince and Xiao Mingmei was obviously another political skill of the emperor.

In the past year, the emperor has helped the Han family, and the Han family has also taken this opportunity to quickly expand its power and has become a powerful force in the court. The alliance between the three Korean and Fan and Hu families is enough to form a three-legged force with the Xiao family and the Su family and compete with each other. From a certain perspective, the momentum of the Han family is now beyond the Su family.

This marriage with Qing State was naturally another victory for the Han family in the rectification strategy. Although the emperor played an important role in it, it is undeniable that the Han family had the upper hand many times in the Han Xiao battles for several consecutive times. A large number of Yan's centrist officials all faintly turned to the Han family, which made the Han family more and more famous, but also made Emperor Yan feel a little uneasy deep in his heart.

What Emperor Yan needed was balance.

What he is best at is the checks and balances. He does not want any faction to expand suddenly, and it is much higher than the other two factions.

Emperor Yan supported the Han family, which was something that the officials of Yan State saw.

Yan State is a country of aristocratic families. Most of the important official positions from capital to local areas are monopolized by aristocratic families.

However, it is undeniable that non-class officials in Yan State are also a force that cannot be ignored. Although most of the head officials from the capital to the local area are children of the aristocratic families, most of the practical officials in the middle class and the bottom are non-class officials.

It's like a person, although his head is an official of aristocratic family, his body and lower limbs are composed of non-ariscratic families.

Although this group of non-family officials do not have absolute power, they are very skilled in specific matters and have stronger practical skills than those of aristocratic officials.

From a certain perspective, there are a lot more non-class officials in the entire Yan State than those in the aristocratic family, but most of the official positions are relatively low and they are not qualified to appear in the court.

Of course, there are also a very small number of non-family officials with strong abilities who live in the court and participate in political affairs.

Although many non-family officials have defected to the major families due to the political environment, this group of special officials still understand one thing: the ups and downs of aristocratic families are like the ups and downs of aristocratic families, and no one can tell who will lose and who will win in the end. Although the imperial power is unstable, the emperor is orthodox after all. Although the officials of aristocratic families may not take the emperor seriously, a large number of non-family officials still care about the emperor deeply.

After all, Yan State still has the surname Cao.

Therefore, most non-family officials still acted at the emperor's face. When the emperor showed that he wanted to support the Han family, many non-family officials approached the Han family. Although they might not have really helped the Han family, they really greatly enhanced the momentum and prestige of the Han family.

As the Han family grows, more and more non-family officials are approaching the past.

The emperor naturally didn't want to watch the Han family's popularity.

He must use a political skill to balance the court situation in Yan State. After mentioning it, he naturally has to suppress it. And most importantly, the strength of the Han family must not be greatly enhanced with the Han family's opponents.

Political marriage is naturally a good move.

Once the prince marrys the girl from the Xiao family, it means that the royal family sends another signal, and a large number of non-family officials will re-examine the situation, and many non-family officials will move closer to the Xiao family.

Officials from non-family families are not the protagonists of Yan State’s political arena, but they are a group of extremely influential classes, and naturally play a great role in Yan State’s political arena.

Han Mo knew very well that although Cao Yin was willing to talk about the current situation in Yan State, he was a member of the royal family and could not say some of the words.
Chapter completed!