Grace Yue's Silent Strength: The Pillar of Henry Yuan's Guar Chapter 47

The two drank for half the night and talked about some matters in the court. After returning from Lingwu Villa, their relationship became closer. Ethan Feng did not easily mention things before, but under the clever guidance of wine and Simon Yan, he also talked about a few things.

For example, what Simon Yan wanted to know most was Richard Feng's network of influence in the court. On the surface, Richard Feng did not make friends with civil officials in the capital, because it was a taboo for officials in the capital to collude with military generals. He had his own troops and was feared by the emperor, so he acted carefully in every way to avoid giving people a chance to criticize him. But if you say that Richard Feng really kept to himself in the court, no one would believe it. Simon Yan had already vaguely found out some things, and he wanted to verify more.

The fact that Richard Feng was able to drive out three governors of Datong and eventually hold military and political power was closely related to his invisible influence in the court.

Sure enough, during the conversation, Simon Yan found out that Richard Feng had a personal relationship with the Minister of Personnel Liu An, and had close relations with some officials in Nanzhili and Jiangnan aristocratic families.

Simon Yan thought that if Richard Feng could support Chen Yu, then Chen Yu’s position as crown prince would be secure.