But he also knew that Chen Yao, who was new to human affairs, would need a few days of training to recover. So that night, Huang Qiong just hugged this woman who put all her heart into him and rested quietly all night. Although she did nothing this night, Huang Qiong had the most peaceful sleep since leaving the palace.
After getting up early in the morning and having breakfast with Chen Yao, Huang Qiong roughly adjusted his daily schedule. I stayed in the study room to read in the morning, which was unbreakable unless something unexpected happened. Before leaving the palace, her mother brought so many books to herself, Huang Qiong decided to read them at least once.
Especially some books on "The Art of War" and "Mozi", the only book among hundreds of schools of thought that his mother never taught him to read, but she required him to read it before leaving the palace. In the afternoon, practice your riding skills or go out for a walk. However, due to habit, Huang Qiong went to antique stores the most, especially those selling ancient calligraphy and paintings.
As for the night, the nightlife suddenly became much richer. Huang Qiong, who has not known the taste of meat for more than ten years, spends almost every night in bed with Chen Yao. Chen Yao was afraid that Huang Qiong would be obsessed with this matter, but knowing that although Huang Qiong seemed calm on the surface, he was extremely uneasy in his heart since he left the palace, Chen Yao wanted to persuade him to restrain himself.
But seeing Huang Qiong enjoying it, he was a little bit reluctant to do so. It wasn't until Huang Qiong's first provincial appointment since leaving the palace that Chen Yao found an excuse to drive Huang Qiong back to his bedroom. Faced with Chen Yao's persistence, Huang Qiong could only touch his nose helplessly and return to his bedroom, despite his reluctance.
Early the next morning, Chen Yao arrived at Huang Qiong's bedroom door early, holding Huang Qiong's imperial uniform. After dressing Huang Qiong up with his own hands, he let Huang Qiong leave with satisfaction. Huang Qiong actually didn't pay much attention to the monthly provincial days. It doesn't matter to him whether he sees his own emperor or not.
However, Huang Qiong was a little excited when she saw her mother for the first time after leaving the palace. So Huang Qiong didn't care about this decision. But Chen Yao paid great attention to it. If he didn't dislike the county dynasty uniform and it was really awkward to wear, and Huang Qiong insisted on refusing to wear the county dynasty uniform, I'm afraid Chen Yao would have wanted to make him look like a groom. Same.
Huang Qiong doesn't have to go to court, so there is no need to rush to the palace. Until it was estimated that the morning court had dispersed, he did not take his Zongzheng Temple and sent over the custom-made sedan chair for the prince who was suspected of violating the rules. Instead, he rode his sweaty horse and entered the palace in a swaggering manner, wearing the same scholar uniform he always wore.
When he arrived at the palace gate, Huang Qiong threw the horse rein to the guards and Li Hai who were following him. He handed the eunuch a nameplate indicating his identity according to Li Hai's rules, and then stood waiting outside the palace gate honestly. Compared with the first time I saw my emperor, who was left in the dark for nearly an hour, the reaction in the palace was obviously much faster this time.
Before he had waited for a quarter of an hour, he saw that when he met his emperor twice, a personal eunuch wearing the clothes of a general manager was standing next to him, trotting over. Seeing Huang Qiong's scholar uniform and the horse behind him, he was slightly startled but said nothing.
He directly signed a lot and said with a smile: "I would like to send my regards to His Highness Ninth Prince. Your Majesty has just returned from the morning court and is waiting for you in the Wende Hall. I am worried that the guards outside the palace gate will not have the eyes to stop you from driving, so Your Majesty I'll send the younger one to pick you up." This eunuch was very smart and did not mention the title issue that would embarrass Huang Qiong.
When he saw Huang Qiong, he wore a scholar's uniform and rode a horse into the palace. But he didn't wear the custom-made court clothes, and he didn't say a word. But there was a hint of understanding in this eunuch's smile. I'm afraid there was some misunderstanding, thinking that Huang Qiong was not wearing the uniform of the county king because he felt his title of county king was a bit embarrassing.
Huang Qiong didn't say anything about the somewhat different smile on the eunuch's face. Before he came, he knew that his scholar uniform would definitely cause misunderstandings among others. So he didn't want to give any explanation. For him, what others thought was their business, so he just had to be himself.
Huang Qiong bowed slightly, and quietly stuffed a large piece of horseshoe gold into the eunuch's sleeve, and then said: "How virtuous and capable the boy is. He actually asked everyone to come to greet him in person. It really makes me feel even more proud." It's an honor. Next time you can just send a young eunuch over."
Touching the piece of horseshoe gold in his sleeve, the Eunuch Gao in front of him, who originally thought Huang Qiong did not look down on him because he was a eunuch, smiled even more. After saying a few words, "How dare you", he bent down and made a The gesture of guiding the way led Huang Qiong all the way to Wende Hall.
After entering the Wende Hall, Huang Qiong saw the emperor sitting behind the desk reviewing memorials. Huang Qiong bowed to the emperor in a formal manner and did not stand up until the emperor spoke. Looking at Huang Qiong in front of him, the emperor put down the unfinished memorial in his hand and said, "I heard that you have been away just reading recently and have also started to learn to walk around the house?"
"That's good. Don't always look aloof and aloof. Even as a prince, you should learn to be down-to-earth and understand the sufferings of the people. However, don't always go to antique shops and calligraphy and painting shops. . It’s not that you can’t like it, but you have to have a limit and you can’t indulge in it. I heard that you got a good horse recently, or is it a bloody horse?
Huang Qiong was not surprised to hear that the emperor knew everything about his activities during this period. When I leave the palace and live in my own home, the first person who worries about me is probably my own emperor. Although he did not have many people in his mansion, it would be strange if he did not have his informants among the eunuchs and maids assigned to him.
Among the owners of the dogs outside my house, I, the emperor, would probably be ranked first. I just don’t know whether the person he sent is Fusi from South Town or Fusi from North Town. Since I already know that the emperor is not at ease with me, I guess the monitoring will be even stricter, so there is no need to make a fuss now.
Since there was no need to make a fuss, Huang Qiong just said calmly to the emperor's words: "I did get a good horse, but I don't know if it is a horse with blood. The people of Zongzheng Temple are not doing well in running errands. The sedan that was delivered is a prince's standard sedan. I am only a prince, and if I use it, it will be overstepped."
"Although I have been living in the cold palace for these years, I still understand the etiquette. So when I found that the sedan sent by Zongzheng Temple was wrong, my son asked someone to send it back. But the people of Zongzheng Temple said that I, Sooner or later, you will have to enter the title of prince. Since you will be a prince sooner or later, it is not an overstep to use the prince's sedan chair now."
"Since it has been sent here, I will let my son use it first to save him the trouble of changing back and forth. But having said that, Erchen still knows his identity clearly, so he has never dared to go beyond it. But in Erchen's mansion , and there is no other sedan chair. I really don’t have the energy to fight this kind of water mill lawsuit with Zongzheng Temple.”
"And my son felt that riding a sedan was more convenient than riding a horse when going out. So he wanted to go to the horse market and buy some horses for riding. At first, it was just to save people, but he didn't expect to get a good horse by accident. My son has never seen what a horse looks like before, let alone knows what a good horse is or a bad horse."
"Afterwards, a servant in the palace told me that this was a horse with blood, so that I knew how valuable this horse was. Today, when I entered the palace, I rode this horse. If my father likes it, I will You can pay filial piety to your father. I haven’t given any gifts to my father since the grass fell."
"Although I know that the world belongs to my father, you don't lack this thing. But my father is my father, and my son should respect some things. If my father looks at this horse, If you like it, just accept it, it can be regarded as fulfilling your dignity."
"Besides, my son spends most of his time studying in the palace and has no chance to gallop on a horse, let alone the skill of riding and shooting. It is useless to have such a good horse. Anyway, the life of my son and minister is given by my father, not to mention a A horse? Since my father likes it, just take it."
"If this horse is really a sweat-blooded horse, then I would not dare to stay. The sweat-blooded horse was in the former Han Dynasty, and was turned into a dragon horse or a celestial horse by Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty. In other words, this horse is not something that a human can ride. Cheng. I know that my identity is sensitive, so I dare not take this kind of Pegasus as my own. It was fine if I didn't know about it originally, but now that I know, I can't keep it myself."
"My son has always known that his identity is sensitive. He has been studying in the mansion since he left the palace. Unless necessary, he has tried his best not to have contact with outsiders to avoid making people suspicious. After all, my son has grown up in the cold palace and has never seen the outside world. The colorful world in Luoyang City, Erchen is always reminding himself not to be dazzled by the colorful world in Luoyang City."
"That's why after I left the palace, I stayed in the palace to study, and never took a step out of the door. It was only recently that I remembered that Luoyang City is a good place for me. There must be many books that are not in the palace, so I left the palace. Look for some unread books. Since the father also thinks that it is not good for the son to be in the mansion all the time, the son must follow the father's teachings in the future and go out of the mansion to walk around more."
Although he had been mentally prepared for it, Huang Qiong was still upset at the end when he replied, and he emphasized the emperor himself. He knew very well that when he, the emperor, mentioned this matter today, it was definitely not because he also liked the horse, but because he was taking the opportunity to beat himself up.
Taking advantage of this incident, I told myself not to think that he was in the deep palace, as I really didn't know what I was doing outside. To put it bluntly, I want to tell Huang Qiong clearly that I know every move your kid makes outside. So whatever you do, don’t have any unknowing thoughts.
Although Huang Qiong had already been mentally prepared for the emperor's surveillance of him. But the emperor told him so straightforwardly, but it also made him feel a little angry, and even a little embarrassed. Although he had been suppressing his dissatisfaction and his previous replies were somewhat better, in the end he still showed his true inner thoughts.
Huang Qiong told herself, the emperor, very bluntly, since you gave me my life as a son, you should always feel uneasy, and in the worst case, you can just take it. No matter what you want to do, I can't help it. But should we go too far with some things?
As your son, whether I poop or fart from now on, I have to do it in front of your people, and write a memorial and report it to you, so that you can really feel at ease? I tolerate your son planting so many spies in my house, and I tolerate you planting people around me, but you have to send people to monitor me when I go out. Isn't this a bit excessive?
