I still know my identity, so I don’t need you to remind me endlessly here. It's just like Jia Quan said, he can't just stay at home, nor can he go out for a walk. What exactly do you want me to do? As for the emperor's words to encourage him to go out more, Huang Qiong didn't take it seriously at all.
The emperor's heart is unpredictable. Who knows whether the emperor's words are true or false. He didn't want to be the emperor, the bait used to catch the lingering evil in some aspects of his heart. From Huang Qiong's point of view, if you really trust me, you won't keep a close eye on your people as soon as I leave the house.
Who is Huang Qiong, the emperor? You can naturally hear the meaning behind Huang Qiong's words. But after all, after many years of serving as king, this city is not comparable to Huang Qiong. Regarding Huang Qiong's last remark that was almost contradictory, Quan pretended not to have heard it and said: "I am rich all over the world, what do I want my son to do with a horse?"
"What a Pegasus or a Dragon Horse is, it's just a better horse. I'm not that short-sighted. Just because of a horse's common name, I even want to take back my own son's horse. Besides, all things are born with their own destiny. It’s the same with humans and horses. I’ve heard that a good horse knows its owner. Since you can tame that horse, it must only recognize you as its true owner.”
"If I take away what you love, that horse will definitely not want to see me. What should I do if I have nothing to do with that boring horse? Besides, they have raised all the thousand-mile horses in the palace to waste. Such a good horse should be brought into the palace. Isn't it a waste of natural resources? Don't worry, what's yours is yours, no one can take it away. Don't think about it if you have nothing to do, being yourself is better than anything else."
After a little comforting the somewhat hedgehog-like Huang Qiong, the emperor, who obviously didn't want to continue on this topic, suddenly changed the topic: "There are servants in your house who know such a good horse. It shows that he is a hero regardless of his origin. That's it. I wonder if you, my slave, learned the art of horse recognition from others later, or did you learn it from your family innately?"
When the emperor asked this question, Huang Qiong was stunned for a moment and then said without hesitation: "From what he said, he is the son of Song Gongliang, the former superintendent of the herdsmen in Suzhou. Later, because his father was convicted, his family was sold into slavery. He was sold into the house of his son. Since he is the son of the governor of the herdsmen, he must have a family background."
After Huang Qiong answered, the emperor did not say anything immediately. Instead, he pretended to look at Huang Qiong for a long time, and then said, "Song Gongliang's son actually came to your house. This matter is now serious." It makes some sense. Then has he ever told you about what his father was convicted of?"
Knowing that the matter could not be concealed, Huang Qiong, who was an extremely shrewd emperor, simply explained what Song Zhihuan had said to him, excluding the part involving King Rui, and told him exactly what he had said. The old man said it. As for deducting the part involving King Rui, he was somewhat worried that the old man would kill someone and silence him, so he would completely get rid of Song Zhihuan for his son.
When Huang Qiong said these words, the emperor listened very carefully. After Huang Qiong finished speaking, the emperor, who obviously knew that he was not telling the truth, glared at him knowingly. However, he just glared at him and said nothing more besides saying something naughty.
After a moment of silence, the emperor glanced at Huang Qiong again and said: "Since he is in your house now, he can stay in your house. You go back and take off his slave status, and spend the money to buy him." How much money has been paid, I will replenish it for you later. Well, let him study in your house with peace of mind."
"You send someone to bring his other brothers and sisters to your house, and you take good care of me. However, if it is not appropriate for you to do this, let your seventh brother handle it. He has been doing it all these years. Although he acts like a bastard, he still comes into contact with people from all walks of life. Leave this kind of thing to him, and it will be done quietly."
The emperor glanced at Huang Qiong thoughtfully, but suddenly said: "I know that you did not tell me the truth just now. You concealed half of Song Zhihuan's words and said less. But no matter what What kind of thoughts do you have, I don’t want to pursue anything now.”
"But please remember one thing. I don't care what the reason is for Song Gongliang's family to come to your house. But now that they are in your house, you must protect me. Also , now that they have entered your house, don’t let them come out again. It’s enough for me to know about this matter and for you to know about it. If word spreads, don’t blame me for being ruthless."
Faced with the emperor's somewhat unreasonable words, Huang Qiong rolled her eyes helplessly. Xin said you asked me to keep it a secret, and I want to keep it a secret too, but you, the father and king, are not unaware of the current situation in the house. The people in my house are either yours or the prince's, how do you want me to keep it a secret?
It doesn't matter to you, old man, but what about the prince? Wufengsanchilang was already there, but if he knew that Song Zhixuan, whom he had vented his hatred for, and his brothers and sisters were all in his house, wouldn't he be causing more trouble for him? It’s not like you don’t know your own son’s methods.
Just as Huang Qiong opened her mouth to say something, before she could say anything, she was interrupted by the emperor: "I know what you want to say. But there is no room for bargaining in this matter. You Even if you can do it, you have to do it, and if you can't do it, you have to find a way to do it. Well, just pretend that your heart is unpredictable."
After the emperor said this, Huang Qiong couldn't help but be stunned. This sentence made him feel that the emperor was cheating openly. But facing the cheating emperor, Huang Qiong could do nothing but be speechless? In terms of status, he is the king of a country. In terms of private relationships, he is his father.
He is both the king and the father. The indispensable hat given by the king and father suppresses him to death, leaving him no room for bargaining. In desperation, Huang Qiong could only bite the bullet and accept this task, which in his opinion was simply impossible.
It's just that the emperor was obviously cheating on this matter. What did Huang Qiong think? Why did Huang Qiong think that this was the emperor who wanted to draw the prince's firepower to himself and provoke him to fight with the prince? Thinking of this, Huang Qiong couldn't help but have a dark look on his face. As the emperor, isn't it obvious that I am playing tricks on people?
In fact, Huang Qiong's guess was not wrong at this point. The emperor really had this mentality at this time. In addition to Song Zhihuan's handling of this matter, he had some other unclear and unexplained meanings. More importantly, he regarded her as a whetstone, wanting to see how much his son could be like his ex-wife.
He looked at Huang Qiong, who had a sad face after hearing his request. Even though he had been the king of a country for many years and had grown up in a wealthy city, the emperor still couldn't help but want to laugh. Even counting this one, the son himself had only met three times. But the emperor knew clearly that his ninth son had always been pretending to be stupid in front of him.
Not only can he act stupid, he is also extremely good at hiding himself. The scene between him and King Yong outside the Wende Palace that day has not been forgotten to this day. There were also two confrontations with the prince. On the surface, it seemed that the prince had the upper hand. In fact, the little advantage the prince had gained was just superficial. The real big advantage is actually not taken at all.
Even if you are yourself, haven't you been led into a trap by this kid? He used a piece of Liu Gongquan's calligraphy as the title to introduce the discussion of "History of the Tang Dynasty". Use your strength to fight in front of the prince. He let himself feel pity for him, selected eunuchs and maids from his side to take care of him personally, and allowed him to recruit some of his own servants.
This completely ruined the prince's idea of being by his side and having an eyeliner. Although the guards around him were all from the prince, these guards could not get close to him at all. Even if I get some information, I'm afraid it's just scratching the surface. The prince seemed to have taken advantage, but in fact he did not take any big advantage.
Rather than taking advantage, it would be more appropriate to say that he suffered a painful loss. Not to mention that the prince hasn't noticed this yet, even as a king and a father, didn't he think for a long time afterwards to understand that he had been tricked by this boy?
This kid dared to trick himself, the king of a country, in front of him. Playing a good game of subduing the enemy without fighting is enough to show that my old friend's evaluation of this son was not wrong.
And King Yong, this boy begged for mercy at the critical moment, allowing King Yong to accept his love, and also gave himself a chance to step down. Not only was his original thought of killing chickens and scaring monkeys dispelled by his understatement, but in turn King Yong had to accept his favor. This kid has a lot of stuff in his belly and is even better at hiding his clumsiness. He won't reveal it unless you force him.
Thinking of this, the emperor looked at Huang Qiong, who knew that arguing was of no use at this time. His expression had changed from the previous frown to the habitually calm one. Thinking again of the prince who thought he had taken advantage, but actually suffered a heavy loss, but was still arrogant, I couldn't help but feel depressed.
"Is it true that the prince who was conceived by himself and even taught by words and deeds is not as good as the son that his ex-wife produced in a cold palace where no outsider can see him?" Thinking of the prince's previous performance, the emperor asked He was the only one left to sulk along with himself.
From the first time I met Huang Qiong to now, I don’t know what happened. Maybe it was because he was still grappling with what happened back then, or maybe it was because the prince's performance in recent years had made him more and more disappointed. Every time he saw Huang Qiong, he was both the king of a country and his biological father, so he could not help but compare himself to the prince.
He always thinks about having his son whom he has seduced to compete with his talented ex-wife's son. But it is a pity that in the eyes of Huang Qiong, the emperor, Prince Kong has an absolute advantage. At least so far, he has never been able to take advantage of it.
He, the ninth son, would either use his strength to fight or not accept the move at all, which somewhat disappointed him. It's just that the emperor is really unwilling to give in and always wants to touch his son's bottom. Today, he simply stopped being secretive and directly gave him a way to catch the duck.
The emperor just thought of the prince and saw Huang Qiong's sad face, and the good mood caused by it disappeared in an instant. After thinking for a while, he said to Huang Qiong: "I have been a little tired from reviewing memorials these past few days. It happens that you are entering the palace today, so I will give myself half a day off, and you can accompany me to the Imperial Garden for a walk."
