Although he didn't know Huang Qiong's true intention of taking the emperor there, the prince could never accept the fact that Huang Qiong had ideas about his money bag. Especially the disguised warning adopted by the emperor, although he only told Jing Zhaoyin that he was not allowed to pursue the idea of the refugees. But in the eyes of the prince, this was not only a warning to Jing Zhaoyin, but also a warning to himself.
If that Jing Zhaoyin was really unlucky because of this incident, wouldn't it mean cutting off his financial resources in disguise? If this incident arouses the emperor's suspicion of himself, can he still maintain his status as the prince? Naturally, the prince would not look for the reason for this matter within himself, let alone blame the emperor.
Therefore, Huang Qiong, who took the emperor to places he shouldn't go, became the instigator in his eyes. Adhering to the concept of attacking first to gain advantage and attacking later to suffer disaster, the prince could be said to have murderous intentions on that very day. If this matter was done by other princes, especially his own brothers, the prince might have no choice but to endure it.
Because the prince knew in his heart that those brothers had their own power in private and in the court. Many times, I know that they are giving me eye drops, but I can't do anything about them. But this matter was done by Huang Qiong, the son of a person with whom he had a grudge. For the prince, it was intolerable.
The prince doesn't think highly of Huang Qiong at all now. The huge power of the Huaiyang County Prince back then has long been wiped out. Killing this ninth brother who has no background in the court and is simply a loner except for a mother who is still in the cold palace is as simple as squeezing an ant to death.
However, several close aides of the prince believed that the illness in the middle palace was becoming increasingly serious. At this time, the emperor not only did not want any changes in the court situation, but also would never allow any problems between the brothers. Once something goes wrong with that prince, the emperor will definitely get to the bottom of it.
The prince of Hejian County had just taken the emperor to the refugee gathering place and allowed the emperor to see the truth about the refugees. Not long after, something happened. The emperor will not doubt others, and he will be the first to doubt the prince. Does the emperor really not know that Jing Zhaoyin is the prince?
By then, even if the prince did not do it, all the yellow mud will fall into the crotch, and it will be shit if not shit. If Zhonggong, who was already extremely angry, was frightened and something happened, the prince would not even have the last pillar of support. No one can guarantee whether the emperor will take action because of this matter. It was the persuasion, or rather the warning, that prevented the prince from taking action immediately.
But with the prince's mind, it would be impossible for him to just swallow this breath. He just recorded this account temporarily. Coupled with what happened today, the prince could be said to remember all the old and new accounts for Huang Qiong. I just followed the advice of a few close aides and endured it for the time being.
Although under the persuasion of his confidants, the prince barely suppressed his anger and did not think of taking action immediately, but the idea of doing something to warn Huang Qiong became stronger and stronger in the prince's heart. With several of his confidants strongly opposed to him touching Huang Qiong, he set his first target of revenge on Chen Yao, Huang Qiong's closest relative outside the palace.
And just when the prince made this extremely ridiculous scene in his own courtyard. On the bedside of the Zhonggong Palace, he had just arrived in Beijing for two days and was replacing the King of Shu who had hurriedly left the prince to attend to his illness. After learning that Huang Qiong had killed the steward appointed by the prince, he looked at his mother who was sleeping on the bed. He held an invitation from King Yong in his hand, and there was a subtle smile on his lips.
Huang Qiong, who did not expect that killing a steward would cause such a big disturbance, received the same invitation from King Yong three days later. Looking at the invitation sent by King Yong. After thinking about Prince Yong's intention for a moment, Huang Qiong looked at the eunuch in charge of Prince Yong's palace who came to deliver the invitation, and said with a smile: "Why did your prince think of inviting guests at this time?"
When the eunuch saw Huang Qiong asking questions, he immediately said respectfully: "When we return to the King of Hejian County, our prince has said that it is a rare opportunity for the King of Shu to visit relatives in the capital. He invited several brothers in the capital to sit down with him to avoid waiting. After becoming a vassal in the future, I won’t be able to see you even if I want to. It just so happens that the prince hasn’t met his other brothers yet, so I’d like to take this opportunity to meet you all.”
After hearing the eunuch's reply, Huang Qiong turned the invitation in his hand, pondered for a moment, and then readily agreed. After the eunuch left, Huang Qiong opened the invitation again and looked at the time on it. I can only smile bitterly at this guy King Yong, knowing that he doesn't have to go to Zongxue to study, and he is bored in the mansion studying all day long.
So the invitation sent in the morning had the time marked on it as this afternoon. This guy will launch a surprise attack on himself. Thanks to the incident that happened when I accompanied the emperor out of the palace to relax a few days ago, I decided to act like a good baby in the mansion for the next two days. Otherwise, you will have to miss this party.
Although Huang Qiong didn't care what others thought, he never cared what other brothers thought of him. For Huang Qiongshi, if he missed this party, he would miss it. But now at this stall, Huang Qiong didn't want to offend King Yong. At least so far, this is the only brother he can speak to.
What's more, in the future, when the purge prince recruits people in his palace, Huang Qiong will have to rely on Prince Yong, who has many friends in the capital. Huang Qiong, who complained about King Yong's sudden attack, actually misunderstood King Yong on this matter. King Yong was on good terms with the King of Shu, and now he was on good terms with Huang Qiong. Naturally, he hoped that the King of Shu would also be on good terms with Huang Qiong.
King Yong first sent an invitation to the King of Shu. After all, the King of Shu did not come back to Beijing to play, but to attend to the illness in the middle palace. Judging from the current situation in which the Central Palace is getting worse day by day, it is still unclear whether the King of Shu can come out. If the King of Shu can't come, and he only wants to introduce Huang Qiong to King Yong of Shu, he will feel that this gathering is meaningless.
After all, before Huang Qiong, the only brother who could be respected by King Yong was the King of Shu. As for the remaining people, although King Yong is a bit of a bastard, he really doesn't like them. The two real protagonists of his treat this time, besides Huang Qiong, are the kings of Shu. The other brothers were just there to keep the old man's mouth shut.
Moreover, King Yong also knew the relationship between himself and his brothers. If King Shu could not come, it is estimated that not many other brothers would come. Among them, except that King Yong and most of the brothers in Beijing at the moment don't get along so well, not many people may give him face.
There was also Huang Qiong, the brother that most of them were afraid of avoiding. It is no longer a secret that Huang Qiong, the brother who suddenly appeared, was born among the princes. Although it was not written in the emperor's imperial edict regarding the title of nobility, which of these brothers did not have an informant in the palace?
It is estimated that all the brothers knew about Huang Qiong's life experience the day after he left the palace. According to King Yong's understanding of his brothers, it is estimated that these people despised Huang Qiong, a remnant of Huaiyang, and partly did not want to get involved because they were afraid of offending the prince.
If the King of Shu doesn't come, few of those brothers will come. King Yong, who is rough on the outside and subtle on the inside, can see this clearly. At that time, not only will Huang Qiong be embarrassed, but he, King Yong, will also be embarrassed and lose Dafa. But if the King of Shu comes, King Yong bets that except for the seriously ill King Zhao, all the other brothers will rush to the banquet.
King Yong didn't mind having a banquet with King Shu and Huang Qiong alone, but he was worried that the emperor and the prince would cause trouble. Especially for the prince who already disliked him and regarded Huang Qiong as his enemy, it would be out of his style if he didn't cause something to happen. The most important thing is whether the relationship between the prince and the king of Shu is really as harmonious as it seems on the surface. King Yong also knows it well.
Therefore, King Shu will not come if he has not decided yet, and it will be difficult to send out some invitations after King Yong. It wasn't until last night that King Shu gave him a reply. He just sent invitations to other brothers today. Because he knew that his brothers knew that King Shu would come, and even if something happened and they couldn't escape, they would find ways to come.
Although Huang Qiong had mistakenly blamed King Yong and did not want to attend this brotherly gathering, without wanting to offend King Yong, let alone King Shu, Huang Qiong still had to go to the time specified in the invitation with only Li Hai and a guard strolled to Prince Yong's Mansion without taking a sedan or riding a horse.
When he arrived at the gate of Prince Yong's Mansion, Huang Qiong discovered that a sedan chair with 36 princes and 36 people had been lined up outside Prince Yong's Mansion. The ceremonial guards and horse teams used to open the way turned the outside of Prince Yong's Mansion into a lively market, with people shouting and horses neighing and it was extremely lively. Those who knew it was Prince Yong's Mansion, but those who didn't knew it thought it was some kind of lively place.
At this time, Huang Qiong realized that except for himself who came here on foot, the other brothers all came in sedan chairs and held a guard of honor. Seeing this scene, Huang Qiong shook his head and was speechless. My brothers, all of them are young, but they are not young in this respect.
The princes were separated by vassal territory, often thousands of miles apart. The various princely residences in Beijing are relatively concentrated, and almost all of them are on both sides of the imperial street near the palace in the inner city. The distance between the various palaces is only two sticks of incense time at most, and there are even many princes living next to each other.
At such a small distance, everyone came in sedans, not to mention the prince's sedans, and they also put on a full guard of honor. In the words of his previous life, this is not an ordinary pretense. He felt that the behavior of his brothers was like some of the nouveau riche in his previous life who were afraid that others would not know that they were rich. They would drive a Mercedes-Benz or a BMW to buy groceries.
It was obviously a gathering of brothers, just like in his previous life, where the brothers gathered together to have a meal. We all live so close together, so why not ride in a large sedan carried by thirty-six people and put on a full guard of honor? Isn't this pretense? What would the refugees in the outer city who couldn't even afford food think of these children of the Tian family when they saw this?
Huang Qiong shook his head here without saying a word, but over there, King Yong, who was waiting for the notification and came out to greet Huang Qiong in person, saw Huang Qiong walking over like this, still wearing a scholar's outfit, but he shook his head speechlessly. shook his head. I seem to have said on the invitation that I hope all brothers will dress up and attend. But Huang Qiong just came here wearing a scholar's uniform and walked over without saying anything.
Seeing King Yong shaking his head, Huang Qiong, who knew why he had such an expression, smiled and said: "The Ministry of Industry and Zongzheng Temple are having trouble doing business. Now I only have the title of a county prince, and they sent it here But it's the prince's sedan. If I ride in it, wouldn't it be an overstep? It just so happens that my place is not far from your place, so I walked over here while taking a walk."
