Huang Qiong, who wanted to understand this, could only lament the ruthless means and deep layout of the mastermind behind the scenes. I have always been cautious since I left the palace. Even when others tried to harm me on my first day out of the palace, I was able to endure it. Isn't it just to prevent others from being used as a weapon?
But I never expected that even though I was so careful, I still fell into a trap. And it's not the kind of person who is forced into a trap, but one who takes the initiative to get into it. He never thought that those refugees living in the capital would become pawns on someone else's chessboard. Not only did he offend the prince, but he even offended King Duan and King Jing at the same time.
Huang Qiong, who almost understood everything at once, felt the horror of this man who controlled everyone behind the scenes. The game this person has set up is so big, spans a long time, and has so many tricks that it is impossible to guard against it. Huang Qiong felt that the situation this person had set up was no longer one or two years old.
It can even be said that the layout had already begun from the moment King Duan and King Jing became feudal lords. Who is this person? Is the mysterious person behind the aphrodisiac incident that appeared on the first day he went to the house the same person? If so, this person has such deep scheming and many methods that I have seen for the first time even in my two lifetimes.
Just because he understood these things, he couldn't help but feel a little creepy about the methods of the mastermind behind the scenes, so Huang Qiong was quite cautious. At least in this matter, he didn't want to continue to get involved. Since the two kings are both sons of the emperor, it is better to let the emperor handle it himself.
There's just one thing that Huang Qiong doesn't understand. Since this person has been setting up this trap for so long, he would choose such an opportunity to attack? You know, this may seem like a good time at this time. But overall, it's definitely not the best time.
This matter involves the two legitimate sons of Zhonggong, and now Zhonggong is seriously ill and has reached an irreversible point. Even if the emperor is angry about the two kings, given the emperor's character of always seeking stability, he will not take action against the two kings at this time. Huang Qiong thinks that it is undoubtedly quite correct to describe the emperor's mentality at this time.
Since he knew the emperor's character very well, why did this person reveal this matter at a time when it was not the best time? Could it be that he was indicating something was wrong? This person must be one of the princes, Huang Qiong can be sure of this. He wanted to overthrow two princes at once, and he was also the legitimate son of the middle palace. Apart from his own brothers, it was impossible for anyone else to do so.
Except for the prince, the general Yuanzhi clan is not qualified to play this kind of chess game in which the emperor and queen are treated as their own pawns. Unless he can capture all the princes in one fell swoop, he will only be able to help others in the end if he works so hard. And this kind of lively Lei Feng style of sacrificing oneself and illuminating others may not be truly achieved.
So besides his own brothers, Huang Qiong didn't think there would be anyone else who was the real mastermind behind such a trick. But Huang Qiong couldn't guess who the person who had done so many tricks was at the moment. If Zhonggong, who is currently dying, learns that his two sons have done such a thing, Huang Qiong can almost predict what the outcome will be.
Once something unexpected happens in the middle palace, who is likely to be the final beneficiary. At least in this matter, on the surface it seems that they are the Queen of Song and her son. But judging from the way this person's layout showed that the biggest beneficiary on the surface was often not the real beneficiary, Huang Qiong did not think it was the mother and son of the Queen of Song.
Moreover, the two kings had been vassal for several years. If this person had started planning from the time when the two kings had been vassal, how old would King Song be at that time? If a little kid who doesn't understand anything really has such means, he can only be described as a conspiracy genius. But judging from King Song's performance on the day of King Yong's banquet, he definitely did not have this ability and skill.
If it wasn't King Song, then who could this person be? What did he want to express when he chose to take action now? Huang Qiong was puzzled by this. The Da Qi Dynasty has always governed the world with the so-called benevolence and filial piety. Those who are unfilial are not qualified to inherit the throne.
If it was the King of Shu who did it, then once this thing is exposed and the big hat of killing brothers and killing his own mother is taken off, I am afraid that this virtuous king in other people's mouth will immediately become even more notorious than King Yong. The problem is that the middle palace is not only the prince's support in the harem, but also his support in the palace. At this time, it is not in his interest to let Zhonggong go on his way ahead of schedule.
Although on the surface it seems that if the two kings fall, the King of Shu will also be the biggest beneficiary. But this kind of gain is far outweighed by his losses. But if King Shu didn't do this, then who else would have such great ability and energy? Huang Qiong, who didn't think about these things for a while, simply put the matter aside for the time being.
Huang Qiong was concentrating on the issues behind these memorials, and the emperor did not disturb him and let him think about it quietly. Compared to Huang Qiong, the emperor did not think as much as he thought. The emperor had not yet realized that there was a lively camel stirring up the whole affair.
An emperor who thinks that he knows the personalities of the sons he has educated very well, is far less far-sighted than Huang Qiong in this matter. In the emperor's view, this matter was just a problem with his secret agent system. The two spies he sent to the two kings' fiefdom were most likely bribed by the two kings to cover up what they did in the fiefdom.
After going to the refugee settlement, the two of them knew they could no longer hide it, so they took this secret route. The emperor never thought that there was a third party involved. Nor did he expect that he, the king of a country, would become a pawn that others could use.
Huang Qiong in front of him, after roughly understanding the article, raised his head and looked at the emperor in front of him. I wanted to remind myself of this emperor, but after hesitating for a while I finally didn't say anything. On the day when she accompanied the emperor out of the palace, Huang Qiong still heard those words that hurt her.
As the emperor, I am afraid that I am more worried about myself than Prince Duan and Prince Jing. After all, even if the two kings really rebelled, I am afraid that in the heart of the emperor, it would be an internal matter of the Tian family and would not affect the Huang family.
If he did the same thing himself, the nature of the matter might have changed in the eyes of the emperor. Therefore, regarding the matter of the second king, there are some things that I still cannot clarify. Anyway, with the shrewdness of the emperor, there are some things that he can't figure out for a while, but he will understand them as time goes by.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong raised his head and said to the emperor: "Father, if you ask your son how to deal with this matter, my son will still say the same thing, either send someone to investigate, or lock the two of them into the capital immediately to avoid anyone Kill and silence. As long as we find out why the two have different attitudes, the rest of the matter will be easy to investigate."
"It's too late." Regarding Huang Qiong's attitude, the emperor shook his head, took out two memorials from the pile of memorials on his imperial case, threw them in front of Huang Qiong and said: "These are their apology memorials, and Zhengzhou The magistrate and the magistrate of Ruzhou rushed over eight hundred miles this morning to report that both of them are dead."
The emperor said this last sentence almost through gritted teeth. After the emperor's words confirmed his previous guess, Huang Qiong showed no expression on the surface, let alone responded. He just looked at the pile of memorials on the emperor's imperial case and shook his head.
Huang Qiong had long heard that his father was the most diligent emperor in the Qi Dynasty. Everything must be done personally, and all memorials must be done personally. The prime ministers, who were the heads of a hundred officials and were responsible for assisting the emperor in handling government affairs, and the six ministers responsible for the specific implementation of government affairs, had no decision-making power on government affairs, no matter how big or small, except for the right to make suggestions.
The Zhongshu Province and the Shangshu Province have been transformed into a high-end mouthpiece. A group of first- and second-grade clerks have become a group of senior clerks. In the words of King Yong, a six-level minister has no right to handle even a minor matter without asking for an order. In this dynasty, Zhongshu Sheng and Liubu Shangshu can be said to be the best officials.
The memorial below came up and was submitted to the emperor for approval. After signing the memorial approved by the emperor, and signing it with your name, it will be handed over directly to each department for processing, and your government affairs will be completed. This official's job can be said to be leisurely, and he can also make money by taking advantage of his position.
Sometimes Huang Qiong really couldn't understand that his father had raised so many officials, but he insisted on handling everything by himself. Sometimes there are some important matters that cannot be approved at the moment because there are too many memorials, but it is delayed for a lot of time. What he did was make him the most tired person in the world.
In Huang Qiong's view, a person's energy is limited no matter how abundant it is. The result of having to grasp everything in your hands is often that you can't grasp anything and can't do anything well. So many government affairs are piled up together, and they are all handled by one person. In the end, they can only focus on one thing and lose the other. Therefore, Huang Qiong had no sympathy at all for the tired look on the emperor's face.
But thinking of this, Huang Qiong suddenly smiled. The emperor himself is willing to suffer, so why should he care about his own affairs? This matter has nothing to do with me at all, so why should I worry about annoying that person? In Huang Qiong's heart, he was unwilling to admit it even to death. At this time, he really felt sorry for his emperor.
At this time, Huang Qiong was just like the sons in his previous life who lived with their mothers after their parents divorced. No matter how much alimony the father pays, how much the father pays for the alimony. As a son, he only missed his mother more, and he couldn't get close to his father.
Even though he admitted in his heart that he was his father, he was unwilling to admit defeat. Huang Qiong's mentality at the moment is basically like this. Even though he felt somewhat sorry for the exhaustion shown by his father, the emperor, he was unwilling to admit it. Not only was he unwilling to admit it, but he also wanted to ridicule him in his heart before he could accept it.
After Huang Qiong stopped thinking, he opened the two folds of apology and read them carefully. Compared with the previous secrets, these two apology sheets are much simpler. In the booklet, the two men explained almost in unison that they were greedy and had betrayed the grace of God. They accepted a large sum of money from the two kings and then came up with the idea to cover up for the two kings.
Now the two of them have nothing else to ask for but to die to atone for their sins and repay the divine grace. Huang Qiong curled his lips but did not make any comments when he saw that the contents of the two documents were almost the same, but the handwriting was a bit messy compared to the neat handwriting before. He didn't think the emperor would miss the problems in these two apology papers.
