Following the emperor's finger, Huang Qiong turned around and saw ten large boxes filled with files, and couldn't help but be startled. He quickly turned his head and said with a sad face: "Father, the contents of these ten large boxes may not be finished in ten days alone. You ask your son to come up with a statement for you within ten days, and you can forget it." Even if you kill your son, you can’t do it.”
"Why don't you send your son back to the cold palace even if he doesn't want to be Xuande Lang anymore? It will save you from having to do errands, and it will be even more embarrassing for you to take away the title. If you really force your son to take this job You have to give your son at least half a year to do errands, right?"
After seeing these files, Huang Qiong already knew that the emperor was determined to take on this job himself, and even his last excuse was blocked. It's just that everything is clear, but some things still have to be negotiated. Looking at these files alone, the ten-day deadline cannot be fulfilled no matter what.
Besides, even though there is no way out, it might take one more day, right? Maybe half a year later, the emperor forgot about it? So even though he knew there was little hope, Huang Qiong still wanted to continue struggling without giving up. For Huang Qiong at the moment, it would be good to at least buy a little more time.
"Well, I will give you ten more days. I think twenty days are enough." The emperor also knew that he could not push his son too hard. Anyway, now that he has changed and calmed down, let's just give him some time. But half a year is not enough anyway.
The emperor granted another ten days of grace, but Huang Qiong still thought this was too harsh. Knowing that he had been forced into a corner with nowhere to retreat, he simply bargained directly: "Two months cannot be shorter. If you are too hasty, even if you come up with a statement, you will be fooling you. If you still If you don't agree, then my son would rather go to jail than take this job."
Seeing Huang Qiong helpless but still bargaining desperately here, the emperor couldn't help but said happily: "Okay, two months is two months. But when it comes to the ugly words, if you kid can't come up with one Let me make a satisfactory statement, and we will punish both crimes at that time. Now that you are taking these files and Lima disappeared in front of me, I will have a headache when I see you now."
Hearing that the emperor finally relaxed, does Huang Qiong have any reason not to hurry up? If he didn't leave, he might be the emperor who could fall out faster than he could read a book. He never knew what Jun Wu was talking about. If he refused to accept the promise he had made for two months, then he would really have nowhere to go. Justice was avenged.
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Huang Qiong even forgot to do the courtesy and disappeared outside the Wende Hall. Looking at Huang Qiong's back, which could be said to be leaving in a hurry, the emperor couldn't help laughing. The troubles caused by the two kings' fiefdom before were almost wiped away. After laughing, looking at the memorial on his desk, gloom filled the emperor's face again.
For the current emperor, what he is worried about is not that the two kings are really going to rebel, let alone that the two kings are misbehaving in the fiefdom. In his opinion, those were just scabies. At the critical moment, all he needs to do is issue an imperial edict and bring the Erwangsuo to Beijing to completely solve the problem.
Just as Huang Qiong guessed, the more than 100,000 troops inside and outside the capital were definitely not something that the two kings could shake. Even if the two kings really raised troops to rebel, it would be easy to put an end to the matter. Even though the spy agency had been infiltrated, the emperor was still quite confident in his control of military power.
What he is most worried about right now is that this matter is really like what Huang Qiong said just now, that someone else is manipulating the whole thing. Who exactly this person is and what he wants to do are what worries the emperor the most. Especially since this person can actually mobilize all the secret agents deployed in the North and South Zhenfu Division. Is there anything else that he can't do?
Before Huang Qiong entered the palace, the emperor really thought that these two people were controlled by King Duan and King Jing. Now that Huang Qiong said this, he suddenly woke up. Just as Huang Qiong said, for the second king, even what he did was already noticed by him. But killing people and silencing them at this time will still do more harm than good, and may even outweigh the gains.
Looking back now, it is obvious that someone deliberately muddied the waters in this matter. He turned all his attention to the two kings, including the exposure of the spy arranged by the Secretary of the Press. Thinking of this, the emperor sighed slightly. If it weren't for Huang Qiong's reminder today, he would have almost been tricked.
As expected, I didn't make any mistake about this son. Putting aside everything else, this quick wit and vision alone are far beyond what the prince can compare with. Even among the entire princes, he is definitely one of the best. Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.
Putting aside everything else, on the issue of educating his son, compared with his ex-wife, he really lost. The masters he selected for the princes were all bachelors and academicians. Even the prince's master was a veteran of the three dynasties and a well-known leader in the literary world of the dynasty.
But most of the princes who have been educated have higher eyesight than others, but their true abilities should be left to their own devices. The situation in Prince Yong's Mansion that day is probably a proof. During this period, people were sent to conduct detailed investigations, and it was found that it was not only King Duan and King Jing who were expropriating the fiefdom, but also King Teng. The situation was not much better, or even more excessive.
For this errand, I had tested the prince and the older princes, especially the King of Song. But they were rejected without exception. No prince was willing to share the worries of his father in this matter. Especially Concubine De, she came to her and cried, fearing that she would assign this job to King Song.
They are not only worried about offending the clan, but they are also worried about damaging their own interests. Although he has many sons, this is the only one who can share his worries at the moment. Although he had to force himself to give in, the reason why his son refused before was still acceptable to him.
The emperor understood that he had completely failed in educating his children. He stood up and stood outside Wende Hall, looking at the sky outside the hall for a long time without saying anything. After learning that Huang Qiong went to Ting Xuexuan, he hesitated for a long time. After thinking about it, he walked towards Ting Xuexuan with only Gao Wuyong beside him.
In fact, Huang Qiong didn't know that the emperor entrusted this matter to him not on a whim, but after careful consideration. In addition to testing how much ability he has in his chest, a more important reason is that he has just left the palace and has no contact with the clans of the outer vassal.
From the emperor's perspective, this matter was a royal family matter anyway. Leaving it to foreign ministers is not only easy to talk about, but who can guarantee that there is no connection between those ministers and the clan. If this news is leaked in advance and causes uneasiness in the clan, although there will be no serious trouble, it will still be a troublesome matter.
To deal with this matter, it is better to deal with the prince in the capital who has not yet dealt with the vassal. However, the princes in the capital who have not yet become vassals are either as stubborn as King Yong, or have high ambitions and low abilities like King Song, or they are too young and unable to take responsibility. Besides, who can guarantee that these princes will not fool themselves in order to sell favors to those clans?
As for the prince, the emperor also tested his tone. But how could the prince take on such a hard job that would offend almost all the clans in the world? The extremely disappointed emperor could only choose another prince from among the other princes. After much selection, only Huang Qiong, the son who often pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger, can be said to be Jane in the emperor's heart.
First of all, the emperor, who always failed miserably in front of his ex-wife, was a little too confident in his ex-wife's abilities. He was still unconvinced, but he also believed in his heart that the son taught by his talented ex-wife would never let him down.
Secondly, Huang Qiong's maternal family has long since disappeared, and the former nominal second family and actual first family of the Qi Dynasty has long since disappeared. Unlike other princes, there are more or less people from the maternal family serving as officials in the court. If no one is an official in the government, there will naturally be no interests involved.
The lack of interests involved allowed him to completely let go of the matter and consider the matter from an outsider's perspective, so that the solution he would come up with would be more impartial. What's more, the previous visit to the refugee settlement area made the emperor know that his ninth son still had the common people in his heart. If this matter was left to him, it would really be a good thing for the common people.
If it had been done by someone else, I'm afraid it would have been a matter of changing the soup without changing the medicine. The third point, and the most critical point, is that he always wants to test the capabilities and means of this ninth son. As for why he always had such a thought, the emperor himself couldn't figure it out.
At this time, Huang Qiong had no time to think about what the emperor was thinking. Hearing that the emperor finally relaxed, Huang Qiong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After asking Gao Wuyong to arrange for the ten large boxes to be delivered to his house, he quickly ran to Ting Xuexuan. Back at Ting Xuexuan, Huang Qiong was still in a somewhat impetuous mood just now, but suddenly she calmed down.
After entering Tingxue Pavilion and seeing her mother, Huang Qiong knelt down in a polite manner and kowtowed to her mother. Seeing Huang Qiong enter the palace, her mother was slightly startled, but her brows furrowed slightly. Although she didn't say anything, her frown showed her displeasure.
Seeing that her mother was a little unhappy, Huang Qiong quickly said: "Don't disturb me, mother. My son entered the palace this time under the imperial decree, so mother doesn't have to worry. Moreover, my father also knows about the matter of looking for you this time. At the same time, The matter is also approved by the Emperor Father, and he also believes that this matter needs to be solved by you."
At this point, after repelling the two palace maids in the room, Huang Qiong told his mother the ins and outs of Song Gongliang's case in detail, and then said: "My son, after thinking about it, it is better to send him to you. First, this woman is not only extremely intelligent, but also well-educated and upright, and she is not the kind of person who is greedy for vanity."
"Both your son and Sister Yao are outside the palace, and you don't even have a caring person around you. By sending her to you, one can protect her, the other can be your companion, and the third can avoid King Yong. Entanglement. My son will now teach her a set of internal skills and mental methods that you taught to your son."
"Judging from the acceptance of this girl, she is also a very talented person. Send her to you, and you can also teach her well. After all, she is a girl. Now she has grown up, and her son is teaching her Her kung fu is really inconvenient. Sending her to you is just the right opportunity to pass on your legacy."
