After a long time, Huang Qiong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "What's going on with me recently? Why don't I let any woman go? Even if I can do such a thing that is worse than a beast, how can I get along with that second sister-in-law in the future?" With Liu Hu’s sister-in-law, how should I face Liu Hu who trusts me so much?”
Next to him, He Yao looked at Huang Qiong who was filled with regret. Although Huang Qiong had already been put on her underwear when she was found last night, and she didn't know what happened last night. But she, who also saw the plum blossom on the bed and had the same experience, how could she not guess it? "This is all bad luck," He Yao sighed secretly in her heart.
After this incident, Huang Qiong's mood suddenly became depressed. Except for discussing the aftermath with a few new envoys who came to Prince Jing's Mansion from time to time for instructions, he almost never left the house on weekdays. Huang Qiong is still staying in Zhengzhou Mansion. How dare the new pacifier leave? The more than a hundred heads that day were still dangling in front of his eyes.
Although the King of England ordered him and the Zhengzhou Prefecture to come up with regulations for dealing with the aftermath, how could he dare to be expert at this time? Not only in dealing with the regulations, they also paid great attention to the suggestions of the new Zhengzhou Prefecture. He also ran towards Huang Qiong, running very diligently. The only thing missing was that he had to compete with Huang Qiong's guards for the floor in Huang Qiong's cabin.
In addition to the pacification envoy who had the courage to stay, Mr. Nazai also exceeded all expectations and did not rush to Bianzhou immediately to take office. On the one hand, in addition to the fact that all the Zhengzhou Guards who participated in the rebellion really need to be reorganized and reorganized. The reason why he stayed in Zhengzhou was because he was still thinking about someone.
It's just that the King of England pretended that he didn't notice the fact that the Lord came to the mansion for discussion under the guise of asking for instructions to reorganize the Zhengzhou Guards, but was looking around. Mr. Yu, who didn't know what happened that night, could only secretly sigh that the King of England was a bit confused.
He didn't know that the woman he was attracted to was drunk and immoral by the British king in front of him. How could he know that Huang Qiong didn't understand the look in his eyes? But Huang Qiong didn't know how to deal with this matter. Huang Qiong always finds it strange that a woman who has had an affair with him wants to marry someone else, or she has to act as a matchmaker herself.
Of course, Huang Qiong had no intention of actually bringing Liu Hu's sister-in-law into his own house. Liu Hu's sister-in-law is different from He Yao, and he cannot give her any status. But if she was just a nameless concubine, or a lover, Huang Qiong felt sorry for Liu Hu and that woman. Just how to deal with this matter, Huang Qiong was also confused at this time.
Therefore, Huang Qiong could only pretend that he didn't see the resentful look thrown at him by the adults. No matter what I do every day, I feel a little depressed, let alone the eyes of adults, I just pretend that I don't see it. Even the news that the city of Ruzhou was destroyed and that King Rui and his family committed suicide in a fire did not interest him at all.
Huang Qiong's low mood was felt not only by the officials who came to handle the matter, but also by the women around him. Even Princess Jing in the backyard also learned about it from the He sisters. As a person involved, Princess Jing naturally knew the reason why the British king was depressed. But as the person involved in that matter, Princess Jing, who didn't know how to face it, was also choosing to escape.
During the period when Huang Qiong was depressed and became a homebody who never left home. After the news that he killed more than a hundred civil and military officials in Zhengzhou without asking for orders reached the capital, it immediately caused an uproar in the court. On the day when the news came, he didn't even have to spend the night. The memorial attacking him flew into the palace like snowflakes.
From Zhongshu Sheng, Liubu, Yushitai, to Hanzhan Kedao, almost all officials in the yamen were writing the impeachment details. Even the supervisors of the Imperial College were impeaching the King of England for interfering with officials and killing without permission. Suddenly, Huang Qiong, who was far away in Zhengzhou, almost became the target of public criticism. As for Princess Xincai, whose son was killed, she entered the palace three times a day.
Princess Jing was right to worry. Huang Qiong's move violated a taboo that had been in place for more than a hundred years since the founding of the Qi Dynasty. Although the current Great Qi Dynasty has not yet reached the point of emphasizing civil servants over military officers, under the deliberate adjustments of successive emperors, especially after the Huaiyang Rebellion, civil servants have become higher than military generals, and even noble. These civil servants formed a huge bureaucratic group by forming cliques with each other through fellow townsmen, the same year, and teachers.
Although they are at odds with each other internally due to their own interests, they are surprisingly united when facing a common opponent. Under this huge bureaucracy, it was deliberately created. Some things that were once bad habits have now become rules. Everyone who touches these rules will face the entire civil service group.
In the eyes of these civil servants, how many military attachés Huang Qiong killed in Zhengzhou was something beyond their control. But killing so many civil servants and officials was a huge mistake. In the eyes of these civil servants, executing the law on the spot without a joint review by the three departments is even more serious than not requesting an order. In particular, at least 30% of the officials who were killed were serious officials who had achieved the rank of Jinshi.
In the eyes of these civil servants, this not only involves their interests, but also despises their status and rights. In the hundreds of years since the founding of the Qi Dynasty, Guo had never killed so many Jinshi and officials at one time. You know, even the Prince of Huaiyang, who had all the power at that time, did not dare to do this. At most, he just ignored Zhongshu Sheng and Liubu.
Faced with the fierce anger of the whole court, the pile of impeachment memorials sent to the palace every day was higher than the number of people. Especially Princess Xincai, who was making trouble three times a day, made even the emperor unable to sit still. In particular, these impeachment memorials involved almost all yamen, large and small, in the capital, except for the Dianqiansi and Jingzhao Mansion, and almost all officials were involved.
Although the day before he decided to go on a killing spree, Huang Qiong rushed the confessions of these officials and the reasons for the killings to the capital for 800 miles. But the capital here has not yet come up with a solution, but over there people have already died. Moreover, civil and military officials combined killed nearly a hundred officials. If you include masters, judges, and scholars, the number will be even greater.
What Huang Qiong did in Zhengzhou made everyone in the court stunned. Not only was the mood in the court aroused, but even the prime ministers, who always took the emperor's will as their own and acted as nodding gentlemen most of the time, privately said: "The King of England is in Zhengzhou, and he can do whatever he wants without asking for permission." They went on a killing spree without any review by the three agencies."
"Although the evidence for this move is conclusive and these people indeed deserve to die, it also sets a bad precedent for rectifying the law on the spot. Where does this move regard the "Da Qi Law" and where does it regard the ancestral family law? Where does it place the three divisions? It is so random Come on, isn’t this a mess? If later people follow suit and kill people at every turn, then why do we still need the Sanfa Division?”
Faced with the fierceness of the court and the fact that his sister was making trouble three times a day, the emperor couldn't help but feel a little nervous even when he was calm, and he couldn't help but secretly complain that his ninth son was too reckless. It's not that these people shouldn't be killed, but even if you want to kill them, you should at least go through the motions. A memorial came up, but here I haven't approved it yet, but there I have already lost my head.
Even if the matter is urgent, you have tens of thousands of elite soldiers from the Xiaoqi Battalion at hand, so why worry? The emperor, who was alone, sitting behind the imperial desk in Wende Hall, looked at the several secret messages Huang Qiong had sent since the Battle of Hulao Pass, as well as several eight-hundred-mile expedited messages on his imperial desk. Mingzhe pinched the bridge of his nose a little tiredly.
Is the situation in Zhengzhou really so corrupt? To force myself, a son who seems a little reckless on the surface, but actually has a lot of ambition in his heart and is definitely not a reckless person, to do such a thing that risks the disapproval of the world? The emperor knew that with the talents of his ninth son, he was absolutely clear about the consequences of doing so.
But he still did it. Is the reason for this really like what he said in the secret book, that there is a hidden reason for the rebellion of the two kings? Thinking of this, the emperor looked at a secret fold on his imperial desk that was almost soaked with blood. Although he didn't want to believe it, he thought of the young man who was still lying in Tai Hospital.
The young man who delivered the secret was hunted down in broad daylight outside the Imperial Hospital. It could even be said that he was being hunted down right under his nose. And what is said in this secret fold is almost the same as this secret fold. There is another secret fold that is sent out. The person who wrote the secret fold now cannot see anyone alive or dead. All this made the emperor dare not believe it.
If the things mentioned in this secret are not true, why are some people so anxious? In order to prevent this secret from falling into his hands, he even did not hesitate to kill people under the eyes of his emperor. Looking at this secret seal, the emperor could imagine how complicated the current situation in Zhengzhou was. But what about Ruzhou?
After looking at what the King of Shu said, apart from excusing himself from killing his family for King Rui, it was almost a song and dance to bring peace, the emperor shook his head. There is something in the King's secret book, although it is written very obscurely. But with the emperor's shrewdness, how could he not guess those things that Huang Qiong deliberately concealed?
After sighing for a long time, the emperor picked up the letter soaked in blood, lit it on the candle, and watched it turn into ashes with his own eyes. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and called Gao Wuyong who was waiting outside the door: "Look where Dr. Guo is. Go and invite Dr. Guo in person."
Just when Gao Wuyong made a promise and was about to go out to invite someone. But he was stopped by the emperor: "Forget it, don't bother him at this late hour. Go and check whether Imperial Doctor Guo has returned home or is still in the Imperial Hospital. Find some guards, change clothes, and let's go to him. There."
Imperial Physician Guo, who had just returned from Imperial Hospital, did not expect that the emperor would come to his residence so late. However, based on his close relationship with the emperor, he also knew that if the emperor bothered him so late, he must have encountered something difficult. Sure enough, after seeing the emperor's slightly haggard face and thinking of the secret seal written by the King of England, Doctor Guo already had some clarity in his mind.
"Sir, how is the young man's injury? Are you awake now?" Contrary to Dr. Guo's expectation, the emperor did not mention the secret secret after meeting, but asked directly. He was still lying in the Imperial Hospital. The injuries of the unconscious young man who delivered the message.
Hearing this, Imperial Physician Guo shook his head slightly and said: "The boy is not awake yet, and the arrow shot too deep. Although it was slightly off the mark, it did not hit the center of the mouth. But the arrow almost hit the boy's chest. His lungs were damaged. Fortunately, he was rescued in time. Although he has not yet regained consciousness, his life is basically safe. However, I am afraid that this child will be unable to do without the medicine jar in the future."
"I can't understand why these people are so bold. They dare to kill people in broad daylight at the gate of Taiyuan Hospital, which is very close to the palace gate. They even dare to snatch corpses. If it weren't for the guards of Taiyuan Hospital, it would be you. Carefully selected, coupled with the timely arrival of the Royal Guards, the consequences are unimaginable. Are they killing people to silence you, or are they demonstrating against you? "
