But at this moment, Huang Qiong's move in Wanchun Palace stunned the other clans, let alone the other clans. Even the sons of Prince Qingyang were bewildered. I originally thought that with the support of my adoptive mother, who was the royal concubine, and the love of my father, my position as the heir was certain, but I didn't expect that the fifth son, who was so stupid that he flew away, was simply stunned on the spot.
Compared to his stunned younger brother, the eldest son's reaction was relatively quick. I saw my father being dragged out of Wanchun Palace by several guards like a dead dog. After he reacted, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately: "Your Highness, the guilty minister really dare not obey your edict. Father, although he contradicted His Highness, the guilty minister guaranteed it with his life and property. It is absolutely true." Honest mistake.”
"Although my father did do something wrong, after all, he is the king of the county, and he is of the blood of the Tian family. Please forgive him this time for the sake of your father and the fact that he and your highness share the same ancestry. As long as Your Highness forgives my father. As my father's son, I am willing to bear all the responsibilities for my father's sins. If the county prince's palace has to find a mausoleum guard to atone for my sins, I am the son who is willing to go on my father's behalf."
"As for His Highness's request for the guilty minister to seize the title in advance, the guilty minister would never dare to obey the order. Although the guilty minister is the eldest son of the Qingyang Palace, if his father died, he would naturally not dare not obey the imperial edict after guarding his father's mausoleum. But now my father is Even if the prince's handwriting comes first, what kind of person will he become in the eyes of the world if the guilty minister really accepts the imperial edict?"
The eldest son of Qingyang's words could be described as sincere and full of filial piety, but Huang Qiong sensed an unusual flavor in them. If it weren't for the eldest son of Qingyang, after being slapped by his own father and the words from his father's mouth, he suppressed the anger in his heart, but his face showed a calm expression. Huang Qiong might really believe his attitude.
Now that I have obtained the title that I have always longed for, my heart may be filled with joy. However, Huang Qiong felt extremely disgusted by the fact that he was so hypocritical. What does it mean that if your father is gone, it is normal for you to inherit the title. Now that his father is still alive, will the world laugh at him if he ascends to the throne in advance? Huang Qiong clearly heard a premise from these words.
That's what happened. It was you, the prince, who caused this. Although this is a matter of mutual benefit, although I am very happy to be able to win the title, I cannot bear this shame. This matter is related to you, the prince, whether this decree for the clan can be implemented, and it is also related to your face in the clan. If you ask me to cooperate with you, there is no problem. You have to kill my father first.
In this way, I can justifiably ascend to the throne. With this feeling, Huang Qiong looked at the eldest son of Qingyang in front of him and smiled lightly. This guy had a good plan, and he really dared to think. You get this kind of benefit, and the scapegoat asked me to carry this idea for you, but you really dare to think and speak. With Huang Qiong's temperament, how could he get used to this guy who was so good at calculating?
Standing up and walking to the sons of Prince Qingyang, Huang Qiong turned his hands behind his back and said to this person: "Since you, the eldest son, are afraid of being feared by others, you dare not attack the prince in advance. Then I will not I have to force you, but fortunately my handwriting is not an explicit decree and can still be taken back. If you don’t want to seize the title, then I can just choose another son who is willing to do so from the other sons of Prince Qingyang."
Having said this, Huang Qiong glanced at the other two sons of Prince Qingyang who were present, and said in a calm tone: "I am not in a hurry about this matter. The three of you decide for yourselves who will claim this title. Anyway, I It doesn't matter, he's just a little prince. If you are all worried about being poked in the back by the world, if you don't want to become a prince, I will fulfill your filial piety."
Huang Qiong ignored him. After what he said, he thought that the eldest son of Qingyang was dumbfounded by his operation. And after learning that his father's title was directly assigned to his eldest brother by the prince, he originally looked desperate. After hearing Huang Qiong's words, the other two sons of Qingyang County Prince's Mansion were all smiles. Instead, he turned his attention to the other clans present.
Facing the other clan members who were also stunned, he said with a faint smile: "I don't care what you think about this matter, but I tell you clearly. I can no longer pursue the past matters. But in the future, if I am here I heard that you have despised yourself for being the king and duke of the county for too long, ignoring the laws of the court and the laws of your ancestors, doing whatever you want, and preying on the common people."
"Then the King of Qingyang County today will be you tomorrow. This country was won by our ancestors after hundreds of battles, and I will never allow future generations to waste it at will. If anyone continues to rely on his own title, he will not If you know how to cherish the land of your ancestors and act recklessly, then you will hand over this title yourself. I will choose a wise person among your descendants to inherit it."
When Huang Qiong said these words, although there was always a slight smile on his face, there was a cold murderous intent in his tone. The clan members present here were all frightened by his cold eyes. Thinking of being dragged out, I am afraid that now I have to leave Xijing City, and will soon go to Gongyi to guard the imperial mausoleum of the Qingyang County Prince. These are the clan members all dressed in black. They lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word.
None of them could find fault with the prince's operation. To seize the title of a clan, it is true that the emperor's personal approval is required. But this prince took away the title of Qingyang County Prince and sent him to guard the imperial mausoleum. But they did not deprive Qingyang of his title. It was just that the eldest son of Qingyang County Prince was granted the title of Qingyang County Duke in advance, and the title remained in Qingyang Prefecture.
Even if this lawsuit goes to the emperor, even the emperor can't say anything. This guy was too cunning. This kind of treatment not only took away the title of Prince Qingyang, but also made all the clans in the world speechless. As for the Prince of Qingyang County, taking away his title and sending him to guard the imperial tomb also took away everything from him. This was simply worse than killing him.
This man was so thorough that he wouldn't even let an old man from Qingyang County Prince's Palace take care of him. For a person who is used to enjoying life to live in such poverty is simply more painful than being sentenced to death. This is simply equivalent to killing someone with a dull knife. With this outcome of the Qingyang County Prince, all the clan members present are now frightened. He was afraid that the prince's next blow would fall on his head.
Looking at the clan members present here, they looked pale and frightened at the moment. Huang Qiong didn't say much to the others, but turned to Prince Qingyang, after being sent to guard the mausoleum by him. Today, among the clans in Wanchun Hall, although his seniority is not too high, Prince Fufeng, who has the highest title, smiled and said: "Uncle Prince Fufeng, what do you think of my treatment of Uncle Qingyang?"
Hearing that this man named him, he was very arrogant when he met Huang Qiong for the first time in Wende Hall the year before last. When I entered the Wanchun Palace today, I had a ghost in my heart. Now that he saw the fate of Prince Qingyang, Prince Fufeng was even more frightened. He was so frightened that his whole body trembled. Not caring that he was the king of the county, he knelt down directly.
He kowtowed desperately and said: "In response to what the Crown Prince said, the Prince of Qingyang County has done many evil things to the vassal. He even dared to roar in front of the King before, which is really a heinous crime. According to the ancestral family law, the clan membership should be deprived and imprisoned forever. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is like this As a result, I only deprived him of his title as a county king, but retained his title of Qingyang Palace. This is because he cares about his bloodline, and it is an act of mercy outside the law. I am very impressed."
This Fufeng County Prince, who used to be arrogant and domineering, was not under Qingyang County Prince. I was really scared out of my wits today. The year before last at the Wende Hall, it was not just the Prince of Qingyang who told Huang Qiong about the remnants of Huaiyang. His performance was no worse than that of his cousin. As for the evil deeds that the Prince of Qingyang did in Qingyang Mansion, he was almost no better off in Fengxiang Mansion.
The only difference is that because he married a princess who has a strong personality and unusual methods of controlling her husband, he has restrained himself a lot in his lust for women. Although he also married several concubines, those concubines were all from his princess's natal family. There is even one who is directly the princess's cousin, and the rest are either the princess's confidants or close relatives with many relatives.
Prince Fufeng, who had been treated obediently in this regard, had secretly raised two widows as outside wives. When he came to Beijing, he also regarded the brothel as his own home. But when it comes to bullying men and dominating women, he is just like his cousin, who would force his way into the house when he saw someone he liked, but he would not even dare to do it even if he was beaten to death. Because if this happened and his princess found out about it, she could skin him.
In fact, it is not that the Prince of Fufeng County is really afraid of his wife. His princess was not from a wealthy family or had any strong background. His natal family is just an ordinary farmer. None of the family members can read Chinese characters. Even now, they have not given birth to a son or a daughter. But as a princess, even if she controlled him severely, he could not divorce his wife and marry another.
The reason is very simple. His wife and natal family are extremely kind to him, the Prince of Fufeng County. He was originally the eleventh son of Emperor Lizong and the grandson of King Wei. When Grandpa Huang Qiong was in great power and was handling the clan, both his father and grandfather died under the sword of the then King of Huaiyang County. Although he was lucky enough to survive, he and his family were sent to Longyou, a small third-class county, to cultivate wasteland.
When Huang Qiong's grandfather was in power, he massacred the entire clan. Is there any wealthy family in the world who dares to marry their daughter to a clan member at the risk of the whole family being implicated? The Prince of Fufeng County had not yet married a wife until he was in his twenties. In the end, it was his distribution land, and an ordinary farmer didn't know what he liked about him. Or they simply don’t know his true identity and the current situation.
Because he is a member of the clan, at least he has read the book. Perhaps he thought that finding a son-in-law who was a scholar would bring honor to the whole family, so he betrothed his daughter to him, and then he married his wife. The farmer not only married his daughter to him, but even protected him when he encountered danger several times. This Prince of Fufeng County can be regarded as a grateful person. After the emperor took the power and enthroned the clan.
Although she has the dignity of a county king, she still sticks to her name and does not know a single word. Although her appearance is not ugly, she is just an ordinary wife. She also rejected Huang Qiong's father's request to choose a new concubine for him who was well-educated and rational. He insisted on registering himself as a princess who didn't know a single big character, but in a place like Longyou where the folk customs were strong and strong, she developed the same strong spirit. His wife is a princess.
Of course, during his years of exile in Longyou, he relied solely on the protection and care of his wife's family to survive, so he had developed a habit of fearing this tough wife like a tiger. Even if the emperor proposed marriage, he would not dare to agree. So when it comes to sexual intercourse with women, this guy has done some good things, but he hasn't done anything to bully men and dominate women. But in other respects, things are pretty much the same.
