Turning around and seeing Concubine De like this, Huang Qiong smiled slightly: "So, Concubine De, I am already tolerant to you, my tenth brother, and your natal family. If you If you continue to struggle with this matter, you may annoy me, so I will give those things to the old man and let him deal with it. Otherwise, let this matter end here."
After Huang Qiong's words fell, Concubine De, who already knew that she could no longer be entangled, gritted her teeth and said: "Okay, I admit this matter. Then Your Highness, the Crown Prince, must also promise not to pursue the King of Song. Where he is, I will With restraint, I will no longer cause trouble for His Highness, let alone violate His Highness the Crown Prince's authority. But I hope that His Highness the Crown Prince will also keep his word in the future and expose this matter."
In response to Concubine De's words, Huang Qiong said with her hands behind her back: "It's okay to let me stop pursuing him, as long as Concubine De promises to control King Song. If she can't control him, I will have no choice but to discipline this younger brother myself. At that time, everyone will look bad. In addition, Concubine De is old after all, and she has the power to handle the affairs of the Sixth Palace, so it is best to hand over the errands to avoid trouble for everyone."
Hearing that Huang Qiong even wanted to hand over his authority over the affairs of the Sixth Palace. However, Concubine De could no longer hold back and said: "Your Highness, this matter of power in the Sixth Palace was commissioned by your father, and it was made clear. First of all, you do not have the right to deprive me of this qualification. Secondly, Your Highness, please don’t be too aggressive. Why don’t we all take a step back, without having to openly quarrel with each other?”
Concubine De would rather not fight for a posthumous title for her father. She could simply give up her family's past honors. But she would never dare to give up this power and responsibility of controlling the affairs of the Sixth Palace. Because she also knew that over the years, she had relied on her mother's family's power to become domineering in the palace and did many shameful things. How many of the concubines in the palace were forced to death by themselves?
She even had several lives in her hands, two of which were the prince's mothers. If you hand over this authority, the people you have offended over the years may come to settle accounts with you. Once some things are found out, he will not be far from the cold palace. Now that her parents' family has become like this, not only will they not be able to rely on themselves in the future, they may even be a drag on themselves.
If they hand over the power and responsibility of controlling matters in the Sixth Palace, then mother and son will have nothing. It's hard to say whether his own life can be saved or not. He can kill others silently. Then others can also kill themselves quietly. Moreover, as long as I retain the power and responsibility to control the affairs of the Sixth House, as long as I am here, my mother's family's power may be preserved to some extent.
If even this is handed over, then those forces will really disappear completely. As for my mother's family, they have been in high positions over the years and appear to be incorruptible on the surface. In fact, Concubine De is still aware of how many dirty things she has done secretly. Now that his father has passed away and his eldest brother is not welcomed by the father and son, he has been sitting on the bench for so many years and cannot afford the responsibility of a big family.
As long as I still have the authority to control the harem, I can protect my natal family to some extent. If even this power and responsibility were lost, then his natal family would be completely destroyed in just a year or two. Even for the sake of her mother's family, she didn't dare to hand over this power. What's more, in her opinion, as long as she can keep her power and responsibility and control the power in the palace, there will still be a glimmer of hope for King Song to ascend to the throne.
Huang Qiong had naturally expected Concubine De to refuse to hand over her power. As for Concubine De's death struggle, Huang Qiong just smiled lightly and said: "Of course, I am just suggesting this matter. As for whether to hand it over or not, Concubine De can go back and think about it carefully. However, I would also like to persuade you here. My dear, don’t be too greedy about some things and want to pull everything to your side.”
"As the saying goes, you can't chew off more than you can chew. Things that are forced into your hands may not really be yours. If you enjoy or hold on to things that you shouldn't enjoy, then you are committing a crime. It's God's will, and it won't harm our descendants again. I've said this for now. As for what to do, whether to hand over this power and responsibility, it's better for Concubine De to carefully weigh it after she returns."
Having said this, Huang Qiong stretched out her hand somewhat frivolously, lifted up Concubine De's chin, and looked at Concubine De carefully for a while, and then whispered in Concubine De's ear: "Jealousy? What I want to say is, Are you and your mother worthy of making me and my mother jealous? Are you, mother and son, a pair of idiots who are so stupid? Concubine De, you really have too much on your mind. I look down on the little tricks of your mother and son."
"Although you are a bit cautious, your subtleties are worthless in front of me. As for my mother, the farce doesn't even count. I didn't care about it before because I felt there was no need to care about it. Mother doesn't want to be with her anymore. You mother and son are arguing because she doesn’t want to argue with a pair of idiots, so as not to be misunderstood as the same kind of idiots. Do you really think I can’t touch you?"
"As for the King of Song, that stupid guy is not worthy of being compared with him. If the comparison between us is serious, do you think his head will still be on his neck now? Let me tell you clearly today, in the future Stay in the harem honestly and don't do anything like this. Otherwise, there will be no one in this world that I can't touch. No one can save the person I want to touch."
"And your stupid pig-like son, don't think that I can't really do anything to him. Go back and tell him that my patience is limited. If he continues like this and you can't control him, then I will come. I will discipline him for you. When the time comes, I will make him feel that life is worse than death. I advise you, it is best to listen to what I say, and don’t take my words seriously."
After saying that, Huang Qiong put down the hand that had been holding Concubine De's chin, no matter how she tried to get rid of it, she failed. He ignored Concubine De, who turned pale at his words. He turned around and said, "If you don't want to bring any great trouble to your mother's family or yourself, you, mother and son, had better be more measured in your actions and words in the future, and remember that trouble comes from your mouth. As for now, you can leave."
After Huang Qiong slapped his hands a few times, several eunuchs waiting outside the door hurriedly walked in. Following Huang Qiong's order to send Concubine De back to the palace, several eunuchs stood beside Concubine De. Concubine De knew that if she stayed, she would be thrown out directly by this ruthless prince. There was no need for the eunuch to force him, and he barely struggled out of the Wende Palace.
Seeing Concubine De's stumbling back as she left, Huang Qiong couldn't help but sneered: "You are stupid, but you still don't admit it. Until now, you still don't know who is going to renovate your family. You even ran to Tingxuexuan. Kneel down, I really don’t know who gave you such a big face, you are so stupid. If the old man didn’t have this intention, he would have come forward long ago by running away so early this morning. "
Even if he left the palace early in the morning, he would have been back long ago. With the old man's control over the harem, it would be really strange if he didn't know that Concubine Da was here. Moreover, Huang Qiong bet that the old man must already know about the posthumous title he gave to the old gentleman from De Fei's family. He hasn't appeared at this time, which means that he at least agrees with his decision.
Although the old gentleman from De Fei's family remained silent on the surface, he used his many years of presiding over the examinations and his many years as the Minister of Etiquette and his status as a bachelor to quietly lay a foundation among the civil servants. Open a big net. After years of hard work, it has now reached the point where the tree has deep roots and is known as Ban Chao. If this is taboo for the old man, it would be taboo for any emperor.
The purpose of the examination is to recruit scholars for the country, not to build power for someone. Those who won the Jinshi were all disciples of the emperor, not the disciples or pawns of any one person. The old man has been holding back all these years, just because he doesn't want to cause turmoil in the court. This Concubine De really thought that the old man was doing this for her. Or simply put, they really turned a blind eye to the things going on in their family.
Now that the old gentleman is riding a crane to the west, the old man will only breathe a sigh of relief, without feeling any sadness. The posthumous title was the first sword used to destroy the old gentleman's painstaking efforts to build his power. I went to ask the old man to come forward. This concubine really burned incense and worshiped at the wrong temple door. The old man didn't hit her with the first blow this time, because he was thinking about his old relationship. Otherwise, would Concubine De still be able to sit down safely?
Thinking of the old man, Huang Qiong felt a little worried. He is not worried about the old man's safety. With his mother here, ten old men will not be in any danger. I just don’t understand why the old man left the palace today. I wonder if that couple is back? Thinking of this, Huang Qiong, who was going back to Xiyuan, knew that if he went to listen to Xuexuan openly, he might not be able to get in.
So he approved the papers for a while until the night was very dark. I just returned to Xiyuan, but I didn't go to any woman to rest. After the personal eunuch left, he used Qing Kung Fu to avoid the eunuchs and maids in the palace, and went to the window outside his mother's bedroom. But when he put his ear to the window of his mother's bedroom, he was slightly startled by a different sound coming from inside.
There are many women around him now, and he still knows what the sounds in the room are at this time. It's just that he didn't expect that his old man, at such an old age, could still be so troubled. The place where he is now is outside his mother's bedroom. If it wasn’t the old man and mother inside, who else could it be? You know, even I can't enter my mother's bedroom.
Although I heard that my parents’ house was not very good. But Huang Qiong, who wanted to know what the old man's state of mind was now, still listened patiently. Fortunately, no matter what, the old man is old. After a stick of incense, the room calmed down. But the mother's voice came: "You can't always be like this. At this age, you should cherish your body and bones."
But in response to his mother's words, the old man said: "Bingxue'er, I have been separated from you for eighteen years. I have not been with you for eighteen years. Now, I always think about how to make these eighteen years better." I'll make up for all the separation. In this life, I can't love Bingxue'er enough. I know my body and bones, and my beloved wife is carefully taking care of my body, so I have nothing to worry about."
"Now that I have handed over all government affairs to Ah Jiu, I can say that I have nothing to do now. With Ah Jiu, my capable son, in charge of the government, I don't have to criticize people all day and night, and I am even more leisurely. Now, I feel that there is endless energy all over my body. Now, I just want to compensate Bingxue'er. Now that Ah Jiu is involved in political affairs, with Ah Jiu's talent, I don't have too many opportunities to worry about it."
"In addition to doing that thing well, I will often take Bingxue'er to the places we went to when we were young. Today I deceived Bingxue'er out of the palace just to go to places where I often went for outings. There used to be We have so many memories. It’s a pity that Bingxue’er didn’t bring her harp, and I didn’t bring her flute either. I couldn’t play the harp with my beloved wife, which was a bit of a waste of the surrounding scenery.”
