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In the early morning of the tenth day of October, a eunuch from the imperial palace changed his appearance and visited Prince Yong's Mansion, where he met Zhang Qigong, the aide who was currently in charge of the overall situation in Prince Yong's Mansion.
After a while, Zhang Qigong personally sent the eunuch to the door of the mansion. After quietly stuffing a letter of money, he said euphemistically: "Please take care of me in the future."
The eunuch pretended to be polite for a few words, and finally left in a carriage with the envelope of silver contentedly.
"Is there still the last day...?"
Watching the carriage leave, Zhang Qigong frowned.
Suddenly, he felt that there was another person beside him, and when he turned around, he realized that it was Zhou Yue, the chief guard of Yong Wang Hongyu.
"Is he from the palace?" Zhou Yue asked.
Zhang Qigong nodded and explained: "He is the father-in-law of the inner chamberlain supervisor."
Zhou Yue frowned slightly and asked, "Are they Tong Xian's people or Feng Lu's people?"
He knew very well that there were two great eunuchs in the Chamber of Internal Affairs, and they represented different forces.
"It should be Feng Lu's person." Zhang Qigong frowned slightly and said, "Tong Xian is His Majesty's confidant. Logically speaking, he would not send anyone to remind him at this time."
Zhou Yue was stunned for a moment, and then said with a strange expression: "Does this count as a test in His Majesty's eyes?"
After that, when he saw Zhang Qigong turning to look at him, he realized his gaffe, coughed and changed the subject: "His Royal Highness still refuses to leave the study. What are your ideas, sir?"
Zhang Qigong pondered for a moment and said, "Let me have a good chat with His Highness."
After saying that, he turned around and walked into the house, followed quickly by Zhou Yue.
After a while, Zhang Qigong came to the study room in the mansion, and saw that the courtyard outside the study room was filled with the guards of King Yong Hongyu, as well as the guards and servants of the mansion. These people's faces were full of sorrow.
Long sighs.
"Let me have a good chat with His Highness, and you can step back." Zhang Qigong ordered.
After hearing this, everyone in the courtyard turned to look at Zong Wei Chief Zhou Yue. Seeing the latter nodding, they left the courtyard one after another.
Seeing this, Zhang Qigong stepped up the steps, pushed open the study door, and walked in.
In the study room, Yong Wang Hongyu was holding a wine jar and was half asleep. Suddenly, he felt a flash of light in front of him, and then he realized that someone had broken into the study room again.
"Get out." Yongwang Hongyu covered his eyes with his hands and scolded in a low voice.
Zhang Qigong turned a blind eye, stood in front of Yong Wang Hongyu, and said calmly: "Your Highness, you have had enough trouble after these many days, right?"
After saying that, he turned around and looked around the study room. Seeing that everything that could be destroyed had been destroyed, leaving the floor in a mess, he shook his head slightly.
At this time, Yong Wang Hongyu had gradually adapted to the light coming from outside the house, and just looked at Zhang Qigong with indifferent eyes.
Seeing this, Zhang Qigong scratched the ground a few times with his feet, swept aside some fragments of the wine jar, then sat down on the spot and said easily: "In the past ten days, the situation in the DPRK has changed drastically..."
"I don't want to hear this." Yong Wang Hongyu interrupted immediately.
After hearing this, Zhang Qigong smiled and said: "Whether you listen or not is a matter for Your Highness, but I must speak because it is my duty as a staff member."
After that, he was about to open his mouth to continue the topic, but he saw Yong Wang Hongyu said casually: "You are no longer here, go out."
Zhang Qigong was not angry when he heard this. He nodded, patted his butt and stood up. He seemed to be talking to himself and said: "It seems that I have to find a new home. Why don't I go to Yangdi to have a look..."
Hearing the word "Yangdi", Yong Wang Hongyu's expression suddenly changed, and he said in a cold voice: "You want to defect to Zhao Hongjing?!"
Zhang Qigong laughed when he heard this and said: "Didn't His Highness King Yong expel Zhang from the palace? In this case, Zhang is free. Of course, he can go to whomever he wants... Speaking of which, Prince Xiang Hongjing's behavior that day
Zhang still admires his methods."
"How dare you?!" Yongwang Hongyu shouted coldly.
Zhang Qigong smiled faintly, bowed his hands and said: "His Highness King Yong, please take this very seriously. Maybe next time we meet, Zhang will be the enemy of His Highness King Yong."
After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.
"Stop!" Yong Wang Hongyu shouted to Zhang Qigong. After taking a deep look at the latter, he said as if he was in compromise: "I take back what I just said."
After hearing this, Zhang Qigong smiled slightly, returned to his original position, sat down, and said: "Since His Highness has resumed his duties as a staff member, I must fulfill my duties as a staff member..." After that, he began to tell the story of the past ten years.
The changes in the court in the past few days made Yong Wang Hongyu so angry that he wanted to throw the empty altar in his arms on this guy's head.
However, what I didn't expect was that the first words Zhang Qigong spoke touched the heart of Yong Wang Hongyu: "...Zhao Hongli has left Daliang."
"..."
Hearing these words, Yong Wang Hongyu opened his mouth, and then sighed sadly: "Well... I have been fighting with him for more than 20 years since I can remember, and I never thought that it would end in this way.
…Where has he gone?”
"It is said that I went to Chenliu."
"..." Yongwang Hongyu's face suddenly tensed up, he subconsciously sat up straight, his eyes became sharper, but after a blink of an eye, he returned to his previous decadent look, and asked bitterly: "Yes
Have you been to Chenliushi’s family?”
"It should be." Zhang Qigong said calmly.
Yong Wang Hongyu was silent for a moment, and then asked: "After that day, how did Chen Liushi... react?"
"The uncle (Shi Rong) has been coming to the house every now and then in the past few days to ask for an audience. As for the second master (Shi Fen) and the third master (Shi Liang), they seem to have some objections to His Highness..."
"Really." Yong Wang Hongyu laughed at himself: "Is it because I never attended the funeral of my mother and concubine?"
"Mother...concubine?"
Zhang Qigong was stunned for a moment, then quickly answered: "Most likely."
Waves of pain flashed through Yong Wang Hongyu's eyes.
He didn't want to attend Concubine Shi's funeral, but he still couldn't let it go. He always recalled the scene before Concubine Shi passed away. He always thought of his mother holding the face of the eldest prince Zhao Hongli, coughing up blood and crying, "I'm sorry.
"My son", he felt his heart tightening, sweating all over his body, and he could hardly breathe.
"Chen Liushi...hasn't he been in a difficult situation in recent days?" Yong Wang Hongyu asked in a low voice.
Zhang Qigong nodded and said softly: "Your Highness also knows that there is no airtight wall in the world, especially the affairs in the palace. I don't know how many pairs of eyes are watching... After the incident, Chen Liushi's situation will inevitably change.
It must be a bit subtle. I think the uncle (Shi Rong) has been visiting the mansion frequently these days, and I hope to make up for it as much as possible..."
"..."
Yong Wang Hongyu remained silent and said nothing.
The Chen Liushi family was his strong supporter in the past and was also the absolute core family of the Yongwang Party, followed by Yongwang Hongyu’s wife family, the Suanzao Cui family. However, a few days ago, King Xiang Zhao Hongjing revealed that Yongwang Hongyu actually
After becoming the son of Empress Wang, Chen Liushi's status in the Yongwang Party became a little subtle. Although it cannot be said to have plummeted, its reputation was not as prosperous as before.
After all, in this era, "family status" is still very important.
After thinking about it, Yong Wang Hongyu said in a deep voice: "Ask Zhou Yue to send someone to invite my uncle to the house for a drink. Let's see who dares to gossip again!"
Zhang Qigong smiled slightly when he heard this and said: "This matter is not urgent. The most urgent thing is whether your highness still has thoughts about that position."
Yongwang Hongyu's face froze when he heard this, and then a look of confusion appeared on his face.
In his memory, as soon as he could remember, Concubine Shi began to instill in him the idea of "replacing the crown prince of the East Palace" and "becoming the king of the Wei Dynasty". It was undeniable that he also had great ambitions, but in the final analysis, he "wanted to become the king of the Wei Dynasty".
The idea of "the king of Wei" was influenced by Concubine Shi, and its essence was to make his mother "the most noble woman in the entire Wei Dynasty."
But now that such a change has occurred, Yong Wang Hongyu is also quite confused, as if he has lost his goal in life.
Seeing that King Yong Hongyu did not speak, Zhang Qigong did not urge him.
After waiting for a full stick of incense, Yong Wang Hongyu said quietly: "Besides that seat, what else do I have left?" After that, he licked his lips and said in a low voice: "Wait until I sit in that seat.
Come to think of it, no one can stop me from cutting Zhao Hongjing into pieces, right?"
Listening to Yong Wang Hongyu's murderous words, Zhang Qigong lowered his head and said softly: "As long as you become...the one who makes the "rules""
"Very good, very good."
Holding his hands on the wall, Yong Wang Hongyu stood up unsteadily, his eyes straightened, and he murmured: "Become the one who makes the rules... From now on, I will make the rules!"
"..." Glancing at Yong Wang Hongyu and seeing those cold and unwavering eyes, even Zhang Qigong felt a slight chill down his spine and lowered his head subconsciously.
But then, waves of inexplicable excitement filled his heart.
Compared to the past, Zhang Qigong felt that His Highness today had finally acquired the power of a king, making people afraid to look directly at him.
On that day, Shi Rong, the eldest uncle of the Chenliu Shi family, was invited to Prince Yong's Mansion.
When he saw that Yong Wang Hongyu personally received him, Shi Rong was both excited and uneasy.
After all, although they were uncle and nephew back then, and their relationship was extremely close, now that something like that has happened, who can guarantee that Chen Liushi can still be reused by King Yong Hongyu?
But what I didn't expect was that Yongwang Hongyu said frankly: "No matter what happens, the concubine is still the concubine, and you are still my uncle. As long as I am still here, the Chenliushi family will not decline!"
…A few days ago, I was so heartbroken that I didn’t dare to face the death of my mother and concubine, so I never came forward. I also asked my uncle not to take offense. In the future, I will worship my mother’s shrine every day and beg her for forgiveness.”
Shi Rong could not be more moved - Yongwang Hongyu even spoke of this, what more could I ask for?
"Uncle, please rest at your residence for a while. I will go to the palace and come back to have a drink with uncle." Holding Shi Rong's hand, Yong Wang Hongyu said with a smile.
"Enter the palace?" Shi Rong was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to have thought of something. His expression was a little strange, but he didn't dare to ask in detail.
Just as Shi Rong guessed, the purpose of Yongwang Hongyu entering the palace today was to go to Fengyi Palace to meet the Queen.