Zhao Qingye was reluctant to blame Xiao Heng, so all this was naturally Su Yao's fault. If Su Yao hadn't been so charming, if Su Yao hadn't seduced him, how could Xiao Heng abandon her and fall in love with Su Yao? !
She was so angry that she was going crazy.
King Min was not in a good mood either. He went to the study in the front yard angrily.
Since he established the palace, he has had a chief secretary in the palace to assist him with affairs. The chief secretary's surname is Hong, and he is a very bold man. Other chief secretaries who enter the palace must first get familiar with the prince's temperament, and then think about how to get along with him and how to do things in the future.
But Hong Changshi was different. As soon as he arrived, he told the Sixth Prince to quickly find a way to submit a memorial to the Emperor and leave the capital to go to his fiefdom.
The Sixth Prince was frightened by him at the time. Although he already had a fiefdom, he had never thought of leaving his father and mother in the capital immediately and running to Zhangzhou to become a prince.
But from then on, the Sixth Prince had an impression of Hong Changshi in his heart - he was a man who dared to speak out.
Now King Min rushed into the study and saw Hong Changshi sorting out documents.
He pursed his lips, suppressed the anger in his heart, walked past Hong Changshi and sat on the chair, rubbed his eyes and said to Hong Changshi: "Okay, you go back!"
It was too late and he had just returned from a banquet. It was time for him to rest, but now Hong Changshi was still in his study, which showed that he was serious about his work.
Hong Changshi looked at him seriously, quickly sorted out the documents in his hand and put them aside, but did not leave immediately. He just stood there and looked at King Min quietly, and asked softly: "Your Highness, what difficulties have you encountered?"
For a prince who has established his own government, the Chief Secretary will definitely be his most trusted confidant in the future.
King Min breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't tell such a thing to a chief historian, so he shook his head.
Hong Changshi was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Does Your Highness trust me?"
King Min smiled bitterly. How could this be a question of whether he could be trusted or not? This kind of family matter, which also concerns privacy, could not be told to a minister. He waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's nothing. If you are fine, then go back."
Hong Changshi did not move. He said softly, "Your Highness, I dare to ask you, are you worried about the princess's affairs?"
As soon as he finished speaking, King Min suddenly looked up at him, his expression changed for a moment, and he asked almost perversely: "What do you know?!"
This kind of thing is definitely not a glorious thing for a man, so Prince Min was furious and almost wanted to strangle Zhao Qingye to death, but he never thought of making the matter public and asking Emperor Yuanfeng for an explanation and justice.
But, did other people already know about this
If this is true, wouldn't he, the prince, become a big joke? !
King Min couldn't tolerate it just by thinking about it.
Hong Changshi was not frightened. He explained in a deep voice: "Your Highness, please don't misunderstand me. I... ... Excuse me for being blunt, but I just came back from Jizhou."
Seeing that King Min seemed a little confused, he further explained: "At the beginning, Lord Zhao was the imperial censor in Jizhou. At that time, I was also in Jizhou. I was the instructor of Jizhou Prefecture."
It turned out that he was a colleague of the Zhao family.
Hong Changshi chose his words carefully: "In fact, when he was in Jizhou, His Highness was still in the military camp, and he once saved Lord Zhao's family. At that time... there were rumors in the Jizhou officialdom that they might get married in the future. But later, His Highness followed the son of Marquis Guangping back to the capital, and no one mentioned this matter again."
King Min suddenly exerted force and almost crushed the cup in his hand.
He sneered in his heart.
He thought that Zhao Qingye was the only one who was wishful thinking and had designs on Xiao Heng.
But it turned out that Xiao Heng had known Zhao Qingye for a long time.
There were even rumors going around between them!
So, what did Xiao Heng think? !
What did Xiao Heng think about Emperor Yuanfeng's marriage between Zhao Qingye and him?! Did he think his uncle was a fool?!
Is he laughing in his heart?!
King Min's face looked extremely ugly and he didn't speak for a long time.
Hong Changshi sighed deeply and said, "Your Highness, I want to ask you a truthful question. Are you happy now?"
King Min remained silent.
"The emperor conferred the title of king on you only because you are old enough. You need to be conferred the title of king quickly so that you can move away from the capital and not pose a threat to the crown prince..." Hong Changshi ignored the expression on King Min's face and said, "Your Highness is both civil and military, and has made great contributions in the army. His position is stable now, but what about you?"
King Min had never been anywhere. After he came of age, he worked in the Ministry of Works and had never come into contact with military forces.
He felt a little desperate.
At the same time, an indescribable anger arose.
Why should he endure this kind of anger? !
Xiao Heng can now sit back and watch his uncle being fooled and humiliated, what about in the future
The old man is still alive now, but when he is gone in the future, how should Xiao Heng treat him
Besides, what King Min cares about most is Zhao Qingye.
This woman, she was eating from her bowl while looking at the pot.
Now that he thinks about it, King Min even suspects that Zhao Qingye might be an undercover agent placed by Xiao Heng beside him
Otherwise, since Xiao Heng already knew that Zhao Qingye had feelings for him, why didn't he tell her and keep it a secret? !
King Min's face turned pale and blue, and even his fingers were cold.
Hong Changshi, on the other hand, began to calm down. He said, "Your Highness, are you willing to be suppressed by a nephew? In terms of seniority, he is only the son of the crown prince, and the former crown prince has been dead for many years. What achievements has he made? He just took advantage of being raised by the former queen. In terms of kinship, he has always been raised outside. Whether his identity is reliable or not depends on the Song family, isn't it?"
In fact, these words were too inflammatory. Under normal circumstances, the Sixth Prince would have been scared and would have rebuked Hong Changshi for talking nonsense.
But today, perhaps after drinking some wine, he guessed what Zhao Qingye was thinking.
Maybe it's because I've never really accepted it in my heart.
The Sixth Prince remained silent.
He didn't refute.
And not refuting is itself an attitude.
Hong Changshi sighed and said, "Your Highness, it's time to plan for yourself. Even if you don't want to do great things, you should at least plan for yourself and consider your future, right?"
After hearing these words, King Min had calmed down and looked at Hong Changshi quietly.
Hong Changshi did not retreat, nor was he afraid. He said directly: "Your Highness, think about yourself. Don't you want to have the final say? Don't you want to no longer live this life of relying on others for support?"
King Min has really had enough of having to please others.