frightfiction Chapter 1032 Caught Between Two Opportunities
Chapter 1032 Caught Between Two Opportunities
When Duke Anguo and his companions arrived at the lakeside, they only saw the sports car but not the people.
No, that's not right. I also saw a very comfortable-looking plush blanket spread on the grass, along with fresh fruit, drinks, snacks, and various dried fruits and snacks, some I could name and some I couldn't.
Several grown men looked together at the large patch of lotus flowers on the distant lake...
The person should have been hidden by the lotus flowers long ago and couldn't be seen!
That is to say, they have good hearing and can hear the laughter coming from deep within the lotus flowers, carried by the breeze!
The men couldn't help but smile, secretly thinking to themselves... It seems that not only they were letting loose today, but even the women in their families were letting loose!
If they were speaking softly as usual, how could their laughter have carried so far?
Thinking of this, the faces of the several grown men all broke into undisguised smiles.
Today, Yue'er's day trip in this space... was truly delightful!
Not seeing many women return, the men weren't in a hurry, so they all took off their shoes and sat around on the carpet.
It's rare to have such leisure time.
The group chatted casually, but all of them tacitly avoided mentioning their previous roller coaster adventure!
Enjoying fresh and dried fruit at will, sipping beverages or spring water when thirsty...
This was an experience they had never had before!
Everyone in the space was enjoying the most wonderful and comfortable leisure time.
Meanwhile, in the Prince Yi's mansion outside the space.
The oppressive study is still as oppressive as ever!
Judging by the time, it was well past noon, but Prince Yi, Xiao Jingyi, remained seated behind his desk with a somber expression.
The kitchen staff had already come to ask if the prince's meals should be sent over.
Chang Gui also took the opportunity of delivering tea to enter the study and carefully inquired about Xiao Jingyi.
However, Xiao Jingyi didn't respond at all, not even lifting his eyelids!
Chang Gui glanced at Jiang Fang and Tong Lian again...
Jiang Fang and Tong Lian glanced at Xiao Jingyi sitting behind his desk, then shook their heads helplessly at Chang Gui.
If their master doesn't even mention lunch, how could they, as subordinates and servants, dare to say they're hungry and abandon their master to eat on their own?
If their master doesn't eat, they have no choice but to go hungry and keep him company!
More than an hour has passed since the three of them received the imperial decree from Emperor Hongde ordering Xiao Jingyi to collect the bodies of Zhang Jinyan's family. They still haven't finalized what level of ceremony should be used to collect the bodies of Zhang Jinyan's family.
In what form?
What do I need to prepare?
What kind of coffin should I buy?
How much money should I spend?
The Zhang family was Prince Yi's in-laws before, but now they are sinners!
As the former in-laws, now criminals—criminals who died suddenly in prison—what identity should Prince Yi, Xiao Jingyi, assume? What posture should he adopt when collecting the bodies of Zhang Jinyan's family, the former in-laws and now criminals?
Too elaborate is wrong, too hasty is also bad;
As Prince Yi and his former son-in-law, it would be awkward for him to show his face, but it would also be awkward for him not to.
Ask your accomplices to hold a funeral for Zhang Jinyan's family?
Wouldn't that be tantamount to handing Emperor Hongde a blacklist of traitors and rebels?
If you just use a few straw mats, dig a hole, and hastily bury them...
Would his own comrades think he was cold-blooded and heartless when they saw how he treated his former in-laws and cronies?
Will I feel disheartened and disappointed in myself?
Xiao Jingyi was filled with hatred!
He resented that the Zhang family hadn't helped him much while they were alive, and now that they were dead, they were causing him even more trouble!
He also resented Emperor Hongde for coming up with such a terrible idea and issuing such an imperial edict, which had truly put him in a difficult position.
This matter... is really difficult to handle!
The Emperor's decree has been issued!
The Emperor is looking at him;
The court officials were all watching him;
His own allies are also watching him;
The people of the world are watching him...
What will I do after receiving this imperial edict?
Or rather, how to collect the bodies of Zhang Jinyan's family in a way that leaves the Emperor speechless and unable to find fault.
This also prevented the court officials from impeaching him for failing to properly handle the matter of receiving the imperial decree to collect the body;
At the same time, it can also win over the hearts of its comrades, so that they don't feel a sense of shared sorrow.
We must also ensure that the people of the world do not develop a negative view of me, the future ruler of Jingyue, because of this incident, and that it does not leave a bad impression!
They say you can't have it all in life!
But now... this terrible misfortune that has befallen me requires more than just me to have it both ways!
Is this a requirement for oneself to be perfect in three or four aspects?
If any aspect is overlooked, the consequences will be difficult to manage!
Xiao Jingyi sat behind his desk, sometimes glaring at the glaring bright yellow on the desk, sometimes closing his eyes because the bright yellow stung them.
Thinking back to the several contingency plans I had just discussed with Jiang Fang and Tong Lian...
After much deliberation, Xiao Jingyi finally shook his head silently, rejecting both options as they were unsuitable.
It's impossible to attend to everything, whether it's the left or the right, the top or the bottom; nothing seems right, nothing seems proper!
I can't help but care about how the person on the dragon throne views me now;
If even more of my already few allies turn against me because of this... wouldn't my ability to accomplish anything be even weaker?
And then there are the people of the world, that is, the will of the people!
It is said that he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world!
However, because he was afraid of being implicated by the Vice Minister's Mansion, he quickly divorced his princess. Not to mention the distant past, there were many people in the capital who said he was cold-hearted and heartless!
I can't afford to make any more mistakes!