Chapter 35: The Final Winner
Huang Xu and the three of them walked into the hall with Zhao Xiaofeng, until they walked to the front of a section of steps, before they stopped, they stood at the bottom of the steps and looked at it, and saw the end of the steps, facing south and north, there was a large gold-inlaid chair, and there was a person sitting on the chair, and this person must be the king of the east, Yang Xiuqing.
Sure enough, when Zhao Xiaofeng arrived here, he lowered his head and bowed to the person sitting on the main seat and said, "See the prince." Lord Wang, the recruitment of the housekeeper is nearing completion, and now his subordinates have brought the three most haode results in this assessment, please make a decision. ”
In the back, Huang Xu and the other three also bowed their heads and bent over.
"Sir, don't be polite, it's hard work." It feels like the king of the east signaled that Zhao Xiaofeng didn't have to be polite.
"It is the duty of subordinates to do things for the prince, why do you have to say that it is hard, now that the matter is over, the subordinates will retire first." Zhao Xiaofeng said.
"Well, sir, you can avoid it for now, and later, I have something important to discuss with you." Yang Xiuqing said.
"Yes, the subordinates retired." Zhao Xiaofeng saluted slightly, then turned to leave, and when he passed by Huang Xu's side, he gently patted him on the shoulder, and the meaning of his words was self-evident. Huang Xu nodded at him and watched him walk out of the door.
"The three of you are the top three of the previous rounds of testing?" The East King's gaze stayed on them for a few seconds, and then asked.
"Yes, Lord Wang, the grass people see Lord Wang." The three of them saluted the king of the east again.
"No courtesy."
After getting the permission of the East King, the three of them straightened up and bent their waists for a while, and had the opportunity to seriously look at the East King: Yang Xiuqing. Looking at him carefully, his face was thin, his face was pale, his mental state was not very good, and he seemed to be sick for a long time. The only thing that impressed people was his eyes, yes, eagle-like eyes, which were different from the eyes of Hong Xiuquan and Shi Dakai that Huang Xu had seen. These eyes make people feel very uncomfortable,
"Very good, it's really terrifying, but do you know that this king, the steward of the East Palace, doesn't need to be mediocre, are you confident that you can do it?" Yang Xiuqing asked.
"No problem." The three of them did not hesitate in the slightest.
"But, do you know what this butler usually does?" The East King asked again.
"Lord Wang, I understand, it should be a retainer who solves problems for the prince and the prime minister in all daily affairs." Tian Xiaoer replied first. This kid is not a military student, and he knows how to strike first.
Yang Xiuqing listened to Tian Xiaoer's words, noncommittal, and walked down from the king's couch, he walked very slowly, as if it took a lot of effort to take every step, when he walked in front of the three of them, he stopped, and then, expressionlessly, asked Wang Xiaoyong, who was standing between Tian Xiaoer and Huang Xu, "What do you think?" ”
"Caomin believes that in a literal sense, the word steward already explains what the person in this position has to do, that is, to manage the prince's house." Wang Xiaoyong thought for a moment and replied. Learning strategy is different, knowing how to think about problems from different angles.
"Well, there's some insight." From the tone of Yang Xiuqing's speech, it can be seen that he slightly agreed with Wang Xiaoyong's words, and at the end, he didn't forget to ask, "Your name is Wang Xiaoyong?" ”
"Yes, lord." When Wang Xiaoyong heard this, he was very excited to see that Dongwang actually knew his name.
Yang Xiuqing looked at Wang Xiaoyong and followed, did not continue to speak, but moved a few steps with great difficulty, and when he walked in front of Huang Xu, he suddenly said: "Huang Xu, I know you." ”
Huang Xu really made Yang Xiuqing's sudden words startled, he thought that his identity had been known by Yang Xiuqing, but looking back, it was impossible, he had only been here for so long, how could he know, and he had not followed Hong Zhengyan to the Tianwang Palace for a long time, except for the people in the Tianwang Palace, the other outsiders who had seen him were only the West Princess, and this West Wangfu and the East Wangfu had always been suspicious, and the death of the West King Xiao Chaogui should be inseparable from Yang Xiuqing, so, It is impossible for Princess Xi to tell her own affairs to the East King, and on the other hand, there are many people with the same name and surname in this world, how can he know that I am the person sent by the King of Heaven? Impossible, impossible, Huang Xu said secretly in his heart, but a little worry is inevitable. After all, he didn't come to the East King Mansion to assist the East King, but to directly ask him Yang Xiuqing to clear his life, so sometimes it is inevitable to think more.
"I heard that you ranked first in the first few rounds of tests, so your name will be remembered." Just when Huang Xu was thinking nonsense, Dongwang spoke again.
So that's the case, I'll just say it, Huang Xu thought to himself, it is impossible for him Yang Xiuqing to be so powerful, and it is impossible to recognize him as a spy sent by the Heavenly King's Mansion as soon as they meet. Maybe he heard about my previous performance, so he fell in love with me.
"Yes, the prince really has a heart, and it is the honor of the grass people to be remembered by the prince." Huang Xu hurriedly replied.
"I've heard people say that you have opinions on many things that they have never heard of before, so I am eager to meet you, and I want to know what they say is like to be talented." Yang Xiuqing is interesting, what does it have to do with what he looks like.
"The kid's dignity should be okay, and it shouldn't frighten the prince. I think the people you are referring to may be false, I am not as good as they say, I just briefly said a few words of my personal thoughts. "Of course, Huang Xu needs to be humble.
"A few simple words can win praise from others, so if you say it carefully, then it's worth it?" This Yang Xiuqing is really good at picking people's language problems.
"Lord Wang, it's the grass people who are stupid, and they just said the wrong thing." Huang Xu can only say that he said it wrong.
"Forget it, you don't have to be modest, the skills of those people under this king, this king knows in his heart, since they say hello, it should not be wrong, how about it, Huang Xu, then today you will let this king see your true talent." Yang Xiuqing seems to be specifically targeting Huang Xu today.
Huang Xu knew that it must have been Zhao Xiaofeng, Ning Zezhong, and Fang Hu who had said a lot of good things about him in front of Yang Xiuqing, which made this Dongwang so interested in him, but it was okay, since Yang Xiuqing had a good impression of himself, he would save himself a lot of money.
"Since the prince has said so, if the grass people insist on it, it will be too ignorant to lift." Huang Xu said.
"Okay, it's refreshing." Yang Xiuqing praised.
Then he said to the two people who were accompanying him: "Wang Xiaoyong, Tian Xiaoer, this king already knows your situation, after you go down, go directly to Master Zhao, he will arrange what you will do next, rest assured, this king will definitely not bury your talent." ”
This already clearly means that the housekeeper has nothing to do with the two of you, but he will not let you run empty, and will definitely arrange a suitable position for you, so you can follow me with confidence.
Wang Xiaoyong and Tian Xiaoer said yes. In fact, such a result has exceeded their expectations when they came, and being able to serve in this Dongwang Mansion was something they didn't dare to think of before, so after the two saluted Dongwang, they left with humor and prepared to find Zhao Xiaofeng. At the same time, he did not forget to cast a ray of envy at Huang Xu.
In this way, Huang Xu has become the best choice for the housekeeper of the East Palace. This is also the case, at the beginning, Yang Xiuqing had already spoken after listening to the narration of his three cadres, Huang Xu was the zuihou winner of this housekeeper battle, but, due to the pre-determined recruitment procedures, he could not make people feel that his words in Dongwangfu did not count, so he reluctantly came to deal with it and met these three people in person, and his main purpose here was only one, that is, to see who this Huang Xu Daodi was, and he was able to make several civil and military ministers under him unanimously recommend.
After Wang and Tian left, only Huang Xu and Dongwang were left in the palace, and Yang Xiuqing did not shy away from it, and directly had an in-depth conversation with Huang Xu on the major issues he cared about, and Huang Xu, of course, was still old-fashioned, dropping some more advanced schoolbags, of course, what he said made Yang Xiuqing feel incredible, and was greatly impressed, zuihou, without saying a word, appointed Huang Xu as his housekeeper of the East Wangfu on the spot.
Speaking of this housekeeper, it is one of the three most important positions in the East Palace, which can be compared with Zhao Xiaofeng and Fang Hu, and Ning Zezhong, one of the henchmen of the East King, has become Huang Xu's subordinate. It can be seen that this Dongwang is very satisfied with Huang Xu.
Generally speaking, there are no winners or losers for Huang Xu and Yao Dahong in this recruitment, everyone should say that they have achieved their goals, to be precise, it is a win-win ending.
And Huang Xu's next task is to enter the predetermined role, the steward of the East King Mansion and the spy of the Tianwang Mansion, although the first time they met, the East King gave him a good impression, but this does not mean that this person is a good person, maybe he is really too good at disguise, no matter what, everything is according to the scheduled Jihua action.