marquis of jingan

Chapter 454 The Little Widow

His Majesty the Emperor changed his court clothes and wore a blue satin uniform embroidered with dragon patterns, then waved to Shen Yi and said, "I will take you to see the Queen Mother."

After saying that, His Majesty the Emperor paused, and continued: "The queen mother is more disciplined. After you meet the queen mother, you should be more respectful, and don't make her old man unhappy."

Shen Yi nodded hastily: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I won't be polite."

"Ah."

The emperor nodded, except for the Deqing Palace, he got on the dragon chariot, and Shen Yi walked on both sides of the dragon chariot with the eunuch Gao Minggao.

The little emperor sat on the dragon chariot, and chatted with Shen Yi from time to time. When he was about to arrive at Kunde Palace, the little emperor on the dragon chariot said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Shen Qing, the one you brought to Jiankang Xu Fu is very sensible. No matter what I want to do, he can do it beautifully. A few months ago, I allocated 2 taels of silver from my internal funds, and I already had 4 taels a few days ago. Returning two silver coins to the treasury is a good money maker."

His Majesty the Emperor smiled and said: "Some people are here, and my pockets have bulged a lot."

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly, and said with a smile: "This Xu Fu is Eunuch Gao's nephew. I just brought him to Jiankang. If he does anything for His Majesty, it will be taught by Eunuch Gao. It doesn't matter."

Gao Ming on the side raised his eyelids to look at Shen Yi, then lowered his head slightly, and said with a smile: "The servant is in the palace every day, and rarely goes out of the palace. If I have to say what Xu Fu did, one is to rely on His Majesty's care is also due to His Majesty's blessing, and has nothing to do with slaves..."

"Okay, okay, I don't like to hear such scenes."

When the three people were talking, the dragon chariot had already arrived at the gate of Kunde Palace. His Majesty the Emperor got off the dragon chariot, looked back at Shen Yi and Gao Ming, and then said: "You two wait at the gate, I will go to see the Queen Mother first." , someone will call you in later.”

Gao Ming bowed his head thoughtfully and said, "Your servant obeys."

Shen Yi also cupped his hands and said: "I obey."

Thus, the little emperor strode into the Kunde Palace amidst the crowds asking for peace.

And Shen Yi, together with Gao Ming, stood at the gate of the palace and waited.

After Emperor Feng walked away, eunuch Gao glanced at Shen Yi lightly, with a smile on his face: "Since Shen is in the southeast, and the errands are done very well."

Shen Yi said modestly: "I don't dare to do it, I just did what should be done."

Eunuch Gao squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "The kid you brought to Jiankang, our nephew, has also done a good job."

Shen Yi heard that there was something in the eunuch's words, and said, "If you have something to do, you might as well speak up..."

"It's nothing, it's just that he handled his errands well and pleased His Majesty. You, Shen Hanlin, have a bright face, and I, as an uncle, can also get some glory on my face."

Shen Yi frowned slightly at first, and then said in a low voice: "Eunuch, to be honest, after Xu Fu did shopping for the palace, the lower officials rarely interacted with him..."

"Tsk."

Eunuch Gao glanced at Shen Yi.

"Why? I'm afraid he has something to do with the palace, and you feel dirty if you touch him?"

Shen Yi shook his head with a sincere expression: "It's just a foreign minister, just need to avoid suspicion."

Eunuch Gao shook his head slightly again and said: "Why do you avoid suspicion? How can anyone pay attention to you? Shen Hanlin, you have nothing to do, so you can go and see him. Although that kid is quite cautious, he still does a lot of things. Somewhat immature."

"These days, as an uncle, I often wipe his ass."

Gao Ming stretched out his hand and patted Shen Yi's shoulder, and said with a smile: "When Shen Hanlin is free and has nothing to do, if you give him more advice, it will be enough for him to benefit endlessly in his life."

Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and did not speak.

Eunuch Gao still wanted to speak, but in the Kunde Palace, two young eunuchs had already rushed over with small steps. The little eunuchs walked up to Gao Ming, respectfully, their heads almost sank into their chests.

"Eunuch, the empress dowager invites you in..."

Gao Ming gave a faint "hmm", then looked at Shen Yi, smiled and said, "Shen Hanlin, let's go?"

Shen Yi nodded, followed behind Gao Ming, and walked towards Kunde Palace.

In the process of walking into Kunde Palace, Shen Yi looked up from time to time to look at the purple-clothed eunuch in front of him.

He was thinking that the little emperor was inseparable with Gao Ming on weekdays, so there should be no reason for him to enter the Kunde Palace and leave Gao Ming at the gate of the palace.

Thinking about what Gao Ming said again, Shen Yi was thoughtful.

Could it be that the little emperor is giving him some "hidden mission"?
When Shen Yi was in a trance, he had already entered the inner hall of Kunde Palace, and entered the small hall where the Empress Dowager received guests.

This small hall is not very big, it is only about the size of an ordinary room. The decoration in the room is very luxurious, but there is nothing tacky, instead there is an air of extravagance.

On the main seat of the small hall, sat a woman who seemed to be in her early 30s. This woman didn't have formal attire either, she just wore an ordinary palace attire, with a few tiaras on her head, making her look a bit lazy.

And the little emperor, sitting under her head, was whispering something to her.

Obviously, this woman is Da Chen's Empress Dowager Sun, who is actually the highest talker in the court.

This Empress Dowager Sun was only 36 years old until this year.

In future generations, she will be a serious little widow.

She entered the palace at the age of fifteen or sixteen, was soon established as a queen, gave birth to the current emperor, and became the queen mother at the age of 28, and began to become the real king of Dachen in a sense.

From the first year of Hongde to the sixth year of Hongde, during these six years, Queen Mother Sun always played the role of final decision in the court.

Although after six years of Hongde, Prime Minister Zhongshu returned to the emperor, and even the empress dowager seldom intervened in political affairs, but the discerning people in Jiankang City knew very well that until now, the empress dowager was naturally The man with the loudest voice in the palace.

It's just that she doesn't talk much now.

Shen Yi quickly raised his head, glanced at the biological mother of His Majesty, and then quickly lowered his head.

With a quick glance, Shen Yi saw a clear and beautiful face, but under the clear and beautiful face, there was a bit of unquestionable majesty.

Shen Yi knelt in front of the Empress Dowager, lowered his head and said: "The official of the minister's residence, Shen Yi, greets the Empress Dowager, and greets Your Majesty..."

Empress Dowager Sun looked seriously at Shen Yi who was kneeling on the ground, and then spoke slowly, with a sweet voice: "Get up and answer."

Only then did Shen Yi get up from the ground, because he was a little nervous, after he hastily thanked him, he stood in front of the Queen Mother in an orderly manner, bowing his head silently.

The empress dowager's voice was gentle and pleasant. She looked at Shen Yi and said softly, "I heard from the emperor that you were born in the third year of Yuanxi."

Shen Yi nodded and said: "Yes, Chen Yuanxi was born in October of the third year."

The empress dowager sighed softly: "The emperor was born in August, and he is only two months older than you."

She seemed to recall the scene of the birth of the eldest son in the third year of Yuanxi, and her eyes were a little erratic for a while, but she quickly recovered, looked at Shen Yi, and smiled: "In the third year of Yuanxi, he will only be 19 years old by the end of the year. Looking at your official uniform, you are already an eighth-rank official, right?"

Shen Yi bowed his head respectfully and did not speak.

The little emperor on the side laughed and said: "Queen, Shen Qing is already a seventh-rank official, but the official uniform of the Ministry of Officials has not been issued to him yet."

"Seven products..."

Empress Dowager Sun looked at Shen Yi with some differences, and said with a smile: "It's really rare. There are many young people who were born at Shen Qing's age, but they were still young and innocent children. Shen Qing has already been in the seventh rank of the official residence."

The emperor smiled slightly, and then said: "Shen Qing, he followed the cousin of Uncle Jin's family to the south this trip, and made a lot of contributions in Taizhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture, so my minister is still planning to promote him."

Hearing what the emperor said, Queen Mother Sun seemed to understand something.

She looked at the emperor, then at Shen Yi, with a gentle tone.

"I'm afraid you brought this child to see the queen mother, not just to pay her respects?"

(End of this chapter)