marquis of jingan

Chapter 487
The two characters in the palace can sometimes refer to His Majesty the Emperor.

So Shen Yi didn't hesitate too much, so he got up and cupped his hands to Zhang Jian, and came to the first floor of Cuiyun Tower by himself, where he saw two people in the palace.

One male and one female.

To be precise, it was a palace lady and a eunuch.

Seeing this female officer, Shen Yi faintly felt that something was wrong.

After all, he had also come into contact with many people in the palace, and this was the first time he had seen the palace send a maid out of the palace.

Sure enough, Shen Yi's expression became complicated after the first contact.

Because it was not the emperor who was looking for him, but the empress dowager who was looking for him.

Shen Yi has seen the emperor quite a few times, but he has only met the queen mother once, and at that time, he said some scenes and did not have much contact with him, but now...

The empress dowager in the palace actually specially sent someone to invite her into the palace to meet her?
This made Shen Yi feel something was wrong.

He even felt that the Empress Dowager wanted to take care of herself and be a face...

But soon he put the thought behind him.

Because he is a Jinshi of the two rankings, a serious scholar, and a civil servant of some status, even if the Empress Dowager can't bear the loneliness and really wants to find some dignitaries to serve in the palace, she will not find a civil servant like Shen Yi .

One is that it is unlikely to agree, and the other is that scholars who feel humiliated may write articles and spit it out.

Shen Yi's thoughts just turned around quickly in his mind, and then he responded to the two palace servants, saying that he would definitely pay a visit to the Queen Mother Yunyun tomorrow.

After seeing off the two palace servants, Shen Yi returned to the private room to drink again. In the private room, Zhang Jian glanced at him with a smile and asked, "What's the matter? Your Majesty has something to ask you?"

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, with a complicated look on his face: "Kunde Palace is looking for me for something."

"Kunde Palace..."

Hearing these three words, Zhang Jian couldn't help frowning. He first glanced at Shen Yi, and then asked, "Why did the empress dowager suddenly summon a foreign minister..."

Shen Yi shook his head, expressing that he did not know.

He picked up the wine glass, clinked a glass with Zhang Jian, and sighed slightly: "It's a blessing, not a curse. A disaster can't be avoided. I'll just go there tomorrow."

Zhang Jian could only nod his head, and after clinking glasses with Shen Yi, he said softly, "Remember to say hello if you have something to do."

Shen Yi smiled and nodded.

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In the early morning of the next day, Master Shen, who had not been at work for several days, put on his sixth-rank official uniform again. After his family tidied up his clothes, he went all the way into the imperial city, and then at the gate of the palace, he reported that the queen mother had summoned him. .

The guards of the palace quickly confirmed the news and let Shen Yi in. Led by several eunuchs, Master Shen went all the way to the gate of Kunde Palace. He was invited by a 30-year-old female official after only one stick of incense was summoned. go in.

After entering the Kunde Palace, Shen Yi soon saw the very young "little widow". He knelt down in a proper manner, bowed his head slightly and said, "Shen Yi from the Minister's Military Department, I'm here to greet the empress dowager."

Empress Dowager Sun nodded, and waved her hand to give her a seat.

Shen Yi sat down cautiously, bowed his head and remained silent.

The Empress Dowager showed a smile on her face: "I heard that Master Shen won two more big victories in Fujian, which can be said to be a big defeat of Japanese pirates."

"After the Ai family found out, they were also very happy."

Shen Yi quickly said: "Your Majesty misunderstood, I am only in charge of supervising the manufacture of warships and firearms, and the war against the Japanese army has nothing to do with me..."

The empress dowager glanced at him with a smile, and said with a smile: "These words are to hide from outsiders, so you don't need to say it in front of Ai's family. This way south, the elder nephew of Ai's family must not have contributed as much as you, Mr. Shen."

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and remained silent.

"The anti-Japanese war in the southeast has been done very well. The emperor is very happy, and the Ai family is also very happy to know about it."

"After these few battles, we will clean up next year. In the southeast coast, when there is no more Japanese infestation and the court should align people, it won't look north and south and be overwhelmed."

The Empress Dowager Sun first affirmed Shen Yi's contribution, then she changed the subject and said lightly: "But the Anti-Japanese Army was newly built after all. It is said that it was born out of Linhaiwei in Taizhou Prefecture. There are only a thousand people left in Linhaiwei. A 5000-strong anti-Japanese army..."

Empress Dowager Sun looked at Shen Yi quietly, and asked, "If you think about it, there should be a shortage of manpower?"

Hearing this, Shen Yi's hanging heart was finally relieved.

Because he finally understood what the queen mother asked him to do.

Knowing the specific intentions of the other party, when dealing with it, Shen Yi naturally had the bottom line in his heart. Shen Yi took a deep breath, bowed his head respectfully and said: "Mrs. Whether there is a shortage of people, I really don't know, and it will be the end of the new year soon, Prince Jin should return to Jiankang for the New Year, when I see Prince Jin, I will definitely let him enter the palace to pay my respects to the empress."

The empress dowager frowned slightly, a little unhappy.

"The Ai family told you just now that you know that you are in charge of the anti-Japanese army. Now Ai's family asks you whether the anti-Japanese army is short of people, but you talk about him and talk about him."

Empress Dowager Sun glared at Shen Yi: "Don't you take Ai's words seriously?"

Shen Yi silently stood up from the chair. He looked up at the Queen Mother, then exhaled a foul breath, and lowered his head again: "Your Majesty wants to arrange some people in the Anti-Japanese Army?"

Seeing that Shen Yi understood what he said, the empress dowager didn't want me to hide it, she just nodded and said: "Yes, the Ai family has a few nephews, all of them are in their teens and 20s, and it's time to contribute to the country."

Shen Yi nodded, and then continued: "Madam, the quota of 5000 officers and soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Army is already full, but if Madam insists on putting the two young masters in, then I will go to clear up the relationship and stuff a few more people in, it shouldn't be a problem. .”

Empress Dowager Sun frowned again: "Master Shen, you mean to let Ai's nephew become a pawn in the Anti-Japanese Army?"

Finally, Shen Yi couldn't hold back the anger in his heart. He looked up at the Queen Mother, then lowered his head and said, "Madam, the generals in the Anti-Japanese Army all got their positions by meritorious service. If the young masters can fight the enemy bravely, they can help the imperial court to wipe out the Japanese pirates." , can naturally become a general.”

Mrs. Sun was expressionless from the back: "Master Shen has no understanding of worldly affairs?"

"This kind of sophistication is really unreasonable."

Furious, Shen Yi bowed to the queen mother, and said directly: "If the queen mother insists on doing this, I will ask your majesty to resign later, and I will not go south again next year. So I wrote a letter to resign and go back to my hometown in Jiangdu to teach!"

"What a literati."

The Empress Dowager Sun was not angry either, but there was a mocking smile on her face. She looked at Shen Yi lightly, and said softly: "If the Ai family doesn't know the case of Master Shen, they really think that Master Shen is a strong and upright person. people."

When the Empress Dowager Sun said this, she waved her hand to screen off the palace people around her. After all the palace people in this side hall had retreated, the Empress Dowager stood up and walked to Shen Yi's side. Scholars, serving as officials, cannot escape fame and fortune."

"You, Shen Qi, are so upright today because of your reputation."

Empress Dowager Sun looked at Shen Yi indifferently.

"But I don't know. If people in the world know that you, Shen Ziheng, have kept prostitutes for the emperor to invite favor, how should they think of you?"

"By the time…"

Empress Dowager Sun looked calm.

"I'm afraid you won't be able to even go back to Jiangdu to teach?"

　I fell asleep yesterday... make up yesterday's

　　
　
(End of this chapter)