marquis of jingan

Chapter 491

When the emperor said this, he was not taking any responsibility for Shen Yi.

Instead, he wanted to tell the queen mother that the matter of raising Gu Hengbo outside was a matter of his own good as the emperor, and had nothing to do with Shen Yi.

Although this is indeed true, the emperor has no obligation to do this for Shen Yi.

Because in the system of the imperial court, or in the Confucian concept, the emperor is a natural good person, a saint.

He will not do anything wrong, or immoral.

If the emperor did something bad, it must be the treacherous officials who deceived His Majesty.

In other words, the people around the emperor are born to take the blame, and it is reasonable to take the blame for the emperor.

If someone wants to attack the emperor with the matter of hoarding prostitutes, then Shen Yi, the scapegoat, should immediately jump out and take the scapegoat for His Majesty the emperor, so as not to taint the holy name.

But now, His Majesty the Emperor took the initiative to stand up and take Shen Yi out of this matter.

The reasons are complex.

A small part of the reason may be because of the loyalty of young people.

The more important reason is that the emperor now needs a reason to have some conflicts with the queen mother.

It would be best if he could win this conflict, or at least gain the upper hand, so that the emperor could have the top voice in family affairs and state affairs in the long years to come.

The so-called top voice is one thing, as long as he, the emperor, decides, no one can change anything.

Neither can the Queen Mother.

The little emperor had actually been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.

He has been in power for two years. In the past two years, he has gradually mastered various confidential government offices in the imperial court. He has more and more cronies under his hands, and 20 imperial troops are firmly in his hands. Now The little emperor's confidence is very strong.

It was this kind of confidence that allowed him to make up his mind to form a coastal defense force and contribute to the great cause of the Northern Expedition in the future.

But now, when the little emperor was at his most confident, Empress Dowager Sun suddenly jumped in and intervened, just for the emperor to show off his might.

In addition to the confidence brought by his two years in power, the emperor has a more important and most important bargaining chip.

That is... he is the biological son of Queen Mother Sun.

Moreover, Queen Mother Sun has one and only his own son.

In other words, the empress dowager who can abolish the emperor as long as she unites with the prime minister, there is no second candidate for the emperor.

If the mother and son were in a stalemate, and she abolished her own son, she could only help the two concubines of the first emperor to the throne, and those two concubines also had their own mothers. If they ascended the throne, they might respect their grandchildren in the future The queen mother, after a long time, she must have tried everything possible to make her own mother the queen mother.

From this point of view, the emperor is irreplaceable with Queen Mother Sun.

That's why he had enough courage to stand in the Kunde Palace and face the powerful empress dowager in front of him, the highest talker of the Li family for a long time.

The Empress Dowager Sun sat on the soft couch, raised her head silently, and looked at the son who was both familiar and unfamiliar in front of her, feeling very complicated.

She is the emperor's biological mother, and in her heart, the emperor has always been a child.

She still remembers to this day that the ten-year-old, ignorant child was led by him to the throne of God and accepted the worship of all officials.

But now, eight or nine years have passed in the blink of an eye.

What I have to admit is that the emperor in front of me is no longer the child emperor nine years ago.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Sun glanced at Shen Yi again, and then sighed: "What? Because of Shen Yi, you are going to be angry with your mother?"

"It's not just a matter of Shen Yi."

The emperor lowered his hands and stood in front of the empress dowager. Although he lowered his head slightly, the expression on his face was very serious and firm: "Even if we only talk about Shen Yi, Shen Yi has not done anything wrong with this son-in-law."

The empress dowager sat back in her seat, and looked at the emperor indifferently: "He encouraged the emperor to swim along the Qinhuai River, and even raised famous prostitutes for the emperor outside. According to the way of civil servants, he is a real flatterer and treacherous official."

Mentioning the matter of Gu Hengbo, the emperor's face changed first, and then he lowered his head slightly and said, "Since the queen mother already knows about it, I will not hide it from you. I met Miss Gu at the Jin Wangshu's birthday banquet, and I am very grateful to you." She fell in love with her at first sight, and then she realized that she should entrust someone else to arrange Miss Gu for Erchen."

"And this person is not Shen Yi."

The empress dowager closed her eyes and waved her hands, expressing that she did not want to hear the emperor continue talking.

Because the emperor bumped into her today, the empress dowager was also a little unhappy, she said coldly: "You will never bring her into the palace if Aijia lives for a day."

The emperor was expressionless, but nodded silently.

He said slowly: "My son has memorized everything the queen mother said."

The young Emperor tried his best to calm himself down, then bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, you want to arrange duties for the two cousins, and I don't have any objections. Except for the anti-Japanese army, they can discuss where they go. My son will meet with the father-in-law and uncle later to discuss this matter with them."

Arranging errands for the two cousins ​​of the Sun family means that the emperor's attitude has softened.

Empress Dowager Sun thinks so.

Ever since, the empress dowager's face became a little better, and she said lightly: "This is a matter for the outer court, and the Ai family will not interfere with you."

Speaking of this, she glanced at Shen Yi again, her expression turned a little ugly: "As for this precious Shen Hanlin, the emperor should take it out quickly, the temple here in Ai's house is too small to accommodate this big Buddha."

Regarding Shen Yi, the empress dowager must be annoyed.

Because Shen Yi is too "ignorant".

When the empress dowager asks him to do something, he should be honest and do it in a down-to-earth manner. Even if he can't do it, he should kowtow a few more times in the Kunde Palace and ask her, the empress dowager, to take back her life.

But this stunned young man went to the emperor to complain as soon as he turned around, which even affected the relationship between mother and son.

The emperor bowed his head deeply to the empress dowager and said: "Mother, you can rest at ease, my son is leaving."

After finishing speaking, he took a few steps back and left Kunde Palace with Shen Yi.

After walking out of the Kunde Palace, His Majesty the Emperor still didn't take the sedan chair, but walked in the imperial city with Shen Yi one after the other.

The young emperor, His Majesty, was in a low mood at the moment, and his voice was even a little hoarse: "The plum blossoms in the back garden are blooming, and Shen Qing will accompany me for a walk?"

When the big boss said such words, Shen Yi naturally couldn't refuse. He also saw that the emperor was in a bad mood, so he bowed slightly and said, "Everything that happened today is all the fault of the minister. Please forgive me."

The emperor stopped, looked back at Shen Yi, then shook his head: "There is nothing wrong with you."

"It's just because the desire is hard to fill."

His Majesty the Emperor walked in front, still feeling a little depressed: "I never thought that one day there would be any conflict with my mother."

"I have always loved and respected my mother..."

"only…"

The emperor let out a long breath: "It's just that besides being a son, I'm also the emperor of Da Chen."

"I want to do something for the court and the country."

"If you want to do something, you have to not offend people."

After speaking, he looked back at Shen Yi, and said softly: "Shen Qing is also a person who wants to do things, and she will inevitably offend others."

Shen Yi smiled wryly in his heart.

He has already offended the empress dowager miserably today.

Now, he Shen is useful to the court, and the emperor may still protect him. If one day he is useless to the emperor, His Majesty the emperor may take care of him to make the empress dowager happy, and then continue to be kind and filial.

Shen Yi sighed: "I have offended many people."

Ever since he came to this world, Shen Yi has offended the Fan family, the Yang family, the Zhao clan, and now even the empress dowager.

The emperor smiled slightly, reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Then we, the monarchs and ministers, will be together in the future..."

"To offend more people."

　Make up...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)