marquis of jingan

Chapter 625 The Diligent Emperor

Compared with the trepidation of the officials in these two places, Master Shen who returned to Jiankang is in a much more cheerful mood.

Firstly, it was because he was about to see his wife and children, so he was naturally in a good mood.

In a blink of an eye, his eldest son, Shen Yuan, is now nearly two years old. The last time Shen Yi left Jiankang, this little baby could not speak, but when he communicated with his family some time ago, Shen Yi learned that this child has already learned how to speak. Shout out.

Shen Yi had never heard of this child calling him father, so naturally he couldn't wait to go home and see his wife and child.

Another happy thing is that this year's autumn rankings were released. The ninth son of the Shen family, Mr. Shen's younger brother, Shen Heng, won the No. 2 provincial examination and passed the high school examination.

When Shen Yi received this news, he was also happy for several days.

You know, juren is the master.

He is a person with status and status in this society.

Winning Juren means that the little brother I brought up since childhood has his own place in this society. Taking a step back, even if he quits the exam from now on and doesn't go to the examination room anymore, This Juren status is enough for him to live and drink for the rest of his life.

As the elder brother who depended on Shen Heng for life, Shen Yi was naturally very happy for his brother.

As for next year's spring...

For the current Shen family, it was actually just icing on the cake, not necessarily a must.

Except for family affairs, Master Shen's errands in the southeast this year have all gone smoothly, so even if he returns to Jiankang to "report on his work", he will be down-to-earth and will not feel guilty like these two little old men.

After a simple meal outside the city, everyone boarded the carriage again and entered the city.

After entering Jiankang City, the three separated on the street. Shen Yi originally wanted to find a place for the two local officials, but both said they were going to live in the guild hall of the Ministry of Rites. Shen Yi didn't force it and let them go. up.

When officials of this level enter "Beijing", the Ministry of Rites will indeed have a guild hall for them to live in.

Of course, although the residences provided by the imperial court were good, they were far inferior to those high-end restaurants along the Qinhuai River. Therefore, most local dignitaries would not necessarily live in the guild halls of the Ministry of Rites when they entered Jiankang.

Of course, these two are going to face the saint tomorrow, so they all obediently went to live in the "guest house" of the imperial court.

Master Shen asked Jiang Sheng to drive the carriage all the way back to the gate of Shen's house.

In the carriage, there were many special products that Shen Yi bought from Fuzhou, as well as a string of pearl necklaces that he specially selected for his wife.

With the necklace in his arms, Shen Yi asked Jiang Sheng to carry things in the carriage, while he himself strode towards the door of his house.

Shen's house is not particularly big, and coupled with Shen Yi's official position, not many people come to visit. Even if they have any social relations with Shen Yi, they go out to meet a lot, so there is no concierge in Shen's house, and Master Shen knocked on the door After that, after a while, the maid Qing'er came over and opened the door.

After seeing Shen Yi, Qing'er was overwhelmed with surprise, stepped forward and grabbed Shen Yi's sleeve, and almost jumped up happily.

"Son!"

"You're back!"

Shen Yi was also in a good mood, and said with a smile, "I just rushed back, is everyone at home?"

Qing'er nodded again and again: "Master Jiu went out to participate in the poetry meeting, the others are at home."

After saying this, she put down Shen Yi's sleeves, ran into the yard, and shouted loudly: "The young master is back, the young master is back!"

Shen Yi can be said to be the absolute backbone of this family.

Therefore, when Qing'er yelled, almost everyone in the family came out of the house.

Father Shen Zhang, who is also in Shen's house in Jiankang at this time, also hurried out of the house. The father and son met each other in the front yard. Shen Yi stepped forward and knelt down respectfully, but he hadn't knelt down yet. , was helped by the old man, Master Shen sighed, and said: "You are working hard outside..."

Shen Yi straightened up, looked at his father, and said with a smile: "Father, you haven't grown old much, and you are still the same as before, but I am a lot darker. Before in Lin'an Mansion, some people called me a black boy."

Shen Zhang is an introverted person, especially in front of his son. He doesn't know how to express himself. Hearing this, he just smiled at Shen Yi: "My son is not black."

"Call Daddy..."

A soft female voice sounded behind Shen Yi.

Immediately, a childish voice came.

"Dad...Dad."

At this time, Shen Yi has not turned back.

But after hearing this voice, he was already numb with excitement, and stood still, his whole body froze.

He tried his best to turn around, and saw his wife was holding a two-year-old child in her hands. The child was wearing a thick cotton padded jacket and standing on the ground. While looking up at Shen Yi curiously, he followed his mother's parrot and shouted "" Daddy".

The words "Daddy" made Master Shen very happy.

He went forward, originally planning to hug his wife first, but in this day and age, cuddling is not easy in public, so he could only take a deep look at his wife, then bent down and hugged the child in his arms, Look at Lu Ruoxi.

"In a blink of an eye, this child can be called someone."

He sighed slightly: "Thanks for your hard work, madam."

Lu Qingque also looked at Shen Yi, her eyes were a little red.

But in the end no tears came.

She wiped her eye sockets with her hands, and said in a crying voice, "Why didn't you say hello in advance when you came back?"

"I've been on my way all the time. I was afraid of rain and snow. I couldn't figure out the itinerary, so I didn't send the letter back in advance."

Shen Yi smiled: "Fortunately, I rushed back before the end of the year."

Mrs. Shen nodded lightly and said "Yes", then she pulled Shen Yi's sleeve and said softly: "Go to the back room and change some clothes, look at your body, you are not looking good."

"Change it, I'll wash it for you tomorrow."

All the way along the road, naturally there is nothing clean at all.

Shen Yi smiled and nodded, followed Lu Ruoxi to the back room to change clothes.

That afternoon, before evening, the Shen family had dinner early.

The main reason is that Shen Yi had a hard time traveling, and Lu Ruoxi wanted him to eat early and rest early.

Halfway through the family meal, there was another knock on the door.

Ping'er was the first to stand up, and ran all the way to the gate, and soon, the little girl who escaped ran all the way back and looked at Shen Yi.

"Grand...Young Master, the people in the palace..."

"It should be looking for you..."

Shen Yi stood up silently, glanced at his family members, and then said, "I'll go out and have a look."

He left the dinner table, and everyone silently put down their chopsticks, waiting for Shen Yi to come back.

After Shen Yi came to his front yard, he quickly saw two eunuchs in blue clothes. When the two eunuchs in blue clothes saw Shen Yi, they immediately stepped forward to salute and called Mr. Shen.

Master Shen slightly bowed his hands to return the salute, and said with a smile: "You two father-in-laws, are you coming to the poor mansion so late?"

One of the eunuchs took a step forward, smiled at Shen Yi and said, "Mr. Shen, His Majesty has a decree to call you into the palace."

Shen Yi pretended to kneel down to accept the imperial decree, but the two eunuchs hurriedly stopped them, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty just said something casually, Mr. Shen, you just go to the palace in a while, there is no need to salute."

Shen Yi raised his head to look at the sky, and said hesitantly, "After a while, the imperial confinement should be closed, right?"

"My servant is here waiting for Mr. Shen. After a while, my servant will lead you into the palace."

Master Shen nodded helplessly.

The big bosses in this era really have no human touch at all. He just came home after traveling thousands of miles, and he didn't know how to let him rest for a night, so he hurriedly summoned him now.

There is no way, and there is no reason to talk to this big boss.

He could only go back to the dinner table, inform his family, and then, accompanied by Lu Ruoxi, went back to the room and changed into a fifth-rank official uniform, and then entered the palace with the two eunuchs.

When Shen Yi arrived at the gate of the palace, it was already dark.

The gate of the palace was already closed.

Fortunately, the two eunuchs had the badges for entering and exiting the palace and the warrant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so the palace gate was reopened.

Then the two eunuchs brought Shen Yi all the way to the gate of Ganlu Hall. One of the eunuchs accompanied Shen Yi, and the other went in to report. Not long after, the two of them brought Shen Yi into Ganlu Hall and brought him before His Majesty the Emperor.

When Shen Yi saw the emperor, the emperor was approving the memorial.

There was a thick stack of memorials in front of him, but the emperor's reply was quite serious, frowning and thinking from time to time.

Shen Yi stepped forward and saluted the emperor, "Shen Yi, the minister of the military department, greets His Majesty."

Only then did the emperor put down the brush in his hand, and looked at Shen Yi with a smile on his face.

"Get up, don't be polite."

Only then did Shen Yi stand up.Stand with hands down.

The emperor stretched and stood up from his seat.

It may be because the reply has been issued for a long time, or it may be because of carelessness, the right hand of His Majesty the Emperor has been glued with the unique red color of cinnabar.

"Gao Ming, bring me a basin of water."

Eunuch Gao nodded quickly and went down to fetch water.

Only then did the emperor look at Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Just after returning home, I was caught in the palace, isn't it uncomfortable?"

Shen Yi bowed his head: "Your Majesty called me, I feel very honored."

The emperor smiled dumbly, ignoring Shen Yi's insincere speech.

"Those two guys, are they brought to Jiankang?"

"Yes."

Shen Yi replied with a smile: "Now he should be living in the guild hall of the Ministry of Rites."

"Okay."

At this moment, the hot water was brought up, and His Majesty the Emperor was washing his hands while laughing.

"Tomorrow, I will personally meet with these two Southeast officials."

While speaking, a basin of hot water had been washed into light red.

"Especially this Cheng Tingzhi."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, and said calmly: "I have been on the throne for ten years, and I have been in power for four years. This is the first time I have seen such a bold person."

Shen Yi nodded in agreement: "This is the first time I have seen such a bold official."

"It's not a problem to be bold."

The emperor wiped his hands and smiled at Shen Yi: "As long as you have the ability and are useful to the court, no matter how courageous you are."

"I can use it too."

(End of this chapter)