marquis of jingan

Chapter 633 Gossip from the palace

Although what the eunuch who announced the decree said was somewhat exaggerated, but the emperor put the imperial decree for Mrs. Shen Yi in the last imperial decree of this year, maybe it really has some other meaning.

After talking with Shen Yi, Lu Ruoxi thought for a while, and asked: "Husband, after I receive the imperial order, do you want to enter the palace to thank you?"

Master Shen stretched out his hand and scratched his head.

He didn't know much about the rules in the court, but fortunately, there was someone at home who understood. Shen Yi stepped back to the main hall of his home. Zhang Jian was still drinking tea with the old god. Seeing Shen Yi walking back, he smiled Said: "Madam Shen has been ordered?"

Shen Yi nodded and said: "I was about to ask my elder brother, after receiving the imperial order, if I want to enter the palace to thank you, and to whom do I thank you?"

"The imperial court's imperial order document and the imperial wife's uniform have not yet been issued, so what are you going to thank for entering the palace now?"

Zhang Jian said with a smile: "After the things from the imperial court are delivered, after the new year, when the palace receives the wives, I will go to the palace with the newly appointed wives in Jiankang to thank you. As for who to thank..."

He lowered his head and took a sip of his tea, and said without hesitation: "The Empress Dowager is still here, so naturally I want to thank the Empress Dowager."

The implication of this sentence is to thank the queen when the queen mother is gone.

"Speaking of things in the palace..."

Zhang Jian seemed to have thought of a piece of gossip, he put down his teacup, and smiled at Shen Yi: "In the middle of this year, His Majesty accepted a woman from the Lu family as a concubine, does Ziheng know about this?"

"know."

Shen Yi nodded and said: "I happened to be in Jiankang at that time, I heard about it."

Zhang Jian chuckled, and whispered, "I heard that Concubine Hui is about to give birth..."

Shen Yi frowned subconsciously, and said: "Brother, don't talk nonsense, how can a woman who has only been in the palace for half a year give birth, you..."

He coughed: "you are talking nonsense, be careful to get yourself into trouble."

"It was reported by the eunuch in the palace."

Zhang Jian gave Shen Yi a blank look, and said angrily: "I just want to tell you, and I won't mention a word to others."

"I heard that eunuch talking nonsense..."

Zhang Jian gossiped in a low voice, "I've already been beaten to death by the palace..."

Shen Yi was a little helpless: "He was beaten to death, yet senior brother still dares to pass on his words."

Shen Yi couldn't be more familiar with that woman from the Lu family, Concubine Hui of the Hong De Dynasty.

Qinhuai River Gu Hengbo.

The matter of her entering the palace was arranged by Shen Yi.

At the beginning, when she entered the palace, she was already more than three months pregnant. Because of this, the emperor was in a hurry to let her enter the palace, because if it was a month or two later, the belly of Master Gu might appear pregnant. Yes, it will be very difficult to enter the palace again.

And the child in the womb will also become an illegitimate child.

Therefore, in a hurry, she "accepted" Miss Lu as a concubine from Lu Qingzheng's house in Dali Temple.

If you count the days, she entered the palace three or four months pregnant, and now that half a year has passed, it is indeed time for her to give birth...

It stands to reason that this kind of thing must be strictly kept secret in the palace, especially the people in the palace of Concubine Hui. After she was born, she was raised in secret for four or five months, and it was announced to the public that Concubine Hui had given birth to a child.

Then the identity of this child is justified.

But now, the news about this child has spread out of the palace somehow!
Even Zhang Jian heard the gossip.

Then there must be some tricks in it.

If nothing else, it was probably done by the descendant Sun family.

Because of this kind of royal gossip, gossip and gossip are very vital. Even if there is no news from the palace, the folks may make up a drama like changing the civet cat for the prince. Now the news that the imperial concubine is about to give birth in half a year after entering the palace It was rumored from the palace, but the public may not necessarily know what the magical transformation will look like.

At that time, no matter whether Concubine Hui gave birth to a prince or a princess, I am afraid she will be chattered in private for the rest of her life.

"Harmful…"

Zhang Jian is optimistic and cheerful, he waved his hand nonchalantly: "My brother said in private, what can't be said, you, Shen Ziheng, can't go back to the palace and sue me for spreading rumors?"

"Not always."

Master Shen smiled and said: "I might really have to go to the palace later."

"It's already this day, what are you still doing in the palace?"

Zhang Jian said carelessly: "Your Majesty will live a life too. If you have anything to do, you can talk about it after the next year, and let Your Majesty live the New Year with peace of mind."

Shen Yi smiled slightly: "Of course there is no rush to enter the palace. Let's have a good drink today, brother. I will consider whether to enter the palace after I drink you down, brother."

"boast!"

Zhang Jian laughed and scolded: "Ziheng went to the southeast, and his tone is a lot louder. In Jiankang City, you can drink more than me."

He stretched out five fingers, and said in a confident tone, "No more than five fingers."

Master Shen stood up and said with a smile: "The food and wine are ready, senior brother please."

Zhang Jian got up with a smile, and followed Shen Yi to drink.

...

An hour later, Master Zhang fell to the ground, completely unconscious, and was dragged to rest in the Shen family's wing by Shen Yi and Shen Heng.

Shen Yi was only four or five points drunk at the moment. After thinking about it, he changed into his official uniform and walked towards the palace.

After entering the palace gate all the way, Shen Yi came to the gate of Deqing Palace where the emperor lived, and knelt on the ground to thank him.

Generally speaking, if a Beijing official receives a reward or is promoted, he or she will enter the palace to thank him, but generally only the emperor who is a member of the third rank or above will receive him, and those below the third rank will kowtow at the gate of Deqing Palace. Said that he had been here and it was fine.

This time, although Master Shen himself didn't have any rewards, but the Shen family's edict granted his late mother, so he wanted to enter the palace to thank her for her late mother.

Otherwise, some censors would criticize him for being unfaithful and unfilial.

Master Shen is a fifth-rank official.

So he was also ready to kowtow.

After kowtowing at the gate of Deqing Palace, Master Shen got up from the ground and prepared to go home for the New Year.

As soon as he turned around, a little eunuch chased after him. He managed to catch up with Shen Yi, bowed his head to Master Shen, and said, "Scholar Shen, Bachelor Shen!"

"Your Majesty summons you!"

Shen Yi looked back at Deqing Palace, a little curious: "Your Majesty is not in Ganlu Palace?"

Today's emperor doesn't like Deqing Palace very much, and spends most of his time working in Ganlu Palace.

The little eunuch lowered his head and said, "We are all in Deqing Palace today."

Shen Yi nodded and said with a smile: "The little eunuch will lead the way."

Under the leadership of this little eunuch, Master Shen entered the Deqing Palace smoothly. After walking around the palace for a while, he saw His Majesty the Emperor reclining on the soft couch reading a book.

Master Shen stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and said, "Minister Shen Yi, see Your Majesty."

The emperor's eyes moved from the book in his hand to Shen Yi's face, and then he snorted: "I'm here, waiting for you all afternoon."

Shen Yi hastily lowered his head and said, "I'm terrified..."

"I wanted to go to the palace immediately to thank you, but I didn't expect that there were some things at home that I couldn't get away from, so I came late. Please forgive me..."

"Can't you leave because of something?"

The emperor glanced at him: "Have you gone drinking with Zhang Jing's grandson?"

Shen Yi smiled awkwardly, bowed his head and stopped talking.

The emperor sat up straight now, stared at Shen Yi for a while, and then said silently: "Have you heard about the things in the palace?"

Master Shen was bewildered, and looked up at the emperor: "Your Majesty, you are talking about..."

"Stop pretending to be garlic."

The emperor said in a muffled voice: "In Jiankang City, in terms of being well-informed, besides me, I am afraid that you are Shen Sizheng."

His eyes are dark.

"Give me a way out."

"Cut off the arrogance of those people."

Hearing the emperor's words, it seemed that he was angry with the messenger in the palace.

However, this matter is actually not a big deal.

To put it bluntly, the worst outcome would be that Concubine Hui's reputation would be ruined and she would not be able to hold her head up in the palace.

As for the child in her womb...

Whether it is a man or a woman, it doesn't really matter what the fate of this life is. After all, the emperor is still so young and wants to have children. If he chooses more beautiful women to enter the palace, as many princes and daughters can be born.

But the emperor still chose to stand up for Concubine Hui.

Then there are only two possibilities.

One possibility is that the emperor wanted to take advantage of his strength to cut down the arrogance of the descendants.

And the second possibility is...

The emperor really had real feelings for that Mr. Gu.

And considering that the later family, the Sun family, is actually the mother family of the emperor, the second possibility is even greater.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi raised his head to look at the young Emperor, and sighed slightly in his heart.

You are born to engage in politics, what kind of emotion do you have?

Seeing Shen Yi's strange expression and his refusal to speak, the emperor narrowed his eyes.

"If you don't give me an idea, I will ask Gao Ming to tell the story of Mrs. Ye in Fuzhou Mansion in the mansion newspaper."

(End of this chapter)