marquis of jingan

Chapter 718 Serious business!
Shen Yi actually didn't pay much attention to this kind of gossip in the palace.

Because what he focuses on is "work" and he doesn't want to be a lucky minister. For him, as long as the emperor is still alive and there is no replacement on the dragon chair, no matter how the situation in the harem changes, or the queen's position Who is sitting.

It has nothing to do with him.

To put it harshly, even if Gu Hengbo died in the palace, it had nothing to do with Shen Yi.

But Zhang Jian likes to gossip, Shen Yi also has nothing to do, so he said with a smile: "The empress has no children, what does it have to do with the draft girl?"

"This is Ziheng, you don't understand."

Zhang Jian said in a low voice: "Since the founding of the Chen Kingdom, the empress dowagers of all dynasties, although they were all the aunts of the emperor at that time, they were not necessarily the biological mothers."

"It's actually rare for the empress dowager of this dynasty to be both the aunt and the biological mother."

At this moment, Xiao Er brought up the wine and dishes, and Zhang Jian immediately stopped talking. After Xiao Er left, Zhang Jian continued: "Now, the empress has no children under her knees, and there is only one prince in the palace. , there are a few more princes in the palace, and with the support of the empress dowager, I will adopt a prince to my knee."

Zhang Yi'an said with a smile: "That couldn't be easier."

Although the palace emphasizes that a mother is more expensive than a child, some beautiful girls from humble backgrounds, even if they gave birth to a prince for the emperor, are not qualified to raise a prince. It may be said that they were taken away by others.

"Mistress Lu in the palace seems to be very favored."

Zhang Jian took a sip of his wine and said with a smile, "Maybe in the future, the harem will make a big fuss over it."

Shen Yi ate a mouthful of food, and his tone was a little helpless: "Brother, you are not worried about the chaos in the harem and affecting the government?"

"That's not so."

Zhang Jian said very firmly: "Our Majesty, you have also been in contact with it, and it is definitely not because of the temperament of a woman to make trouble, or even..."

Zhang Yi'an said "Hey" again, and said, "I even doubt that His Majesty's doting on that concubine Hui is not necessarily just because of doting!"

Hearing this sentence, Shen Yi's heart moved.

He never thought of this idea.

Master Shen silently lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, and said, "Is it to suppress the descendants?"

Zhang Jian smiled slightly, but did not answer directly.

"The Sun family has two generations of queens."

Shen Yi heard the words, picked up the wine glass, and said with emotion.

"Senior brother still has vicious eyes."

"Just guessing."

Zhang Jian picked up the wine glass, touched Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "It is also possible that I am thinking too much, but no matter what, our Majesty should not be entangled by the harem and hinder political affairs."

Master Shen nodded silently.

"I hope so."

………………

That afternoon, when Master Shen was holding his child at home, he was approached by people from the palace.

To be exact, the emperor invited him into the palace for tea.

And the ones who came to invite him were two eunuchs in blue clothes, whose rank in the palace was not low.

The big boss made an appointment to meet, and Shen Yi naturally had no room to refuse. After simply changing into an official uniform, he followed the two eunuchs into the palace.

The two eunuchs led Shen Yi all the way to the Ganlu Hall. As soon as they arrived at the gate of the Ganlu Hall, the two eunuchs suddenly bowed and saluted.

Because a eunuch in purple came out of the Ganlu Hall.

Master Shen also stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Eunuch Gao."

Gao Ming cupped his hands to return the salute, and then smiled at Shen Yi: "Mr. Shen, follow me."

Shen Yi could only nod his head and followed Gao Ming. Not long after, the two of them arrived at the inner hall of Ganlu Hall. Before they entered, Shen Yi heard a burst of baby laughter.

He frowned subconsciously, and then looked back at Gao Ming behind him.

Eunuch Gao said calmly: "Mr. Shen, Your Majesty is waiting for you inside."

Shen Yi took a deep breath, and asked silently: "The eldest prince is here?"

Gao Ming looked calm, did not speak, let alone nodded.

Shen Yi had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk in.

After entering, he quickly looked up at the emperor.

At this time, His Majesty the Emperor was holding a baby with both hands, which should be about one year old, and was lifted up by his own father, smiling from ear to ear, and quacking happily.

Originally, this was a relatively normal scene, but what was unusual was that there was a tall woman standing next to the father and son, who was looking at the playful father and son with a gentle smile.

A family of three enjoying themselves.

Shen Yi's heart skipped a beat, then he coughed and said, "Shen Yi from the Ministry of Military Affairs, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

After he finished speaking, he was about to kneel down to salute. His Majesty waved his hand lightly, and said, "Shen Qing doesn't need to kneel anymore. There are chairs here. Find a place to sit by yourself."

Master Shen sat down obediently.

The emperor was playing with the eldest prince, and he didn't pay attention to Shen Yi. After saying this, he said, "Gao Ming, serve tea to Shen Qing."

Eunuch Gao brought tea immediately.

The emperor held the child in his arms and walked all the way in front of Shen Yi. Shen Yi quickly stood up and stood with his hands down.

The emperor held his son's hand and waved to Shen Yi.

The little baby was not afraid of life, and looked at Master Shen in front of him with curious big eyes, and then lay back in the emperor's arms.

His Majesty the Emperor obviously enjoyed the occasional joy of raising a baby, and said with a smile: "This morning, I suddenly called my father, which made me very happy."

Hearing this sentence, Shen Yi subconsciously glanced at Gu Hengbo who was standing next to him from the corner of his eye. No... it should be called Concubine Hui.

Children usually don't speak until they are around one year old, and they can barely speak when they are six or seven months old. However, this eldest prince is only about ten months old.

It is not ruled out that he has excellent language talent and can speak in six or seven months, but at this age, it is already very remarkable to be able to call the word "father and mother". It is hard to say that no one taught him when he suddenly called "Father Emperor".

After saying this, the emperor stretched out his hand and handed the child in front of Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Shen Qing, you have a great destiny with this child, give him a hug."

Speaking of it, Shen Yi and this child are indeed very close.

Because back then, when the emperor went out to take care of Gu Hengbo, it was Shen Yi who built the bridge in the middle...

Without Master Shen, even if the child could still be born, it would probably take several years.

The big boss opened his mouth, and Shen Yi could only follow suit. He carefully took the child over, put it in his arms and coaxed it for a while, wondering if this child was destined to be with Shen Yi, so Shen Yi hugged him for a while, He lay in Shen Yi's arms and fell into a deep sleep.

The emperor smiled, waved to Gu Hengbo who was at the side, and said, "My concubine, the emperor has fallen asleep, you can take him back to rest."

Gu Hengbo took a deep look at Shen Yi, then nodded silently, hugged the child, and accompanied by several eunuchs, left the Ganlu Hall.

Seeing the back of Concubine Hui leaving, His Majesty the Emperor casually found a small stool and sat down, then heaved a long sigh: "See, every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite."

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly, and said, "Your Majesty also has something to worry about?"

"I have too many worries."

His Majesty the Emperor breathed out a sigh of relief, and said, "The notice of the draft girl was posted in the morning, and the mother and son came to the Ganlu Hall at noon. What did you say to let me spare their mother and son?"

Having said that, the emperor became a little impatient.

"One by one, they have more thoughts than my prime ministers, and they are still elusive!"

Shen Yi didn't answer, he got up silently, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know why I called this minister into the palace?"

The emperor took a serious look at Shen Yi, and then smiled dumbly: "You scholars are still thick-skinned and pretend to be confused."

After saying this, the emperor stood up from the chair, stretched his waist and said: "Well, anyway, this child is still young, so I will talk about this matter later, and I will tell you a few serious things."

Having said that, the emperor returned to his imperial table, sat down, then looked up at Shen Yi, and said: "In the first half of this year, the generals with a thousand households of the Imperial Army and those below a thousand households need to complete an overall transfer. Adjustment."

"I need Shen Qing's full cooperation in this matter."

Shen Yi quickly bowed his head: "I obey!"

The emperor reached out and knocked on the table, and said, "Besides, I also want to complete some adjustments for the Huaihe Navy Qianhu and the generals below Qianhu."

"On this point, I also need the help of Shen Qing, the military selection officer."

Hearing this sentence, Master Shen was stunned.

He raised his head in astonishment and looked at the emperor.

Seeing his expression, the emperor frowned slightly.

"What? The Huaihe Navy, isn't it my Dachen army?"

(End of this chapter)