marquis of jingan

Chapter 984
After the emperor left, the whole Shen family was like a dream.

Lu Ruoxi, Shen Heng and his wife went back to the main hall and sat down together, without speaking for a while.

After a while, Shen Heng opened his mouth and said: "I don't know what kind of credit the eldest brother has made, but he was able to alert Sheng Jia to leave the palace and come to our house in person..."

Lu Ruoxi sighed slightly, and said: "No matter what credits he made, he probably didn't suffer less. I heard that others also went to the territory of Northern Qi, and they are not in Huai'an anymore."

Speaking of this, she looked at Shen Heng, hesitated, and said: "Uncle, this matter should not be small. Now that the husband is not at home, we can only have you as the backbone of our family. What I mean is, you go to Master Zhao's house and ask him for advice..."

"See if there is any news from him, or if there is anything to explain to us."

Shen Heng nodded silently, he stood up, cupped his hands to Lu Ruoxi, and said, "Sister-in-law said, I'm going to leave now, to find Master Zhao."

Lu Ruoxi thought for a while, then stood up, and said, "It's not good to go empty-handed. I heard from my husband before that Mr. Zhao likes to eat square cakes from our Jiangdu, but I don't know how to make them. It just so happens that the young lady can make them. The two of us have made some in the past two days. You take them to Zhao's house and say that the family made them yourself."

Chen Youniang was born in a farming family. Although she was a bit cowardly in the big scene, she was very hardworking and could do all kinds of work. Jiangdu square cake is a famous food in Jiangdu.

Shen Heng nodded, looked back at Chen Youniang, and said with a smile: "Madam is pregnant, but still making these cakes, it's hard work."

Chen Youniang was a little shy, she lowered her head and patted her belly, and said softly: "It's okay, my sister-in-law said, it's better to be more active now, the future children will be healthier, look at Yuan'er, she hasn't been sick much."

"correct."

Chen Youniang asked: "Today, Your Majesty said that you want Yuan'er to be Cheng Zhilang, what kind of official position is this?"

Shen Heng smiled and said: "It's the sixth grade, which is higher than my uncle."

Chen Youniang was amazed again and again.

After Shen Heng said a few words to his sister-in-law, under the leadership of Chen Youniang, he went to get a handful of square cakes, held them in his hand, and then walked out of the house towards Zhao's house.

It was just in the evening, when Shen Heng walked to Zhao's house, someone from Zhao's house was already waiting at the door, so he was welcomed in, brought to Zhao Shangshu's study, and saw Zhao Changping who was studying.

Shen Heng walked in, first put the things aside, then cupped his hands respectfully, bowed his head and saluted: "Greetings, uncle."

Zhao Shangshu put down the scroll in his hand, looked up at Shen Heng, and said with a smile: "I guessed that Zichang would come today, so I came back earlier on purpose."

Only then did Shen Heng lift up the square cake, put it next to Zhao Shangshu, and said, "I heard that my uncle likes to eat square cakes, so I asked my family to make some and brought them to my uncle."

Zhao Shangshu was a little surprised: "Did your family make it?"

"Yes."

Shen Heng lowered his head slightly and said: "My wife is very dexterous, and can do a little bit of everything."

Zhao Changping nodded repeatedly, and while putting away the square cake, motioned Shen Heng to sit down. After Shen Heng was seated, he asked, "How do you feel in the Humanities Department of Zhongshushe recently?"

"It's fine."

Shen Heng quickly replied: "Seniors take good care of my nephew, and the errands are not difficult. It's just that I often sit for a long time, and sometimes I feel my body is stiff."

Zhao Changping shook his head and said with a smile, "It's not that they take care of you, it's because they dare not provoke you."

"Your elder brother is the third-rank minister of the Ministry of War, carrying heavy troops, and the seventh-rank officials of the Zhongshu Sheren Division, who would dare to provoke you?"

Speaking of this, he paused, and said with emotion: "Back then, when the uncle had just filled the vacancy, he also filled the capital official. No matter which yamen he went to, he had to be accompanied by a smiling face. Year after year, it was hard work."

"Uncle still made it through, your teacher couldn't stand this kind of life, so he simply resigned and went back to Jiangdu to teach."

Shen Heng nodded again and again, he looked up at Zhao Changping, and said in a low voice: "Master, today..."

Zhao Changping shook his head slightly and interrupted him.

"What Zichang wants to ask, the uncle can probably guess it, but he just wants to ask, why did His Majesty suddenly go to Shen's house today?"

Shen Heng bowed his head: "It turns out that the uncle already knows."

"It's not just me who knows."

Zhao Changping shook his head slightly and said: "The dragon chariot left the palace from the main gate, with guards of honor all the way to the gate of Shen's house. Now most of Jiankang City probably already know about it."

Shen Heng looked at Zhao Changping and asked, "Does Master know that it's because of..."

"do not know."

Zhao Shangshu shook his head slightly, and said, "Not only does my uncle not know at this time, I'm afraid the prime ministers in the court may not know either, but now I can be sure of one thing."

"For the Shen family, this is a blessing rather than a disaster."

Zhao Shangshu patted Shen Heng on the shoulder and said softly.

"Relax, just do what you have to do. Your Majesty is the Holy Lord and Mingjun, and he will not do things for no reason. If you want to wait a day or two, at most two or three days, you will see the outcome."

Shen Heng quickly lowered his head and said, "Yes, thank you uncle for your guidance."

…………

In fact, without waiting for two or three days, the report written by Shen Yi to the court was sent to Jiankang the next morning.

There are still two copies, one is sent to the palace, and the other is sent to the imperial court for Zhongshu.

After seeing this report, the prime ministers of Zhongshu, headed by Chen Jing, all stared wide-eyed, their eyes full of disbelief.

However, because the news of the emperor's leaving the palace yesterday had almost spread throughout the circle of officials in Jiankang, these prime ministers had already made some mental preparations, and they just blew their beards and stared, and did not act too outrageously.

After the five prime ministers had finished reading the document, Prime Minister Chen Xiang stood up silently with a calm expression, "Everyone, regardless of whether the content in this memorial is true or not, we all have to enter the palace together to meet His Majesty."

Cui Yu and Cui Xiang took a deep breath, and his voice was a bit obscure: "At the beginning of the year, the imperial court did not allow the Huai'an army to attack, this Shen Yi..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Prime Minister Xie Min who had stood up beside him. Prime Minister Xie stroked his beard, glanced at Cui Yu with a smile, and said, "Cui Xiang, you have seen the imperial decree that made Shen Yi act cheaply at the beginning of the year."

"Do you want to admit it now?"

Cui Yu snorted, and said, "Mr. Xie, I don't want to deny it, but there is a limit to doing things cheaply! Could it be that he led his troops to turn around and seek rebellion based on a few words of doing things cheaply, that's also..."

"All right."

Hearing that his words were getting more and more outrageous, Chen Jing gave a low drink, interrupted his words, and said, "Cui Xiang, if you still talk nonsense at this time, His Majesty will blame you, and no one can protect you."

Cui Yu also realized that something was wrong with his emotions, he quickly adjusted himself, and said: "Chen Xiang misunderstood, I am not dissatisfied with Shen Yi, but I am just worried that my army will go deep into the territory of Northern Qi alone. If we are surrounded by Qi people in Xuzhou, how can we come to that?"

Chen Jing looked calm.

"All of this will be discussed after meeting His Majesty."

Xie Xiang smiled and glanced at Cui Yu, and said, "When we meet with His Majesty, if Cui Xiang dares to repeat what he just said in front of His Majesty, from now on, the old man will only follow Cui Xiang."

Cui Yu was annoyed by him, a little embarrassed, snorted, and turned his face away.

The two prime ministers, Yue Qian and Yu Fang, stood aside smiling and didn't get involved.

Soon, the five prime ministers of Zhongshu Province took Shen Yi's memorandum all the way into the palace, came to the Manna Palace, and met His Majesty the Emperor who was studying.

The five people bowed their heads and saluted one after another.

"Minister and so on, pay homage to Your Majesty."

Emperor Hongde looked up and saw the five prime ministers standing neatly in front of him. He was taken aback, stood up quickly, and said with a smile: "What kind of big event can alert my five prime ministers to come together?"

Although the emperor's performance was somewhat "pretentious", the five prime ministers could only act with him. Prime Minister Chen Jing stepped forward, holding the documents in his hand, and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"The Huai'an army won a great victory in the north, defeated the people of Qi, and regained the important city of Xuzhou!"

Seeing what he said, several prime ministers could only follow suit and congratulate the emperor.

His Majesty the Emperor blinked.

"What? Wasn't the Huai'an Army ineffective? How did they manage to occupy Xuzhou City?"

The four words "unacceptable" were words that a certain prime minister blatantly said two years ago. At this time, the emperor said them in a "strange way", which was quite harsh.

The emperor frowned and said, "Could it be a mistake, or is it that the Huai'an army lied about their military achievements?"

Chen Jing lowered his head helplessly, and said, "Your Majesty, Minister Shen should not dare to conceal such important military affairs."

"Your Majesty, please make a decision after reading the report submitted by Shen Shilang."

The emperor stretched himself, then took the document from Chen Jing, called and read it "seriously", then put it aside casually, sat back on his chair, and looked at the five old men in front of him lightly.

"Since all the prime ministers feel that this is true, let's discuss a regulation."

"Should we send the Huaihe navy to send troops to meet the Huai'an army, or..."

The emperor's tone was calm.

"It's better to send troops to the north and completely occupy Xuzhou Mansion."

(End of this chapter)