Shen Zhang had been living in Prince Jin's Mansion for more than ten years, and he was very familiar with everyone. Therefore, Shen Yi stayed in the guest room of the Prince's Mansion for a few days without being discovered by anyone. On the contrary, there were people bringing charcoal and water every day. It was really embarrassing. He was treated as a guest of the Jin Palace.
After living in the palace for a few days, Shen Yi became more courageous. Sometimes he would walk around the palace a few times to see what the royal family's home looked like.
However, although Shen Yi wandered around, he did not see anyone from the family of Prince Jin's Palace.
Because the Jin Dynasty's palace is not prosperous.
King Li Rui of Jin has two sons and two daughters in total. The eldest daughter has already been married off, which means that the entire palace includes King Jin, the princess and a number of concubines, plus a heir apparent, a prince and a princess. , there were only about ten people in total.
However, the palace is too big.
Not counting the guards outside the palace, there are nearly 500 servants in the palace alone. People come and go on weekdays, so the chance of seeing the prince and princess is slim.
Fortunately, Shen Yi didn't want to meet the owner of Prince Jin's Mansion.
Because his current status is very embarrassing.
Even if he is just a scholar, he can shamelessly call himself a "student" when he meets the masters of Prince Jin's Palace. However, he has not passed the college examination yet, and he is not even a scholar. When he meets the masters of Prince Jin's Palace, his identity is only " "The son of a steward" is not even qualified to speak.
However, on the Lantern Festival, his father Shen Zhang carried some things and took Shen Yi with him to the Chang Shi Division in the Jin Palace and met with Gu Fang, the Zuo Chang Shi of the Jin Palace.
Originally, Shen Yi should have met Gu Changshi as soon as he arrived at the Jin Palace. However, Gu Changshi was an official of the imperial court. The imperial court had fifteen days of annual leave and would not return to the palace until after the Lantern Festival. Therefore, these days Tian Gufang was not at the Jin Palace, but went back to his own home.
As soon as Gu Fang came back, Shen Zhang led Shen Yi over to meet him.
This Gu Changshi was sent to the Jin Palace by the late emperor. He originally thought that after working in the Jin Palace for one or two terms, which would only take five or six years at most, he would be able to escape from the Jin Palace and be transferred to an outside yamen to work and find a job. Errands with real power.
After all, he, as the chief historian of the palace, is a fifth-rank official. He can be transferred to any place and serve as a prefect, which is much more profitable than working in the palace.
But God does not follow man's wishes.
Gu Changshi had just served two terms and six years in the Jin Palace when the late emperor fell ill. Before he could wait for the late emperor to recover, the late emperor, who was in his thirties, passed away.
What's even more terrible is that after the late emperor passed away, Prince Jin once wanted to acquire a great treasure.
This is a taboo.
So much so that after the current Emperor Hongde came to the throne, Gu Changshi was forgotten by the people in the Jin Palace. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years passed, and he was stuck in the fifth-rank official position of the Palace Chief. As expected, , there will be no way to move for a long time in the future.
This kind of thing is naturally a huge misfortune for Gu Fang himself, but for Shen Yi's father Shen Zhang, it is a good thing.
Because it was Gu Fang who called Shen Zhang from Jiangdu to work in the Jin Palace. If Gu Fang left, Shen Zhang couldn't survive in the Jin Palace, but his life would definitely not be as easy as before. But Gu Changshi was in the Jin Palace. After working for more than ten years, Shen Zhang's position in the Jin Palace was quite stable.
Under the leadership of his father, Shen Yi met Gu Changshi at the Changshi Department.
Gu Changshi and Shen Zhang were about the same age, both in their early forties. They grew up together in Jiangdu and had a very good relationship. However, later on, Gu Changshi passed the scientific examination and became a Jinshi master. He and Shen Zhang There was a great disparity in status, but Gu Fang was very nostalgic and had been in the officialdom for a few years. After becoming the chief historian, he immediately wrote to Shen Zhang, which was regarded as arranging a job for Shen Zhang.
After Shen Yi saw Gu Fang, he stood with his hands down, lowered his head slightly and said, "I've met Uncle Gu."
Gu Fang is several months older than Shen Zhang, so he calls him uncle.