Shen Yi bowed slightly and said in a respectful voice: "I am just an insignificant brick in the dynasty. Your Majesty is the pillar supporting the sky."
"With Your Majesty here, the court is as stable as Mount Tai."
"Only you can talk."
His Majesty the Emperor smiled hoarsely and said: "Well, I still have things to do here. Shen Qing will go back first. Tomorrow, Shen Qing will go to Huiling to take a look and start preparing to move the mausoleum."
Shen Yi bowed his head and responded: "I obey."
After saying that, he bowed his head respectfully and exited the Manna Hall.
Sun Jin escorted him all the way to the outside of the Manna Palace, then trotted all the way back to the Manna Palace, knelt down in front of the emperor with a plop, bowed his head and kowtowed: "Your Majesty."
At this time, Emperor Hong De had already sat back in his seat and began to reply to the memorial. He raised his head and looked at Sun Jin who was kneeling on the ground expressionlessly, and said lightly: "I will tell you what Shen Qing just said to you. , tell me the whole story again."
Sun Jin quickly lowered his head and repeated the conversation honestly. His Majesty the Emperor stopped writing. After listening carefully, he looked at Sun Jin and asked, "What do you think should be done about this matter?"
Sun Jin knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said, "I respectfully listen to your majesty's edict."
When Emperor Hong De heard this, he couldn't help but frowned.
If Gao Ming were here, he would have given two or three opinions at this time, instead of kicking the ball back like Sun Jin did.
Emperor Hong De put down his red pen again and said: "Go check the Di Newspaper Department and find out who is behind these things."
Sun Jin quickly lowered his head in response, and then asked: "Your Majesty, that folk statue..."
The emperor thought for a while and said: "Post the document and say that the private statues of gods are suspected of cursing the important officials of the dynasty. All statues of gods worshiped in public must be destroyed and prohibited."
"As for people offering sacrifices privately in their homes."
The emperor said slowly: "If you can't ask, then don't ask."
Having said this, he looked at Sun Jin and said expressionlessly: "There is still something wrong with the inner court in this matter. You have to investigate it carefully. As the mouthpiece of the imperial court, the Di Reporting Department will not let such a mistake happen again next time." From now on, you and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will no longer be in charge of the Di’s Reporting Department."
Sun Jin knelt down and kowtowed, his face turned pale with fright: "Slave, please obey the Holy Order!"
The emperor waved his hand impatiently: "Go ahead."
"After the matter is finished, send a copy of the case file to Shen Hou's Mansion."
Eunuch Sun kowtowed again: "I obey my command, I obey my command."
He got up from the ground and retreated in a panic, looking embarrassed.
His Majesty the Emperor did not write at this moment, but looked at Sun Jin's leaving figure and sighed slightly.
After a while, he seemed to be talking to himself and said, "Let Gao Ming take the time to go to the palace."
"I want to see him."
In the main hall, from an inconspicuous place, an equally inconspicuous eunuch stood up silently, lowered his head and said: "I obey my command."
That night, in the Manna Palace, the eunuch Gao Ming, who had "retired" from the palace, returned to the palace without anyone noticing. He stood near His Majesty the Emperor in common clothes. He skillfully poured tea for the Emperor, and then stood silently. Wait on the side.
Emperor Hong De lowered his head to take a sip of tea, looked up at Gao Ming, and sighed silently: "Gao Ming."
Eunuch Gao lowered his head: "My servant is here."
His Majesty the Emperor was silent for a while and asked: "How are you living outside the palace? Are you still used to it?"
Eunuch Gao lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, Xu Fu treats your slave well. Although I am not used to it, you will get used to it gradually."
The emperor smiled: "In your opinion, who is more important, me or Xu Fu?"
Eunuch Gao knelt down and lowered his head without hesitation: "Your Majesty gave the order, and the servant immediately took the lives of Xu Fu's family."
Emperor Hong De looked at Gao Ming who was kneeling on the ground with a complicated look, and sighed: "You are telling me this to save their family."
"That's all."
The emperor shook his head: "We are master and servant. I said I won't embarrass you, so I won't embarrass you. I am ordering you to enter the palace today because I have something to ask you."
Eunuch Gao lowered his head and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He said with a respectful expression, "Your Majesty's orders."
"In the inner court, except for Sun Jin..."
"Is there anyone else available?"
Eunuch Gao suddenly looked up at the emperor, then quickly lowered his head. After thinking carefully, he lowered his head and answered.
"have."
His Majesty the Emperor looked calm.
"Tell me."
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The next day, Shen Yi, who had slept in for many nights, rarely got up early.
He took his nephew Shen Ying and his son Shen Yuan to get on the carriage early in the morning and set off from Shen's house. The carriage went all the way out of the city and went straight to Huiling outside the city.
Even though Huiling is not very far from Jiankang, Shen Yi's carriage took most of a day to reach Huiling.
At this time, the underground palace of Huiling has been opened, and some court officials, leading hundreds of craftsmen, are on the scene, ready to bring out the hanging coffin of Emperor Sejong from the underground palace at any time.
Inside and outside the underground palace, two to three hundred monks and Taoist priests were sitting, chanting sutras for Emperor Sejong's salvation.
After Mr. Shen jumped off the carriage, Shen Ying subconsciously fell two steps behind Shen Yi, while Shen Yuan was even half a step behind. The father and son were almost walking side by side.
Shen Yi stopped, looked back at Shen Ying, and said with a smile: "Why are you so far away from Uncle Qi? You just follow Uncle Qi."
Shen Ying quickly lowered her head and said in a panic: "Yes, Uncle Qi."
So, he took two steps forward and followed behind Shen Yi, keeping pace with Shen Yuan.
After the young prince got out of the car, he looked up at the imperial mausoleum in front of him. After looking at it for a long time, he asked: "Dad, where is this place?"
"Huiling."
Shen Yi said quietly: "This is the place where Emperor Sejong's hanging coffin is placed. Now, we are going to take out Emperor Sejong's hanging coffin and transport it to the north."
Shen Yuan nodded, seeming to understand.
Shen Ying raised her head to look at the imperial mausoleum and suddenly said: "Outside the hanging coffin of the Jinling Mausoleum, Jiazichun suddenly happened."
Mr. Shen turned around, looked at his nephew, and said with a smile: "This is a poem written by Mr. Zhao more than ten years ago. Have you read it?"
Shen Ying quickly lowered her head: "Back to Seventh Uncle, Duke Changping is very famous in Jiangdu. My nephew is lucky enough to have read some of his collected works."
Mr. Shen smiled and nodded: "Good thing, good thing."
Just as Shen Yi was using this excuse to say a few words to his son, officials from Huiling were already rushing over. When these officials approached, Shen Yi saw the appearance of the leader.
Zhou Yuanlang, Minister of Taichang Temple.
Da Chen's third-rank official.
After the Taichang Temple minister approached, he bowed his hands to Shen Yi from a distance and saluted: "I am lowered by Zhou Yuanlang to pay my respects to the Taibao."
Mr. Shen smiled hoarsely, shook his head and said, "Zhou Qing is being polite."
He raised his head to look at the imperial mausoleum and asked: "What's going on with Emperor Sejong's coffin now? When can it be moved out of the underground palace?"
"Back to the Taibao, everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared. Now in the underground palace, there are still people hanging ropes. We only need to wait for the Taibao to give the order and the coffin of Emperor Sejong can be brought out of the underground palace."
Mr. Shen shook his head and said: "There is no rush to invite you out for the time being. We will wait until the day His Majesty arrives to invite the emperor's mausoleum out of the underground palace."
He paused and said, "You must remember that this matter is very important and cannot make any mistakes."
Zhou Yuanlang lowered his head and said, "Don't worry, Taibao. I'll keep an eye on you personally these days. There won't be any problems."
Having said this, Zhou Yuanlang looked at the two young men behind Shen Yi with some curiosity: "Taobao, who are these two?"
"The sons and daughters of my family."
Mr. Shen clasped his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "They have never been out. Take them out to see the world."
Zhou Yuanlang did not dare to neglect, bowed his head and saluted Shen Yuan: "I have met the young Marquis."
He even nodded to Shen Ying.
"Master Shen."
Shen Yuan returned the favor calmly.
After they finished the ceremony, Mr. Shen looked at the underground palace, and then at Zhou Yuanlang, with a masked smile.
"Qing Zhou is handling this matter well, and his merits in this dynasty will be immeasurable."
Zhou Yuanlang lowered his head and looked respectful.
"It all depends on the cultivation of the Marquis."