Because my daughter and grandson are safe and sound.
Emperor Jianlong also heaved a sigh of relief and stumbled into the delivery room. After catching a glimpse of the swaddled baby, His Majesty, who had just ascended the throne for just one year, was excited beyond words.
Outside the delivery room, Lu Ruoxi held Shen Yi's hand and murmured: "God bless me, God bless me."
Lord Shen also followed his wife's gaze and looked up to the sky.
In the dark, he seemed to sense something and murmured: "Assuming there is a spirit after death, you must have contributed some strength..."
Lu Ruoxi turned her head, looked at Shen Yi with strange eyes, and asked, "Who are you talking about, husband?"
Shen Yi smiled: "Nothing, just talking to myself."
Lu Ruoxi thought for a while, walked towards the door of the delivery room, and then said, "I want to take a look."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "You just go, there is no reason not to let you in."
Lord Shen stood outside the delivery room with his hands behind his back, and did not speak for a long time.
Shen Ji stood behind him and suddenly said: "Dad, were you talking about the late emperor just now?"
Shen Yi turned around, glanced at Shen Ji, and smiled dumbly: "You are the only one who has a lot of thoughts."
After saying this, he fumbled out the box that Shen Yuan gave him. After opening it gently, he found a golden lock of longevity lying quietly in the box, but it looked a little old.
Shen Yi frowned, picked it up, looked at it, and then put it back in the box.
Shen Ji also raised his head and took a look.
Shen Yi turned back to look at his second son, and said with a smile: "This is the longevity golden lock your grandfather gave your eldest brother when he was born. He wore it until he was ten years old and took it off. I never thought he would still keep it. I want to pass it on to my great nephew."
"And you?"
Mr. Shen smiled and said, "Second uncle, have you prepared any gifts?"
Shen Ji dug around in his pocket, took out an amulet, and said, "My son went to the temple to ask for it himself. He also copied the sutras and folded them in to drive away evil spirits for the child."
Mr. Shen nodded slightly.
"not bad."
Shen Ji still stood behind his father, imitating his father's example, clasping his hands on his sleeves and saying softly: "My son is thinking, what a coincidence."
"Is it true that Emperor Wu is blessed by his spirit in heaven?"
Mr. Shen looked at him: "You kid, you have a lot to think about."
Shen Sanlang leaned forward and said, "Compared with you, father, I'm still far behind."
Mr. Shen squinted his eyes and looked at the delivery room. He did not answer any more words, but said: "You are going to marry Princess Ningguo soon. After you get married, you have nothing to do. You can come to the palace to walk around more, so as not to Your sister is lonely."
Shen Ji smiled and nodded: "I understand, kid."
The father and son wanted to talk again, but Emperor Jianlong had already walked out of the delivery room, his face flushed with joy.
"Father-in-law, father-in-law..."
He stepped forward and looked at Shen Yi, very happy: "Please go in and take a look."
After saying that, he turned to look at Shen Ji and said with a smile: "Sanlang is coming too."
The father and son then walked into the delivery room and saw the mother and son.
Queen Shen's face was pale at this time, with almost no blood.
The newly born eldest son has been wrapped in swaddling clothes and held in Lu Ruoxi's arms.
Shen Yi stepped forward and looked at the child's features.
The swaddled baby looked at Shen Yi with his big eyes open.
Lu Ruoxi also looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "This child looks a bit like a husband."
Shen Yi's two grown-up sons, relatively speaking, follow their mother more closely, while he is only 20 to 30% younger.
As for the daughter who followed her father, Queen Shen looked somewhat like him.
The son followed his mother, so that his grandson did look a bit like him.
The emperor stood aside and said with a smile: "My father-in-law and mother-in-law are here, let's give this child a name."
Shen Yi looked at the emperor and said with a smile: "This is your majesty's eldest son. His majesty should be the one who named him."
Emperor Jianlong shook his head and insisted on letting Shen Yi choose a name. Mr. Shen thought about it carefully and then said, "How about just naming it with the word "ye"?"
"Industry…"
"Li Ye."
Emperor Jianlong thought about it for a while, nodded and said: "This is a great name. I hope this child can achieve great achievements in the future."
After that, he took his son from Lu Ruoxi's arms, kissed his son's face, and said with a smile: "Little guy, from today on, you have a name."
"My name is Li Ye."
Shen Yi handed over the gift prepared by Shen Yuan, and Shen Ji on the side also placed the amulet in the child's swaddling clothes.
Just when everyone was surrounding the eldest son of the Jianlong Dynasty, Lord Shen quietly withdrew from the crowd and squatted beside Queen Shen's bed. Looking at his daughter who had no beads of sweat on her forehead, he felt heartbroken and sighed. He took a breath and asked: "Does it hurt?"
Queen Shen looked at her father, tears streaming down her face for some reason, nodded and said: "It hurts..."
Shen Yi touched her forehead and sighed: "This is the disaster in my son's life."
"It'll be fine once it's over."
Queen Shen nodded and shed tears: "Thank you, Dad."
Shen Yi sighed, wiped the sweat on her forehead and tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeves, and said softly: "If you feel homesick, go home and see your parents."
"good."
Queen Shen opened her mouth and wanted to speak when the eunuch's voice came from outside.
"The Queen Mother has arrived"
Shen Yi stood up silently, walked behind the emperor, and bowed to the two queen mothers who came over.
The two empress dowagers quickly waved their hands and spared Shen Yi's family the courtesy.
The two of them, especially Queen Sun, looked at Shen Yi with a hint of fear.
After seeing the child, the two Queen Mothers were full of praise, especially Queen Mother Sun, who held Lu Ruoxi's hand and talked non-stop, acting very close to her.
And Shen Yi, after silently taking a look at his daughter, left the delivery room with Shen Ji.
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On the full moon after the birth of the emperor's eldest son, Emperor Jianlong issued an imperial edict to appoint the emperor's eldest son Li Ye as the crown prince and created a golden book.
At the same time, he also issued an order to marry Shen Ji and Princess Ningguo according to the late emperor's order.
In April of the second year of Jianlong, the second son of the Shen family married Princess Ningguo, and the Shen family and the Queen Mother Sun also formally got married.
As for this wedding, many people from Fuzhou's Ye family came and helped organize the wedding, making it a very glorious event.
It is worth mentioning that after getting married, the young couple did not live in Princess Shi's Mansion or Prince Consort's Mansion, but continued to live in the Shen family.
Regarding this behavior that obviously violated the rules, everyone in the court maintained a rare tacit understanding and did not say a word.
No one dares to stand up and object.
And on the afternoon of the third day after Shen Ji's wedding was completed, Mr. Shen took Jiang Sheng alone and left the Shen family in a carriage, leaving Yanjing City all the way to Zhaoling outside the city.
When Mr. Shen came out of his home, he could still see the sun, but occasionally there were some clouds. But as soon as the carriage left the city, it started pouring rain.
Fortunately, the road was not difficult. He and Jiang Sheng arrived at Zhaoling smoothly. They tied their horses at the foot of Zhaoling Mountain and climbed up the mountain holding umbrellas.
After walking through the long Shinto road, Lord Shen finally saw the Xiangdian of Zhaoling.
Xiangdian is guarded by guards. Xiangdian, an old eunuch with almost white hair, is meticulously wiping every place of Xiangdian.
In the center of the Hall of Enjoyment, there is a portrait of Emperor Hongde.
Under the portrait, there is a shrine dedicated to Emperor Hong De, which reads:
The throne of Emperor Chen Shizuwu.
Jiang Sheng was very sensible and went to the side hall to wait.
In the Hall of Enjoyment, that is, the Hall of Long En, Mr. Shen was holding a bottle of wine, looked at Eunuch Gao who was cleaning the table, and smiled: "Eunuch Gao."
Gao Ming stopped his movements, looked back at Shen Yi, and sighed softly: "Master Hou is here."
Mr. Shen picked up the wine in his hand, looked back at the rain that seemed to be getting heavier and heavier outside, and finally focused on the portrait of Emperor Hong De. His voice was calm: "The tasks entrusted by your Majesty have been completed." It’s eighty-eight, and I’m here to report back to His Majesty.”
Eunuch Gao was startled, then put the feather duster aside, straightened his clothes, and suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Shen Yi firmly.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis."
Mr. Shen stepped forward, helped him up, shook his head and said, "What are you doing, father-in-law?"
"Express my gratitude to Lord Marquis."
After the eunuch Gao got up, he walked towards the entrance of Xiangdian and said: "Master Marquis, I have to go to other places to clean. You are here to talk to His Majesty."
After that, he held up the oil-paper umbrella and disappeared into the heavy rain.
Also missing were the soldiers guarding the door.
It was raining heavily outside the palace.
In the Long'en Hall, the portrait of Emperor Hong De hangs high, and he seems to be sizing up Shen Yi in the main hall.
Mr. Shen was also looking at this portrait. After looking at it for a while, he shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like that."
After saying this, he walked up to the statue of Emperor Hongde, looked at the statue quietly, and suddenly said with a smile.
"Li Da."
He picked up the wine in his hand and said with a smile: "I see you are here."
After saying this, he sat down on the futon used for kneeling and then looked up at the high throne of God.
He thought for a while, got up, moved a small block, and placed it opposite him. Then he rebelliously moved the throne of Emperor Hong De from the altar and placed it opposite him.
"I haven't been here for more than a year. It's not because of anything else. It's mainly because you have too many things to do and I haven't finished them in a while."
He took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and threw them into the brazier used to burn paper money.
Then he murmured in a low voice: "This is the document sent by Fuzhou Di's newspaper department. Prince Fu and Concubine Hui have already settled there."
"Prince Fu has given you two grandsons and a granddaughter in the past few years."
"The matter of Concubine Hui..."
As Lord Shen was burning, he murmured: "A few days ago, there was a man in his sixties who lost his mind and went crazy and wanted to bring up old things again."
"Now, he is speechless."
Having said this, he looked up at the throne.
"As long as King Fu's family does not seek rebellion, they will be able to live in peace and harmony in the future. As for mother and son, I will settle down for you."
"If there really are spirits in the sky, you can go and have a look at them. Anyway, these two girls are the ones you will miss in the end."
Lord Shen opened the wine he brought over and poured some into the brazier.
The wine was very strong, and the fire in the brazier swelled and jumped.
Shen Yi glanced at his position again and continued: "The new emperor..."
"Now that he is an adult, I can't tell what he is thinking, but at least he listens to you."
"As you said, as long as I am here, he will live in peace."
"Last month, the new emperor got a eldest son, and I also got a grandson."
"That child's name is Li Ye, and he has been made a prince."
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"Da Chen..."
Lord Shen raised his head and took a sip of wine.
"We have a wife."
Speaking of this, he frowned: "To be honest, I don't want my daughter to marry that son of yours."
"I don't feel free and comfortable in the palace. I might be plotted by other women and live in fear. I don't want my daughter to live like this."
"But she was deceived by that son of yours, and there's nothing I can do about it."
Mr. Shen poured some more wine into the brazier and saw the flames burning again: "The daughter-in-law you compensated me also married into the Shen family a few days ago."
"Anyway..."
Lord Shen sighed: "Even if this matter is in the past, just think that I suffered a little loss."
At this time, it was windy and rainy outside the palace.
Thunder and lightning flashed, and the wind howled.
The palace door has been closed to prevent wind and rain from blowing in.
There was no one watching outside the palace, so it was impossible for anyone to know what he said or did.
Ever since, Mr. Shen finally let go of his identity.
After he raised his head and took another sip of wine, he lowered his head and threw a few pieces of paper money into the brazier, and then took out several other documents from his pocket: "This...this is the document for peace between the Tatar Ministry and Zhu Zhenren."
"I asked...my nephew Shen Zhou to copy a copy. His handwriting is very good."
Mr. Shen also burned these documents and breathed out a breath of alcohol: "Whether you can see it or not, I have already taken care of the matter for you."
"In the past year, I have been on a full circle of border defense. I have prepared what should be prepared, and I have also dealt with what should be punished."
"There won't be any major problems in the next ten or twenty years."
"As for the court..."
"I asked, last year... the first year of Jianlong, the Ministry of Household Affairs had a surplus of eight million taels."
"The imperial court has left you."
Mr. Shen seemed to be a bit mocking: "It's not bad, it's not too bad."
"If you had wanted to understand this earlier, now..."
"Maybe it's still there."
While drinking, Mr. Shen talked about what happened in the past year to his old friends.
In the end, the jar of wine was finally finished.
He drank half of it, and the brazier drank half of it.
Mr. Shen stood up unsteadily and held up the throne of Emperor Hong De.
Because he drank too much, he almost threw the god into the brazier.
After much hardship, Shen Yi finally placed the god's throne on the altar table.
Then he stood unsteadily at the bottom and looked towards the throne of God.
"As for..."
"As for the affairs between our two families."
Mr. Shen shook his head and muttered: "When I am here, the two families will be better off."
"The world...the world can be at peace for one day."
"If one day I am no longer here..."
"Hey."
Lord Shen has a bit of a big tongue.
He staggered towards the outside.
"That's a matter for future generations..."
"I...I can't control it anymore."
When he reached the door of Xiangdian, he pushed open the door of Xiangdian and finally looked back at the portrait of Emperor Hongde.
In a daze, it seemed as if the portrait really came to life.
"Li Da——"
Lord Shen waved his hand vigorously at the portrait.
"I am leaving."
He burped from wine and his eyes were blurry with drunkenness.