Xu Fu sat opposite Shen Yi and nodded silently: "My lord, after you returned to Jiangdu, Your Majesty met with the Gu family many times, I estimate it was more than ten times..."
"That…"
Shen Yi thought for a moment and then said: "Then Gao Ming will probably not want the money you earn for the palace. If he doesn't want you, he can't spend it himself. Try to spend all the money on taking care of everyone. In the future... "
Shen Yi looked at Xu Fu and whispered: "One day in the future, if everyone Gu can enter the palace, Xiao Xu, you can be regarded as her natal family, but..."
"There's something I want to remind you."
Xu Fu lowered his head and said, "Young Master's orders."
"Business in the palace is not easy to do. If one day, Your Majesty no longer likes to listen to music, and Eunuch Gao is less willing to talk to you, then no matter how much money you earn from the palace business, you must take the initiative decisively. Give up and get out with your whole body."
Having said this, Shen Yi looked at Xu Fu and continued: "But when that time comes, it's hard to say whether you can overcome the desires in your heart."
The situation is obvious.
For some reason, His Majesty the Emperor fell in love with this famous Qinhuai prostitute, and asked Xu Fu to do palace business. It was not because Xu Fu was a clever "nephew", but because he wanted to send Xu Fu some money. Xu Fu raised the pipa master in the palace.
"Xu Fu has never violated a word of what the young master said."
Xu Fu bowed his head respectfully and said: "The agreement I made with you in the past will always be honored. No matter how much money I earn, I will get half of it."
After saying this, he stood up and bowed deeply to Shen Yi, then said goodbye and left.
Shen Yi sighed, sent him to the door of his house, and then watched this somewhat frail figure disappear into the night.
At this moment, Shen Yi felt a little complicated.
According to his previous thinking, he trained Xu Fu in order to train an "agent" for himself to help him earn some money in a reasonable way. But now, Xu Fu has only been in Jiankang for less than two years. The series coincided with each other, and I went "solo".
Shen Yi didn't have any objections to Xu Fu starting a new business. After all, if he wanted to make money, he could train a few more agents at any time. If that didn't work, he could just let Shen Ling go. What made him feel a little uncomfortable was that Xu Fu Reply to this person...
He was led into the whirlpool.
Of course you can make money by being a "supplier" to the palace, but the huge benefits also mean huge risks. Moreover, Xu Fu may have to be bound to Gu Hengbo and Gao Ming in the future, regardless of Gao Ming. The status of eunuchs and Gu Hengbo, the emperor's mistress, was actually very unstable.
Everything they do is based on the emperor's favor and trust.
Once they lose the emperor's favor, these two people will immediately lose everything. When this happens, those clever political opponents will pounce on Xu Fu and tear him to pieces.
But for all this, Shen Yi can only watch it evolve slowly, and there is nothing he can do about it.
After standing blankly at the door for a while, Shen Yi had no interest in going to the study to study anymore, so he returned to the bedroom and fell asleep with his wife in his arms.
Early the next morning, although the weather was very cold, Shen Yi got up early and asked two maids in a daze to help him change into official uniform.
Because...the long wedding leave and New Year's holiday are finally over. From today on, Mr. Shen will go back to the Yamen to start work.
After changing into his official uniform, Shen Yi went all the way to the imperial city. Without delay, he went to the Hanlin Academy to report to the Imperial Academy, and then went to see Bachelor Chen and brought him a piece of specialty yellow stone inkstone, along with a few more. A good ink stick on the root.
Shen Yi got the inkstone from Huangshizhai for almost free, because Huangshizhai actually owned half of his shares, and Huangshi inkstone was something that was hyped up, so the premium was actually very high, selling for one or two hundred The cost of an inkstone for two taels may only be ten or twenty taels of silver.
The reason why the cost is so high is because since we are going to the "high-end market", we cannot be vague about the quality. Otherwise, no matter how much hype and marketing, there will be no way to establish the brand.
Up to now, Huang Shi Zhai has basically become the "standard gift" for Shen Yi. However, he has basically given away everything he can give. Now when he goes to see Zhao Changping and others, he cannot give Huang Shi Zhai inkstone, but I need to give you something like an ink stick or a writing brush.
However, for people like Bachelor Chen who have never given it away, the Huangshi Inkstone is still very useful. After all, he is the penholder of the Hanlin Academy, and the inkstone, ink stick and writing brush are simply necessary for him.
With the help of Chen Xueshi, Shen Yi passed the Hanlin Academy smoothly. He didn't even need to take the Hanlin Academy exams, so he was released from the Hanlin Academy by Chen Xueshi and returned to the Di Reporting Department.
After returning to the Di newspaper department, Mr. Shen, who pretended to be a grandson in the Hanlin Academy, suddenly became an uncle.
After all, Di Newspaper Division is his home court, so it’s good if he doesn’t blame others, and no one can interfere with him.
Without Mr. Shen's office in the newspaper office, everything was going very smoothly. Sun Jin, the eunuch from the palace, worked hard and conscientiously, and kept the office in good order.
This made Shen Yi feel somewhat guilty.
It has been several months since he left Di Newspaper Division, which can completely prove that Di Newspaper Bureau is the same yamen with or without him, there is no difference.
After spending the whole morning fishing in the Di newspaper office, I took a comfortable nap in the public room. In the afternoon, eunuch Sun Jin knocked on the door.
Master Shen threw aside the miscellaneous books in his hand, then coughed: "Come in."
Eunuch Sun pushed the door open and walked in. He came to Shen Yi, lowered his head slightly and said, "Sizheng, Eunuch Gao sent someone here to send a message, saying that His Majesty has summoned you for something."
When he heard the emperor's summons, Shen Yi's face immediately became serious. He sat up straight and asked, "When?"
Sun Jin lowered his head and said, "Shen Shi, I'll meet you at the Ganlu Hall."
Shen Yi looked at the sky and saw that it was not the time of the day, and there was still a while before the time of the day was reached.
He nodded silently and said: "Please, Eunuch Sun, I understand."
Sun Jin lowered his head and retreated again.
After Eunuch Sun left, Shen Yi stood up and straightened out his official uniform, which was full of wrinkles from taking a nap. He did not dare to neglect and went directly into the palace.
It was probably someone in the palace who told him. When the people at the palace gate heard Shen Yi's name, they immediately let him in. Not only that, a young eunuch also came and took him all the way to the gate of Ganlu Palace.
In this way, Shen Yi waited outside the Manna Hall until three o'clock in the morning, and then someone came and led him into the Manna Hall. After walking in the Manna Hall for a while, he went to the emperor's study.
In the study, His Majesty the Emperor was sitting behind the imperial desk, looking through documents.
The eunuch Gao Ming was standing behind him.
Shen Yi came forward, knelt down and saluted, saying: "Shen Yi, Secretary of the Residence Report, please pay homage to Your Majesty."
The emperor then put down the document in his hand, and without raising his head, he said: "Get up and answer."
When Shen Yi stood up, the emperor looked up at him, and then a faint smile appeared on his face: "I heard from Gao Ming that Shen Qing returned to his hometown to get married at the end of last year."
"I wish you a happy birthday."
Shen Yi lowered his head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I'm afraid."
The emperor smiled and did not speak to Shen Yi. Instead, he turned to look at Gao Ming and said, "Give Shen Qing a seat."
Shen Yi sat down carefully.
The emperor thought for a while and then said: "Your article about Japanese pirates was very well written."
"Do you have any thoughts about Japanese pirates that you can tell me?"