His Majesty the Emperor changed out of his court clothes and put on a blue satin uniform embroidered with dragon patterns. Then he waved to Shen Yi and said, "I will take you to see the Queen Mother."
After saying that, His Majesty the Emperor paused and continued: "The Queen is more disciplined. After you meet the Queen, your attitude should be more respectful and don't make her unhappy."
Shen Yi nodded quickly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I'm sorry for the courtesy."
"Um."
The emperor nodded, and after leaving Deqing Palace, he boarded the dragon chariot. Shen Yi and Gao Minggao, the eunuchs, walked on both sides of the dragon chariot to accompany the driver.
The little emperor sat on the dragon chariot, and would chat with Shen Yi from time to time. When he was about to arrive at Kunde Palace, the little emperor on the dragon chariot smiled and said: "Speaking of which, Shen Qing, the one you brought to Jiankang Xu Fu is very sensible. No matter what I want to do, he can do it beautifully. A few months ago, I allocated him 20,000 taels of silver from my internal funds. A few days ago, he already had 40,000 taels. Two silver coins returned to the treasury, and he is a good money-maker."
His Majesty the Emperor smiled and said: "Some people are here, and my pockets are bulging a lot."
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said with a smile: "This Xu Fu is the nephew of Eunuch Gao. I just brought him to Jiankang. If he has done anything for Your Majesty, it was all thanks to Eunuch Gao's teachings. I will follow him It has nothing to do with it."
Gao Ming on the side raised his eyes and glanced at Shen Yi, then lowered his head slightly and said with a smile: "This slave is in the palace every day and rarely goes out of the palace. I have to say what Xu Fu has done. First, I rely on you." Your Majesty’s care is also a blessing from Your Majesty and has nothing to do with being a slave..."
"Okay, okay, I don't like to hear words like this."
When the three people were talking, the dragon chariot had already arrived at the entrance of Kunde Palace. His Majesty the Emperor got off the dragon chariot, looked back at Shen Yi and Gao Ming, and then said: "You two, wait at the door, I will go in first to see my mother." , someone will call you in shortly."
Gao Ming lowered his head thoughtfully and said, "I obey, my slave."
Shen Yi also cupped his hands and said, "I obey."
So, the little emperor strode into the Kunde Palace amid the crowd's greetings.
Shen Yi and Gao Ming, on the other hand, stood waiting at the gate of the palace.
After Emperor Feng walked away, Eunuch Gao glanced at Shen Yi lightly, and a smile appeared on his face: "Sis Shen is in the southeast, doing his errands very well."
Shen Yi said modestly: "I don't take it seriously, I just did something that should be done."
Eunuch Gao squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "The boy you brought to Jiankang, our nephew, also did a good job."
Shen Yi heard something in the eunuch's words and said, "My father-in-law, you might as well speak up if you have something to say..."
"It's nothing. It's just that he did his job well and made His Majesty happy. You, Shen Hanlin, will have a bright face, and I, as your uncle, will also have some glory on my face."
Shen Yi frowned slightly at first, and then said in a low voice: "Eunuch, to be honest, ever since Xu Fu started shopping for the palace, my subordinates have rarely interacted with him..."
"Tsk."
Eunuch Gao glanced at Shen Yi.
"What? Are you afraid that he has connections in the palace and he will feel dirty if you touch him?"
Shen Yi shook his head with a sincere expression: "I'm just a foreign minister and need to avoid suspicion."
Eunuch Gao once again shook his head slightly and said: "Why don't you avoid suspicion? How can anyone pay attention to you? Shen Hanlin, if you have nothing to do, you can go and see him. Although that kid is quite cautious, he still has to do many things. A little childish."
"These days, as an uncle, I often wipe his butt."
Gao Ming reached out and patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "When Shen Hanlin has nothing to do, if you give him some pointers, it will be enough for him to benefit from endlessly in his life."
Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
Eunuch Gao was still going to speak, but two young eunuchs were already running over from the Kunde Palace. The young eunuch walked up to Gao Ming and was so respectful that his head almost dropped into his chest.
"Eunuch, the Queen Mother invites you to come in..."
Gao Ming said a faint "Yeah", then looked at Shen Yi, smiled and said: "Shen Hanlin, let's go?"
Shen Yi nodded, followed Gao Ming, and walked toward Kunde Palace.
While walking into Kunde Palace, Shen Yi looked up from time to time and looked at the purple-robed eunuch in front of him.
He was thinking that since the little emperor and Gao Ming were always inseparable, there should be no reason for him to enter Kunde Palace and leave Gao Ming at the gate of the palace.
Thinking back to what Gao Ming said, Shen Yi was thoughtful.
Could it be that the little emperor was giving him some "hidden mission"?
While Shen Yi was lost in thought, he had already entered the inner hall of Kunde Palace and entered the small hall where the Queen Mother received guests.
This small hall is not very big, just about the same size as an ordinary room. The decoration in the room is very luxurious, but there is nothing tacky. Instead, it has an aura of nobility.
Sitting in the main seat of the small hall was a woman who looked to be in her early thirties. This woman did not have any formal attire. She just wore an ordinary palace dress with a few simple headdresses on her head, making her look a little lazy.
The little emperor, sitting under her, was whispering something to her.
Obviously, this woman is the Empress Dowager Sun of Da Chen, the de facto top talker in the court.
The Queen Mother Sun was only thirty-six years old until this year.
In future generations, she will be a serious little widow.
She entered the palace at the age of fifteen or sixteen and was established as a queen. She gave birth to the current emperor at the age of eighteen. She became the empress dowager at the age of twenty-eight, and began to become the real king of Dachen in a sense.
From the first year of Hongde to the sixth year of Hongde, for almost six years, Queen Mother Sun played the role of the final word in the court.
Although six years after Hongde, Prime Minister Zhongshu returned power to the emperor, and the Queen Mother rarely interfered with political affairs, but the discerning people in Jiankang City knew very well that until now, Queen Mother Sun was naturally the The person with the loudest voice in the palace.
It's just that she doesn't talk very much now.
Shen Yi quickly raised his head, glanced at His Majesty's biological mother, and then quickly lowered his head.
With a quick glance, Shen Yi saw a beautiful face, but underneath the beautiful face, there was a hint of unquestionable majesty.
Shen Yi knelt in front of the Queen Mother, lowered his head and said: "I am reporting to the Secretary General Shen Yi, to bow to the Queen Mother, to bow to Your Majesty..."
Queen Mother Sun looked at Shen Yi who was kneeling on the ground seriously, and then slowly spoke with a sweet voice: "Get up and answer."
Shen Yi got up from the ground. Because he was a little nervous, he hurriedly thanked her and then stood in front of the Queen Mother in a dignified manner, bowing his head silently.
The Queen Mother's voice was gentle and melodious. She looked at Shen Yi and said softly: "I heard from the emperor that you were born in the third year of Yuan Xi."
Shen Yi nodded and said, "Yes, I was born in October of the third year of Yuanxi."
The Queen Mother sighed softly: "The Emperor was born in August, and you are only two months older."
She seemed to remember the scene when Yuan Xi gave birth to her eldest son in three years. Her eyes were a little wandering for a moment, but she quickly came back to her senses, looked at Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Yuan Xi was only nineteen years old at the end of the third year. , looking at your official uniform, you are already an eighth-grade official, right?"
Shen Yi bowed his head respectfully and said nothing.
The little emperor on the side chuckled and said: "Mother, Shen Qing is already a seventh-rank official, but the official uniform of the Ministry of Personnel has not been issued to him yet."
"Seventh grade..."
Empress Dowager Sun looked at Shen Yi with some differences, and said with a smile: "It's really rare. There are many young people who were still young when they were Shen Qing's age, and Shen Qing was already in the seventh rank."
The emperor smiled slightly and then said: "Shen Qing, he went south with his cousin from the uncle's family of the King of Jin. He made great achievements in Taizhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture, so I am still preparing to promote him."
Hearing what the emperor said, Queen Mother Sun seemed to understand something.
She looked at the emperor and then at Shen Yi, her tone gentle.
"I'm afraid you brought this child to see the Queen, not just to pay her respects?"