Speaking of this marriage, Shen Yi felt quite emotional.
Because in his opinion, the little emperor wouldn't have the courage to do something like this...
A hard-to-get thing.
Because the indulgence is a little too much.
The Huaihe Navy was already too strong to be defeated, and it looked like it was self-reliant. However, the Zhao family's name was not justified. Even if they rebelled, their troops would be unknown and no one would support them.
And now, the emperor has given a son of the late emperor to their family as his son-in-law.
This operation is too dangerous.
If things go wrong, the Zhao family may rebel in the name of their son-in-law. Even if the emperor is able to quell the rebellion, the state of Chen will inevitably be greatly damaged. Maybe the Qi people will take this opportunity to invade. The Li-Chen dynasty was destroyed.
However, the emperor's behavior was not completely without benefits. Once he was able to indulge in this kind of indulgence, the Zhao family would definitely feel upset. They would have to be careful when doing things in the future and not dare to do anything wrong.
Secondly...
One day in the future, when the emperor wants to overthrow the Zhao family, the reasons will be much easier to find. All he needs is the word "treason" to drive the Zhao family and the new King of Yue into the dust. Never be able to stand up again.
how to say.
Just like the Yang family was reactivated.
Crisis and opportunity coexist.
After hearing Shen Yi's words, Mr. Lu reached out to take the two invitations and glanced at the covers.
The two invitations are for a wedding.
It's just that one is in the Anping Marquis' Mansion, and the other is in the Yue Prince's Mansion that was just built by the Ministry of Industry.
That is to say, both the man and the woman will prepare the table and do things.
It is not unusual for the Zhao family to send invitations to Shen Yi, because they have already focused on Shen Yi. In their eyes, Shen Yi, the sixth-grade chief, is a very important person.
Regardless of whether Shen Yi goes or not, their posts must be handed over.
After all, after Shen Yi passes the government, the Zhao family can let more Zhao family members know what Shen Yi looks like, so that they can kill Mr. Shen better and more accurately in the future.
And this invitation from Prince Yue’s Mansion…
It's a bit intriguing.
Because Shen Yi didn't know His Highness the King of Yue. After thinking about it carefully, he didn't even recognize His Highness the King of Yue's mother and concubine, nor did he know anyone from his mother's clan.
To say that the Prince of Yue's palace was sending out invitations widely and hosting a banquet for all civil and military officials, it was actually very difficult to invite him, the head of the Ministry of War.
After Master Lu read it carefully, he put the invitation back in Shen Yi's hand and frowned subconsciously: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue... marries Zhao Lu's young daughter?"
He looked up at Shen Yi and asked, "The marriage granted by His Majesty?"
His own Lao Taishan was an old angry young man. Shen Yi naturally knew that. He also understood that Master Lu was very dissatisfied with the Zhao family. He immediately smiled and said: "Father-in-law, don't be anxious. I guess this is just to appease and win over the Zhao family. After all, His Majesty has been in charge for more than two years." No matter what, we should give some benefits to the Zhao family, this is how the previous emperors came here."
After a new emperor ascends the throne, he usually first grants amnesty to the world, and then bestows rewards on officials.
This is to show kindness first. After all, the new leader has just come in and needs the support of his subordinates.
However, Shen Yi's words are untenable.
Because although His Majesty the Emperor has only been in power for a short period of time, he has been on the throne for eight or nine years. When he ascended the throne, the imperial court must have given rewards to the Zhao family.
Master Lu let out a long sigh and lost interest in playing chess: "You are right, all the emperors in the past have wanted to reward the Zhao family, but if we continue to reward the Zhao family..."
He stood up from opposite Shen Yi, his mood waning: "That's all, I just came down here today, I'm a little tired."
After saying that, Master Lu stood up and left.
Shen Yi quickly got up and sent him back to his room to rest.
After seeing off his father-in-law, Shen Yi was bored and went out for a walk. Because he offended someone, he did not dare to go too far. After walking around for two times, he went home.
As soon as he arrived at his door, he saw a trolley parked in front of his house, with a neat cart of charcoal on it.
At first glance, the charcoal was not unusual, and Shen Yi didn't pay much attention to it, but at a casual glance, he found that there was a layer of white frost floating on the cart of charcoal...
And the charcoal blocks are very neat.
Silver bone charcoal…
Shen Yi had burned this kind of charcoal before. When winter was approaching last year, Xu Fu sent someone to bring a small cart over, but it was not particularly large, only forty or fifty kilograms. The others were just ordinary charcoal blocks.
But looking at this car of silver bone charcoal in front of me...
At least it is two to three hundred catties or even four to five hundred catties.
This kind of charcoal comes from a mountain kiln near Yanjing. It has no smoke when burned and is flame-resistant. Therefore, it has been used as tribute charcoal for the palace for a long time.
When the Imperial Capital was still in the north more than sixty years ago, this kind of charcoal was not particularly rare. However, after Emperor Shizong moved south, this kind of silver bone charcoal was not so easy to obtain, and sometimes it had to be "imported" from the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Shen Yi looked curiously at the maid Qing'er who was directing the men to move the silver bone charcoal, and asked: "Qing'er, where did this charcoal come from? Did Xiao Xu have someone deliver it?"
Qing'er shook his head in confusion and said, "I don't know, Master. The person who sent the charcoal said it was sent to Mr. Shen's house in the Ministry of War, but he didn't say who sent it."
Shen Yi frowned slightly. He glanced at the valuable silver bone charcoal, and then ordered: "After unloading, pile it in the front yard. No one should burn it."
After thinking about it, he looked at Qing'er and continued: "Send someone to Xiao Xu's place to ask if he has bought silver bone charcoal and sent it."
"besides…"
Shen Yi frowned and asked, "Has there been anything unexplained at home recently?"
"Yes... yes there is."
Qing'er thought for a while and said: "My little master will be one month old soon. Recently, many people have come to give gifts, saying they are full moon gifts. However, when the slaves looked at the gift list, there were some gifts written on the list that were not famous... "
She looked at Shen Yi with wide eyes and said cautiously: "Sir, is there any problem?"
Shen Yi's son, Shen Yuan, is going to hold a full-moon banquet in the next two days. However, he has not planned to make a big deal out of it. He just plans to set up two or three tables at home and invite some familiar people over for a meal.
When a child is one month old, naturally someone will give him a gift.
However, Shen Yi was too lazy to bother with these chores and left them all to his wife and a few maids.
Hearing what Qing'er said, Shen Yi felt something was wrong. He looked at Qing'er and said in a deep voice: "How many unnamed gifts are there?"
"Four or five pieces..."
Qing'er said with some uncertainty: "The gift list is at Madam's place. I will ask about it later..."
Shen Yi shook his head: "I'll ask in person later."
After that, he looked at the cart of silver bone charcoal placed at the door and said solemnly: "Anything from unknown sources in the future will be rejected..."
"No."
Shen Yi rejected this sentence and said: "No matter if it is signed or not, we will not accept it."
After that, he turned back to the inner courtyard and asked Lu Ruoxi about the situation. Lu Ruoxi was a little surprised, and then said softly: "Husband, those unnamed gift lists are all worthless things. I thought it was my wife who was in Hanlin." I am a friend of the hospital, or a colleague of the Dibao Department of War, so I accepted it..."
"Husband, wait a moment, I'm going to look for the gift list."
Things like gift lists are usually kept well, after all, it is a favor to come and go.
Soon, several unnamed orders were placed in front of Shen Yi.
After Master Shen took one look, he frowned again.
He felt vaguely that something was not quite right.