After Shen Yi finished "reporting", he felt a lot more relaxed. After thanking Gao Ming, he got up and left the Ministry of Internal Affairs, left the palace and went home.
Eunuch Gao, on the other hand, sat there for a long time.
He was thinking about whether to tell the emperor about this big or small matter.
After pondering for a while, he stood up and walked towards the Manna Hall where the emperor was.
After entering the Manna Hall, Eunuch Gao walked to the stove next to the emperor, looked at the charcoal fire, and added two more charcoals to it. Then he put on a professional smile on his face and stood behind the emperor.
"His Majesty…"
His Majesty the Emperor had just woken up from his nap and was still a little lost. After hearing Gao Ming's voice, he turned back and glanced at the eunuch Gao behind him, stretched out greatly, and said lazily: "Is something wrong?
"
"It's not a big deal."
Gao Ming carefully bent down and said, "Your Majesty, just now Master Shen came into the palace to see my slave and asked her to do something. The matter is not serious. I was thinking about whether to tell your Majesty."
The emperor curled his lips: "As you stand here, you have already made up your mind to tell me. Don't show off and say something if you have something to say."
Gao Ming seemed to have seen through his thoughts. He lowered his head slightly and said honestly: "Your Majesty, in the past few days, the child in Chief Shen's family has been full moon, and many people have sent gifts to his family..."
Eunuch Gao spoke in an unhurried tone and briefly explained the matter. Then he carefully looked at the emperor's face and lowered his head again: "Master Shen was very frightened, fearing that it was the Qi people who had done it, so he asked the servant
Send the internal guards to check."
The emperor was now awake. He looked at Gao Ming and asked, "Do you agree?"
Gao Ming quickly shook his head: "How dare you, slave? The internal guards are His Majesty's personal troops, and I have no right to call them..."
This sentence is pure lies.
On the surface, the inner guard is led by a commander and is not under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. However, in fact, many of the emperor's orders are conveyed to the inner guard through Gao Ming. This high eunuch has a very strong say in the inner guard.
, Apart from anything else, a trivial matter such as checking something in Jiankang City does not require an order from the emperor at all. It only requires a casual word from the high eunuch, and the internal guards will immediately handle it.
But in front of the emperor, of course one has to have a higher emotional intelligence.
The emperor sat up from the soft couch, took a sip of the hot tea that had been prepared on the table, and then said calmly: "Shen Yi made a lot of contributions by going south, but there is no way to give him this credit right away. He was treated a little badly in the first place.
, since he is asking the palace to do something, then you should do your best to help him, and find out the matter as soon as possible so that he can feel at ease."
Gao Ming quickly lowered his head and said, "I understand."
"Slave, let's make arrangements now."
Gao Ming was about to go down to do something, but he was stopped by the emperor. The emperor glanced at Gao Ming and asked, "What do you think of this matter?"
Gao Ming lowered his head and said, "I think Master Shen's guess is the most likely, but there are other possibilities."
The emperor smiled and said: "What is possible?"
"It's possible that someone in our court wants to use this to destroy Shen Yi, the upstart in the court. For example, the Fan family, Yang family and..."
"And the Anpinghou Mansion."
"But this is unlikely. After all, these people are not stupid. There is no reason for them to be so useless."
"Another possibility is..."
Eunuch Gao lowered his voice and said, "It was Master Shen who talked to himself and arranged this libretto..."
The emperor became interested and asked, "What's the motive?"
Gao Ming was obviously confident. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty also knows that the people in our court who can be noticed by the Qi people and start planning are usually important ministers of the third or fourth rank or above, or some famous people with great influence.
Sir, if Chief Shen can be plotted by Qi people at this time, it means that he holds a very important position in Qi people's hearts."
"On the other hand, he is a very important person to our court..."
"If Mr. Shen is talking to himself,
, I think the motivation is very simple, just to improve his status in His Majesty's heart..."
Gao Ming wanted to continue talking, but the emperor waved his hand and said indifferently: "You, you have been in the darkness for too long, and you think about everything in the dark. Shen Yi can't do such a thing."
At this point, the emperor paused. He looked at Gao Ming and suddenly emphasized his tone: "I thought it was a gift from Qi Ren."
After saying this, the emperor waved his hand: "Okay, you go down and do your business."
Gao Ming was stunned for a moment, then bowed his head deeply: "I understand, slave."
The emperor's words were not very cryptic. To this extent, the great eunuch Gao Ming could naturally understand him.
The emperor said that he thought it was the Qi people who did it.
So it doesn't matter who did it or who gave the gift to Shen Yi's family.
From now on, no matter how the internal guards investigate or what they find, this matter is definitely done by Qi Ren.
No one can change this result.
At least this is the case within Chen State.
And His Majesty the Emperor's purpose for doing this is not difficult to guess.
It was nothing more than trying to seize a handle on Shen Yi, a handle that was approaching a fatal level.
One day in the future, when Shen Yi becomes difficult to control or use, the emperor or the internal guards can bring this matter up and bring it up again.
In this way, Master Shen can be accused of "tongqi".
Moreover, this accusation is vivid and well-founded.
Thinking of this, Gao Ming felt sincere admiration in his heart.
Although His Majesty the Emperor is not very old, he is already very capable in terms of scheming and methods.
He has both the heart of an emperor and the skills of an emperor.
Da Chen…
The British Lord is about to be welcomed.
Eunuch Gao thought so.
But when he walked out of the Manlu Hall and walked towards the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he thought for no reason about Shen Yi who came to see him just at noon.
That same young man.
Eunuch Gao stopped and glanced thoughtfully outside the palace, an idea flashed in his mind.
This handle...
Did the young man take the initiative to hand it to His Majesty?
To give the emperor a handle, so that the emperor can completely trust him...
Thinking of this, the more Eunuch Gao thought about it, the weirder he felt...
Because Shen Yi encountered this incident, there was no need to be in such a hurry to alarm the palace.
If he wanted to be clean, he could completely destroy the stolen goods and then deny the matter. Anyway, from beginning to end, these gifts did not have half of his handwriting or seal of Shen Yi...
He can deny it.
Thinking of this, Eunuch Gao froze on the spot. He felt a flash of lightning explode in his mind, and then he felt numb from head to vertebrae.
"should…"
Eunuch Gao murmured: "It shouldn't be so..."
He comforted himself in his heart.
"Shen Yi has probably never experienced any major events, so he would panic when encountering something like this, and then he would go to the palace and ask the internal guards to clear him of suspicion..."
"A young man less than twenty years old will never have such a city, no way..."
Eunuch Gao tried hard to convince himself of this inference.
Then he thought of his Majesty the Emperor.
It seems...the same age as Shen Yi...
The eunuch walked back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in a daze, and stayed in his place in a daze for a long time.
After a long time, he slowly spoke and gave instructions to the two young eunuchs.