Shen Yi is actually not particularly concerned about this kind of palace gossip.
Because what he mainly focuses on is a "service" and he does not want to be a lucky minister. For him, as long as the emperor is still alive and there is no replacement on the throne, no matter how the situation in the harem changes, or the position of the queen Who is sitting?
It has nothing to do with him.
To put it bluntly, even if Gu Hengbo died in the palace, it had nothing to do with him, Shen Yi.
However, Zhang Jian liked to gossip, and Shen Yi had nothing to do, so he smiled and said, "The queen has no children, what does she have to do with the draft girl?"
"This is Ziheng, you don't understand."
Zhang Jian said in a low voice: "Since the founding of the Chen Kingdom, all the empress dowagers in the past dynasties were the legitimate mothers of the emperor at that time, but they were not necessarily the biological mothers."
"It is actually rare for the Queen Mother of this dynasty to be both a legitimate mother and a biological mother."
At this time, the waiter brought the wine and food, and Zhang Jian immediately stopped talking. After the waiter left, Zhang Jian continued: "Now, the Queen has no children, and there is only one prince in the palace. As long as the big draft girl , there are a few more princes in the palace, and when the time comes, with the support of the Queen Mother, I will adopt a prince to my knees."
Zhang Yian smiled and said: "That couldn't be easier."
Although the palace emphasizes that a mother is more valuable than her son, some beautiful girls from humble backgrounds, even if they give birth to a prince for the emperor, are not qualified to raise a prince. It may be said that they were taken away by others.
"Empress Lu in the palace seems to be very favored."
Zhang Jian took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Maybe there will be a big fuss in the harem in the future because of this."
Shen Yi took a bite and said in a helpless tone: "Senior brother, aren't you worried about chaos in the harem and affecting the government?"
"That's not the case."
Zhang Jian said very confidently: "You have also been in contact with our Majesty. He is definitely not a man of trouble for women, or even..."
Zhang Yian said "Hey" again and said, "I even suspect that His Majesty's doting on Concubine Hui may not necessarily be entirely out of favor!"
Hearing this sentence, Shen Yi's heart moved.
This idea has never occurred to him.
Mr. Shen silently lowered his head and took a sip of wine, then said, "Is it to suppress the descendants?"
Zhang Jian smiled slightly, but did not answer directly.
"There are two generations of queens in the Sun family."
Hearing this, Shen Yi picked up the wine glass and sighed with emotion.
"Senior brother still has a vicious eye."
"It's just a guess."
Zhang Jian picked up the wine glass, clinked it with Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Maybe I'm overthinking it, but in any case, our majesty should not be hindered by the harem and hinder political affairs."
Mr. Shen nodded silently.
"I hope so."
………………
That afternoon, when Mr. Shen was holding his child at home, someone from the palace came to his door.
To be precise, it was the emperor who invited him to the palace for tea.
Moreover, the people who came to invite him were two eunuchs in blue, who were of high rank in the palace.
The big boss asked to meet, and Shen Yi naturally had no room to refuse. After simply changing into official uniform, he followed the two eunuchs into the palace.
The two eunuchs led Shen Yi all the way to the Ganlu Palace. As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the Ganlu Palace, the two eunuchs suddenly bowed and saluted.
Because a eunuch in purple clothes walked out of the Manna Palace.
Mr. Shen also stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Eunuch Gao."
Gao Ming returned the salute, then smiled at Shen Yi: "Mr. Shen, follow me."
Shen Yi could only nod and follow Gao Ming. Not long after, the two of them arrived at the inner hall of Ganlu Hall. Before they walked in, Shen Yi heard a baby's laughter.
He frowned subconsciously, then looked back at Gao Ming behind him.
Eunuch Gao said calmly: "Mr. Shen, His Majesty is waiting for you inside."
Shen Yi took a deep breath and asked silently: "Is the eldest prince here too?"
Gao Ming looked calm, did not speak, and did not nod.
Shen Yi had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk in.
After entering, he quickly looked up at the emperor.
At this time, His Majesty the Emperor was holding up a baby in both hands, which should be about one year old. He was lifted up by his own father, smiling from ear to ear, and was ecstatically happy.
Originally, this was a relatively normal scene, but what was unusual was that there was a tall woman standing next to the father and son, looking at the playful father and son with a gentle smile.
A family of three, enjoying themselves happily.
Shen Yi's heart skipped a beat, then he coughed and said, "Shen Yi, from the Ministry of War, would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty."
After he said this, he was about to kneel down and salute. His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand lightly and said, "Qing Shen, there is no need to kneel down. There are chairs here. Just find a place to sit."
Mr. Shen sat down obediently.
The emperor was playing with the eldest prince, and did not fully focus on Shen Yi. After saying this, he said: "Gao Ming, serve tea to Shen Qing."
Eunuch Gao immediately brought tea.
The emperor held the child in his arms and walked all the way to Shen Yi. Shen Yi quickly stood up and stood with his hands down.
The emperor took his son's hand and waved to Shen Yi.
The little baby was not afraid of strangers. He glanced at Mr. Shen in front of him with his big curious eyes, and then he lay back in the emperor's arms.
His Majesty the Emperor obviously enjoyed this occasional fun of taking care of the baby. He smiled and said: "This morning, I suddenly called you "Father", which made me very happy."
Hearing these words, Shen Yi subconsciously glanced at Gu Hengbo standing next to him out of the corner of his eye. No...it should be said that it was Concubine Hui.
Children generally don't speak until they are about one year old, and those who develop early can barely speak at six or seven months. As for the eldest prince, he is only about ten months old now.
It is not ruled out that he has excellent language talent and can speak in six or seven months. However, at this age, it is already remarkable to be able to call him father and mother with just one word. But when he suddenly called "Father", it is difficult to say that no one taught him.
After saying this, the emperor reached out and handed the child to Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Shen Qing, you are very destined to this child, please give him a hug."
Speaking of which, Shen Yi and this child do have a close relationship.
Because when the emperor went out to hire Gu Hengbo, Shen Yi was the one who built the bridge...
Without Mr. Shen, even if this child was still possible to be born, I'm afraid it would have been several years later.
The big boss spoke, and Shen Yi had no choice but to do as he was told. He carefully took the child over and put it in his arms to coax him for a while. He wondered if the child was really destined to be with Shen Yi, so Shen Yi hugged him for a while. He lay in Shen Yi's arms and fell asleep.
The emperor smiled, waved to Gu Hengbo who was standing beside him, and said, "My dear concubine, the emperor is asleep. Please take him back to rest."
Gu Hengbo took a deep look at Shen Yi, then nodded silently, hugged the child, and left the Manna Palace accompanied by several eunuchs.
Looking at Concubine Hui's leaving figure, His Majesty the Emperor found a small stool and sat down, and then let out a long sigh: "You see, every family has sutras that are difficult to recite."
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty is also worried?"
"I have a lot to worry about."
His Majesty the Emperor let out a sullen breath and said, "In the morning, the notice for the draft girls was posted, and at noon, the mother and son came to the Manna Hall, asking me to spare the lives of mother and son."
At this point, the emperor became a little impatient.
"Each one has more thoughts than my prime ministers, and they are even more elusive!"
Shen Yi did not answer. He stood up silently, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know why you summoned this minister to the palace?"
The emperor looked at Shen Yi seriously, and then smiled dumbly: "You scholars are still too shameless to pretend to be confused."
After saying this, the emperor stood up from the chair, stretched and said: "Well, the child is still young anyway, so we will talk about this later. I will tell you a few serious things."
Having said this, the emperor returned to his royal desk and sat down. Then he looked up at Shen Yi and said: "In the first half of this year, the generals of the Forbidden Army with a thousand households and below will need to complete an overall deployment. Adjustment."
"I need Shen Qing's full cooperation in this matter."
Shen Yi quickly lowered his head: "I obey!"
The emperor stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, and said: "Furthermore, I also want to complete some adjustments for the Huaihe Navy's Qianhu, and the generals below Qianhu."
"On this point, I also need the help of Shen Qing, the martial arts surgeon."
Upon hearing these words, Mr. Shen was stunned.
He raised his head in shock and looked at the emperor.
Seeing his expression, the emperor frowned slightly.
