The birth of the emperor's eldest son, Li Wang, was indeed inseparable from Shen Yi. After all, Concubine Hui, Shen Yi was fully involved in the whole process, whether it was her meeting with His Majesty the Emperor, or private meetings, until she entered the palace later.
From this perspective, what the emperor said does make sense. It can be said that it is reasonable for him to call Shen Yiyi uncle.
But there is something wrong with the birth of this child.
Not to mention that his mother's identity was somewhat sensitive, and even leaving aside the former identity of Concubine Hui, the eldest son of the emperor, Li Wang, was just a concubine.
What's even more terrible is that after the Queen gave birth to a princess, her belly has not been very lively and she has no children to this day.
If the empress has no children and the other concubines in the palace also have no children, then this matter will be easy to deal with. Life is at stake. Almost six years have passed since the emperor's wedding in the seventh year of Hongde. During these six years,
, the emperor expanded his harem several times and selected beautiful women.
Now, the harem is quite full. In addition to the emperor's eldest son Li Wang, three more princes have been born in the palace. One died in infancy and two survived.
The Queen Empress already has thoughts about the adopted prince taking her to her knees.
Last year there were rumors that the Empress went to find the Empress Dowager and wanted to adopt the Emperor's eldest son to her, which meant that she wanted to snatch Concubine Hui's son away.
I don’t know whether the Empress Dowager did not agree with this matter, or the Emperor got angry, but things gradually went away.
Because of this incident and the fact that Concubine Hui had been at odds with the Empress after entering the palace...
There will definitely be a big fight in the harem in the future.
Originally, being an uncle to a prince or being a teacher would have nothing to do with it. In the future, it would just be getting closer to a royal palace. However, if it involves a harem fight, and it is such an extremely fierce fight, Shen Yi is not willing to see it.
Already.
His face twitched, he lowered his head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, the emperor's eldest son and his ministers do have some connections, but most of the ministers do things according to orders and dare not take credit. The difference between monarch and ministers must be distinguished, otherwise it will spread out and cause chaos.
If you don’t talk about etiquette, it will still make some people unhappy.”
The emperor looked at Shen Yi with a smile: "Shen Qing is afraid that his mother's family will be angry?"
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly.
"I don't mean that. It's just that it won't sound good if it spreads. Maybe someone will trace the origin of this "uncle". I haven't been in the court for many years and have no time to compete with those people. In the end, I will give it to Your Majesty."
Cause trouble."
The "origin" of this incident in Shen Yi's mouth naturally refers to the origin of Concubine Hui.
In fact, this matter is no longer a big secret.
Because there are many insiders.
The big shots in the court may not know the specific origins of Concubine Hui, but many people know that Concubine Hui is definitely not the granddaughter of the Qing of Dali Temple.
His Majesty the Emperor still had a smile on his face, but he just said with a smile: "Does anyone still dare to gossip?"
"Of course there is no such thing in this dynasty."
After Shen Yi finished saying this, he stopped talking.
What he meant was very simple. As His Majesty's authority grew stronger, no one in the imperial court dared to confront the Emperor head-on, and no one dared to gossip about the emperor's beloved concubine.
But if the person who takes the throne in the next dynasty is not the son of Concubine Hui...
So, even if the story of Empress Hui is not recorded in history books, it will probably be spread among the people.
It will become an anecdote of the Hong De Dynasty.
However, if the eldest son of the emperor ascends the throne, it will be a different situation. Concubine Hui will become the Queen Mother, and no one will dare to mention all the old things in the past.
After all, future emperors will all be of the blood of Concubine Hui.
These anecdotes will only be passed down orally among the people. In the next dynasty, when the dynasty changes, they may become "unofficial history".
At that time, I don’t know how many years had passed. If someone said that the Empress Dowager of Dachen was born in a brothel, most of them would not be believed.
His Majesty the Emperor held his eldest son in his arms, and after thinking for a while, he said, "What Shen Qing said makes sense."
"That's it."
The emperor smiled and said: "If it is in front of outsiders, don't mention the words uncle and nephew again. In private, let the child call you uncle."
"After all, you and I, the king and the minister, are of the same age, even if it is the affection between us, the king and the minister."
The emperor looked at Shen Yi, smiled and said, "How?"
The boss has said everything to this extent. If you don't nod, it would be a bit disrespectful to the boss. Mr. Shen lowered his head slightly: "Wei Chen, I obey."
The emperor looked at his son and said with a smile: "Remember? When we meet in private from now on, we will call him uncle."
The eldest son of the emperor had fair skin, quite similar to his mother, and had a pair of big eyes. He blinked when he heard this and asked: "Father, what is in private?"
The emperor smiled and replied: "It's just the two of you, or when there are no outsiders."
Li Wang said "Oh", got down from the emperor's arms, and bowed to Shen Yi in a decent manner: "Uncle Shen."
The emperor put his hands on his hands and laughed: "This child has paid many New Year's greetings during the New Year, so he understands some rules."
Having said this, the emperor turned to look at Eunuch Gao and said with a smile: "Gao Ming, take him down to play for a while, and then send him back to Concubine Hui."
"I want to talk to Shen Qing about business."
Eunuch Gao nodded quickly and said yes, then came over and gave a respectful smile to the eldest son of the emperor.
After a while, the emperor's eldest son, Li Wang, rode on the neck of the great eunuch and left the Manna Palace.
After the child left, the emperor pointed to the chair in the Manlu Hall and motioned for Shen Yi to sit down.
After Master Shen sat down, the emperor also returned to his seat and sat down. He cleared away the big characters written by Li Wang on the table, then looked at Shen Yi. He smiled and said, "Qi people passed the inner guard and talked with me a little bit."
condition."
"It is said that the conditions were drawn up by Emperor Yongping himself."
Shen Yi was a little surprised: "Did it come to His Majesty during the New Year?"
The emperor nodded: "What was sent to me on the second day of the Lunar New Year was probably drawn up by Emperor Yongping years ago."
Mr. Shen thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Then probably, the emperor of Northern Qi has not had a good year this year."
"Ha ha."
The emperor was amused by Shen Yi's words. He clapped his hands and smiled and said: "Not only did they not live well, I heard that their army conquering the south also reported victory in Yandu. They said that they defeated the Huai'an army in Huai'an and annihilated tens of thousands of Huai'an troops.
people."
The emperor smiled broadly: "If I were sitting in his position and heard the news, I would be furious."
Shen Yi was even more surprised: "Does Yan admit this good news?"
"Recognize it, why don't you recognize it?"
The emperor smiled and said: "He also rewarded Zhou Shizhong with an official position, promoted him to half a rank, and still led the southern army. He also gave him money and gifts."
Emperor Hongde was obviously in a good mood and said with a smile: "After all, I have been the emperor for decades, so I can still bear it. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to bear it."
Shen Yi figured out the key and lowered his head and said, "That's right. Emperor Yongping doesn't want to fight anymore, so he has to pinch his nose and accept the victory."
The emperor sneered slightly: "He has occupied my ancestral land for more than sixty years and has not even paid a penny of rent. If he doesn't want to fight, he won't fight?"
Shen Yi nodded, then looked at the emperor and asked: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, what are the conditions offered by the Emperor of Northern Qi?"
The emperor looked at Shen Yi and said quietly: "Emperor Yongping told me that he can make the Purity Department no longer hunt down anyone in Dachen, and at the same time open up mutual markets."
Shen Yi frowned: "Is that all?"
"that's it."
When the emperor saw Shen Yi frowning, he immediately smiled and explained: "The Purity Department doesn't have much, they have a Purity Department, and I also have an internal guard..."
"Hedi Newspaper Division."
"The key is this mutual market."
Shen Yi said silently: "As far as I know, in the transactions between the two countries over the years, they have bought more from us. When Hong De was at war in the seventh year, the Queen Mother even closed the mutual market to punish the Qi people."
"That's how it used to be."
The emperor said softly: "But this time, the people of Qi are willing to sell our horses."
"And it's a good horse, and it's sold together with the ungelled mare."
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, then whispered: "This is quite generous."
Located in the south of the Yangtze River, one of the biggest problems was the lack of horses, making it difficult to form a strong enough cavalry.
Just like Shen Yi's Huai'an army, they still don't have many war horses. They asked the Ministry of War to ask for them, but the Ministry of War didn't have any.
After Shen Yi thought for a while, he still shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty, I think this is a delaying tactic by the Qi people. We don't have good pasture in the south, and it is difficult to breed horses on a large scale. Moreover, it takes at least ten years to breed horses to achieve success.
, Qi people obviously want to delay His Majesty’s time.”
The emperor smiled calmly: "How could I not know?"
He looked at Shen Yi, still with a smile on his face.
"So why don't you invite Shen Qing to come over and discuss how to continue the attack on Qi?"