There is no way to hide the affairs of the Gu family from the emperor.
Because if Shen Yi wanted to arrange a meeting between the two of them, he had to meet Concubine Hui. As a foreign minister, it was almost impossible for him to have a chance to meet Concubine Hui in private.
Unless the emperor arranges it.
So this matter had to be handled through the emperor.
What's more important is...
Shen Yi has been in contact with internal defenders and is very familiar with them.
Although the Di Newspaper Division has developed rapidly in recent years and its intelligence capabilities have grown to a small scale, Shen Yi is very clear that there is still a big gap between the current Di Newspaper Division and the Internal Security Bureau.
After all, the Internal Guard has been an organization for more than a hundred years, while the Diji News Agency has only been here for a few years.
In other words, it is unlikely that the internal security guards would not be able to detect something that the Di Di newspaper department could detect.
There is another reason.
The emperor must know about Concubine Hui's family affairs.
Because the Jiankang Chang family that had taken over Gu Shaoan's bookstore had been destroyed overnight!
Concubine Hui is just a concubine. Even if she is favored, she herself does not have any ability to do this thing. There will be no second person who can do this thing and has the ability to do this thing.
It could only be Emperor Hongde.
It is worth mentioning that the Chang family is also an aristocratic family, and their ancestors had a minister. Although in this generation, the family has fallen into decline, and there is only a fifth-rank official in the family, and he is a fifth-rank official in Qingshui Yamen with no real power.
But no matter what, his Jiankang family can be considered a middle-class family.
What’s even more unfair is that the person who occupied Gu Shaoan’s bookstore was not a member of the Chang family. For such a big family, Gu Shaoan’s store was also looked down upon. It was originally a member of the Chang family.
The victim's name was Chang Xian, nicknamed Chang Sanye. Because he came from a big family, he had been hanging out on the streets all year round. He had a little bit of energy in both black and white, and he often did bad things.
Because he was favored by everyone, he was very happy in Jiankang. Although he had done many evil things over the years, he never suffered retribution.
Until two years ago, the supreme power of God came down. Not only did Mr. Chang meet a miserable end, but even the Chang family, the family he relied on for support, was ruined overnight because of him.
Since Emperor Hongde knew about Concubine Hui's family affairs, there was no need to hide this matter from him.
When His Majesty the Emperor heard these words, he was stunned for a moment, then returned to his soft couch and sat down, turning to look at Gao Ming.
Eunuch Gao immediately understood and began to clear the place.
Soon, only the three of them were left in the Manlu Palace, and the emperor looked at Shen Yi.
"Elaborate."
Shen Yi nodded and briefly explained what happened to the Gu family.
Then he looked at the emperor and whispered: "Master Gu, I am a scholar and a man of heaven. In his early years, he offended the prime minister and was never hired by the imperial court. Therefore, he was heartbroken and wandered in Jiankang for many years. It was not until a few years ago that he found
I made a living by teaching in Dayifang."
"I and my brother-in-law, before taking the entrance exams, both studied the theory of contemporary literary policy under Master Gu..."
"Master Gu was very kind to my brother. He missed his family in his later years, so he asked me to find out the whereabouts of his family. When Master Gu was in Taizhou Prefecture, he left a son and a daughter. It took more than two years for me to find him.
The whereabouts of the master’s son.”
Having said this, Shen Yi looked up at the emperor, then lowered his head and said: "It seems...exactly...ahem..."
Shen Yi did not continue.
Because the current Concubine Hui’s surname is no longer Gu, but Lu, and she is the granddaughter of Lu Zheng, the former minister of Dali Temple!
The emperor touched his chin and looked at Shen Yi thoughtfully.
"I heard Gao Ming mention that you would run to Dayifang when you had nothing to do. I didn't know the whole story at first. It seems that it was because of Mr. Gu."
Shen Yi lowered his head and said yes.
The emperor also sighed with emotion: "It seems that there is such a coincidence in the world."
After sighing, he looked at Shen Yi quietly and asked, "What does Shen Qing want to do when she mentions this matter?"
Shen Yi lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Gu is already sixty or seventy years old. In recent years, his health has not been very good. After he learned about this, he wanted to meet...concubine Hui."
The emperor frowned and said, "Concubine Hui's surname is Lu."
After saying this, he looked at Shen Yi again, still frowning.
"Did you tell him about Concubine Hui?"
Shen Yi quickly shook his head.
"No, I just told Master Gu that his granddaughter is in the palace now."
The emperor sat on his chair, thought for a while, and then said: "Concubine Hui mentioned to me that her hometown is indeed in Taizhou Prefecture."
At this point, the emperor lowered his eyebrows and said, "But this matter is very important. No matter what, Concubine Hui cannot admit her marriage to him."
Shen Yi naturally knew this, lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I just talked about personnel matters. If Your Majesty is not willing to let them meet, I will never mention this matter again."
The emperor thought for a while.
"I have to ask Concubine Hui about this matter."
Shen Yi bowed his head respectfully: "Yes."
"If I mishandle you, Your Majesty, please punish me."
The emperor rubbed his brows, shook his head and said, "That's all, things are so coincidental, I can't blame you. After this incident, whether Concubine Hui wants to see this Mr. Gu or not..."
The emperor paused and said, "Shen Qing, please take good care of this old gentleman and support him until he grows old."
In a sense, Concubine Hui is His Majesty the Emperor's first love.
In other words, it is the lover he chooses himself.
After so many years, Concubine Hui gave birth to another son for him. I heard that she is pregnant again now. There must be feelings between the young couple.
Therefore, the emperor also told Shen Yi to take care of Old Man Gu.
After all, this might be Concubine Hui's biological grandfather.
Shen Yi lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Master Gu is our brother's teacher. He was originally our brother and provided for his elderly care."
Hearing Shen Yi's words, the emperor looked a little strange, shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "Shen Qing is Mr. Gu's student, so isn't this generational hierarchy in chaos?"
Shen Yi lowered his head and said, "There is no chaos."
The emperor was startled, then nodded: "Yes, if we don't recognize each other, there will be no chaos."
…………
The next morning, an inconspicuous sedan came out of the palace gate.
This sedan did not go anywhere else. First it went to the Lu family, the residence of Lu Zheng, the former minister of Dali Temple.
The former Minister of Dali Temple took a step forward from the position of Minister of Dali Temple last year and is now the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
Although he was found guilty of corruption by the internal guards, not only did he not lose his official position because of this incident, but he went a step further and became the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, one of the Great Nine Lords.
It is unknown whether Concubine Hui contributed to this.
After the sedan stayed at Lu's house for a long time, after dinner in the afternoon, another sedan went out from the back door of Lu's house and walked all the way to the gate of Dayifang.
The sedan stopped at the gate of Dayifang, and a woman in a pale blue coat stepped out of the sedan.
The woman looked around, and finally found a familiar figure at the gate of Dayifang. She walked over, saluted the man, and said with a smile: "I have met Mr. Shen."
Shen Yi raised his head and glanced at the woman. He was a little confused at first, but then he lowered his head slightly and whispered: "I have met the empress."
What puzzled Shen Yi was that the Empress Hui, whom she hadn't seen for a while, looked different from her former self.
It's not because he's fat or thin, it's because his style and appearance are different. He seems to be a different person, only 45% similar to the former Pipa Jue.
Seeing Shen Yi's appearance, Concubine Hui smiled slightly and said softly: "Young Master Shen, don't be surprised. I used to learn some makeup from others outside the palace. Now that I'm out of the palace, I can't be recognized by others, right?"
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said softly: "That's what the Queen said."
Concubine Hui looked at Shen Yi, and then said softly: "It's not easy to leave the palace. Sir Shen will lead the way."
Shen Yi nodded and led the Concubine Hui into Dayifang. Not long after, he arrived at the door of Mr. Gu's private school. Shen Yi turned sideways, stretched out his hand and said, "Your Majesty, Master Gu is inside."
"I made an agreement with the old man that there is no one in the private school today, so my wife can just go in."
Concubine Hui raised her head and looked at the plaque at the door of the private school.
There is a way to educate talents.
This plaque did not exist originally. After Shen Heng won the lottery, the Shen family found someone to make a plaque and sent it here.
Concubine Hui narrowed her eyes and snorted lightly, but didn't say anything.
She was about to step forward and push the door open when she suddenly stopped, looked back at Shen Yi at the door, and said, "Shilang Shen, our whole family was harmed by him. My grandmother died of depression, and my parents also died in a foreign land."
"Originally, I would never meet him."
The imperial concubine paused and looked at Shen Yi.
"Now, I want to give Mr. Shen face."
"That's why I came to take a look at him."
After hearing this, Mr. Shen was silent for a while and sighed slightly.
"What happened back then was Master Gu's fault. The old man has also been riddled with regrets in the past thirty or forty years."
Concubine Hui looked calm: "Is regret enough?"
Shen Yi was silent.
Concubine Hui put her hand on the door and looked back at Shen Yi.
Master Shen cupped his hands and bowed his head slightly.
"I'm busy, my dear."
Concubine Hui smiled, opened the door and walked in.
