When the emperor said this, he was not taking any responsibility for Shen Yi.
But he wanted to tell the Queen Mother that the matter of raising Gu Hengbo outside was his own good as the emperor and had nothing to do with Shen Yi.
Although this is indeed true, the emperor actually has no obligation to do this for Shen Yi.
Because in the court system, or in the Confucian concept, the emperor is a born good person, a saint.
He will not do anything wrong or immoral.
If the emperor has done anything bad, it must be the traitorous officials who deceived his majesty.
In other words, the people around the emperor are born to take the blame. It is reasonable and reasonable to take the blame for the emperor.
If someone wants to attack the emperor with the issue of keeping prostitutes, then Shen Yi, the scapegoat, should immediately jump out and take the blame for His Majesty the Emperor, and not let the holy name be tainted.
But now, His Majesty the Emperor took the initiative to stand up and remove Shen Yi from this matter.
The reasons are complex.
A small part of the reason may be due to the loyalty of young people.
The more important reason is that the emperor now needs a reason to have some conflict with the queen mother.
At best, he can win this conflict, or at least gain the upper hand, so that the emperor can have the top say in family and state affairs in the long years to come.
The so-called top right to speak is one thing. As long as he, the emperor, decides, no one can change anything.
Neither can the Queen Mother.
The little emperor has actually been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.
He has been in charge for two years. During these two years, he has begun to take control of various confidential offices in the court. He has more and more cronies under his command, and he has 200,000 imperial troops firmly in his hands. The current little emperor is very confident.
It was this confidence that allowed him to make up his mind to form a coastal defense force and contribute to the future Northern Expedition.
But now, when the little emperor was at his most confident, Empress Dowager Sun suddenly jumped in and intervened, just in time for the emperor to show off his power.
In addition to the confidence brought by two years in power, the emperor also has a more important and most important bargaining chip.
That is... he is the biological son of Queen Mother Sun.
Moreover, Empress Dowager Sun has the only biological son like him.
In other words, the Queen Mother, who can depose and establish an emperor as long as she unites with the prime minister, has no second candidate for the emperor.
If the mother and son were really at loggerheads, and she had deposed her own son, she would have no choice but to help the late emperor's two concubines to ascend the throne. And those two concubines also had their own biological mothers. If they ascended the throne, they might even respect their grandchildren. Queen Mother, over time, she must have tried every means to make her own mother the Queen Mother.
From this point of view, the emperor is irreplaceable to the Queen Mother.
That's why he had enough courage to stand in Kunde Palace and face the all-powerful Queen Mother in front of him, the most powerful talker in the Li family for a long time.
Queen Mother Sun sat on the soft couch, silently raising her head, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar son in front of her, with very complicated emotions.
She is the emperor's biological mother. In her heart, the emperor has always been a child.
She still remembers how that ignorant child, who was only ten years old, was led by him to the throne of God and accepted the worship of hundreds of officials.
And now, eighty-nine years have passed in the blink of an eye.
What I have to admit is that the Emperor in front of me is no longer the child Emperor nine years ago.
Thinking of this, Queen Mother Sun glanced at Shen Yi again, and then sighed: "What? Are you going to be angry with your mother because of Shen Yi?"
"It's not just a matter of Shen Yi."
The emperor lowered his hands and stood in front of the Queen Mother. Although he lowered his head slightly, the expression on his face was very serious and firm: "Even if I am just talking about Shen Yi, Shen Yi has done nothing wrong here."
The Queen Mother sat back in her seat and looked at the emperor indifferently: "He encouraged the emperor to swim in the Qinhuai River, and also raised famous prostitutes for the emperor outside. According to the behavior of civil servants, he is a real official and a traitor."
When the matter of Gu Hengbo was mentioned, the emperor's expression changed first, and then he lowered his head slightly and said: "Since the queen mother already knows, I won't hide it. Miss Gu was met by me at the birthday banquet of the uncle of the King of Jin. She fell in love at first sight, and later she learned to ask someone else to arrange for Miss Gu to be a good place for her son."
"And this person is not Shen Yi."
The Queen Mother closed her eyes and waved her hands, indicating that she did not want to hear the emperor continue talking.
Because the emperor bumped into her today, the Queen Mother felt a little unhappy. She said coldly: "If the Ai family lives for one day, you will never bring her into the palace."
The emperor had no expression on his face and just nodded silently in agreement.
He said slowly: "My sons and ministers have all remembered what the queen mother said."
The young Emperor tried hard to calm down, then lowered his head and said: "Mother, you want to arrange responsibilities for the two cousins. I have no objections. Except for the anti-Japanese army, we can discuss wherever they go. I will make an appointment with the father-in-law and uncle-in-law later to discuss this matter with them."
Arranging errands for the two cousins of the Sun family meant that the emperor's attitude had softened.
Queen Mother Sun thinks so.
As a result, the Queen Mother's face became a little better, and she said calmly: "This is a matter of the outer court. The Ai family will not interfere with you."
At this point, she glanced at Shen Yi again, with a somewhat unsightly look on her face: "As for this precious Shen Hanlin, the emperor should take him out quickly. The temple in Aijia is small and cannot accommodate this big Buddha."
The Queen Mother must be worried about Shen Yi.
Because Shen Yi is too "ignorant".
When the Queen Mother came to him to do something, he should handle it honestly and down-to-earth. Even if he couldn't get it done, he should kowtow a few more times in the Kunde Palace and ask her, the Queen Mother, to take back her life.
But this stupid young man turned around and went to complain to the emperor, which even affected the relationship between mother and son.
The emperor bowed his head deeply to the Queen Mother and said, "Mother, please rest in peace. I have resigned."
After saying that, he took a few steps back and left Kunde Palace with Shen Yi.
After walking out of Kunde Palace, His Majesty the Emperor still did not ride in the sedan, but walked in tandem with Shen Yi in the imperial city.
The young Emperor was feeling a little depressed at the moment, and his voice was even a little hoarse: "The plum blossoms in the back garden are blooming. Can Qing Shen accompany me for a walk?"
When the big boss said this, Shen Yi naturally couldn't refuse. He also saw that the emperor was in a bad mood, so he bowed slightly and said, "Everything today is my fault. Please forgive me."
The emperor stopped, looked back at Shen Yi, and then shook his head: "You did nothing wrong."
"It's just because the desire is hard to satisfy."
His Majesty the Emperor walked in front, still feeling a little depressed: "I never thought that one day I would have any conflict with my mother."
"I have always respected and loved my mother..."
"only…"
The emperor let out a long breath: "It's just that in addition to being a son, I am also the emperor of Dachen."
"I want to do something for the court and the country."
“If you want to do something, you have to offend people.”
With that said, he turned back to look at Shen Yi and said softly: "Shen Qing, you are also a person who wants to do things, and you will inevitably offend others."
Shen Yi smiled bitterly in his heart.
He had already offended the Queen Mother terribly today.
Now, if he makes someone useful to the court, the emperor may still protect him. If one day he is no longer of use to the emperor, His Majesty the Emperor may get rid of him, make the Queen Mother happy, and then continue to be a loving mother and a filial son.
Shen Yi sighed: "I have offended many people."
Since coming to this world, Shen Yi has offended the Fan family, the Yang family, the Zhao family, and now even the Queen Mother.
The emperor smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder: "Then we, monarch and minister, will be together in the future..."
"To offend more people."
