The emperor deliberately suppressed the news of the concubine in the palace, so the incident only spread within a small area and did not spread in Jiankang City.
However, there is no airtight wall in the world. Even so, the incident spread on a small scale in Jiankang City, so much so that the next day after the incident, Zhang Jian and Zhang Yian invited Shen Yi to drink at Guiyun Tower. Talked about it.
The son of the Prime Minister acted quite gossipy. While clinking a glass of wine with Shen Yi, he said with a smile: "This minister of Dali Temple in this dynasty has always been known as a selfless and selfless man outside. He has a very good reputation. In Jiankang, There are not even any servants in the mansion, and usually only a family of three lives there. This time, a granddaughter appeared out of nowhere, and His Majesty actually took a fancy to her."
Zhang Jian chuckled and said, "He is a Jiuqing with a good background in science and technology. Inexplicably, he became a relative. When he heard that his granddaughter entered the palace, he only made him a concubine. At this time, Old Man Lu was probably very angry."
Shen Yi also laughed and clinked the wine glasses with Zhang Jian, and said with a smile: "Zifeiyu, how do you know the joy of fish? Maybe this Dali Temple minister is very happy now."
Shen Yi didn't know much about this Dali Temple minister, but he knew the causes and consequences of this matter very well.
Bringing a woman of unknown origin into the family and then marrying her into the palace is naturally a great honor for ordinary people, but for a woman, it may not be a great good thing.
Those sycophants, in order to please the emperor, may lower themselves and be willing to do such things for the emperor. However, if they are the so-called "Qingliu" with a good reputation, they are probably unwilling to do such things for the sake of their own reputation. of.
And when an official reaches a certain height, sometimes the emperor can't force him to do something he doesn't want to do.
In other words...this Dali Temple minister either didn't match the rumors, or he had some leverage and was in the hands of the emperor.
As for why the palace chose such a family, it is easy to understand.
Because the Lu family is small.
If it were any other wealthy or distinguished family, not to mention the number of people in the family, there might be hundreds of servants alone. Even Zhao Changping, who was always known for his integrity, would have many servants in his family. There were thirty or forty people together.
There is an "extra" person who suddenly appears out of nowhere. If there are many people in the family and there are so many mouths, it will be difficult to hide it. Only for "poor" officials like Lu Qingzheng who have few people at home, it will be much easier to hide it. .
"That's it."
Zhang Jian chuckled and said: "Your Majesty has not yet cast a large number of girls, and there are not many people in the harem yet. Now he suddenly selected this girl from the Lu family to enter the palace, and he did it in such a hurry. He must be very fond of this girl from the Lu family. Women, life in the palace may not be so easy."
Shen Yi knew clearly that Zhang Jian was talking about the Sun family, but he didn't think the affairs of the inner court had anything to do with him, so he lowered his head and took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Senior brother is very concerned about these anecdotes."
"This capital is boring."
Zhang Jian lowered his head and took a sip of wine, and said in a low voice: "You are so carefree and happy outside, but you don't know that I am in Taichang Temple and have nothing to do every day. If I don't hear some interesting stories, I will be bored to death."
After saying that, Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi and said sincerely: "To tell you the truth, I envy you, my brother, and my eyes are almost red with envy."
"Not to mention making achievements outside, I have also been promoted in the official ranks, and now I am already at the fifth rank."
He said "tsk", his eyes full of envy: "If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before you, Shen Ziheng, become the prime minister."
"Senior brother, you want to flatter me and kill me."
Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of wine, and said with some disappointment: "If I could be the Prime Minister of Taichang Temple in Jiankang, then I would also be willing to stay in Jiankang. It's a pity that if I stayed in Jiankang, I would probably still be a How can a ninth-grade school secretary be compared with you, senior brother?"
"Besides..."
Mr. Shen sighed: "Brother, you only saw me eating meat, not being beaten."
He squinted his eyes,
He raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
Zhang Jian was a little surprised: "What did Ziheng say?"
Shen Yi looked at Zhang Jian and said helplessly: "Brother, I come from a poor family in Jiangdu. I have no clan power and no court background. Except for Uncle Zhao who takes care of me, basically no one in the court will look at me again. But even if Uncle Zhao took care of me, but Brother Song couldn't climb up so fast. How can I, Shen Qi, get four thousand in two years and a fifth-rank official position?"
"That's not easy."
Zhang Jian said with a smile: "We are all long-term workers for the Li family. Everything depends on His Majesty's wishes. Just the words "Jian is in the Emperor's heart" are enough. Besides..."
"With your merits, Ziheng, among those who have passed the qualifications in the Ministry of War, who can compare with you? Not to mention a doctor in the Ministry of War, I will give you a minister in the Ministry of War, as a brother, I feel it is appropriate."
Master Shen shook his head again and said calmly: "Senior brother, the reason why I was promoted so quickly is because His Majesty felt that he owed me a debt, so he compensated me at the professional level."
"Because I'm afraid that you, senior brother, will be worried, I only informed Senior Uncle Zhao about some things, but not you, senior brother."
Master Shen took a sip of his wine and said, "I was almost burned to death in Yueqing a few days ago."
After Shen Yi told the story roughly, Zhang Yian stood up and shouted angrily: "It's lawless!"
"This bunch of unscrupulous people dare to burn the Imperial Envoy!"
"I'm just being ordered by others."
Shen Yi took a sip of wine and laughed at himself: "To be honest with you, brother, this little brother's head is only on his neck for the time being. He never knows when he will be in a different place."
He toasted Zhang Jian.
"On this trip back to Jiankang, I spent most of my time at home with my wife and children. Apart from His Majesty's summons, you, Zhang Yian, are the only one who can call me out."
Zhang Jian originally thought Shen Yi was joking, but the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong. Finally, he slowly put down his glass and frowned: "Qilang, what happened?"
Shen Yi smiled and said: "There is a Cleansing Department in Northern Qi, does brother know about it?"
Zhang Jian thought thoughtfully: "I've heard of some. It's said that they are all masters selected by the Hu people. They hide in the dark and kill people first-rate."
Shen Yi breathed out a breath of alcohol and said helplessly: "Originally, I didn't know much about the Cleaning Department, but these days, I went to look up some information about the Cleaning Department. The Northern Qi Cleaning Department, with all its manpower combined, may have Fifty or sixty thousand people.”
"Among them, there are still a large number of people hiding in our country and hiding in the dark, so we have not taken them into account."
Shen Yi looked up at Zhang Jian and whispered: "Now, this Purity Department is probably staring at me all the time. Maybe he will jump out at some point and end my life with a knife."
Zhang Jian frowned again.
"Tell me more about it."
Shen Yi sighed and told him about being on the assassination list.
Then he slowly stood up and bowed to the son of the prime minister, with a serious expression on his face: "Brother Yi An, if anything happens to me in the future, my wife and children at home..."
"I'll leave it to my brother to take care of me."
Zhang Jian looked at Shen Yi with a complicated expression, and then sighed.
"That being said, I really don't envy you for your promotion to this official position."
After saying that, he stood up and returned the favor to Shen Yi.
"But if you have the energy to spare, you have the duty to do so."
