Concubine Hui stayed in the private school for almost half an hour before opening the door and walking out.
During this period, Shen Yi sat on the stone at the door and did not leave.
Seeing her coming out, Shen Yi stood up silently, still lowering his hands and saluting: "Your Majesty."
Concubine Hui stood in front of Shen Yi and said softly: "Shilang Shen, I have already finished talking to Mr. Gu about what I need to say. The palace is very strict. I am leaving the palace today to visit my relatives, and I will go back soon."
Shen Yi nodded and said, "I'll give it to you."
"Need not."
Concubine Hui smiled and said, "The sedan is at the gate of Dayifang. I'll go there myself."
As she said that, she looked at Shen Yi, smiled and said, "Servant Shen is busy, I'll be back soon."
Shen Yi nodded silently and walked her all the way to the gate of Dayifang. After watching the imperial concubine leave, he let out a breath and returned to Mr. Gu's private school.
Shen Yi met Old Man Gu in the main room of the private school.
Old Man Gu, who was usually unkempt and somewhat slovenly, now had a new set of clothes. He even had his hair combed and his beard trimmed, and he looked much more energetic.
But at this moment, the old man looked a little dazed, sitting on the chair, still smelling of alcohol.
Apparently, after Concubine Hui left, the old man drank some wine by himself.
Shen Yi sat silently next to the old man, looked at the few women's clothes that Mr. Gu had in hand, and sighed slightly: "Master Gu, you have also met me, are you sure she is your granddaughter?"
"yes."
Old Man Gu came back to his senses, glanced at Shen Yi silently, and said in a somewhat cold tone: "She is somewhat similar to her grandmother, and..."
"She can speak Taizhou dialect."
Shen Yi looked at Old Man Gu silently, forced a smile on his face, and said: "In this case, Master Gu's wish has come true. You can live a good life in Jiankang from now on. Your daughter is doing well now. This granddaughter has become a royal concubine, so there is no need for you to worry about the past events."
Old Man Gu held a wine bottle in his hand, raised his head and took another sip. Then he looked at the clothes at hand and sighed: "These clothes, I shamelessly went to the clothing store to pick out these clothes... "
Shen Yi was silent, then softly comforted: "Master Gu, please be considerate. Now that she is a royal concubine in the palace, it is not appropriate for her to wear these folk clothes. Besides, it is not appropriate for her to bring clothes back from outside the palace."
Old Man Gu nodded silently.
"I can understand everything Ziheng said."
He raised his head and glanced at Shen Yi, his voice a little hoarse: "But in the past half hour, as long as she spoke, most of the time she was asking, asking how I met Zi Heng, and asking how my relationship is between you and me."
Shen Yi was not surprised by Concubine Hui's move. In fact, Shen Yi would have been surprised if she hadn't asked this question.
Mr. Shen smiled at Old Man Gu and said, "Master Gu, don't worry. Since I have brought the imperial concubine here, I have made all mental preparations. There is no need for Master Gu to hide anything. What should I say to her?" That’s what it is.”
"I have told her everything that needs to be said."
At this point, he looked up at Shen Yi, hesitated to speak, and then let out a long sigh, feeling quite sad.
Shen Yi walked up to the old man, reached out and patted his back, and said softly: "The imperial concubine asked Master Gu to use my favor to threaten me and ask me to help their mother and son, right?"
When the old man heard this, he lowered his head and said nothing. Unknowingly, tears were streaming down his face.
"She is only in her early twenties, how can she be so scheming..."
At this point, the old man burst into tears.
A smile appeared on Shen Yi's face and he said, "Master Gu, this is really no wonder the imperial concubine."
"In the past, students didn't know her life experience, and they thought the same thing as Master Gu. But after knowing the cause and effect, they also felt that this noble concubine was not easy."
"Teacher Gu, you can think about it. When she was sold into a brothel, she was only eleven or twelve years old. She didn't have any means. She had already become a prostitute and even died in the brothel. Where is the subsequent story?"
"It's her ability that makes the imperial concubine what she is today. Sometimes when I think about it carefully, the students feel a little admired."
This sentence is not flattering by Shen Yi.
When Shen Yi first came to this world, although he was imprisoned and almost died, after he came out of Jiangdu County Prison, he became a scholar, and he was a scholar of Ganquan Academy, and he had a good foundation in scientific examinations.
Comparatively speaking, his situation is much better than that of Gu Hengbo, who was living in a brothel.
As for everyone Gu, it can be said that it was a hellish start to become the current Empress Hui. Although there were many fates, it must be said that opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.
Don't talk about anything else, just talk about the more than two years when she was held captive by Emperor Hongde.
If it were some woman who had no scheming intentions, Emperor Hongde would probably gradually forget about her if she was too fresh.
But Gu Hengbo was able to make the emperor linger, and when the emperor was hesitant, he got pregnant with a dragon at the right time.
This forced Emperor Hongde, who had no heir at the time, to make a decision, and finally successfully entered the palace and jumped over the dragon gate.
Old Man Gu took another sip of wine, then looked at Shen Yi with a red face and burped.
"Zi Heng, the old man only has a few years left to live. Who knows when he will die right here. It doesn't matter who he is sorry for or not."
He said slowly: "You have a bright future in the imperial court, and you still have the great cause of the Northern Expedition to do. You can't fall into a palace battle just because of me, an old man."
"In the future, if anything happens to Xiuzhen, I will blame it on you."
The old man gritted his teeth and said, "You don't have to get into a harem fight because of the old man."
Shen Yi walked up to the old man, patted the old man's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Master Gu, don't worry about me, I know it well."
At first, after Shen Yi got the news about the Gu family, he did not tell Old Man Gu immediately because he was worried about this.
He was not only worried that he would be involved in the harem fight alone.
His brother Shen Heng is a natural and inseparable political ally with him. If he is close to the eldest son of the emperor, then Shen Heng will not be able to escape and will have to get involved.
In his heart, Shen Yi had been hesitating.
But now, Shen Yi is no longer worried about getting involved in the harem fight.
because…
His Majesty the Emperor's attitude is very subtle.
He even asked the emperor's eldest son Li Wang to call him "uncle".
This is almost impossible to happen.
That "cake brother" would probably not be able to see a "perfect" courtier like Mr. Shen.
When Shen Yi was working in the southeast, the emperor arranged for Shen Yi to have an outer house to restrain Shen Yi.
Now, he seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally getting Shen Yi to have a relationship with the eldest son of the emperor.
Although this relationship will not have any binding force on Shen Yi now, it may not be a rein that holds Master Shen in the future.
Considering this point, this matter has little to do with Master Gu himself.
Shen Yi looked at the sad old man in front of him, sighed slightly, and said softly: "Master Gu, it's time for you to take care of yourself. From now on, you can run this private school as long as you want, or you can stop if you don't want to. "
"I will go north to Huai'an in a few days. When I am not in Jiankang, I will ask my son to visit you often."
Old Man Gu was still a little sad. This old man, who had always been free and easy, actually pulled Shen Yi's sleeve and said a lot of things in bits and pieces.
After Shen Yi comforted him for a while, he left Dayifang.
When he reached the gate of Dayifang, Mr. Shen subconsciously looked in the direction of the imperial city and murmured in his heart.
"Across from Concubine Hui, there is a huge descendant clan..."
"There are also the emperor's legitimate sons who may appear in the future."
He exhaled a breath and narrowed his eyes.
"Your Majesty's imperial balance technique is becoming less and less pyrotechnic..."
(End of chapter)
