After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

Shi Nai and his party came out of Duanben Palace, and met Dai Quan's apprentice Feng Bao head-on.

They thought that the sage had a holy intention to give to the prince, but unexpectedly he walked up to Shi Nai and said with a smile, "Master Shi, the sage has summoned you."

Shi Nai's eyelids twitched, and he pointed to his nose, "Is it just me?"

"Just you." Feng Bao said, "Master Shi, please."

"Don't dare, dare not, Eunuch Feng invites you first." Shi Nai laughed twice.He could clearly feel the gazes of his colleagues who came out of the East Palace together, probing and questioning, which made him feel like a thorn in his back.

This timing is really too sensitive, Shi Nai couldn't help muttering in his heart: What on earth is this for?

Overcoming many doubts, Shi Nai showed a comforting smile to Jia Jing, who had worried eyes, and followed Feng Bao.

Those left behind looked at each other.

"Why did he go?"

Jia Jing glanced across, and said calmly: "Under the whole world, is it the land of the king? Is it the land of the king, is it the minister of the king. Dare you not go when the sage summons you?"

The man shut up.

However, they had just come out from the prince, and there was obviously a rift between the prince and the saint.The sage called Shi Nai over at this time, which inevitably made people think about it.

——In other words, this Shi Nai was a servant, a high-ranking official of the third rank, the sage treated him with the grace of knowing him!Will he be loyal to the prince wholeheartedly?

Jia Jing had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions, and secretly sighed: "It's the cusp of the storm!"

******

Besides, Shi Nai followed Feng Bao all the way to Qianqing Palace, and Feng Bao was waiting for Shi Nai to inquire about him all the way, so that he could complete the task assigned by his master.

But Master Shi was too calm, seeing that he was about to reach the gate of Qianqing Palace, he still remained calm and did not say a word.

Feng Bao was in a hurry, and he was also surprised, so he couldn't help asking: "Master Shi, you don't want to know why the sage asked you to go?"

"Think." Shi Nai said honestly.

"Then why don't you ask?"

Shi Nai rolled his eyelids, glanced at him, and said flatly, "I didn't bring any money."

Feng Bao: "..."

——There are really people who enter the palace without money, what does he say?

Feng Bao's sharp eyes wandered around Shi Nai's body, and finally settled on the suet jade on his waist, his eyes lit up, "Master Shi, your jade is not bad."

Shi Nai looked down and nodded in agreement: "It's not bad, it's worth hundreds of taels of silver."

Feng Bao thought to himself: What I said is so obvious, you should understand, right?

Then he waited eagerly for Shi Nai's next words.

However, Shi Nai...he has nothing to say at all.

Seeing that he didn't reply for a while, Feng Bao said dryly, "This jade...is it really moist?"

Shi Nai blinked and understood, "Well, this is a good piece of jade. But please don't look at it, Eunuch Feng. This piece of good jade is just for prestige, so I can't give it to you."

Feng Bao said again: "..."

He decided to just throw up his sleeves and leave without telling him anything, because he was afraid of spoiling the matter of the saint.But if you don't accept anything, isn't that too deliberate?

Since you feel that the jade pendant is too expensive and you are reluctant to give it, how about another head office?

Then, Feng Bao's eyes fell on Shi Nai's left thumb on the rhino horn wrench.Well, this one is much cheaper than that jade pendant.

"Master Shi, you wrench your finger..."

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Shi Nai moved his body back with a look of vigilance, "Eunuch Feng, this is my father's relic, what do you want to do?"

Feng Bao: "...I'll just take a look, just take a look."

"Oh." Shi Nai relaxed, but he lowered his hand and covered his entire left hand in his sleeve.

The corner of Feng Bao's mouth twitched, he was speechless.

——How many important officials in the court stuffed the sleeves of our family with silver notes and gold and jade, just to get a plausible sentence from our family, so as to guess the saint's mind from it.

This Mr. Shi is fine, our family has already kept the words on our lips, and he just made it impossible for our family to say it.

Feng Bao really convinced this old man!

"For the sake of our friendship in Jinling, our family reminds Mr. Shi: This world is ultimately the world of saints."

There is no way, since there are no conditions, Feng Bao has to create conditions.

Shi Nai squinted his eyes slightly, and already understood why Feng Bao's anomaly was just now.

"Thank you, Eunuch Feng. By the way, have you run out of the soap you gave Eunuch last time?"

The word "Jinling" reminded Shi Nai that he still has something that is worthless to him but rare to others.

Feng Bao glanced at him suspiciously, for a moment he couldn't figure out what he meant by asking this question?

You can't think that you gave too much soap last time and want to go back, right?

"Not only our family likes that thing, but our master also likes it very much. Our family took it to honor the master."

So, if you want to go back or something, don't even think about it.

Shi Nai's eyes lit up: Dai Quan also likes it?That would be great!Save some money later on.

"Eunuch Feng." Shi Nai looked at Feng Bao sincerely.

"Master Shi?" Feng Bao clapped his hands, smiling, unmoved.

I just heard Shi Nai say: "When Shi came back from Jinling, he brought two boxes of soap. If Eunuch Feng likes it, I'll send someone to deliver a box to Eunuch Feng's house tomorrow?"

Feng Bao raised his eyebrows and didn't show it on his face, he was surprised: Why did you suddenly become generous again?Could it be that our family misunderstood him earlier?

However, he will not refuse.

"Then thank you, Mr. Shi. Mr. Shi, the Qianqing Palace has arrived. The saint said, after you come, just go in directly. Please."

"Thank you, Eunuch Feng, for leading the way." Shi Nai bowed his hands to him, straightened his uniform, and made sure there was nothing wrong with it, and then walked into the Qianqing Palace.

"My humble minister, Shi Nai, see the sage. May the sage live forever."

The sage was reading the scriptures, when he heard Shi Nai's voice, he slightly raised his eyes: "Shi Qing is here? Let's go together."

"Thank you, Saint."

The saint put down the bag in his hand, moved his shoulders a few times, grabbed the tea bowl with one hand and took a sip, and asked with a smile: "I heard that many ministers have gone to the East Palace today?"

Shi Nai lowered his eyes and said calmly, "Return to the saint, that's right."

"You went too?"

"Return to the saint, that's right."

"Because I let Lao Liu and Lao Qi supervise the country together?"

"Return to the saint, that's right."

The saint frowned: "Shi Qing, besides this sentence, would you say anything else?"

Shi Nai still lowered his eyes, and didn't even change his tone: "Go back to Your Majesty, ministers."

The saint smiled: "Are you afraid that I will ask you what you have said, so you are deliberately perfunctory?"

Although Shi Nai had this idea, he definitely couldn't admit it.

"The sage is joking. The sage is the son of heaven. In this world, only the sage doesn't want to know. There is no sage who can't know. How can I have more words?"

"Hahahaha..." I don't know where Shi Nai's words scratched the sage's itch, he laughed happily for a while, and said to Shi Nai in a good mood, "Shi Qing is so smart, I must understand, since you From the time I followed Feng Bao at the gate of the East Palace, no matter what I know, the crown prince and his disciples have reason to suspect that it was you who told me the secret."

Shi Nai finally raised his eyes so that the sage could clearly see the look of admiration on his face: "Your Highness has a big heart and is not a small-hearted person. As for the others... To be honest, I don't really care."

"Oh?" The saint looked at him with a half-smile, "Could it be that Shi Qing, like those young and frivolous scholars, thinks that gentlemen are not party?"

Shi Nai said: "I just think that eating the emperor's salary is a matter of being loyal to the emperor. Those people have never paid the minister a salary, so I don't care what they think about the minister."

The saint's expression became serious, "Aren't you afraid that you have become a lonely minister?"

Shi Nai said seriously: "If you don't want to form a party for personal gain, you have to be a lone minister, and that minister would rather be a lone minister."

The saint was silent for a moment, then waved his hands, "Forget it, you can kneel down."

"Chen, leave." Shi Nai saluted respectfully, slowly retreated to the door, turned and left.

It wasn't until he left the palace gate that he heaved a long sigh of relief, rubbing his forehead and sweating with his hands.

But he didn't know that after he left, Dai Quan cautiously asked the saint: "Saint, the reward for Mr. Shi..."

The sage glanced at him lightly, and said, "Is my private treasury very rich? Reward him twice every day?"

Dai Quan lowered his head and shut up, turning himself into a clam shell.

He vaguely understood why the sage suddenly spared Mr. Shi.

After all, there are really too few ministers who know how to appreciate the kindness of the king and are not afraid of being a lonely minister.

******

The emperor's travel has always been cumbersome.From the sage's decree to escape the summer heat to the actual trip, I have been preparing for half a month.That's it, the Ministry of Internal Affairs knew that the saint would go to the Lion Park every year, so it was prepared in advance.

As soon as the sage left, the atmosphere in the capital immediately relaxed.

At least, the ministers don't have to go to court.

Shi Nai honestly went to the household department every day to answer the post, and handled official duties diligently, as if he didn't notice at all that the prince, the party's colleagues, alienated or pointed at him intentionally or unintentionally.

Over time, some people think that he is used to putting on a show;

However, Shi Nai found that the sixth prince suddenly seemed to be silent a lot, and he didn't like to talk to those important ministers who supported the prince.

Could it be that there was a conflict with the prince?

With the cautious temperament of the sixth prince, it shouldn't be.

That's what the prince said to him.

Shi Nai counted the time silently, and it was less than a year before the last prince's uprising.

At this time, he wanted to stop it, but it was obviously too late.

It is impossible for the prince to stop, and it is impossible for the saint to show mercy.

Shi Nai felt infinite regret in his heart.

In fact, the candidate for the new monarch he most hopes for is still the crown prince.The prince is graceful, neither too lenient like a sage, nor too strict like the sixth prince.

However, whether it is the prince or the sage, their tolerance for each other has reached a critical point, and an outbreak is necessary, and it is only a matter of time.