Qing Jialu

It was already March, and the spring breeze in the capital was still bitter, and it was astringent and painful on people's faces.However, for Shen Jia who revisited his old place, this little wind still couldn't blow away his enthusiasm.Regardless of the cold, he poked his head out of the carriage, looked at the lively but unfamiliar street, and listened to the pleasant and familiar dialect spoken by passers-by on the side of the road.

When the carriage arrived at the small courtyard where he used to live, Wei Hanming, who was disguised as a coachman, cupped his hands and said to Shen Jia: "Master Shen, then I will go back."

"Thank you for protecting me during this time." Shen Jia said sincerely.

Wei Hanming smiled, "It's very interesting to get along with adults, and we may have the opportunity to work together in the future. Master Shen, we will meet later!"

"There will be a period later!" Shen Jia also cupped her hands.He watched the carriage gradually disappear from sight, and then opened the door, and saw Doctor Fan waiting for him in the hall.

"Changqing, you're back, have you had lunch yet?" Dr. Fan's tone didn't sound like he was speaking to a wanderer who hadn't returned home for a long time, as if he had just met Shen Jia.

"I ate on the way." Shen Jia put down her luggage and looked at the home furnishings, "The capital city has changed a lot, but nothing has changed at home."

"You leave the house to me to take care of it, of course I will take care of it." Dr. Fan almost lives in the palace now, but sometimes he will come back and stay here for a few days.

"Thank you, Brother Fan." Shen Jia took the luggage, returned to her bedroom with ease, and began to tidy up.

Dr. Fan leaned against the door and asked leisurely, "Aren't you going to see His Majesty?"

"Of course I'm going." Shen Jia said while busy with the work in hand, "But I have to wait until tomorrow morning."

"Yo, are you not in a hurry now?" Doctor Fan smiled, "I don't know who was like a dog's plaster before, and didn't want to leave His Majesty's side for a moment."

Shen Jia heard the words and sighed, "One moment, another moment. No one in Hangzhou knows His Majesty, but there are masters and officials watching in the capital. If I run into the palace again and again, Your Majesty will be unhappy."

Sure enough, someone was interfering with it and wanted to separate the two of them.Doctor Fan said clearly: "Your Majesty has thought carefully. In fact, since last year, there have been constant rumors in the capital, so we should be more cautious."

"What's the matter?" Shen Jia is in a foreign place, although there is a mansion newspaper that allows him to keep track of what's going on in Beijing, but rumors and gossip will not be published in the mansion newspaper.

"It's not the fault of King Kui." Dr. Fan told Shen Jia exactly what he had heard, "Ever since King Kui was put under house arrest by His Majesty, he felt resentment in his heart. Some people heard him The mansion shouted and yelled, scolded His Majesty, saying something like, "The cunning rabbit is cooked by a dog, and the bird is a good bow." He also said that His Majesty is ungrateful and does not keep his promise."

Shen Jia was taken aback when he heard the words, he didn't expect Xiao Shu to be such a rascal.He hurriedly asked, "Does Your Majesty know?"

"Perhaps you know, after all Jin Yiwei knows everything." Doctor Fan said, "But His Majesty didn't say anything, just let King Kui talk nonsense."

But Shen Jia remembered what Xiao Yi said before, that it was King Kui who encouraged him to rebel, and even helped him secretly buy soldiers and armour, and contact all parties.

Could it be that there was some agreement between their brothers, could it be that Xiao Yi really betrayed his younger brother?

Shen Jia was anxious, put down her half-packed luggage, and said to Dr. Fan: "I want to enter the palace."

"Didn't you mean to go tomorrow?"

"I can't wait." Shen Jia said and was about to go out.

Doctor Fan hurriedly blocked the door and stopped him, "Don't be impulsive, it's just gossip, do you want to go into the palace to question His Majesty?"

"I'm just worried about him and want to see if he's alright." Shen Jia said, "His Majesty actually has affection for his younger brother. Now that King Kui has slandered His Majesty so much, he must feel uncomfortable."

"You really understand his heart." Dr. Fan took a step back, no longer obstructing, "Forget it, you go, I know I can't persuade you."

Shen Jia took the tooth card and hurried to the palace.After a year, he once again saw the familiar red walls and green tiles, as well as the gorgeous and majestic Hall of Mental Cultivation.

When Eunuch Chen reported the news of Shen Jia's request to see him, the emperor's expression was indeed subtle.

"He just returned to Beijing today, right?" Xiao Yi pinched his fingers and made the calculations. In fact, he had been paying attention to Shen Jia's developments, knowing when he would leave and when he would arrive.

"Yes." Eunuch Chen replied with lowered eyebrows, "It is also right for foreign officials to meet His Majesty first when they enter Beijing."

Xiao Yi raised his head and glanced at Chen Jinzhong, he probably didn't believe what he said.

However, Eunuch Chen didn't care about his majesty seeing through his lies. He already knew what happened in Hangzhou through Kapok.

What is "the root of the root is broken", it is talking about these two.No one understands the emperor's thoughts better than Eunuch Chen.

After all, Xiao Yi finally met Shen Jia, and now he has no countermeasures against Shen Jia.

Shen Jia respectfully knelt down and kowtowed for the emperor's grace, asked if His Majesty was safe, and said some superficially official words.After Xiao Yi answered according to the script, he let the servants of the Hall of Mental Cultivation retreat.

After all the outsiders left, Xiao Yi stood up and pulled Shen Jia up, "When you left, didn't the people give you the Wanmin Umbrella?"

That was a joke the two of them said while walking on the Su Causeway in Hangzhou.Unexpectedly, after half a month, Xiao Yi still remembered.

Shen Jia smiled slightly, "It's really a gift."

"It seems that Mr. Shen has won the hearts of the people in Hangzhou. Now that you are transferred away, I don't know how many people complain about me."

"I told the people that His Majesty asked me to go to the capital to benefit more people, and they all understood." Shen Jia replied, "And they heard that I was promoted, and they were happier than myself."

Xiao Yi understood that this showed that Shen Jia was really a good official, and he was a little proud in his heart, after all, Shen Jia was discovered and cultivated by him.

"By the way, Brother Du asked me to bring something for Miss Mu Jin." Shen Jia said, took out a small box from his arms, and handed it to Xiao Yi.

"He has a heart." Xiao Yi took the box, opened it, and found that it was a hairpin.

This hairpin is carved from white jade, and the white hibiscus flowers carved on it are exquisite and beautiful. It looks like it was specially made by a craftsman.

"He is serious." Shen Jia also said, "In order to find suet jade for hairpins, he traveled a lot of places. Later, he invited the best jade carving master in Hangzhou to carve carefully for ten days."

"Good-looking is good-looking, but it's too old-fashioned." Xiao Yi commented, "Love keepsakes are always hairpins, jade pendants, jade bracelets, nothing new."

Shen Jia touched the jade pendant in her arms involuntarily, and said to herself, you also know that the jade pendant is for tokens of love, so why don't you give it away as meal money?

At this moment, Shen Jia began to suspect that when Xiao Yi gave him the jade pendant, was it really just for a meal?

Xiao Yi closed the box and put it on the table, "I will bring the things."

Seeing that Xiao Yi was in a good mood, Shen Jia felt relieved.He didn't mention the bad things about King Kui again, but Xiao Yi talked about his other younger brother, His Highness King Su.

"Fourth brother is quite happy to hear that you are back. He came to see me two days ago and wanted to invite you to give his lecture."

"I'm just a lecturer, Cheng Ge is worthy of being a lecturer."

"Your master has stopped talking about it a long time ago." Xiao Yi said, "Since you left, Mr. Cheng has pushed back the errands in the Hongwen Museum due to the busy trivial matters of the New Deal. At present, there are only a few great Confucian scholars from the Imperial Academy who are teaching the fourth brother."

Shen Jia knew those great Confucian scholars, they did not seek meritorious deeds in their lectures, but they sought no faults, and their lectures were rather pedantic.King Su will inherit the throne in the future, so he can't be biased by corrupt scholars.

"Okay then, I'll go." Shen Jia hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.

Xiao Yi smiled, "Very good. You will go to the Hongwen Hall to meet the fourth brother later, he really misses you."