amaotonovel Chapter 1515: Holy Lord
Chapter 1515: Holy Lord
Chapter 1515: Holy Lord
Shen Yi stayed in Baoding Prefecture for three days.
Three days later, he had the King of Wu, who had recovered slightly, carried along and set off for Yanjing.
Because the bearers used are the best, there won't be too many bumps along the way.
However, because we were walking, it took almost four days to cover the distance of 300 miles before we finally reached the capital.
The King of Wu had his own mansion in the capital, but this time, after the sedan chair entered the city, it was carried all the way to the imperial city. Then two people carried the sedan chair and it entered the palace unimpeded. The seriously injured King of Wu was carried all the way to the Ganlu Palace.
Your Majesty, you look even more haggard.
Now, he needed Gao Ming's support to stand up. After he staggered to his son, the emperor glanced at the lying King Wu with no expression on his face.
Li Jian saw his father whom he hadn't seen for a year and immediately became flustered. He lowered his head and said, "Father."
The emperor sighed and asked, "Does it hurt?"
His Royal Highness the King of Wu burst into tears: "Your Highness...Your Highness."
"You kids."
In just a few days, Emperor Hong De seemed to have aged a bit. He sighed and said, "I don't have enough ability, but I think too much."
The King of Wu lowered his head, shed tears and said: "I know I was wrong..."
The emperor looked back at Gao Ming and said, "Carry him to the side hall and let the imperial physician treat him well."
"Yes."
Just as Gao Ming was about to leave, he glanced at the emperor with some worry, fearing that the emperor would fall. Shen Yi, who was standing by, naturally stepped forward, took over Eunuch Gao's position, and helped the emperor up.
The emperor and his minister walked towards the soft couch in the Ganlu Palace. As they walked, the emperor said, "It is hard to say whether I can survive this winter."
Shen Yi paused for a moment and remained silent.
The emperor also stopped and looked back at Shen Yi, smiling and saying, "During this period, Shen Qing's actions were beyond my expectations. With Shen Qing's cautious character, it is unlikely that he would interfere in the children's affairs."
Master Shen bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I did not interfere."
"I am only doing what your majesty wants me to do."
"Yes."
The emperor sighed: "But in the past, if it was something like this with only risks and no benefits, even if I asked you to do it, you would find ways to shirk it, and..."
"You are a very resourceful person. You always find a way to get away with it."
"Just pretend to be sick and you can avoid everything."
Shen Yi opened his mouth but said nothing.
His Majesty the Emperor smiled and said, "I know that you feel pity for me in your heart."
"It's a pity that I'm about to die, so you went against your own nature and followed my wishes to do my job."
As they were talking, the two of them had already come to the soft couch. Shen Yi helped the emperor sit down and sighed silently: "Your Majesty's choice of words is inappropriate."
"For more than 20 years, Your Majesty has always been very kind to me, and I have always remembered it in my heart. Now that Your Majesty wants to do something, I will naturally do my best to help Your Majesty accomplish it, even if I have to take some risks..."
Mr. Shen said silently: "Compared with the relationship of more than 20 years, it is not worth mentioning."
His Majesty the Emperor was sitting on the couch, and his eyes turned red when he heard this.
"I…"
"In my heart, I have always been grateful to Ziheng."
"We have been king and subject for more than 20 years, but unfortunately... Ziheng is still helping me, but I can't help him with anything."
Shen Yi sat in front of the emperor and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it is your Majesty's kindness that Yuan'er can station troops in Goryeo. Your Majesty has done too much to help the Shen family."
Shen Yi's generation should have always been in the court of Da Chen.
After all, Mr. Shen has great prestige. As long as he does not raise the flag of rebellion, future emperors will not be able to touch him.
However, the next generation of the Shen family will probably be split into two. Shen Yuan will reside in the north and may even become the de facto ruler of Goryeo.
As for Shen Ji and Shen Yi's youngest son, they will most likely stay in the court of Dachen.
Moreover, with Shen Yuan and Xue Wei in the north, the Shen family in the court will be relatively safe.
His Majesty the Emperor was silent for a long time, and then he said somewhat desolately: "It's a pity that I don't have much time left."
"Otherwise, we can pick another one from among the younger sons."
Master Shen was silent for a long time, then slowly said: "Your Majesty was only ten years old when he ascended the throne. As long as Your Majesty wants, I and the ministers in the court can assist the young master."
"That's all."
Emperor Hongde shook his head and said, "It's not pleasant to be a little emperor, and being a regent is even more offensive. I don't want Shen Qing to become another Yang Jingzong one day in the future."
"Besides, I cannot implicate Shen Qing anymore."
The emperor lay down on the couch and sighed silently: "Heaven will not give me longevity."
"If God gives me another ten years, with Shen Qing here, I can wipe out Liaodong, completely subdue the Tatars, and push the border of Dachen to a place that even Emperor Taizu has never seen."
Shen Yi nodded silently and said, "Da Chen ten years ago was too weak..."
"After conquering Northern Qi, it basically lost its fighting power. For the next ten years or so, Your Majesty has been restoring Da Chen's vitality and accumulating national strength. Now Da Chen's national strength has become strong, with strong soldiers and horses, and it can support an expedition at any time. But Your Majesty..."
"God willing."
Emperor Hongde sighed and said, "Neither you nor I can force it."
"I have been selecting among the princes in the past few years, in fact, in order to select a new king who can inherit my ambitions, support the rear, and allow Ziheng to continue to show his talents. Unfortunately..."
"These kids are not stupid, they just put their minds in the wrong place."
Hong Dechao lay down on the couch, his eyes full of regret: "Now that the country is unified, everyone in the court has lost their fighting spirit."
"There are no longer those people in the court who look up to the north, and there are few people like you and me... who are so determined to make progress."
Faced with the strong pressure from Northern Qi, there were still many "hawks" in the court who stared at their homeland in the north and refused to bow their heads.
Now, after the unification of the country, most people have stopped looking outward and instead focused their energy on the internal affairs.
As a result, factions emerged everywhere, fighting for power and profit.
The same goes for the princes.
There is no one anymore like the little emperor who stared at the north with stubborn eyes.
Hearing the emperor's words, Shen Yi said softly: "Your Majesty, let's not talk about the Tatar tribe for now. Liaodong is no longer a threat. You can rest assured."
"Sooner or later, I will establish the Liaodong Regional Military Commission for Dachen in Liaodong."
The emperor slowly breathed a sigh of relief: "I believe in Ziheng."
He struggled to sit up and looked at Shen Yi who was sitting in front of him.
It was night time now, and the light from the palace lanterns shone on their faces, flickering slightly.
Although they are of the same age, Emperor Hong De's hair is now half white, while Shen Yi still looks quite young.
Emperor Hongde stared at Shen Yi for a long time before he said, "Mr. Shen seems to have never thought about my position."
Shen Yi shook his head: "Never thought about it."
The emperor smiled and said, "I am a little curious."
"why?"
"I dare to say something."
Master Shen also raised his head and looked at the emperor, and said quietly: "Actually... it doesn't mean anything."
"If I become a tyrant, the responsibility of the people's misery will fall on my shoulders, and I cannot bear the condemnation in my heart."
"If you were a wise ruler like your majesty."
Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said silently: "I dare to say one more thing. After the great defeat of the court in the seventh year of Hongde, Your Majesty is no longer the same Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty has become a wise ruler and a good emperor."
"It has been twenty-five years since then... Your Majesty, you have been wearing the mask of a sage and wise ruler, and you have never taken it off for a single day. Until now, you have become a..."
"Holy Lord."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Hong De sat on the couch in a daze, tears streaming down his face without him realizing it.
"It's been... twenty-five years..."
I saw many friends saying that the protagonist’s recent behavior is very abnormal.
This chapter explains some of that.
From the moment the war is over, there is no need for the protagonist to get involved in any risks, because his status can no longer be improved.
He has been busy recently, not for anything else, but just to help his "friend" and do the last thing for him.
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(End of this chapter)