amaotonovel Chapter 1437 The Last Bit of Kindness
Chapter 1437 The Last Bit of Kindness
Chapter 1437 The Last Bit of Kindness
In the next few days, Mr. Shen had free time except for dealing with some documents from Yanjing.
Apart from wandering around Jiankang City, the rest of the time he would meet some old friends who came to visit him, and sometimes he would visit Shangshu Zhang's home.
That afternoon, Mr. Shen suddenly had a whim and came to Prince Jin's Mansion to reminisce with Prince Jin.
Prince of Jin, Li Mu, was of similar age to Zhang Jian. He was now nearly fifty years old and had completely lost the threat to the imperial power. Therefore, there was no taboo in his dealings with the Prince of Jin's Palace.
Moreover, the Prince of Jin has not been doing much work in the court in recent years and is almost in a semi-idle state.
The main door of Prince Jin's Mansion was opened wide to welcome Mr. Shen into the mansion.
Shen Yi bowed to the Prince Jin who came to greet him, then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, just open a small door and let me in, why are you making such a fuss?"
Li Mu pulled Shen Yi's sleeve and shook his head repeatedly: "In the whole Dachen, apart from His Majesty and the Queen coming to my place, I will open the door for you. For the rest, only you, Ziheng, are here, and it is worth it for me to open the door."
Shen Yi shook his head and sighed: "Your Majesty, you are too kind to me."
The Prince of Jin at this time had a lot more white hair on his head, and his demeanor was completely different from the Prince of Jin who had gone south and southeast and confiscated property along the way.
Shen Yi couldn't help but sigh: "I have been in the north for ten years, and the old people in Jiankang have all grown old."
Prince Jin shook his head and smiled, "I haven't suffered much. Ziheng, go and see the people of my age."
“Many of them already have wrinkles all over their faces.”
The two entered the gate of Prince Jin's mansion. Prince Jin personally poured tea for Shen Yi and said with a smile: "I heard that Ziheng rarely goes out on weekdays. Is there anything that you are visiting today?"
"it's okay no problem."
Shen Yi shook his head and said, "In the blink of an eye, I am already nearly forty years old. It is time for me to talk to old friends."
Prince Jin smiled, filled the teapot, sat down next to Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "You can come to find me, but it is difficult for me to go to find you, otherwise I would have gone to find you a long time ago."
"Your Majesty still thinks too much."
Mr. Shen lowered his head to drink tea and said with a smile: "It's not the time twenty years ago."
As Emperor Hongde's merits and virtues grew, the status of the main line of the royal family had become unshakable. Even if there was not a single bloodline left in Emperor Hongde's lineage, it would only be through the adoption of people from other branches to Emperor Hongde's lineage. There would not be any possibility of this happening to the side branches.
Li Mu smiled and did not respond. Instead, he asked, "When will Ziheng leave Jiankang this time?"
"Once the relocation of the capital is finalized, we will return to the north."
Shen Yi said silently: "There are still many things in the north waiting for me to do."
"Hard."
Li Mu picked up the teacup and said, "On behalf of the Li family, I offer tea instead of wine to Ziheng."
The two men clinked their glasses, and Prince Jin smiled and said, "Today, all my children and grandchildren are here. It's a rare opportunity for Ziheng to come. Let them all come over, pay their respects, and kowtow to Ziheng."
Shen Yi quickly shook his head and said, "Of course you can come over to meet me, but you don't have to kowtow."
"They are all from the royal family, I am afraid of shortening my life."
"Ziheng, what you said is too polite."
Li Mu shook his head and said, "Since 20 years ago, I have treated you as a friend. How could I pretend to be someone I am not? We have been friends for more than 20 years. My children and grandchildren are all your descendants."
Mr. Shen had no choice but to agree.
Before long, more than a dozen people gathered in the main hall of Prince Jin's Mansion, young and old, including Li Mu's sons and quite a few of Li Mu's grandchildren.
Everyone came forward politely and saluted Shen Yi one by one.
Mr. Shen was not very good at dealing with this kind of situation. He stood up, searched his body, and then said with a wry smile: "I don't have anything on me. I'll have someone send a gift to you later and make up for it."
Upon hearing this, all the princes and grandchildren started laughing.
At this moment, Jiang Sheng took small steps and walked all the way to Shen Yi's side. He whispered something in Shen Yi's ear. Mr. Shen frowned slightly, then said, "Got it."
Jiang Sheng said "hmm" and stepped back.
Prince Jin seemed to be thinking about something, and asked, "Ziheng is an important official of the country, not like me who is idle. If you have anything to do, just leave."
Mr. Shen shook his head slightly and said with a smile, "It's not a big deal. I'll stay a little longer and get to know the people."
Prince Jin thought about it and did not refuse.
Shen Yi stayed in the Prince of Jin's Mansion for about an hour, until the evening, when he left the Mansion and got on the carriage of Marquis Shen's Mansion.
In the carriage, Master Shen closed his eyes and said slowly, "Let's go to Dayifang."
The carriage quickly turned around and headed for Dayifang in the south of the city.
When it was dusk, the carriage stopped at Dayifang. Mr. Shen got off the carriage, looked at the somewhat familiar private school in front of him, and walked in silently.
The private school was still open, and it was opened by Shen Heng. However, at this moment, the children had all gone home from school, and the private school seemed empty.
A young man was sitting on the steps in front of the private school.
In the dusk, Shen Yi put his hands in his sleeves and walked forward with an expressionless face.
The young man looked up at Shen Yi, then lowered his head and clenched his fists.
When Shen Yi got closer, he lowered his head and said, "Uncle..."
He looked up at Shen Yi: "I don't accept it!"
At this time, two lines of tears had already flowed down the young man's face.
Master Shen was silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "It would be more useful for you to tell His Majesty about this than to tell me."
"but…"
His Highness bowed his head, clenched his fist and said: "But you helped him..."
"The emperor guards the gates of the country."
The Grand Prince wept and said, "The King dies for the country."
"You still don't understand."
Mr. Shen shook his head and said, "You were there at the Queen Mother's bedside that day. If His Majesty had said your name that day, I would have said the same thing to you."
"The migration to the north needs to be proposed by the crown prince in order to proceed smoothly. Who this crown prince is has nothing to do with me."
"but…"
Shen Yi looked at the eldest prince Li Wang, who he had watched grow up, and said softly, "Your Highness... seems to have some skills. Where did you hear this?"
"It's my house..."
Shen Yi said softly: "It's still the Third Prince's residence, or rather..."
"In the palace?"
Li Wang lowered his head, a little frustrated: "Uncle, this is not important anymore."
He wiped his tears, looked up at Shen Yi, then got up and knelt in front of Shen Yi.
"Uncle, since ancient times, those who participated in the fight for the throne rarely had a good ending once they failed. I beg you to do this for my great-grandfather's sake..."
Having said this, he bowed his head deeply, and as a descendant of a noble family, his forehead almost touched the ground.
"Show my nephew a clear path."
Mr. Shen looked at the young man quietly.
"You get up first."
Li Wang was very obedient. He climbed up cutely and wiped his tears with his sleeves again.
"Have you been waiting here for so long?"
Li Wang nodded silently.
Shen Yi put his hands behind his back and said slowly, "Your Highness, after knowing the ten words that the Third Prince said to His Majesty, have you ever thought of spreading the news first and messing up this matter?"
"I thought about it."
Li Wang lowered his head and said, "If I can't see my uncle today, I'm going to do this tonight."
"It seems..."
Master Shen turned around and looked at Li Wang with a half-smile: "It seems that Your Highness already knows His Majesty's attitude towards this matter. In this case, Your Highness heard these words from Ganlu Palace."
Li Wang's expression changed slightly, he lowered his head and dared not speak.
Master Shen put his hands behind his back, took two steps forward, and then said, "Fortunately, Your Highness is smart enough not to do this rashly, otherwise it would ruin the court's affairs. Your Majesty will definitely investigate thoroughly..."
Li Wang felt a little aggrieved: "Uncle, what should my nephew do in the future?"
"Be honest and do your duty."
Master Shen said slowly: "Your Highness should do whatever His Majesty asks you to do, do it conscientiously, and don't complain."
He looked back at Li Wang.
"Even if you are asked to leave Jiankang and go to another place to be a vassal, you must go there obediently, understand?"
Although the eldest prince didn't quite understand, he still lowered his head and said through gritted teeth: "Nephew understands."
Shen Yi said "hmm" and walked out: "Your Highness, remember what I said today. In the future, you will not be able to escape at least the title of a prince, and no one will touch you."
"Your Highness, if you don't listen to me."
"Then just pretend we haven't met today, and..."
Shen Yi walked to the entrance of the private school, looked back at Li Wang with an expressionless face.
"Your Highness, please come to see me here today. I have done my best to show my gratitude to Master Gu. Please do not come here in the future."
"If you have anything to say, please send me a greeting card."
Li Wang trembled and nodded deeply.
"My nephew obeys..."
I've seen some friends say that I've been very boring recently, so let me explain here that in this last volume, I want to try my best to arrange a reasonable and appropriate ending for all the characters that have appeared, so there will be a lot of daily conversations...
Actually, there is nothing wrong with that. I have explained everything that needs to be explained...
Thank you readers for your understanding!
(End of this chapter)