The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

"My lord Shen, the emperor is receiving six ministers to discuss state affairs, please go to the side hall to have tea first." Director Du always has a smiling face, making it impossible to tell whether he is good or evil.

Shen Jia suspected that this was a trap set by the emperor for him, looked at the closed door and said: "No need, I will wait here, Director Du hurry up."

Du Fucheng nodded secretly, no matter how Shen Jia offended Lord Long Live before, this attitude shows that he is clear in his heart, no wonder he stayed in the Hanlin Academy for two months without worry.

Standing outside the door of the imperial study room, Shen Jia was able to straighten her back at first, but her legs became numb after standing for a long time, and she had to lean on the pillars.

It's past noon, Shen Jia only ate a basket of steamed buns in the morning, and now she's both thirsty and hungry, just now a maid and eunuch brought in a batch of meals, now the leftovers are brought out coldly, Shen Jia grabs a The little eunuch gave him a silver ingot, and then took a few pastries from the plate he was holding.

The little eunuch had probably never seen this kind of operation, and stood there dumbfounded.

Shen Jia let out a "shh", and said in a low voice, "Why don't you leave while no one sees?"

The little eunuch ran away with a suspicious expression on his face. Shen Jia looked around and met a pair of smiling eyes. It was the guard guarding the imperial study, and it happened to be the one Shen Jia had taken a fancy to.

Shen Jia smiled awkwardly at him, touched his stomach to show that he was really hungry, then covered his face with his wide sleeves, and stuffed the pastry into his mouth.

The pastry was dry and astringent, and it tasted very sweet. Shen Jia ate it too fast, a mouthful of pastry got stuck in her throat and she couldn't swallow it, her fair cheeks turned red all of a sudden.

He coughed hard, trying to cough out the food, but failed. At this moment, the door of the imperial study room opened, and several ministers came out, and saw an official in a blue official uniform covering his face trembling at the door. Body, asked the guard curiously: "Who is this?"

The guards just came over at noon, and they didn't know Shen Jia, so they shook their heads to express their ignorance.

The little eunuch who sent the ministers out immediately turned pale when he saw this scene, and stepped forward to reply, "Responding to my lord, this is a manuscript written by the Imperial Academy. The emperor summoned him in the morning, but it was delayed because of something. I didn't expect him Still waiting here."

Everyone knew that the emperor must have forgotten about it, and this petty official didn't know the rules, he didn't dare to leave without permission, he couldn't even bribe a young eunuch to pass a word, and this Shen Zhuangyuan was nothing more than that.

"Then what's wrong with him?" Zhou Qing saw that the young Zhuangyuan Lang seemed to have shofars, and his expression was a little subtle.

"This... the slave doesn't know either."

Shen Jia finally swallowed the pastry, put down her sleeves and found a group of people standing in front of him, staring at him like a monkey, gloating at his misfortune.

Shen Jia coughed so badly just now that not only her cheeks were flushed, but she even coughed up tears. She looked so pitiful and fragile that one couldn't help but want to hug her and coddle her.

Director Du hurried over and stood in front of Shen Jia, blocking everyone's eyes, "My lords, go away, the emperor announced Shen Xiuzhuan's audience, and the servant took him away."

He turned his head and gave Shen Jia a wink, and led him into the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Shen is here."

"Well, just wait." Zhao Zhang was reviewing the memorial without raising his head.

Shen Jia knelt on the ground, saluted and greeted him, but did not hear the instruction to make him flattened, so he could only kneel obediently.

Director Du peeked at the emperor's expression and saw that the memorial in his hand hadn't been turned for a long time. He reckoned it was just pretending, so he passed a step and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Shen has been waiting behind the door for a long time. The lunch is not used yet, do you want to give him a meal?"

Zhao Zhang looked up at him, and said with displeasure: "How come I don't know Mr. Du is such a caring person?" He thought that Du Fucheng took care of Shen Jia because he took some advantage from him, or he was deceived by his clever mouth , he knew how deceitful Shen Jia's mouth was.

Shen Jia knelt silently and did not dare to say anything, trying to reduce his sense of existence. This was the first time he met Zhao Zhang privately after entering the court. There were no other officials present. He was afraid that if Zhao Zhang was offended, the other party would tear him apart he.

Manager Du didn't dare to be a peacemaker any more, he stepped back and used it as a background board, and there was an awkward silence in the royal study where needles could be heard falling.

Zhao Zhang calmed down and continued to review the memorial, only as if Shen Jia was not there, and soon the sound of flipping through the papers could only be heard in the room.

Shen Jia only took a bite of pastry just now, not only did not satisfy his hunger, but also increased his hunger and thirst. He moved his hands under the wide sleeves, and the few pieces of pastries hidden by him changed from his left hand to his right hand. Glancing up from the corner of his eyelids, he found that the emperor was concentrating on his work, so he quickly stuffed a piece of snack into his mouth.

This time he didn't dare to swallow too fast, he put the snack in his mouth, let the saliva slowly dissolve it, and swallowed it bit by bit, his mouth didn't even move to chew.

Director Du coughed, lowered his head and suppressed a smile, this Mr. Shen is really interesting, he is surprisingly courageous, other ministers entered the imperial study room, how could they dare to make small moves without the emperor's instructions.

But the emperor intends to punish him today, otherwise there is no need to embarrass a newcomer.

Shen Jia secretly finished his snacks, but he didn't notice that there was still a small piece sticking to the corner of his mouth. Manager Du "coughed" again, wanting to remind him to destroy the evidence.

Zhao Zhang looked at him with displeasure: "If you have a bad throat, go out and rest. You don't need to serve here."

Manager Du hesitated for a moment, but retreated obediently, and even touched his mouth when passing by Shen Jia, but it was a pity that Shen Jia did not have a tacit understanding with him and could not understand his reminder.

But Zhao Zhang understood it, squinted his eyes at the crumbs on the corner of Shen Jia's mouth, and sneered: "Sure enough, you are capable, say, which little eunuch you bribed to give you food? What do you think of my palace?"

Shen Jia bowed her head to admit her mistake: "My majesty, I didn't bribe the little eunuch, it's just that they dropped a piece of snack when they were withdrawing the imperial meal, I was really hungry, so I picked it up and ate it."

Zhao Zhang choked in his throat, neither having a seizure nor not, and asked viciously, "Can I still starve my subjects? Why don't you pass on food when you're hungry?"

Shen Jia secretly rolled her eyes, he is a newcomer, it is strange that the people in this palace would pay attention to him, and he really ate and drank, the emperor might not know how to get angry with him.

But he still said: "It's the first time I've been summoned, I don't understand the palace rules, I'll know next time."

Zhao Zhang laughed strangely, "How do you know there will be another time? If I am not satisfied with you today, you are not even qualified to step into the palace."

Shen Jia kowtowed and said loudly: "No matter where I am, I will do my best. Gong Jin himself will die after devoting himself to death."

"I have heard a lot of sweet flattery, and I hate smooth-talking people the most."

Shen Jia raised her head and said with a straight face: "This minister is not glib, what he says is the truth."

Zhao Zhang walked over and looked at him condescendingly, with a slight twitch of the corner of his mouth: "Get flat."

Shen Jia stood up, and the two stood facing each other. His height was half a head shorter than Zhao Zhang's. They were obviously about the same height back then, so I don't know what Zhao Zhang ate.

Zhao Zhang stared at this face for a long time, scratched the corner of his mouth with his finger, and the piece of pastry crumbs stuck to his hand, his eyes were dark, he put his hands behind his back, met Shen Jia's suspicious eyes, and said coldly Said: "Next time you eat secretly, remember to hide the evidence!"