The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

Zhao Zhang glanced at the courtiers, the court was too quiet today, except for everyone who expressed concern for him at the beginning, no one brought up political affairs.

He glanced at the direction of the general, and said in a cold voice: "Several Imperial Guards sacrificed their lives protecting me last night, and they were all posthumously named third-class Earls of Loyalty. The family members can join the Imperial Guard as an alternate, and they will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver. Song Bingyang, the son of General Song, made meritorious escorts and was seriously injured. He was promoted to General Wude and was rewarded with a thousand taels of silver. Do you have any objections?"

These people were all killed or injured in order to save the emperor, and the emperor couldn't be too grateful to them for rewarding them. Naturally, no one would refute the emperor's decision for such a trivial matter.

The ministers were even more curious about why the emperor left the palace last night, and there was no news at all. Even if he left the palace in micro-service, the eyeliner they arranged in the palace should be able to get the news.

Moreover, when the emperor had an accident, he was with Shen Jia, and the two met at night, could it be that they were talking about state affairs?

Thinking about the road where the assassination took place, it was neither by the palace nor by Yujingfang, why did the two pass by there?

Shen Jia and Zhao Zhang wandered around the west of the city. There should be quite a few people who saw them. The news did not spread because no one recognized them. Anyone who is interested will know that the two big men have gone out. shopping.

Shen Jia didn't know if someone would find out about his relationship with Zhao Zhang. He thought there was no evidence for this guess, and he did have a business to look for the emperor, so he went shopping just by chance.

After the imperial court was over, Shen Jia went straight to the Imperial Study Room without waiting for the pass. He was a frequent visitor here, and no one stopped him from entering.

"Did you stay up all night last night?" He saw Zhao Zhang sitting on the dragon chair with his head propped up, and asked with concern.

Zhao Zhang raised his head, walked towards him, lifted his arm to check the wound, the cut skin no longer oozes blood, but it was shocking to see on the fair skin.

"I lay next to you for a while last night. Are you hungry? Eat something with me." Zhao Zhang's body is not made of iron. He was physically and mentally exhausted from the thrilling escape last night, but he didn't have much time to rest.

Shen Jia didn't say much, and accompanied him to have a half-morning breakfast. Zhao Ting came over halfway through the meal. He went to bed early last night, and the eunuch and maid who served him guarded his place very closely. Well, nothing disturbed him.

He only learned about the assassination of the emperor's uncle after waking up this morning, but at that time the emperor's uncle was in court, so he went to class as usual, and only now came to visit.

Zhao Ting was not surprised to see Shen Jia sitting with the emperor's uncle eating together. After saluting, he asked, "Is the emperor's uncle injured? My son was frightened when he heard the news. Did you catch the assassin?"

Zhao Zhang asked the maid and eunuch who were serving him to step back, and pointed to the opposite chair for him to sit down, "Have you finished the class of Master Wu? Sit down and eat something together. I'm fine, okay."

Shen Jia arranged the bowls and chopsticks for him, and also put a few snacks that children like to eat in front of him.

A child of Zhao Ting's age had a big appetite, and he was hungry after half a day of class, so he thanked Shen Jia before he started eating.

He was not in a hurry to eat, and his manners were thoughtful. Even Shen Jia was embarrassed to talk to him while he was eating, so it was Zhao Zhang who asked first: "How is the Master Wu doing? If you like me, I will make him a young master. Let him teach you specifically."

Zhao Ting swallowed the food in his mouth and replied: "I feel that Mr. Wu is no different from the previous masters, but he is more humorous. He will joke with me after class, and let me not learn these things too hard. , as long as you understand the principles, he also taught his sons to write poems and paintings, and his sons don't know whether they should learn or not."

"Study if you are interested, and don't if you are not interested. After school, you can learn anything you want, but don't spend too much time."

Zhao Ting glanced at Shen Jia, and said weakly: "Then can I go to Master Shen's house to play after school? I only go once a ten-day period, and the old lady always says she misses me."

Shen Jia was the first to express objection, "The little prince has a noble status, so he shouldn't always go to the son's mansion. Now it's because the minister has become half a master to have an excuse, but if there are too many times, the officials will have objections."

Zhao Zhang was happy that Zhao Ting would go to Shen's residence often, it would be good for him to have a good relationship with Shen's father and Shen's mother, and in the future, for his sake, Mr. Shen should not be too embarrassing for himself.

"Don't leave the palace for the time being. After the assassination is settled, you are allowed to leave the palace once every five days, but you must bring enough guards, and you must go to crowded places. You must not leave alone, let alone go to dangerous places."

Zhao Ting was so happy that he stood up and made a respectful bow: "Yes, my son obeys the order!"

"Okay, I'll go back to class after eating, I'm going to be busy."

Shen Jia also bid farewell and left, telling him to rest whenever he had time, and then prepared to leave the palace with the things he bought last night.

He stopped Zhao Ting, and gave him a set of wood-carved Chinese zodiac signs, "My lord, this is a little thing I gave you."

Zhao Ting was stunned when he saw the naive little animals. The things in the palace were all exquisite and precious. It was the first time he received such cheap gifts, but it was also the first time he became interested in the gifts he received.

He played with it in his hand and asked, "Do these animals really look like this?"

This time it was Shen Jia's turn to be stunned, "Hasn't the little prince seen these animals?"

"I've seen some, like tigers, which are found in the Rare Animal Garden, but there are also many that I haven't seen, such as this pig, and there are several kinds that I haven't seen in real life."

Shen Jia smiled and said, "Then next time you leave the palace, I'll take you to see it."

"Really?" Zhao Ting asked in surprise, "Where is the pig going to see it? On the mountain?"

"Has the little prince ever eaten pork?"

Zhao Ting shook his head, "No, there is no such dish in the imperial dining room, and it seems that Shen's residence does not have it either. Is the pork delicious?"

"Of course, pork is a delicacy for the common people. Many people don't eat meat once a year. But pork is easy to get. I will bring you to try it next time. But you have to keep it a secret and not tell others."

"My king knows." Zhao Ting promised not to tell others that pork is rarely eaten in aristocratic families, and people would laugh at him if he said it.

He had great anticipation for the next time he would go out of the palace, and he bowed his hands to Shen Jiagong and happily went to class.

Shen Jia felt that he was becoming more and more lively. When he first met him, he had a small face, as if he had a grudge against everyone. As expected, the child was more lively and cuter.

After Shen Jia left the palace, he did not go back to the Yamen, but went back to the Shen Mansion directly. He did not return all night, and his family members were also worried. A team of people stood guard outside the Shen residence.

There was a lot of commotion on the street last night. When Shen Jia left the palace, she found that the people in the city knew that the emperor had encountered an assassin when he left the palace.

His carriage was completely ruined, and the emperor sent him a new one, which was so luxurious and exquisite that it aroused the curiosity of passers-by when it drove into the street.

"Which nobleman has left the palace?"

"The one driving the car seems to be Mr. Shen's driver?"

"I heard that Mr. Shen was assassinated together with the emperor last night. Luckily, he was killed. The emperor will never leave him. Otherwise, he would have been killed by the assassin."

"The emperor loves the people like a son, and he will definitely love the court officials even more. It is a blessing in disguise that Mr. Shen suffered such a calamity."

Just as they were discussing, a team of Jin Yiwei ran over to break up the crowd and shouted loudly: "Stand still, the Jin Yiwei will check their identities, and anyone who dares to run around will be dealt with as a rebellious party!"

He Yan drove the carriage to a stop, he didn't know the leader Jin Yiwei, and thought he couldn't leave, so he asked cautiously: "My lord, my master is Shen Jia, a household doctor, we just came out of the palace, can we leave? "

When Jin Yiwei heard that it was Shen Jia, he looked at the carriage which obviously belonged to the inner palace, and hurriedly moved out of the way, "I'm sorry to bother Mr. Shen, please go first."

Shen Jia bared her head and greeted him, then left calmly.

After walking away, He Yan asked with lingering fear: "Master, won't they cause dissatisfaction among the people by searching everywhere like this?"

Shen Jia said in a calm voice: "It is certain to disturb the people, but everyone knows the news of the emperor's assassination, and also knows that a group of assassins have escaped. Normal people will cooperate with the government's search. No one wants to have an assassin hiding around him who can kill. .”

Inevitably, Shen's residence was also searched. It was Shi Ye who personally led the investigation. Everyone knew that Mr. Shen in Shen's residence was not only the emperor's favorite minister, but also the in-law of the commander. None of the eggs were broken.

Shen's mother gathered all the servants in the yard for the Jinwu Guard to register the population, and asked Shi Ye in private: "Jiajia hasn't returned all night, is everyone okay?"

Shi Ye comforted: "Don't worry, Auntie, he is definitely fine. I heard that he followed the emperor into the palace, and now the court is gone. Maybe he should go to the yamen."

Shen's mother felt relieved when she learned that he was fine, and thought that the assassin was after Zhao Zhang, so she hesitated and asked, "Then the emperor...is he okay?"

Shi Ye only thought that she was concerned about the emperor's safety, and didn't think much about it, "The emperor is fine, he went to court in the morning, auntie don't worry."

"That's good, that's good, I'll just ask."

Shi Ye understood that the emperor went out with Shen Jia, if something happened to the emperor, no matter what the reason for Shen Jia being with him would be implicated, it would be best if nothing happened.

After they left, Shen's mother asked people to go to the yamen of the household department to ask when Shen Jia would come back, but she didn't see anyone, so she was always thinking about it.

Shen Jia came back not long after, wearing an official uniform, Father Shen's eyelids twitched, and asked suspiciously: "Didn't you go out in this suit last night? Have you been back?"

"Hey, this is the official uniform placed in the yamen. It was left after I lived in the yamen for half a month last time."

Only then did Father Shen feel relieved, and at the same time asked with concern: "Didn't you go out with Zhao Zhang last night? Why did the rumors say that you were with the emperor? What happened?"

Shen Jia glanced at his mother and explained: "I went out with Zhao Zhang and went shopping. Later, he left beforehand. I happened to meet the emperor who was leaving the palace in micro-clothes. The two walked together for a while and came back. When I stopped by, I went back together, I didn't expect to meet an assassin on the way, but luckily the emperor gave up his life to protect me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come back."

Shen's mother was terrified when she heard this, "Amitabha, fortunately, the Buddha blesses me. Tomorrow, I will go to the temple to offer incense and add some money for sesame oil, so that the catastrophe will be over."

Father Shen's focus was not on this, he asked in shock: "As a subject, it's fine if you don't risk your life to protect the emperor, but you actually let the emperor protect you, you...you...you are too ignorant? Aren't you afraid that Yu Shi will impeach you?"

Shen Jia deliberately exaggerated the emperor's life-saving grace, saying: "The emperor is good at archery and martial arts. I'm just a frail scholar!"

"You're right!"

Shen's mother naturally knew about his relationship with the emperor. Hearing that Zhao Zhang was able to sacrifice his life to protect him, she felt a little more fond of this son-in-law. She stopped the husband who was about to lose his temper, and persuaded: "It is a big deal that Jiajia can come back safely. You don't care who protects whom, the emperor doesn't care about that."

Seeing his disapproval, Shen's mother thought of a way and said: "Why don't we prepare some thank you gifts for Jiajia to bring to the emperor, and take it as a little heart."

Shen's father had never thought that his family and the emperor could have a relationship. Although he had always heard that Shen Jia was heavily used by the emperor, he had never seen it before so he took it as hearsay. He did not expect that one day he would actually give the emperor a gift.

"This... our family doesn't have any good things here. The emperor doesn't have anything, so he might not like the things we send, right?" All that can be given to the emperor are tributes, how can their family get them?

"It's just a thought, don't worry about it, I'll discuss it with Jiajia."

Father Shen nodded, "Then you can figure it out." He then told Shen Jia: "The emperor values ​​you so much, you must serve the emperor faithfully in the future, and don't give birth to crooked thoughts. No matter how big an official you are, you must first not I have lost my integrity as a human being.”

Shen Jia naturally agreed, and handed over the preparation of gifts for Zhao Zhang to Mother Shen. In his opinion, this was a good opportunity to refresh the emperor's impression in his parents' minds.

In the afternoon, the older sisters came back when they got the news, together with the eldest brother-in-law and his son. Now only the eldest sister lives in Chang'an with a family of three. It can be seen that her life is the most comfortable and comfortable.

"How's the business in the store?" Shen Jia has been busy recently, and she didn't even have time to patronize the big sister's shop when it opened.

"It's not easy at the beginning, and the business will be good only when you build a reputation slowly. You don't have to worry, the shop is yours, and you don't have to pay rent. It doesn't matter if you can't pay back the capital in a year or two." Shen Jing said to this. The younger brother is grateful, because of him, he has the present day.

The family of three is warm and harmonious, guarding a large shop. If this can make life worse, it is her own problem.

The eldest brother-in-law said with a smile: "Thanks to the furniture you designed, the visitors liked it very much. Many people even asked me where I could buy it. I just said that my brother-in-law found someone to do it by himself, and they didn't take it away. I just gave up."

Shen Jia doesn't know if there is a market for such furniture in Dajin. After all, each generation has its own aesthetics. "If there are too many people asking, my brother-in-law might as well find a few carpenters to make a few sets and sell them. I still have the drawings. , if the business is good, you can open another furniture store."

The eldest brother-in-law's smile widened, "I really didn't dare to think about it, after all, this shop has just started, but your suggestion is good, I will try to do it."

Shen Jia remembered that she wanted to start a newspaper, and asked him by the way: "Does my brother-in-law know anything about printing?"

"Printing? Do you mean publishing books and the like?"

"Yes, I encounter some large-scale publications every day, and there may be a large number of fixed orders in the future. If you can do well, I can help you connect with the imperial court and receive some orders from the government."

This is a great thing. Yang Sen knows that with the help of officials, the business will be much easier. This is the first time he has felt the benefits of having an official wife and uncle. However, he has no experience in printing factories.

"It's a good thing, but I don't know about it. I'm afraid it's hard to get started. Why don't you give me a while and I'll ask around. I'll have to see if it works."

Shen Jia nodded. It was just his idea. If Yang Sen couldn't do it, he could find a way to do it himself. It was his first investment in cooperation with Zhao Zhang.

Shen Peng interrupted and asked: "Brother-in-law, if there is a way to make money at that time, you must recruit me. We are a small family, and now we have no income, and we are very panicked."

Shen Jia disapproved of doing business with her relatives, and reminded her: "You can buy shares if you want, but you can't intervene no matter whether you're making money or losing money, otherwise brother-in-law won't be able to manage it."

"How can I know that as a woman, of course I have to take out the money and give it to my brother-in-law." Shen Peng has something to do when she returns to her mother's house today. She wants Shen Jia to ask how Zhang Lu is doing in the military academy. No way, the whole family is very worried.

But Shen Jia didn't want to worry about it, "What can happen to him as an adult? The teaching is closed over there, no one is allowed to visit."

The second sister Shen Ling comforted: "You can relax, my brother-in-law is going to learn his skills, and he will be a centurion when he comes out. Your second brother-in-law also goes to the Imperial College once a month. Instead of worrying about them, it is better to take care of the children." " Shen Ling deliberately reminded her not to put too much energy and emotion on men, men's minds are changeable, and Sanmei will suffer in the future.

Shen Jia took advantage of the situation and asked: "Is the second brother-in-law still used to being in the Imperial College?"

"I just went there not long ago. It's not so easy. You know his ability. I owe it to you to be able to go to the Imperial College. However, he wrote back and said that he met several legendary figures, all of whom are masters of the Imperial College. I Seeing that he is very motivated, if he can settle down and study for a few years, he may really be able to learn results."

"That's good. As long as my brother-in-law is willing to work hard, there will always be opportunities in the future." Shen Jia could have directly recommended Jia Tingfeng to become an official. With his relationship with Zhao Zhang, a junior official from the seventh rank can always get a job. Yes, but he thinks it is unnecessary, and he will not cherish things that are too easy to get, and Jia Tingfeng will first go to the Imperial College to practice and meet some classmates, which will also be helpful for his future career.

Yang Sen was very emotional when he heard that. Shen Jia was still young when he married Shen Jing. Although he was studying in a private school, he did not expect him to be able to sit in his current position so soon. If he had known this, the Yang family's business should be done more boldly some.

He was going to write a letter back to talk to his father and his family about the printing factory. With the line of cooperation with the imperial court, their Yang family could barely be regarded as half of the imperial merchants. In the future, the children of the family will have many contacts when they become officials.

He is a merchant, and his brother Han will never have the chance to become an official in his life, but there are also merchants who spend a lot of money to donate a fake official. Although they have no real power, they have a good reputation, and their descendants will be able to study for the imperial examination. I have been looking forward to paving such a road for my son all my life.

It used to be difficult, but now that he has Shen Jia as his wife and uncle, he feels that his son may be able to achieve greater good fortune, so he always tells Brother Han to learn more from him when attending classes with Zhao Ting, and learn from his behavior In life, learn from his maturity and prudence, even if you can only learn superficially, you will be more confident than other businessmen in doing business in the future.

The elder sisters left after not staying for too long. After all, they were the mistresses of the house, so they couldn't leave home for too long.

When Shen Jia sent them away, he saw that Pan Chen was looking for him, and then he remembered that there was something about Chen Zian, so he asked, "What happened to the Chen family?"

Last night, Pan Chen heard that Shen Jia and the others were attacked and was frightened all night. He regretted that he was not by Shen Jia's side, and he didn't even care about the Chen family's affairs.

He said calmly: "My lord, it is Chen Dushi's uncle who was suspected of fraud and was sued. Yesterday, Shuntian Mansion sent someone to take him for questioning. I haven't had time to ask about the specific situation, but Chen Dushi has already I sent a letter of greeting to Cao Fuyin, and the other party accepted it."

Cao Ruiwen and Chen Zian are also Jinshi of the same class, but their circumstances are very different, and they have no relationship in private, so he told Pan Chen: "Take my name card and go to Shuntian Mansion, and ask Yin Ke of Cao Mansion. Willing to tell the judge the case."

Pan Chen didn't answer, but said: "My lord, I have some friendship with Governor Cao, but I don't need you to come forward to ask a question."

Shen Jia knew that he was not an ordinary guard, but she didn't know that he had friendship with Cao Ruiwen, so she thought that they had met in the palace, and asked curiously: "Did anyone recognize you when you usually go out with me? Do you know that everyone knows you?" Is it someone sent by the emperor?"

"That's not the case. The subordinates used to be secret guards. The reason why they knew Mr. Cao was accidental. The emperor didn't know about it, and the other adults didn't even know about it."

"That's good, but if it's not convenient for you to come forward, you can let someone else ask."

"No inconvenience." Pan Chen said coldly.

Shen Jia got the news from Pan Chen after dinner. The Chen family must have offended someone this time and was framed by someone.

"Chen Dushi's uncle was cheated of a large amount of money by someone, and that person encouraged him to give us loan sharks. Now he not only owes a large amount of debt, but the government has also obtained evidence for the loan sharks. Now It was the creditor who sued him to the Yamen, saying that he wanted him to pay back the money with interest."

"Can you find out who is trying to harm the Chen family? Is it Uncle Chen's personal matter or was he implicated by Chen Zian?"

"Go and check."

Shen Jia cared about Chen Zian, if Uncle Chen was to blame for this matter, then forget it, but if it was Chen Zian who caused the trouble, he would definitely help, so he asked Pan Chen to take two people to investigate.

Cao Ruiwen didn't know what Pan Chen said, they suppressed Uncle Chen's case for a few days, even if he didn't personally come forward for this kind of small case, it's okay, but when he first took office, he did everything himself, and it was settled for him. good reputation.

The staff didn't understand why he put the case on hold. In his opinion, this kind of small case should be judged in court. It is nothing more than a debt dispute and usury.

"Let's put it aside for a while, I still have to give him his face."

The staff asked curiously: "Who is he?" The person who came in just now looked like a nursing home, and thought he was passing the message for the master.

"You don't need to know." Cao Ruiwen shook his head and didn't tell him the truth, but his heart began to surge. Pan Chen actually worked for Shen Jia in the Shen residence, was it the emperor's intentional arrangement or Shen Jia wanted to come? What about people?

Although he knew that the two had a close relationship, he didn't know that they were so close that even the hidden guards could send each other off. You must know that the hidden guards in the palace are all elites among the elite, and their identities are secret. Companion reading, I don't know Pan Chen at all, and I don't know that he is one of the best experts by the emperor's side.

Thinking about the assassination of the emperor and Shen Jia together this time, that night was Qiqiao Festival, the two men would go out together on such a day, the relationship is not just as simple as brothers and sisters, right?

Cao Ruiwen thinks about this because he knows that his elder brother is a manly person. After his sister-in-law passed away, he didn't plan to marry again. He even revealed to himself that he was interested in Shen Jia before, and then Shen Jia went to the Northland , He has been busy since he came back, and his brother didn't find a chance.

Now that his elder brother has also gone to the border, and the two are separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, it is even more impossible to make things happen, but what if the emperor is the same as his elder brother?

I have to say that Shen Jia is a very charming man, and those who have been in contact with him are easily attracted by his charm. What if the emperor also fell into his charm?

For a moment, Cao Ruiwen felt disgusted with Shen Jia. A man who can make a man's heart beat is no different from disaster.

"My lord..." the staff member called him, Cao Ruiwen came back to his senses, suppressed his conjecture in his heart, and said flatly: "It's nothing, you can step back."