marquis of jingan

Chapter 1543: Peace in the World (Finale)

Master Shen let out a long sigh.

Because my daughter and grandson are safe.

Emperor Jianlong also breathed a sigh of relief and stumbled into the delivery room. After taking a glimpse of the baby in the cradle, the emperor, who had just been on the throne for a year, was so excited that he could not express it in words.

Outside the delivery room, Lu Ruoxi held Shen Yi's hand and murmured, "May God bless you, may God bless you."

Lord Shen also followed his wife's gaze and looked up at the sky.

He seemed to sense something and murmured, "Assuming there is a soul after death, you probably also made some efforts..."

Lu Ruoxi turned her head, looked at Shen Yi with strange eyes, and asked, "Who are you talking about, husband?"

Shen Yi smiled and said, "Nothing, just talking to myself."

Lu Ruoxi thought about it, walked towards the door of the delivery room, and then said, "I want to take a look."

Shen Yi smiled and said, "Just go ahead. There's no reason not to let you in."

Lord Shen stood outside the delivery room with his hands behind his back, not saying a word for a long time.

Shen Ji stood behind him and suddenly said, "Dad, were you talking about the late emperor just now?"

Shen Yi turned around, glanced at Shen Ji, and smiled dumbly: "You are just too thoughtful."

After saying this, he fumbled in his arms and took out the box that Shen Yuan had given him. After opening it gently, he saw a golden lock of longevity lying quietly in the box, but it looked a little old.

Shen Yi frowned, picked it up, looked at it, and then put it back into the box.

Shen Ji also stretched his head to take a look.

Shen Yi turned around to look at his second son and said with a smile, "This is the longevity gold locket your grandfather gave to your eldest brother when he was born. He wore it until he was in his teens. I never thought he would keep it and give it to this eldest nephew."

"What about you?"

Mr. Shen smiled and said, "Have you prepared any gifts for my second uncle?"

Shen Ji rummaged in his arms and took out a protective amulet. He said, "My son went to the temple to ask for it himself, and copied some scriptures and folded them in to ward off evil spirits for this child."

Mr. Shen nodded slightly.

"not bad."

Shen Ji still stood behind his father, imitating his father's appearance, put his hands in his sleeves, and said softly: "Son was thinking, it just happened to be so coincidental."

"Is it really the blessing of Emperor Wu's spirit in heaven?"

Mr. Shen looked at him and said, "You think a lot, kid."

Shen Sanlang bowed and said, "Compared to you, father, I am still far behind."

Master Shen narrowed his eyes and looked towards the delivery room. He did not continue the conversation, but said, "You are going to marry Princess Ningguo soon. After the marriage, you can come to the palace more often when you have nothing to do, so that your sister will not feel lonely."

Shen Ji smiled and nodded: "I understand, kid."

Before the father and son could continue talking, Emperor Jianlong had already walked out of the delivery room, his face flushed and full of joy.

"Father-in-law, father-in-law..."

He walked forward and looked at Shen Yi, very happy: "Come in and take a look."

After that, he turned to look at Shen Ji and said with a smile: "Sanlang will come too."

The father and son then walked into the delivery room and saw the mother and child.

At this time, Queen Shen's face was pale and almost bloodless.

The newly born eldest son had been wrapped in a swaddling cloth and was held in Lu Ruoxi's arms.

Shen Yi stepped forward and looked at the child's eyes.

The baby in the cradle opened his big eyes and blinked at Shen Yi.

Lu Ruoxi also looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "This child looks a bit like my husband."

Shen Yi's two grown-up sons are relatively more like their mother, and are only 20% to 30% like him.

While his daughter took after her father, Empress Shen looked somewhat like him.

The son takes after his mother, so his eldest grandson does look a bit like him.

The emperor stood aside and said with a smile: "Father-in-law and mother-in-law are here, give the child a name."

Shen Yi looked at the emperor and said with a smile: "This is your Majesty's eldest son. Your Majesty should name him."

Emperor Jianlong shook his head and insisted that Shen Yi choose a name. Master Shen thought about it seriously and then said, "How about a name with the word 'Ye'?"

"Industry…"

"Li Ye."

Emperor Jianlong thought about it for a while, nodded and said: "This is a very good name. I hope this child can achieve great things in the future."

After that, he took his son from Lu Ruoxi's arms, kissed his son's face, and said with a smile: "Little guy, from today on, you have a name."

"My name is Li Ye."

Shen Yi handed over the gift prepared by Shen Yuan, and Shen Ji, who was standing next to him, also placed the amulet in the child's swaddling clothes.

When everyone was surrounding the eldest son of the Jianlong Dynasty, Lord Shen quietly left the crowd and squatted beside Empress Shen's bed. Looking at his daughter, whose forehead was still covered with sweat, he felt distressed and sighed, asking, "Does it hurt?"

Queen Shen looked at her father, tears streaming down her face for no apparent reason, and nodded, "It hurts..."

Shen Yi touched her forehead and sighed, "This is the calamity in my son's life."

"It's over when it's over."

Queen Shen nodded and shed tears: "Thank you, father."

Shen Yi sighed, wiped the sweat from her forehead and the tears from her eyes with his sleeve, and said softly: "If you miss home, go back home to see your parents."

"it is good."

Queen Shen opened her mouth and was about to speak when she heard the eunuch's voice outside.

"The Queen Mother has arrived~"

Shen Yi stood up silently, walked behind the emperor, and bowed to the two empress dowagers who had rushed over.

The two Empress Dowagers quickly waved their hands and exempted Shen Yi's family from the formalities.

Both of them, especially Queen Sun, looked at Shen Yi with a hint of fear in their eyes.

After seeing the child, the two empress dowagers praised the child endlessly, especially Empress Dowager Sun, who held Lu Ruoxi's hand and talked nonstop, acting quite intimate.

After Shen Yi looked at his daughter silently, he left the delivery room with Shen Ji.

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One month after the birth of the eldest son, Emperor Jianlong issued an imperial decree to appoint the eldest son Li Ye as the crown prince and made a golden book.

At the same time, he also issued an edict, in accordance with the late emperor's will, to grant a marriage between Shen Ji and Princess Ningguo.

In April of the second year of Jianlong's reign, the second son of the Shen family married Princess Ningguo, and the Shen family and Empress Dowager Sun also became officially related.

Many people from the Ye family in Fuzhou came to the wedding and helped to plan the wedding, making it a very glorious affair.

It is worth mentioning that after the couple got married, they did not move into any princess’s or prince consort’s mansion, but still lived in the Shen family.

Regarding this behavior that clearly violated the rules, everyone in the court maintained a rare tacit understanding and did not say a word.

No one dared to speak out against anything.

On the afternoon of the third day after Shen Ji's wedding, Mr. Shen took Jiang Sheng with him and left the Shen family in a carriage. They left Yanjing City and headed for Zhaoling Mausoleum outside the city.

When Mr. Shen came out of his house, he could still see the sun, with only occasional clouds. However, as soon as the carriage left the city, it started to rain heavily.

Fortunately, the road was not difficult to travel on, and he and Jiang Sheng arrived at Zhaoling Mausoleum smoothly. They tied up their horses at the foot of Zhaoling Mountain, and went up the mountain holding umbrellas.

After walking along the long sacred road, Lord Shen finally saw the memorial hall of Zhaoling Mausoleum.

The Xian Hall was guarded by guards. Inside the hall, an old eunuch with almost completely white hair was wiping every corner of the hall meticulously.

In the center of the Xian Hall, there is a portrait of Emperor Hongde.

Below the portrait, there is a tablet dedicated to Emperor Hongde, on which is written:

The shrine of Emperor Wu of the Chen Dynasty.

Jiang Sheng was very sensible and went to the side hall to wait.

In the Xian Hall, also known as the Longen Hall, Master Shen was holding a pot of wine in his hand. He looked at the eunuch Gao who was wiping the table and smiled, "Eunuch Gao."

Gao Ming stopped what he was doing, looked back at Shen Yi, and sighed softly: "The Marquis is here."

Mr. Shen raised the wine in his hand, looked back at the rain outside which seemed to be getting heavier, and finally set his eyes on the portrait of Emperor Hongde. He said calmly: "The tasks entrusted by Your Majesty have been completed, and I have come to report to Your Majesty."

Eunuch Gao was startled, then he put aside the feather duster in his hand, straightened his clothes, suddenly knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Shen Yi.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

Mr. Shen stepped forward, helped him up, and shook his head, "What are you doing, eunuch?"

"Express your gratitude to the Marquis."

After Eunuch Gao stood up, he walked towards the entrance of the Xian Palace and said, "My Lord, I still have to go clean somewhere else. Please stay here and talk to His Majesty."

After saying that, he opened his oil-paper umbrella and disappeared in the heavy rain.

Also disappearing were the soldiers guarding the door.

It was raining heavily outside the palace.

In the Longen Hall, the portrait of Emperor Hongde was hung high, and he seemed to be looking at Shen Yi in the hall.

Mr. Shen was also looking at the portrait. After studying it for a while, he shook his head and said, "It's not really like him."

After saying this, he walked up to the shrine of Emperor Hongde, looked at the shrine quietly, and suddenly said with a smile.

"Li Da."

He raised the wine in his hand and said with a smile, "I saw you coming."

After saying this, he sat down on the cushion used for kneeling and looked up at the throne high above.

He thought about it, stood up, moved a small stool, and placed it opposite himself. Then, he even took the tablet of Emperor Hongde down from the altar and placed it opposite himself.

"I haven't been here much in over a year. It's not because of anything else, but mainly because you asked me to do too many things and I couldn't finish them in a short time."

He took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and threw them into the brazier used to burn paper money.

Then he murmured, "This is a document sent by the Fuzhou Dibao Division. Prince Fu and Concubine Hui have already settled there."

"Prince Fu has given you two grandsons and a granddaughter in the past few years."

"The matter of Concubine Hui..."

Lord Shen muttered as he burned the wine: "Some time ago, a censor in his sixties went crazy and wanted to bring up the old matter again."

"Now, he is speechless."

Having said this, he looked up at the shrine.

"As long as Prince Fu's family does not plot rebellion, they can live in peace in the future. I have settled the mother and son for you."

"If they are still alive, you can go and see them. After all, the ones you care about the most are these two girls."

Lord Shen opened the wine he brought with him and poured a little into the brazier.

The wine was very strong, and the fire in the brazier suddenly rose and jumped.

Shen Yi glanced at the throne again and continued, "The new emperor..."

"He's already an adult. I can't tell what he's thinking, but at least he listens to you."

"Like you said, as long as I am here, he will be at peace."

"Last month, the new emperor had a legitimate son, and I also had a grandson."

"That child is called Li Ye, and he has been made the crown prince."

"Da Chen..."

Lord Shen raised his head and took a sip of wine.

"There is a successor."

At this point, he frowned and said, "To be honest, I don't want my daughter to marry your son."

"She is not free and comfortable in the palace. She might even be schemed against by other women and live in fear. I don't want my daughter to live this kind of life."

"But she was fooled by your son, and there's nothing I can do."

Mr. Shen poured some more wine into the brazier and saw the flames burning again: "The daughter-in-law you compensated me also married into the Shen family a few days ago."

"Anyway..."

Lord Shen sighed: "Even if this matter is over, just consider it as a loss I suffered."

At this time, there was wind and rain outside the palace.

Thunder and lightning flashed and the wind howled.

The palace door has been closed to prevent wind and rain from blowing in.

There was no one guarding outside the hall, so it was impossible for anyone to know what he said or did.

So, Mr. Shen finally let go of his status.

He raised his head and took another sip of wine, then lowered his head and threw a few pieces of paper money into the brazier, and then took out a few more documents from his pocket: "This is... This is the document of peace between the Tatar tribe and Zhuli Zhenren."

"I asked... my nephew Shen Zhou to make a copy. He has very good handwriting."

Mr. Shen burned the documents and exhaled a breath of alcohol: "Whether you can see it or not, I have already done it for you."

"In the past year, I have made a round of border defense. I have made all the necessary preparations and dealt with all the necessary punishments."

"There won't be any major problems in the next ten or twenty years."

"As for the court..."

"I asked. Last year... in the first year of Jianlong, the Ministry of Revenue had a surplus of 8 million taels of silver."

"The court has left you."

Mr. Shen seemed to be mocking: "It's not bad, it's not too bad."

"If you had figured this out earlier, now..."

"Maybe it's still there."

While drinking, Mr. Shen told his old friend about what had happened in the past year.

In the end, the whole jar of wine was finally finished.

He drank half and Brazier drank half.

Mr. Shen stood up shakily and held up the tablet of Emperor Hongde.

Because he was drunk, he almost threw the tablet into the brazier.

After going through untold hardships, Shen Yi finally placed the tablet on the altar.

Then he stood unsteadily at the bottom and looked towards the throne.

"As for..."

"As for the affairs of our two families."

Mr. Shen shook his head and muttered, "As long as I am here, the two families will be well off."

"The world... the world will be at peace for one day."

"If I'm not around someday..."

"Hey."

Lord Shen is a bit tongue-tied.

He staggered outside.

"That's for future generations..."

"I...I can't control it anymore."

When he reached the entrance of the Xian Hall, he pushed the door open with force, and finally looked back at the portrait of Emperor Hongde.

In a daze, it seemed as if the portrait had really come alive.

"Li Da——"

Lord Shen waved vigorously at the portrait.

"I am leaving."

He burped and his eyes were blurry with drunkenness.

"Next...next time..."

"I'll see you next time."

(Complete the book.)
　I have finished writing a long novel, and I have many feelings. I will write my final remarks tomorrow... I am going to sleep!!

　　There may be a sequel later, or there may not be...

　　The new book will be released in the next few days~ muah~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)