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No courtiers knew about Shen Huashan's situation in the Zichen Palace, so they only speculated outside the palace, and then lamented the importance that Emperor Changtai valued Shen Huashan. The encouragement was not counted before, but now it is left alone to talk, which is really incomparable.

But it's no wonder that Shen Huashan has made miraculous achievements in controlling water in front of the stage, and it is reasonable to have such a holy family.

"Father, what did the emperor leave you alone?" At night, in Shen Huashan's study, Shen Zejing asked Shen Huashan this. The news that Shen Huashan had the blue eyes of Emperor Tai on the first day of his tenure also reached his ears, and he originally thought that his father was very valued by his father, and he was very happy for a while.

It's just that when he came home from the next dynasty and saw Shen Huashan's face a little solemn, he knew that things were not as rumored. Could it be that what else happened to my father in the Zichen Palace?

"For what? Knock on a whetstone. Shen Huashan didn't laugh, ** said this sentence, and told his eldest son Shen Zejing the truth that he had been guessing in his heart.

If it weren't for Shen Congshan's influence over the years, he would have been happy for the grace of the Shen family today, and he would have been deaf to Emperor Changtai, and he would have been eager to repay the emperor's favor with his own death!

But in the past few years, he is no longer blindly obedient, no longer stupid, he has his own ideas. Therefore, more than that, he saw the hidden crisis beneath the emperor's grace. After thinking about it for several days, he realized that the Shen family was just a whetstone for Emperor Changtai, a whetstone used to sharpen the next emperor!

When the blade of the next emperor was sharp, it was the time when the whetstone of the Shen family was put aside! This realization made him miserable and unable to sleep at night! In addition to the inability to sleep, there is a deep fear and uneasiness. What is the future of the Shen family? What path should the Shen family take?

Emperor Changtai is almost sixty years old, how long can the Shen family's whetstone last? Two years? Five years? Or ten years? He didn't dare to estimate the time.

If there was no elder brother Shen Congshan, he might be willing to lead the Shen family to be this whetstone willingly, just to achieve the foundation of the next generation of emperors. However, under the influence of his brother and his own decision-making, the Shen family has a flow. With Xiyan's stronghold......

What's more. There are also Shen Zejing, Shen Yuxian, Shen Yuhong and other children and grandchildren, what should they do? Wu Yue Shen's family has accumulated good for several generations, and only under the wind and rain has more than 100 men, where is the future road?

If you are really willing to be this whetstone. In less than ten years, the Shen clan will surely fall - Shen Huashan, the patriarch of the Shen clan, feels for the first time that there is no way forward and no place to retreat!

Shen Zejing listened to Shen Huashan's words, he couldn't speak in shock, he quickly understood what the so-called whetstone meant, and then his face turned pale!

The Shen family's abundant talents can provide help and reference for the next emperor, and when the next emperor's mental skills are mature, the Shen family will have no effect, so it is more accurate for the Shen family to say that it is a stepping stone. Or rather. It's more appropriate to cross the bridge!

"Father, maybe we think like this, the Shen family is the political and talent legacy left by the emperor to the next emperor, just like the Shangshu of Emperor Huihe and others, isn't it also the previous generation of emperors who specially stayed to assist him? In the end, he can also retire with honor...... Father. Does our Shen family have such a gift? Immediately, Shen Zejing thought of another possibility, maybe things weren't so bad.

"No, if it were just me, it might be as you say. But you are now a minister, and the emperor also appointed Hong'er as the heir, which means that the emperor intends to make the entire Shen family glorious, maybe the emperor thinks that this is the mission of the Shen family......" Shen Huashan shook his head and denied Shen Zejing's words, and the father and son fell silent all of a sudden.

One person, okay, but, one, how?

This is an obvious thing, the Shen family will be in danger in the future!

"If that's the case, then, then...... Just let that knife not easily leave the whetstone of the Shen family. After a long time, Shen Zejing said such a sentence, and his tone was bitter and difficult. Everyone else thought that the Shen family was very favored, but who knew that the Shen family was already standing on the edge of the cliff?

This sentence, isn't it a great rebellion under forced desperation? Otherwise, as the future patriarch of a family, what could Shen Zejing do?

"Yes, only if the whetstone of the Shen family becomes more and more weighty, it will not be easily abandoned! From the dragon's work, the Shen family must have to earn it. At present, the Shen family can only do what the emperor wants, and this matter must not be revealed! "For a long time, Shen Huashan made up his mind!

Shen Huashan knew what Shen Zejing meant by this, in such a situation, the Shen family must stand in line in advance, and must choose one of the princes to unswervingly support! Moreover, this candidate must also secretly match Emperor Changtai's thoughts, and he can't find out that the Shen family has guessed his thoughts, otherwise, the Shen family doesn't even have to do a whetstone, and directly clicks the matter.

It's just that no matter how dull the knife is, there will be a day when it will be sharpened, and no matter how thick the whetstone, there will be a day when it will be sharpened. In any case, the Shen family stepped into the edge of the cliff with one foot, and they couldn't struggle or pull out, so they could only wait for the day when two feet stepped into the cliff!

Fortunately, there are still a few years before that day comes, and the Shen family still has room for planning, maybe the situation will have changed by then.

Shen Huashan didn't know why Emperor Changtai chose the Shen family, and he didn't know how to be a loyal monarch and how to be a courtier's duty - the monarch regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the monarch as a confidant; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy.

So, if the king regards the minister as a whetstone, what should the minister look at the king?

Shen Huashan can't think about it, and he doesn't dare to think about it!

For several days, Shen Huashan was thinking about the matter of Emperor Changtai beating him in the Zichen Hall that day, and when he thought about it like this, he couldn't help but feel heavy. Although he has a heavy mind, he still has a kind smile on his face, and when he served in Zhongshu Province, he still made his subordinates feel like a spring breeze.

On this day, Shen Huashan set off from Zhongshu Province to go to Zichen Palace, holding the edict drafted by Zhongshu Province in his hand, and he went to send the edict to Emperor Changtai. Originally, it was Li Sinian's matter to send the edict to Zichen Hall this time, but Li Sinian took a leave of absence today, so he was replaced by Shen Huashan.

went to the Zichen Hall together, as well as Kong Peng, a scholar from the middle school. Kong Peng is much younger than Shen Huashan, because of the relationship between fellow villagers, Kong Peng is very close to Shen Huashan, the chief official.

The distance between Zhongshu Province and Zichen Hall is not close, and the middle passes through the vast Taiye Pool, and it takes several palaces to reach Zichen Palace. Shen Huashan had a hard time walking all the way because he hadn't slept well in the past few days, and when he was about to arrive at Zichen Palace, he was already out of breath and sweat on his forehead.

Seeing this, Kong Peng hurriedly supported him: "My lord, you rest in the shade of this tree first, and I will go to the front to say goodbye first." The palace gate envoy is there, and it also needs time to report, so you can just take a break. ”

Shen Huashan nodded, thinking that it was not far from the Zichen Palace to come here, so as not to lose his honor in front of the palace, so he responded to Kong Peng's words, and hurriedly waved his hand to let him go first.

When Kong Peng heard this, he walked quickly towards the Zichen Palace, while Shen Huashan stopped in the shade of the tree next to him. Just standing, waiting for the panting past and the sweat to disappear.

"Zhicheng, I don't dare to ......"

Shen Huashan was about to raise his steps and walk towards the Zichen Hall under the shade of the tree, when suddenly there was such a female laughter faintly behind him, he turned his head to look, but he didn't find anyone, obviously this was sent from a distance by the wind. He only heard this, but he did not see anyone, and presumably no one else could see him.

Shen Huashan heard this female laughter, and didn't know why he felt a little weird. When he thought about this again, his face changed, and he didn't care about the previous panting and the sweat that had not yet dried, and hurriedly ran towards the door of Zichen Palace, as if there were evil ghosts and beasts chasing after him, and he couldn't wait to run to Zichen Hall immediately!

When Kong Peng saw him like this, he felt very strange: "Didn't the adults rest in the shade of the trees for a while?" The palace envoy just said that the emperor and Concubine Rong are walking outside the palace, and they haven't come back yet, so adults don't need to be in such a hurry. ”

Shen Huashan realized that he was in a hurry, and hurriedly smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's much better to rest for a while." It's okay......" he tried to calm his panting and pounding heartbeat.

Shen Huashan and Kong Peng were waiting for Emperor Changtai to come back outside the gate of Zichen Palace. After a while, I saw Emperor Changtai and a palace beauty appear in front, the two walked very leisurely, followed by a few quiet palace maids.

The palace beauties saw Shen Huashan, Kong Peng and others at the gate of Zichen Palace, and knew that Emperor Changtai had political affairs, so they didn't wait for them to come forward to ask for peace, so they bowed to Emperor Changtai and said: "The emperor has something important, and the concubines will retire first." ”

This voice sounded, confirming Shen Huashan's guess, the voice he heard in the shade of the tree just now was really Rong Concubine's, was it Rong Concubine? Rong concubine who has twelve princes? Shen Huashan heard Emperor Changtai's "um", he couldn't hear the joy and anger, and motioned for Concubine Rong to leave first, and then entered the Zichen Palace.

"This concubine, it's the first time I've seen her, does she often come to Zichen Palace?" After completing the political affairs, Shen Huashan asked Kong Peng on the way back to Zhongshu Province.

"No, it's the first time I've met her in Zichen Palace. Although Concubine Rong has twelve princes, her rank is relatively low, and it is said that she is not favored. Because he met Concubine Rong just now, Kong Peng didn't think there was anything wrong with Shen Huashan asking like this, so he naturally answered.

Don't you want to be pampered? Listening to Kong Peng's words, Shen Huashan smiled, and the meaning was difficult to understand.

It is rumored that Emperor Changtai respects the Empress Jiang the most and favors the concubine Bian the most, so it seems that this rumor is worth discussing.

Tolerance of concubines? Can you call the emperor's name if you are not favored? Can you call yourself "me" in front of the emperor?

If it weren't for hearing that sentence in the shade of the tree, Shen Huashan would have almost forgotten that Emperor Changtai's name was called Shangguan Kuang, and the word was complete!

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