Chapter 186 A Fake

"Too much!"

Emperor Yongde angrily threw the memorial in his hand and almost hit Shen Guogong in the face.

After a whole morning of morning court, I was so exhausted that I dealt with five government affairs and approved seven documents.After the dynasty was over, I had to go back to the Royal Study Room in the back hall to continue to approve.

Thinking that he might not be able to see the beautiful concubine Xian all day long, and then looking at the mountain of memorials in front of him, Emperor Yongde became even more angry. Beheaded on the spot by His Majesty.

Shen Guogong was furious when he saw His Majesty Long Yan.Knowing that he couldn't force it anymore, he quickly winked at the eunuch: "You guys step back for now."

The whole row of eunuchs holding stacks of memorials standing in the imperial study room had been terrified for a long time, seeing Mr. Shen's words, they immediately slipped out with oil on their soles, leaving no one left.

More than half of the annoying memorials were missing, and Emperor Yongde felt a little more comfortable. He closed his eyes and said, "It's still Aiqing who understands my troubles. How come there are so many memorials, and I can't finish approving them in three days."

Shen Guogong didn't dare to respond directly.

In the past few months, Emperor Yongde has been inseparable with the concubine Mei Dai, and he has saved several months of memorials, but he still said less in three days.

"Hehe, Your Majesty's dragon body is not in good condition," Shen Guogong said with a bow, "How about telling Your Majesty a joke about the old minister himself, to relieve Your Majesty?"

"Oh, Aiqing has a joke to tell?" Emperor Yongde opened his eyes and looked at Duke Shen.

This Shen Guogong has a lot of white hair and beard, and his face is fair, but his forehead is full of fine lines.It was him who first pushed his granddaughter Shen Yuexi to Xiao Zhuo, and then threw another granddaughter Shen Lan to Xiao Kai.His granddaughter is completely a bargaining chip for his life.In this regard, he is somewhat similar to the old Xiliang king.

But the old king of Xiliang was different from him. He had always cared for his granddaughter Mei Dai, and built a mansion specially for Mei Dai, and raised the princess until she was 16 years old.Compared with Shen Guogong's treatment of his granddaughter Shen Yuexi, this kind of treatment is like heaven and earth.

Seeing that Emperor Yongde's anger gradually eased, Shen Guogong smiled and said:

"Veteran likes to collect calligraphy and paintings, His Majesty knows best."

"Speaking of this," Emperor Yongde leaned back on the back of his chair, "The picture of Mr. Lin's Hundred Birds kept in your home is probably the only authentic one left by Mr. Lin."

"Hey, I'm talking about this picture of a hundred birds." Shen Guogong patted his thigh, "At the beginning, the person who sold the painting asked for 5000 taels of silver. The veteran thought it was too high, but he gritted his teeth and bought it."

Emperor Yongde smiled and said: "Isn't that very good, I am the emperor, and there is no real painting of Mr. Lin in the palace. I heard that many ministers have gone to Aiqing's house to see this painting?"

"Many people saw it, and the old minister felt that his face was bright at first," Shen Guogong said with a bitter face, "until one day, Mr. Lin's grandson came to the door and told the old minister that this painting is a fake."

"Ah, is it a fake?" Emperor Yongde was taken aback.

Shen Guogong sighed and said: "Mr. Lin made this bird picture back then. His grandson was only seven or eight years old at that time. He accidentally bumped into him while playing... Mr. Lin felt that there was a flaw in the painting, so he tore it up on the spot. Throw it away. This painting never existed in the world.”

"Then where did this fake come from?"

"Perhaps someone who admired Mr. Lin reassembled the torn painting and ordered the painter to copy it."

Hearing this, Emperor Yongde couldn't help laughing and said: "So many ministers came to the door, so it turns out that what they are looking for is a fake."

Shen Guogong said with a smile: "This is the joke of the old minister. Whenever someone praises this painting, the old minister feels like a light on his back and is very embarrassed. But for the sake of face, he dare not say that it is a fake..."

Emperor Yongde said: "Then why is it a joke? I think Aiqing has worked very hard."

"But then the old minister figured it out," Shen Guogong said with a slight smile. "Only the old minister and Mr. Lin's grandson knew about this matter. Mr. Lin's grandson is as old as the old minister, and the old minister raised him in the mansion. As long as we all Needless to say, no one in this world knows that a fake is the real thing, and after thinking about it, the old official stopped worrying about it. The ridiculous thing is that the old official has been worrying for so long before he sees through this matter."

Emperor Yongde did not respond to Duke Shen, but bowed his head in thought.

Shen Guogong didn't notice Emperor Yongde's absence, and continued to babble: "Now the value of this painting has reached 5000 taels of gold, which is ten times what the old minister bought the painting back then. The old minister intends to keep it as a family heirloom..."

He was babbling, but Emperor Yongde stood up abruptly, startling him, thinking that what he said had offended the Holy Majesty, he was so frightened that he quickly fell to his knees and said: "The sinful minister made a mistake, and he deserves death."

"It has nothing to do with Aiqing," Emperor Yongde waved his hand, "Aiqing is stepping down for now, I want to rest."

Shen Guogong was so frightened that he was covered in white hairs, and he hurriedly kowtowed and exited the imperial study.

Emperor Yongde quickly walked back and forth in the room dozens of times, muttering to himself:
"I'm so stupid, I didn't understand this until now. Jingyun is so good, but I forced her to death in a fit of anger... I used to love Zhuo'er so much, but I was chasing him... As long as we don't Say, no one in this world knows...I'm so stupid!"

He slapped his palm on the desk case with great remorse, and the memorial on the table case fell down and scattered all over the floor.

I am still too reckless, even if I wait for everything, maybe I can think of a better solution.

You can't be so reckless in the future.Zhuo'er is still in Xiliang, so there is still room for redemption.

He was thinking about it when an eunuch came in and said, "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, Prince Jing has arrived in the capital."

"Well, Prince Jing is here?" Emperor Yongde turned around suspiciously, "I don't know about this? Where is he now?"

When Prince Jing went to Beijing, he didn't tell him what he was doing.

"Prince Jing..." The eunuch secretly looked at Emperor Yongde's face, and after several considerations, he decided to tell Emperor Yongde the news, "We are hosting a banquet for Concubine Xian."

"what!"

Emperor Yongde yelled, his hands trembled, he turned around, took off the Longquan sword hanging on the wall, and said to the eunuch, "Take me there quickly!"

Prince Jing came to Beijing privately, he didn't care.But to dare to host a banquet for Concubine Xian without letting him know, this is simply too much.

Emperor Yongde was furious and anxious, and he didn't care about platooning a car. He only brought an eunuch and the maid who came to report the news, and hurried to the place where the banquet was held.

When he arrived at the place, he found that there was no guard outside the door, and the soft cry of the virtuous concubine Mei Dai came from inside the house, and Prince Jing didn't know what to say.

Before Emperor Yongde could enter, the door opened suddenly, and Prince Jing rushed out in a panic.The two hit each other directly.It's just that King Jing was thin and weak, but Emperor Yongde grabbed his collar with his hands.

"How dare you meet my concubine in private?"

King Jing's face was ashen, and Emperor Yongde grabbed his collar and strangled his throat extremely uncomfortable. He defended helplessly, "Your Majesty, I have wronged you! It's not what I want to do... It's Concubine Xian... It's her who said Your Majesty is here waiting for you..."

Under Emperor Yongde's fury, he didn't hear what he said at all.He had already dragged him into the door like a chicken, and shouted: "Aifei, Aifei..."

Inside the house, the banquet on the table was not moved at all, it seemed that Prince Jing had just arrived not long ago.

The concubine Mei Dai was lying on the ground, her clothes were disheveled, and she was crying like rain.She raised her head and saw Emperor Yongde breaking in, let out a mournful voice, and stretched out her hand to Emperor Yongde: "Your Majesty, save me!"

Prince Jing was out of his wits, pointed at Mei Dai tremblingly and shouted: "Your Majesty, just now she hasn't been like this...she hasn't..."

Emperor Yongde was furious, kicked King Jing to the ground, and pierced the Longquan Sword in his heart.

(End of this chapter)

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