Chapter 107 Blood Sacrifice
Eunuch Shen returned to the palace and told Emperor Jiacheng about Shen Shilang's reply.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Jiacheng smiled happily and said, "I have approved it. I will give him a palace badge and allow him to enter and leave the library freely."
After that, Shen Shilang attended court every day and taught the fifth prince to read, and spent the rest of his time in the library.
After court that day, Shen Shilang was about to go to the Fifth Prince when he was stopped by Yongning Earl Cheng Qiyu.
"My Lord." Shen Shilang stopped and bowed to the Lord Yongning.
"Mr. Shen, you are too polite." Cheng Qiyou bowed and said with a smile, "Since Mr. Shen has come to Beijing, I have always wanted to find an opportunity to invite Mr. Shen to my home. Mr. Shen used to live in the Wei family, so we should be considered a family."
"I dare not." Shen Shilang said lightly, "Shen does not dare to pursue such a high standard."
"Hey!" Cheng Qiyou held Shen Shilang's arm affectionately and walked with him, "Sir Shen, how about I call you Shilang? Why should we be so formal? I know that my foolish daughter has done a lot of foolish things."
"She was spoiled at home. You could say she doesn't have much brains, but she's not a bad person." Cheng Qiyou sighed, "She's just a little confused in her actions."
When he was in Wei's mansion, since he knew that Shen Shilang was a good student and that he had won the first place in the provincial examination, he should have known that Shen Shilang had a great future.
Moreover, Shen Shilang has lived in the Wei Mansion for so many years, but Mrs. Wei didn't even know that Shen Shilang was so flexible and adaptable, and he could fool Emperor Jiacheng.
He actually offended the person and drove him away!
Ever since Shen Shilang was promoted to Junior Tutor, Cheng Qiyu would be woken up by anger every night and would sit up and scold Madam Wei.
Shen Shilang has only been in the court for a short time, but he is already a second-rank official.
Considering how good he is at flattering Emperor Jiacheng, he will probably become the Prime Minister in a few years!
Come to think of it, Grand Tutor Liu had to make friends with Shen Shilang in advance.
I didn't dare to get angry even though my invitation to Shen Shilang was rejected.
In the past few days in the court, he was always polite when meeting Shen Shilang, not to mention being very friendly.
When has Master Liu ever been like this? "Shen has never blamed Madam Wei." Shen Shilang smiled faintly.
"In that case, why don't you come to my house for dinner today?" Cheng Qiyou said immediately, "You don't have any family in Beijing, so don't be polite, just treat us as your family."
Shen Shilang: "..."
This Earl of Yongning is really very different from Madam Wei.
Madam Wei is not as shameless as the Earl of Yongning.
"You are too polite, sir." Shen Shilang said, "It's just that Shen's fate is not very good. Both his parents died when he was young. The fortune teller once said that Shen's fate in this life is shallow, and he is born to be unlucky to his elders."
Cheng Qiyou: “…”
I am a little scared when you say that.
"Ten..." Cheng Qiyu felt that he couldn't trust the fortune teller completely in this matter. What if the fortune teller was wrong?
"Master." Shen Shilang said, "Actually, think about it, what the fortune teller said is quite accurate. Not to mention that Shen's parents died when he was young, and later Shen lived in Wei's mansion. General Wei was kind to Shen, but now... General Wei was dismissed and is idle at home..."
Cheng Qiyou: “…”
It really is...
"I also felt strange at first, complaining that God was unfair. Why did he treat me like this? What did I do wrong?" Shen Shilang paused, took a deep breath, and then said, "It was not until that day when God appeared that I knew the reason."
"What's the reason?" Cheng Qi looked at him eagerly.
Shen Shilang sighed and said, "The God said that I have an opportunity and can communicate with the God. So I think that is why I have little family connection and am alone. This opportunity is really too great, so great that a mortal like me can only bear this one opportunity. When I ascend to heaven in the future, I will not be bound by the earthly world."
Cheng Qiyou: “!!!”
This makes so much fucking sense!
"So, for the sake of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion, it is better not to have anything to do with Mr. Shen." Shen Shilang said slowly.
Su Jinshi: “…”
Shen Shilang was really good at making up stories, and she almost believed them.
"Pick up..." Cheng Qiyu suddenly paused, "No, Lord Shen, hehe, Lord Shen..."
After listening to Shen Shilang's analysis, Cheng Qiyu no longer dared to call her so affectionately. What if he got implicated?
"I originally wanted to ask Lord Shen if he is married... hehe..." Cheng Qiyu laughed dryly.
"Oh?" Shen Shilang asked curiously, "As far as I know, there are no girls waiting to get married in the Yongning Marquis's Mansion."
Su Jinshi poked Shen Shilang hard and asked, "Have you inquired carefully?"
Unfortunately, Shen Shilang couldn’t feel it.
Cheng Qi was startled, and thought of the same thing as Su Jinshi, and laughed dryly: "I don't have any at home, but don't I have a granddaughter?"
Please...collect 6...9...books...!
"Who?" Shen Shilang asked out of curiosity.
"Wei Zhaoxian's daughter, my granddaughter, Wei Ruyan!" Cheng Qiyu said.
Shen Shilang: “…Hehe.”
Cheng Qiyou: “…”
No, what's your reaction?
"Mr. Shen is really not worthy of Miss Wei." Shen Shilang said, "Besides, considering Mr. Shen's fate, it is better not to implicate other women."
When Shen Shilang and Cheng Qiyu were talking about this, there were many court officials passing by.
There are always people who have heard something more or less.
Thus, the rumor that Shen Shilang had little kinship with his wife and wanted to kill her spread like wildfire.
All the powerful people in the capital who had wanted to marry their daughters to Shen Shilang suddenly fell silent.
Before they could make a move, they fell silent.
Shen Shilang could then quietly immerse himself in the library and continue looking for ancient books.
"Blood sacrifice..."
In the library, Shen Shilang's gaze rested on a page of a book.
He immediately took out paper and pen, ordered someone to grind ink, copied down the method of blood sacrifice, and then left the palace.
The young eunuch who was grinding ink for Shen Shilang naturally saw what Shen Shilang had copied, and went to report to Emperor Jiacheng.
"Blood sacrifice?" Emperor Jiacheng was surprised, "He actually found a way."
Eunuch Shen was shocked and said, "This blood sacrifice method sounds extremely harmful to oneself. I didn't expect that Lord Shen would go to such lengths in order to communicate with the gods."
Emperor Jiacheng said with satisfaction: "It seems that Shen Shilang's words that he was only loyal to me were not just nice words."
"Your Majesty, Lord Shen should be looking for someone who can help him complete the blood sacrifice." Eunuch Shen said, "Your Majesty, would you like to help him find someone?"
"Not yet." Emperor Jiacheng waved his hand. "I want to see how far he can go to work for me. When he really has no other options, I will come to solve the problem for him. Wouldn't that show my ability and make him admire me?"
(End of this chapter)