Chapter 240 Finale

"Master, you are finally back!" The little emperor was so happy to see Shen Shilang.

"Your Majesty has grown taller." Shen Shilang looked at the little emperor, who already looked like a young man.

"But I'm still not as tall as the Grand Tutor." The little emperor walked around the table and said, "I will definitely grow to be as tall as the Grand Tutor. No, I'll grow taller than the Grand Tutor."

"Yes." Shen Shilang smiled, "Your Majesty will become one of the most wise rulers in Daxi."

"I don't deserve to be number one, but number two will do." The little emperor held his head high and said, "The first place belongs to Taizong, the founder of the country."

"Your Majesty, I am here to resign this time." Shen Shilang said.

"Resign?" the little emperor asked anxiously, "Grandmaster is still so young, why do you want to resign?"

"Besides, I still have many things to do that require your guidance and advice."

Shen Shilang said softly: "When your majesty needs me, I will do my best. But I can no longer stay in this position."

"What rumors have you heard, Grand Tutor?" the little emperor said angrily. "Grand Tutor, you don't need to pay attention to them. Grand Tutor has delegated so much power, but they are still not satisfied. They are incompetent themselves, and they can't stand seeing others being promoted."

"Your Majesty, I am not trying to retreat in order to advance." Shen Shilang said, "As Your Majesty said, I no longer have the power in my hands. In fact, it doesn't matter whether I am in office or not. If Your Majesty needs me, I am always here, but I no longer need this empty title."

"What I am thinking about now is to find a secluded place for my wife and I to live in seclusion, so that we can live out our days away from the court." Shen Shilang said, "Your Majesty, I plan to build a cenotaph for myself, together with my family members whose bodies have disappeared."

"I cannot be reunited with them in this life. I only hope to be reunited with them after death," said Shen Shilang.

"This..." the little emperor said, "But there is no need to build a cenotaph for yourself. Can't you just build one for the ancestors of the Shen family?"

Who would build a tomb for themselves when they are alive? "I don't know where I will be buried after I die, so I will build a tomb for future generations." Shen Shilang said.

The young emperor really couldn't figure out Shen Shilang's thoughts, but he had no choice but to agree.

"It seems that the Master wants to travel around the world." That's why he doesn't know where he will die and wants to leave a fixed grave for himself.

"That's about right." Shen Shilang said with a smile.

"Then will the Grand Tutor really be there when I need him? How can I contact him?" the little emperor asked immediately.

"I will come back once a month as usual," Shen Shilang said, "If there is an emergency, I will not leave Beijing."

The young emperor still felt uneasy, but he felt a little more at ease thinking that as long as the tutor would at least come back.

"Among the ministers in the court, there are several who take advantage of my young age. Does the Grand Tutor really not support me?" The little emperor looked at Shen Shilang eagerly.

Shen Shilang laughed, "Your Majesty, how can you be easily bullied? So far, I have never been bullied. Your Majesty, the reason why I can rest assured is that I believe that Your Majesty can handle it."

"Your Majesty has possessed extraordinary wisdom since childhood." Shen Shilang said, "Your Majesty's current status is not just the result of the efforts of me or anyone else. Your Majesty has also made a lot of sacrifices. If Your Majesty had made even the slightest mistake, you would not have been able to get to where you are today."

"Your Majesty, just have confidence in yourself." Shen Shilang said.

The young emperor gave Shen Shilang another token, "From now on, although the Grand Tutor will not be in the court often, he can enter the palace at any time without being summoned."

"As for what the Grand Tutor said about resigning," the little emperor said, "I thought about it. Anyway, the Grand Tutor has already given up his power and is not often in the court now, so it is not much different from resigning. I think, as long as the Grand Tutor is still alive, you will always be the Grand Tutor of Daxi."

"But, the position of Grand Tutor does not bind the Grand Tutor." The little emperor said, "It is just left to the Grand Tutor. The Grand Tutor can do whatever he wants. As long as he still remembers me in his heart and comes back to see me from time to time, it will be fine. Even if the Grand Tutor is not here, as long as he is in this position, I can feel at ease."

Shen Shilang thought about it and decided that it was okay, so he said, "I obey your order."

The little emperor then smiled with relief again.

When he first ascended the throne, some people often whispered in his ears that Shen Shilang was in power, took advantage of his young age, and wanted to threaten the emperor in order to control the princes.

But what? After Shen Shilang helped him stabilize the government, he stepped down from his official duties and, apart from giving some advice, he had no attachment to power at all.

Those people are all mean-spirited.

Shen Shilang took out another piece of paper from his arms, on which was written a poem.

"This is a love poem I wrote for my wife." Shen Shilang blushed slightly.

Little Emperor: “…”

"Grand Tutor, why are you showing it to me instead of showing it to my master's wife?" the little emperor thought to himself, he hasn't gotten married yet.

It's not good for the Master to treat him like this.

"Your Majesty has misunderstood." Shen Shilang said, "I would like to ask Your Majesty to order someone to put this poem in my cenotaph."

"Okay." The little emperor took it. Although he didn't understand, why didn't he show such a good poem to Su Jinshi but put it in the cenotaph?

Shen Shilang instructed again, "Your Majesty, please order the craftsmen to wrap it carefully with oil paper and seal it in the box to prevent air from corroding it."

"Chen thought that if he could see the light of day again in the future, he would let future generations see the love between me and my wife." Shen Shilang couldn't help but smile.

"Seeing the light of day again?" The little emperor was shocked. "Doesn't that mean his grave was dug up? Absolutely impossible!"

"I will arrange for people to guard it for generations. Even if it is a cenotaph, no one can disturb it!" the little emperor said firmly.

Shen Shilang thought that even if it was guarded by generations, it would not last for thousands of years.

Wasn’t his cenotaph dug up in modern times?

"Thank you, Your Majesty." No matter what, Shen Shilang was still grateful for the little emperor's kindness.

"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to say before I leave," Shen Shilang said.

"Master, please speak."

"Your Majesty is still young, so it's not a rush to get married, expand your harem, or give birth to children." Shen Shilang said, "Giving birth to children too early will be harmful to your Majesty's health."

It is also harmful to the women who enter the palace at a young age.

But Daxi doesn’t think much of women now.

Especially for the royal family, giving birth to offspring is the first priority.

As for whether those concubines who gave birth to children at a young age would suffer any harm, it was not taken into consideration at all.

Even if Shen Shilang said it, it would be useless, so he stopped talking.

"Your Majesty, you should wait until you are at least 18 years old before considering marriage and engaging in sexual activities," Shen Shilang said.

"I remember." The little emperor responded carefully, "We will discuss these matters after I turn eighteen. Right now, I am focusing on government affairs, so I can concentrate more."

Shen Shilang knew that this was not something the little emperor could decide on his own.

There was also the urging of ministers from the previous dynasty and the Empress Dowager from the harem.

That was all he had to say. After all, he had watched his child grow up, and he hoped that he would be healthy.

After Shen Shilang left, the young emperor summoned the imperial physician for questioning.

"Your Majesty, that is indeed the case. Male essence is an important thing. If the essence is lost prematurely before the body is fully grown, it will be harmful to the body." The imperial physician said, "However, since ancient times, offspring have been the most important thing, so..."

"Actually, eighteen is very young." The little emperor said, "They don't want me to wait until I'm thirty, forty or fifty to get married and have children. Then I'll wait until I'm eighteen."

This also proves that the Taifu is sincere for him.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have mentioned the age of eighteen.

Su Jinshi still has to do business in Daxi, so it is impossible for Shen Shilang to go to modern times and never come back.

According to Su Jinshi, she couldn't write scripts for the rest of her life.

There will always be a time when inspiration and energy cannot keep up.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

Young authors always have more advantages in terms of energy and imagination.

This is a good opportunity for her to do business in Daxi.

Not long after Shen Shilang and Su Jinshi returned to the modern era, the media began to publicize the live broadcast of the final excavation and protection work of the Xi Dynasty tombs that had been excavated some time ago.

At the same time, Dr. Li also sent an invitation, asking Shen Shilang if he would like to go to the site again to see the final excavation work.

Shen Shilang was of course willing, he had been waiting for this day.

So he followed Su Jinshi and set off with the team to the burial site.

There were also reporters providing commentary for the live broadcast.

The camera inevitably captured Shen Shilang and Su Jinshi.

Xiaomai was busy recording the screen and sent it to the group.

Xiao Mai: "Look, isn't this Jin Shi and Shen Shilang?"

Kang Youwen: "Oh my god, they actually went to the archaeological site!"

Lu Jiaying: "There are archaeological experts in front, and they are leading them in together."

Du Jinze: "I remember Shen Shilang said before that he provided historical materials of the Xi Dynasty to the Xi Dynasty Research Group."

Xiaomai: "Yes, he is a real expert, not just bragging. @莫寄宗."

Mo Jizong: “…”

Mo Jizong: "I didn't say he was bragging, are you done yet?"

Xiaomai: "It's not over yet. I just want you to see that they have been to the scene. The site management is strict, not everyone can go there. Look at the expert chatting with Shen Shilang, they are obviously very familiar with each other, they are colleagues!"

Mo Jizong: “…”

"Teacher Li," one of the archaeologists shouted excitedly, "This is the last thing in the tomb. It was placed in the coffin, hidden very deep, and sealed very carefully."

Shen Shilang held Su Jinshi's hand and smiled at her.

That's it.

"What's wrong? Do you know what's in there?" Su Jinshi asked curiously.

"Let's wait for the experts to open and restore it." Shen Shilang said.

Because it is sealed so well, experts dare not open it rashly for fear of damaging the collection inside.

Then it was sealed carefully and transported back to the laboratory in the imperial capital.

I am also worried about whether there may be toxic gases inside.

So we took precautions before opening it.

Half a month later, the trending search on Weibo suddenly appeared: "The owner of the Xi Dynasty tomb has been confirmed."

Su Jinshi clicked it to read.

【Experts from the Xi Dynasty Research Group discovered the collections excavated from the Xi Dynasty tombs and found that the owner of the tomb was Shen Shilang, a famous politician of the Xi Dynasty, Duke of Zhenguo, Grand Tutor, and General of the Army.】

A biography of Shen Shilang is attached at the end.

Seeing these titles, Shen Shilang was stunned.

The young emperor later gave him so many official titles? "Did the young emperor give all these titles to you, so he didn't have to give them to others? To prevent them from having too much power?" Su Jinshi pondered, "Anyway, you only want an empty title, not real power."

"It's really possible." Shen Shilang nodded, "It's thanks to him that he came up with this idea."

[In addition to the Xi Dynasty's brocade clothes, gold, silver and jade articles found in the tomb, there is also a burial object that is most valued by the tomb owner, which is a love poem that the tomb owner Shen Shilang gave to Mrs. Shen. ]

At the back, there are photos of the original love poem and its text version.

The experts also carefully provided a translated version.

"You...when did you put it in?" Su Jinshi was surprised.

"I asked the little emperor to put it in." Shen Shilang said with a smile.

"Really? Why don't you just show it to me? Why go through all the trouble of putting it in the tomb and waiting to be discovered?" Although Su Jinshi said this, the more he read the poem, the more he liked it.

"I came up with this idea after the tomb was discovered," Shen Shilang said. "I wanted this poem to be discovered by future generations a thousand years later. This would represent our love that spanned a thousand years."

How romantic.

Su Jinshi turned to look at Shen Shilang and hugged him all of a sudden, "Shen Shilang, being able to be with you across a thousand years is already the most romantic thing."

Shen Shilang hugged her back tightly, "Yes, this is the most romantic thing."

(End of this chapter)