When Xie Hengnu was sent away, Xie Qian comforted Lao Huai. Seeing his granddaughter's happy appearance, he felt that the biggest stone in his heart had fallen to the ground. He used to be very worried that Xie Hengnu would be bullied in the Shen family.

"... But you can't take it lightly. This kid Chen Xi has caused a lot of trouble. Maybe he shouldn't have led his troops to the northwest this time. If he was punished for the unfavorable war, how can I explain to the Shen family? How can Jun'er be treated well in the Shen family in the future?"

Xie Qian began to worry again.

Just when Xie Qian was anxious in the study, the housekeeper suddenly hurried in: "Master, there is a messenger outside. He sent a letter to the house, but there was no signature on it. I don't know who sent it!"

"Someone is here to deliver the letter?"

Xie Qian frowned and felt an invisible pressure.

How could Chen Xi be the only one who can write to him now? There is no need for others to do so mysteriously.

"Take the letter!"

Xie Qian asked the butler to deliver the letter to the study room. When he opened it, he couldn't help but feel relieved. It turned out that it was not written by Chen Xi, but a letter written by Liu Daxia from the northwest.

However, Liu Daxia apologized to Xie Qian, and hoped that Xie Qian could provide some convenience in the court and ask for more food and supplies for the border troops.

"This Liu Shiyong is really unreasonable. When I was able to use me, I was respectful to me and completely forgot how I used Chen Xi's son to gain power for you. I really don't bother to pay attention to this kind of person!"

Xie Qian angrily threw the letter on the table, but after considering it, he picked up the letter again, feeling that he could not act irritably.

Xie Qian thought to himself: "Looking back, Liu Shiyong has achieved great achievements, but Chen Xi's child has no harvest. Liu Shiyong still needs to help him speak. It is not a good thing to offend Liu Shiyong now. It is better to follow his wishes and help him do something, just treat it as a favor. Chen Xi's child, I don't even want this old face to help you!"

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The depression of the imperial palace, Xiefang Palace, and Zhu Houzhao is increasing day by day.

He used to be a naughty boy who didn't know the world. He could always find some fun things in the palace, but as he got older, his horizons were greatly broadened and he began to yearn for the world outside the palace. However, he could not leave the palace casually. Every day, he was only in the Forbidden City, he only had three minutes to do anything. After that freshness, he seemed bored.

Watching martial arts is a very casual and durable way of entertainment for Zhu Houzhao. Unfortunately, Chen Xi is now in the border area and has no time to write martial arts for him. He has read the stories written by Chen Xi many times and memorized them all, but it will be meaningless to read them again.

As for asking the eunuch to catch him with a palace maid, he was very interested at first, but when it turned out that this was not love, but just a forced possession, he quickly lost interest.

Zhu Houzhao wants to fall in love!

Unfortunately, the biggest problem at present is that the naughty child has no suitable dating partner, so he cannot talk about love with the palace maids, because those palace maids are afraid of him and dare not get close to him.

The naughty child suddenly thought that the little girl that Chen Xi bought for him was still in the capital now. The little girl seemed to have no idea of ​​his identity. Moreover, in the past few years, the little girl should have grown up and when he could pick the fruits.

"What a pity, where is she?" Zhu Houzhao was extremely excited, and in a blink of an eye, she poured a basin of cold water on her head.

"It's all Mr. Chen. He didn't bring me with him in the war. He was so happy that he had enough time at the border, but I had nothing to do. If I had known that I would just escape from the palace and follow him out of the frontier. When I couldn't come back, wouldn't this be a matter of time?"

While taking the regret medicine, Zhu Houzhao was bored and played with the marbles made by Chen Xi for him. He was so uninterested after playing this thing for a few days.

Children have children's things, but their interests are no longer limited when they grow up. They want to try things that they have not experienced before.

Zhang Yuan walked into the palace gate and saluted: "Your Highness, Marquis Jianchang is looking for a meeting outside!"

"Marty Jianchang? Who is it?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't react for a while, and after a while he frowned, "It's not my second uncle, right? Why is he here? Don't you know I'm upset?"

Zhang Yuan couldn't answer Zhu Houzhao's question. In Zhang Yuan's opinion, don't provoke this little master when he is angry, otherwise he will not have any good results.

Zhang Yuan was forced to have a quarrel with the Zhang brothers. Now that Zhang Yanling is coming to find the prince, he has to help inform him, but he is not so happy.

Zhang Yanling is stingy and doesn't even give Zhang Yuan any gifts every time he comes. Zhang Yuan himself has no chance to accept bribes in the East Palace, so he is naturally extremely unbalanced.

Zhang Yuan heard that Liu Jin had received many benefits in the past, so why did it disappear after his turn? But he also knew that he had even received Empress Zhang's respect and could not be separated from the Zhang brothers. The relationship between the two parties was like the owner and the dog. The owner of the dog always took the dog and ignored it, and never considered the dog's feelings.

Zhang Yuan said: "Your Highness, it's better for you to go out to meet me. Maybe Marquis Jianchang can bring you some fun things?"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes widened and nodded, "That's right, go out with me to take a look!"

Zhang Yuan led Zhu Houzhao to outside the Xiefang Palace. Zhang Yanling was smiling and looking at the palace maids passing by in the distance. He seemed to be interested in the palace maids in the palace, but he did not dare to touch them casually, because the women in the palace were strictly the emperor's private property, and whoever touched them would suffer.

"Marty, the Crown Prince is coming down!"

Zhang Yuan walked over and reported to Zhang Yanling.

Zhang Yanling then withdrew his gaze and waved his hand at Zhang Yuan in annoyance. Zhang Yuan retreated. Then Zhang Yanling walked over and saluted Zhu Houzhao: "Crown Prince, I'm here to talk about something about you!"

When Zhang Yanling was in front of Zhu Houzhao, he always liked to act like an uncle. He always regarded Zhu Houzhao as a child and thought that this little nephew was easy to bully.

"Second uncle, don't you know that I am very busy? Tell me if you have anything to do. If you have nothing to do, remember to bring me some good things next time. I will be almost bored in the East Palace!" Zhu Houzhao said casually.

"Well?"

Zhang Yanling was a little curious about Zhu Houzhao's slang. He didn't know when Zhu Houzhao learned to say such vulgar words. He thought that what Zhu Houzhao learned on a daily basis was "things" and his words were always literary. He couldn't help but wonder, this kid could not leave the palace, so where did he learn the wrong way?

Little did he know that Zhu Houzhao had few opportunities to get into slang, either the eunuch around him occasionally said and heard by him, or the words that the characters described in the martial arts book were as gangster-like.

Books play a great role, which can not only educate people in the good direction, but also lead them in the bad direction. Zhu Houzhao is the typical example of learning bad things but not learning good things.

Zhu Houzhao said impatiently: "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "I wonder if the prince has been there recently, have you ever seen Your Majesty?"

"Isn't this nonsense? My father is sick, of course I go to pay my respects to him every day. My father has to take my studies every time, and even asks about some major issues in the country. Don't you want to say that I am not qualified, right?"

Zhu Houzhao is now smart. To reflect his own value, he must learn to brag. Try to say anything as high as possible, and instantly win the respect of others. Of course, this is just his understanding. Now he feels that to make his uncle respect him, he must speak himself like a real crown prince.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Zhang Yanling showed admiration on his face: "Crown Prince, has His Majesty discussed the war in the Northwest with you?"

"Of course!"

Zhu Houzhao adhered to the spirit of bragging but not making drafts and continued to talk, "The father always mentioned the war in the northwest to me, such as... Yansui, what else... Xuanfu, Liu Shangshu led his troops to defeat the northwest, and Mr. Shen won the battle in the northwest!"

Zhang Yanling thought about it for a while before realizing that the "Mr. Shen" in Zhu Houzhao's words were talking about Shen Xi, and he couldn't help but feel puzzled. When did Shen Xi win the battle? In addition, this kid only calls "Mr. Shen" when he mentions Shen Xi? How much respect does he respect Shen Xi?

"Ahem."

Zhang Yanling coughed twice and said, "The prince is the crown prince of a country. Your Majesty is now in peace, and perhaps he has more expectations for the prince. Since the prince knows so many things in the northwest, has he heard about some things recently?"

Zhu Houzhao squinted her eyes and looked at Zhang Yanling. Although she was curious about what her uncle wanted to express, she deliberately pretended to be deep and smiled faintly: "I have heard a lot of things, which one do you want to say?"

"It's...the situation in the Northwest War has changed."

In order to achieve the goal of continuing martial law in the capital, Zhang Yanling spoke in vernacular words in Zhu Houzhao's ears, "I heard that the governor of Yansui, Shen Xi, has been stationed and unable to advance after sending troops from Juyongguan. The court is very dissatisfied with this. But in fact, Shen Xi is one of the few military geniuses in my Ming Dynasty..."

Zhu Houzhao widened her eyes and echoed: "My second uncle also thinks so? Actually, I think so too!"

When I met a close friend with a thousand cups of wine, Zhu Houzhao immediately forgot what reserve means and what hiding means. I wish I could communicate with Zhang Yanling about his views on Shen Xi, which made Zhang Yanling inexplicable.

Zhang Yanling hesitated for a moment, but when he saw Zhu Houzhao's eager gaze, he coughed and said, "Cough, Prince, what about Shen Xi, who once made great contributions to my Ming Dynasty, was ordered to go to the three sides. No one understood why he was stagnant in Xuanfu Town."

"But as far as I know, Shen Xi realized that the northern Tartars might choose Xuanfu Town as a breakthrough point for the southward journey. He wanted to guard against the threat of the Tartars to the capital. Unfortunately, Li Gemen, Liu Shangshu and others were stubborn in this matter and believed that the main force of the Tartars was in Ningxia and Gansu, which made Shen Xi misunderstood!"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, she suddenly realized: "So that's the case, no wonder. I said Mr. Shen is one of the few military geniuses in the world. If it were placed in the Han Dynasty, she would definitely be able to seal the wolf Juxu like Huo Qubing. But some people always criticized him and said that he was a timid and cowardly mouse. Humph, they are the mice! Second uncle, what else do you have?"

Zhang Yanling, the "storyteller", did not expect that the story he "made up" would attract the attention of his nephew so much, and he could not continue to say it for a moment.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yanling said again: "So I want the prince to tell His Majesty that he must pay attention to the safety of the capital and not easily lift the martial law in the capital. Only after the war situation in the northwest is completely stable can it be lifted. What does the prince think?"

ps: After writing it, the emperor realized that it was already past twelve o'clock, just so happened to be the first chapter of 2o17!

When everything is renewed, the emperor wishes all friends a happy New Year, a happy family, good health and all the best!
Chapter completed!