On May 28, Chen Xi received a letter from Xie Qian from Jiangnan.

Because she didn't want to expose Xingzang, Xie Qian did not disclose where he wrote the letter, so Chen Xi could not reply.

In the letter, Xie Qian talked about Ma Jiu's meeting with him and is now looking for Zhu Houzhao's whereabouts in Nanzhili. Next, Xie Qian was preparing to go to Zhenhaiwei in Taicang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, to come to question the eunuch Liu Jin, where he hid the prince.

As a result, later that day, Chen Xi had just returned to the Governor's Office from the south of the city industrial zone when he saw someone leaning behind the stone lion outside the Governor's Office.

"Who?"

Yang Wenzhao has been following Shen Xi these days and acted as Chen Xi's personal bodyguard. In fact, he is learning skills from Chen Xi. When he saw someone stealing his eyes, he immediately stepped forward to ask.

The man turned around. Although the sky was dim, Chen Xi saw that the little face and knew that something was wrong... Who wasn't Zhu Houzhao's naughty child?

The prince actually came to Huguang!

"gentlemen?"

After seeing Chen Xi surrounded by soldiers, Zhu Houzhao rushed over excitedly. Her face was pitch black. She had not been washed for a long time. Her clothes were sloppy. She probably hadn't changed her clothes for ten or half a month. She must have been sleeping all the way and suffered a lot.

Seeing the prince's miserable appearance, Chen Xi originally wanted to scold him, but finally changed his mind.

Chen Xi waved his hands to Yang Wenzhao and others: "You have nothing to do here. Go back and have a good rest. Go to the workshop tomorrow morning to watch it. Don't delay your work... If I have something to do here, no one can get close to my study!"

Chen Xi took Zhu Houzhao into the Governor's Office and came all the way to the backyard study room. On the way, Chen Xi tried to stop everything Zhu Houzhao wanted to say, but he raised his hand.

Chen Xi didn't want to listen to the naughty child's nonsense, so he held it in his arms first to let him know that he was angry.

Finally arrived at the study room, Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to say, "Sir, why are you unhappy when you see me? Do you think I shouldn't come to you?"

Chen Xi shook his head and sneered: "Then do you think that as a crown prince of a country, you should leave the capital without authorization? Don't tell me that the country and country in the Ming Dynasty are not as important as your travels and rivers... We traveled thousands of miles to Huguang, and there were countless rivers along the way. If there is a long and short distance on the road, have you ever thought about the BenQ? "

Zhu Houzhao's face looked a little unfavorable: "I knew that the sir was going to talk about this... I just wanted to go to the place to see what the Ming Dynasty looked like. Is this also wrong?"

"And this time I went to Huguang is the last stop of my trip south. After that, I will set off and return to the capital. Sir, if you don't like me, I will cause trouble for you, I will leave now. Whether it is dead or alive has nothing to do with you!"

Perhaps it was because of the enthusiasm that was poured back by Chen Xi's cold water. Zhu Houzhao spoke with a resentment, and it seemed that Chen Xi was wronged to hurt his self-esteem.

Chen Xi wanted to say, you naughty kid, you can go to other places when you go out to travel around the country and the river. What should I do here?

I am not leading troops to fight, nor am I coming out to enjoy the welfare of the officials. When you come to me, you will not only cheat your parents, but also cheat your husband.

If your father died and your prince disappeared, he would definitely choose a royal family among the vassal kings to inherit the throne.

Or maybe you were killed on the road and died silently. Your father and mother waited for you to return to the palace and died anxiously. Will the country change its ownership?

It can be said that all the people in the world were cheated by you!

However, the person has arrived in Huguang, and it will be useless to scold Chen Xi. Chen Xi can only find a way to send the naughty child back to the capital as soon as possible to ensure that he is safe along the way.

However, Chen Xi cannot guarantee that the situation in the capital will not change during this period. Now we can only hope that Zhu Youzhang can live for a longer period of time, at least as in history, until the end of the seventeenth year of Hongzhi or the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, to dilute the impact of Zhu Houzhao's disappearance.

"How long have you been out, where have you been, and what you have seen and heard along the way? Let's hear what you can say! Anyway, you have also arrived in Huguang. I allow you to stay local for three days, and then I will send you back to the capital. If you have any comments, please ask Your Majesty for your complaint after you go back!"

Chen Xi said angrily.

Zhu Houzhao listened to Chen Xi's tone and thought she had forgiven his behavior. Her eyebrows flapped and she laughed out loud: "Sir, only three days, is it too little? I can stay here for ten days and half a month to learn some knowledge from her. It will be beneficial to governing the country after going back!"

Why did you learn to speak in a twisty way? Where did you realize that you can learn something useful to govern the country with me?

Chen Xi immediately rejected: "There is no room for negotiation in this matter... If you don't leave, even if you are tied up, I will send someone to escort you on the way. From Huguang to Beijing, it will take at least one month. Do you think that if something happens to the court during this period, can you and I afford it?"

Zhu Houzhao looked dissatisfied and curled her lips and said, "What did you say in sir? I'm just coming out to have fun. What can happen to the capital?"

"You don't know, I have added a lot of experiences along the way, such as delicious, fun, nice, beautiful, and folk sufferings... Hey, I've seen them all! The outside world is indeed as you told me before, completely different from the content in the book. Alas, this..."

The naughty child opened up and nagged in front of Shen Xi, not taking Chen Xi's warning seriously.

Perhaps, reading thousands of books is indeed not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Zhu Houzhao gained a lot on the way and would be of great help to his future governance of the country, but Chen Xi still insisted on sending him back to Beijing as soon as possible.

If Zhu Youzhang could live in his seventies or eighties in history, Chen Xi would not mind Zhu Houzhao walking around outside to understand the current situation of people's livelihood and try to solve some practical problems. But the problem is that Emperor Hongzhi has always been seriously ill and may return to the west at any time. If Zhu Houzhao was not in the capital, any crisis in the capital would not be something that Chen Xi could bear.

Of course, Chen Xi cannot show Zhu Youzhe's life in history to Zhu Houzhao, telling him that your father is about to die and that you are causing trouble for yourself and may lose your throne. But Chen Xi still needs to express his firm attitude towards this, point out all possibilities, and let the naughty child have a better memory.

Chen Xi reached out to interrupt Zhu Houzhao and asked, "You think something could happen in the capital, right? Have you ever thought that Your Majesty has been sick all the time. When you go south this time, Your Majesty will definitely be angry and become more ill... If Your Majesty's condition changes and you are in another place, who can your mother rely on?"

Zhu Houzhao narrowed her eyes and thought for a while, her expression was blurred... What Chen Xi said was too bizarre, and he could not imagine that his father would suddenly die of illness.

Zhu Houzhao tried to defend himself: "But... I was very cautious when I left the palace. How could my father know?"

Chen Xi took a photo of Zhu Houzhao's head: "Why are you stupider than a pig? You have been missing for a day or two. The eunuchs and servants of the East Palace may be worried that Your Majesty will be angry and hide it from reporting, but you have not appeared for three or four consecutive months, and you still hope that Your Majesty will not know? Are your gentlemen and servants of the East Palace all decorations?"

"Tell you the truth. Your Majesty has now appointed Master Xie to the south to find your whereabouts. Now he has gone to Suzhou Prefecture to settle the score with Liu Jin! If he knows that you are coming to me, he will report to Your Majesty, can Your Majesty spare me?"

"What!? Are you saying that Grand Secretary Xie already knows that Liu Jin helped me leave Beijing?"

Zhu Houzhao was full of surprise. After a while, she smiled awkwardly and said, "But before I left, I had already instructed Eunuch Liu not to tell the matter..."

Seeing Chen Xi staring at him with a smile, Zhu Houzhao had to shrugge: "Okay, this time I did cause some trouble for Mr. Chen and Eunuch Liu, but as long as I don't tell you, Mr. Chen and Eunuch Liu will not tell you, and no one will know about this."

Zhu Houzhao looked innocent and charming, as if he was very good at doing things, so he could never implicate Chen Xi.

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ps: The second update!

Depressed, the emperor suddenly caught a cold and fever, his whole body was sore, his head was in a daze, and his thoughts were gone... The third update today is gone, and I will update again and again tomorrow!
Chapter completed!