He Jian discovered that there was a deadlock between Xie Qian and Shen Xi.

He was very embarrassed: "The young and old don't give in to each other. How should I, an outsider, deal with it? Could it be that I will continue to be a fence-bearer and sway in front of him?"

Although He Jian didn't want to be a centrist, he knew that it was useless to persuade anyone, so he could only act as this matter did not exist and no one would persuade anyone.

But what He Jian didn't know was that Chen Xi didn't care about whether to send troops at this time, because in Shen Xi's opinion, this was not a problem at all. As long as the emperor supported it, sending troops was a foregone conclusion.

At that time, Xie Qian fully supported the two-year national policy of pacifying the grasslands formulated by Chen Xi. Even if he was now fattened because of Liu Jin's fall and refusal, as long as the emperor decided on this matter, there was no need to discuss it with the ministers. Zhu Houzhao was more decisive than Chen Xi when dealing with the court affairs.

On the 18th day of the first lunar month, Zhu Houzhao and Chen Xi went out to the palace to have fun.

Because Zhu Houzhao had played all night before, she went to bed at dawn in the morning and woke up in the diagonal direction of the sun in the afternoon. After asking, she found out that Chen Xi had been waiting in the flower hall in the front yard of the leopard room at noon.

"...Your Majesty, if you don't want to go, let the old slave go and tell Shangshu Chen... It's important to recover from the injury, why bother leaving the palace to seek punishment?"

Zhang Yuan was unable to stop Chen Xi from facing the saint before, so this time he could only find an opportunity to make up for it later. He wanted to start from Zhu Houzhao and cut off the little emperor and Chen Xi and went privately.

Zhu Houzhao was washing, and the palace maid wiped his face with cloth. Zhu Houzhao closed her eyes and said, "My body is fine, don't worry... Besides, I have agreed to the invitation of Shangshu Chen before. How can you speak without any jokes? I have been a little bored these days, and I have been disturbed by things like Tianlang Sha and I have no interest. I just went out of the leopard room to go to the market to experience the customs and customs of the capital."

Zhang Yuan was not willing to give up and said, "Your Majesty, I think that Shangshu Chen is a pedantic person and a straightforward person. He took Your Majesty out, definitely wanted Your Majesty to know the sufferings of the people and then give some advice. Why should Your Majesty ask for trouble?"

“Bold!”

Zhu Houzhao shouted, "Dog slave, you can say this kind of thing nonsense? Whoever I go out with, I have my own opinions. You don't have to go with me today. Just let Xiao Tiaozi accompany me. Zhang Yuan, I warn you that if you slander me in the future, you will take down your errands in front of me! Don't think that I can't leave you. You just need to handle what I have taught you. The rest has nothing to do with you!"

Perhaps because he realized that Zhang Yuan was too long-winded, Zhu Houzhao was so upset that he simply spoke harshly.

"Sister... obey the order!"

Zhang Yuan was timid and lowered his head, but he was very unwilling to accept it. He secretly annoyed: "My eldest nephew is really good at doing things, and he can't beat him up no matter how he... No, no, I have to find a way to stop him from leading his troops to the war. If he is allowed to return to victory, I don't know what he will be arrogant in the future!"

Because Zhu Houzhao gave the death order, Zhang Yuan had to leave the Leopard Room and return to Silijian. When he left the back house, he happened to see Chen Xi sitting on a rattan chair in front of the Leopard Room Flower Hall, basking in the sun and drinking tea, waiting for Zhu Houzhao to come out.

Zhang Yuan thought from afar: "I told him that Your Majesty will not go anymore, let's see how he deals with it."

When he thought of this secret trick, he could no longer help it. He thought that Zhu Houzhao had always been deceived by Liu Jin before, and strode forward, and was about to say something to Chen Xi, but suddenly remembered Liu Jin's miserable end. He thought that the emperor would come out later. If Chen Xi complained, he would probably be punished if he made up an imperial edict. Moreover, Zhu Houzhao had just made a harsh statement to take down his errands and sealed his seal. At this time, he made a mistake like giving him a handle. He immediately shivered and hurriedly took back the words to his mouth. He just glared at Chen Xi, then snorted coldly and turned over the porch.

"...Sir, don't mind, Eunuch Zhang is like this at ordinary times. You have a lot of them..."

The palace guards next to him quickly curled up with Chen Xi who had just stood up and was about to greet Zhang Yuan, and wanted to come up and pinch his waist and legs, but because Chen Xi was not good at these things, they could only ask about their well-being.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "What an honor is this to do in front of His Majesty? Eunuch Zhang may be too arrogant and he is a little disdainful to us and other foreign ministers."

The guards were laughing. When they thought, this was not a question of whether they were high or not, but that they were too angry. Everyone knew that doing things in front of the emperor was easy to get defeated. Zhengde was not a reasonable person. He would scold people at any time and even put them in another book. At present, Qian Ning seemed to be disliked by Zhu Houzhao and had a bad temper, so they privately included people like Zhang Yuan and Qian Ning in the column of grudges in the deep boudoir.

Zhang Yuan didn't stop by the porch, so there was no need for Chen Xi to continue standing, sit down and drink tea and wait.

Soon after, Xiaotie came out and said eagerly: "Mr. Shen, Your Majesty is ready, and I will go out for fun with you later."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "The relationship is good. I have been waiting for Your Majesty for a long time, and finally I can see the moon bright... What are your Majesty's arrangements?"

Xiao Zhuozi's face was a little unhappy: "For some reason, His Majesty suddenly called Commander Qian and asked him to take someone to serve... Maybe His Majesty wants more lively."

Chen Xi knew that Zhu Houzhao was greedy for life and feared death. She had already disliked Qian Ning, but she heard that she was going to leave the leopard room and was worried about her safety, so she reused Qian Ning again, and said:

"I'm sorry to go back and tell Your Majesty that this time I'm making friends privately, so don't make any troubles... If you bring some idle people to go there, it will inevitably lead to unnecessary misunderstandings and then reveal Your Majesty's identity, which will lose the meaning of this trip."

Xiao Tiaozi nodded with a happy look on his face, "The little man is going to pass a message to His Majesty now... Lord Shen, wait a moment, the little man will come."

Originally, Xiao Guozi was not qualified to persuade Zhu Houzhao, but with Chen Xi's words, he had the confidence to advise the emperor. Even if he was blamed, he could be said to convey Chen Xi's meaning.

When Xiao Zhuozi went inward to meet the saint, the guards were envious and thought to himself: "If you can make the hero in front of His Majesty, the man named Zhuo, who calls himself a villain, and disdain for the commander Qian, perhaps only Lord Shen dares to do this in the court."

...

...

Zhu Houzhao finally followed Chen Xi's advice and did not bring Qian Ning out.

In addition to the necessary guards, Zhengde brought a small wringer in casual clothes. When he arrived at the door of the leopard room, Zhu Houzhao asked excitedly:

"Mr. Chen, which family are we going to? What do this person likes? Tell me first, so I can be prepared."

Chen Xidao: "It's just an ordinary folk scholar... He is here to come to the capital for the exam this time. Your Majesty can tell him about academic matters. If Your Majesty does not want to discuss things in the book, you can also communicate about things like romance and flowers."

Zhu Houzhao immediately understood: "I understand. It seems that scholars are all very singular and singular. It turns out that I am also a complete scholar, haha!"

Unconsciously, Zhu Houzhao first put a high hat on himself and regarded himself as a scholar's nature.

Chen Xi was too lazy to refute him. At this moment, the guards were ready. Zhu Houzhao ordered: "Remember, today we are following to protect the safety of Shangshu Chen, not my followers. Everything on the way was followed by Shangshu Chen's instructions. Do you understand?"

"Abide by the order!"

These people were basically the ones who were just showing their attentiveness to Chen Xi at the entrance of the flower hall. They received the oral instructions from Zhu Houzhao. They were all full of energy and were very energetic to reply.

Zhu Houzhao said to Chen Xi again: "Sir, when you arrive at your friend's residence, you can call me Mr. Zhu. I like to be an ordinary person."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Everything is followed by Mr. Zhu's arrangement... But here I want to tell Your Majesty that today's banquet may be much simpler than the Leopard Room banquet. I hope you don't dislike it."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. I came out to play, so why are you greedy for that desire?" Zhu Houzhao said and got on the carriage with Chen Xi.

Chen Xi and Zhu Houzhao were in the same carriage, with three carriages in front and behind each other, and a large number of guards were running and following.

Although it was not an official on a tour, the situation was not small. Zhu Houzhao was a little sleepy. Soon after getting on the bus, she fell asleep against the wall of the car. Chen Xi looked at Emperor Zhengde, who still had a childish face, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"This is not a wise lord who can govern the country well. He is simply a prodigal son who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun. Perhaps Liu Chan has this virtue."

Soon, the carriage stopped at the door of Su Tongyu's mansion in Beijing.

Because Su Tong lived in the capital for a while, he had a private house in the capital, and the yard was not small, and he entered three times. After several years of transformation, it can be said that there are everything in it. Life is very comfortable. However, because Su Tong did not pass the Jinshi exam and the lintel of the Su Mansion was not big. Before Shen Xi arrived, Su Tong was already waiting at the door.

"Mr. Shen, you are finally here." Su Tong learned the notice in advance and had already prepared it, so he not only came out to greet him by himself, but also brought the servants in the mansion.

But he didn't expect that he would wait for more than an hour. This was because Zhu Houzhao woke up in advance, otherwise it would be possible to wait until the sun sets.

Chen Xi got off the carriage first, and then Zhu Houzhao jumped out of the carriage. From this point of view, Zhu Houzhao didn't have much airs.

Chen Xi smiled and said hello: "Brother Su, let me introduce you to you. This is Mr. Chi."

"Um?"

Zhu Houzhao originally wanted to go upstairs and greetings, but when she heard Chen Xi's name to him, she didn't react for a moment. She couldn't help but look at Chen Xi in surprise, as if curious why Chen Xi called him "Young Master Chi" instead of "Young Master Zhu".

However, Su Tong had already started to salute Zhu Houzhao, and the courtesy was not as respectful as Chen Xi, which was the bowing ceremony of ordinary friends when they met, and said with a smile: "Young Master Chi? I have long been admired!"

Chen Xi did not explain to Zhu Houzhao, and said directly: "Young Master Chi usually likes to make friends, and he is a family friend, so today I specially brought him to your house as a guest. I hope you can entertain you with kindness."

Su Tong smiled and said, "Is there any more to say? This young master Chi looks so handsome. He is a dragon and a phoenix among people. In the future, he will definitely not be a thing in the pool..."

Obviously, Su Tong did not realize what important person Zhu Houzhao was, because in his opinion, Chen Xi was a well-established person and would not bring the powerful people to the mansion as a guest. At most, he would introduce his friends to him. Moreover, Su Tong did not think about it as a qualified person in the capital, so he did not think about this.

When Zhu Houzhao heard Su Tong's praise, she couldn't help but feel happy and thought to herself: "It seems that I am not because my father, my son, ascended the throne, and I also have the aura of a king. Otherwise, why did this young master Su say that I am among the people at first sight?"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Young Master Su is polite, Mr. Chen... Cough cough, I am a teacher who is taught a lot by his teacher. I am honored to see his friends today."

When Su Tong heard this, he felt even more amazing and said in surprise: "Mr. Chi is actually a student of Lord Shen? I am indifferent to respect... Master Shen is the top scholar. He can be assured and stable as a country with literature and martial arts. I believe that Mr. Chi's knowledge is also excellent, but I don't know if he can get a fame and fortune in the exam?"

Zhu Hou took a look at Chen Xi and thought to himself: "I can't give up my face in front of Mr. Shen's friends." He said proudly: "I have passed the imperial examination in the next exam, just like Mr. Su, I will also take the imperial examination this year."

As the emperor, Zhu Houzhao brags without taxes and wants to give him any fame. Even Chen Xi felt that this kid was too "humble" and did not say that he was a Jinshi. He thought secretly: "Maybe he thought that if he was a Jinshi, he would leave a name for himself and involve specific court responsibilities. He was afraid that he would not be able to make up for his lies, so he simply said that he was a Juren, so that he would be able to connect with Su."

As expected, Zhu Houzhao said that he was a Juren, and Su Tong's attitude towards him was immediately closer.

The status gap between Su Tong and Chen Xi is too big, and they have much less common language. Now it is rare to meet a young man who takes the Jinshi like him. Naturally, I want to know what background this young man with unknown origin has. By the way, I will discuss the knowledge and the exam, and the topic will be closer.

Chen Xi turned around and told the guards to stay outside and wait, and then followed Su Tong into the gate of the courtyard with Zhu Houzhao.

Entering the slightly desolate front yard, Su Tong turned around and introduced, "The house was abandoned for two years. This time, I have someone renovated it after I arrived in the capital... Lord Shen, Mr. Chi, please come inside."

While speaking, Su Tong had invited Chen Xi and Zhu Houzhao into the living room. The interior was decorated with luxurious decoration, and glass tiles were used on the roof and windows, which looked very bright. Chen Xi smiled and said, "Speaking of this, Brother Su has purchased an industry in Beijing, and he has never visited him yet. Years have passed without realizing it."

Su Tong smiled and said, "That's not it? Lord Shen, the top scholar in high school, served the imperial court. He was busy with official duties on weekdays. Later, he went to the local government as governor and traveled around the country. Of course, he was different from the scholars like us. Where can I have time to come to the humble house? Lord Shen, Mr. Chi, please sit down!"

Zhu Houzhao was originally worried that Chen Xi would lift him up, but at this moment, his gentleman was humble, neither humble nor arrogant, and seemed to just treat him as an ordinary friend or even as a student. In front of Shen Xi and Su Tong, he did not feel any restraint, and he enjoyed this feeling very much at the moment.

This kind of extraordinary experience is to be an ordinary person.

Zhu Houzhao has been growing up and it is difficult for him to have this feeling. The last time he realized that he ran away from home as the prince and went to the south to find Chenxi.

After the servant brought the tea, Su Tong looked at Zhu Houzhao with concern: "Is Mr. Chi from the capital?"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I was born and raised in the capital... Mr. Su is like Mr. Chen, who is from Tingzhou Prefecture, Fujian, right?"

Su Tong smiled and said, "That's the honor of being with Lord Shen. I don't know if Mr. Chi has passed the imperial examination or has already..."

Zhu Houzhao replied: "I just passed the imperial examination and I am preparing for the examination this year. With Mr. Chen's guidance, it is not a problem in academic matters. I hope I can pass the Jinshi this time and shine on my family."

When Su Tong heard this, he thought that this boy was very angry, so he immediately looked at Zhu Houzhao carefully and thought about it: "Look at his age, he should be less than twenty years old. Perhaps he passed the imperial examination just after taking the provincial examination, so he was arrogant. Otherwise, how could he have such a manic mentality and actually become a Jinshi on the list? But if he thought he could become a master of Lord Shen, his family must be rich. He might be a powerful child in the capital, but he didn't know which adult he was... Is there a famous family with the surname Chi in the capital?"

Su Tong was curious about Zhu Houzhao, so he naturally had more questions and continued to ask: "I wonder which famous scholars have you visited before the exam?"

"Well!?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't quite understand the rules of the test-taking scholars, nor did she understand why she had to meet a famous scholar before taking the exam. She couldn't help but look at Chen Xi, and saw the gentleman looking at him with a smile, as if he was waiting for him to perform freely, so she could only continue to make up lies, "There are many famous scholars I have seen recently, such as Xie Ge Lao, Liang Grand Secretary Yang Grand Secretary, etc."

"ah?!"

Su Tong is shocked.

A young boy introduced by Shen Xi came up and said that he was a juren, and he was evasive when speaking, which made Su Tong feel suspicious.

After the boy said that he had visited Xie Qian and Liang Chu, Yang Tinghe and other top Confucian ministers in the court, he stood up in shock. He was about to question him, but the first thought that came to his mind was: "How is this possible? The two great scholars, Xie Ge Lao, Liang and Yang, did not see ordinary scholars at all. What qualifications do he have to see me?"

However, after Su Tong looked at Chen Xi, he suddenly felt extremely upset because he realized a problem: "What a noble identity is this for someone who can be recommended to my mansion by Master Shen personally? If Mr. Chi was talking nonsense here, Lord Shen would have exposed him long ago... Those who can advance and retreat with Lord Shen, how can the background and connections be comparable to ordinary scholars like me?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little strange and asked, "What's wrong with Mr. Su?" For him, when he saw Xie Qian and Liang Chu, Yang Tinghe didn't think it was rare, because he usually had contact with officials in the Hanlin system, and he was basically a attendant and lecturer at the level of attendant and lecturer. He did not say the name of an ordinary bachelor because he stopped the lecturer on the day of the Seminar Day and basically didn't know the backward Hanlin officials, and there were only a few who could be bragged about it temporarily.

Su Tong shook his head and sighed: "I can actually meet Mr. Xie, Liang, Yang, and Mr. Chi... I have a wide range of ways. It's even more difficult for me to meet him."

Zhu Houzhao then realized that it was not that easy for ordinary candidates to see Xie Qian and Liang Chu. Yang Tinghe, and immediately smiled and said, "With Mr. Chen's help, it is not that difficult to see him... right, Mr. Chen?"

Chen Xi was watching the show and listened to Zhu Houzhao and Su Tong's conversation. Suddenly the topic was about him. He couldn't help but shake his head and smiled bitterly, thinking: "Why did you brag about me? Isn't this causing me trouble? Next step, Su Tong also asked me to arrange to meet Xie Qian, Liang Chu and Yang Tinghe?"

Su Tong seemed to have no extravagant desires in this regard and said, "I won't say much. Although it's not too early or late at this time, the banquet can be served at any time... Come on, prepare the wine and food... Lord Shen, Mr. Chi, will we join the banquet now?"

Chen Xi looked out the window and nodded, "That's true. It's almost sunset now. Mr. Chi will have to go back to prepare for the exam later. You can't stay here for too long... Then please arrange the banquet, I will wait until the table to talk..."
Chapter completed!