The emperor summoned the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet to ask about the matter. Xie Qian was not sure what would be involved, but he knew that Emperor Hongzhi's health was not terminally ill at this moment, and it should not be involved in the issue of passing on the throne.??

Even if the throne is passed on, is there any other good choice besides passing it to the crown prince Zhu Houzhao?

Xie Qian was very careless about the passing of the throne. It was a very simple matter. Whether the emperor passed away depends entirely on the will of heaven. It was not that he had never experienced changing emperors. As for whether the new emperor was making trouble, it had nothing to do with him. Now he cares more about when the war in the northwest will end, and what contributions can his grandson-in-law Chen Xi make in this battle to the frontier.

Xie Qian didn't want to see the credit from Chen Xi that he received, and thought to himself: "The Tatars have withdrawn their troops. If this is the case, the children of Chen Xi cannot achieve great achievements. Then, I, the minister, have been in vain?"

Even if Chen Xi has not achieved any achievements in the northwest, Xie Qian must work hard to find a place for Chen Xi to "exciting" as a credential for his meritorious service.

Before, Xie Qian looked at Chen Xi but was always picking his nose and looking straight, but now Shen Xi is leading troops out of the frontier, Xie Qian is open-minded and hopes to use his abilities to help Chen Xi.

As the saying goes, care is chaotic. Xie Qian overlooked a basic thing. He wanted to help Chen Xi, but it was not what Chen Xi wanted. Now Chen Xi was trapped in Tumu Fort and wanted to get reinforcements the most, but Xie Qian selectively ignored it... Xie Qian never thought that the Tatars would act according to Chen Xi's prophecy.

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Xie Qian was wondering what he would ask after meeting the saint, how to answer, what should he say about Chen Xi, what should he say about the throne transmission, and what should he say about Liu Daxia's advance to Yulin Guard.

In another part of the palace, in the East Palace, the naughty child Zhu Houzhao had been addicted to the emperor for a day. After a few palace maids, he finally realized that he had done too much and became exhausted. He became distracted with the woman again, and read the martial arts written by Chen Xi again bored.

Even if you like wine and sex, people's energy is always limited, so it is better to get spiritual sublimation from reading books.

If there were no women, Zhu Houzhao would have been thinking about it day and night, but after getting it easily, she felt that it was just like this and threw the women who had "kidnapped" aside.

Of course, the main reason is that there are indeed not many beauties above the level in the palace.

Empress Zhang is jealous, so when choosing palace maids, she specifically chooses mediocre appearance. In order to curry favor with Empress Zhang, the eunuchs in the palace try to choose a type that is neither very beautiful nor too ugly when choosing. This leads to the fact that there are many palace maids in the palace, but they are not as beautiful.

Since most of the women Zhang Yuan and others tied up were for Zhu Hou to take care of the unpleasant woman, the age of whom could barely be seen was still too old, so the naughty child naturally lost interest.

"How great would it be if the palace could add a few younger palace maids? Will you let your mother find a group for me?"

Zhu Houzhao no longer likes to play with those "sisters", because the palace maids are afraid of him and treat him as a plague god. They cry and make trouble when they are held in his arms. Even if he doesn't do anything, those "sisters" will keep sobbing.

In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, if the woman does not cooperate when doing something, it will seem unemotional. He attributes it to these "little ladies" who know a lot when they get older and are afraid of him. The best way is to find some "little ladies" who are about ten years old to prevent them from knowing their identities, be friends with these "little ladies", then try to be lovers first, and then proceed to the next step.

Zhu Houzhao's realm sublimated very quickly, and now he is no longer satisfied with just getting a woman's body and begins to pursue spiritual breakthroughs.

Just like Chen Xi wrote the protagonist in martial arts for him, he needed to have a passionate love with "Qiao Huang Rong", "Little Dragon Girl" or "Sister of the Fairy". He could be a lover, a romantic relationship, or an elopement that could be at ease. It would be best to leave the palace, leave the capital, and go to the northwest to surrender to Chen Xi, because he didn't believe that Chen Xi was actually a coward and dared not fight head-on with the Tatars.

Zhu Houzhao was a little blind in admiration for Chen Xi. He could not go to the northwest by himself, so he regarded Chen Xi as his substitute. Chen Xi avoided fighting in the northwest, which would make him feel embarrassed.

"Your Highness, you have read these comments several times. Why not... let me change them to you?"

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was not energetic when he saw martial arts, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but want to go up and show off. He had helped Zhu Houzhao find a few palace maids to come back to win him trust in front of Zhu Houzhao, but who would have thought that the child had no idea. Zhu Houzhao lost interest in palace maids after only one day and one night.

"Eunuch Zhang, I'll ask you something, when can I get a wife and concubine?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Zhang Yuan was stunned by the question and said in surprise: "What did the prince say?"

Zhu Houzhao saw that Zhang Yuan was wandering in front of him, and repeated it again in anger.

Zhang Yuan quickly replied: "Your Highness, you are a daughter-in-law. Your status is not comparable to ordinary people. In the future, you cannot be called marrying a wife and taking concubines, but taking concubines."

Zhu Houzhao muttered and asked, "How to take the method?"

Zhang Yuan said: "I am not very clear about it, but I heard that I first chose many beautiful girls, and they were carefully selected from wealthy families. They had excellent appearance, family background and virtue. Finally, from these beautiful girls, I will choose the crown princess for you."

Zhu Houzhao was very interested and asked again: "Isn't it the imperial concubine? Why is it the crown princess?"

Zhang Yuan explained: "Your Highness, you are the crown prince, of course you are the crown prince. If you become the magistrate of the Nine Five in the future, you will be the imperial concubine. However, Your Majesty is now in full swing in spring and autumn, and Your Majesty is a long life..."

"Okay, okay, I just want to say a few words. If you say too much, you won't feel tired. I still feel verbose. You say long live my father, I will die in front of my father in the future. Who will be the crown prince for whom? If I can't be the emperor, I will have my soul back to the west, right?" Zhu Houzhao asked in anger.

Zhang Yuan said awkwardly: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, that's not what you said. Your Majesty... It's always long live, you... it's Thousand Years!"

"No matter how long live him or a thousand years old, I only know that people are rare in the age of seventy, and even at the age of seventy are rare. Even if we are in the royal family, we say that we are protected by gods, then we will only live a few more years at most. Wait, let me calculate, when my father is seventy years old... Oh, then I'm afraid I'll be an old man, it's boring. Eunuch Zhang, when will I take the crown princess?"

Zhu Houzhao pays special attention to his concubine's affairs.

Zhang Yuan said: "Your Highness, if everything goes well, you may be sixteen or seventeen years old. If it doesn't go well, you will be eighteen or nineteen years old... I can't be sure of this matter. Your Majesty and the Queen will decide for you. I dare not speak nonsense!"

"At the beginning, he would have to be sixteen or seventeen years old? Then why could Mr. Chen get married at the age of twelve? Now Mr. Chen is only sixteen or seventeen years old. Why did he have three wives and four concubines in his family?"

Zhu Houzhao felt unbalanced all of a sudden. If everyone was like him, he was still a teenager who was studying and edifying at the age of thirteen, he would not have complained so much. But Chen Xi had already passed the top scorer when he was thirteen, taught him in the East Palace, and even got married and had children.

Zhang Yuan stammered at this time and did not dare to say much.

When it comes to the comparison between the prince and Chen Xi, Zhang Yuan didn't want to express his opinions. In fact, Zhang Yuan also hated Chen Xi in his heart, or he hated the fifth family of the Shen family. He did nothing in his life. In the end, he became a eunuch in the East Palace to serve tea and water as a dog-legged person, while Chen Xi became a great official and admired by thousands of people.

People are so angry that Zhang Yuan's own son is not a big word. It is related to the fact that when the Shen family chose to study, Shen Mingjun's wife Zhou voted for the Liulang Shen Yuan, who was the fourth family.

Zhang Yuan thought to himself: "Originally, my Goro also had the opportunity to study, and maybe he could pass the top scorer like Chen Xi. It was Liulang and Qilang who took away this opportunity. If I have the power and power in the future, I must get the account back! Goro doesn't know if he gets married now!"

As a father, Zhang Yuan, who was once Shen Mingyou, was very concerned about his son. He once hoped that Chen Xi could help his son make his name a success, but Chen Xi had been running around in recent years, and even if the mansion was opened, it was only temporary. Wulang Shen Yongqi had never had the chance to make his name a success, so Zhang Yuan felt resentful.

Now that Chen Xi is in the northwest, it is criticized. He thinks that Chen Xi is passive and avoids war. Zhang Yuan secretly enjoys it while worrying about his son's future future.

Zhang Yuan hopes that Chen Xi has a bright future so that he can help his son achieve his career, but in his heart he is darkly looking forward to Chen Xi's unlucky so that he can balance his mind.

Zhang Yuan said: "Your Highness, Lord Shen does not have three wives and four concubines, but there are many female relatives around him. In the future, as long as you say something from the prince, he will not dare to marry a wife and concubine randomly. By then..."

Zhang Yuan had evil thoughts and wanted to use Zhu Houzhao's hands to cause trouble for Chen Xi.

Zhu Houzhao frowned: "Why should I let Mr. Chen not have so many female relatives? He has three wives and four concubines, so it's good that the more successful a man is, the more women there are? If I become an emperor in the future, I must have three thousand beauties, and the inner palace must be fulfilled. Let those women give birth to three or five hundred children for me, so that I will be the emperor with the most children in history!"

When Zhang Yuan heard of this "ambition", he felt mixed emotions.

The prince’s goal is not to be a wise monarch, but to be a foolish monarch with countless women?

Zhu Houzhao said: "I won't talk about this anymore. There are not many rumors about Mr. Chen in the palace in the northwest. Have you heard some news? How is Mr. Chen now?"

"Go back to Your Highness, since Lord Shen left Juyongguan, no news has been heard back!"

Zhang Yuan deliberately did not tell Zhu Houzhao about the true situation of Chen Xi, mainly because he was afraid that Zhu Houzhao would be dissatisfied with Chen Xi's performance and took his anger on him.

After several tosses, Zhang Yuan has now become very clever. He can understand what should be said and what should not be said.

"Forget it, I believe that Mr. Chen will definitely win a beautiful victory in the northwest. Even if he cannot win the wolf Juxu, it should be similar. Perhaps there will be no Tatars on the grassland in the future, only the empty grassland is left. If I become the emperor, I will build a big palace on the grassland!"

When Zhu Houzhao said this, he was ambitious for a moment, as if he had become the emperor of the ages. Even Zhang Yuan thought that Zhu Houzhao was about to change his nature, but then Zhu Houzhao added:

"I want to raise hundreds or thousands of women in the palace, preferably Tatar women, Western women, and our Ming Dynasty women. They are all beautiful women. I change one beautiful woman every day to serve the bed... No, there are ten beautiful women. I go out to the frontier once a year and then go back to the capital!"

"Well, you must set up a few more palaces along the way, and there are women inside... Haha, at that time, I only need to walk back and forth between these palaces, so I won't be tired if I become an emperor!"
Chapter completed!