On the eighth day of October, Ningxia avant-garde.

After Liu Daxia led his troops to Huamachi, where the Ningxia defender's Acropolis was located, he sent four groups of troops, a total of 8,000 elite cavalry, and successively defeated the Tatars' "central army" in Great Wall Pass, Gaoping Fort, Tianchi Village, Qingshui Camp and other places. The Tatars' "army" fled in panic. Liu Daxia took the opportunity to recover the lost territory, and the land lost on the three sides was basically returned to the Ming Dynasty.

Just when the good news was spread to the capital in four days later, Zhu Youzhi was dragging his sick body to summon the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and the Six-Minist Officer in the bedroom of the Ganqing Palace.

Because the questions were all about autumn grain storage and people's livelihood, Zhu Youxi spoke slowly, and the answerers did not dare to speak too hard, so as not to be blamed by the emperor.

At this moment, Xiao Jing walked out of the back hall, came to Emperor Hongzhi respectfully, and said with his ears. After hearing this, the emperor sat up immediately, which surprised the ministers present.

Zhu Youzhang coughed twice, a little tired, waved his hand and said, "Eunuch Xiao, please tell all the ministers about this!"

"yes!"

Xiao Jing's white smile appeared on his face, just as bright as a flower, which made Xie Qian, who was standing behind Liu Jian and Li Dongyang feel sank in his heart when he saw it.

"A great victory, Shangshu Liu personally led a large army to recover the lost land on three sides. He is now cleaning up the mess and gradually recovering the major passes of the Great Wall that were destroyed by the Tatars!"

Xiao Jing couldn't hide his excitement and almost shouted and said this.

The ministers present were all excited, but Xie Qian felt a little uncomfortable:

"It's broken. Since Liu Daxia won the victory, it proves that the Tatar soldiers and horses are indeed in Ningxia Town. The Tatar Central Army on Xuanfu is said to be false."

"Children Chenxi is in trouble this time. I hope Lord Liu Shiyong will ignore the villain and let Chenxi go, otherwise I really don't know how much this brat is going to be embarrassed!"

Zhu Youzu smiled with a smile: "I have been waiting for a long time and finally received this great news! Three years ago, our soldiers of the three armies could defeat the Tatars, and let the Tatars fall into the sand on the banks of the Yuxi River. Now it is Liu Shangshu again, and he has made great contributions to our Ming Dynasty and passed on my oral orders. Liu Shangshu... He will be the Prince's Young Guardian, and will be rewarded with another great reward after returning to the court!"

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The victory in the northwest was an inspiring and joyful event for the lifeless capital and even the prefectures of the Ming Dynasty. The civil and military officials cheered and the people rushed to tell each other, which was almost at the point of celebrating the whole world.

Led by the Cabinet, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War began to formulate a preliminary list of rewards for personnel.

This is an arrangement made to cater to the emperor's wishes to commend meritorious officials. Zhu Youzhang is now unable to preside over this work on his sickbed. Naturally, his ministers need to hand it over to the emperor for review and decision.

A group of important officials came out of the Ganqing Palace and made an appointment to come to Wenyuan Pavilion to discuss how to seek merit for the soldiers in the northwest.

Xie Qian's face has always been ugly. Others need to receive merits and rewards, while Chen Xi needs to accept punishment. It can be said that others are happy and sad.

Xie Qian felt the heavy pressure on his shoulders. Although the decision made by Emperor Hongzhi himself to appoint Chen Xi as the governor of Yansui was made by Emperor Hongzhi, if he really wanted to pursue the responsibility of Chen Xi's passive and lazy war in the leadership of the army, the emperor would definitely not punish himself, so Xie Qian would definitely take responsibility for this.

"Children Chenxi, I'm sorry for you!"

Xie Qian was not very concerned about Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and officials from the six ministries. He left the palace directly on the pretext of being unwell and returned home.

In the past, Xie Qian was the mainstay of the cabinet and could not leave without permission, but now in the Northwest victory, many things can be temporarily slowed down, and some court affairs are not so rushed to handle.

Everyone knew that Xie Qian was in a bad mood at this time, so they simply asked him to go back and rest. Liu Jian and Li Dongyang would naturally handle the matter for Xie Qian.

Now that the Northwest is victorious, these ministers in the court feel that they should do something to win the emperor's attention, otherwise they will be sorry for the black hat on their heads.

When he returned home, Xie Qian sat alone in the study, silently, and the Xie family didn't even know that he was back.

Xie Qian was depressed and thought that he was scolding Chen Xi. He didn't think Chen Xi was timid and afraid of things, but he blamed Chen Xi for making a fatal mistake in the judgment of the battle situation.

Xie Qian sighed lightly: "Chenxi, Chenxi, you are smart and confused for a while. You think the Tatars will fight according to your ideas. You have never thought that with the Tatars' minds, where are there so many conspiracies and deceits?"

"After all, the Tatars are just paper tigers. The Tatars were defeated once three years ago. This time, even if they were lucky enough to take the lead, they would still have to escape with their tails in the end. You are so good that you not only put yourself in, but you can't even explain to the court. You did this too annoying!"

At this moment, Xie Pi's voice came: "Father, is there a letter from Mr. Chen in the northwest?"

Xie Qian was disturbed by someone and shouted angrily: "I don't want to entertain my books in the room, why are you here to do? By the way, you must not call Chen Xi a gentleman again in the future, otherwise you will have a difficult career yourself!"

Xie Pi was stunned. He didn't expect his father to let him take the initiative to separate his relationship with Chen Xi at this time.

When Xie Pi met his friends, he would have a sense of pride whenever he mentioned that he had learned from Chen Xi's knowledge of mind and timely literature.

Although Chen Xi was young, he was a Hanlin official after all. He had a stroke in the court in recent years. Xie Pi did not feel ashamed because he considered himself a young man's student.

But now, Xie Qian obviously asked him to draw a clear line with Chen Xi.

"Father, Mr. Chen is Jun'er's husband after all, and he is one with our Xie family..." Xie Pi emphasized.

Xie Qian was even more annoyed: "It was before, now it is now. Chen Xi's son is causing trouble now. Do you want the Xie family to suffer? Don't forget that Jun'er is just a concubine given to Chen Xi's son for his father, and the water splashed out by his married daughter. What's more, Jun'er is not the wife who is married to the matchmaker, but just Teng's concubine..."

Xie Pi's face looked extremely ugly, thinking: "What my father didn't want to hear the most before was that he married his granddaughter and became a concubine for Chen Xi. Now, in order to protect himself, he actually ignored his face and took the initiative to bring this up."

Xie Qian said: "Your mother is not at home on weekdays. Your mother is easy-going by nature. If someone from the Shen family comes to plead for mercy and wants to speak for Chen Xi, she will not be allowed to enter the door and will not accept gifts."

"Even if Jun'er comes back, it's useless. Unless Chen Xi's son comes to the door to carry the thorns and apologizes... Alas, he shouldn't have come to my Xie Mansion to apologize. He goes to the palace gate to apologize. Perhaps His Majesty will forgive him!"

This is very heartless and hurtful, just like the Xie family wants to completely define a relationship with the Shen family.

Xie Pi really wanted to ask if the matter would be so irritating, but he had a deep fear of his father since he was a child. Xie Qian was a strict father at home. Xie Pi was adopted very early and respected and afraid of his father, so he did not dare to say more for a while.

Xie Qian continued, "Go back to study and ask your mother to come out. For her father, you must be careful in the future. Before the next session, go out and walk around, and don't mention the relationship between my Xie family and Chen Xi's children!"

"Yes, father."

Xie Pi was timid and could only go back to the inner courtyard first, go to inform her biological mother, Mrs. Xu, and ask Mrs. Xu to come out to see Xie Qian, and ask what happened in the court, which made Xie Qian lose his power in such a way.

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ps: The second update is here!
Chapter completed!