Chen Xi was proud and at ease, but Xie Qian was overwhelmed and at a loss in the capital. .

Xie Qian took the people from the Dongchang and Jinyiwei to search for Zhu Houzhao in various places in the capital. He thought that the naughty child would naturally return to the palace when he was tired of playing. However, after searching for a few days, he almost searched the capital, but he couldn't find the whereabouts of the prince.

Zhu Houzhao actually disappeared!

This result made Xie Qian very angry. The capital was only so big. Now that the Tartars had withdrawn from the front line of the Great Wall, martial law was lifted, but there were still officials who could enter and exit the city gate. Where could the naughty child go after leaving the palace?

It involves the safety of the Ming Dynasty crown prince and even directly affects the stability of the Ming Dynasty. Xie Qian was so worried that he stayed in the Dongchang and Jinyiwei Yamen every day to investigate Zhu Houzhao's whereabouts.

Since it takes a lot of energy to analyze all aspects of information, Xie Qian can't even take care of the cabinet, so he had to ask the emperor for sick leave. Emperor Hongzhi, who knew the inside story, naturally agreed. This made Liu Jian and Li Dongyang's life very difficult.

At this time, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were still unaware of the disappearance of the prince, but because Xie Qian could not handle the memorials in Wenyuan Pavilion, the number of memorials in the cabinet increased. Liu Jian and Li Dongyang always refused to work on the grounds that they were old and physically ill, while the other liked not to work on the excuse of not working.

In the past, Xie Qian was a hardworking and complacent type in the cabinet, but now Xie Qian is suddenly gone. Liu Jian and Li Dongyang combined cannot compare to Xie Qian's efficiency in doing things alone.

In the end, I couldn't stand it anymore. Liu Jian and Li Dongyang decided to ask Xie Qian to come back to take on the errand before the emperor agreed to choose a new cabinet minister.

When it was okay, Xie Qian was pushed aside and ignored it. Now that I found that the cabinet was not working, I had to shamelessly ask Xie Qian to come out to work as a businessman.

So Li Dongyang brought Liu Jian's earnest instructions and went to Xie's house with gifts to ask about his illness. However, he was told that Xie Qian had not been home in the past few days.

Li Dongyang was puzzled and hurried back and told Liu Jian the news.

Liu Jian's face wrinkled and said, "Yu Qiao is not a person who shirking responsibility when doing things on weekdays. Did he lie to His Majesty and deliberately did not come to court to make things difficult for you and me?"

By this time, it would be difficult for Liu Jian and Li Dongyang to think about things in a good way.

They joined forces to boycott Xie Qian, and never asked Xie Qian about his opinions when dealing with major matters, but threw all small matters to Xie Qian to draft a ticket. Everyone could feel that they were preparing to isolate Xie Qian from the core power. At this time, Xie Qian suddenly complained about illness and asked for leave but did not come to Wenyuan Pavilion, which was obviously about to put pressure on them.

Li Dongyang felt that things were a little tricky and asked, "What do you think of Liu Shaofu?"

As soon as this question was released, Li Dongyang admitted that he had the same idea as Liu Jian.

Liu Jian sighed and said, "Yu Qiao has always been a minister of the cabinet. In recent years, he has worked diligently for the court and has never refused to do anything because he is sick... In this situation, I think it is better to find him first, have a long talk to resolve the gap between each other!"

Isn’t you Xie Qian in a bad mood?

Then we will temporarily reach a compromise with you, indicating that we are not trying to alienate you, nor do we want to cultivate others to replace you, but you are too worried about misunderstanding! In the future, the three of us cabinet ministers will work together to support the country and country of Ming Dynasty. Don’t be in trouble and come back to do things with peace of mind.

At worst, we will let you listen to major affairs of the court in the future, but it is best not to express your opinions, because even if you have opinions, we will not listen to your style.

Although Liu Jian and Li Dongyang are those upright, virtuous and upright civil officials in the minds of most civil officials, they are actually the best at using this conspiracy method. They fooled them and left you with nothing to say. Of course, the two did not think it was despicable to do so. Instead, they thought that this was achieved by normal means and there was no blame.

The military and political power of the court was firmly grasped by them using almost unspoken means. Unless the emperor was very strong, the appointment and removal of court officials and the handling of major and minor matters were basically in their hands.

The plan to trick Xie Qian back to the cabinet and do things was good, but the problem arose... I didn't know where to find Xie Qian.

After thinking about it, the two of them thought that Xie Qian would not avoid guests at home because of his inconvenience.

In this case, Li Dongyang could only go to Xie Qian again to ask for a meeting with Xie Qian. This time he even brought valuable gifts, but they were calligraphy and paintings by Fan Kuan, a famous Northern Song Dynasty scholar. Li Dongyang was reluctant to take them out for others to show them. This time he was going to give them to Xie Qian as a gift to reconcile with him.

Who would have thought that this time I came to the door was still turned away?

"...Mr. Li, it's not that I won't report to you. My master is really not at home. He hasn't returned home for several days. As for where he is, the villain doesn't know anything about it!"

The old housekeeper of Xie’s house, who opened the door, complained that he was wronged. A few days ago, his master was called away by a big man in the palace. Since then, the whole family is worried. As a result, Li Dongyang, a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, came to look for him. Isn’t that the meaning of that... Even Li Dongyang doesn’t know where Xie Qian has gone?

Li Dongyang frowned and said, "Then I go into the mansion and wait!"

As he said that, Li Dongyang was about to break into the yard of Xie Mansion.

He didn't believe anything about what the old housekeeper of the Xie family said. You, Xie, had a leave from His Majesty. If you don't recuperate in the house now, where else can you go? Could it be that you have gone back to your hometown, Yuyao, to take care of Tiannian? This is too absurd and unruly!

Humph, pretending to be not at home, just want to send me Li Dongyang if you find someone?

You Xie Yuqiao don’t look at me, Li Dongyang, who I am. I have been in politics for decades. How can I deceive me with such a lie? Isn’t it because we boycott you? If you are dissatisfied, you can communicate with us. We are not the kind of unreasonable people. After all, old friends for decades, things will be fine if they are open.

Besides, I took the initiative to visit and said that Shaofu Liu and I already know your grievances. If you don’t target you specifically after you return to the cabinet, you will be thrown to us so much official duties. What is this?

The more Li Dongyang thought about it, the more angry he became. He ignored the mansion of the current court master, and pushed the old housekeeper of Xie's mansion away and broke into the mansion.

When Zhu Youzhe was the crown prince, Li Dongyang worked with Xie Qianwu and had entered and exited Xie's mansion countless times. Li Dongyang had already figured out the layout of this mansion.

Li Dongyang knew very well what Xie Qian was doing. Without anyone to guide him, he went straight to the study. The old butler was anxious when he saw it and quickly said, "Mr. Li, what are you doing? The master is really not at home, you...you can't be so rude..."

Li Dongyang ignored the obstruction of the old housekeeper of Xie's family and became stubborn, but he couldn't even hold on to his son today.

Li Dongyang rushed to the side yard with great might. When he approached the study, he shouted: "Xie Yuqiao, come out for me, how much does it mean to pretend to be sick at home?"

Over the years, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian have been getting along well in private and have never turned aside. Even if there are occasional disputes over Chen Xi, it is still a government official business, and the relationship between the two is still very close in private.

But this time Li Dongyang broke up and seemed to be looking for trouble.

Even though Li Dongyang questioned him loudly regardless of his mercy, no one in the yard paid attention to him, which made Li Dongyang even more disappointed. When he arrived at the door of Xie Qian's study, he was stunned when he saw someone inside standing up and looking at him curiously.

This person Li Dongyang knew, not Xie Qian, but Xie Qian's second son Xie Pi.

Xie Pi ran to his father's study to study in order to experience what kind of environment his father usually works in and find some of the "fairy spirit" of his father. Who would have thought that after sitting down for a long time, there was a father here, but it was not his father, but Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang frowned and looked at Xie Pi. Xie Pi quickly tidied up his clothes and saluted respectfully: "Uncle Li? Are you... coming to find your father?"

Li Dongyang said angrily: "Since I know the purpose of my visit, go and invite your father out!"

Xie Pi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "But... my father has not returned home for many days!"

If it was the old butler at the door, Li Dongyang would not accept it, but the problem is that now it was Xie Qian's son Xie Pi's personal words, so he had to believe it.

Even if Xie Qianzhen is ready to stay away from home, he must have told his servants that they would not see the guests and asked the servants to send away the visitors, and would not explain this to Xie Pi, who was sitting in the study reading. Unless Xie Qian asked the Xie family to keep the same words, this result would be achieved.

But why did Xie Qian, a grand cabinet minister, leave his son with a dissatisfied father image?
Chapter completed!