Zhu Houzhao gave Qian Ning the document that he had done, and then called Liu Jin to explain in detail the arrangement of Qian Ning to Liaodong.

Because Zhu Houzhao did not see the court officials, all arrangements needed to be completed by Liu Jin.

Liu Jin took the order one by one. What he was most concerned about was that Qian Ning attacked Chen Xi in front of Zhu Houzhao. I wonder how much the emperor would believe it.

After everything was arranged, Zhu Houzhao waved to ask Liu Jin and Qian Ning to retreat.

As soon as he was discharged from the hospital, Liu Jin couldn't wait to ask Qian Ning's specific situation.

Qian Ning said with a bitter face: "Eunuch Liu, as you told me before, the villain put all the responsibility on the Minister of War Chen, but His Majesty asked the villain to provide evidence... Isn't this a embarrassment to the villain?"

"What did you say?"

Liu Jinsu couldn't afford to see Qian Ning. Now Qian Ning is out of favor and even treats him like a slave, without any mercy when speaking.

Qian Ning said with a bitter face: "The villain has no evidence. It can only be said that in the capital, except for the Minister of War, others do not have such great magical powers and can send people away silently. Your Majesty asked the villain to go to Liaodong to find Mrs. Zhong, and find the evidence... Father-in-law, you want to help the villain!"

In Qian Ning's opinion, whether this matter is insignificant to Chen Xi is the most important thing to find evidence that convinces Zhu Houzhao. This means that even frame-up is feasible. However, with Qian Ning's connections, it is too difficult to slander the Minister of War who holds real power. No matter how you look at it, it is easier for Liu Jin, the chief lieutenant to achieve his goal.

Liu Jin looked cold: "How do you ask our family to help you? Do you think there are extra people in our family to do this? Forget it, go to Liaodong to investigate. Our family will explain the specific matters back. As long as you can bring Mrs. Zhong back, no matter what the result of this matter is, the Chen surnamed will not escape."

"Um!?"

Qian Ning was stunned at first, and then he thought of the tricks of this matter.

Regardless of whether the person who helped Mrs. Zhong escape or not, as long as she caught Mrs. Zhong, she could threaten the people around her and let her submit. It would be said that Chen Xi, the Minister of War, helped her, and the matter would be done.

The two left the leopard room and were about to say goodbye, Liu Jin said to Qian Ning with a smile: "Qian Qianhu will definitely have any benefits when he goes to Liaodong this time, so don't forget our family at that time!"

Qian Ning nodded and bowed: "How can a villain forget his father-in-law's kindness? No matter what the villain gets, it will be sent to you without any loss. I dare not hide it privately... But in front of His Majesty, I hope my father-in-law will have many good words for the villain."

"snort!"

Liu Jin snorted coldly, "I want our family to help you, it depends on whether you are careful."

"Our family is now in a big trouble, and it is Chen, the Minister of War. He has been making things difficult for our family, making His Majesty disunited to our family. The previous few times our family wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of him but failed. Instead, it aroused His Majesty's alertness... If the matter of helping Mrs. Zhong escape was confirmed, it would make him completely lose power. It would be better to show some evidence of his stolen country through the vassal of the country... Now he is responsible for receiving envoys from foreign countries. Do you know what to do?" Liu Jin asked.

When Qian Ning heard this, he knew that he had been used as a gun again. But even though he was unsure, he could only agree: "The villain did his best to help his father-in-law, and he dared not slacken at all."

...

...

After Liu Jin said goodbye to Qian Ning, he hurried home to meet Sun Cong and Zhang Wenmian.

In the hall of Liu Mansion, the two of them seemed extremely concerned when they heard that Mrs. Zhong was in the whereabouts.

Sun Cong asked: "Does my father-in-law want to frame this matter to Minister Chen of the Ministry of War?"

"What frame-up is what he did, how could our family wrongly accuse him?"

Liu Jin was very unhappy and glared at Sun Cong and said, "Keming, you'd better be careful. Don't think that our family favors you, and you can talk nonsense in front of our family and act without any scruples."

"This is!"

Sun Cong was stunned for a moment and quickly lowered his head to admit his mistake.

Seeing that Sun Cong was taught a lesson by Liu Jin, Zhang Wenmian secretly enjoyed it. For him, once Sun Cong fell out of favor with Liu Jin, his power would inevitably rise.

Liu Jin looked at the two and said, "The problem now is... Your Majesty wants Qian Ning to find evidence to prove that this matter is related to the people of the Ministry of War. As long as it is finally proved that the people of the Ministry of War are indeed involved, Your Majesty will definitely believe that the matter was done by Shen Zhihou... What are you doing?"

Sun Cong did not reply, and Zhang Wenmian said confidently with a smile: "No matter what, this matter must be done by Shen Zhihou. That's what my father-in-law meant, right?"

Although he didn't say he wanted to frame and accusation, he was quite intent. Liu Jin glared at Zhang Wenmian with a slanted look and said angrily: "That's true, you can tell me a solution!"

Zhang Wenmian said: "What Your Majesty wants is nothing more than personal evidence, physical evidence, and personal evidence is easy to deal with. Just find the middle-aged man responsible for buying and selling ships to testify... It is not difficult for the father-in-law to find these inferior people to come out to testify, right?"

"Um."

Liu Jin thought for a while and nodded, "What you said makes sense, what about the physical evidence?"

Zhang Wenmian smiled and said, "That's easier... If you have witnesses, then you can make up some Shen Zhihou's letters and find someone to imitate his handwriting. Isn't it difficult?"

After Liu Jin heard this, before he answered, Sun Cong said: "If Your Majesty asked Shangshu Chen to confront him, those people might not be able to withstand such great pressure."

Zhang Wenmian's face turned cold, his head held high and his chest raised, and he became more and more arrogant: "The problem is here... If Your Majesty thinks that this matter was done by Shen Zhihou, he will never confront Shen Zhihou, because Shen Zhihou, as the imperial teacher, is responsible for teaching himself. His actions do not involve violations of laws and regulations, and even have the intention of supporting the country. Your Majesty is ashamed. How can you argue with a teacher who is favored by a woman? Your Majesty can only suffer a silence in this matter. In this way, Shen Zhihou will not argue with him, and naturally fall out of favor in front of Your Majesty."

"good!"

Liu Jin suddenly patted the armrest of the seat and nodded in praise, "Yan Guang has many ideas and is very good at planning. With you around us, we don't have to worry about anything!"

Zhang Wenmian saluted with a complacent look on his face and said with a reserved look: "Thank you for your praise!"

Liu Jin raised his hand and said, "Don't be suffocating for the first time. Although your idea is good, you have to worry about the details... These things are not difficult to plan, but if Qian Ning tells them and lets His Majesty believe them, it will take some thought. You will be responsible for this matter in detail!"

"yes!"

Zhang Wenmian finally restrained a little, his expression became serious, and he nodded slightly to agree.

Liu Jin said again: "I asked you to find a way to drive Wang Mingzhong, the Minister of Justice, to stop, but now I have a solution?" After saying that, he looked at Sun Cong first, but Sun Cong had no intention of answering, and immediately realized that this matter was also planned by Zhang Wenmian, a genius.

But Chen Xi wanted to take the initiative.

Chen Xi looked at Yun Liu and said, "I won't explain to you what to do specifically. Now everything remains the same. You don't need to inquire about the whereabouts of Mrs. Zhong's family. The more important thing now is to investigate the movements of Liu Jin and the people around you, especially Zhang Wenmian, Jiang Liwei and others. I need more information on what these people are doing."

Although Yun Liu didn't understand what Chen Xi was going to do, her advantage was that she had a strong execution ability and immediately bowed: "I am an adult, so I will investigate Liu Jin and the movements of people around me."

Chen Xi understood that Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao had almost the level of being devilish to Mrs. Zhong. Perhaps this was the first time that Zhu Houzhao had sincerely given feelings to a woman, but unfortunately he chose the wrong partner. A married woman was definitely not an Emperor of Ming Dynasty whose feudal etiquette reached its peak. Doing so would only ruin Zhu Houzhao's reputation.

Chen Xi thought about this question carefully: "Are I helping this kid or harming him? He was almost obsessed with Madam Zhong. If he was letting him make trouble, he would probably ignore the country for women in the future. At that time, the Ming Dynasty court would be lively."

In any case, Chen Xi no longer cared about whether Mrs. Zhong would be found by the people sent by Zhu Houzhao, or what Mrs. Zhong's final fate would be.

Because around this woman, Chen Xi had actually met Liu Jin, and the battlefield was transferred from the court to the emperor's private affairs. This change made Chen Xi feel more alert...

As a minister, even Chen Xi, who was the emperor's teacher, had no say in his personal affairs. On the contrary, Liu Jin, who was with Zhu Houzhao, would have unique conditions because of his status as a royal slave.

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...

On February 18th, the Dayan tribe, Yisima Yin tribe and North Korean envoys arrived in the capital one after another.

Chen Xi should have personally met the envoys of the Three Kingdoms that day, but the news from the palace early in the morning made him put away his thoughts... Zhu Houzhao suddenly ordered that the Wu Dynasty be held at noon this day to inquire about the affairs of the court.

The incident happened suddenly, and Chen Xi did not receive any news in advance. I don’t know why the emperor made this decision suddenly, but Liu Jin did not obstruct him. All kinds of questions lingered in his heart, so he could only calm down and prepare for the Wu Dynasty.

This court discussion is different from the past and is of invitation. Whoever is named by the emperor will have the chance to enter the palace.

Except for Chen Xi, only Hu Lian was invited. Even the Minister of War He Jian and Cao Yuan were not notified. Chen Xi found that Wang Lingzhi's name was listed on the list of the Governor's Office of the Five Army. This time, Zhu Houzhao actually called Wang Lingzhi to the palace to participate in the court meeting, which surprised Chen Xi very much.

As for the other ministers of the ministries, the chief ministers were all present, and all the cabinet ministers were present. In addition, some people from the Governor's Office of the Five Army, including Zhang Mao, Zhang Heling, and Zhang Yanling, who are not very concerned about political affairs, were also invited to participate.

Hu Lian had never had any experience in participating in the court debate before. After learning about the situation, he was very nervous when facing Chen Xi.

Hu Lian asked: "Shangshu Chen, why did Your Majesty suddenly summon all the ministers to the palace to attend the court meeting? Your Majesty has not been inquired about political affairs for more than half a year..."

Chen Xi shook his head: "Following this invitation list, the matter discussed should involve military affairs, but some unexpected situations cannot be ruled out... As for the specific purpose of this court discussion, we must also see what His Majesty the Queen of the Holy Majesty asked about."

It was said that it was Wu Dynasty, but the court officials consciously waited at Wenhua Palace one hour in advance.

Chen Xi was about to set off with Hu Lian, and Wang Lingzhi came from the Military Academy.

"Master...Shangshu Chen, do I have to enter the palace too?"

When Wang Lingzhi saw Chen Xi and Hu Lian, he looked a little unnatural. With his status, he was not qualified to participate in the court meeting at all. This entry into the court was an opportunity and challenge for him.

Chen Xi said: "Since you come, please feel free, let us go... After entering the palace, talk as little as possible. If Your Majesty asks, you can say whatever you think. What Your Majesty wants is what you think."

"Um."

Wang Lingzhi glanced at Hu Lian and said that he was very interested in describing the same thing. In his mind, Hu Lian was another civil servant who could lead troops to win after his senior brother, and was trustworthy, so he wanted to use Hu Lian as his role model.
Chapter completed!