Xiao Guozi knew early on that Zhang Yuan came to the leopard room to wait for the saint, but he ignored it. After Zhu Houzhao woke up, he not only did not go to spread the news, but also deliberately asked the eunuch to delay going out to inform the emperor of his wake up. So when Zhang Yuan was rewarded, Zhu Houzhao had already gone to see Concubine Li.

Just as Xiao Tiaozi was proud, a eunuch hurried in and told Zhang Yuan's words intact.

Xiao Taozi felt angry and thought to himself: "This Zhang Yuan is so shameless. He thinks that he is so arrogant and domineering as the Sili Supervisor, but he doesn't even have the qualifications to meet the saint at any time. Why do you let me listen to him in everything?"

The eunuch said, "Grandpa, you'd better go out and have a look. Eunuch Zhang has made a forced breakthrough once. If things get serious, I'm afraid His Majesty will know."

These eunuchs didn't want to cause trouble, so they tried to persuade Xiao Tiaozi to surrender, preferably with peace of mind on both sides, and everyone would be happy for them.

Xiao Tiaozi said with a dark face: "I know, we will go out to see him after we have a family."

After sending the eunuch away, Xiao Zhuozi thought about it over and over again and finally decided to inform Zhu Houzhao of the news of Zhang Yuan's arrival first. "When Your Majesty is very good, anyone who tells him about things is causing trouble. This time I will report it while Your Majesty is not distracting. Your Majesty will probably refuse to see Zhang Yuan directly!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Guozi became more and more proud. He felt that no one could match his understanding of Zhu Houzhao, and he could use this to control the affairs of the court.

But when he saw Zhu Houzhao, he realized that things were not as simple as he thought. Zhu Houzhao was not very interested at this moment. Even Concubine Li couldn't find the thing that made Zhu Houzhao obsessed with it all the time. Xiao Tiaozi deserves to report with a tough bullet: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Zhang is looking for a meeting outside."

"oh?"

Zhu Houzhao glared at the sound of her eyes and said, "My beloved concubine, it seems that Eunuch Zhang has important matters to come to me. It involves the government affairs. I can't accompany you here for more. I will go and see what's going on. If I'm very anxious, I may not come tonight."

Although Concubine Li knew that Zhu Houzhao was making excuses, even if she was favored, she was not officially recognized by the court. She was nameless and had no right to oppose anything. She still had to show her magnanimity. She immediately stood up and said respectfully: "Give him a visit to Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and took Concubine Li, and then she took the little twister out with satisfaction. After leaving the yard, Zhu Houzhao looked around and asked, "Where is Zhang Yuanren?"

Xiao Tiaozi said, "I'm still waiting outside, but I don't know why it's coming."

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his hands excitedly: "Of course it is a matter of a beautiful woman who has contributed to North Korea. You have lived in the palace since you were a child and don't know the beauty. I have long wanted to see how the beauty in North Korea is different from the Ming Dynasty."

After saying that, Zhu Houzhao took the lead and walked away quickly. Xiao Tiaozi trotted all the way behind, secretly annoyed and muttered: "If I had known that I would not respond, wouldn't this have helped Zhang Yuan in disguise?"

When they arrived at the leopard room flower hall together, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "What are you doing here? Let me tell you that Eunuch Zhang comes in. If he brings a beautiful woman, help me settle down first. I will go and meet in a while."

"yes."

Xiao Tuozi was unwilling to accept it, but he still obeyed the order and came out of the study.

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The flower hall where Zhu Houzhao is located is between the inner and outer courtyards.

After the expansion of the leopard house several times, the boundaries between the inner and outer courtyards are now very blurred, but there are few roads to reach the center of the leopard house, so this flower hall is on the road that must be passed.

Xiao Guozi took two eunuchs to the waiting place, his face full of displeasure.

Zhang Yuan was paced back and forth in front of the living room door. When he saw the little twister coming hurriedly, he was furious and rushed over with his fist.

"Eunuch Zhang, don't get angry!" Qian Ning instigated him from behind.

Xiao Tuozi looked up at Zhang Yuan, bit her teeth tightly, and there was a fierce look in her eyes, which shocked Zhang Yuan. He couldn't help but stop, but he was not willing to be outdone and roared, "Xiao Tuozi, what do you mean? How long have we been here? You don't let our family come in and meet the saint?"

Xiao Tiaozi said, "This is your personal order. If you want to know why, just ask Your Majesty! Do you think our family has not reported to you? Your Majesty has always insisted on going to see Concubine Li first and putting the harem in place before you can see you."

"you……!"

Zhang Yuan originally wanted to continue to attack Xiao Guozi, but heard that Zhu Houzhao wanted to see him, and Xiao Guozi was very aggrieved and looked like he was angry, so he thought he had blamed the wrong person.

Qian Ning smiled and said, "Didn't you say that your Majesty has a lot of things to do every day and you will definitely not have time. As long as your Majesty has free time, you will naturally meet Eunuch Zhang... Who said Eunuch Zhang is a pillar of the court?"

Such nonsense can no longer cause Zhang Yuan to have any emotional fluctuations. He said angrily: "Your Majesty is going to give us a visit to our family now, right?"

"Let's go!"

Xiao Tiaozi made a way out and seemed very arrogant. The worse his attitude was, the more angry Zhang Yuan felt. After all, Zhang Yuan wanted to imitate Liu Jin. Thinking about what Liu Jin had towards him and Xiao Tiaozi at the beginning, he wanted to take a attitude towards the people in front of him. He also hoped that others would be as trembling as when they saw him when they saw him.

Unfortunately, he is not Liu Jin after all. Xiao Taozi is now an eunuch in the Sili Supervision Hall. His status in front of Zhu Houzhao is comparable to that of him. Xiao Taozi even has the opportunity to meet the saint at any time, but he does not. This is the biggest difference.

When he was walking in the inner courtyard, Zhang Yuan was thinking about this. "Xie Qian thought that I would be respectful to me only if I could see Your Majesty at any time. If he knew that my current status in front of the emperor was even worse than that of Xiao Tiaozi, maybe I would not cooperate with me in the future. I must be careful."

When he entered the flower hall, before Xiao Tiaozi stepped forward and reported to him, Zhang Yuan rushed forward in three or two steps, knelt down and kowtowed, almost crying: "Your Majesty, you must be the master of the old slave."

Zhu Houzhao was full of hope to see the beauty presented by North Korea. When he heard Zhang Yuan’s request for help, he couldn’t help asking: “Eunuch Zhang, what do you mean? Get up and explain it clearly.”

Zhang Yuan said: "Your Majesty will not be the master of the old slave, so the old slave will kneel down here for a long time!"

"Bang"

Zhu Houzhao grabbed the inkstone on the table in front of him and hit Zhang Yuan's forehead directly. Zhang Yuan felt a piercing pain and realized that he had been messing around... Zhu Houzhao never threatened this, and was just trying to make trouble. She didn't care about what she had said before and got up from the ground.

"explain!"

Zhu Houzhao said angrily.

Zhang Yuan covered his forehead and replied tremblingly: "It's all Shen Zhihou. He violated His Majesty's will and had a feud with the North Korean envoy. Even the beauty who paid tribute to North Korea was retreated by him!"

The beauty who was full of anticipation was soaked like this. Zhu Houzhao was naturally unwilling to accept it. He stared at him and asked, "What did you say? Say it again! You can just call the font of Shangshu Shen?"

Obviously Zhu Houzhao was not satisfied with Zhang Yuan's attitude... Zhang Yuan vented the anger in his heart, and even he was called Chen Xi's name in front of Zhu Houzhao, which surprised Zhu Houzhao very much.

I can’t even call Mr. Chen’s font size. You eunuch is so arrogant. Do you think you are more arrogant than me?

Zhang Yuan cried and told, "Your Majesty, it's all for Secretary Chen. He scolded the Korean envoy and returned the beauty he presented to the other party. He clearly wanted to go against you... Nothing that I told him would do to do to him!"

Xiao Twist frowned and thought to himself: "When did Eunuch Zhang meet the North Korean envoy? Why didn't I know?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he stood up and paced back and forth in front of the table. After a while, he said in a relatively calm tone: "Little Twist, go and invite Shangshu Chen, I have something to ask him."

Of course, Zhang Yuan could not let Zhu Houzhao meet Chen Xi. After all, his words were so untrue. First, Zhu Houzhao asked him to go with Chen Xi to meet the Korean envoy. He was concerned about his face and did not want to be the deputy envoy. Besides, he only knew that Chen Xi did not ask for ten Korean beauties back. As for the rest, all the things he made up, and as for his persuasion to Chen Xi, he was even more foolish.

Zhang Yuan hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, don't you believe in the old slave? He clearly didn't take your Majesty seriously... Your Majesty can just take it down and punish him."

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "You said that Shangshu Chen returned the ten beauties. I believe this. Perhaps I shouldn't have let Shangshu Chen do this. As an example of civil officials, how could he allow me to be addicted to alcohol and sex? Or I am confused, so I should ask you to bring the ten beauties back directly."

Zhang Yuan was stunned. Unexpectedly, Zhu Houzhao took the initiative to excuse Chen Xi. He also hoped that Zhu Houzhao could directly punish Chen Xi like he was in his attitude towards him.

But he ignored one thing, that is, after the beginning of spring, Zhu Houzhao had to rely on Chen Xi to fight in person. How could he turn against this matter?

Moreover, Zhu Houzhao has always maintained a student attitude in front of Shen Xi. Now that he has done something wrong, his husband has discovered that he is not as shameless as to punish his husband, because Zhu Houzhao knows that those civil servants are difficult to deal with. If he offended Chen Xi because of this matter, it will not be good for his reputation. It is better to swallow his anger... Of course, all this is based on what Zhang Yuan said.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Zhang Yuan, you go to Huitong Hall tonight and bring me the beauty presented by North Korea. There is no need to say hello to Shangshu Chen for this matter."

Zhang Yuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Shangshu Chen refused to enthrone the North Korean king before, how could the other party even give the beautiful woman tribute? Regarding the enthronement..."

Zhu Houzhao seemed very impatient: "It's not a big deal for me to enthrone a small country... Go and tell them to send the beauty first. If I am happy, I will enthrone them. This matter will be settled. You don't have to say much about the matter about Shangshu Chen, just take it seriously!"

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Although Zhang Yuan did not achieve the purpose of punishing Chen Xi, Zhu Houzhao now gave him privileges and asked him to go to the Huitongguan to ask for a person, which was equivalent to giving him authority, showing off his power in front of the envoys of the vassal states, and even accepting bribes justifiedly. Finally, Zhang Yuan's psychological balance was a little bit, and he hurriedly took the emperor's order and left.

After Zhang Yuan left, Zhu Houzhao seemed very annoyed, as if a child who did something wrong was discovered by his parents.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the thoughtful little knives beside him and asked, "Little knives, do you think there is something wrong with this matter?"

Xiao Tiaozi said: "I don't understand the military and national affairs very well..."

Zhu Houzhao narrowed her eyes and said, "You boy, you obviously have something to say... I just found out what you want to say. Now that Eunuch Zhang is gone, you can say it out. Even if you don't listen to it, I will not punish you."

Xiao Taozi then plucked up the courage and said, "Your Majesty, as I see, Shangshu Chen will definitely not be embarrassed by the Korean envoys for the purpose of offering beautiful women... As I hear, those Korean envoys are not a good thing. They have given generous gifts to Eunuch Liu before, hoping that Eunuch Liu can be compatible and help them complete the enthronement, but they were expelled from Beijing by Eunuch Liu."

"Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "You actually gave Liu Jin a generous gift? That means they were eager to get the enthronement, but Liu Jin refused... Is there any problem with this?"

Xiao Zhuozi replied: "I don't know much. It seems that Eunuch Liu said that North Korea had committed rebellion and the title of the king was not justified. In addition, as I know, Eunuch Zhang had never been to Huitongguan during the day. What he said is probably... I have not investigated many things clearly, so I talked nonsense in front of His Majesty, and it should be damn it."

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "What the hell is Zhang Yuan doing? But since he has entrusted him with the important task, as long as he can bring back the beauty he contributed to North Korea, what can it do... Isn't it just a lord of North Korea? No matter how he became the lord of the country, I will enthrone him, which is what the king of the Celestial Kingdom should do... You don't have to mention this matter again."

Although Zhu Houzhao was suspicious, he had always been lazy in dealing with the affairs of the court and would not think about the things hidden behind it in detail.

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On the other hand, Zhang Yuanxing took his men to Huitong Hall, but when others did not enter Huitong Hall, they were stopped by the soldiers and soldiers of the five cities who were transferred to guard the North Korean envoys.

"Bold, do you know who our family is? Our family is the chief supervisor of the seal and is ordered by the emperor to come and handle the work. If anyone stops it, he will be asked to be executed!"

Zhang Yuan has a rare opportunity to show off his power and is just about to gain a good reputation.

Originally, Zhang Yuan thought that as long as he showed his reputation, the officers and soldiers would immediately retreat, and even knelt down and kowtowed to him. As a result, the other party became even more excited when he heard Zhang Yuan's words and directly attacked each other.

One of the soldiers said, "Forgive me, Eunuch Zhang. Lord Shen had previously instructed that no one should enter the Huitong Hall to meet the North Korean envoy, especially Eunuch Zhang, if you let you in, we will commit suicide on the spot... We have issued a military order for Lord Shen."

Zhang Yuan was bullied at Shen Xi and Zhu Houzhao, and was full of anger. Now he was bullied by these soldiers and was completely crazy. He roared and waved his hand: "It seems that you don't want your head anymore... Come on, tie them up!"

Zhang Yuan ignored the reality that he had few entourages. After he gave the order, the people from the Five City Military Police had surrounded Zhang Yuan and his entourages. One of the spears hit Zhang Yuan. He looked pale and asked nervously: "You... are you going to rebel?"

Just at this moment, a voice that made Zhang Yuan love and hate came: "Who made Eunuch Zhang so angry?"

Zhang Yuan turned his head and looked at it, but saw several people walking over with torches. The one at present was not someone else, but Chen Xi.

Zhang Yuan pointed at Chen Xi and said, "Shen Zhihou, what do you mean?"

Chen Xidao: "It should be my official asking you what it means... I am already preparing to meet the saint, conceal the Korean envoys from the Ming Dynasty, and inform Your Majesty of committing crimes in the Ming Dynasty, but you jumped here to show off your power. Could it be that you have any connection with the Korean envoys?"

Zhang Yuan was so angry that his face turned red and he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Your Majesty asked us to come. If you dare to stop it, you will be killed."

The captain of the Wucheng Military Command asked for instructions: "Mr. Shen, please tell me what should I do?"

Chen Xidao: "I'll bother Eunuch Zhang and I go to meet the saint together. What will Your Majesty do? It will naturally be clear at that time..." Then he turned to the military officers of the Five Cities and Martial Arts and said, "Your task is to guard the Huitong Hall. No matter who is a person today, you must not step into the Huitong Hall!"

Chen Xi gave the death order. Although Zhang Yuan was screaming there, it was useless and no one listened to him at all.
Chapter completed!