Zhang Yuan was almost escorted to the Leopard Room by Wang Lingzhi.

Zhang Yuan scolded Chen Xi a lot along the way, and almost scolded Chen Xi's ancestors for the eighteen generations. However, he was still a little conscientious and knew that scolding Chen Xi's ancestors was to scold his ancestors. Moreover, he had a "life gate" that was held by Chen Xi, that was that his son was doing things under Shen Xi. If he had completely gotten into trouble with Chen Xi, his son could only rely on his own father to have a way out.

He himself was ashamed of being an eunuch and has not recognized his children until now.

When he arrived at the leopard room, Xiao Taozi heard that Chen Xi had "taken" Zhang Yuan back and trotted all the way out to greet him. Seeing this, he was shocked: "Mr. Shen, what are you doing?"

Chenxi Road: "I have something to do to see Your Majesty."

Zhang Yuan said anxiously: "Little Treasurezi, tell him, did Your Majesty ask our family to do business? He actually accused our family of colluding with the Koreans, which was obviously a matter of being brave enough to win the hearts and leopards!"

Xiao Guozi ignored Zhang Yuan at all and said, "Sir Shen, wait a moment, the younger one will go in and inform His Majesty."

Xiao Taozi didn't want to know why Chen Xi escorted Zhang Yuan over, and was only concerned about fulfilling his duties and conveying the matter to Zhu Houzhao as soon as possible. He didn't want to pay attention to any other matters, and he also hoped that Chen Xi could find an opportunity to teach Zhang Yuan a good lesson, and it would be best to pull Zhang Yuan off the horse.

When Xiao Tiaozi passed the message, Zhu Houzhao was shocked and asked, "What? Mr. Chen brought Zhang Yuan? Those ten beauties..."

Xiao Tiaozi blinked and shook his head and said, "I haven't seen any beauty."

"It's bad, Mr. Chen is here to teach me a lesson, right? Then... I'll just disappear!"

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to be scolded by Chen Xi. The key is that he couldn't treat Chen Xi now. In his mind, he treated Chen Xi as an elder, and even to his father, he was not as devout as Chen Xi.

After doing something wrong, naturally I don’t want to be scolded.

Xiao Tiaozi said bitterly: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, Shangshu Chen is not here to make things difficult for you. He seems to be saying... Eunuch Zhang had an affair with the Koreans or something, I didn't understand it very well."

Zhu Houzhao frowned: "Then you go and ask Mr. Chen why he came first. If it is not for the beauty, please invite Mr. Chen in."

Xiao Guozi immediately went out and invited Chen Xi in.

With Xiao Tiaozi's idea, the court officials in the court who can confront Zhang Yuan now have no one except Chen Xi. He wants to rely on Chen Xi to bring Zhang Yuan down and let himself take power.

When Zhu Houzhao saw Chen Xi, her face looked a little unfair, and she felt that the gentleman came to condemn the issue of tribute to the beautiful women in the North Korean envoy.

"I'm going to see your Majesty."

Chen Xi bowed directly and was respectful.

Zhang Yuan knelt on the ground with a "thump" sound, almost begging: "Your Majesty, you have seen it with your own eyes. It's not that the old slave doesn't want to do things for you. It's because the Secretary of Chen is too arrogant and unreasonable. He not only obstructs the old slave from becoming the emperor, but also escorts the old slave back. He is simply arrogant!"

Zhu Houzhao was just in need of taking advantage of the situation to foster courage. Zhang Yuan was now in the hands of him, and immediately shouted angrily: "Shut up, you dog slave, have I asked you to speak?"

Zhang Yuan hurriedly stopped, and then Zhu Houbao looked at Chen Xi and asked, "Mr. Chen, have your injuries been repeated these two days? Why... I suddenly visited the leopard room late at night?"

Chen Xidao: "I have informed you about the situation in North Korea so that your Majesty will not be deceived by the North Korean envoy."

Zhu Houzhao breathed a little relieved. In his opinion, as long as Chen Xi was not here to care about beauty with him, everything would be easy to discuss and he would have a little confidence in speaking:

"Mr. Chen, the North Korean envoy is just here to ask for the enthronement of the Ming Dynasty. Their king had just ascended the throne and urgently needed to be recognized by the Ming Dynasty. He had been delayed by Liu Jin's traitor... Perhaps their king's throne was not upright, but as a country above the Celestial Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty should not have been too concerned with them, right? In the end, harmony should be the first."

Chen Xi did not expect that Zhu Houzhao could actually take a series of actions from the North Korean envoy before, and guessed that his new king might have obtained the throne incorrectly. He immediately nodded and said, "As far as I know, a coup has occurred in North Korea, and the current lord has obtained the throne by usurping the throne."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "That's it. I don't want to bother with them. Anyway, it's a certain fact that the Korean lord has changed. What else do I care about with them? I'll enthrone them earlier, so they can go back and hand in the work... At most, I'll just give them something."

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was so confident, Zhang Yuan shouted: "Shangshu Chen, look, you have no way to argue with your own decisions? There is no trivial matter in diplomacy, and if Your Majesty has not decided on things, you will make a big move... Reply to Your Majesty's words, as long as I know, Shangshu Chen actually imprisoned the Korean envoys in the Huitong Hall, and even sent soldiers to guard them."

"Um!?"

Zhu Houzhao showed a hint of suspicion on her face, and then she smiled, "Mr. Chen, I wonder if this is the case?"

When Chen Xi saw Zhu Houzhao's perfunctory smile, he knew that the emperor was right and wrong. Although he was suspicious, he did not dare to turn against him, so he showed this.

Chen Xidao: "The North Korean envoy openly spyed on our Daming intelligence and sent people to the Ministry of Works' ordnance workshop to steal our firearm structure, and purchased a large number of firearms and gunpowder from the black market. His heart was punished..."

After Chen Xi told the bad deeds of the North Korean envoy, Zhu Houzhao seemed to be thinking, but in fact he wanted to send Chen Xi away earlier, because the mistakes made by the North Korean envoy seemed irrelevant to Zhu Houzhao. The things he was most concerned about at this time were the ten Korean beauties. As long as the beauties got, everything could be discussed.

After Chen Xi finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao pretended to be angry and said, "These Koreans are so outrageous. They actually commit crimes in our Ming Dynasty. Since this is the case, they should be enfeoffed as soon as possible so as not to stay in the Ming Dynasty for a long time... Don't worry, Mr. Chen, when I send envoys to the enfeoffment, I will scold them in the form of a sage and order them to send envoys to the capital in the future. I must follow the laws and regulations of our Ming Dynasty, otherwise I will be expelled from the country... Mr. Chen thinks my disposal is appropriate?"

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao had this attitude, Chen Xi knew that it was time for him to stop and leave... Zhu Houzhao seemed to be very concerned about military affairs, but she was completely not sensitive to politics and diplomacy, and she was basically in a position to deal with the situation.

If he continues, it will inevitably arouse Zhu Houzhao's disgust. As for Zhu Houzhao's envoys to ask for beautiful women, it is not included in his consideration. North Korea's tribute to beautiful women to the Ming Dynasty is a tradition. Both Taizu and Chengzu's harem have Korean concubines. Besides, the king owns the world and does whatever he wants. As a subject, it is actually difficult for him to interfere with Zhu Houzhao's behavior.

Chen Xi saluted: "Everything is followed by Your Majesty's arrangement."

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction: "Since that's the case, the matter has been settled. I will send envoys to the North Korean country to enthrone, and will also ask them about the routine tribute... North Korea is adjacent to the Ming Dynasty and is protected by the Celestial Empire for a long time. If it is not enthroned for a long time, there will inevitably be any more chaos in North Korea. That is not the result I hope to see."

Zhang Yuan glanced at Chen Xi contemptuously, and then flattered at Zhu Houzhao: "There is no better wise than Your Majesty!"

"Shut up!"

Zhu Houzhao stared at Zhang Yuan and said angrily, "I haven't asked Mr. Chen yet whether you are a dog slave, have any connection with the North Korean envoy. If so, I'm ready to punish you."

When Zhang Yuan heard this, his eyebrows and eyes drooped and he retreated to the side with a dejected look.

Originally, Chen Xi was going to pull Zhang Yuan into the water directly, but he realized that although Zhu Houzhao was speaking sternly, the meaning of perfunctory and protectiveness was very obvious, so he didn't want to cause trouble anymore, so he shook his head and said:

"Eunuch Zhang has indeed met the Koreans in private. As for whether they have any collusion, I don't know that I am just preventing anyone from colluding with foreigners and harming the interests of our Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded relievedly: "So that's it, Zhang Yuan, you guys, tell me and Mr. Shen, have you received gifts from North Koreans?"

Zhang Yuan quickly cried out: "No, Your Majesty, there is absolutely nothing like this. I'm wronged! Please tell me your Majesty clearly. I'm thinking about Your Majesty's entrustment, but I have no selfish intentions at all, I just told them..."

"Okay, okay, you said no, I believe you for the time being. I don't want to hear the rest of the matter. I will send someone to investigate this matter and everything will be clear."

Then Zhu Houzhao looked at Chen Xi with a perfunctory attitude, "Mr. Chen, do you see if Zhang Yuan has done something wrong or is disrespectful to you? If so, I will punish him severely... Do you have anything else?"

Chen Xi felt a little unhappy and replied directly: "I have no objection."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "That's good. As for negotiations with the North Koreans, Mr. Chen has done a good job. I don't want to worry more. Look at this, let Zhang Yuan continue to discuss the enthronement with the North Koreans. I will send someone to keep an eye on him to prevent him from colluding with the North Koreans... Is Mr. Chen satisfied?"

The more Zhu Houzhao cared about Chen Xi's opinions, and even asked for instructions on everything, Chen Xi felt that this guy was sloppy, and obviously he had a grudge in his heart, and he became cautious about him.

Chen Xi knew that Zhu Houzhao had a bunch of slanderers around him now, and even if he respected and valued him, he would not want to see him in power or point fingers at the things in the leopard room and the palace.

In order to maintain harmony between the king and the ministers, Chen Xi bowed helplessly: "Everything will be done as your Majesty said!"

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Chen Xi left unhappily.

He personally sent Chen Xi out of the leopard room and witnessed the carriage leaving, Zhu Houzhao returned to the leopard room flower hall. After sitting down, he felt relieved. It was like a protracted battle, and he couldn't help but breathe a long breath.

Xiao Guozi and Zhang Yuanshi stood beside each other, one standing and the other kneeling, Zhu Houzhao's reaction naturally fell into the eyes of the two.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao didn't speak, Zhang Yuan thought that the master was also angry with Chen Xi's usurpation, so he took the opportunity to instigate: "Your Majesty, this Shangshu Chen is increasingly disregarding you. The old slave was ordered to go to the office and was escorted back by him. The leopard room even became his own backyard. If you want to enter, you can go out as soon as you want to. What kind of simplicity is it?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, she pointed at Zhang Yuan and scolded: "You still dare to talk nonsense in front of me? I will ask you, have the North Koreans ever given you a gift?"

"No, there is absolutely nothing! Haven't I answered His Majesty's words before?" Zhang Yuan denied it again.

Zhu Houzhao flattened her mouth and said, "Hmph, don't think I don't know. Since you have met Koreans, how could those Koreans only offer to give me ten beauties? I heard that one of the important reasons why Liu Jin did not agree to the enthronement of North Korea is that he disliked the gifts given by the North Korean envoys too thin! With the lessons of the past, if you help the Koreans thread needles, how can they not give you benefits? This is really contrary to common sense!"

Zhang Yuan kowtowed quickly: "It's really not, it's really not! Maybe when the old slave gets done, they will send gifts, but there is really not yet."

Xiao Taozi didn't talk to Zhang Yuan, and stood by and watched the fun.

Zhu Houzhao said nothing, and didn't know who was angry with him. After a while, he said, "Don't you have it or not. If you dare to deceive me, I will make you look good... I now order you to pick up ten beauties for me. Now Mr. Shen doesn't care about this anymore. If you can't get someone, you don't have to come to see me again. Go and fend for yourself!"

Zhang Yuan felt so wronged. In the past, as long as he used to be Zhu Houzhao's name, he could show off his power wherever he went.

Now, even in the capital, he could still be escorted by Shen Xi. The key is that Zhu Houzhao doesn't help him.

Then Zhang Yuan took the order and left. Zhu Houzhao still did not leave the flower hall. He turned around and looked at the plaque in the hall behind him, as if he was thinking about something.

Xiao Tiaozi said, "Your Majesty, it's not too early, will you arrange some programs for you?"

"Where is still in the mood?"

Zhu Houzhao seemed very angry, "Little Treasure, do you think Shen Shangshu did something wrong? What does he mean when he comes to say these words to me?"

Xiao Guozi could hear that Zhu Houzhao's name for Shen Xi had changed, and he obviously had a real objection, but he didn't want to say bad things about Shen Xi. At least in dealing with Zhang Yuan, their interests were consistent, and immediately said: "When you say your Majesty, in my opinion, what Lord Shen did was for the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and it was not intentionally embarrassing Your Majesty."

"What do you mean?" Zhu Houzhao frowned.

Xiao Guozi analyzed: "Mr. Shen found out that the North Koreans had a bad intention, so he naturally had to propose countermeasures, at least they could not easily achieve their goals... With Mr. Shen's responsible attitude towards the affairs of the court, he naturally had to advise Your Majesty. Moreover, after His Majesty proposed a solution, although it was not in line with Lord Shen's wishes, didn't he object?"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and couldn't help but nodded: "That's right. Although what Shen Shangshu said was not very impressive when he came to see me, he still respected my opinions very much... What else?"

Xiao Tiaozi said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being shallow in my knowledge... In my opinion, if we eliminate the fact that the Korean envoy took the initiative to pay tribute to your Majesty ten beauties, they are completely deceiving the Ming Dynasty and damaging the interests of our Ming Dynasty... These people must be afraid of Shen Shangshu. Everyone knows that Shen Shangshu uses troops like a god, so naturally they are afraid that Shen Shangshu will lead his troops to destroy their country. After the spring, the Ming Dynasty will send troops to smooth the grassland? Once the grassland is settled, aren't they afraid that they will suffer with it?"

Zhu Houzhao was in a great mood when she heard this and said happily: "You little guy can speak. Forget it, I won't be angry with Mr. Chen. Hurry up and arrange fun for me. If Zhang Yuan brings the beauty back and sends it directly to me!"
Chapter completed!