After the house collapsed in the leopard room, the news was quickly blocked, and the outside world had no idea what was going on inside.

The only thing that major political factions in the capital know about is that something happened in the Leopard Room. No one knows what happened. Even many officials who were resting in the capital didn't know what happened at all. Even if they found that the five cities of the military commanders dispatched troops to implement a curfew, the lantern festivals in the streets and alleys of the capital ended in vain, they did not expect that something happened in the Leopard Room. News of major changes in the capital spreading on a small scale.

However, there was someone from the palace who went to deliver the message, and it was Dai Yi who escaped by chance.

After the palace disaster, Xiao Taozi was thinking about telling Chen Xi and Xie Qian about the matter, while Dai Yi thought about notifying Empress Dowager Zhang to prevent any accidents.

When Chenxi arrived at the leopard room, the door of the leopard room was still under high alert and had no changes from usual.

After getting off the horse, Chen Xi quickly stepped forward and was immediately stopped by the palace guards. Chen Xi shouted: "I have important matters to see Your Majesty, who dares to stop him?"

As he said that, Chen Xi lit up the waist tag given by Emperor Zhengde. Although this thing may not work every time, it can still be intimidating at least at critical moments. However, the guards still refused to give way. At this moment, a person ran out in a hurry, which was a small twister.

"This is His Majesty's current gentleman, Lord Shen, Minister of War. You are crazy, dare to stop him? Didn't Your Majesty give orders? You can enter any time when Lord Shen comes!"

Xiao Twist came over and said.

A guard said with a bitter face: "We all understand the truth when we twist my father-in-law, but Lord Qian had ordered him before that no one could put it in without his orders."

Xiao Tiaozi scolded: "Pig brain! Who is the biggest in the leopard room? Is it your Majesty who speaks well, or is it the money commander who speaks well?"

The guards had nothing to say, looked at each other, obediently made way, and let Xiao Taozi take Chen Xi into the leopard room... Anyway, they were on orders, and everyone knew that Xiao Taozi was Zhu Houzhao's close attendant. As long as he was willing to take the initiative to take the responsibility, the guards would naturally not make things difficult for the Minister of War in the current dynasty... To a certain extent, the Shangzhi Army, where these guards were located, was also under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.

Xiao Guozi took Chen Xi into the gate of the leopard room. Before Chen Xi could open his mouth, Xiao Guozi said impatiently: "Mr. Shen, you are here. Your Majesty is being pressed under the ruins and is still being rescued."

As he spoke, Xiao Twist's tears flowed out and his voice choked. It was obvious that this time the incident was much more serious than Zhu Houzhao's assassination before.

Chen Xi asked with a dark face: "Can your Majesty be rescued?"

"This... When the villain came out, His Majesty was buried in the ruins with Eunuch Zhang. Dozens of palace servants died in the collapse of the house..."

Xiao Twist Zi was sad and nervous.

Although he didn't know what Zhu Houzhao was like, he had seen the bodies of eunuchs and palace maids who were killed by the collapse of the house, but the external factors were affected by many deaths. Zhu Houzhao was in the center of the collapse and had not been rescued yet. It must be a lot of danger. So Xiao Tiaozi was sad and worried, and was also frightened.

Xiao Taozi understood that everything he had now was thanks to Zhu Houzhao. If he died at this time, he would lose his backer. With his qualifications, he would not be marginalized in the palace. Moreover, because there were too many people he offended before, he would even have a very slim chance of promotion.

Chen Xidao: "Don't be nervous, take my official in and see the specific situation before talking about it."

"Master Shen, it's not that the villain refused... But now that His Majesty has not been rescued, what's the point of saying that you... Going like this? The reason why the villain secretly informs you is mainly to make you mentally prepare, take charge of the center, and stabilize the overall situation... Otherwise, you are going to the Ministry of War, or the Governor's Office of the Five Army to prevent any accidents?" Xiao Taozi said with a passionate look.

Chen Xi didn't want to leave the Leopard Room at such a critical moment.

It is not easy to be able to enter the leopard room. It involves Zhu Houzhao's life and death. If you want to decide on the candidate for the new monarch, whoever is around Zhu Houzhao will have the right to speak, because it can be said that everything is Zhu Houzhao's last order.

But Chen Xi also knew that what Xiao Taozi said was true. The most important thing now is to ensure the stability of the capital and not be seized by some people with ulterior motives.

Chen Xi was hesitant and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty's safety is the best. Now the situation in the capital is still stable and there will be no chaos. But if your Majesty has something to do, I must protect you to prevent any accidents!"

Xiao Tiaozi was stunned. Even if his political awareness was low, he knew that if Qian Ning and Dai Yi rescued the person from the ruins, Zhu Houzhao's death or his life was in danger, it would be a problem of passing the throne. He knew that Qian Ning and Dai Yi were not people who could entrust important tasks. If Zhu Houzhao explained his funeral, he must have respected officials around him, and Chen Xi, as the imperial teacher, was the best candidate.

It is not involved in entrusting the orphan, but it is actually similar to entrusting the orphan, because Zhu Houzhao has to consider his mother and sister, and must choose the most suitable heir.

Xiao Tiaozi said, "Mr. Shen is still loyal to His Majesty. You can go to the Leopard Room to protect the car. Since Lord. Shen refuses to leave, come with the villain! Even if the villain fights to the death, he will escort the adult to the scene of the incident."

Xiao Taozi knew that he was not qualified to take Chen Xi into the inner courtyard of the Leopard Room. The inner courtyard of the Leopard Room was like the inner courtyard of the Forbidden City, which was not allowed outsiders to enter. After all, there was an emperor's woman living inside, and it was not so convenient for Chen Xi to enter as an external minister. But Xiao Taozi understood that the only ministers who were qualified to enter the scene to investigate the situation was Chen Xi. He gritted his teeth and led Chen Xi straight in. Whenever someone asked on the road, he would take the initiative to stand up and open the way for Chen Xi.

Soon, Chenxi went deep into the courtyard of the leopard room, and the palace city appeared in front of him.

At this moment, the palace market was in chaos, with people of all colors, and fires were everywhere. The scene was filled with thick smoke. It was obvious that the house collapsed before, which caused a small-scale fire. Fortunately, there were many palace people, so they could barely control the fire.

When Chenxi arrived, disaster relief continued, but Qian Ning and Dai Yi were not seen.

There were many people lying on the ground, some were injured, and some were dead. Most of the dead were women. Because the light was dim at night, the arrival of Chenxi was in chaos. It was impossible to judge how serious the disaster was from the scene.

Xiao Guozi grabbed a eunuch casually and asked, "Where is Your Majesty? Can Your Majesty be safe?"

The eunuch was absent-minded and replied tremblingly: "My father-in-law? His Majesty has just been carried out from the ruins and headed to the bedroom."

Xiao Guozi originally wanted to ask questions, but the eunuch who answered had already escaped. He could not help but turn to Chen Xi and said, "Sir, it seems that your Majesty is in great trouble, and you are not seriously injured. Let's go to the bedroom and have a look."

Chen Xi frowned and looked at the ruins of the palace city, sighed softly, and then went to Zhu Houzhao's bedroom with Xiaotie.

Before he arrived at the place, he felt that he was very cautious. In addition to the eunuchs and palace maids who came to serve, there were also a large number of Jinyiwei. In addition, there were some people of unknown origins peeping around. They were basically actors who were favored by Zhu Houzhao in the leopard room, and even Sima Zhenren was among them.

"Twisting father-in-law, this is a forbidden place, and no one is allowed to enter." Qian Ning saw the little twister at a glance, and said in a stern tone without looking carefully.

Qian Ning was quite polite to Xiao Guozi before, but after experiencing this incident, Qian Ning wanted to learn from Zhang Yuan's style and suppress his competitors, so as to consolidate his position with Zhu Houzhao. But he ignored one problem, that is, Zhang Yuan was an eunuch, and no matter how capable Qian Ning was or how favored he was, he was always in the leopard room and basically could not affect the affairs of the court.

Xiao Guozi didn't say anything, but someone walked out of him. Qian Ning's face changed drastically when he saw it, and asked in surprise: "Mr. Shen... Master Shen, why are you... here?"

Chen Xi looked solemn: "There is an accident in the Leopard Room. As the closest minister to His Majesty, why not come to visit me?"

Qian Ning swallowed. He wanted to confront Chen Xi with a tough attitude, but he retreated again when he spoke. He knew very well that Chen Xi was not easy to mess with. Moreover, he had visited Chen Xi before and expressed his willingness to surrender. Now facing the strong Chen Xi, he suddenly became a "weak group".

Xiao Guozi saw that Qian Ning was timid, and with Chen Xi's support, his expression became arrogant: "Mr. Shen came to visit His Majesty's condition, why don't you get out of here!"

Qian Ning said in embarrassment: "Mr. Shen, you also know that this is not a place for foreign ministers to enter and exit..."

Chen Xidao: "Your Majesty's dragon body is safe and it involves the stability of the court. I came to visit me naturally. If you deliberately block it, do you intend to cause turmoil in the Ming Dynasty? If someone takes the opportunity to cause trouble, can you afford this responsibility?"

"Ahem!"

Qian Ning couldn't help but cough and hesitated for a long time, but couldn't tell the reason, so he just let him go aside.

Just as Shen Xi was about to bring a small twister inside, another person walked out of it, but it was Dai Yi.

Dai Yi seemed to have come out to stop him and blocked him directly at the door: "Mr. Shen is here? I wish you goodbye."

Xiao Tiaozi greeted: "Eunuch Dai, Lord Shen is here to visit Your Majesty, you can get out of here!"

Dai Yi stretched out his hands to block the door and said seriously: "Mr. Shen, this is not a place where you can enter and exit casually. Without being summoned by Your Majesty, how can you easily see the car?"

Chen Xi looked at Dai Yi like a sharp sword: "Now now I ask for instructions, Your Majesty may answer?"

"Well!"

Dai Yi's face was very embarrassed. From his expression, Chen Xi roughly judged that even if Zhu Houzhao was not dead, he would only have half his life left. He might even be in a coma at this time and might die at any time.

Chen Xi sneered: "I represent the civil and military officials of the court. If Eunuch Dai stops me, don't blame me for being polite!"

Chen Xi made such harsh words, Dai Yi could only give in. After all, if Zhu Houzhao died, Chen Xi, who was the imperial teacher and had military power, had a high voice in the court. Even if he was the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, if Chen Xi really wanted to establish his authority with him, he would not be able to save himself. In this way, Dai Yi could only give in and let Shen Xi enter.

Chen Xi just entered Zhu Houzhao's bedroom, and a strong and pungent smell of medicine came. Chen Xi frowned, and Xiao Wrecked quickly to the inner room, crying while running:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... are you okay? I brought Lord Shen here... Woo woo..."

Before I could get in, another person walked out of it, but it was Zhang Yuan.

Seeing that Zhang Yuan was safe and sound, Xiao Tiaozi was obviously shocked. When he stared at him and looked carefully, he realized that Zhang Yuan was in a very bad situation at this moment, he limped and was injured on many sides of his body, and his clothes could not be kept intact.

When Zhang Yuan saw Chen Xi, his face changed, but he didn't say anything. He asked the eunuch who came out from behind to help him stand, and thus gave out the position at the door.

Then Xiao Tiaozi and Shen Xi entered the inner curtain, but saw that there were many people inside, in addition to Zhu Houzhao lying flat on the bed, there were also eunuchs and palace maids serving the surroundings, imperial physicians who came to treat the doctors, and a beautiful woman.

Because the staff were too messy, Chen Xi couldn't tell who was who for a while.

"Who asked you to come in, go out, go out!"

Xiao Guozi said in a crying voice, "Your Majesty needs a rest. Please step back first and let the Imperial Doctor diagnose Your Majesty well. Lord Shen, please."

When he returned to Zhu Houzhao, Xiao Tiaozi's words suddenly worked. Usually, everyone in the Leopard Room knew that Xiao Tiaozi was Zhu Houzhao's personal eunuch. His words were equivalent to Zhu Houzhao's will. Xiao Tiaozi said at this moment that he asked everyone to leave, and everyone walked out as they said.

Only Chen Xi and Xiao Tuozi continued to move in. Chen Xi was originally focused on Zhu Houzhao, but when the eunuch and the palace maid were almost gone, the beautiful woman stood up from the chair at the bedside. When she fell on Chen Xi, she happened to run into Chen Xi's exploring gaze.

Even though Chen Xi was used to storms, he was stunned on the spot and was inexplicably shocked.

The woman was not someone else, but Gao Ning, who had had a "bad relationship" with him.

Gao Ning also recognized Chen Xi at this moment, but there was no need to identify it. Chen Xi had a great position in the court. Xiao Taozi's words just now meant that he had already introduced them to those present. Gao Ning looked calm and walked slowly to Chen Xi and gave a blessing:

"This must be Lord Shen. His Majesty has just been rescued from the ruins and is still in a coma. The dragon body needs rest in urgent need of rest. Lord Shen is best not to disturb His Majesty."

Originally, Chen Xi could not be sure that the person in front of him was Gao Ning. After all, there were so many similar people in the world, but after this woman spoke, Chen Xi was secretly scared... It was Gao Ning's.

Xiao Tiaozi said anxiously: "Empress Li, what about His Majesty's dragon body? If there is a long and short sentence, how can we servants live?"

Xiao Guozi's words are tantamount to introducing the current new identity of Gao Ning to Chen Xi.

Concubine Li!

This identity made Chen Xi speechless, and even made him feel extremely ridiculous.

However, thinking of Gao Ning's ambition, Chen Xi realized that this was not a strange thing and thought to himself: "This woman is already outstanding in appearance, and is more wise than ordinary men. She has a tenacity that will never give up until she achieves her goal. These are all very appreciated by Zhu Houzhao. No wonder she rose up in the leopard room in a short time."

Originally, Chen Xi was going to go to the bed to treat Zhu Houzhao. After all, he knew some medical skills and could determine the emperor's injuries through observation, hearing, asking and touching, and respond based on this.

But after meeting Gao Ning's family, Chen Xi was a little lost and even forgot the real purpose of this trip.

Gao Ning pretended to be unfamiliar with Chen Xi, said a brief sentence to Chen Xi, bowed again, and went to the outer room.

"Doctor Song, how is Your Majesty's injury?"

When Xiao Guozi saw several imperial doctors next to him discussing each other, he returned to the bedside to continue to treat Zhu Houzhao, and immediately asked tightly.

Doctor Song made a "silence" gesture and whispered: "Mr. Shen, please twist your father-in-law, it's time to wait outside. Your Majesty's injury is not sure for a while, but it's best to keep it quiet here..."

Xiao Guozi looked at Chen Xi with a blank look, "Mr. Shen, look..."

Chen Xi was thinking about Gao Ning at this time. He looked at Xiao Tiaozi and nodded, "You can wait outside. After that, other ministers may come. Master Tiao should hold them as much as possible."

Xiao Tiaozi nodded, then reluctantly looked over the sickbed, and walked out the inner curtain with Chen Xi.

When he arrived at the outer room, Gao Ning had not left yet, and sat on the middle chair, as if wiping his tears.

Seeing Chen Xi come out, Gao Ning stood up to greet him and said, "Mr. Shen, you are a pillar of the court. I wonder if I can speak with you?"

While Gao Ning was speaking, he glanced at Qian Ning at the door, as if reminding Chen Xi that she had arrived at the leopard room because of Qian Ning. Now, in front of so many people, some words are inconvenient to say.

Although Chen Xi didn't want to recognize Gao Ning, he also thought that some words were better to spread.

Chen Xi said in his heart: "I have heard of Concubine Li's reputation for a long time. She has risen for more than a day or two. She is able to win favor with Concubine Hua and break out of blood and gain His Majesty's favor. This shows that she does have some skills, and she definitely doesn't want to mention the past. I guess she wants to use her relationship with me and ask me to help her."

Chen Xi nodded. He didn't know what to call the other party. After all, this was a concubine that had not been officially enthroned by the imperial court. It was just Zhu Houzhao verbally appointed that the people in the leopard room were called "Concubine Li".

Judging from the rules and regulations of the Ming Dynasty, Gao Ning is still just an ordinary folk woman whom Zhu Houzhao is lucky.

Xiao Taozi didn't know what Concubine Li wanted to say to Chen Xi, but most of them could not escape Zhu Houzhao's affairs. He was very cognizable and didn't want to ask more questions. He followed the two of them and came out of the room.

Qian Ning came up and said, "Mr. Shen, I have told you that Your Majesty needs rest and is inconvenient to disturb you. You have to go in. How should you explain when Your Majesty wakes up?"
Chapter completed!