Although Zhu Houzhao has not announced the selection of the eunuchs in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, many people have received news in advance. As for the channels for obtaining news, it is very puzzling. In theory, except for a few people who know, others should know nothing about this matter.

But suddenly, it seemed that everyone around Zhu Houzhao knew about this. In addition to the two eunuchs of the Sili Supervisor, Dai Yi and Gao Feng, there was also Li Xing, who had worked hard to manage the relationship and was determined to win the position of the Sili Supervisor.

When Li Xing learned the news, he had not reacted for a while, but he soon learned that the initiator of this incident was Chen Xi.

"Your Majesty summoned Lord Shen, and the conversation was confidential. Even the father-in-law didn't have the chance to inquire. How could it be transmitted to the outside?" Li Xing felt that this was extraordinary.

Li Xing was a little confused. At present, the only thing he could ask for help seemed to be Xiao Twist.

It was almost noon, and it was very close to Zhu Houzhao's scheduled return to the city. Many tents in the camp had been pulled out, and the soldiers began to prepare for returning to the city.

However, Emperor Zhengde had not yet appeared at this time, and Xiao Guozi was busy directing and dispatching.

After waiting for a long time, Li Xing finally went over and salute: "Duan Tiao, I have something to ask for advice."

There were eunuchs such as Xiao Luozi were waiting beside him, but Xiao Guozi turned his head and glanced, and all the people quickly avoided their eyes.

Xiao Tiaozi said, "Then let's talk."

Then Xiao Guozi took Li Xing to a tent next to him, and saw that there was no one around and said, "Eunuch Li, why are you so anxious?"

Li Xing said sadly: "I heard a news that His Majesty was going to select the eunuchs from various departments to select the seals of the eunuchs. Can you tell me about this?"

Xiao Tiaozi frowned: "Why is your news more informative than our family... Who leaked this news to you?"

Li Xing asked in surprise: "Don't you know about Daddy Tiao? The little one just heard rumors around him, and didn't know who made the news. He thought he was a person with ulterior motives. Now, Daddy Tiao came here to check with Daddy Tiao for a message. After all, the only person who knows Your Majesty the best in the world is afraid that you can only Daddy Tiao."

Xiao Tiaozi waved his hand: "Don't say such things, we can't afford the hat you're holding... In fact, our family has also received some rumors, but I don't know what the specific situation is. Perhaps someone is interested in releasing news, deliberately causing conflicts among our close ministers around His Majesty."

Li Xing said: "What about your attitude when you twist your father-in-law?"

Xiao Taozi couldn't help but look at Li Xing. Li Xing's originally hopeful eyes unconsciously avoided it. Xiao Taozi suddenly understood something and immediately said: "We want to know your Eunuch Li's attitude... Is Eunuch Li determined to win the position of the Chief of Secretariat?"

This attitude of speaking was like Concubine Li questioned Xiao Guozi in the morning, which made Li Xing very embarrassed. He organized his words in his heart before expressing his statement: "The young man is willing to obey the orders of the father-in-law Tiao."

Xiao Twist frowned and thought to himself: "Li Xing is so smooth and not suitable to act as my puppet. If he serves as the Sili Supervisor, I don't know how many boats he will take... Well, it's better for such a person to give up as soon as possible, but who will take it up is a problem."

Xiao Guozi had great distrust of Li Xing, but he did not show it and said, "Eunuch Li, our family was willing to fully support you as the chief of the Secretariat, but our family has limited ability in the end, and at most mentioned and praised him before His Highness. But you have also seen the situation now. It does not depend on whether our family supports it, but on how His Majesty decides. Everything depends on your personal ability... You should ask for more blessings!"

Li Xing heard the alienation in Xiao Zhuozi's words and said in embarrassment: "The villain is far less capable than you. If you are an old man, you will run for the election, then nothing will be a small matter... Will the father-in-law have to end up in person?"

Xiao Tiaozi frowned and said, "Originally, our family didn't plan to come out to embarrass people, but the problem is that Your Majesty wants our family to try it. Also, there are noble people in the palace who want our family to run for election. What do you think our family should do?"

Li Xing originally thought that Xiao Tuozi would not be able to get into this muddy water, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but feel panicked, because now everyone knows that the eunuch who is most favored by Zhu Houzhao is Xiao Tuozi. The things that Xiao Tuozi has done for Zhu Houzhao recently are basically what the Sili Supervisor did, and they did a good job.

Because he had already said it, Li Xing could only grit his teeth and said, "If you want to be the chief clerk of the official seal, the young man dare not argue with you, so he can only give up automatically."

Xiao Taozi shook his head and sighed: "It's too early to say this now. It's not certain that our family can't fight... Our family just wants to be a little eunuch who doesn't care about things in front of His Majesty. You should fight or fight. Our family just wants to be an ordinary person... Our family can't help but leave opportunities to you in many things, and even some connections will be handed over to you, so that you can have the opportunity to perform well in front of His Majesty."

If Xiao Jiezi had said this before, Li Xing would have believed it unconditionally, but now it is obvious that Xiao Jiezi has a chance to get ahead, and he doesn't believe that Xiao Jiezi will not be moved.

"Yes, I thank my father-in-law for showing love."

Although Li Xing complained, he still saluted respectfully.

Xiao Zhuozi sighed again, "There are rumors that Your Majesty will decide with Lord Shen to the ownership of the Seal Supervisor. I wonder if Eunuch Li has a relationship with Lord Shen?"

"Well?"

Li Xing was stunned, and then he thought that there was no intersection between him and Shen Xi, and it seemed that it was difficult for him to get Shen Xi's support.

Xiao Tiaozi said, "Go and go around more often. If you just want to establish a good relationship with your royal relatives, you will definitely not be the boss's etiquette supervisor. Your Majesty is very taboo about these things... Your Eunuch Li is a smart person, so why do you always do confusing things?"

Li Xing's body was shocked, and then he realized that it was Xiao Tiaozi who knew about himself and the nobles in the capital who were walking secretly, and then he woke him up with words.

“Yes, yes!”

Li Xing felt a little scared. His trump card was seen through and he even looked down on asking for help from Xiao Tiaozi. This was no different from being stingy.

"Please take care of yourself!"

Xiao Tiaozi patted Li Xing on the shoulder, "Our family is willing to believe you, but don't let our family down!"

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One morning, the city was filled with storms and discussions about Zhu Houzhao's public selection of the Secretariat and Supervisor's seals.

It was already noon when Shen Xi woke up, but he was not in a hurry because he knew very well that Zhu Houzhao had not woken up and the time he returned to the city would probably delay it for a long time.

After leaving the tent, Shen Xi found that the outer tent had basically been withdrawn, so she chose an open area to stop and enjoy it. Not to mention that the scenery outside Zhangjiakou is good. Today, the wind is beautiful, with green grass under the blue sky and white clouds. The gurgling stream surrounding the camp is shining with golden light, which is as intoxicating as a paradise.

"Sir, Your Majesty hasn't woken up yet. Do you want to meet the saint?"

An eunuch came over, but it was Xiao Luozi.

Shen Xi glanced at Xiao Luozi and said with a smile: "Dear, do you seem to want to arrange for me to do things?"

Chen Xi was very polite about Xiao Tuozi, but lacked enough respect for other eunuchs. He knew that Xiao Luozi was from the origin and knew very well that Concubine Li would not give up and was trying to set up a trap for herself.

Xiao Luozi was so scared that he quickly took two steps back and lowered his head and said, "The villain dares not."

Chen Xi said coldly: "When will your Majesty rest? Your Majesty will decide. How can I disturb you rashly? I am going to walk in the camp."

Xiao Luozi was very clever and saw that Chen Xi was not in the aftermath of his attitude towards him, so he hurriedly avoided it and never dared to wander around again.

Chen Xi was surrounded by only a few eunuchs, and there was not a single guard. However, he was not worried about security problems, because there were a large number of Jinyiwei around the camp, and even his people patrolled the outside. It can be said that the entire camp was solid unless someone inside was against him.

"Mr. Shen is in a good mood."

Just as Shen Xi was strolling in the garden, someone came to say hello.

This time, the person who came to visit Qian Ning, the commander of the Jinyiwei. Qian Ning and Chen Xi did not communicate much, but the two were considered old acquaintances.

Chen Xi looked at Qian Ning. Because the Jinyiwei was a department under the Ministry of War to some extent, Qian Ning, the commander, came to salute Chen Xi: "I have met Shangshu Chen in a humble position."

Chen Xi waved his hand: "It turned out to be the commander of Qian, can you be safe in the near future?"

Qian Ning answered the question: "I have prepared the matter for the return of the imperial carriage to the city, but His Majesty has not yet gotten up, so he can only wait patiently. Seeing that Lord Shen is here, he came over to say hello."

Both sides were very kind to speak.

Qian Ning didn't have the courage to challenge Chen Xi's authority. From any perspective, Chen Xi's position in the court was far above him, and Zhu Houzhao obviously trusted Chen Xi more.

The most important thing is that Chen Xi controls the most elite troops of the Ming army at present. These troops level the grassland and return in triumph. No one dares to imagine how strong they are.

Chen Xi nodded: "The commander Qian is interested. If there is nothing else, I will continue to stroll."

Because the two of them have no common language, Chen Xi doesn't want to talk much nonsense with Qian Ning.

Qian Ning seemed very anxious: "Sir, I want to tell you something... I heard that Your Majesty has decided to select a father-in-law from the eunuchs of the internal affairs department to be in charge of the rituals and senators of the ranks?"

Chen Xi smiled and couldn't help but look down on Qian Ning again.

The person in front of me is really not a big deal. How powerful can you be a commander of the Jinyiwei? He actually ran to the Minister of War to ask a question. Do you think you can be arrogant if you are favored by the emperor?

Qian Ning was not qualified to talk to Chen Xi at all. As a military general, even if he was favored by the emperor, he would not have access to core power, just like the brothers of the Zhang family, and at most he would take some of the military power.

Although from a certain perspective, Chen Xi is also a military official, he is a civil servant and is at the top of the official. Qian Ning overestimated his ability to tell Chen Xi about the selection of the Secretariat and Supervisor's seal, which only shows that Qian Ning was too arrogant and thought that he had stepped into the core power level with one foot and lacked the most basic political awareness.

In Shen Xi's opinion, Qian Ning is not as smart as the Zhang brothers.

Chen Xi asked, "I don't know where the commander of the money heard the news, so I made a special trip to discuss with me, a foreign minister. Is it appropriate?"

Qian Ning was a little surprised and asked in surprise: "It is not an exaggeration to come to talk to Lord Shen. Is there anything to hide from Lord Shen?"

Chen Xi looked at Qian Ning and felt that the other party was terrible in politics. Logically speaking, this person was favored by Zhu Houzhao and should have some awareness. Perhaps Zhu Houzhao was too favored by him, and the ministers and eunuchs in charge saw him, which made him develop a proud mentality, thinking that he could call the wind and rain in the court.

Chen Xidao: "Who will be the chief supervisor of the seal? I have no right to interfere. Your Majesty has never asked me to make a decision. As for how Your Majesty decides the candidate, that is not something that foreign ministers should pay attention to. So, Commander Qian has found the wrong person. Besides, does this matter have anything to do with your Commander Qian?"

Qian Ning looked at Chen Xi with a somewhat awkward expression. He was determined to discuss "big matters" with Chen Xi, but he was treated coldly and couldn't help feeling ashamed. But he still said with shame: "It is indeed not a big deal with Bei Zhi, but Bei Zhi thinks that whoever is going to be the chief seal of the Si Li Supervisor will have a great impact on Lord Shen, and Bei Zhi, and naturally he must try his best to influence to prevent damage to his own interests... Lord Shen thinks?"

Chen Xi sighed lightly: "No matter whether this matter affects your and my interests, as a minister, you should understand the basic rules and ignore things that should not be paid attention to. I never forcefully interfere. The candidate for the head of the Sili Supervisor does not involve the affairs of the Ministry of War. If the commander-in-chief of Qian cares about this, then sorry, I can't help!"

Chen Xi has already made it clear. No matter how you propose to me or want to form an alliance with me, I will not choose you.

Jiang Bin has appeared, your good life for Qian Ning is about to end. Originally, your greatest dependence was the emperor's trust, but now the emperor no longer favors you. I would rather believe Xiao Guozi than trust you, because Qian Ning is a two-faced villain. Who would find someone who has never stood for an ally?

Qian Ning didn't give up and said, "Mr. Shen, your interests are now damaged. No matter who is the boss, you will be regarded as a thorn in your eyes."

Chen Xi smiled slightly: "It seems that Commander Qian is more focused than his official, which is really puzzling. Even if the matter is as Commander Qian said, how much does it have to do with you?"

Chen Xi initially reserved to be polite, which was considered to have given Qian Ning a sufficient face, but later Chen Xi had already turned against him. Just as Chen Xi thought at first, Qian Ning was arrogant and you didn't have such great ability, so you shouldn't have been involved in it rashly, making a fuss as if the court was going to cooperate with you. I was able to talk to you, so I was giving face, don't give shamelessness.

"Mr. Shen..."

Qian Ning wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Chen Xi's hand.

Chen Xi said: "Commander Qian, you must know how to be a good person. If you really don't understand some rules, I can teach you. There are so many people around Your Majesty staring at you. Is Command Qian no enlightenment at all? If you really want to interfere with the candidates for the Chief Seal of the Ministry of Rites, you should also go to those father-in-laws instead of the official. I can't help in this matter, so you made a mistake at the beginning and asked someone who can't help you."

Qian Ning's face was gloomy and felt very embarrassed. There was a hint of helplessness in his eyes when he looked at Chen Xi.

If it were someone else, he might be able to take the form of an emperor and close minister to put pressure on him, but the person in front of him is Chen Xi, and anyone should give face. It is not easy for him to talk to Chen Xi. If he still doesn't know how to advance or retreat, it would be equivalent to slandering himself and also making things uncomfortable for himself.

"Please let it go!"

Chen Xi waved his hand, "The army will return to the city after that. I want to enjoy the beautiful scenery outside the border, so I will not be here! Goodbye!"

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When Zhu Houzhao woke up, the sun had already set in the west. If the troops outside had not been rectified, Zhu Houzhao would have planned to stay outside the city for another day.
To be continued...