Hui Niang seemed to be still angry, but she didn't act as obvious as she was at the beginning. But when Chen Xi asked her to set off at any time, her cheeks were tightly tight and she didn't say anything.

Chen Xi sighed and said, "It's not too early, you can go into the room."

"Let Jin'er serve you."

After Hui Niang finished speaking, she stood up and wanted to leave, but was pulled by Chen Xi and she was unstable. She fell into Chen Xi's arms.

Chen Xi said: "Don't let Jin'er replace you every time I feel bad. Now I want you... Jin'er, let the maid prepare hot water."

Li Jin could see that Chen Xi and Hui Niang had many conflicts. She was most embarrassed in the middle. She quickly got up and went out to pass the message. Chen Xi put her waist on Hui Niang and leaned over her head to get closer to the beauty, but Hui Niang stubbornly turned her head aside.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Xi sniffed the fragrance between Hui Niang's hair and asked softly.

Hui Niang closed her eyes slightly and said, "The master wants someone to serve you, so just ask Jin'er to serve you. Why do you have to force others? I'm not feeling well recently."

"What's wrong with you?"

Chen Xi asked with a cold face, "Every time you come, you get angry, and you will be angry with me like you are now, endlessly. In the past, I respected your choice, but you should also understand that I must accommodate you in not everything, because our relationship has been unequal from the beginning."

Chen Xi said relatively profoundly, but Hui Niang could understand it and her face turned dim.

Chen Xi said again: "You have been by my side for many years and have suffered a lot, but you have always settled down your life and you have hope for the future. Isn't this good? As for your willfulness, even if I don't accept it, I will continue to follow what you said. Don't I cherish you?"

As he said that, Chen Xi wanted to pull Hui Niang's head back, but Hui Niang still stretched her body tightly, and her head was still twisted aside, refusing to let Chen Xi do what she wanted.

"I regret following me?"

Chen Xi's face turned extremely dark and his voice became cold.

Hui Niang said: "Are you qualified to regret it as a person? From the beginning, who made me make a choice?"

Chen Xi finally let go of the hand holding Hui Niang's waist and said, "No matter whether you feel wronged or not, at least this is a certain fact. I am tired and I need to have a good rest... You can accompany me tonight."

Hui Niang had to get out of her freedom, stood up immediately, walked towards the door, as if she was giving in, and seemed to continue to vent her anger with Chen Xi.

Even though Chen Xi understood that Hui Niang was so stubborn that she was unreasonable, she still didn't complain too much, because he knew that all this was caused by himself and could not blame too much.

"Jin'er, prepare more braziers... The room is too cold. Your sister is from the south and is most afraid of the cold." Chen Xi said loudly on purpose.

Li Jin had already arrived at the door and wanted to enter the room. When he heard this, he quickly turned back.

Hui Niang stood at the door, looking extremely hesitant, not going out or coming back, but finally gritted her teeth and went out to the bedroom.

...

...

The hibiscus tent is warm.

Chen Xi closed his eyes and felt the unrestrained tenderness in front of him.

This is the great freedom and warmth that he cannot enjoy in the officialdom. It seems that his whole body is bathed in the sunshine of the spring when flowers bloom. A pair of warm and delicate slender hands fell on his back, but the owner of these hands seemed unhappy and remained silent.

But Chen Xi didn't care what Hui Niang was thinking. Anyway, he was used to it. As long as Hui Niang was willful, she would show her majesty, even if Hui Niang didn't want to, she would obey.

Chen Xi felt a little emotional: "Do you have to use this method to let her accept it every time?"

Hui Niang's experience destined to always have some strange thoughts in her heart, and also made her the most special woman around Chen Xi.

Until she reached the bed, Hui Niang still tightened her cheeks and faced Chen Xi in a reluctant but cooperative attitude. However, Chen Xi didn't need anything to do. In short, Hui Niang would still obey the inferiority complex that she developed when facing Chen Xi in her heart and fulfill the mission that a woman should fulfill.

"Your sister is working too hard, take care of her more." Chen Xi said with her eyes closed.

Li Jin was going to go to the couch to say something, but seeing this attitude, he didn't dare to speak anymore. He lowered his head and left the house. After the maid moved the bath water and the wooden barrel out, he changed into his relatively loose pajamas and went back to the boudoir.

The room is very quiet now.

Li Jin walked very lightly, and Chen Xi was a little excited. After putting on his clothes, he got off the couch, sat down at the table next to the window, and poured himself a cup of tea.

Li Jin turned his head and saw Hui Niang sitting on the couch, her head facing the wall.

"Come on me."

Li Jin stretched out his slender hand and wanted to help Chen Xi pour tea, but before he touched the teapot handle, Chen Xi grabbed it.

Li Jin wanted to retreat, but he couldn't. But when Chen Xi looked at him with concern, he said, "The hands are a little woven, and they are still so cold... In the future, all the rough work will be left to the girl, just keep your mind and take care of your sister."

"Um."

Li Jin responded, feeling a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

"besides……"

Chen Xi added, "I have said long ago that you are not a slave. Here you and your sister are equal. Even if she is not qualified to treat you as a slave, you don't have to regard yourself as a slave."

Li Jin was a little confused and quickly explained: "Sister is very good to the slave."

Chen Xi glanced at Hui Niang with a slant and said, "Your sister is good at everything else, but she is too willful and faces many things with an incredible attitude. As her husband, I can't understand her actions, let alone you, the one who is a sister?"

Li Jin originally wanted to explain a few words to Hui Niang, but when he spoke, he couldn't speak anymore.

She was a little anxious and wise, and felt that Chen Xi and Hui Niang were fighting in secret. The couple quarreled, and she was not qualified to comment as a third party.

Originally, the quarrel was two-sided, but because the status of Chen Xi and Hui Niang was too disparate, only Chen Xi could speak. Hui Niang didn't even say anything because of her humility in her heart. She just ignored it in anger and told Chen Xi clearly that she was very annoyed.

"The tea is a little cold, go and change to a pot of hot tea." Chen Xi suddenly said.

Li Jin was stunned and quickly said, "I'll go now."

Chen Xidao: "Let your sister go."

Li Jin was in a difficult situation. She was in this yard, so she followed Hui Niang's orders in everything, but now Shen Xi is here, even Hui Niang has to follow Chen Xi's arrangements.

Since it was an order issued by Chen Xi, she really was not qualified to question it.

Hui Niang didn't say anything, she got off the couch, put on cloth shoes, and didn't even wear a coat. She came over and took the teapot and walked out.

Li Jin hurriedly greeted: "Sister, it's cold outside..."

"Sometimes, you have to rely on the cold wind to make her mind clearer." Chen Xi shouted sternly.

Chen Xi was like the majestic head of the family and insisted on fighting with Hui Niang. Or Chen Xi had no choice but to be stubborn about Hui Niang. After all, many things cannot return to the past. Because of the changes in the situation, Hui Niang's mentality will never return to the state of a calm little woman in Tingzhou Prefecture.

Chen Xi tried many methods, but in the end he had to take this arrogant attitude and force Hui Niang to surrender.

Hui Niang went out and Chen Xi took her eyes back.

Li Jin lowered his head, feeling distressed for Hui Niang, but he understood that Chen Xi was not intentionally making things difficult for him.

As Hui Niang’s best sister, Li Jin certainly knows how self-harmful Hui Niang has. Sometimes no matter how much she persuades her, it will be useless.

Chen Xi said: "Jin'er, do you remember what I told you about the girl around you before?"

"You... said that when I was waiting to marry in the boudoir?"

Li Jin was stunned, but he didn't expect Chen Xi would suddenly mention his own affairs.

Chen Xi nodded: "Yes."

Li Jin's body trembled slightly and asked, "Then she... is doing well now?"

Chen Xi said: "She was first given to Marquis of Jianchang, but later Marquis of Jianchang seemed to be tired of playing, so he sent her into the leopard room. Now he is very favored by His Majesty... Now the woman named Concubine Hua is your former maid."

"she……"

When Li Jin heard this, he was relieved at first, and then asked in surprise, "She actually serves in front of His Majesty? Oh, it's really a blessing for the Bodhisattva! When the Li family was in trouble, I was still thinking that she had a miserable fate. I don't know how many hardships she would suffer. Now she has a perfect destination, which is a blessing in disgrace... I hope she can enjoy this peaceful life forever in the future."

Chen Xi looked at Li Jin, finally nodded, and said, "This is, if you have the chance, I don't mind helping her. Do you... plan to inform her of the news that she is still alive?"

Li Jin thought for a while and shook his head, "I don't know, she is by Your Majesty's side. If you have the chance in the future, you may be able to meet in another way. Now you think that they are not in the world."

When Li Jin understood the truth, Chen Xi felt relieved. He could have concealed some things, but he also felt that frankness towards Li Jin was the best way to deal with them.

Now Li Jin can be considered to be a knot. Although she did not marry Chen Xi as her wife, Hui Niang's love and Shen Xi's love made her life extremely fulfilling and she could continue to be responsible for managing business matters. Now she controls almost half of the operation of the Ming Dynasty's business system.

As for the family's downs and downs, Shen Xi's efforts have now found some people from the Li family's side. These people have now migrated back to their ancestral homes, and the matter of the Li family has come to an end.

That night, while Hui Niang was still angry with Chen Xi, Li Jin's service to Chen Xi was meticulous, like a virtuous little wife, making Hui Niang feel guilty when she saw it.

However, Chen Xi did not "let go" Hui Niang. After the red candle burned out at night, Chen Xi was exhausted and could finally lie down and think about some simple things calmly. The warmth in his arms made him feel the sense of belonging in a foreign land.

"Are you really going to the south?"

Hui Niang suddenly asked.

Chen Xi glanced at Hui Niang and shook her head and said, "Don't ask me, I am full of confusion about the future. Now I am more like going with the flow. If I have to leave Beijing to serve in the future, I would rather find a picturesque place to escape the world and live a pastoral life of picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty is still peaceful within one or two hundred years..."

Hui Niang thought for a while, shook her head and said, "You won't."

As for why she didn't, she didn't say that, turned around and stopped leaning against Chen Xi, and began to sulk alone again.

...

...

The Ministry of War memorial was delivered to Zhu Houzhao by Zhang Yuan early the next morning.

Originally, Xie Qian asked Liang Chu to make a ticket, and proposed that Chen Xi, who also led the Ministry of War, personally went to the south to quell the rebellion, but Zhang Yuan took it away directly, and the memorial submitted to Zhu Houzhao did not include the ticket.

After taking care of it, Zhu Hou asked, "Did the Ministry of War send it to you directly?"

Zhang Yuan thought for a while and replied truthfully: "When you reply to Your Majesty, it was sent by the cabinet."

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "Then why don't you see the vote?"

"actually……"

Zhang Yuan seemed a little hesitant, but he still replied with a gritty bullet, "Maybe several Grand Secretary of the Cabinet think that the matters involving Lord Shen must be decided by Your Majesty... Besides, this is the plan to quell the chaos from Lord Shen, and it is not convenient for them to express their opinions."

"Um."

Zhu Houzhao was originally suspicious, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but nod, as if he had accepted Zhang Yuan's statement.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the content of the memorial for a while and nodded, "Mr. Chen's proposal is very good, which will be of great help to quell the local chaos... Zhang Yuan, on behalf of me, agreed to the request of the Ministry of War, and everything should be done in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of War. If the situation of the war changes, let me tell you again, don't bother memorials with such cumbersome memorials in the next few days."
To be continued...