When Zhu Houzhao heard this, she frowned and said, "Goddess Doctor? Why do I think I have heard this story before?"

Xiao Guozi quickly said, "Your Majesty, it seems that he is talking about Lord Shen."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes were full of confusion and asked Zhang Yuan: "Eunuch Zhang, is the person you are talking about? Chen Shangshu?"

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, is it that important in this story? Are you listening to the story or not?"

“That’s right.”

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "No matter whether he is Shangshu Chen or not, as long as the story is good, it's fine... Zhang Yuan, you continue to talk."

Zhu Houzhao was already interested in this story, but now he knew that the protagonist in the story was probably Chen Xi, and what he was talking about was the secret of the Shen family's past, so he became even more interested.

Xiao Guozi was very surprised when he saw it and thought to himself: "Your Majesty is very concerned about the matters of the Shen family. First, Lord Shen is leading troops outside, and second, the new queen enters the palace. The emperor's recent unhappiness is also caused by the new queen."

Zhang Yuan said again: "Since then, this little widow has become amazing. She has a plaque given by the emperor as a signboard. She has done all kinds of business and even made her business to the capital city. Xiaolang had no chance to study, but later she went to the capital city with her parents. Not only did she worship the best local teacher, but her academic performance also made rapid progress..."

"Haha!" Zhu Houzhao felt relieved after hearing this and smiled, "So don't bully the young man poor. This little kid is not old but has a strong ambition. His parents are also very persistent. Finally, he brought the child out and had the opportunity to study. It would be much better than staying in that poor mountain village, right?"

In order to get recognition, Zhu Hou took a look at Xiao Tiaozi, as if telling Xiao Tiaozi his truth. Xiao Tiaozi had only repeated calls.

Zhang Yuan said again: "Later, this family followed the little widow to the capital city. The transaction was not only a pharmacy shop, but also a chamber of commerce. Local people regarded the little widow as the president of the chamber of commerce, and made business advances and retreats. Over the years, the little widow made its business bigger and bigger by selling medicines, printing New Year pictures and bookkeeping. Later, it opened a bank bank in the nearby prefecture, and shared silver coins with silver and copper coins. It was very famous in the south."

Zhu Houzhao asked in confusion: "This little widow is so capable, who should support her behind her?"

No one answered his question, and Xiao Taozi didn't know the specific situation at Chen Xi's home. At this time, he didn't even know whether Zhang Yuan was telling the story or the biography of the characters. His face was full of embarrassment, and he secretly hated that Zhang Yuan's story was told slowly, so he did not quickly reply to the emperor's questions.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, what you said is, this little widow has an official background. Not only is she a magistrate, but she is also helping with the government office. A magistrate named An takes care of her... It turns out that this magistrate An has a bad intention and wants to take her into the inner house as a concubine. Wouldn't he take the entire chamber of commerce for himself?"

"It's outrageous!"

Zhu Houzhao slapped the table and said, "This prefect is shameless? He wants to pick up the ready-made ones for other people's industries? Then Xiaolang should have taken action again, right?"

Zhang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, you heard from the old slave continue to talk... but said that this little widow is very chaste. Although the prefect surnamed An has repeatedly hinted, it has not been recognized. In this way, the prefect An is furious. Because the Chamber of Commerce has some local forces, it has also set up a carriage for convenience for merchants. There is also a plaque given by His Majesty. Prefect An dare not do anything randomly, so he came up with a vicious plan..."

"This prefect An was originally a thief. He had been engaged in a business of killing and intercepting goods before. He introduced a business to the young widow, and asked the young widow to transport a batch of supplies and follow the river to the place he designated, but sent people to kill halfway... It was naturally very dangerous on the way. Fortunately, the court sent a high-ranking official to lead the troops to kill the thieves, followed the clues and took down the prefect of An."

Zhang Yuan felt that his speech was very interesting, but Zhu Houzhao was not satisfied after hearing this and asked, "Why do you say that Master Qingtian appears at any time in the book? Can't you change to something else?"

Zhang Yuan was complained and felt helpless.

That is, when these things happened later, he was no longer in the south and was kidnapped into the capital and became a eunuch. He didn't know much about the details. He only knew that there was such a thing based on Qian's later narration. As for more detailed things, he could only make up random things, and he didn't know what tricks to make up in a hurry.

"Listen to the story, your majesty, don't mind too much."

Zhang Yuan said in embarrassment, "Let's talk about Xiaolang."

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Turn the topic around and talk about Xiaolang first. The little widow can wait and talk about it slowly."

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "But he said that this little boy was about to reach ten years old and had his knowledge among his peers. He was even better than some students of his fifteen or sixteen years old. At that time, the teacher discussed with his parents and told him to let Xiao boy take the county examination."

"But at that time people thought that this child was not old, what county examination was taking? It was a waste of time and energy. Even his father and mother, and the little widow thought it was unpredictable, but the gentleman thought it was OK, so his family asked him to go with the idea of ​​giving it a try. Unexpectedly, his county examination passed in one fell swoop and gave him the subsequent provincial examination, which was famous in the local area."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Eunuch Zhang, I don't believe it anymore if you say that this person is not Shen Shangshu. I have just been to the Shen family today. What do you know? The old lady of the Shen family actually asked Shen Shangshu's younger brother... even the little uncle also went to the imperial examination. Haha, she also said that this was to learn from his brother's youth and promising youth. You continue to say, continue to say..."

Even though Zhu Houzhao knew many things later, the more he knew, the more interested he was in the story.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "But he said that when the young man participated in the imperial examination, his mother was pregnant. That day, she was waiting for the results of the mansion test at home. He heard that the young man passed the mansion test, and his mother gave birth to the child with the action... His father was waiting outside, and then the people inside came out and said that it was a daughter... His father was very disappointed. Only Xiao man had a son, but one son and one daughter made up the word "good", which was quite good. Who would have heard that his wife gave birth to another one in it, but this time he was a son... a twin..."

Zhu Houzhao was happy and pointed at Zhang Yuan, and said to the little twister next to him: "He is talking about the queen and her brother, I just say that this story is familiar."

Zhang Yuan said: "Later, this little man became very powerful. He passed the college entrance examination in the next year and passed the scholar. He passed the provincial examination in the provincial examination that year. He was only eleven years old at the time. He went to Beijing to take the exam at the age of twelve, even won the Huiyuan and the top scholar, Sanyuan and the first place to enter the court as an official. Everyone in this world said that he was the Wenqu star who came to earth."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "Shen Shangshu's experience can be described as magical. Should his grandmother regret it? He didn't give him the opportunity to study, but later he watched him rise step by step... Oh, by the way, is Shen Shangshu's grandmother still alive now?"

If you mention others, Zhang Yuan may not be moved by his mood, but when he mentions Li, he still feels a little sad.

Others are not very good to Zhang Yuan, but Li is very caring to Zhang Yuan, that is, Shen Mingyou. It is precisely because of Li's spoiling that Shen Mingyou became the eunuch Zhang Yuan later. Zhang Yuan thought of his mother feeling a little unbearable and said:

"If you say that to your Majesty, this old lady has passed away. She took off her burden and left quietly after Xiaolang... that is, Lord Shen became the top scorer."

Zhu Houzhao was not as sad as Zhang Yuan, and still looked relieved: "It made her look down on people back then, she died early and was born sooner! This old guy!"

Zhang Yuan heard Zhu Houzhao slander his mother, but had no temper. This man was the emperor and he would say whatever he wanted.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly seemed to remember something again and asked, "By the way, where is that little widow? The Shen family has become a success, and that little widow should have made a name for herself, right? Why haven't I heard from Shangshu Chen mention it?"

Zhang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, this little widow... Later, he was engaged in business in the capital. He seemed to have a deal with the Hu people. He was imprisoned by the Ministry of Justice on the charge of Tongfan. He was killed in prison with a fire, and even the corpse was difficult to be completely damaged. At that time, the late emperor issued an order to exempt him from his crimes and be buried by Lord Shen. The little widow... He was the Lu Sun family who had a daughter who had been living in the Shen family all the time. As for the chamber of commerce, it was in vain. Lord Shen was busy as an official and had no time to clean up the mess..."

Zhu Houzhao thought it was very interesting, but when she heard this, she sighed: "Why did that little widow die?"

Obviously, Zhu Houzhao's intention was not to drink. Zhu Houzhao was very interested in this kind of woman with a rough life experience. The previous Mrs. Zhong, Concubine Li and others are proof of this.

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and asked curiously: "Shangshu Chen has no choice but to do anything. If he knew something happened to the young widow, how could he not rescue him? Or is there any hidden truth in it?"

The emperor's words made Zhang Yuan and Xiao Guozi a little unexpected. They would not have expected that the emperor would have a deep understanding of Chen Xi, because in Zhu Houzhao's mind, Chen Xi was simply a god-like existence and it was impossible for him to have an unexpected situation for his close relatives.

However, only Zhu Houzhao is qualified to doubt Chen Xi. He pondered for a long time before saying, "Don't you think that fire is strange? It's said that the little widow was burned to death, but it's actually beyond recognition. Who knows what his real identity is? Is it that difficult to find a replacement for someone?"

Xiao Zhuozi was shocked: "Your Majesty, this matter... Times have changed, so it's hard to say."

Zhu Houzhao then looked at Zhang Yuan again, and Zhang Yuan said, "Your Majesty, there was a saying at that time that the young widow was poor. Lord Shen happened to be invigilating the Shuntian Prefecture Country Examination in the 14th year of Hongzhi. After being shortlisted, he could not come out for nearly a month... As a coincidence, the tragedy happened at that time."

"Hiss...ah! This little widow is so unfortunate, so sad." Zhu Houzhao sighed, no longer guessing the details of Chenxi Licao changing to the prince.

As for Zhang Yuan and Xiao Guozi, they would not talk casually about the case of that year.

Zhu Houzhao asked, "That little widow's daughter is now married to Shangshu Chen...at least she is also the concubine of Shangshu Chen?"

"I don't know this old slave." Zhang Yuan replied.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "No matter what, I think your story is very good, especially in the middle. Oh, by the way, did you make up the matter about Shangshu Chen in the wilderness villages and the county town, or did you hear someone tell me?"

Zhang Yuan replied: "Your Majesty, these are all things that I have heard from me. I can't do it accurately, but it's not entirely a fool."

...

...

Zhu Houzhao has reached the point of being a devil for the Shen family.

The more you can't get it, the better you feel. This is what Zhu Houzhao had at first.

At this moment, Concubine Li, Concubine Hua had long been thrown away by him. Even Mrs. Zhong, who had once made him excited, had no intention of thinking about it. She focused all her energy on how to please Chen Yier. Even if there was no husband and wife between him and Chen Yier, as long as Chen Yier smiled at him, he would feel a huge satisfaction.

As for the past of the Shen family, after hearing about Zhang Yuan, he was even more curious about the strange family of the Shen family, which deepened his idea of ​​exploring the past of the Shen family.

Shen Mingjun and his wife kept receiving things from the palace, and even Chen Yun entered the Hanlin Academy to study. In fact, they were just going to play. The court was also studying the matter of Shen Mingjun's title.

Chen Xi has become the duke, and according to the rules, Shen Mingjun should be granted the position of duke. It is impossible for his son to be the duke and his father to be the marquis.

This made the people of the Ministry of Rites very embarrassed.

After all, the Shen family has two dukes at the same time, which also means that they will inherit two different sets of titles and salaries. If they are given a title that can only exist for one generation, it is not the emperor's intention.

Unfortunately, Chen Xi, who was on the front line of suppressing the rebellion, did not care about the matter in the capital at this time. He was concentrating on dealing with the war in the Central Plains. Although he had only encountered one war so far, he won without any effort.

On April 12th, Chenxi had already set out for fourteen days. His troops marched south from Liaocheng and were about to enter the boundary of Henan.

Chen Xi did not lead his troops into the county town along the road to rest and rest. He had been marching and stationing in the field, and completed some necessary training, although it seemed that such training was meaningless.

"...Mr. Shen, it's not a solution to find it aimlessly. We have never heard of the rebels' activities around us all the way. If we don't take the initiative and just march in order, we will not be able to encounter rebels even by the end of the month..."

When he was promoted to the tent and decided to discuss matters, Zhang Lun made suggestions to Chen Xi. In the entire central military tent, he was the only one who could make suggestions to Chen Xi except Tang Yin.

This is not to say that Chen Xi is arbitrary and tyrannical, but that most people just want to obey orders. They don’t feel that their abilities are above Shen Xi.

Chen Xi seemed calm and composed: "The main force of the rebels had been active between Yanzhou and Guide Mansion, and recently moved towards Nanyang Mansion. There are traces to follow the traces! The total number of rebels is more than 100,000. You have to find a place as a base and you can't keep floating like this... We just need to follow the information instructions. The success or failure of the war depends on the collection of information. You must also send scouts to cooperate with the central army to collect information as comprehensively as possible!"

Originally, Chen Xi only needed to inform the generals and the generals of the army of the information, but this time it turned out to be abnormal, allowing the generals in the army who only know how to follow the rules to send their subordinates to learn how to collect intelligence.

After the military agreement ended, only Tang Yin remained in the tent.

Before Tang Yin could speak, Chen Xi said, "Brother Bo Hu, two old friends are here. I may ask you to meet me on behalf of me tonight."

Tang Yin seemed very surprised: "Old friend?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "I wonder if Brother Bo Hu remembers Su Tong who accompanied me to participate in the imperial examination? This time he came with another classmate of mine Zheng Qian... They are from a juren like you and are now working in the Ministry of War. This time they are ordered to go south to follow the army to suppress the rebellion. However, because there is something delay, they have only caught up today... I don't have time to see you, so I can only bother you, Brother Bo Hu."

Tang Yin didn't know much about Su Tong and Zheng Qian, but he vaguely learned that the two of them are now in great success and are the head of the Ministry of War. As for how they became prosperous, Tang Yin knew that they should have gone through Chenxi's path and finally got help from noble people... Needless to say, this "noble person" was, he also knew that he was the current emperor.

Tang Yin was very smart and understood many things without saying. As for why Su Tong and Zheng Qian followed the army, they even delayed so long before they arrived in the army, he knew after thinking about it that these two people came to the army to get military merits like him... But he is doing things in real life now, while those two are purely messy.

Tang Yin asked, "What does Secretary Chen explain to them?"

Chen Xi was still looking at the map, writing and painting on paper with a strange pen. With Tang Yin's intelligence and talent, he couldn't quite understand, but when he saw Chen Xi shook his head:

"No need to say anything, it's just a routine meeting. If there is something, I won't let Brother Bo Hu go. As for how to deal with it, Brother Bo Hu should actually understand."

"Then will they stay in the army next?"

What Tang Yin is most concerned about is of course whether anyone is competing for credit with him.

Chen Xi does not need so many staff members or subordinates, and Su Tong and Zheng Qian are now above Tang Yin, Utah. This official position is one level higher than that of Tang Yin, and the two are officials in Beijing. If they are placed outside, they can be directly governed by the prefects. This means that they have skipped his current level and are one or even several levels higher than him.

Chen Xi smiled and shook his head: "No."

Tang Yin wanted to ask Chen Xi about the arrangements for the two of them in the future, but he held back the words.

Since Chen Xi said that he would not let Su Tong and Zheng Qian stay in the army, that is, Chen Xi did not intend to reuse these two mediocre talents who only know how to eat, drink and have fun, then Tang Yin's position in the army would not be shaken. This time he would also meet Su Tong and Zheng Qian as a staff member of Chen Xi, which was obviously one level higher than Su Tong and Zheng Qian.

"I'll go here."

Tang Yin bowed and turned around and was about to leave.
To be continued...