Ganqing Palace.

With the company of his close servant Zhang Yuan, Zhu Youzhang hurriedly walked in from the side hall, feeling full of worry.

"I don't know if this important military situation is about Yansui Town? I wonder if Liu Shangshu is safe? As long as he can save half of his troops for my Ming Dynasty, even if he experiences great defeat, I will not care about his fault..."

Zhu Youzhang entered the East Nuan Pavilion in a complicated mood. When he saw Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu who bowed respectfully, he didn't even have the interest to ask, because many things seemed inevitable at the moment. Even if Liu Daxia had a strong ability, he would not be able to turn the tide.

But Emperor Hongzhi still wanted to know whether the attacking army was wiped out and whether Liu Daxia was alive? Emperor Hongzhi was still quite concerned about this humeral minister who was running around for him.

"Your Majesty, great victory..."

The first words of Ma Wensheng made Zhu Youting confused.

Zhu Youtang looked at Ma Wensheng carefully, and confirmed that the person in front of him was not a minister who likes to joke. He asked quickly: "Shu Ma, please talk about it...a great victory?"

"Your Majesty, the border documents are sent urgently. The Yansui Town victory was a great victory. Governor Liu personally led his troops to pursue 40,000 Tatar cavalry for 300 miles..."

When Ma Wensheng finished speaking, Zhu Youzhe was stunned, with an incredible look on his face, and then his mouth opened, from glad to laugh.

"Take it seriously? Hurry up... and give it to me for a look!"

Zhu Youzhang couldn't wait to see the good news with his own eyes.

Without the need for a close servant to pass it, Ma Wensheng stood up and personally submitted the report to Zhu Youting. It was no longer a small amount of rudeness. The most important thing was that the emperor could see the good news from the border as soon as possible.

Zhu Youzhang held the report in his hand and read it carefully twice before he was convinced: "This... was written by Shangshu Liu. He is cautious and will never report without success. It seems that we have really won this battle?"

Ma Wensheng nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, we have won."

Zhu Youzhe was shocked and ecstatic at this time. He wanted to put the report down and read it again. His helpless look looked a bit funny.

"Why... why didn't there be any detailed report?" Zhu Youtang was the emperor for so many years, and every time he sent him a detailed report of the battle, he wrote a lot of money for a little contribution. Even Ma Wenshengping, the northwest, had sorted out all his achievements before submitting the court.

Ma Wensheng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is an urgent report, in order to let Your Majesty know the situation on the front line as soon as possible. As for more detailed battle reports, we will report in detail after the three major towns are sorted out. Your Majesty relaxes his mind. Governor Liu's troops have successfully withdrawn from Yulin Guard, and the Tatars have been defeated, so it is difficult to organize troops to go south again..."

When Ma Wensheng said this, he said in his heart that it was "very dangerous" and almost told the "truth".

It was said to be a great victory, but after the war, the troops were withdrawn to Yulin Guard. Where did they have the momentum of "chasing three hundred miles"? Liu Daxia's battle report was more or less bluffing, but a great victory should be unquestionable.

Zhu Youzhang was completely immersed in the joy of winning the battle at the border, and did not pay attention to the flaws in Ma Wensheng's words. He walked back and forth there for a long time before he looked at Ma Wensheng: "Shu Shangshu, what are you waiting for? I will tell the world about this matter, so that all the ministers and the people will celebrate together..."

Ma Wensheng quickly dissuaded: "Your Majesty, no, this is just an urgent report. If you want to tell the world, you still need to wait for the subsequent more detailed battle report to arrive."

"Is that true? Then let it be left to Mr. Ma's responsibility..." Zhu Youzhang was very excited, danced for a while, and suddenly remembered something and looked at Ma Wensheng, "Where is Mr. Xie? Mr. Ma, please go to the Xie Mansion and tell him that Mr. Xie will make a lot of contributions to this victory!"

Only then did Ma Wensheng remembered that he had seen Xie Qian when he entered the palace, but at that time he just wanted to notify Emperor Hongzhi one step earlier, and did not stop and talk to Xie Qian.

If you are defeated, the biggest sin is Xie Qian, but once you win, Xie Qian will make great contributions.

The cold greetings of Emperor Hongzhi to Xie Qian were seen in the eyes of all the ministers, but now he spared no effort to praise Xie Qian, which shows that Zhu Youzhang had indeed hated Xie Qian in his heart, but now he feels ashamed and unconsciously wants to make up for something.

"Abide by the order." Ma Wensheng respectfully accepted the order.

"Shangshu Ma, bring me some things to Xie's mansion... Well, just this..." Zhu Youzhang touched his body, took off a jade pendant made of beautiful mutton fat from his belt, and asked his close servant to hand it over to Ma Wensheng. "I cannot go to the Grand Secretary Xie's mansion to express my condolences in person. My dear must bring my feelings. As for the subsequent matters, Shangshu Ma and Grand Secretary Xie will discuss and handle it."

Ma Wensheng thought to himself that I had just asked me to be fully responsible, but now I will add Xie Qian, which is clearly asking me to take action for Grand Secretary Xie.

Even if an old minister in his seventies doesn't like intrigue, he will unconsciously understand the best intentions.

...

...

Xie Qian returned home and was depressed. Xie Xu wiped his tears in front of him and told him about family affairs. Xie Qian became more upset when he heard this.

"...Jun'er has been unable to eat and eat these days, and she doesn't even eat her favorite snacks. She has lost weight in just a few days. Master, what do you think of this? If Jun'er has a few shortcomings, the little concubine's heart will hurt like a knife cutting."

Xie Qianqian said angrily: "That girl is only a few years old, but she actually learns from others to suffer from lovesickness. How do you teach me on weekdays?"

Xie Qian never lost his temper with Mrs. Xu before, because the old couple was in harmony with each other. Now Xie Qian can no longer satisfy his wife in terms of marriage, so he had to make compensation based on etiquette. But now because Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu turned a blind eye to him, he was furious. He also heard that his granddaughter was worried that the brat of Chen Xi was so stubborn that he couldn't think of food. How could he bear this tone?

"Old...Master..." Xie Qian's scolding left Mrs. Xu speechless.

Xie Qian was a little angry and panted. Just as he asked Mrs. Xu to bring her granddaughter a good lesson, he saw the servant come in and said respectfully: "Master, Mr. Ma and Mr. Xiong are looking for a meeting outside."

Xie Qian waved his hand and shouted, "No!"

I just ignored me, and now I am here to apologize?

I apologize, I don’t see you either. When I was just a Hanlin writer from the sixth grade, you were not so snobbish. Now I’m so unlucky to see me, so I’m avoiding you, right? I don’t see you, just as you wish!

"But... Master, the two adults said that they came at the emperor's order."

With one sentence, Xie Qian almost couldn't stop and staggered and almost fell to the ground.

There were so many Madam Xu who supported him: "Master, what's wrong with you?"

What emerged in Xie Qian's heart was not excitement and joy, but confusion and helplessness when the disaster was coming.

Xie Qian had not thought about the attitudes of Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu before. Now, it must have been the news that Liu Daxia sent troops to the capital and the two were in a state of despair.

If this is true, their purpose is very likely to be searched for the house and get people, or even at extreme extremes, it may be possible to give the emperor a pot of poisoned wine.

Thinking of Emperor Hongzhi's coldness towards him during this period, Xie Qian felt more and more that he could not escape the disaster this time.

"master?"

The servants didn't understand why, so they rushed forward to help.

Xie Qian's body trembled violently, his face pale, and his eyes were filled with sadness: "I think I thank my loyalty and devoted myself to the country, but I actually... ended up like this!?"

Mrs. Xu asked in surprise: "Master, what did you say?"

"No... it's okay, remember, if... if... if I have a few things, you... remember to bring a family back to Yuyao... As for Pier, study hard... let him take the imperial examination..." Xie Qian's voice intermittently because of fear.

When Mrs. Xu heard Xie Qian as if she was explaining the funeral, she suddenly understood, but she still shook her head in disbelief: "Master, I don't understand what you mean..."

"Listen to me... An Ren... After all, you must treat me well, and Jun'er... in the future, find a good family for her. If Chen Xi... comes back and gives him all the books in my backyard, he will say... I am ashamed of him..."

When Xie Qian said this, Mrs. Xu began to wipe her tears. As the wife of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, she knew the court was very dangerous and the king told the ministers to die. Since Xie Qian explained these things now, it means that there must be a huge disaster. It is a blessing that Xie Qian can protect the whole family.

Mrs. Xu cried and said, "But Master, Jun'er... she always remembers..."

Xie Qian closed his eyes and cried: "Is he worried about Chen Xi? Then tell her the truth. Chen Xi is going to the border north and most likely won't come back. If he is lucky enough to come back, he will send Jun'er over and treat it as me to compensate him. After this, he must have no longer gained a foothold in the court, but unfortunately a good seedling..."

"Master...Woo woo woo woo woo woo..."

Mrs. Xu seemed to be sending Xie to the court.

Xie Qian wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, cleaned up his clothes, and then called the servants to help him to welcome the emperor's envoy.

At this moment, Mrs. Xu was so scared that she collapsed on the ground and was just about to go out to send Xie Qian the last journey.

Xie Qian arrived at the door of his house with a sad heart. Every step was heavy. When the door opened, Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu stood at the door. Behind him was a team of officers and soldiers, as if they were here to search the house! The two looked serious, as if they were indicating that a storm was about to break out!

"Yu Qiao Xiandi's courtyard is closed tightly. Who would like to come to visit on weekdays? I'm afraid that it's only a matter of being turned away?"

When Ma Wensheng saw Xie Qian, he did not go forward to salute, but instead said in a joking tone.

"hehe!"

Xie Qian chuckled and looked at Ma Wensheng and said, "Isn't it the same in Brother Futu's family? As a cabinet minister, if Xie doesn't know how to restrain himself and the whole family is crowded, he will only bring disaster to himself."

When Xie Qian said this, he couldn't help but think of Cheng Minzheng who died unjustly in the first year. Xie Qian has always had a good relationship with Cheng Minzheng, but Cheng Minzheng is a generous person and refuses visitors from his family, and finally causes a disaster.

"Even if I act low-key on weekdays, I still can't escape the disaster in the end." Xie Qian thought sadly.

Ma Wensheng didn't expect Xie Qian to speak so seriously, thinking that "Xie Xiaoyou" was angry about his previous incident. Xie Qian passed the top scorer in Chenghua in 11 years and has been in the official career for twenty-six years. He is considered an old minister in the court, but after all, he is twenty-six years younger than Ma Wensheng, and the two are considered "year-old friends".

"Go in and talk."

In front of the servants of the Xie family, Ma Wensheng could not tell the story of the border winning just now. After all, this matter still needs further verification. The court must pay attention to keeping it confidential to avoid causing trouble.

Xie Qian had no intention of asking the two to enter and said, "If there is anything, just talk outside the door, don't disturb my family."

"this……"

Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu looked at each other, nodded reluctantly, and signaled Xie Qian to hold his servant back.

After everyone left, Ma Wensheng smiled and took out the emperor's jade pendant and said, "This is a gift from Your Majesty. I'll send it to Brother Yu Qiao. Brother Yu Qiao is in the heart of the emperor. I'm glad to congratulate you!"

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Chapter completed!