Zhu Houzhao is not a vegetarian. After returning, he asked someone to pull the little knives out and beat them up. It did not explain the reason, so he frightened the eunuchs and servants in the East Palace.

The naughty child couldn't help but miss Liu Jin who obeyed his words. When he felt that Zhang Yuan, Xiao Taozi and others had strange intentions, he remembered Liu Jin's benefits.

Liu Jin was at least able to run around with the naughty child, obey his rules, and always worked hard and diligently. Moreover, Liu Jin was resentful by the Zhang brothers and others because of the fact that the naughty child left the palace before, and he repeatedly slandered him in front of Queen Zhang, so he was transferred away. The little guy has grown up a little now and has a sense of responsibility, knowing that Liu Jin was harmed by him.

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Chen Xi's return to Beijing was both an opportunity and a challenge. Whether he could stay in the capital was the biggest problem for Chen Xi.

At this time, Chen Xi was on his way north. It was not known that through the efforts of Xie Qian and the naughty child Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Hongzhi had changed his mind and was preparing to keep him in the capital. So whether he would return to the Zhanshi Mansion to become a lecturer in the East Palace, or stay in the Six Divisions for training, or be unemployed as the right deputy censor, is a later story, because even the emperor himself did not think about it.

Chen Xi was feeling a little disappointed.

When he went south, his family and his entourage, as well as the escorts, were in a vast and mighty manner. Although there were many people around him when he returned, Chen Xi felt that he was out of place with the team, as if he was a prisoner taken to Beijing. He put himself in his shoes. He suddenly felt that he was in a state with Jiang Liwei.

Jiang Liwei did something stupid and became a prisoner, while everything Chen Xi did was upright and prosperous, and life was still difficult.

Jiang Liwei may be released after returning to Beijing, and even his official position will be restored. At the worst, he will not be asked to be executed, because it is no longer the early Ming Dynasty. Asking for bribes is almost a hidden rule in the officialdom, especially since Jiang Liwei has not succeeded, and there will never be a heavy sentence. However, Chen Xi wants to go to the northwest to fight the Tatars, working hard for the battle every day in the bitter and cold places, and guarding against the cold arrows from behind. If you are not careful, blood will sprinkle on the battlefield.

Smart people will reflect on themselves. Chen Xi was thinking about a question on his way north. Is it wrong to rush into the officialdom?

After thinking about it, even having trouble sleeping all night for several nights, Chen Xi finally realized that in this Ming Dynasty, only an official could control most of his destiny. He is now facing many difficulties, but compared with ordinary people who have to be careful in their food, clothing and expenses, he has lived a life of gods.

Only by having power can you have wealth and beautiful relatives, and everything others cannot get. Otherwise, even if you can be rich in business, you will be as beautiful as a country, and the beauties around you will be beautiful, but just an ordinary official can make you lose everything.

This is the difference between being an official and not being an official in the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Xi also felt that the key to his mistakes was to show his edge too early.

It was also because he was tired of endless quarrels and open and secret struggles in the Shen family, and wanted to gain fame earlier to make himself and his parents proud, and at the same time, to allow Hui Niang to get more protection.

Maybe I was a little too hasty, but now I think it would be the best result to get a good exam in the exam at around 20 years old.

There is no regret medicine in this world. Chen Xi thought about it carefully and found that he had done nothing wrong. It was a big question whether he could pass the imperial examination at the age of 20!

In this era, talent and learning are one thing, and seizing opportunities are another!

If Chen Xi hadn't known Gaoming City's preferences, he might not have even passed the government examination; if Liu Daxia had secretly helped him, he would not have been a high school scholar, and he would not have been able to pass the provincial examination in one list. If he hadn't known in advance about the Jiwei Annual Examination and Palace Examination questions, how could he have been a high school senior and top scorer?

Chen Xi lived in an era of knowledge explosion. Perhaps he was better than the people of this era in terms of knowledge and knowledge reserves, but this would not be transformed into his advantage in taking the imperial examination.

The scholars of the Ming Dynasty were all focused on studying the "Four Books" and "Five Classics". Perhaps they could find an old boy, who could be comparable to Chenxi in the eight-legged articles, let alone compare them among Jinshi. The quality of the article is usually difficult to tell, and it only depends on whether the examiner appreciates it.

Since you are in the officialdom, you don’t have to regret it.

If I had not entered the officialdom in advance, I would not have been as brilliant as I am now. It would not be so simple to get trust after the prince Zhu Houzhao's personality is established, unless Chen Xi is a slander and accompany Zhu Houzhao to eat, drink and have fun... It is to find small things for Zhu Houzhao, who is young and as the prince, to coax children, and to find fun for Zhu Houzhao, who is an adult, that is to find treacherous slander in the court, and he has to bear the infamous historical reputation.

Moreover, he met Xie Qian in advance, got the love of the smart and charming Xie Hengnu and married him. If he arrived in Beijing a few years later, there would be no possibility between him and Xie Hengnu.

But many things are dialectical. Perhaps because I arrived in the capital early, I missed the favor of another beauty?

Thinking of this, Chen Xi smiled self-deprecatingly. It is the most important thing to grasp the present and cherish the people around him! His mind couldn't help but float to Guangzhou Prefecture, and thought of Xie Hengnu, who was raising her baby with peace of mind, and was worried whether she would adapt to the hardships of the journey north.

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In this era, even the official roads were uneven and stuttering. The car was exhausted along the way. When going uphill, people were worried that the horsepower was insufficient and they needed to get off for a ride. When going downhill, they were worried that the car would fall off the cliff too quickly and could not ride in a carriage.

The official road winds among the mountains, and there is no such thing as a tunnel. Even when crossing some wider rivers, you still need to change boats. With luggage, many people boarded the boat and unloaded it. It was very troublesome to go back and forth.

The ones that Chen Xi could mobilize were the personal guards who were temporarily borrowed from Chang Lan and the brothers from the carriage and horse gang. When they were waiting for someone to load and unload the ship, he sat on the big rock by the river, and sometimes even took off his shoes and soaked his feet. It was so cool in the hot weather... Snakes, insects, rats and ants were used to it for a long time, and there were people waiting by the side at any time, so they were not afraid of something.

"Are you thinking about home?"

Yu Niang has always been paying attention to Chen Xi. She likes to lean around Chen Xi when she has something to do and says something irritating, but Chen Xi doesn't want to pay attention to her.

Chen Xi asked back: "Does Yu Niang miss home again?"

Yu Niang shook her head and smiled bitterly: "The adults are laughing. I am alone and running around to live. When I say that I am stable, it is my honor to be able to meet the adults in Tingzhou during those years."

Chen Xi asked, "What about the Qi family?"

Yu Niang was stunned on the spot. She didn't expect Chen Xi to suddenly mention "Qi Family". She didn't even know where Chen Xi found her life experience.

Yu Niang frowned: "I don't understand what lord said..."

Chen Xi said intentionally or unintentionally: "Yu Niang should have a surname Fang, but I don't know whether this surname is your original surname, but I know that Yu Niang's husband's surname was Qi. If Yu Niang chose again, she would be more willing to stay in Qi's family and live a stable life, right?"

The conversation was started by Yu Niang, and Chen Xi followed the words and brought up Yu Niang's "sad things"... Don't your Yu Niang like to inquire about my family affairs? I think I know nothing about you? Then I will tell you that I still have some understanding of your past.

"Where did you know?" Yu Niang did not deny it, but she was a little embarrassed and angry. The secret she had hidden in her heart for twenty years would have been mentioned by Chen Xi.

Chen Xi shook his head helplessly: "More than one person knows Yu Niang's identity, right? At least, those who appreciate Yu Niang should know the inside story. It is not surprising that it is mentioned to me casually!"

Yu Niang was shocked and suddenly realized that the person Chen Xi was talking about was Liu Daxia.

When Yu Niang and Shen Xi met Liu Daxia in Tingzhou, Liu Daxia once called him "Qi Fang". Yu Niang smiled bitterly: "Times have changed, but I didn't expect that the adults still remember it."

"It's only six years. If it's sixteen years, you might have forgotten everything. You may have forgotten that you have this identity, right?" Chen Xi said.

Yu Niang looked a little embarrassed, but she still said truthfully: "I really don't want to mention sad things, so I will naturally not remember them deliberately. It is indeed as the master said, when I was in the family, it was the most stable time in my life. How could I not miss it? But the past has passed, so what's the use even if I think about it?"

Chen Xi raised his head, looked at the reed marsh on the other side of the river and the children playing in the shallows by the river, and said, "That's not necessarily. It's better to have something to miss than to miss nothing. There is a comparison in my heart, at least I know what I am pursuing, and I believe that Yu Niang is the same?"

After Chen Xi finished speaking, he yawned, stood up, put on his shoes and socks, "I haven't slept well these days, and I've been so tired. I really miss the leisurely days at home. I have someone who is close to me and can fan the clothes and reach out and eat to open my mouth!"

After saying that, Chen Xizhi walked towards the carriage that had just been unloaded, preparing to get into the carriage and continue to sleep.

Yu Niang was a little angry. She wanted to get close to Chen Xi, but who knew that Chen Xi told her that she was in a very bad mood.

Only then did Yu Niang realize that Chen Xi was terrible. Not only did she have no childish appearance, she was scheming, but she knew how to take advantage of the weaknesses of people's hearts. The thing she didn't want to mention was raised by Chen Xi in a noble way. But her two "daughters" Yun Liu and Xier were still listening. Chen Xi said this as if she was deliberately making her unable to get out of Taiwan.

"What do you see?"

Yu Niang said angrily, "Didn't you hear what the lord said? The opportunity is right in front of you. If you can't even do the things you serve in front of the bed, you will be lonely and have no one to be pitiful for the rest of your life!"

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Chapter 1009 No regrets:
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