Chen Xi's disappointment flowed to the surface.

Xie Qian's disappointment is deeply engraved in his heart.

Regardless of whether Xie Qian was still loyal to the court or the emperor, Chen Xi followed a neutral attitude and carefully examined this history.

Chen Xi hated Zhu Houzhao for not fighting, but knew what history was going. What he, an emperor student, did now seems to be too much, but compared to Emperor Zhengde, who had been a emperor for more than ten years in history, he is basically still in a controllable range.

If Chen Xi left the court just now, he would not feel reluctant. After all, the high-ranking officials who retired from the Ming Dynasty still enjoyed various privileges in the local area. As long as Zhu Houzhao didn't speak, no one would dare to treat him as an imperial teacher, but he still had the regret of unfulfilled ambitions.

So after Xie Qian left, Chen Xi was also seriously considering whether he should apologize to Zhu Houzhao and restore the breakdown of the teacher-student relationship.

Chen Xi returned to the back hall, and Xie Yuner looked at him with a deep look, obviously sniffing something.

Chen Xi went home this time first of all, the time was wrong. When did he enter the palace before, he didn’t go home until midnight? Moreover, Chen Xi had just returned soon, and Xie Qian immediately caught up with him to visit him. It is said that the atmosphere was very serious when the two got along...

All signs show that Chen Xi should have encountered something difficult in the court.

Chen Xi sat down, looked at the worried Xie Yuner, and said, "Yun'er, what if I said if I resigned and returned home now and returned to my hometown in Ninghua to live a dull life?"

"What!?"

Xie Yuner almost thought there was something wrong with her ear.

Officials, especially Beijing officials, will not be voluntarily resign unless they are old and healthy. This is not just a job, but also a symbol of the face, identity and status of scholars.

Many officials were so old that they couldn't walk that they couldn't bear to leave, and would rather die in office. Chen Xi was only twenty years old and had such a negative mentality that they actually said something about resigning from office and retirement, which made Xie Yuner unexpectedly.

Chen Xidao: "What, is it very surprising? To be honest, I had a conflict with His Majesty at the court meeting today, and even contradicted it in public. It seems that I, the official, have been over."

Xie Yuner's face was full of bitter expressions: "Now the people are rumoring that the eunuch party is abusing power. The emperor does not care about the court affairs and gives the power of the government to the eunuch party for handling... It is also said that the emperor is addicted to wine and sex, often goes out of the palace to look for flowers and asks the willows, and forces the girl to rob the people... My husband couldn't bear this tone, so he resigned?"

Chen Xi shook his head: "Many factors are caused by it. I can't say what the specific reason is. It's always due to the situation... Many things can be explained in one or two sentences... I used to be smooth in the court, with a muddle-by-one mentality and always wanted to let it go. But I was eventually forced to the forefront!"

Speaking of this, Chen Xi was very helpless.

He didn't want to take the initiative to come out and face Liu Jingang head-on, but he had no choice but to avoid many things.

Since his designs led to Liu Jin being exiled to the Xuanfu, Liu Jin has regarded him as a major concern, not taking any precautions, and even seeking opportunities to harm him at all times. In this case, if Chen Xi continues to be tolerant, he will undoubtedly give up the initiative, which is very unwise.

So in the court today, seeing Liu Jin wanting to repeat the scene of forcing all officials to apologize to him in front of the Meridian Gate, he could only take the initiative to stand up and confront Liu Jin, reveal the conflict, and completely expose it to broad daylight for Zhu Houzhao to see it.

Rather than saying that Chen Xi is putting pressure on Zhu Houzhao, it is better to say that he wants to show an attitude... It is best for everyone to be at peace. If I force me to a hurry, I will be defeated.

Chen Xi also knew how difficult it would be to fight Liu Jin.

Xie Yuner looked at Chen Xi and said with a firm look on her face: "No matter what decision my husband makes, I will support me. However, when my husband Li Chao is concerned, we should still put the welfare of the people first. The court and the country have high hopes for my husband!"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Thank you for your support. My husband will consider it seriously. Please relax. I will not ask for a retreat on my own initiative, but if Your Majesty insists on letting me go, I will not stay, everything will go with the flow!"

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The dispute between Chen Xi and Zhu Houzhao in the court was only circulated among middle and high-level officials at the beginning.

But not long after, it was already well-known.

Even if the ministers in the court do not want to spread it, Liu Jin will try to spread the news. He adopted the advice of his adviser Zhang Wenmian to let everyone in the world know that Zhu Houzhao and Shen Xi are in a bad relationship, so that the conflict between the monarch and the minister will be completely revealed... Regardless of whether Zhu Houzhao is right or wrong, and the ministers and the kings are in opposition, there must be problems with loyalty.

This is a way for Liu Jin to force Chen Xili Chao.

At this time, Chen Xi chose to stay in the door and even the matter of receiving Gentile envoys he was responsible for was handed over to Hu Lian and others for handling.

The Gentile envoys such as Tatars and North Korea were confused and could not quite understand the situation of the Ming Dynasty's capital. Before they came to the capital, they had some understanding of the structure of the Ming Dynasty's court. They knew that the most famous and powerful ministers in the Ming Dynasty were the Minister of War, Chen Xi, in addition to the Chief of the Sili Supervisor of the Sili, the Minister of War.

Chen Xi has a closer connection with the Gentiles, because Chen Xi has never lost his defeat since he led his troops, especially for the Tatars, which has lost all the tempers of the Tatars after several consecutive victories.

Because Chen Xi is famous, even if North Korea has always been friendly with the Ming Dynasty, he is afraid that the Ming Dynasty will suddenly make excuses, so he sent Chen Xi to lead troops to include North Korea in the territory.

Chen Xi didn't care about the outside world at all, and was just talking about government affairs at home.

Because Chen Xi's situation was extremely sensitive, no one from the Ministry of War came to annoy him. Fortunately, there was no war on the border, and the military school was already on the right track, so Chen Xi did not need to ask about it.

There was no news about Zhu Houzhao. Just like before, the emperor did not care about court affairs, and the court officials did their own affairs.

Liu Jin was still as arrogant as before, and there was no change in the affairs of the six ministries and local areas.

This matter seems to have been completely forgotten.

Unfortunately, everyone in the court remembered it clearly. Even Zhu Houzhao himself did not forget this matter, but at this moment, Zhu Houzhao was ashamed to meet others and knew that he had offended the court officials and had no interest in holding the court meeting. In this way, Liu Jin promoted Wang Jianzhi and other ministers who had gaps with him to be dismissed for the time being.

Liu Jin was very annoyed. Chen Xi, a serious concern, did not leave the court, and Wang Jianzhi, a thorn in his eyes, was still in the court and continued to fight against him.

After this incident, Xie Qian was even more cautious in the Sili Supervisor. Many memorials were sent directly to the cabinet after entering Beijing, and they did not pass by the Ministry of Education.

Xie Qian looked for officials everywhere to connect and organized the anti-Liu alliance. The situation in the capital was turbulent. Although Liu Jin tried every means to get rid of Xie Qian and Shen Xi, he had no idea.

Since Chen Xi and Zhu Houzhao fell in love, Liu Jin was no longer qualified to meet the saint. According to Zhu Houzhao's intention, Liu Jin was criticized by the ministers, and he may not be without reason. During this period, he had to think about his mistakes behind closed doors.

However, because Zhu Houzhao did not care about the affairs of the court, the government was firmly in the hands of Liu Jin. As for local affairs, it was controlled by the cabinet. Jiao Fang, the second assistant to the cabinet, was also undermined by Xie Qian. Xie Qian had any matters, so he would discuss with Wang Jianzhi. In this way, even Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu were in name only.

At this moment, Xie Qian learned from Liu Jin and took everything himself, holding the cabinet power tightly in his own hands.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao lived a life of upside down day and night in the Leopard Room, and the court was in a state of chaos.

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Chen Xi stayed in the mansion and did not go out. Ten days passed in a blink of an eye.

The envoys of the foreign countries were left in the Huitong Hall. Although Hu Lian was responsible for the reception, he had no right to decide on many things.

The person the envoys from the three parties wanted to see the most was naturally Emperor Zhengde, but if they could not see the emperor, it would be okay to see Chen Xi, especially the Tatar envoys. They hoped to instigate the relationship between Chen Xi and Zhu Houzhao. If Chen Xi was alienated by Zhu Houzhao, this would be the most beneficial to them.

But Chen Xi finally went out on this day, and his destination was not the yamen, but Hui Niang's place.

After leaving, Chen Xi asked Zhu Qixian to drive around the streets and alleys of the capital. He wanted to know how many people were following him. Not long after, Chen Xi knew how much attention he was. There were crowds of people behind the carriage. Even if he went to the teahouse next to the road to drink tea, there were still many eyeliners staring at him.

"Master, you are now on the verge of storms. Those outside are all bad people, and there are Tatars who hate you deeply in Beijing. If you find an opportunity, they will definitely not give up the extreme measures, including assassination, to eliminate your biggest opponent... You should go back home first."

Zhu Qi was very worried, afraid that Chen Xi would have any accidents. After all, whether it was a eunuch or a Tatar, he wanted Chen Xi to die soon.

As a veteran of many years, Zhu Qi has made extremely accurate judgments on the situation and is worried.

Chen Xi smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "It's okay to go around, I want to have fun with them today to see when they can go with me."

Chen Xi looked relaxed and did not regard being followed as a serious matter. In his opinion, it would be strange if he was not followed.

When he came out of the teahouse and entered the carriage, Zhu Qi began to drive these people through the streets and alleys. They were all paths that could only accommodate a carriage, and there were many forks, which made the people following him very anxious.

These people had never learned the tracking skills at all. Faced with the endless anti-tracking methods of Chen Xi, these people were blinded. There were more than a dozen people who were tracking them. After being led around the city by a carriage for a few times, there was no even a trace of the line behind them.

"Oh! It seems you still have to practice more!"

Faced with such a result, Chen Xi's face was a little disappointed, as if he was not in the match, and he felt that he was so cold that he was too cold at a high place.

When he arrived at a small street near the north street of Dongdan Pailou, Chen Xi quickly got off the carriage and asked Zhu Qi to drive back to the Shen family, and then disappeared in a dense forest.

Chen Xi believed that those fine works were following the carriage at this moment, and no one would have thought that he had come down halfway. This is also the place where he had a skilled counter-tracking technique.

After almost a stick of incense and making sure no one was following him, Chen Xi came out of the woods and walked towards Hui Niang. When he arrived at the door of the house, Chen Xi paid special attention and found that there was no one nearby, so he opened the door and went in.

Hui Niang was quite surprised by Chen Xi's arrival. Even though she lived in the capital, she heard some bad rumors.

The two of them came to the main hall to sit down, Hui Niang asked worriedly: "The master has a conflict with His Majesty? Now the master... isn't he an official?"

Chen Xi looked at Hui Niang's worried gaze and asked with a smile: "Do you want me to continue to be an official, or do you want me to leave the court?"

Hui Niang shook her head: "It's this time, the master is still joking? The master has only been in the court for a few years and has become the most important minister. At this critical moment, the master's loss from the court has been too great."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "You have also said that I have already achieved the Six Ministry of Departures in a few years since I entered the court. Now I will retire. Perhaps His Majesty will think I am useful in the future, so will I use it again?"

Hui Niang couldn't understand what Chen Xi was saying, so she kept shaking her head.

Chen Xi knew that whether it was Hui Niang or Xie Yuner, he was worried that his loss of his official position would cause the Shen family to fall into trouble, but with his understanding of Zhu Houzhao, even if he lost power for a while, he would not be beaten to the end. The local officials knew that he was the imperial teacher, and he was also a post in the struggle with the eunuch party, so how could he dare to offend him? The Shen family would not be affected at all!

Therefore, he didn't want to argue with Hui Niang, so he deliberately attracted the topic to the chamber of commerce business, which quickly attracted Hui Niang's attention.

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Chen Xi was recuperating at home, but he didn't ask for leave from the court at all, and was completely "absent from work".

However, Chen Xi's resignation memorial was submitted.

When Liu Jin learned that Chen Xi's resignation memorial was handed over, he was very excited and immediately made a copy of the pen and prepared to submit it to Zhu Houzhao for seals. However, because even he himself could not see Zhu Houzhao, the matter was delayed.

Liu Jin was extremely upset: "I finally waited for this kid Shen Zhihou to be an abnormal one, but he was an enemy of His Majesty. Now the monarch and ministers have had a quarrel, and the ministers have resigned, which has intensified the conflict... I was holding his memorial but couldn't meet the saint, so I couldn't add fuel to the fire. It's such a pity."

In this case, Liu Jin called Jiao Fang, Liu Yu, Zhang Cai, Liu Ji and others to discuss how to deal with Chen Xi.

The meeting place was not at Liu Jin's mansion, but at the home of Liu Ji, the Minister of Revenue.

On that day, there was a wedding banquet at Liu Ji's mansion. Liu Jin did not appear in front of the guests, but waited in the back hall for everyone to arrive and gathered to discuss the matter.

Liu Ji originally invited Chen Xi to establish a good relationship with Chen Xi... Although Liu Ji was working under Liu Jin's command, he was already tired of Liu Jin's greed.

As a civil official, Liu Ji still wanted to establish a good relationship with the orthodox civil official in his heart and was preparing to go to Chenxi's path. The invitation had been sent, but because Chenxi and Zhu Houzhao had broken up, they did not come to attend the wedding banquet today.

However, Jiao Fang, Liu Yu and others came that day, adding a lot of color to the banquet at his mansion.

After a toast during the meal, several people arrived at the back hall to meet Liu Jin.
To be continued...