After Chen Xi came out of the leopard room, the figure of Gao Ning was always lingering in his mind.

He had a lot of thoughts and was very entangled. He felt that what he planned to do in the future might change due to the emergence of Gao Ning.

When he returned home, he did not go into the room to rest immediately, but came to the study room and sat behind the desk in a quiet daze. Even the injury of Zhu Houzhao was not as important as Gao Ning's request.

"...This woman has always been crazy and never cares about consequences. Now she has not obtained her status or status, so she begs me to cooperate with me. If her status improves in the future or her desire for power is expanded, then I will become her resistance in the court. At that time, she will not discuss with me like today..."

"...But Zhu Houzhao has such a woman around me, which is not completely bad for me. I cooperate with her, which is more similar to mutual benefit. Now what she wants is to be recognized by the court, which is similar to Concubine Hua's attitude. If she can convey Zhu Houzhao's joys, angers, sorrows, and happiness in time, it is equivalent to saying that my control of the emperor will go further, how should I choose..."

Chen Xi frowned and thought, but he could not find the answer.

Just at this moment, a gentle knock on the door came from the door. Chen Xi raised his head, but saw Xie Yuner standing quietly at the door, holding hot tea in her hand and a warm smile on her face.

"Yun'er, why are you here?"

Chen Xi was a little confused about her beautiful wife not sleeping in the middle of the night. After all, midnight is almost over. For ordinary women, they are sleeping soundly at this time and it is impossible to come out to serve tea and water. But looking at Xie Yuner's mental state, it seems to be good, which indicates that she is not very sleepy.

Chen Xi stood up to greet him, and Xie Yuner walked over with resentment: "My husband said he would reunite with his family today, but the food at home was ready but he left in a hurry. Something big must have happened in the court... I was napping in the room for a while, and when I heard that my husband came back, I came out to take a look."

While speaking, Xie Yuner put down the tea and said, "This is the ginseng tea carefully prepared for my husband. My husband works hard for the court every day. I can't bear it in my body and mind, so I can only do something for my husband as much as possible."

Chen Xi smiled and asked Xie Yuner to sit down, but Xie Yuner refused and pouted, saying, "Young Master, just sit down and talk."

Chen Xi sat down first and let Xie Yuner sit on her lap. This way the two looked more intimate. Xie Yuner put her hand on Shen Xi's neck and complained:

"Why did my husband come back to sit alone in the study? He doesn't even close the door. It's still the first month of the year, and it's cold. Isn't my husband afraid of getting infected with the cold? I stood at the door for a long time, but my husband didn't even notice it. Did he encounter something difficult?"

Chen Xi smiled bitterly: "Yun'er, you have been here for a while? Alas, it seems that I am a little absent-minded... I have been working hard these days, and another major event happened in the court today, which made me anxious and a little uneasy."

"Is something wrong with the leopard room?" Xie Yuner asked with a frown.

Chen Xi nodded. Naturally, he would not talk about Gao Ning's affairs. He told Xie Yuner carefully about the incident that Zhu Houzhao had encountered danger twice in a row after the New Year. He believed that his wife would not take the matter of the leopard room and talk nonsense.

Xie Yuner said: "A king is not doing his job properly. As a minister, he should advise more, right? But today's saints seem to have a lot of trust in the slandered ministers around him. I'm afraid the words of his husband to accept advice will not be adopted, right?"

Chen Xidao: "You can even figure out some things. I'll say that I'm just taking self-indulgence... Now that His Majesty has done so many ridiculous things after ascending the throne, the court's government officials do their own affairs. Before, Liu Jin has become history. I don't want Zhang Yuan to try to get involved in power again. The court seems to have no peace."

Xie Yuner looked at Chen Xi with eager eyes, "The more chaos the court is, the more it highlights the importance of my husband! My husband, think about it, this world is so difficult. If there are no loyal ministers and generals like me, how can we ensure the stability of the court and the prosperity of the people? So my husband only needs to stick to his ideas and move forward bravely, and don't care about the opinions of others."

Chen Xi smiled bitterly. In his wife's mind, her husband will always be like a god. He can't even explain the complex relationships in the court to Xie Yuner.

As for the difference between him and Xie Qian or other court officials, he would not say it.

Chen Xidao: "The affairs of the court are so complicated and complicated. Please let me think about it for a while here... Yun'er, if you are sleepy, go and rest early."

Xie Yuner shook her head: "I just woke up and am not sleepy yet. It seems to be a very satisfying thing for me to come to accompany my husband. I don't understand the major affairs of the court, so I dare not comment on anything casually. I can only help my husband take care of the family affairs and not distract him... But I don't know if my husband is in the mood to listen to me telling about the affairs at home?"

Chen Xi looked at Xie Yun'er, and although he was in a complicated mood, he nodded slightly.

Xie Yuner sat in Shen Xi's arms, staring at Chen Xi's side face with affectionate eyes, and said, "These days, I have finally arranged all the rooms of the Shen family, but I have not seen the sixth uncle so far. I have asked my fellow villagers and Fujian students who participated in this year's examination, but I have not received any news from him."

Chen Xi shook his head and sighed: "Since I passed the No. 1 exam, my sixth brother has deliberately avoided me. Now he can't find his whereabouts. Maybe he is deliberately avoiding something... But I believe he will come to participate in this year's exam. This is his chance to obtain fame and prove himself."

Xie Yuner looked at Chen Xi and asked, "The Shen family wanted to meet you with your husband, saying that they wanted to discuss family matters. I wonder if my husband has time to meet them?"

Chen Xi smiled, held Xie Yun'er tighter, put her head on his wife's breasts, and said, "Actually, I don't have much attachment to the Shen family in Ninghua. Let's not talk about the dirty things that happened back then, just say that after the old lady passed away, she agreed to separate the family, and each room had their own lives, and had nothing to do with each other. I don't want them to come and surrender again now."

"For the sake of the same clan, I can solve the place where they live and help them find an errand in the yamen. The rest... will depend on them, because they really can't help."

Xie Yuner nodded slightly: "Actually, I can see that my husband has no feelings for the Shen family, so I might as well live a separate family and I will no longer visit me. If they have anything to tell my mother, let's just live our lives in a closed door. What do you think of me?"

Chen Xi smiled and nodded. Although he was talking to Xie Yuner at this moment, he still unconsciously drifted to the leopard room, thinking of Gao Ning and her crazy ideas.

For some reason, Chen Xi felt a tingling pain in his heart. He didn't know who it was pity or sadness, mixed with many thoughts that he couldn't understand. Finally, when he found out that he was slightly moved by Gao Ning, he felt that there was something wrong with his mentality.

"Does my husband still want to stay in the study to consider things?" Xie Yuner saw that Chen Xi was absent-minded and did not want to bother her, so she asked with eager eyes.

Chen Xi nodded and said, "I haven't considered some things clearly yet. I must clarify my thoughts tonight, otherwise I will not be able to deal with the heavy court affairs tomorrow."

"Then my husband keep busy, I'm going back to rest."

Xie Yun'er was afraid of disturbing Chen Xi to do serious business, especially when she found that Chen Xi was in a low mood and seemed to be in a dilemma, she left obediently.

Chen Xi did not try to keep him. He found that he could not face Xie Yuner in some things, but he still sent his wife out of the study door in person. When he came back, he was surprised to find that there was a little snow floating outside, and his mood became heavier.

"In such an era where imperial power is supreme, I should prepare for myself and leave a way out."

Chen Xi's heart is like a mirror and began to recall the past, "Zhu Houzhao has been in trouble again and again due to bad conditions, drowning, and the house collapsed and buried. He knew that everything would follow the original history, and one day he would kill himself... Now Zhu Houzhao is born. When Zhu Houzhao has no children, Zhu Houzhao can only ascend the throne in the future. Unless I find someone to secretly get rid of Zhu Houzhao, the trend of history will be irresistible."

"Once the emperor and the ministers, even now, with the friendship between teachers and students, I cannot fully control Zhu Houzhao. In the future, after Zhu Houcang ascended the throne, I will be able to survive? Yang Ting and these people are already capable ministers of the world. What should I do after the future Emperor Jiajing ascends the throne?"

"In the eyes of the royal family, Yang Ting and I are always just ministers and servants of the Zhu family, who govern the country and can drive them. Once the opinions are contrary, even ministers like Liu Jian and Li Dongyang with outstanding meritorious deeds can only regret resignation. Can I be an exception?"

"If I hadn't planned it earlier now, in another fourteen years, when Zhu Houzhao died, the court's structure would inevitably change. Even if I was a great success at that time, I would still be tragic."

Chen Xi stood behind the door and thought for a long time before he slowly walked back to the back of the desk. When he sat down, he saw the cup of ginseng tea in front of him. At this time, the ginseng tea was no longer as swelling as the white smoke before. He reached out and picked up the tea cup. The temperature was just right. When he was delivered to his mouth, he suddenly had a plan in his heart. He put the tea cup down again, clenched his fists, and a strange look ejaculation ejaculated in his eyes.

"It's not a question of whether it's right or not. Some things should always be prepared. It's not easy for me to come to this world. Since I have a mind that is hundreds of years ahead of me, I shouldn't limit myself to the shackles of feudal conservatism and lose my future and life to be a loyal minister and good general. I can't do such a thing."

"No one can control my future, even the emperor cannot."

"Who said that the king wants his ministers to die and his ministers have to die? Only the rulers hope to use this fallacy to control the people. People are born equal. Since I pass on the concept of equality to my family and friends around me, I should use this mentality to demand my superiors. Not only Xie Qian, but also the emperor."

"If you are generous to me, then our monarch and ministers will have a beginning and an end; if you are unkind and unrighteous to me, will you still expect me to guard this country for you? The foolish and loyal people in this world are just blinded and misled."

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After struggling for a night, Zhu Houzhao's injury finally stabilized by dawn.

The people in the leopard room were busy all night and were basically exhausted. After the imperial physician consulted and confirmed that Zhu Houzhao was not seriously injured, the people waiting around Zhu Houzhao's bedroom dispersed one after another.

Zhang Yuan was not in a hurry to leave. For him, it was daytime at night, and his daily routine was basically the same as Zhu Houzhao.

After dawn, Zhu Houzhao finally woke up. Zhang Yuan kept guarding the couch. Seeing Zhu Houzhao finally opened his eyes, Zhang Yuan almost burst into tears, and then said excitedly: "Your Majesty, you are probably awake."

Zhu Houzhao wanted to sit up, but her whole body was exhausted and she couldn't even move her fingers. Zhang Yuan was about to come forward to support her, but a pair of fair and delicate slender hands stretched out from the front, but it was Concubine Li who came over just before dawn.

Zhu Houzhao finally stood up under the help of Concubine Li, gritted her teeth and said, "Why does my legs hurt as if they were broken?"

Concubine Li looked sad and said, "Your Majesty was suppressed by the collapsed buildings yesterday and immediately lost consciousness. Then she was rescued from the ruins by the palace servants and rushed to here for treatment. It is already the blessing of the emperor to wake up."

Zhu Houzhao remembered something, and showed a look of pain on her face, and said, "It hurts so much, it hurts so much... I didn't feel anything when I first got up, but it hurts so much now... Zhang Yuan, what happened yesterday?"

Zhang Yuan didn't want to admit that the incident last night was related to him. As the biggest person in charge of the collapse of the palace city, he should have been responsible, but he thought of the key points that Zhu Houzhao cared about when saving people from a North Korean woman before, and cried bitterly: "I don't know what happened... At that time, the old slave saw the restaurant shaking, and in desperation, he tried his best to rush upstairs and rescue His Majesty. Who knew... Woo, the old slave was also crushed under the ruins. It was also the old slave's life, but he had a lame leg..."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Zhang Yuan's right leg. Sure enough, he found that there was a white cloth tied to his legs, blood stains on it, his body was ragged, and his face was covered with wounds. He knew he had just scabbed at a glance.

In comparison, Zhu Houzhao felt that he was not as miserable as Zhang Yuan, and immediately said: "Before the restaurant collapsed, I did remember you shouting. I was curious about what happened... No, I told you to take care of the construction of houses in the palace. Why did it suddenly collapse? Is it caused by cutting corners..."

Zhang Yuan was very flexible and deliberately flattered his mouth and pretended to be wronged: "Your Majesty, I don't know why the old slave collapsed. The huge house collapsed at any time. There must be a reason. Now it is spreading inside and outside the leopard room..." He stopped talking, and he wanted to say something, clearly trying to hint.

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "What are they spreading blindly? Why don't you attract them quickly!"

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's shouting sound, not only Zhang Yuan, but also Concubine Li knew that Zhu Houzhao was indeed not seriously injured, and it was unknown why she fell into a coma for one night.

Zhang Yuan cried and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not talk nonsense about some things. Those are all disrespectful words. I have scolded them, but they still talk nonsense. I turned around and sent someone to arrest the gossiping guy and interrogate them carefully to see who made up such a lies."

Concubine Li squinted her eyes and looked at Zhang Yuan, her eyes as if she was saying, "Don't make up lies, Eunuch Zhang is the one who makes up lies!"

Zhu Houzhao was confused and said, "Let me say, I forgive you for not guilty!"

Then Zhang Yuan talked: "Your Majesty, those people are rumoring that it was because His Majesty had frequently contacted Di Yi and barbarians recently that he angered the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. He used this way to alert His Majesty and let His Majesty wake up..."

Zhu Houzhao grinned at the pain on her body, while thinking about what Zhang Yuan said. After a while, she glared and said, "What's the point? Can't I even touch a barbarian woman? Oh, by the way, what about the beauty of the Western Regions that Qian Ning prepared for me yesterday?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Yuan first, but Zhang Yuan avoided his eyes. When Zhu Houzhao looked at Concubine Li again, Concubine Li's face was full of embarrassment.

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