In the eyes of neighbors, Chen Xi can now sit up with the prefect and have a face-to-face conversation. The discussion must be a major event in the court...

What an amazing thing this is!

No, no, the Shen family must not offend them in the future. If you have a headache and fever in the future, you must go to Lu's pharmacy to see a doctor and buy medicine.

This is no longer a matter of choice, but a matter of principle.

Let’s not talk about whether going to another pharmacy will offend the Shen family. I just get familiar with the Shen family and beg for something in the future.

Chen Xi originally did not intend to meet Bao Kai at home, just to save a lot of red tape, but since Bao Kai took the initiative to meet and as the new top scholar, he had to introduce his relatives to Bao Kai.

Bao Kai smiled and waved his hand: "Speaking of this, when Shen Zhongyun became the top scholar, I had met the elders of the Shen family, so there is no need to introduce them... This is Mrs. Li, who is a wife of the old lady who keeps the rituals and raises her son. Now my grandson is the top scholar in high school. I am a model of my ritual wife in Tingzhou. I have asked the emperor to build a chastity arch for Mrs. Li to commend him."

Li was overjoyed about the government's intention to establish a chastity arch for her. While thanking Bao Kai, he looked around like a demonstration... Look, even the prefect praised me for being honest and having a good family. The Shen family must be the leader.

Who would have thought that Bao Kai immediately looked at Zhou again and said, "Shen Zhou can teach me that the only top scholar who won three yuan in a row since the Ming Dynasty established itself, and he has made great contributions."

Zhou smiled and kept saying "I dare not" in his mouth. Most people, including the Shen family, looked envious and jealous. Only Wang curled his lips and looked at his husband and son. Seeing that the two of them were swallowing their saliva, they couldn't help but feel discouraged. People were indeed more angry!

The old lady Li felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this. She thought to herself, this prefect is a double-faced person, and my grandson is the top scholar. What do you think, is it because I, my grandmother, have made great contributions or is his mother making more contributions?

Li dared to nag in her heart. She couldn't ask such words. Even if she had to question, she had to wait until Chen Xi's official position was even older than the prefect of Tingzhou.

Chen Xi whispered to Bao Kai that there was something important to discuss. Bao Kai felt that the Shen family was too noisy. He answered happily and left together to go to the official post to talk.

Chen Xi sat on the official sedan chair prepared by the prefect's yamen and went to the official post next to the Tingzhou Prefecture Office with Bao Kai. The Lifang Dian official who arrived in advance had already sent someone to prepare.

Chen Xi entered the hall and after a complicated set of official etiquette, he was divided into guests and guests and took their seats. The officials who worked in the government office brought the tea.

Chen Xi introduced his situation and then made a request, saying that he wanted Bao Kai to replace him and "take care of" the envoy of Folangji for half a month.

Chen Xi will go back to Ninghua to worship his ancestors within half a month and has no time to stay in the capital city to take care of Almeida and others.

"Why didn't Shen Zhongyun send people to send envoys to the capital?"

Bao Kai obviously did not know that the Folang Ji people were raging along the coast and fired artillery to attack Shitong Port at night. He only heard that the Folang Ji envoy came ashore in Quanzhou at the end of last year and was preparing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. After seeing Chenxi, he realized that something was wrong. Several Folang Ji people did not look like envoys, but more like prisoners.

Chen Xi sighed lightly: "Folangji people are sinister and slaughtered the people of the Ming Dynasty on the ground of Quanzhou. They even waited for an opportunity to burn, kill, and robbed outside Quanzhou Prefecture. Fortunately, I stopped them!"

"this……"

Bao Kai stood up suddenly. He had already felt that what Chen Xi gave him was a thorny thorn.

Chenxidao: "Prince Bao doesn't have to worry too much. Most of the warships of the Folang Jiren have been wiped out by me. The rest will also go to Malacca to raise compensation. At present, there will be no Folang Jiren coming to western Fujian to rob people, but they have to beware of their escape and some people who are ill-behaved want to make trouble with them."

Bao Kai breathed a little relieved when he heard this.

He heard that Folang Ji people were so cruel. If he had driven straight into Tingzhou Prefecture with a firearm to cause trouble in order to save his accomplices, he would not be able to bear the responsibility.

Now it is just the courtesy of the guests to treat Almeida and others. It will not be difficult to take care of the people and not let them run away.

However, Bao Kai still insisted that people could not be sent to the prefect's office and had to stay in the inn, claiming that this was the rule for foreign envoys to pay tribute.

Of course, doing this will still cause trouble for the Tingzhou Government Office. After all, the Tingzhou Inn has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is unrealistic to try to block all the defensive loopholes. Therefore, Bao Kai discussed with Chen Xi and handed over all security matters to Chen Xi for planning, and he was only responsible for dispatching personnel.

Chen Xi knew what Bao Kai meant, and he was shirking his responsibilities. Even if an envoy escaped, he had to bear the responsibility himself.

But even though that is the case, Chen Xi returned to his hometown to visit relatives. When others arrived in Ninghua, the envoy of Folangji disappeared in the palace. Bao Kai had to bear certain responsibilities no matter how he went.

With Bao Kai's help, the matter of settling down the envoy of Folangji went very smoothly. Chen Xi originally planned to stay in the inn for one night, but depending on the situation, he could go home to rest that day.

At this time, it was already dark. After the negotiations, Chen Xi and Bao Kai went to see the envoys of Folangji. Before they could enter the council that specially arranged to receive the vassal envoys in the official post, they heard a noise coming from inside. For some reason, Almeida shouted loudly to Zhang Laowu and others who were guarding them.

Zhang Laowu naturally was not willing to be outdone and cursed him with a slight rant... It would be fine if others were just defeated, so why are you acting out?

Almeida and Zhang Laowu scolded each other, but they couldn't understand each other. They were just talking to each other, and they were both very excited.

"What are you talking about?"

Chen Xi looked at the Manraga translator with a cold sweat on his face, but the two Manraga translators were speechlessly, as if Almeida had said something ugly, or perhaps even they themselves could not understand the slang of the slangjiren's slang and could not translate it.

Zhang Laowu came over and reported to Chen Xi: "Sir, this guy is not satisfied with the food. I told them that this is the best meal in the Ming Dynasty, but they don't believe it. These guys actually stared at me and got angry with me. Damn... I don't even look at what this place? How can you let the barbarians go wild?"

Chen Xi found that Zhang Laowu was as respectful as his grandson in front of him, but when he went outside, he was a tyrant yamen leader who bullied the market. He regarded himself as a hero who defeated them in front of Folang Jiren, and was arrogant and the complexity of human nature was evident.

"What they want to eat is to give them the right way, as long as they don't cause trouble, all the expenses will be borne by the imperial envoy." Chen Xidao, "In the next days, I will go back to my hometown to worship my ancestors. You must stay in the palace, but you must keep the supervision tightly. You must neither let them escape nor let them suffer any damage. After all, they must be escorted to the capital to see the emperor. If there is a chaos, it will be a serious crime."

Chenxi is not afraid of Franji people provoking trouble. In this western Fujian area, people are not familiar with the place and cannot speak the language. Where can they escape? They are afraid that Zhang Laowu and others will wait for an opportunity to seek revenge. Franji people commit crimes in our country and brutally kill the people of the Ming Dynasty. This is a national hatred and family hatred. Once the situation is infuriated, it is difficult to control.

However, no matter how much hatred is, it is not as important as the favor of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty! Chen Xi could probably guess that even if he sent Almeida and others to the capital, Emperor Hongzhi would not kill them to avenge the dead people of Ming Dynasty, and would most likely release them after collecting the tribute.

The Ming Dynasty always remembered and did not hold grudges against foreign countries.

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When Chen Xi returned home, it was already the second day of the day, and the banquet of the Shen family was still continuing, but Hui Niang, one of the hosts of the banquet, did not set foot in the Shen family.

She always treated herself as an outsider. Even after Shen Xi came back, she did not take the initiative to approach. In front of everyone, the two of them did not say hello in front of each other.

Hui Niang and Chen Xi are not related or not. From a reasonable point of view, she is just Chen Xi’s mother’s employer and has no blood relationship with Chen Xi. Moreover, she is also a widow. As an ominous person, she seems to be more likely to keep a distance from Chen Xi.

Because the Shen family lives next to the Lu family, the Shen family is very lively, and the maids have gone to help. She doesn't want to watch the fun in secluded at home, so she takes her daughter to the pharmacy overnight.

I haven't lived in the medicine shop for a long time, so I brought my daughter here, so I can just settle the score and teach my daughter some girls.

If my daughter is twelve years old, she will start looking for her husband’s family in two years. It is time for a mother to prepare a wedding dress for her daughter and teach her to take care of her husband and children.

"Mom, why didn't Brother Chen Xi play with me after he came back?" Hui Niang could handle it safely, but Lu Xier was not that easy to understand.

The little girl felt very depressed.

She dreamed that Chen Xi would come back. Today, Chen Xi was really back, but Hui Niang didn't allow her to leave the house. She didn't even see Chen Xi's face. When she followed Hui Niang from the back door to the medicine shop, she could only see the bustling crowd at the entrance of the alley.

Hui Niang sat in front of the candlestick to settle the score, looked at her daughter, feeling a little distressed.

How could mothers not notice her daughter’s attachment to Chen Xi?

Hui Niang had already thought of marrying her daughter to Chen Xi, but she didn't want to let her be a concubine. After all, the huge family property she had accumulated will be left to Lu Xier in the future. She is actually just her daughter's guardian and the supervisor of the Lu family's property.

But now Lu Xier is still a child at all, so how can he know how to do business? It is an unattainable luxury for Hui Niang to expect Lu Xier to be as independent and responsible as Xie Yuner.

Now even if she has the will to let her daughter be a concubine for Chen Xi, the Shen family may not be willing to.

The daughter born in an unknown person has no father's discipline since she was a child, and she is a big-foot girl. She is not good at being popular and has learned a lot of literature. Such restless women are usually difficult to marry... Besides, now, Lin Dai, the child bride that Zhou has worked hard to cultivate, is not even able to fight for her daughter?

"You can't call Brother Chen Xi anymore. He is the top scholar and the high-ranking official of the court. When you see him in the future, you will call him Master." Hui Niang corrected her with a sense of sadness in her heart.

Lu Xier pouted and said, "My mother said, I am already an adult now?"

Hui Niang touched her daughter's head lovingly and said, "Xiao Ya, you are an adult, you should be more sensible. Your brother Chen Xi is not going to play with you this time. He wants to help the court and do things that we ordinary people cannot understand, and he will leave soon..."

Lu Xier was a little anxious: "Brother Chen Xi is leaving again? He... Why can't he stay for a few more days? I have a lot of things to say to him... Woo woo, mother, go and tell Brother Chen Xi, okay? "

Hui Niang could only sigh.

"After he leaves, you may never see him again, and you may never see him in your life. In another two or three years, you will... get married and have your own family. Now he has married you Aunt Xie... The Xie family sister, his official position will grow bigger and bigger, and maybe you will never return to Tingzhou again, and you will gradually forget him."

Lu Xier cried and said, "Mom, where is Sister Daier? Isn't she the little wife of Brother Chen Xi?"

Hui Niang shook her head helplessly: "Your sister Dai'er is also a miserable person. Even if she enters the Shen family in the future, she will only be a concubine... She will be humble for the rest of her life."

Lu Xier said without thinking: "I want to marry Brother Chen Xi as a concubine..."

A sentence made Hui Niang stunned. She immediately realized that her daughter's idea was wrong. Even if she was attached to her childhood sweetheart playmates, she was just a child playing house. When she really grew up, she would understand how sad it was to be a concubine in this era.

But now my daughter's mind about feelings is obviously beyond her controllable range.

"No, you can't be a concubine!" Hui Niang gritted her teeth, "You want to be the right wife, and you want to marry a real dragon among people, alas!"

Speaking of this, even Hui Niang herself couldn't continue.

She was happy. She had a husband who supported her and left her a daughter. After that, there were Zhou's mother and son, Xie Yuner and her maids who gave her the feeling of family.

But my daughter may not have such good luck in the future. Where can she find a husband as good as Chen Xi and make her forget Chen Xi?

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ps: Chapter 5 is delivered!
Chapter completed!