There is a living room on the west side of Wenhua Hall, which is where Emperor Chongzhen waited before meeting the ministers. Zhou Xian sat in the seat with a smile on his face and looked at Gao Qiqian opposite him with a resentful face. The latter stared at Zhou Xian blankly. The long paper armor kept slashing the white jade cup on the table, making a slightly harsh sound.

Ma Shaoyu, the head of the Ministry of War, who was sitting next to him, looked awkward. He looked at Gao Qiqian, then turned to look at Zhou Xian, and said nothing. He was originally a minor official of the Ministry of War, and was recommended by Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, as the head of the Ministry of War, and went to Liaodong to follow Hong Chengchou to plan military affairs. In the previous battle, he and Zhang Ruoqi urged Chen Xinjia to fight with the Qing army, which eventually led to Song Jin's defeat and Hong Chengchou was trapped in the lonely city of Songshan.

However, he was lucky than Zhang Ruoqi. When he broke through, he was in the front of the Ming army and finally retreated safely to Ningyuan City. This time he came to the capital, he thought he could not escape the blame. But unexpectedly, in order to shirk responsibility, Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, asked him to blame all the blame on Hong Chengchou's command mistakes. In the end, Emperor Chongzhen just asked him a few casually and did not accuse him too much.

When he came today, he was nervous, not knowing whether this time was a blessing or a disaster. He originally thought that Gao Qiqian was an eunuch and should have known some inside story, so he asked him. But he didn't expect that after Gao Qiqian arrived, he saw Zhou Xian also present, and his originally smiling face instantly turned into a frost on his face, as if suppressing the endless anger in his heart. However, Zhou Xian was always smiling, which made Gao Qiqian's anger even more. Seeing this, he didn't dare to speak.

The last person sitting in the hall next to Zhou Xian was Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong. He had been in the capital for nearly a month and had completely lost weight. At this moment, he sat there in a daze, his face looking ugly, motionless like an ice-sculpted statue, as if he was thinking about something.

Wang Chengen walked in from the outside, smiling, and said to Qiu Minyang and Ma Shao happily: "Governor Qiu, Chief Ma, please ask for it first! Your Majesty wants to see you first."

The two of them quickly stood up, bowed to Wang Chengen, and prepared to follow him out.

Gao Qiqian suddenly stood up and said to Wang Chengen: "Eunuch Wang, is the emperor okay? When will he meet me?"

Wang Chengen turned around and said to the little eunuch beside him. The latter nodded gently and led Qiu Minyang and Ma Shaoyu to Wenhua Palace. He himself walked to Gao Qiqian, leaned over and said in a low voice to Gao Qiqian for a long time. Gao Qiqian nodded from time to time, and finally clasped his fists to Wang Chengen, saying, "We have thanked Mr. Wang, and we will thank you again in the future."

Wang Chengen smiled and patted Gao Qiqian's hand, saying, "It's all our own people, Eunuch Gao, don't be polite." After that, he seemed to see Zhou Xian at this time, and turned around and smiled, "Master Zhou, you are here too! His Royal Highness of the Crown Prince asked us about you before! It took a long time for His Royal Highness of the House to receive the two adults. Why don't you go and see His Royal Highness of the Crown Prince first?"

Zhou Xian bowed and said, "What the prince said is that I should indeed go to see His Highness the Crown Prince, and I would like to ask you to lead the way."

Wang Chengen smiled and said, "This is easy to say, please."

Zhou Xian walked out of the hall and bowed to Wang Chengen and thanked him: "Thank you, Eunuch Wang."

Wang Chengen smiled and said, "What's the point of thanking me? This is in the palace. Even if Eunuch Gao is dissatisfied with you, he will not dare to treat you here? Our family is just a favor to avoid anything happening to you. By the way, we have received the little filial piety that Wang Qianhu sent. Thank you."

Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "Eunuch Wang can take a look at him. I hope you can deal with him in front of you in the future."

Wang Chengen waved his hand and said, "Master Zhou, your identity is different now. When the result of the Songjin War came, the emperor was depressed and had not yet entered the whole day. But later, news came that you had defeated more than 10,000 pirates in Dengzhou and even transported countless supplies to Songshan. The emperor was even more happy. He felt that the situation might not be completely unsolvable. He said that the officials were useless and that he was the Huo Piqi of the Ming Dynasty. That joy was not seen in our family for many years."

"Your Majesty is absurd."

"I will know if it is a misunderstanding or not." Wang Chengen looked at Zhou Xian with a smile, and then said, "Mr. Hong praised you very much in his letter, and Secretary Chen also proposed to entrust you with important tasks. This time, Your Majesty transferred you to the capital, and it will definitely be of great importance. In the future, the prefect Zhou will become a success, but don't forget our family."

Zhou Xian was slightly stunned and couldn't figure out the links. To say that Hong Chengchou recommended him, it was just like that, he needed to help Songshan with all his strength. And why was Chen Xinjia? He seemed to have no too much contact with him. Could it be that his father Zhou Tianhong had a relationship, but why didn't he mention it to him before?

Zhou Xian thought for a long time, but still couldn't fully understand it. Later, when he saw the crown prince Zhu Cixuan, both of them were very happy. But before long, Emperor Chongzhen sent someone to ask Zhou Xian to go to Wenhua Hall immediately. Zhou Xian followed a small eunuch towards Wenhua Hall. When he just turned the door, he saw a person standing under the shade of a tree in front of him. The crimson official clothes were embroidered with a brocade pheasant's patch, which was obvious, which was the dress of a second-rank civil servant in the court.

The little eunuch bowed and bowed to the man, and the man handed the little eunuch a silver note, which was quite large. The latter bowed and bowed again, and then left quickly.

The man looked Zhou Xian carefully and smiled faintly: "It's really a hero, you're pretty good. By the way, I'm Chen Xinjia."

Zhou Xian's face changed slightly, and he quickly bowed and said, "I'm going to pay homage to Shangshu Chen."

Chen Xinjia waved his hand gently, as if he was trapped in memories, and said lightly: "In the past, I served for many years and experienced everywhere before I was promoted to the governor of Xuanfu. Originally, I had no chance to enter the center of the court. Fortunately, Yang Gemen recommended that Your Majesty promoted me to the Right Minister of War and the Governor Xuan Da. Since then, Your Majesty has only noticed me. A year later, I was promoted to the Minister of War and successfully entered the cabinet. I have always been grateful for this kind of kindness. When he left, the Prime Minister of the Pavilion, he wrote me a letter saying that you were his valued disciple. Ask me to help transfer you to the outside office, you have served as the prefect of Laizhou since then."
Chapter completed!