Zhu Houxi, who was thinking about how to deal with the civilian clique, was interrupted by a sudden sentence.

Zhu Houxi looked up and saw a palace maid about eighteen years old standing in front of the gate of the East Palace.

Zhu Houxi had never seen this palace maid, so he asked suspiciously: "Which lady wants to invite this son?" ”

The palace maid showed a faint smile on her face and replied, "Naturally, it is the queen's mother, and I want to ask Her Royal Highness to talk about it." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Houxi naturally knew what the queen was looking for him, and it must have been for him to take Zhengde to live in the leopard room, and came to ask him why he did this.

"Where is my sister-in-law now?"

"Niangniang is waiting for the prince in the East Palace right now."

After letting the palace maid lead the way, Zhu Houyu continued to think about the previous question, who was controlling the civil official group, but what Zhu Houyu could be sure of was that this person must not be Yang Tinghe.

If Yang Tinghe had such ability, then Yang Tinghe in the history books would not have chosen Zhu Houxi, the son of Xingshi, to inherit the unification with Empress Dowager Zhang, and after Jiajing ascended the throne, he resigned in anger because of the dispute over the great gifts.

Walking into history in person, Zhu Houxi suddenly felt that Yang Tinghe's death might be a kind of revenge, Yang Tinghe resigned and retired due to the dispute over the great gifts, Jiajing was cut to the people for seven years, and died in Xindu the following year, and there are few reasons for Yang Tinghe's death in history.

This made Zhu Houxi feel that the Jiajing Emperor in history may know some secrets, so there will be the result that Yang Ting and Jiajing were deposed in seven years and died mysteriously the next year.

"Niangniang, the son of the world has arrived."

In the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Houxi looked at Queen Xia, who had an anxious face, and said with a light smile: "Sister-in-law." ”

Empress Xia obviously felt the alienation in Zhu Houxi's tone, and she tried to maintain her composure and said, "Brother Huang, I've been estranged from my sister-in-law recently, I don't know why?" ”

Zhu Houyu was waiting for Queen Xia to mention this matter, but now Queen Xia finally opened her mouth to ask, how could Zhu Houyu hide it, and immediately said like a wronged child: "Sister-in-law, do you know, the brother's love horse, the jade lion that the eldest brother gave to the younger brother, was snatched away by Qingyangbo, and the younger brother didn't want his sister-in-law to be embarrassed, so he deliberately avoided it." ”

Hearing Zhu Houxi's words, Queen Xia almost fainted, that day, his second brother also came to visit her in the palace, and mentioned to her that he had recently got a good horse, called the Jade Lion of the Night, the seller didn't know the value of this horse at all, and he took advantage of it in vain.

Empress Xia never dreamed that this horse was actually from Zhu Houxi, and it was not a business at all, but was forcibly seized by his brother, and the bullied seller was Zhu Houxi, the most favored son of the Ming Emperor.

Queen Xia's smile was slightly embarrassed, she had been complaining about Zhu Houxi for taking Zhengde to the leopard room for the past few days, but she didn't expect the reason to be her brother, and immediately said: "Don't be wronged by the imperial brother, sister-in-law will send someone to reprimand Qingyang Bo to be angry for the imperial brother." ”

Zhu Houxi pretended to be panicked and said: "Don't don't, sister-in-law, don't be like this, then Uncle Qingyang is the uncle of the dynasty, if the sister-in-law is like this, it will definitely make Uncle Qingyang hate the emperor's brother, and the emperor's brother should be worried again." ”

Seeing Zhu Houxi's frightened appearance, Queen Xia couldn't wait to scold her brother for being a bloody dog, and it was not good to offend anyone, but she wanted to offend him Zhu Houxi.

"Okay, leave this matter to my sister-in-law, you can wait with peace of mind."

Empress Xia, who appeased Zhu Houxi, left the Wenhua Hall with the palace maid.

An hour later, Zhang Yong, who was in charge of serving Zhu Houxi, walked in.

"Shizi, Qingyang Bo asks to see you."

Zhu Houxi put down the book in his hand and said, "Let him come in." ”

Qingyang Bo Xiachen walked into the Wenhua Hall under the guidance of the eunuch, and when he saw Zhu Houxi again, he was not to mention how surprised he was, he could never have imagined that the identity of the person who was robbed of the horse by him was so noble.

"Qingyang Bo Xiachen, I have seen the son."

"Why don't you give Lord Xia a seat, you really don't understand the rules."

Someone immediately brought a chair to Xia Chen, and Xia Chen was not polite, so he sat on it directly, and then said to Zhu Houxi: "Shizi, a few days ago, Xia didn't know the identity of Shizi, and he wanted Shizi Haihan to be offended." ”

Zhu Houxi, who originally had the intention of reconciliation, immediately felt uncomfortable after hearing Xia Chen's words, what does this mean, Zhu Houyu can't be bullied if he has an identity, if he changes to a Ming common man who has no money and no power, he will consider himself unlucky.

Zhu Houxi once again gave a chance to ask: "If this prince is not the son of Xingshi, will Lord Xia not plan to return the jade lion of Zhaoye?" ”

Who knew that Xia Chen said with a nonchalant face: "The prince is also a relative of the emperor, why bother pretending to be confused, if the prince is not the son of Xing, then you don't even have the qualifications to talk to me, how can you return it?" ”

Rampant, publicize this is Xia Chen's feeling to Zhu Houxi, Zhu Houyu really didn't expect that the royal family of Daming is still walking on thin ice, working hard for the people of Daming, these relatives who eat and drink the people of Daming, actually don't take the people of Daming seriously.

Zhu Houxi sneered: "In this way, this son will not keep you much, you will return the night jade lion of this son and leave." ”

Qingyang Bo Xiachen didn't hear Zhu Houxi's meaning at all, and he was complacent and got Zhu Houxi's forgiveness.

"Then Xia, thank you for not being guilty of the past."

Xia Chen obviously had no intention of leaving after thanking him, but listened to him continue: "Shizi, the queen mother is the mother of the main palace, sometimes you can get the care of the mother, you should feel honored, don't always be like a child, don't know how to be grateful." ”

Zhu Houxi, who didn't have a good impression of Xia Chen, became even more angry in his heart after listening to Xia Chen's preaching, and immediately couldn't help shouting: "Zhang Banban, send off guests." ”

After speaking, he got up and walked towards the inner hall, not caring about Qingyang Bo Xiachen who was stunned in place.

Xia Chen didn't expect Zhu Houxi's reaction to be so big, he just wanted Zhu Houyi to be closer to his sister, and when he had a nephew in the future, he would say a few good things about his Xingshizi, but he didn't expect this Xingshizi to be so ignorant that he didn't take him in his eyes at all, and he was also dissatisfied with Zhu Houyi in his heart at the moment.

"Uncle Qingyang, please."

Zhang Yong's voice sounded in Qingyang Bo's ears, making Qingyang Bo Xia Chen, who was dissatisfied in his heart, angry and leaving, and completely disrupted Queen Xia's plan to curry favor with Zhu Houxi.

Zhu Houxi in the dormitory was so angry that his body trembled slightly, he really didn't expect that Daming's relatives had become like this, and it was no wonder that Qingyang Bo and his family ended up being dismissed and cut off.

Zhu Houxi felt that such a relative must not be kept, if such a scourge was kept forever, it would be irresponsible to the people of the Ming Dynasty, but it was an eventful time now, and the affairs of his relatives could only be put back, and he still had more important things to do.