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Chapter 1333 The first hug, Zhou Chen's warning

"Your Highness, Miss Yi has been hiding in the side hall crying since she arrived."

Because of Liu Yuan's matter, Zhou Chen went to meet with Liu Hui to discuss. As soon as he returned to the palace where he lived, Xie Chong hurried over to report.
Zhou Chen said seriously, "I understand. I'll go see her now."

The news of the death of former Grand Tutor Yi Guang has spread. He knows that Yi Shiyi is sad because of Yi Guang's passing, and also sad because she has escaped from the sea of ​​suffering while her brother Yi Feng is trapped in it. However, she is powerless to do anything, so she is even more heartbroken.

When I saw Shi Yi, she was curled up in the corner, sobbing non-stop, her face full of tear marks. She completely disregarded her image and sat on the ground with her hands on her knees.

Zhou Chen walked to her side, slowly squatted down, and without saying a word, he just stretched out his hand, gently turned her body, and held her in his arms with pity.

"It's okay, I'm here."

This one sentence made Shiyi cry even louder, and she hugged Zhou Chen tightly with her hands.

"Master, I want to go back to Xizhou, I want to go back to Xizhou, I want to go back to Xizhou."

She said three times in a row that she wanted to go back to Xizhou. You can imagine how sad she felt. She still liked Xizhou more than Zhongzhou.

Although she often waited alone in Xizhou, it was a wait full of hope, and she also had a master and senior brothers and sisters who loved and cared for her.

In Xizhou, besides loneliness and waiting, she also felt happiness and freedom.

But here, she was not free to do whatever she wanted. Even if she wanted to cry, she could only hide in her master's palace.

She was an emotional girl. When she saw the difficulties and tragedy her brother Lifeng had to go through, she felt the same way and was extremely sad.

Zhou Chen hugged her and comforted her softly, "Okay, as long as you want, I can take you back to Xizhou, Xizhou, Nanchen Palace at any time. That is also your home, our home."

The two of them hugged each other like this, Zhou Chen had no intention of letting go, and Li Shiyi didn't let go either. She kept hugging Zhou Chen tightly, as if she wouldn't be sad only in Zhou Chen's arms.

After an unknown amount of time, footsteps were heard. Xie Chong walked in and saw the two people hugging each other, and his face changed slightly.

"Your Highness, Miss Sanniang is here."

Zhou Chen and Xi Shiyi then slowly let go of each other. There were still traces of tears on Xi Shiyi's face, and she looked at Zhou Chen pitifully.

"Master, I don't want to go back."

"Okay, I'll go out and talk."

Zhou Chen took her aside and sat her down, then took Xie Chong out of the palace.

When I walked out of the hall, I saw Sanniang Yu standing there. Next to her was a woman who looked younger than her. She was the fourth lady of the Yu family.

"Your Highness."

"Third lady."

Sanniang asked directly, "Your Highness, Shi Yi can be here."

Zhou Chen replied: "Yes, but it is not appropriate to meet at this time. Give me a few days to persuade her."

Before Sanniang Xi opened her mouth, Siniang Xiwenji said in a dissatisfied tone: "Although His Highness is Shiyi's master, he is still a stranger. You should hand her over to us."

Zhou Chen looked at her: "This should be the fourth lady of the Yu family."

Wen Ji replied expressionlessly: "Yes, it's me."

Zhou Chen nodded and said, "Although Shi Yi is the daughter of the Yi family, she is also a member of my Nanchen Palace and my disciple. She has lived in the Nanchen Palace for several years. During this time, everything she has heard, seen, and learned came from the palace. Therefore, I know her better than you. For her own good, it will be better for her to stay here now."

Wen Ji was about to refute again, but San Niang said first: "My brother just passed away, and Si Niang and I are still busy with the internal and external affairs of the mansion. We have no time to discuss with Shi Yi in detail. Back then..."

She wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything in the end. She just said, "Your Highness, please explain to Shi Yi. Thank you very much."

After saying this, Sanniang and Siniang turned and left.

After they left, Xie Chong asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, isn't this Si Niang following..."

"Yes, I was engaged to my uncle."

Zhou Chen naturally knew about the entanglement between Si Niang and the former King of Nanchen. In fact, it was hard to say who was right or wrong. It could only be said that it was fate.

After returning to the hall, Shiyi was still sitting there anxiously. When he saw Zhou Chen coming back, he immediately looked over.

"I have already told your mother that you will stay here for the next few days. They need to take care of the affairs of the Yi family."

"Thank you, Master."

"You don't need to thank me for our relationship."

"Ah."

Shi Yi finally smiled, which comforted Zhou Chen a lot.

Xie Chong suddenly walked in and reported that Gao Huaiyang wanted to see him. This made Xi Shiyi, who had just laughed, stop smiling and look at Zhou Chen nervously.

"My relationship with her is not what the world thinks. If you are worried, just listen behind the curtain."

After comforting Xi Shiyi, Zhou Chen went outside to meet Gao Huaiyang.

Gao Huaiyang's purpose of coming to find Zhou Chen was naturally for survival. The reason why she was released by Qi Zhenzhen was because of Zhou Chen. Qi Zhenzhen and Zhou Chen had a relationship in the past, and Qi Zhenzhen wanted to make her Zhou Chen's bedside companion and use her to monitor Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen also knew that Gao Huaiyang had a tragic fate, so he refused to marry her, just like Zhou Shengchen in the plot, and made it clear that he would not bring her back to the palace.

"I will not marry you. In my palace, only the Eleventh Courtyard has maids. Other than that, I do not need maids. So I will not take you back to the palace, but I can send you to my sworn brother, the King of Ping Qin..."

Gao Huaiyang, who just wanted to survive, was disappointed that she could not become Zhou Chen's woman, but when she heard that Zhou Chen was willing to help her, she naturally agreed to Zhou Chen's proposal and was willing to go to Pingqin County.

Before leaving, Gao Huaiyang met with Xi Shiyi and apologized to her in person, because Xi Shiyi's father was killed by Gao family. Although it had nothing to do with her, she was born in Gao family after all, and now she was the only one left in Gao family, so she wanted to apologize to Xi Shiyi.

What Shiyi regretted most before was the disappearance of her father, but she did not have any resentment towards Gao Huaiyang, the daughter of the Gao family, let alone forgiveness.

Jin Shiyi's emotions fluctuated greatly today, and Zhou Chen stayed with her the whole time. Jin Shiyi was able to sleep peacefully because of Zhou Chen's company.

At the first morning court session after the palace coup, Liu Hui could be said to be the first time to be in charge. He showed the demeanor of an emperor, met with Xiao Yan, named Xiao Yan the King of Fengyang, and wanted to keep Xiao Yan in Zhongzhou.

However, he was rejected by Xiao Yan, who said that he would rather follow the Nanchen King's Army. Although Liu Hui felt a little uncomfortable, he still agreed with a smile.

However, Liu Hui made a request, hoping that Zhou Chen could keep the military advisor Xie Chong to teach and assist him.

Zhou Chen, who already knew this would happen, was not surprised, but Xie Chong was shocked. Although he was considered a royalist, he had long lost the idea of ​​assisting the emperor. He only wanted to stay in the Nanchen King's Army for the rest of his life. If he could be buried in Xizhou in the end, he felt that would be the best ending.

So he was shocked by Liu Hui's request.

After the morning court session ended, Xie Chong went to find Zhou Chen.

"Your Highness."

Zhou Chen nodded silently and asked, "Has the military advisor made a decision?"

"Yes, His Majesty is still very young. He may need an old minister more than Your Highness."

Xie Chong did intend to assist Liu Hui, but he also felt that if he stayed in Zhongzhou, he might be able to help Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen certainly understood his thoughts and said in a deep voice: "Military Advisor, it has been more than ten years since you and I left Zhongzhou. I know what kind of person you are. I know why you want to stay, but I still want to say that you don't have to stay."

Xie Chong didn't say anything. Since he had already decided to stay, he naturally wouldn't hesitate any longer.

Seeing that Xie Chong didn't say anything, Zhou Chen understood what he meant. He didn't want Xie Chong to stay, but he just didn't want him to have the same ending as in the plot.

But Xie Chong was not his subordinate after all, and he could not decide whether to stay or go on his own. He needed to respect Xie Chong, even if he knew the result might not be good.

Some things are just like that. Even if you know what will happen in the future, you can't change it just because you say so.

"Okay, since you've decided to stay, I'll promise you."

Although he had promised Xie Chong, Zhou Chen went to find Xie Chen alone in the middle of the night, the young man who was extremely good at fortune-telling.

"Your Highness, you came to me to ask me to tell your adoptive father's fortune?"

"Yes."

"Your Highness, don't you always believe in fortune-telling? Is it because your foster father is very important to you that you do this?"

"I guess so. Actually, I have a feeling that if the military advisor stays, there will probably be bad results. But I still want you to do the math. Maybe there will be different results."

Xie Chen remained silent, quietly picked up the tortoise shell copper coin, and began to calculate with the Liu Yao Gua.

However, after learning the hexagram, he did not speak for a long time. Even though he did not speak, Zhou Chen understood what he meant.

“I have always believed that man can conquer nature.”

Xie Chong said silently: "Your Highness is right. The hexagram is just a hexagram and is not necessarily accurate."

Zhou Chen smiled and patted his shoulder, saying softly, "Try to do less fortune-telling in the future. I heard that people who leak the secrets of heaven will be punished. Rather than letting you tell fortunes, I would rather see you live a healthy life."

Feeling the concern in Zhou Chen's words, although Xie Chen showed no expression on his face, he was very moved in his heart. He was able to survive because of Zhou Chen. He had deep feelings for his adoptive father Xie Chong, but he had never lacked gratitude towards Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen determined the time to leave Zhongzhou, which was three days later.

Before leaving, Zhou Chen specially accompanied Xi Shiyi for a tour in Zhongzhou City, then went to Xi Mansion to pay tribute to Xi Guang, and told Xi Si Niang about the reason why the former King of Nanchen broke off the engagement.

The night before leaving, Zhou Chen found Xie Chong.

"Military Advisor, we will leave Zhongzhou tomorrow, but I am still worried about you, so I made some arrangements. I will let Zhou Quan stay to help you, and leave a team of elite soldiers behind."

In the plot, the person Zhou Shengchen left behind was Qin Yan, but Qin Yan was schemed against by Queen Mother Qi Zhenzhen, and finally betrayed military advisor Xie Chong, causing Xie Chong's tragic death.

Knowing the outcome of the plot, Zhou Chen naturally could not stay any longer. Instead, he chose another general. Although he was not as capable as Qin Yan, he was an orphan adopted by the Nanchen Royal Army and was loyal to the Nanchen Palace.

Xie Chong showed gratitude on his face: "Your Highness, I am very grateful for your kindness, but Your Highness really doesn't need to worry about me. Your Majesty is kind-hearted and will not harm me."

Zhou Chen said: "I'm not worried about him, I'm worried about the Queen Mother."

"Empress Dowager?" Xie Chong's eyes narrowed, obviously not expecting Zhou Chen to mention the Empress Dowager.

Zhou Chen said in a deep voice: "The Queen Mother is a person without virtue or talent, but she is ambitious. Your Majesty is kind and I am worried that he will be deceived by the Queen Mother. Military Advisor, there are only you and me here, I will tell you the truth, in fact, the best option is to imprison the Queen Mother, or even get rid of her, otherwise she will cause chaos sooner or later."

"Your Highness, are you a little too worried?"

Although Xie Chong also felt that the Queen Mother was a person of no talent and no virtue, now that His Majesty was able to rule the country himself, he felt that the Queen Mother would not be able to dominate the government.

Zhou Chen said, "Military Advisor, I know the Queen Mother better than you do, so I left Zhou Quan to you. If the situation becomes desperate, for the sake of Northern Chen, you'd better convince His Majesty to get rid of the Queen Mother."

Xie Chong looked horrified, hesitated for a moment, and nodded heavily.

It was finally time to leave, and outside Zhongzhou City, a group of people came to see us off.

Zhou Chen said goodbye to Xie Chong, Li Feng and others respectively, and finally looked at Li Shiyi.

Shi Yi looked reluctant and said softly, "Master, I will return to Xizhou after my mourning period is over."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you to return in Xizhou."

In fact, Zhou Chen had already said the farewell words when he and Shiyi were traveling together in Zhongzhou City that day. With so many people present today, he naturally would not say more.

Zhou Chen, Hong Xiaoyu, Zhou Tianxing and others mounted their horses and left. When they were leaving, suddenly a group of people came to the city gate and made way for their team.

Zhou Chen looked over and saw that the leader was a middle-aged man who was dressed somewhat like an alien. He found that the other party was also staring at him.

"King of Taiyuan, Jin Rong?"

When Zhou Chen saw this person, he guessed his identity. In the plot, it was this Jin Rong who joined forces with Liu Zixing and killed the young King Nanchen.

Now that Liu Zixing is dead, the plot has changed drastically. I wonder what Jin Rong will do next.

However, although Jin Rong had soldiers and power and was ambitious, Zhou Chen did not take him too seriously. After all, he was not Zhou Shengchen, and if he really wanted to play dirty tricks, he would show no mercy.

"drive!"

When he came, he had an army of 30,000, but when he left, there were less than 30,000, because he not only left a team of soldiers for Xie Chong, but also left a thousand men for Xi Shiyi.

But there are still more than 20,000 troops, so the return journey is not fast.

On this day, before it got dark, Zhou Chen ordered the large army to stop and set up camp to rest on the spot.

Inside the tent, Zhou Chen and Xiao Yan sat together drinking.

The original military advisor Xie Chong stayed in Zhongzhou, but a new military advisor had already taken office, namely the newly appointed King of Fengyang Xiao Yan.

(End of this chapter)