Chapter 635 Heartbroken
A drizzle fell again in mid-July of the eighteenth year of the Hongzhi reign.

Chen Ce was pushed back to the eaves of the main hall by Xiaohua. A servant holding an umbrella came out and said to Chen Ce, “Duke, the emperor is here.”

Chen Ce was a little surprised. He didn’t know why Zhu Houzhao came to see him at this time.

But after thinking about it, it was probably because of the problems in the Western Regions. Now only the problems in the Western Regions could make Zhu Houzhao come to him. Otherwise, the court was so busy that he would definitely not have time to come to him.

Not long after, Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin walked in. They looked unhappy. Chen Ce’s heart skipped a beat and he asked, “Why do you look like that? What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

Zhu Houzhao was silent for a long time, then said to Liu Jin: “You go ahead.”

Liu Jin swallowed his saliva. He only knew that Chen Ce and Fu Yuan were friends, but he didn’t know what kind of friends they were.

Liu Jin spoke carefully, “Duke, I told you, you must not hurt yourself.”

Chen Ce’s expression changed slightly, and he nodded, “Go ahead.”

Liu Jin was silent for a moment, then slowly said, “That… Commander Fu may have encountered danger in the Western Regions.”

Chen Ce was stunned for a moment and said, “Then let the internal factory go to rescue them!”

“It’s just a U-Tsang Dusi. If they don’t let us enter the snowy area, then we really can’t enter?”

With the current powerful strength of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the U-Tsang Regional Command, there is no place, no matter how powerful, that the Ming Dynasty cannot enter!
Liu Jin: “No, that’s not what I meant… this…”

Zhu Houzhao sighed and said, “Little brother! This is a letter from Fu Yuan to you. We haven’t opened it yet. We don’t know what happened to Fu Yuan in the Western Regions or what happened to him. Please take a look at this letter.”

“it is good!”

Chen Ce took the letter from Zhu Houzhao and opened it slowly.

“Dear Ce, I am writing to you.”

Chen Ce: “…”

“I may not be able to go back. You’re right. I was too conceited. I really didn’t expect that at this time, someone would actually set a trap for me.”

“When you read this letter, I may have already died. Sigh, how sad! I actually died before you?”

Chen Ce’s face twitched violently, and his hands began to tremble slightly unconsciously.

Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin carefully watched the changes in Chen Ce’s expression. Seeing Chen Ce like this, they both felt very heavy in their hearts. It can be seen that Chen Ce and Fu Yuan have a very good relationship!

Zhu Houzhao had never seen Chen Ce so nervous and angry. His little brother was always calm and composed, as if everything was under his control. But this time he lost his composure. This was enough to prove how angry Chen Ce was now!

“When I arrived in the Western Regions, I realized something was wrong. I was noticed as soon as I came in. I thought I had learned Tibetan fluently in the past half month… Am I strong? I learned Tibetan in just half a month.”

“I don’t know what happened in the Western Region yet. I may not have enough time to check. I’ll leave the rest to you. If you send someone over, please be careful.”

“Well, time is running out. I can probably only write this much. I don’t know if the letter will reach you.”

“Fuck it! I told you a long time ago that I don’t want to work in the factory anymore, but you didn’t listen. I’m not afraid of my enemies, I’m most afraid of my own people!”

This is all the content of Fu Yuan’s letter. After reading it, Chen Ce clenched his hands tightly, his face began to twist, and he kept breathing heavily.

“Little brother, are you okay? Are you okay?” Zhu Houzhao was a little nervous and blamed himself: “It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have let him go to the Western Regions.”

Chen Ce took a deep breath and said to Zhu Houzhao: “It’s okay, it’s not your fault. He is the commander of the inner factory, so he must obey orders.”

“He should have died in Tibet.”

Zhu Houzhao was silent. Chen Ce looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, “Your Majesty, the situation in the Western Regions should be more complicated than imagined. The real cause of the rebellion in the Western Regions was not the Tibetans, but the Han people.”

“There may be something wrong with those envoys in Hami.”

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: “I will ask Yang Yiqing to arrest him immediately!”

Chen Ce shook his head and said, “Don’t alert them for now. We don’t know what happened yet. Even if we catch them, if they don’t confess, there’s nothing we can do.”

“Leave it to me.”

Zhu Houzhao said: “But little brother, your body…”

Chen Ce shook his head and said, “It’s okay. I won’t go out. I want to avenge my friend! With my own hands! Revenge!”

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, “Okay! Little brother, I’ll leave the Inner Factory, the Eastern Factory, and the Imperial Guard to you. You can transfer them at any time without reporting to me.”

“okay!”

Zhu Houzhao wanted to persuade Chen Ce, but he didn’t know how to start, so he could only say, “Then I’ll leave first.”

“Ah.”

After Zhu Houzhao left, Chen Ce still sat in the courtyard in a daze. He looked up at the heavy rain falling from the sky with red eyes, and his heart felt as if being pricked by needles.

“It’s my fault. I considered so much but didn’t take into account the situation in the Western Region. I’m sorry.”

“Thank you for helping me with so many things. Don’t worry, I will make their entire family bury you!”

Chen Ce looked gloomy, and said to Madam Wu: “Madam, go to the Jinyiwei and ask Li Zhen to come to see me.”

“it is good!”

When Madam Wu saw that her husband was trying hard to suppress his anger, she knew that something must have happened outside. Normally, her husband would never have such an expression.

Not long after, Li Zhen anxiously found Chen Ce holding an umbrella.

“My lord.”

After returning, Zhu Houzhao notified the two factories and one guard of the Ming Dynasty to obey Chen Ce’s command.

Logically speaking, Chen Ce should have given up all his power at this time and would no longer interfere in worldly affairs. The emperor’s arrangement is enough to show that Chen Ce is going to take action!
“Fu Yuan is dead.”

Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, then he said angrily: “What does the Duke want me to do?”

Fu Yuan previously worked in the inner factory and was Li Zhen’s subordinate. However, Li Zhen knew that Fu Yuan was much more capable than himself. However, Fu Yuan did not look down on Li Zhen and still treated him with courtesy.

Now hearing that Li Zhen was dead, Fu Yuan was of course extremely angry.

Chen Ce said: “Everyone entering and leaving the Western Regions is monitored, which means that there is something wrong with the envoys in Hami.”

“First, send someone to monitor the several envoys from Hami. Do not let them get any information, and do not let them release any information.”

“Then you take people to the Western Regions. There will definitely be people watching you. Bring more people with you. You can transfer as many people as you want from the factory guards.”

“Catch them, don’t kill them, bring them to me!”

Entering the Western Regions is a cover, arresting people is Chen Ce’s purpose!
(End of this chapter)