Unparalleled Concubine

Emperor Yuanzhao snorted.

"My Dajin, is it not because of internal and external troubles?"

He clenches his fist hard.

"Hateful, now I have to put one hand in the southwest, otherwise the 5 troops from Hanzhong plus Pei Jin's [-] troops will be transferred to the northern border. No matter what, Yu Wenzhao won't dare to move an inch!"

Ram Shu was silent.

More than 40 years ago, the Yuwen Department was divided into four, and it was slowly unified a few years ago. A few years ago, the imperial court had a great opportunity to use troops against the north, at least to severely damage the Yuwen Department, but unfortunately, due to a series of internal reasons, this Things never get done.

The Son of Heaven opened his mouth slowly.

"Pass down my decree, order Yu Wenzhao, and tell him that if the Xianbei tribe dares to rob my people again, not to mention depriving the king, after the spring of next year, I will definitely use troops in northern Xinjiang, so that the Yuwen tribe can see and see me Master Jin Wang!"

Having said that, the emperor paused and continued.

"Shangshutai draws up another decree, sends it to Yongzhou, and tells Taifu that there are changes in northern Xinjiang, and I want to invite him to return to Beijing for the northern expedition."

Chapter 973 Son-in-Law and Adopted Son

Over the past few years, the imperial court has sent many documents to Yongzhou, and issued several imperial edicts, most of which were to invite Li Xin to return to Beijing, but Li Xin refused because he was unwell. Of course, the imperial edict this time was not It is very likely that Li Xin will be recalled to the capital.

But the imperial decree that should be sent must still be sent. This is a necessary statement. It must be clearly told to the world and the people of the world that it is not that the king does not know the ministers, but that the ministers are unwilling to serve the king.

This right to speak is very important. You, Li Changan, resigned to recuperate in your hometown, and the imperial court summoned you back to Beijing one after another. If you refused to go back, naturally it cannot be said that the imperial court suppressed you.

This kind of thing is one of the most basic and important means of being an emperor. Not only would Emperor Yuanzhao do this, but even Emperor Taikang would still use this small means to manipulate Li Xin.

The capital is not close to Yongzhou. When the emissary of the announcement arrived in Qiyang County, it was already approaching the end of the year, and the weather was already a bit cold. However, the weather in Yongzhou is far less cold than the capital and the Northland. Even if it snows, it will melt on the ground, not too cold. There may be snow accumulation, so despite the dark clouds, Qiyang County is only falling with sparse light rain, and there is no sign of snow at all.

At this time, Li Xin had already returned to Yongzhou from Ningling to spend the New Year with his family. It was the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. Li Xin woke up early. After practicing boxing, he hugged his eldest daughter, Ahan, and sat in the front yard to wait. people.

The Ninth Princess was also holding a child. Seeing Li Xin sitting at the bottom of the corridor, she asked curiously, "Is your husband waiting for someone?"

Li Xin nodded and said with a smile: "Brother You'an and Li Shuo will come to our house to celebrate the New Year this year."

The three giants of the Southwest, these years during the New Year’s Eve, occasionally one or two people will come to Yongzhou to visit Li Xin and celebrate the New Year at Li Xin’s house, but the three of them cannot go out of the Southwest together, so in previous years, most of them were Mu Ying or Zhao Jia. It was Li Shuo's first visit to Yongzhou.

The ninth princess nodded, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Li Shuo... is my husband's brother?"

Because Li Xin has turned against his father's family, and his relationship with his mother's Xiao family has become a passerby, and he has no brothers or sisters, so the Jing'an Hou Mansion has no relatives these years. If Li Shuo wants to come, it will be regarded as the Jing'an Marquis Mansion The only relative left.

Li Xin hugged his eldest daughter and shook his head.

"If you don't recognize each other, just treat it as a friend visiting."

Princess Nine sighed, nodded and said: "Since there are guests coming, I'll go down and ask people to prepare more dishes."

Li Xin nodded and said, "Sixteen is coming back too, get more food, he hasn't come back for many years."

Chen Shiliu and his wife had been housekeepers in the Jing'an Hou Mansion for more than ten years, and the ninth princess also regarded him as a family member. They hadn't seen each other for several years. When they heard that Chen Shiliu was coming back, Her Royal Highness immediately smiled.

"Come back, I haven't seen him in years."

As she said that, she hugged her little daughter who was just over one year old, and went down to let the kitchen prepare meals.

Li Xin took his eldest daughter and waited in the front yard for more than half an hour before he heard someone knocking on the door. The concierge glanced at Li Xin who was waiting, but did not move. Li Xin led his eldest daughter, walked over and opened the door. door.

At the door was a middle-aged man with only one arm. After seeing Li Xin, he took a deep breath, lowered his head and said, "I've seen Lord Hou."

Li Xin didn't say much, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

"Thanks a lot."

Chen Shiliu had stayed in Li's house for so many years, so Ahan naturally recognized him. She followed Li Xin since she was a child, and she didn't have the temperament of a big lady, so she immediately walked up to Chen Shiliu and smiled sweetly.

"Uncle Sixteen, you are back."

Chen Shiliu has been following Li Xin since he broke his arm in his early years. He is introverted and calm. No matter what it is, as long as Li Xin tells him, he will do it without saying a word, even if Li Xin tells him to He went to Jincheng to make gunpowder, and he went there without blinking an eye.

But when he heard Ah Han's name of Uncle Sixteen, Chen Shiliu, who watched her grow up, felt his eyes were a little red. He looked at Ah Han a few times, and said softly, "Missy has grown a lot taller."

"of course."

Ah Han hadn't seen Chen Shiliu for several years, and now she was a little happy, took Chen Shiliu's hand, and said with a smile: "Aniang gave birth to a little sister for me again, Uncle Shiliu hasn't seen her yet. I'll take Uncle Sixteen to have a look."

Chen Shiliu withdrew his hand silently, and said softly, "Miss, my hands are dirty."

After Li Xin heard this, he looked at Chen Shiliu's only remaining hand, and saw that this hand was not only rough, but also had many cracks, and the gaps in the cracks were all black and gray. powder.

Just like the charcoal seller back then.

Lord Jing'an sighed, and patted him on the shoulder again: "Ms. Hui, I've already been picked up to celebrate the New Year with you. I'm in the backyard right now. Go and have a look."

Chen Shiliu nodded excitedly.

"Thank you so much, Lord Marquis."

As he said that, he walked towards the backyard. Ah Han wanted to go with him, but Li Xin pulled her sleeves and didn't let her leave.

"Don't go yet, I want to take you to meet the guests."

He had just finished speaking when a young man whose face was somewhat similar to Li Xin's, but darker than Li Xin's, walked in from the outside. He glanced at Li Xin, then bowed his head deeply.

"I have seen my brother."

Li Xin didn't respond, just said "um", and then said to Ah Han, "Uncle."

In any case, he and Li Shuo are indeed related by blood. Although he has not recognized this younger brother for so many years, Li Shuo has tirelessly called him his brother for so many years. No matter what, he should be called uncle. .

Ah Han is very sensible, after saluting Li Shuo, he sweetly called uncle.

Li Shuo was very happy. After searching for a long time in his clothes, he finally found a small wooden token that he always wore and hung it around Ah Han's neck. He said with a smile, "This is when my uncle was young. My sign, which can ward off evil spirits, is given to you."

He originally wanted to say "grandmother", but thought of the relationship between Li Xin and the Pingnan Hou Mansion, so he changed his name temporarily.

While Li Shuo was talking to little Ah Han, Zhao Jia, who was dressed in white, walked over with a half-grown boy, smiling, and cupped his hands at Li Xin from a distance.

"I have seen."

After he finished speaking, he looked back at the half-grown boy, and said, "Don't you hurry up and call your father-in-law?"

This middle-aged man was obviously Zhao Jia's son. He looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, and he was also a stunned young man. He actually bowed to Li Xin and called him father-in-law.

Li Houye's face changed slightly, he frowned and said, "Brother You'an?"

Zhao Jia glanced at the ten-year-old little Ahan with a smile, and said with a smile: "Didn't you recognize Mu Ying's son as a son-in-law, Hou Ye? If that's the case, so what if you recognize my son as a son-in-law. "