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Zhao Jia nodded, also smiling.

"In this way, the subordinates will not bother Master Hou."

"I still have a lot of things to do in the Jinglue Mansion."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and after saluting each other, they separated at the intersection.

This intersection is not too far from Li Xin's home in Jincheng. Not long after, Li Xin walked to the gate of the mansion. Now the servants of the Li family have been screened, most of them are the Marquis of Jing'an The old man in the mansion naturally recognized Li Xin, and when he saw Li Xin, he immediately yelled.

"Master Hou... Master Hou has returned home!"

"Master Hou has returned home!"

With these words, the entire Li Mansion immediately became lively. Ninth Princess hugged her youngest daughter, brought her eldest daughter Li Shu and son Li Ping, and welcomed Li Xin in.

Li Ping was born in the eighth year of Taikang, and he is now seven years old. However, since he was born, Li Xin has been running around in the north and south. He is not very close to Li Xin. After seeing Li Xin, he kowtows and salutes .

"I saw my father."

In contrast, the eldest daughter, Li Shu, was much closer to Li Xin. After seeing her father, she immediately stepped forward and hugged Li Xin's sleeve, looked up at her old father, and said without hesitation: "Ah! Dad, if you go out for a trip, it will be dark again."

Li Xin patted the girl's head with a smile, and said, "A man needs to be darker to be imposing. If he is as white as Ah Han, he will be laughed at when he goes out."

Little Ahan turned his head to look at his younger brother, and said, "The younger brother must be laughed at when he goes out."

Li Xin was not dark when he was young, and the nine princesses were born fair, so one son and two daughters were born very fair.

Li Ping was a little afraid of his older sister, so he lowered his head and didn't dare to refute.

Li Xin said with a smile: "Ah Han, don't talk nonsense, Ping'er is still young, it will be fine when he grows up."

After the father and daughter finished talking, Li Xin carried his little daughter Li Jing from the arms of the eldest princess. The little girl was born in the first year of Yuan Zhao, and she is more than four years old now, but she is relatively quiet, holding Li Xin in her arms. neck, softly calling "Daddy".

In this way, after Li Xin got close to his children for a while, Ah Han took his younger siblings and left, leaving his parents to talk.

The eldest princess stepped forward, wiped the dust off Li Xin's forehead with a handkerchief, adjusted his clothes, and asked softly.

"Chang'an, are you...are you going to rebel?"

Chapter 1024

Over the years, Li Xin traveled far and wide, and moved his family from the capital to Yongzhou, and then from Yongzhou to Jincheng. Although he had never talked to the nine princesses about any political issues, no matter what, the nine princesses were also born in the royal family. The princess, in any case, can see some clues.

During the Taikang period, when Li Xin moved to Yongzhou with his family, the nine princesses just thought that there was a little conflict between her husband and the emperor, but her family had lived in Yongzhou for several years. When they came to live in Jincheng in the southwest, Princess Nine naturally saw something was wrong.

She just didn't say it.

Now, this wife who has been married to Li Xin for more than ten years finally asked this sentence in person.

The two of them got married in the first year of Taikang. When they got married, one was 17 years old and the other was 16 years old. It has been almost 15 years since Yuanzhao five years ago. Li Xin is 32 years old this year, and the nine princesses are also 31 years old. Years old.

They spent half their lives together.

After hearing Princess Nine's words, Li Xin sighed slightly. He took Princess Nine's hand and walked into his room. After the two of them sat down, Li Xin nodded silently.

"The situation is pressing, and it is indeed time to rebel."

Ninth Princess lowered her head slightly, and said slowly: "So, Seventh Brother didn't wrong you."

Li Xin frowned, glanced at the nine princesses, and said with a wry smile: "In the past, I can only say that His Royal Highness Wei Wang and I had our own thoughts. I did all the dirty work in the early years of Taikang. I don’t know how many people, but in the end our family didn’t get the rewards we deserved. If I didn’t make more preparations, the bridge would be demolished in the end. With Madam, your face is there, and our husband and wife may be fine. But in the future, the future generations will definitely suffer a lot.”

In the early years of Taikang, the throne of the emperor was unstable, and there was no one available around him, so he had to ask Li Xin to help him desperately grab power. Starting from the two battalions of the imperial army, Li Xin offended Pei Jin and Pei Jin's elders. Subordinates, later the emperor wanted to cut down the generals of the generals in Beijing, and it was Li Xin who came forward to do it again, offending all the generals including the Ye family.

It was Li Xin who came forward to expel the third and fourth princes from Beijing and offended the clan.

During the six months from the first year of Taikang to the second year of Taikang, Li Xin offended countless people. At that time, he knew in his heart that once the Jing'an Hou Mansion lost power, these people whom he had offended would surely pounce on them. Take a bite.

Just at that time, Emperor Taikang, who had just ascended to the position with Habayashi, began to be suspicious of Habayashi, and even abandoned Habayashi.

It was also at that time that Li Xinxin began to have a sense of crisis, so that in the second year of the Western Expedition, he began to deploy in the southwest.

More than ten years have passed, looking back on the past, it is difficult to tell who is right and who is wrong between Li Xin and Emperor Taikang. Maybe the conflict between the two people is due to a misunderstanding, maybe not.

As Li Xin said, everyone has their own ideas.

From that time on, the conflict between Li Xin and Emperor Taikang, or the royal family, planted the seeds, and now the seeds have finally taken root, and the conflict between the two parties has grown to the point of being out of control.

Ninth Princess stretched out her hand to hold Li Xin's somewhat rough palm. Her eyes were a little red, and she said, "Seventh brother has already left. Since I can't explain what happened back then, let's not talk about it..."

She looked up at Li Xin, her voice was a little weak.

"After all these years, no matter what you do, I have never asked you or cared about you."

"You haven't been at home these past few months. I asked Sixteen about a lot of things in Southwest China. Sixteen said that Southwest is now almost the same as Nanshu in the past..."

The Ninth Princess held Li Xin's hand, with a pleading tone.

"Since this is the case, then our family should stay in the southwest for the rest of our lives. We won't go to the capital, and there is no need to meet... the imperial court."

The Nine Princesses are the youngest daughters of the Emperor Chengde, a serious royal family.

Li Xin's rebellion, to her, is like her husband fighting with her natal family, and she has to fight to the end, and the nine princesses are the ones caught in the middle.

Although her father and brother had already gone, only her mother was left in the capital, but no matter what, she was surnamed Ji after all, and she couldn't bear to see her husband, who was really fighting to the death with her natal family.

Li Xin took her hand and sighed slightly.

"Ma'am, up to now, it's not entirely up to me..."

The leader of an interest group, what he does is often driven by the interest group, not all by himself.

Just like Li Shen back then.

The same is true for Li Xin now. You must know that as early as the Taikang period, Zhao Jia and Mu Ying in the southwest had euphemistically mentioned to Li Xin that they wanted to rebel. The tendency of rebellion is even more obvious in Southwest China.

It was so obvious that even Li Xin couldn't change it easily.

No matter what, Li Xin is still an ordinary person after all.

If in the early years of Taikang, the emperor sitting on the throne could let go of his small belly and treat Li Xin with sincerity, Li Xin would most likely be determined to work in the Ji family, the big landlord's house, for the rest of his life, honestly. He is the uncle of the Ji family, the Marquis of Jing'an in the Jin Dynasty.

If he could choose now, he would not want to take the risk of leading troops out of Shu. Just like the nine princesses said, the Southwest has become its own country, and Li Xinda can proclaim himself emperor in the Southwest. There is no way, the Ji family might send envoys to officially recognize the founding of Southwest China.

However, this idea is too idealistic.

The interior of Southwest China is not monolithic either.

Muying's son is already the king of Shu in the southwest, and nominally the southwest is under the rule of the Shu palace. If Li Xin stays in the southwest and proclaims himself emperor, where will the Shu palace be located?