Unparalleled Concubine

"I have been in the Southwest these years, and I often think, if you don't have such ability, you don't need to be the Marquis of Jing'an, and you don't need to be a general. After we get married, we will live in the son-in-law's mansion, and you will make it for me every day. Eat some food, and then the two of us will raise a few children together and live a normal life, which is also very good."

She took Li Xin's hand with a faint tone.

"It's a pity that you are too capable, just like...just like Master Ye."

The Ninth Princess held Li Xin's hand, and while warming him, said softly: "I know your temperament, and you will never be locked up at home like Master Ye, and you will be locked up for decades."

Li Xin lay on the bed and slowly closed his eyes: "Actually, Master Ye himself is not willing to be imprisoned for decades."

"His temper is much more irritable than mine."

Compared with Li Xin, Ye Cheng is absolutely violent, but the master and apprentice took two diametrically opposite paths. This does not mean that Ye Cheng is more cowardly than Li Xin, but that the two grew up in completely different environments, which caused them Their worldview, outlook on life, and values ​​are all different. If the two people have exchanged experiences since they were young, Old Man Ye may have started thinking about how to rebel when he was twelve or thirteen years old!

Ninth Princess pulled up the quilt on Li Xin, and then continued: "Don't worry, after I married you more than ten years ago, I belonged to the Li family."

She gently pulled back the quilt, folded her clothes and lay beside Li Xin, and slowly closed her eyes.

"Just for the sake of the children."

After saying this, she quietly lay in Li Xin's arms with a soft voice.

"I want to go to Zhaoling to see my father."

Having said that, she paused for a moment, and then continued: "There is also Seventh Brother."

Li Xin did not open his eyes, his tone was gentle.

"You can go wherever you want."

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This sleep lasted until the evening, when Li Xin got up from the "Gentle Township", the days were short in winter, it was almost dark now, and the temperature was lower than during the day, Li Xin put on a thick layer of Qiu Zi walked out of her yard and walked into the warm pavilion in the backyard.

He sat down on the low table in the warm pavilion, then lit the small stove and carefully cooked tea.

The way of drinking tea in this era is not the same as the way of drinking tea in later generations. Various strange condiments are often added to the tea, such as horse milk spices, but Li Xin always drinks boiled tea. Tea, even Zhao Jia and others, also followed him to drink this white water tea.

After the teapot in front of Li Xin boiled twice, a middle-aged man in white came to the entrance of Nuan Pavilion under the guidance of the servants of the Hou Mansion, and sat down opposite Li Xin.

Li Xin held the steaming teapot in front of him with a white cloth, poured a cup of tea for Zhao Jia in front of him, then filled the teacup in front of himself, and then said with a smile: "After Zhao Pushe became the prime minister, he can sleep better than before. It’s been a long time, and I just woke up now.”

Zhao Jia rubbed his swollen temples, and said with a wry smile, "I really drank too much, Lord Hou, you poured me alcohol like hell at noon, how can I hold on?"

He took a few breaths, drank a cup of hot tea, and let out a breath of steam, which made him feel much better.

He looked up at Li Xin, and asked softly: "Master Hou deliberately got me drunk, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Li Xin took a sip of tea himself, and spit out a white mist.

"Mu Ying and Li Shuo want me to ascend to the throne of God as soon as possible. Seeing what they mean, it won't be long before the yellow robe is added to my body."

Li Xin looked up at Zhao Jia, and said softly, "Brother You'an, what do you mean?"

Although he didn't quite understand the allusion of "yellow robe plus body", Zhao Jia could guess some of it from the superficial meaning. He held the teacup in front of him and smiled slightly: "You don't need to ask me this question, Lord Hou."

"Everyone in the southwest line wants Lord Hou to ascend the throne as soon as possible so that he can transform himself into a hero who founded the country. I am no exception. After all, the sooner Master Hou ascends the throne, the sooner we people can rest assured."

Li Xin frowned slightly, and continued to ask: "Brother You'an, do you think this is the right time?"

"As long as you have the wish, Lord Hou, any time is suitable."

Zhao Jia's expression was calm, and he said with a smile: "The difference is just how many people you want to kill. At this moment, as long as Hou Ye is determined to kill all the clan members of the Ji family, no one in the court will object to Hou Ye's taking this step. , As for the murder, you don't need to do it yourself, Lord Hou."

"General Mu and General Li will be happy to do this."

Chief Governor Li frowned and said: "The problem is that the people of the Ji family have not lost their hearts. At this time, the world has changed their surnames. It is not only the clan of the Ji family who will be killed, but tens of thousands of people in the world may also be killed."

"That's why I didn't rush to persuade Master Hou to take his seat."

Zhao Jia finished drinking the tea in the cup, reached out to lift the teapot, filled his own cup and Li Xin's cup respectively, and then continued: "Of course, there is not much problem with doing this. The common people are always afraid of death. Let some people show them, it doesn’t matter what the people’s hearts are or are not.”

He looked up at Li Xin, his voice was a little low.

"The key is to look at you, Lord Hou. What are your thoughts?"

Chapter 1137 Negotiation Expert Li Changan

Li Xin usually makes decisions on the general direction of the Southwest Group by himself. Occasionally, when he wants to ask for opinions, he will only talk to Zhao Jia alone.

Although the relationship between Li Xin, Mu Ying and Li Shuo is very good, to be honest, compared to these two people, Zhao Jia's ability is a step higher.

Mu Ying and Li Shuo can only be said to be good generals. To put it more carefully, they are the only two generals in this era who can use firearms proficiently and lead an army alone. However, in fact this is Li Xin. As a result of deliberate training, taking Ye Mao to the Southwest Army for a year or two will definitely not be worse than these two people.

But Zhao Jia is different.

To put it bluntly, if Li Xin is willing to quit here and let Zhao Jia take over the Southwest Group, leaving aside the interpersonal relationship and everyone can agree with Zhao Jia, the Southwest Group will at most find no direction in terms of firearms and stop. , other places will be no different from now, and the Southwest Group can still operate.

But if Southwest Group suddenly loses Zhao Jia, Li Xin really doesn't know where to find such a trustworthy general manager to help him take care of these complicated government affairs.

This is a scholar who has been with Li Xin for many years, a scholar who has read beyond the realm of reading and can stand alone in any situation.

Li Xin has always respected Zhao Jia, so when faced with this problem, he did not bring it up with Li Shuo Muying, but left Zhao Jia alone to discuss.

The tea on the small stove slowly boiled dry, Zhao Jia calmly took down the small teapot, poured half a tube of mountain spring water into it from the bamboo tube beside it, and put it on the small stove again.

After he finished all this, he glanced at Li Xin and continued, "If you hadn't been the consort of the Ji family, Lord Hou, the situation today would have been much easier to deal with."

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia shook his head and said: "This is also the brilliance of Emperor Jing, he tied the Hou Ye and the Ji family firmly together early in the morning, and left some invisible chains on the Hou Ye early. "

Li Xin was silent for a long time, and asked slowly, "If Brother You An sat in my position, what would Brother You An do?"

"I said, Master Hou can't be angry."

Zhao Jia smiled slightly, and said, "If I were Master Hou, the first thing I should do now is... to divorce my wife for the time being."

Li Xin frowned.

"Okay, stop talking."

These two people are smart people, as soon as Zhao Jia opened his mouth, Li Xin knew what he wanted to say.

The so-called divorce does not necessarily mean that Princess Nine should be called out of the Li family, but that Princess Nine should give up her status as the main wife. Li Xin is still very young, so he can choose a woman from a big family in the capital to marry. Then widely accept concubines, so that a large number of civil and military ministers can be quickly won over.

Over time, these people will naturally push Li Xin to that position without any sequelae.

The reason why Zhao Jia asked Li Xin to divorce his wife was because once the world changed his surname, the heirs of the new dynasty could not have half of the blood of the Dajin.

Of course, Li Xin's current sons and daughters will not lose their status as princes and princesses, they just lose their right of inheritance.