Unparalleled Concubine

As he said that, Li Xin smiled and said: "And your General Zhao, who also hurriedly called over, agreed to come to the house for dinner, why hasn't he come yet?"

Zhong Xiaoxiao has a thin skin, and when he heard Li Xin teasing, his face turned red, and he lowered his head in embarrassment: "He... is busy with the affairs of Habayashi Guard all day long, and often comes home in the middle of the night. I went out, I mentioned it to him, and he said he would come back in the afternoon."

"Busy about Habayashi's errands?"

Chef Li frowned and snorted, "What's so busy about Habayashi Wei? You'll have to work until midnight before you come back. You tell that kid that you've neglected my sister. He, Habayashi Zhonglang, simply doesn't want him." done."

This sentence was obviously a joke, but Zhong Xiaoxiao took it seriously, and quickly waved his hands: "Zhao...Zhao Fang, he is doing things for the big brother very seriously...Big brother..."

Li Xin laughed: "I'm joking with you, hurry up and invite someone over, everyone should be here soon."

Zhong Xiaoxiao let out an "eh", turned and left the kitchen.

Li Dadu wiped his hands, turned his head and went to delve into his "flesh and blood connection", Xiao Ahan stood next to his father, watching Li Xin busy to and fro curiously.

"It's the first time I've seen Dad cooking by yourself."

Li Xin turned his head and glanced at his eldest daughter with a smile.

"Your mother is the most delicious. If you didn't have this skill back then, you might not have your siblings."

Miss Li has also grown into a young girl at this moment. Hearing this, she immediately regained her spirits, pulled Li Xin by the sleeves, and asked about the love story of her parents back then. Daughter tells stories.

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The New Year's Eve dinner in the Jing'an Houfu had quite a few people, but it was by no means too many.

According to Li Xin's status at this time, all the officials above the third rank in the capital should be here, but in fact, the Jing'an Marquis Mansion did not hold a big banquet, but a family banquet.

For the family banquet, Li Xin made four or five dishes by himself.

In the entire capital, there are not many people who are qualified to eat Li Xin's craftsmanship, mainly the family members of the Li family, including Li Shuo, Li Shuo's wife and children, and the empress dowager who was taken over from the palace by the nine princesses. Plus Muying Zhao Jia, Cui Jiuniang and Zhong Xiaoxiao's family.

Originally, the Ye family should have been there, but Ye Lin and Ye Mao were not in the capital. Li Xin sent posts to Chen Guogong’s mansion and Ninglinghou’s mansion, but whether it was Ye Mao’s son or Ye Lin’s son, because the adults in the family were not there, None of them dared to make a claim and come to the banquet.

It's full of calculations, that is to say, there are only about twenty people.

This family banquet did not have too many political factors. Just like ordinary people, the 31st family gathered together and had a simple meal.

It's just that the weight of this "family" is a little bit heavier.

On this night, for the first time, the sky above Jing'anhou Mansion was lit up with fireworks to celebrate the festival.

Among these dazzling and beautiful fireworks, the fifth year of Yuanzhao came to an end.

The first year of Yankang followed suit.

Chapter 1143 Pressure from within

The first year of Yankang, February 24.

This year seems to be colder than previous years, and the weather slowly warmed up until March. The Marquis of Jing'an, who was afraid of the cold, also took off the fur that he had been wearing all winter, and changed into a slightly thinner one. A little autumn clothes.

Because Li Xin usually does not go to court very often, the court situation will not change significantly when he leaves the capital. Now the total number of Longwuwei and Shenwuwei combined has exceeded 15. The entire capital can be said to be impregnable.

Lin Hu arrived in the capital a month ago, and now he has officially served as the commander of the Shenji Battalion. However, such things as the Shenji Battalion cannot be completed overnight. After a month, only a prototype can be created, and the rest is used for The firearms supervisor for the manufacture of firearms and the craftsman school for training "scientific and technological talents" are slowly being established bit by bit.

These things cannot be done in a day or two or a month or two, nor can they be done by Li Xin staring at them personally. Therefore, in March in Yangchun, the actual controller of the capital, sitting in a black The carriage quietly left the capital under the protection of two or three hundred personal guards.

Li Xin was not alone in the carriage, there was also a seven or eight-year-old boy, who was still wearing winter padded clothes, and sat opposite Li Xin in a well-behaved manner.

This is Li Xin's eldest son, Li Ping.

At present, it is also Li Xin's only son. Of course, whether it will be an only child or not in the future, because after two months of unremitting efforts by Li Dadu, the nine princesses are pregnant again, and now they are raising the baby at home.

Although Li Ping is only seven or eight years old, he is not particularly evasive by nature. He does not make any noise along the way, but occasionally sees something he has not seen along the way, and he will call out "Daddy", and then Li Xin will point to the road. The cows, sheep, chickens and dogs beside him patiently told him.

The father and son sat in the carriage and walked unsteadily for two or three days.

On the third day, the sky was cloudy, Li Xin added a piece of clothes for the child, and then asked, "Have you got used to living in the capital these few months?"

"Habit."

Li Ping responded obediently: "Sister took me to eat a lot of delicious food, but the home in Beijing is bigger than our home in Yongzhou, and sometimes I get lost at home."

Li Xin chuckled: "Do you know any friends?"

"some."

Li Ping said softly: "Mu's elder brother and uncle's younger brother often come to the house to find me to play..."

He looked up at Li Xin, and said with a smile: "Sister will take us around to find some delicious food. Last month, sister gave us some fried chicken legs to eat."

Ah Han's fried chicken skills were taught to her by pestering Li Xin two months ago.

When mentioning friends in the capital, Li Ping became interested, pulled his father's sleeve and chatted with Li Xin about a lot of things in the capital.

Li Xin nodded silently, and said with a smile, "It's good that you can get used to living in the capital."

Sure enough, the children of Li Shuo and Mu Ying's family have already begun to get in touch with their only son.

Not only that, as the southwest group controls the capital more and more deeply, among the two armies of Longwuwei and Shenwuwei, the voices wanting Li Xin to be enthroned are getting louder and louder, not only the Southwest Group, but even the original capital Among those civil officials, some people have already begun to think about the matter of persuasion.

Not only that, since the beginning of spring, the song "Eighteen Sons, the Lord's Artifact" began to be spread among the children in the capital. It was once sung very widely, not only in the capital, but also in Gyeonggi and nearby prefectures. ballad.

This kind of ballad with obvious intentions was obviously intentionally promoted by people from the Southwest Group.

In addition to the internal pressure of the Southwest Army, there are still many people in the Jin Dynasty who are dissatisfied with the rule of the Li Xin Southwest Group. There were seven or eight rebellions together, five of which were quelled by the local government, and the other three were quelled by Li Shuo, the general of Shenwuwei himself.

Under such circumstances, Li Xin took Li Ping, the eldest son of the Jing'an Houfu, and left the capital.

After the father and son sat in the carriage for almost six days, they stopped at the gate of an inconspicuous county town.

As soon as they got off the carriage, they saw a tall and strong man waiting at the gate of the county seat. After the carriage stopped, the strong man hurried up and bowed his head to Li Xin, saying, "I have seen the governor."

Li Xin patted the man on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "What? After becoming the Duke of the state, you don't even recognize me as an uncle?"

In the current imperial court, there are only two Dukes with different surnames. Among them, Mu Ying, the Duke of Qian, is still leading Longwuwei in the capital. The other Duke is naturally Ye Mao, who has been fighting in northern Xinjiang for more than half a year.

At the end of last year, the Yunzhou Army first sent [-] soldiers to support Jizhou, and then the four Zhechong Mansions led by He Song also rushed to Jizhou, and the pressure on Jizhou's defense disappeared. Because he was recovering from his injuries, he temporarily retreated to the second line and gave up the command of Jizhou to He Song, and Ye Guogong himself quietly left Jizhou and returned to his hometown in Ningling.

Of course, he had greeted Li Xin in advance.

At this time, it was only four or five days since Ye Mao returned to Ningling.

Maybe Ye Mao hadn't seen Li Xin for a long time, and he also smiled when he heard this: "Uncle Shi has made a fortune now, I'm afraid that Uncle Shi will turn his back on me as a nephew."

Two people, one is the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and the other is the general of the Zhenbei Army. They gathered in Ningling at the same time, naturally because... Qingming is here.