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At that moment, the Seventh Prince explained Li's strategy in Changle Palace in detail, except for the sentence "each has his own mind" which was skipped, he told Li Xin everything else.

In fact, there is nothing to hide about this, after all, it does not involve any secrets.

Li Xin frowned and thought for a moment, and finally said slowly: "So, the third prince has no chance?"

His Royal Highness Wei Wang squinted his eyes: "It should be like this, but the emperor keeps a secret, until the end, I'm afraid no one will know who the prince is."

Li Xin shook his head and said: "The ministers in the court will not allow His Majesty to hide until the end. Judging from the current situation, at the end of the year at the latest, the East Palace will decide on a candidate."

His Royal Highness Wei Wang shook his head and said with a smile: "Forget it, let's put this matter aside for now, let's not mention it for now, let's talk about Li Shen's matter."

The prince squinted his eyes and said with a chuckle: "Probably tomorrow, Li Shen is going to enter the capital. Father just said directly that he wants you to meet him at the south gate."

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, then heaved a long sigh.

"Your Majesty is trying to make the people in Pingnanhou Mansion hate me to death."

His Royal Highness Wei Wang smiled, did not answer, but said: "Li Shen dared to enter Beijing at this time, none of us thought of it."

Li Xin nodded.

"I didn't expect him to dare to come back, but he just came back."

Li Dalang narrowed his eyes.

"Maybe he has a different idea from us."

Chapter 245 He's Better Than Me

At this time, Li Shen naturally shouldn't come back.

As long as he sits in the southern border, he can move forward and retreat freely, and quietly watch the changes in the capital. Even if the people in the Pingnanhou's mansion in the capital die, it will not affect Li Shen in the southern border, and he can arrange it calmly.

To put it ruthlessly, since Li Chun, the eldest son of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, is dead, the remaining people in the capital are not really worth yearning for.

Not to mention whether Li Shen has another son in southern Xinjiang, even if he doesn't, this Zhu Guo general is only 43 years old this year, and he can have another litter.

But he just came back.

This approach made it impossible for everyone to guess what Li Shen was thinking.

In the early morning of the next day, just as Li Xin got up to wash, the servants of the Princess Mansion ran over in a panic, bowed to Li Xin and said, "Mr. Li, the father-in-law from the palace is here. Accept the will."

Li Xin frowned.

Yesterday the emperor sent His Royal Highness King Wei a message to go out of the city to meet Li Shen. It stands to reason that this can be regarded as an oral order. Why did the palace send another order today? Could it be that something happened to the emperor?

Li Xin put down the willow branch in his hand to clean his teeth, nodded and said, "Understood, I will change my clothes and go to the front hall."

The servant nodded, bowed and retreated.

At this time the weather was already cold, Li Xin changed into a blue cotton robe, tied his belt, and walked out of his yard.

At this time, more than half a year had passed since he came to Dajin. He was at the age when he was growing up. During this period of time, he followed Wang Zhong's teaching and often bought some beef to nourish his body. Up to now, Li Xin's He was a lot taller than last year, which meant he was a little slender.

At this time, Li Xin didn't have the timid feeling of last year at all, and he looked like a handsome young man at first glance.

After walking to the main hall, Li Xin discovered that the person who came was Grand Duke Chen Ju.

Chen Ju usually does not leave the palace to announce the decree.

He is the eunuch of the Internal Attendant. Although the Internal Attendant is the head of the eight eunuchs, the work of drafting and reading the imperial edict is often done by one of the eight eunuchs, Bingbi Eunuch. There is no need for Chen Ju to go out to run errands in person.

It can be said that all the imperial decrees read out by the Grand Duke out of the palace are without exception the Holy Son of Heaven's heart, and no mistakes or omissions are allowed.

Li Xin hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I don't know if the Grand Duke has arrived, and he has neglected and neglected."

Chen Ju took a look at Li Xin, and then sighed slowly: "General Li Lang, Your Majesty has ordered you to go to the Zhengyang Station in the south of the city right now to welcome Li Shen, Marquis of Pingnan, into the capital."

Li Xin frowned.

Zhengyang Station is a large post station on the official road in the south of the capital, about two hundred miles away from the capital.

If I remember correctly, the message sent by the Seventh Prince yesterday said that Li Shen had arrived at Zhengyang Station. Why is he still at Zhengyang Station now that a day has passed?

Li Xin lowered his head and asked, "Grandpa, there is no problem going out of the city to greet him, but how can there be any reason to go out of the city to greet him?"

Chen Ju shook his head slightly, took out an apricot-yellow letter from his sleeve, and handed it to Li Xin: "This is His Majesty's handwritten letter. You go to Zhengyang Station and pass it to Li Shen, otherwise he won't want to go to Beijing."

Sure enough, it was impossible for Li Shen to just enter the capital like this.

Looking at the current situation, he should have stopped at Zhengyang Station, and then sent someone to send a letter to the palace to discuss the conditions with Emperor Chengde. The letter Chen Ju handed to Li Xin was the letter that Emperor Chengde sent to Li Shen. answer.

According to what Chen Ju said, the emperor agreed to Li Shen's conditions.

Li Xin was silent for a while, and finally took the emperor's handwritten letter with both hands, bowed his head and said: "The humble official knows."

Chen Ju looked up at the sky, and said in a deep voice, "It's getting late, you should start now, and you should be able to reach Zhengyang Station in the evening. Before the city gate is closed tomorrow, you must bring Li Shen into the capital!"

Li Xin gave a wry smile.

"The grand duke thinks too highly of the humble official. If he doesn't want to go to the city, how can the humble official get him?"

Chen Ju took a deep breath.

"Forget it, you try to bring him back to the capital as early as possible."

Li Xin coughed, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll set off right away."

As he said that, he greeted the ninth princess and Zhong Xiaoxiao, and after pulling out his black cloud horse from the stable of the princess mansion, he brought some generals to drink water, and got on the horse on Desheng Street.

Datongfang was in the south of the city, very close to the South Gate. Li Xin held the Habayashi Guard waist card and overcame the obstruction of the gatekeeper of the South Gate, and flew along the official road towards Zhengyang Station.

The black cloud horse recognized its owner. During this period of time, Li Xin was injured, and no one could ride it. He gained a lot of fat, and suddenly left the city.

In the evening, Li Xin arrived at Zhengyang Station.

As soon as he got off the horse, he saw the endless tents near Zhengyang Station, forming a camp.

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Judging from the number of tents, Li Shen brought at least [-] or even thousands of people to Zhengyang Station. Judging from the situation, it is estimated that as soon as the talks with Chengde Emperor collapsed, he would immediately turn around and return to southern Xinjiang.

With these generals, unless the imperial army surrounded them, it was impossible for the people in those places to stop these soldiers.

Most of these people have horses. As long as there are enough scouts nearby and far enough away, there is basically no chance for the Imperial Army with all infantry to surround them.

Li Xin took a deep breath, got off his horse, walked to the door of the camp, bent over and cupped his fists and said, "Habayashi Wei Youlang, General Li Xin, by His Majesty's order, begged to see Lord Li Hou."