Unparalleled Concubine

But Li Xin only glanced at it, and didn't continue to read.

As the seventh son said, this girl is the maid he brought with him since he was a child, so she is regarded as the seventh son's confinement, and others can't see it. Although Li Xin has a heart for beauty, he is not a person who likes to die people.

The law and order in this era is very poor. There are people who kill for a woman everywhere. What's even more frightening is that the Seventh Prince has not broken the law by killing people!

The Seventh Prince gave Xiao Jiu an angry look.

"My daughter's family has no rules at all. Didn't you see that I was discussing things with Mr. Li? How do you know how to eat?"

Xiao Jiu was a little unconvinced, she glanced at the Seventh Prince Ji Wen, then at Li Xin next to her, and finally said aggrievedly: "I'm not full..."

Li Xin took a surprised look at the little girl Jiu.

In this era of strict hierarchy, generally no maid dares to talk to the master like this, and the seventh prince doesn't seem to be angry at all. This situation is either because the girl is not a maid, or the seventh prince has spoiled her since she was a child. So much so that she surpassed the duty of master and servant.

In the end, it was Li Xin who broke the deadlock. He smiled and said, "Your Highness, Miss Nine, the chicken legs are gone. If you two like them, I will get some and send them to His Highness's house some other day. There are only a few left at home today." If you don't mind the chicken, go down and get it for the two of you."

At this time, it was at the right time, that is, around ten o'clock in the morning, Qi Gongzi and Xiao Jiu came over after breakfast, and the two of them were not planning to have lunch at Li Xin's place, but after the two fried chicken legs just now After that, both of them moved their index fingers and nodded involuntarily.

Li Xin simply chopped the two native chickens without legs into chicken pieces, and then made a big pot of braised chicken pieces. His cooking skills are good, and the whole big pot of chicken pieces is delicious. Everything, especially the hot pepper in the pot, made Li Xin drool secretly.

The so-called hot pepper is cornel. Before pepper was introduced to China, China mainly used cornel, garlic and ginger to make spicy taste.

During this meal, both the Seventh Prince and Xiao Jiu ate two big bowls of rice. When they finally said their goodbyes, they walked out of Li Xin's courtyard with the help of the wall. Li Xin sent them to the gate of the courtyard. With his bulging belly, he said, "Li Xin, you have to write down the recipe for this chicken, and bring it to me when you come to my house for a banquet tomorrow!"

Li Xin smiled and said: "Okay, when I go to His Highness's place tomorrow, I must take it to His Highness."

The Seventh Prince waved his hand: "Your Highness is not His Highness, you can call me Young Master in private."

Li Xin smiled and said nothing.

I didn't know the identity of the Seventh Prince before, so it didn't matter if I called him whatever I wanted. Now that my identity has been made public, I still need to be more careful about what I call him. Li Xin didn't want to bring himself any trouble because of the name.

The little girl Nine, who was wearing a blue and white jacket, stretched out her hand and pulled Li Xin's sleeve, her eyes were full of little stars.

"Master Li, can you go home with me, I want to eat your cooking..."

Li Xin looked at the Seventh Prince speechlessly.

The seventh prince, Ji Wen's face turned dark, and he stretched out his hand to pull Xiao Jiu over, and said with a dark face: "What crazy things are you talking about, cooking is just for fun, and it's just for me, how can I cook for you every day?"

While he was talking, he pulled Xiao Jiu's clothes, and the two gradually moved away.

Li Xin watched the two leave with a smile on his lips.

What is certain at present is that these two people are by no means in a master-servant relationship.

He took out the purple invitation card from his sleeve. The invitation card was made of wood, the workmanship was exquisite, and there was a fragrance. Li Xin took a deep breath and opened the invitation card.

There are a few large characters written on the address of the invitation.

"Yonglefang, Wei Wangfu."

Chapter 34 We meet again

The princes in the royal family can no longer live in the palace after they reach the age of (*^▽^)★*☆, usually at the age of fifteen or sixteen, they will leave the palace to start a mansion, if it is not for the mother's family background is particularly low Yes, usually a prince will be added directly.

The Seventh Prince, Ji Wen, was named the King of Wei.

Although they will all go out of the palace to open the mansion, the levels among the princes are different. Some princes will be entrusted to the local vassals, and some will stay in the capital and serve in front of the imperial court.

Those who leave the capital mean that they lose their qualifications to compete for the throne.

The current emperor of Chengde has a prosperous heir. There are eleven sons in total. Among them, the two youngest princes are not yet sixteen and have never left the palace. Only the eldest, third, fourth and seventh princes remained in the capital.

Cui Jiuniang told Li Xin that the power of the seventh prince can be ranked among the top three among the princes. This is a truth that cannot be true, because there are only four princes in the entire capital.

However, His Royal Highness King Wei still has considerable influence in the capital, which can be seen from his ability to control the Tianmu prison in the palace.

The fact that the Seventh Prince was able to stay in the capital after being crowned king meant that he was one of the candidates for the throne in Emperor Chengde's heart, so naturally he was surrounded by many fans, such as this time at the Wei Palace's banquet In general, a total of ten invitations were sent out, all of which were young people who were invited to the banquet, and the owner of each invitation was a prominent figure of the younger generation in the capital.

Usually on the day of the Xiaonian, people would worship the Kitchen God at home, so the banquet at the Wei Palace was set at noon, so as not to delay these people going home to worship the God at night.

At the right time in the morning, Li Xin walked slowly into Yongle Square, which is the closest to the imperial palace. This Yongle Square is the largest and most noble one in the capital. There is only a moat between them.

At least [-]% of the power in the entire capital is concentrated in this Yongle Square.

The Pingnanhou Mansion is also in this Yongle Square.

Unlike other neighborhoods that are so lively, Yonglefang is quite quiet, and the shops facing the street are full of antiques, jade, or bookshop porcelain. There are only some servants and maidservants going back and forth on the street, and occasionally there are some sedan chairs and The tall horse is walking.

Li Xin was walking on the street of Yonglefang, and glanced towards the southwest of Yonglefang.

That's where the Marquis of Pingnan's mansion is located. When another Li Xin and his uncle came to recognize their relatives, they were kicked out by the family of that mansion. Those families not only drove them out of Marquis of Pingnan Mansion, and drove out of Yongle Fang all the way.

This memory is the most profound memory of that "Li Xin". Until now, when Li Xin is at midnight, the memory of this unlucky child will still be "played" in his mind over and over again.

Li Xin took a long breath, put his hands behind his back, and walked towards the southeast of Yonglefang.

Because it was not close to noon, Li Xin was not in a hurry to leave. At about the beginning of noon, he arrived at the gate of Wei Wangfu in Yonglefang. The stone lions sit on the left and right, and a vermilion lacquer gate looks extremely heavy.

On the plaque are the three gold lacquered characters of Wei Wangfu, bestowed by the Emperor Chengde.

Li Xin was wearing ordinary cotton clothes, with his hands in his sleeves, and walked towards the gate of the palace.

The two generals of Prince Wei's family guarding the gate reached out their hands to stop Li Xin. Li Xin took out the purple wooden invitation card from his sleeve and said softly, "Li Xin is invited by His Royal Highness King Wei to come to the banquet."

These two family generals were obviously notified in advance. After seeing this invitation card, they immediately showed a lot of respect. One of the two of them took Li Xin to the side door of the palace, opened the side door and took Li Xin with him. went in.

The gate of a house, that is, the middle gate, is not easy to open. Normally, only the side gate is opened to welcome guests. With Wei Wang Jiwen's status, unless the Emperor Chengde or the elders of the royal family arrive, there is no need for him Opening the middle door to welcome people, even if that Marquis of Pingnan Li Shen returns to Beijing, the middle door of Prince Wei's mansion may not be opened.

For these, Li Xin still understands.With his sleeves folded, he followed behind the general of Wei Wangfu. The general took him around many bends and through many doors in this mansion, and finally stopped at the gate of a courtyard. Li Xin bent over and said, "Young Master Li, this is the warm pavilion where my prince entertains guests. Today's banquet will be held here. Most of the others are here. You can go in quickly."

This banquet, although it was clearly stated as a lunch banquet, but His Royal Highness the King of Wei posted the post in person, none of these invitees were sincere and fearful. Everyone arrived before Sishizheng, so Li Xin, who was not in a hurry, was the last one to arrive.

Li Xin nodded to the general, and said softly, "Thank you."

The general didn't dare to say anything, bent over and retreated.

With his hands still in his sleeves, Li Xin paced into the yard. After passing through the main hall, there was a two-story building inside. Under the guidance of the maid from the Wei Palace, Li Xin walked up the wooden stairs to the second floor. , walked into the warm pavilion on the second floor.

The maid took him in and closed the door behind her.

Inside the warm pavilion, twelve red copper stoves made the room warm like spring. Li Xin glanced at the room, and found that there were more than a dozen low tables in the warm pavilion, and there were eight or nine young people sitting on their knees. In front of a low table, there are some delicate snacks and pastries on the low table.

At this time, the luncheon had not officially started, and His Royal Highness King Wei was not present, so the invited mistresses gathered together in twos and threes, chatting with each other.

They are all noble sons in the capital, most of them know each other, occasionally they don't know each other, the people next to them introduce their elders, everyone chats and laughs, and then they all know each other, only Li Xin, neither He recognized others, but others didn't recognize him, so naturally he would meet with the drone, and Li Xin was also happy to relax. He simply found the most inconspicuous seat and sat down on his own.