Unparalleled Concubine

Ji Lingxiu's face was slightly red, but it soon became normal. She lowered her head and said, "Daughter, I have been walking around Datongfang a few days and found that Datongfang is a good place. It doesn't cost a lot of money, and it's not too far from the imperial city. Far away, my daughter wants to establish a mansion in Datongfang, so I ask my father to do it."

Love at first sight in this world is too rare after all, and the ninth princess is only curious about Li Xin for the time being. The reason why she wants to open a mansion in Datongfang is because of her gluttony.

The Ninth Princess likes food, and many people in the capital know it, otherwise the Seventh Prince would not have taken her to Li Xin's place to eat mutton skewers. He was impressed by his cooking skills, so he thought about living in Datongfang.

She wanted to take Li Xin as her cook rather than her son-in-law.

Emperor Chengde frowned, and said softly: "Datongfang, is it too remote?"

Ji Lingxiu pulled the sleeve of Emperor Chengde, and said coquettishly: "Father, it's so easy for my son to take a fancy to a place, so why don't you let me go? This Datongfang was personally selected by Seventh Brother, and it was also with Seventh Brother's approval that my son came to look for it." Your……"

"Lao Qi is looking for it?"

Emperor Chengde was slightly surprised.

What the Ninth Princess said was of course nonsense, the Seventh Prince knew nothing about her plan to settle in Datongfang.

Ji Lingxiu nodded affirmatively: "That's right, Brother Qi found a place in Datongfang, and invited a Feng Shui master to look at it, and said it was suitable for opening a house."

The four princes who stayed in the capital and were qualified to inherit the throne were all candidates for the emperor Chengde's fancy. Among them, the old seventh king of Wei was thorough in everything, he was impeccable in his conduct, and he had some tricks, so the emperor of Chengde liked this son quite a lot.

Hearing that it was the Seventh Prince who nodded, Emperor Chengde was slightly shaken.

He frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "Forget it, since you like it there, tomorrow I will send a note to the Zongfu and the Ministry of Industry, asking them to choose a site in Datongfang to build a princess mansion for you."

The nine princesses cheered, thanked the Chengde emperor, and then went happily.

Seeing the back of his daughter going away, Emperor Chengde frowned thoughtfully.

After a while, he called the eunuch Chen Ju.

"Chen Ju, ask Dong Cheng to investigate what the Ninth Princess has done during this time and who she has contacted with."

The eunuch kowtowed respectfully.

"The old slave complies."

Chapter 45

Li Xin is naturally unaware of the fact that Princess Jiu wants to open a mansion in Datongfang. For such a big matter as the princess’s opening of a mansion, it will take a few months to complete it from the decree to the Ministry of Household Industry. It will be implemented later, and even if the dust settles on the Princess Mansion, Li Xin may not be able to know that it is the Princess Mansion of Miss Nine.

After Little Nine Girls left, Li Xinchang breathed a sigh of relief. Apart from cooking for the little girl every day, he taught the girl to read and write. Because of an accident, she was sent to the charcoal seller to avoid disaster. However, this girl has no name until now. It is not a problem to keep calling her a charcoal seller. Li Xin thought about it for a long time and named her Zhong Xiao. small.

The reason for choosing this name is because this girl is really skinny and pitiful, like a little girl, so Li Xin called her Xiaoxiao.

As for the daimyo, after her family finds it, let her family pick it up.

There are three houses in this yard, one main hall, two bedrooms, and a small kitchen. It is a good place for a family of three to live. Li Xin tidied up the slightly larger master bedroom and came out with a desk. , and then sat at the desk and taught the girl to write her own name.

Clock is small.

This name is easy to remember, and there are not many strokes. The little girl is very smart, and it only took half a day to learn to write her own name.

Sitting next to him, Li Xin watched the girl holding the not-so-good writing brush with a serious face, lying on the table and seriously writing his name over and over again, and nodded in satisfaction: "Girl, You practice well here, and I'll go out for a while."

Xiao Xiao stopped what she was doing, looked up at Li Xin, and nodded.

"it is good."

She didn't talk much in the first place, but after the charcoal seller left, this girl talked even less. Now except for Li Xin talking to her, she can respond, and when others talk to her, she can't say a word. .

Li Xin stood up from the chair, stretched his body, and then walked towards the yard.

He came out because someone knocked at the courtyard door.

Li Xin opened the courtyard door, and a petite girl stood at the courtyard door.

Li Xin recognized this girl, to be precise, this girl was the second woman Li Xin spoke to when he came to this world.

She is Miss Ping'er from Deyilou, Cui Jiuniang's servant girl.

Li Xin smiled and said, "Why is Miss Ping'er here?"

Ping'er blessed Li Xin, then took out a thick envelope from her sleeve, handed it to Li Xin, and said softly: "Mr. Li, these are the things you want, Jiuniang has sorted out and transcribed them herself these two days. Yes, let the servants bring it to you."

Li Xin reached out to take the heavy envelope.

The last time he saw Cui Jiuniang, he asked Jiuniang for information about the situation in the capital. He didn't expect this Jiuniang to sort out these things in just a few days.

Miss Ping'er lowered her head and continued: "Mr. Li, Jiuniang said that you burn these things after you read them. If there is anything you don't understand, you can go to the Deyi Building and ask her at any time."

Li Xin nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Miss Lao Ping'er is here, don't worry, Miss Ping'er, this thing will not be passed on to the next person."

Ping'er nodded, looked up at Li Xin, then saluted and said: "So, Ping'er will not disturb the young master, so I will go back."

Li Xin nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Jiu Niang treats Li Xin kindly. If Deyilou encounters any difficulties, Miss Ping'er may as well come and find me. Li Xin is obliged to help if she can."

Miss Pinger nodded, turned around and left.

At this time, the maid from Deyilou had mixed feelings in her heart.

This young man, who was dressed in rags more than half a month ago, now not only has no worries about food and clothing, but also has a calm and unhurried manner in his gestures.

Ping'er has only seen this kind of momentum in Cui Jiuniang and His Royal Highness King Wei.

It's only been half a month...

After Miss Ping'er left, Li Xin took the envelope and returned to his room, then closed the doors and windows, and opened the thick envelope.

It's not that he is too careful, but the Seventh Prince said that at this time, he should be protected by people from the Celestial Eye Supervisor. Although this protection is limited to protecting his personal safety, he will not monitor his every move excessively. But there are still precautions that should be taken.

Inside Jiuniang's envelope was a stack of thick white paper, which was filled with elegant lowercase letters. The beautiful handwriting should have been written by Cui Jiuniang herself.

Li Xin roughly counted it, and there were nearly twenty pages.

The sum of the words above is probably nearly [-] characters, and all of them were copied out with a brush. It took only two or three days to get it out. This speed is already quite amazing.

Li Xin took a deep breath and began to carefully examine the contents written on the white paper.

It briefly introduces the situation in the capital.

Now it is the 17th year of Chengde in the Jin Dynasty, and it will be the 18th year of Chengde soon, that is to say, the emperor of Chengde has been in power for 18 years, and it will be the No. 19 year soon.

Emperor Chengde is a very accomplished monarch. For 18 years, he has held the entire capital in his hands. The people and things in the capital are generally operating according to the will of Emperor Chengde.

In other words, the most important thing in this fight for succession is not to fight for power, but how to "capture" the Sacred Heart.

After briefly introducing the situation of the Emperor Chengde, the rest of the pages are all about the more important forces in the capital. Apart from the other three princes, there are only a few important ministers left, among which the most important ministers in the Chengde Dynasty, It was Li Xin's cheap father, Pingnanhou Li Shen.