Unparalleled Concubine

The Son of Heaven walked up to a pot of snow-white chrysanthemums, bent down and smelled them, and then looked back at Li Xin.

"Chang'an, the Mu family you arranged in southern Xinjiang, is there a way to contact elder brother?"

"I don't know, but I can send someone to ask."

Li Xin said in a low voice: "But it probably won't work. Although the survivors of Southern Shu have contacts with the Pingnan Army, they are two camps after all. Abolishing the crown prince is definitely the top priority in Southern Xinjiang. Li Shen will not let outsiders get in touch. he."

Jing'an Hou looked up at the emperor, and asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

The emperor slowly closed his eyes.

"Eldest brother's family is still in the capital. I wonder if this can be used as a condition to allow elder brother to return to Beijing and avoid a catastrophe."

At the beginning of the palace change, the deposed prince escaped from the palace in embarrassment, and there was no time to transfer his family. The prince's wife and children who stayed in the east palace were all arrested by Emperor Taikang, and now they are locked in the former Qin Palace.

"What if I send a messenger to Nanjiang to convey this matter?"

Li Xin thought for a while, and finally shook his head slowly: "It's likely that you won't see the deposed prince."

"Even if you see it, this method of blackmailing others is not a kingly act. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and you can't do this kind of layman's behavior. I think it's okay to send envoys like Nanjiang to persuade you to surrender, but don't take the abolition of the prince's family. It's a small fuss."

Emperor Taikang sighed.

"I'm worried that too many people will die."

"If I become a villain, I can avoid this disaster and let my elder brother return to Beijing. It doesn't matter if I become a villain once, as long as my elder brother returns to Beijing, Li Shen and the others will be rootless duckweeds, not worth mentioning. "

It sounds nice.

Throughout the ages, no emperor has cared about his own reputation. Even if this thing is done, this "little man's behavior" will not be done by the emperor, but someone in the court will jump out to take the blame for the emperor and take charge of the southern border affairs It is very likely that Li Xin is the one who is responsible.

The two talked about some affairs in southern Xinjiang in detail, and then mentioned the right battalion of the forbidden army.

"Ye Ming went to your camp?"

"went."

Li Xin said in a low voice: "General Ye arrived yesterday, and I have already sent someone to take him to familiarize himself with the Imperial Army."

He had to say something to whomever he saw. In front of the Ye family, Li Xin was naturally a senior brother, but in front of the emperor, he couldn't be too close, otherwise the emperor would feel uncomfortable even if he didn't say anything.

Emperor Taikang frowned slightly.

"Since he is in the Forbidden Army, you shouldn't come back to Chang'an. I asked him to get acquainted with the Forbidden Army just to make it easier for him in the future, not to let him really take the Forbidden Army with him."

The emperor was outspoken.

"This forbidden army is the lifeblood of the capital. Only in your hands in Chang'an can I sleep soundly."

Li Xin lowered his head and smiled wryly: "I have no other choice. The Empress Dowager is already discussing the date of marriage. According to the Empress Dowager, if it is not the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, it will be the 27th of the twelfth lunar month. Seeing that there is still a month to go, I have to go back to Beijing to do it." Get ready, otherwise the Jing'an Hou Mansion will lose its manners, and His Majesty's face will not look very good."

"It is."

A smile appeared on the emperor's face.

"The matter between you and Xiaojiu is also a major matter at the moment. When the death day of the father and emperor passes, I will immediately decree to grant a marriage. During this time, you take time to accompany Xiaojiu. When the imperial decree comes down, the two of you We can't meet again."

Li Xin lowered his head and said, "I obey."

The emperor made fun of Li Xin, then hesitated, and asked, "Your family members in Yongzhou, do you want to inform them? Send them an urgent letter now, and they should still have a chance to come to Beijing."

Li Xin didn't speak.

The Son of Heaven sighed, and said, "I've heard a little bit about you and the Xiao family, and it's all about making trouble, but when you get married, you can't have elders on your side, otherwise Xiao Jiu won't even have a tea-serving person." No, it's too outrageous."

Li Xin took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Those people don't have any relationship with the minister, so I won't inform you. As for the elders on the minister's side, let Ye Guogong come."

As he spoke, Li Xin smiled wryly: "I see, this state affairs is too hasty, and many things have not been prepared in time. Before His Majesty has issued an order, what I mean is that it is better to postpone it for a while?"

The Son of Heaven said helplessly: "Once the southern Xinjiang raises troops, you will go west with Ye Ming. It took eight years for the Great Jin to conquer Southern Shu more than 30 years ago. Shu is even worse, God knows how long it will take?"

"So before you set off, this marriage must be done."

Emperor Taikang's tone was firm: "Xiaojiu is already 17 years old this year, and the empress has been urging her so urgently. After waiting for you for a few years, the empress will marry her to someone else."

At this time, wars are fought, firstly because of traffic restrictions, and secondly because of the lack of weapons of mass destruction. Therefore, the time unit of wars is calculated in "years". After two or three years, it is considered short. It is normal to fight a battle for four or five years.

No one knows how long the battle between the imperial court and southern Xinjiang will last.

Li Xin bowed his head deeply: "The minister will go and prepare."

"Go."

The emperor smiled.

"I'm just such a younger sister. After she marries into the Li family, Chang'an, you should treat her better. If she comes back and sues you for bullying her, I will settle the score with you."

Li Xin smiled helplessly.

"Your Majesty, it's better to tell the ninth princess that she doesn't bully the minister, so it's not bad."

Chapter 448 Unreasonable

After leaving the palace, Li Xin did not go home, nor did he go to Princess Qinghe's mansion, but went to Chen Guogong's mansion and found Old Man Ye.

This time, Master Li had a lot of conscience, brought two large altars of Zhu Rongjiu, and came to visit with a smile.

There is no way, after all, there is something to ask for.

He was apprenticed to Ye Cheng before. Although the two of them are indeed master-student relationships, they are more like a pair of allies who have forgotten their age. It's his junior, outsiders can't touch it.

This is very different from before.

Now Li Xin came to Chen Guogong's mansion more than his own home. No one in Chen Guogong's mansion didn't recognize him, and he didn't even need to inform him. He went directly into the backyard and knocked on the door of Old Man Ye.

"Who?"

Li Xin smiled: "Teacher, this disciple brought you wine."

After a while, the gate of the courtyard was opened by Ye Cheng with a suspicious expression on his face. The old man Ye looked at the two jars of wine in Li Xin's hand and sniffed them with his nose. The suspicion on his face became heavier.

"You boy, what are you holding back?"

Li Xin pushed the door open with a smile and walked in, put two jars of wine on the table, and said with a straight face: "Master Ye, you have a deep misunderstanding of your disciples, and it is only natural for disciples to respect their mentors. I gave you two altars of wine, old man, just because I couldn’t hold it anymore?"

Ye Cheng sneered and said, "You bastard, you haven't brought anything for this old man for a long time."

Li Xin gave him a blank look.