Unparalleled Concubine

"Just to catch up with Lord Hou's marriage."

Now in winter, walking in the wild is a bit unbearable, let alone riding a horse on the official road, it can be seen that Mu Ying has indeed suffered a lot on this journey.

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, then exhaled slowly, and reached out to pat Mu Ying's back.

"Brothers."

Mu Ying bent down and poured a glass of wine for Li Xin, laughing.

"The main reason is to flatter Lord Hou, that's why I work so hard."

At this time, the cold wind was blowing outside the window. Although there was no snow, it was not much warmer than Chengde's 17 winter.

But the two people in the room were drinking together and laughing happily.

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The next day, the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Taikang.

On this day last year, the holy emperor Longyu passed away, and the whole country was in grief. Now that it is the anniversary of the death of the first emperor, the current emperor first brought civil and military officials to the ancestral temple to worship, and then went to the emperor's mausoleum in person.

It was already afternoon when I came back from the imperial mausoleum.

Throughout the whole day, Li Xin followed Taikang Emperor, never leaving.

On the way back to Beijing, Li Xin was invited into the emperor's carriage.

In the carriage, several stoves made this small space very warm.

Li Xin squatted next to the stove to warm up.

He is very afraid of the cold.

To be precise, since that snowy night in Chengde in 17, Li Xin has become very afraid of the cold. When winter comes, he has to stay by the stove, even if he goes out, he has to wear thick clothes.

Emperor Taikang also imitated Li Xin's appearance and put his hands on the stove to bake.

He whispered: "Chang'an, when I visited the emperor's mausoleum just now, I have already informed my father about your marriage with Xiaojiu. When I return to the palace, I will decree that you two get married."

Because it is still in mourning period, the marriage needs to be approved by the first emperor. Of course, the first emperor can no longer speak at this time, so this is just a formality.

Anyway, no matter what, the first emperor would "accept" it.

Li Xin nodded and said, "Thank you Your Majesty."

Because it was offering sacrifices to his father, Emperor Taikang had shed tears just now, but now he couldn't quite laugh. He patted Li Xin on the shoulder and said softly: "Starting tomorrow, I'm ready to prepare, but the time is too late, you There aren't many people in that Marquis's mansion, so it's probably too busy, so I'll ask people from the Ministry of Rites to help you, and try my best to let Xiao Jiufeng get married in a good manner."

"Your Majesty is worried."

Li Xin looked up at the emperor, and sighed: "Actually, at this time, I shouldn't be entangled in the affairs of these young children. If it is not for marriage, His Majesty will send you to the two Zhechong mansions in the southwest, and I will be the best candidate for leadership." .”

As the chief general, Ye Ming is going to serve in the central army, and it is unlikely that he will be the "forward". Therefore, if Li Xin does not need to get married, he is indeed the best candidate.

The emperor shook his head in embarrassment.

"I have talked with Ye Shaobao. He said that if he sent two Zhechong mansions, they would probably be eaten by the Pingnan army after finding out the truth, so this method is fine."

Speaking of this, the emperor lowered his eyebrows.

"Once we start a war against the Southwest, it will be a protracted battle, but no matter how long this battle will take, the first battle must be won, otherwise it will seriously damage morale."

Ye Ming should have said this to him.

This battle, in essence, is a continuation of the "War for Inheritance". Both parties in the war have legal inheritance rights, so there is no saying who is a "Han" and who is a "thief". Therefore, this first battle must If you want to win, if you lose, there may be many local forces that will fall to the side of Shu County.

Li Xin nodded.

"General Ye is old enough to seek the country, I didn't think of this."

"We're still young."

The emperor forced a smile on his face.

"In more than ten years, Chang'an will not be inferior to any of them."

The two monarchs and ministers chatted without saying a word in the carriage.

But it didn't have the kind of enthusiasm that he had in Wei Wang's mansion back then.

Li Xinxin knew very well that this was not the time to get married at all. It was the Emperor Taikang who forced him to marry the Ninth Princess in order to put an extra shackle around his neck.

With Li Xin's affectionate character, the weight of this shackle will be very heavy.

Fortunately, Li Xin himself did not object to this marriage. After all, he also liked the Ninth Princess, so he agreed to this marriage.

Although this kind of situation of being forced to marry is somewhat uncomfortable.

The carriage drove slowly into the capital, Li Xin did not follow the emperor back to the palace, but got off the carriage at Yonglefang, boarded his own carriage, and went to Princess Qinghe Mansion.

According to the emperor's wishes, the imperial decree to bestow marriage will come down tomorrow, and then he and the ninth princess will not be able to meet before the wedding. Taking advantage of half a day left today, Li Xin has to go to the princess mansion to accompany the ninth princess.

This year's winter is also very cold. Although it hasn't snowed yet, the sky is overcast, and it seems that there will be a heavy snowfall at any time.

Just like the situation in the world today.

The war is about to start.

Chapter 456

On the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Taikang, the emperor formally issued an edict to marry Li Changan, Marquis of Jing'an, and Princess Qinghe.

The reason is that the first emperor wanted to watch the nine princesses get married before his death, so the edict was issued on the day of the death of the first emperor to pay homage to the late emperor's spirit in heaven.

Although it was a bit far-fetched, but this statement finally made sense, so on the second day after the edict was issued, the whole capital city began to get busy preparing for the wedding.

All the servants in Jing'an Hou's Mansion were busy, buying things, arranging the place, and preparing marriage certificates and other things. Busy without touching the ground.

Even Chen Shiliu's mother and younger sister Chu Qi were called into the Jing'an Hou Mansion to help in the mansion.

This is still not enough manpower, so Xiao Hui temporarily called some people from other places to help arrange the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

As the protagonist, Li Xin, after receiving the imperial decree, he left the Jing'an Hou Mansion without knowing where he was going, as if the busyness here had nothing to do with him.

That afternoon, Jinling City finally ushered in a heavy snowfall.

In the evening, the snow was full.

Li Xin didn't help out in Jing'anhou's mansion. In fact, he didn't understand those trivial etiquettes. On this snowy night, he was sitting across the table from the old man Ye Sheng in Chen Guogong's mansion. With a jar of wine.