Unparalleled Concubine

The two walked to the vicinity of the Deyi Building.

Li Xin pointed to this famous brothel on the Qinhuai River, and said with a smile: "When I first came to the capital, if it wasn't for Deyilou, I might not have survived that winter."

Princess Nine felt a little sad, and she held Li Xin's hand even tighter.

"It's all good now, don't mention those things."

Does Li Xin really care? He is a very free and easy person. Hearing this, he put his arms around Princess Jiu's waist and said with a smile, "It's windy. Let's go home after a while."

"Ah."

During the Lantern Festival, under the dim lights, two people accompany and join hands, as if in a painting.

After walking the Qinhuai River, when Li Xin was about to go home, he suddenly saw a person.

an old man.

Li Xin turned around and smiled at Princess Jiu: "I saw an acquaintance, go over and say hello."

Ninth Princess nodded obediently.

At home, she was a bit self-willed, but after all, she was born in the royal family, and this eldest princess was very sensible, and she usually gave Li Xin face outside.

This old man, only a dozen steps away from Li Xin, was leading two children aged seven or eight, a man and a woman, watching the lanterns on the street.

The old man would recite two lines of poems from time to time, and the two children would follow behind and clap their hands.

Li Xin walked up with the Ninth Princess smiling, and bowed his hands.

"President Huan."

This old man was Huan Chu, who was almost side by side with Zhang Qu at the beginning, but later, because the new emperor ascended the throne and wanted to control Shangshutai, this old man was somewhat uncooperative, so he was kicked out of the court, "retirement" I am retired.

It is worth mentioning that when this old man was in power, he often said that he would retire and go home to farm, but he did not leave the capital after he became an official, and still lived in the capital. For this reason, many people said behind his back that he was an official fan , reluctant to leave the capital.

However, this upright old man didn't care about these gossips, he still went his own way, planting flowers and plants in the capital every day, and brought his two young grandchildren by the way.

When Huan Chu heard the words, he was stunned for a while, then looked up and saw Li Xin and his wife, then hurriedly returned the gift, and said with a wry smile: "Mr.

Li Xin shook his head slightly: "Prime Minister Huan has been Prime Minister for more than ten years, and he is highly respected. He is Prime Minister Huan at all times."

When Li Xin was just a captain of the Habayashi Guard, the old man talked to him and taught him a lot of principles in the court. It's his half teacher.

Speaking of this, Li Xin said with a smile: "The younger generation got married a few years ago and passed a post to Xiang Huan's family, but it is a pity that Xiang Huan did not come. At that time, the younger generation wanted to visit the door in person, but was afraid of disturbing Xiang Huan's closeness. This is a pity. .”

Huan Chu shook his head and sighed: "Master Li has too many old friends in his family, I don't want to see them now, and none of my grown-up children and grandchildren are in the capital, and there are only two young grandchildren by my side, so I missed Lord Hou's marriage."

Li Xin was not angry.

Although the old man didn't show up, he gave him a gift. It was a pretty good inkstone. Although it wasn't too expensive, it also showed the old man's kindness.

You must know that when Huan Chu was an official, he never accepted or gave gifts to anyone except his relatives and friends. It was already a rare encounter to get something from Huan Chu.

"Huan Xuan, Huan Rou, this is the Marquis of Jing'an and His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, please call someone."

The old man did not continue to talk to Li Xin, but turned his head and spoke to his two grandchildren.

Two boys and girls aged seven or eight ran out from behind Huan Chu, and saluted Li Xin and Princess Nine in a respectful manner.

"Hello, Lord Jing'an."

"Hi, princess."

Li Xin returned the courtesy with a smile, and said in a dignified manner, "Hello, Mr. Huan, Miss Huan."

This move was originally a joke, but the two little guys had never seen such a battle, so their faces turned red and they hid behind their grandfather.

The eldest princess liked the two children very much, she squatted down and took the hands of the two little dolls, then turned her head and waved to Tweet who was not far away.

"Tweety, bring something to eat."

Because they were newlyweds, many people would ask for sweets when they saw them, and Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess also liked to eat, so she asked Tweety to bring some food with her and post it when she saw them.

Tweety responded and walked over.

Li Xin walked a few steps to the side in a tacit understanding with Huan Chu.

Huan Xiang, whose hair had turned gray a lot, was silent for a while, and then asked, "Master Li, how is the court situation?"

Li Xin shook his head.

"President Huan, this junior is a military officer and has also resigned from the Ministry of War. I don't know exactly what the court situation is like."

Huan Chu frowned, and then continued: "What the old man wants to ask is the current situation."

The imperial court has made great moves, but these actions are invisible to ordinary people. Huan Chu does not form a party. Once he leaves the court, he is not very clear about these current affairs.

"Time situation."

Li Xin smiled wryly: "There is going to be a war."

"General Ye has already led the troops to the southwest, and it is estimated that they will be able to drive to the gate of Shu County at the end of February at the latest."

Li Xin said honestly.

"A war is inevitable."

Chapter 470 was pitted

"The thing that the late emperor was most worried about happened."

Old Huanxiang sighed slightly, and said: "At the beginning, the late emperor endured for 20 years, just because he didn't want to see the Southwest become what it is today. Unexpectedly, in just one year, the situation has become so severe."

"It's not as bad as Huanxiang thought."

Li Xin looked back at the eldest princess who was teasing the two children of the Huan family, and then continued: "The main reason is that the abolished prince went to the southern border, and the Pingnan army was willing to recognize him, so this battle had to be fought. Good or bad, Prime Minister Huan is an old senior, so he should know better than the junior."

Of course Huan Chu understood.

For a scholar like him, orthodoxy is more important than anything else, and he understands the importance of orthodoxy better than Li Xin.

The old man Huan looked solemn.

He pulled Li Xin's sleeve, walked under a big tree, and lowered his voice.

"Master Li, the old man wants to ask you something."

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said, "You ask."