Unparalleled Concubine

Not long after, they arrived at the side hall of Weiyang Palace, where Emperor Taikang ate.

At this time, the emperor was sitting at a table full of food.

After the nine princesses walked into the side hall, they gave a blessing to the emperor.

"I have seen Your Majesty."

The emperor was in a trance at first, but he was startled when he heard the words, and then he looked up at his sister, and smiled: "Why haven't I seen you for a while, and you have so many births, that you don't even call him an emperor brother?"

"Come and sit down."

The eldest princess did not sit over, but said with a smile: "In the past, my sister didn't understand the rules. A few days ago, the queen mother told my sister to call me Your Majesty."

As she said that, she glanced at the table in front of the emperor, and said softly: "Chenmei dare not share the table with the emperor."

The emperor usually sits at the table by himself and has to eat "alone food".

Emperor Taikang waved his hand nonchalantly.

"What rules are there? You are the sister of my mother's compatriots. You are always a family. If you are asked to come and sit, you will come and sit."

In desperation, the eldest princess could only sit down on the right side of the emperor, then looked down at the food on the table, and said with a smile: "I heard that the emperor became more frugal after he ascended the throne, and he only ate four dishes for a meal. So good?"

The emperor laughed.

"Firstly, the country's affairs are going well, and the southwest has been pacified, so I'm happy, and secondly, because Xiao Jiu is coming, I specially ordered the imperial chef to prepare a few more dishes."

"It's all what you used to like to eat."

As he said that, the emperor pointed to a plate of meat skewers on the table, and said with a smile: "There are still a few in the imperial kitchen that I brought out from the Wei Palace, and I asked them to grill some meat skewers for you."

The princess's heart warmed up, she lowered her head and said, "Thank you, Brother Huang."

The emperor smiled and said: "You, before you got married, you were not so polite. You can eat whatever you want in the Prince Wei's mansion, and take whatever you like, just like a bully."

Ninth Princess looked embarrassed, a little embarrassed.

"At that time, sister Chen was young, she was ignorant..."

The two brothers and sisters talked about the past for a while, and then the emperor returned to the subject, and said with a smile: "I called you here so urgently, but I actually wanted to give you a surprise."

As he spoke, he took out an official document from his sleeve and handed it to Princess Nine.

"This is an official document that I just received this morning. I know that you miss someone, and as soon as I received it, someone called you into the palace."

Princess Jiu knew in her heart that this official document contained the news that Li Xin was about to return to Beijing.

She didn't open it, and said with a smile: "Is it the news that Chang'an is coming back?"

The emperor was surprised and said, "How do you know?"

Princess Jiu covered her mouth with a smile and said: "It's a coincidence, sister Chen also received a report from Chang'an in the morning, saying that he will be back in a few days."

If Emperor Taikang paid close attention to Li Xin's side, then the fact that Li Xin sent someone back could not be hidden from him at all, so the nine princesses simply told the truth and did not hide this matter.

The emperor put the official documents aside and said with a smile: "It seems that Chang'an still misses you, and sent news to you and the court at the same time."

"He doesn't miss me."

Princess Jiu snorted softly, and said, "Not long after we got married, he went out to fight. He went for a year or two. If he cared about me at all, he would not go to the southwest."

"It's inevitable to fight for the country."

The emperor glanced at the ninth princess, and said with a smile: "So, when he comes back to the capital, I will make the decision for you and let him stay by your side forever, how about it?"

Chapter 608 Are you afraid?

No one is a fool.

Although Emperor Taikang said it very euphemistically, the eldest princess could still hear that the emperor's words had another meaning, which was to make Li Xin never leave the capital again.

At least you can't leave the capital to lead troops.

This was something the eldest princess wanted to see very much, but when the emperor said this, it changed her taste.

She didn't want Li Xin to be bound in the capital forever for such a ridiculous reason.

The eldest princess put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hand, and smiled at the emperor: "It would be good if Chang'an can stay in the capital forever, but the man's ambition is everywhere, if the court needs to use him, Brother Huang doesn't have to take care of sister-in-law."

"It's not easy for Brother Huang to support such a huge court by himself. The spirit of the past few years is obviously not as good as it was in the past few years. If Chang'an can help Brother Huang, my sister will be very happy."

The emperor smiled and said: "Of course he wants to help me, and he can't run away, but he doesn't need to leave the capital to help me. Now that the southwest has been settled, and there are Zhongjia and Yejia in the north, it is considered stable. In the future, Chang'an can Stay in the capital with peace of mind and help me deal with state affairs."

"Although he is a military officer, he has more eyes than the prime ministers in the three provinces. The world is peaceful, so it would be a pity to put him in the army. With him in the capital, I can entrust him with many things."

The emperor's implication was to let Li Xin get in touch with civil servants.

This era is a bit like the Tang Dynasty in Li Xin's world. Civilian and military officials are not as clear-cut as Song and Ming. Hang a title of minister of the Ministry of war.

The eldest princess can still accept this idea. After all, the world is safe now. It is better to be a civil servant in the capital with peace of mind than to lead the army to fight outside. However, because of what happened last time, she has a little heart for the emperor. Wary, so I didn't respond.

He just smiled and said to Emperor Taikang: "Brother Huang, these are all matters between you and Chang'an. My sister is a lazy person, so I don't bother to ask about these things."

Having said that, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess has hardly revealed any flaws, and has tried her best not to affect Li Xin's choice of meeting.

The emperor glanced at his sister with a smile on his face, but he still sighed slightly in his heart.

Women can't help themselves.

My own younger sister is now completely part of the Li family, and is no longer of one mind with the Tian family.

Thinking of this, he felt somewhat complicated.

This is the sister of his direct relative, because she was born of the same mother, the emperor has loved her very much since she was a child, almost holding her in the palm of her hand. Back then, she took away his most beloved black cloud horse from Prince Wei's residence and gave it to Li Xin. The emperor didn't say much.

How long has she known Li Xin...

Thinking of this, the Son of Heaven sighed in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he said, "Forget it, we'll talk about this after Chang'an returns to Beijing."

"This time he made a great contribution. After he comes back, I have to reward him well."

Speaking of this, the emperor glanced at the eldest princess, smiled and said: "When he comes back, Xiao Jiu, you should work harder and give me a nephew as soon as possible, and when my nephew is born, I will immediately make him an earl. "

The general rewards are either the minister himself, or the heir of the minister of grace. Since the emperor wants to grant Li Xin's son, the implication is that he will not give Li Xin a particularly heavy reward.

At the very least, Li Xin's Marquis of Jing'an will not become a duke anymore.

In fact, this is also a reasonable thing. After all, in the entire Jin Dynasty, there is only Chen Guogong, Ye Cheng, who has a different surname, and Ye Cheng still has the merits of destroying the country. Today's Li Xin is even worse than Ye Cheng. Not so good.