Unparalleled Concubine

Li Xin sneered: "Not everyone lives like a general, Li Xin has his own way of living."

"You have been afraid in your heart for a long time. You are afraid that one day you will be cooked by the emperor."

Li Shen said calmly: "So when you were in the southwest, you started to make plans for yourself."

"But you're on the wrong track."

"You have two paths to take. One path is like Ping Nanjun's. Do your own thing and don't have to worry about the court. The other path is like your teacher. Honestly, don't have any bad thoughts."

"But on the one hand, you are attached to the imperial court, and on the other hand, you have your own small thoughts. Once the emperor knows that you are in collusion with the Pingnan Army, let go of more than 5 Pingnan Army, and lied about the number of enemies killed by the Forbidden Army, then what will happen?" At that time, even if the emperor doesn't do anything to you on the surface, he will secretly separate from you."

"How should you deal with yourself in the future?"

Li Xin smiled lightly: "This is my own business, it has nothing to do with the general, right?"

Li Shen took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "If possible, I hope you can help a group of Li Ye, their family is innocent."

Li Xin closed his eyes and ignored him.

An hour later, Zhaoling was already in sight, because it was the imperial tomb, and there was an entrance for the imperial guards. Li Xin jumped out of the carriage first, revealing his identity.

"Li Xin from the Ministry of War, in the name of His Majesty, came to pay homage to the mausoleum."

It is impossible to hide the matter of his coming to Zhaoling from the emperor, so he did not intend to hide it. He came here with the consent of the emperor Taikang.

After verifying their identities, the guards of the imperial tomb gave way and bowed their heads deeply to Li Xin.

"Master Li, please."

Li Xin turned his head and asked Chen Shiliu and the Habayashi guards to wait at the entrance of the imperial tomb. He personally led Li Shen, walking from the Zhaoling Shinto step by step towards the imperial tomb.

On both sides of the Shinto, there are pairs of stone lions, stone tigers, and stone elephants splitting on both sides. Walking back, there are pairs of tall and mighty civil and military stone figures splitting left and right, guarding the imperial tomb for the holy emperor.

After passing through the Lingxing Gate from Shinto, we will soon arrive at the main part of the imperial mausoleum.

Li Xin walked in front with his hands behind his back, and Li Shen walked behind with a jar of wine and incense, paper money, and other sacrificial offerings.

After about a stick of incense, they walked to the Chengde Emperor's Hall of Enjoyment. In the Hall of Enjoyment, there was a portrait of Chengde Shengtian.

The emperor used the mountain as his mausoleum, so the coffin of the emperor of Chengde was not buried under the Xiangdian, but in the underground palace under the whole hill. If you want to worship him, you usually come to the Xiangdian to offer incense.

With Li Xin's identity, although Zhaoling was heavily guarded, he still walked to Xiangdian smoothly.

The incense in the Hall of Enjoyment was endless, and the huge candles had not been extinguished since the emperor was buried three years ago.

There was a gray-haired old man who waited in front of the emperor's throne in Chengde, and kept the fire in the hall alive every day.

Li Xin stepped forward, kowtowed a few times to the throne of Emperor Chengde, then stood up and saluted the gray-haired old man.

"Hello Grand Duke."

This old man was exactly the most powerful eunuch in the Chengde Dynasty, Grand Duke Chen Ju.

Until now, he is still the eunuch of the servants in the palace, while Xiao Zheng is only the young eunuch.

Chen Ju was cleaning the table, but when he heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Li Xin, then at Li Shen behind Li Xin, then sighed, and walked slowly towards Li Xin.

He went straight past Li Xin and walked in front of Li Shen.

"Mr. Pingnan, you are finally here."

Chapter 627 A statement

Since the first emperor of Chengde passed away and entered the mausoleum in the 18th year of Chengde, the biggest eunuch of the Chengde Dynasty left the capital and quietly walked into this Zhaoling Mausoleum, and there was no more sound in the capital.

In fact, based on the situation at the time, and the fact that only Chen Ju and Zhang Qu knew about the imperial edict left by Emperor Chengde, the grand duke could stay in the palace and continue to serve as the servant for at least five or six years.

This is the power that can be called "inner minister". It is the power that countless scholars dream of. He left the capital for nearly three years and never came back.

Li Shen was at the gate of Xiangdian at this time. Hearing this, he glanced at Chen Ju, bent down and put the wine and sacrifices under his feet, sighed, and saluted Chen Ju: "Hello, Grand Duke."

At this time, Grand Duke Chen Ju took off the bright red clothes that he used to wear in the palace, and he did not wear the purple clothes that symbolized the eunuchs. He just wore ordinary coarse clothes with a calm expression.

"This old slave is here, and has been waiting for Lord Li for almost three years on behalf of the first emperor."

Li Shen was silent for a while, then said, "What are you waiting for me?"

Chen Ju looked at Li Shen quietly, and said, "Before the late emperor died, he told this old servant that you owe him an explanation."

Li Shen froze on the spot and didn't move for a long time.

He and Emperor Chengde are not much different in age. The two were playmates in the capital since they were young. They were naughty and mischievous together when they were young. However, in all fairness, the Holy Son of Heaven may have suppressed the Pingnan Hou Mansion, but he never hurt Li Shen.

He didn't even have the thought of hurting Li Shen.

When Li Xin first came to Beijing and wrote the somewhat rebellious "big-character poster", it was also because of Li Shen's face that Emperor Chengde chose to turn a blind eye.

But he died in the hands of the Pingnan Hou Mansion when he was only 45 years old!

Based on this point, the Pingnan Hou Mansion is sorry for the Chengde Emperor no matter what.

Li Shen bent down to pick up the altar of wine, and those paper money offerings, and walked into the hall with some difficulty.

"So, I came here to see him coming."

Chen Ju nodded, turned around and stepped out of Xiangdian, waving his hand to signal the nearby guards to stay away.

He even called Li Xin out of Xiangdian.

Li Xin stepped out cooperatively, leaving Li Shen alone in Xiangdian.

Chen Ju led Li Xin to an ordinary small wooden house next to him. The once powerful grandpa looked up at Li Xin and said softly, "What kind of official position is Mr. Li now?"

Li Xin held the junior ceremony and replied: "Shangshu of the Ministry of War."

The grey-haired old man was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "It can be regarded as inheriting the father's career. Lord Pingnan Hou was once the minister of the Ministry of War."

Li Xin frowned and didn't say much.

Chen Ju is no longer in the court, so there is no point in arguing with him.

"In the past two years, Dong Cheng often came to Zhaoling to visit me."

Chen Ju glanced at Li Xin, and said slowly: "I asked him, and he said Master Li taught him."

Li Xin said calmly.

"Dong Cheng is your adopted son, and it's only natural for him to visit you."