Unparalleled Concubine

The eunuch smiled.

"I have more than a dozen adopted sons. Since I moved to Zhaoling, only one adopted son, Dong Cheng, has been here."

The old eunuch said calmly: "These people who lack seeds have no hearts."

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In the hall of enjoyment on the other side, the door was closed.

In the huge hall of enjoyment, there is only one person left. On the incense table in the hall of enjoyment, the portrait of Emperor Chengde is sitting quietly, looking ahead, his eyes seem to be piercing.

Li Shen, Marquis of Pingnan, did not kneel on the ground, but sat in front of the incense table, filling the brazier with paper money piece by piece.

"I'm sorry for you."

Li Shen lowered his head slowly, and said, "You shouldn't have died, at least not so early."

Emperor Chengde's health has always been good. Although the emperor's profession generally does not have a long lifespan, in the case of Emperor Chengde, it is not a big problem to live another ten years.

But because of Li Yan's assassination, this talented and powerful Holy Son of Heaven left with hatred.

He was still brooding over this incident until his death, so he told Chen Ju that Li Shen owed him an explanation.

Marquis Pingnan opened the altar of spirits he brought over, first sprinkled some on the ground, then raised his head and took a deep gulp.

"I never intended to harm you."

Li Shen muttered to himself: "No matter when."

"We were friends when we were very young. At that time, I was in the capital as a hostage. No one dared to make friends with me. Only you, His Royal Highness, dared to come to me..."

Emperor Chengde was the only son of Emperor Wu, so when he was the crown prince, he was a single seedling in a thousand hectares of land, and he could be said to be unscrupulous in the capital.

Li Shen sat on the ground without any image, as if talking to himself.

"I also consider you a friend."

"Even if you become the emperor later, I don't dare to treat you as a friend anymore, but in my spare time, I still think, can I still be the little lord in Pingnanhou's mansion, can you still be that little lord?" His Royal Highness."

……

"Li Yan did something wrong, I really want to kill him."

"If killing him can make you live, I will kill him without hesitation..."

Li Shen sat on the ground alone, raised his head and took another sip of wine.

He stuffed a large handful of paper money into the brazier, then looked up at the portrait of the Holy Son of Heaven on the spiritual tablet.

"You know, I can actually run."

"I've been in the Southwest for more than ten years. Even if I can't win, I won't lose. I can hide in the mountains, and I can continue to live my life freely."

"But I think that since the Pingnanhou's Mansion is gone, there will be no conflicts between us. I don't have to guard the family business left by my father, and I don't have to live for others in fear. I can do some things of my own. "

"That's why I wanted to see you."

"Just now Chen Ju said that you want me to give you an explanation before you die."

The former General Zhu Guo stood up from the ground, then he poured the remaining half jar of wine on the ground, and looked up at the portrait of the emperor in a daze.

After a long time, he tidied up his clothes, and finally bowed deeply in front of the portrait with the etiquette among his peers.

"Ji Man, Li Shen is sorry for you."

"In this life, you are two years older than me. In the next life, you should be three years older than me."

"If there is a next life, I will kill you once."

Chapter 628 Not Just a Bad Guy

Many people say that politicians in the power field only have interests in their hearts and have no feelings. In a sense, this statement is true. These politicians often put political interests before personal feelings when doing things, so they are a bit cold smell.

But everyone is a living person, there is no reason to sit in a certain position, or become an official, and suddenly become an emotionless machine.

At most, it is for one thing to give up another thing.

Emperor Chengde is a good example. For him, personal feelings are naturally far less important than the country and society of the Ji family, but while taking care of the country, he preserved the love of the year to the greatest extent.

Otherwise, if Li Shen returned to Beijing several times, the Chengde emperor could kill him, pay some price, and gnaw his teeth down to the southwest.

Although the price is not small, the government of Chengde is well-organized and the people are harmonious, and there are two major powers of the Ye family and the Zhong family. Even if there is a loss, it will not exceed the Western Expedition of the Taikang Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, the first emperor still wanted to have a good result with Li Shen.

However, the results of things are often unsatisfactory. In the end, the pair of "friends" did not come to a good ending. The emperor of Chengde was assassinated and seriously injured. In the months after he was seriously injured, it was only when he did things that he appeared hostile.

However, following Li Shen's prostration at Zhaoling, this story finally came to an end.

In the room outside, Li Xin had a long conversation with Chen Ju. Chen Ju asked Li Xin a few words about the situation of the court. Li Xin said something briefly, and the lady nodded slightly after monitoring.

"The current Majesty has done a good job. He was able to stabilize the court and order it in two or three years, which shows that the late emperor did not choose the wrong person."

Li Xin smiled and said, "To be honest, Grandpa, there are still disputes between the ruling and opposition parties in the process of passing the throne to this day. I am afraid that this dispute will become a dispute between the Chengde Dynasty and the Taikang Dynasty in a hundred years. It's a mystery."

The old eunuch lowered his head and poured Li Xin a cup of tea, laughing dumbfoundedly.

"These are minor problems. As long as His Majesty, the supreme being, does well, the light will cover up these unsightly places. It is also a beautiful thing for white jade to have slight blemishes."

Li Xin nodded with a smile.

"The Grand Duke said so."

After the two talked for a while, Chen Ju suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Too... how is His Highness King Qin doing now?"

The smile on Jing'an Houye's face froze.

Calculating the time, it has been the third day since he sent Ji Ku back to Prince Qin's mansion. If there are no accidents, His Royal Highness King Qin may die due to a "severe illness" today.

Thinking of this, Li Xin raised his head and glanced at the grey-haired Chen Ju, and said slowly, "Grandpa, there is no perfect thing in the world. Since His Royal Highness King Qin sat in that position to compete with His Majesty, it will inevitably be the same today." One lost."

"It's only absurd. The first emperor gave His Royal Highness King Qin the title of crown prince."

The pale-haired Chen Ju sighed, and said, "At the beginning, I persuaded the late emperor, but at that time, the late emperor's time was running out, and there was really no other good way."

"With the sageness of the late emperor, if he can be given three years or even a year to arrange it calmly, the princes will not talk about getting along with each other, at least they will not kill each other..."

Li Xin lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said, "Grandpa, the life of His Royal Highness Qin Wang is hard to keep, but there should be blood heirs left in Qin Wangfu, and we foreign ministers are not easy to intervene in this matter, my lord." Eunuch has time to look back these two days, so please Grand Eunuch to go to the palace and see His Majesty in person."