Unparalleled Concubine

But Chen Ju came back today, and he still has the identity of an eunuch.

Xiao Shaojian couldn't help but not think too much.

Li Xin understood what Xiao Zheng meant, and said with a smile, "Eunuch Xiao, don't worry, the Grand Eunuch should just go back to the palace to play his errands, and he will probably go back to Zhaoling after he finishes talking."

King Qin was the first prince to open a mansion among the princes of the Chengde Dynasty. His mansion was naturally the house closest to the palace in Yonglefang. The carriage stopped at the main entrance of King Qin's mansion after driving for a stick of incense.

At this time, the Prince Qin's mansion was completely white.

Li Xin got out of the car and looked left and right. There were white cloth and white flags everywhere, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion at the efficiency of the royal family's affairs.

He turned to Xiao Zheng and asked.

"What happened to His Royal Highness King Qin?"

Xiao Zheng bowed his head and said, "About Mo Weishi's appearance..."

Lord Jing'an nodded slightly, and said, "It won't be long, let's go in and take a look."

After saying this, Li Xin walked into Prince Qin's mansion with his hands behind his back. At this time, there were the most people in Prince Qin's mansion, including the Zongfu and the imperial guards, who were busy shuttling back and forth without listening, but no one dared to block the way of Li Xin and the two of them. It went smoothly to the mourning hall of His Highness King Qin.

In the mourning hall, lay a fat coffin.

Emperor Taikang, who was dressed in black, supported the coffin and wept unceasingly.

"Brother, you are lost in the Southwest. I spared no effort to send [-] troops to the Southwest to welcome you back to the capital. I managed to welcome you back to the capital. I haven't had time to see my brother. Why did my brother leave like this..."

This sentence seems unintentional, but the meaning behind it is obvious, that is, His Royal Highness King Qin did not rebel in the southwest, but was coerced by others.

It may be because Ji Ku is dead, Emperor Taikang did not choose to make this matter a big deal.

Regardless of his image, the emperor burst into tears and cried very sadly.

"The elder brother is like a father, and the elder brother is like a father."

"I lost my father first, and then my elder brother. The pain hurts me..."

At this time, Emperor Taikang seemed to have abandoned the enmity between the two, and lay on the coffin, wiping away tears.

Li Xin stood at the entrance of the mourning hall, watched the scene in the mourning hall for a while, and couldn't help sighing in his heart.

"The acting skills are a bit exaggerated..."

Chapter 631 How to deal with it

No matter what, at least Emperor Taikang was crying very seriously at this time, and he was very selfless.

Li Xin hid at the door and watched secretly for a while, seeing that he was crying so sadly, he didn't have the heart to disturb him.

At this time, he should indeed cry. If Li Xin was in his position, he would have to cry a few times, otherwise everyone would not be able to make it through on the stage.

But crying is crying, and no one can tell what is going on in my heart.

But Marquis Jing'an can be sure that even if this His Majesty of the Jin Dynasty doesn't want to laugh, he won't be in a bad mood.

The emperor cried for a while, and found Li Xin who was waiting at the door from the corner of his eye. He wiped his tears from his black sleeves, and said sadly: "Brother is my elder brother. My heart hurts when my elder brother passed away. Order all households in the capital to hang white banners for three days in honor of King Qin."

After he finished speaking, the widows of Duke Qin's mansion looked at each other, kowtowed to the emperor on the ground, and said with tears, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

Among them, there was a dignified and generous Princess Qin, the former princess, who stood up tremblingly from the ground, then walked to the emperor, took out a letter from her sleeve, and said with tears: "Your Majesty, the prince will return to Beijing!" In the next few days, I have been depressed, after the prince's accident today, my concubine found this letter in the prince's study, it should be the prince's suicide note..."

Seeing this, Li Xinxin breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the fat man acted according to the previously agreed script before he died, it will be much easier to deal with it next. With this suicide note, even if people in the government and the opposition will have slander in their hearts, at least there will be no harm on the surface. It makes sense.

For many things, it is enough for everyone to make sense on the surface. As for the truth behind it, not many people will really pursue it alone. After all, a stubborn eye cannot live long in this game.

At the beginning, there was a censor named Xue Zichuan who followed Li Xin to the Southwest as a military supervisor.

The emperor opened the letter and looked at it, and then shed tears again. He sighed at the letter, and said: "Although the big brother made a big mistake, you and my brothers can talk about everything well." , I have not sinned against my elder brother, so why bother to sin against myself?"

Said, the emperor comforted Princess Qin a few more words, and then staggered out of the mourning hall, Li Xin bowed respectfully to the emperor.

"His Majesty."

The emperor's eyes were still slightly red at this time, he straightened his clothes, then sighed slightly, and asked Li Xin, "How is Zhaoling?"

Li Xin lowered his head slightly.

"Li Shen committed suicide by taking poison in the Xiandi Xiangdian, and Eunuch Chen buried him beside the emperor's mausoleum according to the late emperor's edict."

Speaking of this, Li Xin paused for a moment, and then continued: "No name is recorded, no monument is set up. As long as it is a few years old, the world will never know that a person is buried there."

The emperor glanced at Li Xin, and then said with emotion: "Father, he still values ​​affection, otherwise Li Shen's crime would not be too much, how can he be buried in the emperor's mausoleum?"

Li Xin bowed his head and said yes.

The emperor patted Li Xin on the shoulder and said with a smile: "My mausoleum is also being repaired, and I will let them leave a gap in a few days. After a hundred years from you and me, Chang'an, you will be buried beside me. Yu Li Shen, I will erect a stele of merit and virtue for you, record your name, and deserve to enjoy the Taimiao!"

Li Xin was silent for a while, then smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am already very tired living in the court. If I die one day, I will be buried far away from the capital, and I will not compete with those dignitaries. place, and hide in a clean place.”

"I did things for His Majesty when I was alive, and I live on my own after my death."

The Son of Heaven glared at Li Xin, and then laughed dumbly: "In the whole world, only you, Chang'an, dare to talk to me like this."

After speaking, the emperor pointed to a pavilion not far away, and said with a smile, "Where shall we go to talk."

Li Xin said respectfully, the two walked into the pavilion one after the other, the emperor sat down first, Li Xin hesitated for a moment, and then sat down.

After sitting down, the emperor pointed to the mourning hall not far away, and said in a deep voice: "Chang'an, although the eldest brother wrote a suicide note, saying that he committed suicide, it's good that he just returned to the capital, so he died so suddenly. If you want to gossip about me, this matter must be dealt with properly, otherwise I will lose face in future generations."

Li Xin lowered his head slightly: "Can Your Majesty show the minister the suicide note?"

Emperor Taikang happily handed over the letter.

After reading through it, Li Xin nodded slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, since His Highness the King of Qin has stated in the letter that he committed suicide by drinking poison because he colluded with the Pingnan Army and was ashamed of seeing the Son of Heaven, then this matter is the case." It's much easier to handle."

The Son of Heaven frowned and said, "This letter cannot be made public, otherwise my Tian family's face will be lost, and I will be suspected of splashing dirty water on my elder brother."

"There's no need to make it public."

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said: "His Majesty takes this letter, and tomorrow he will summon the prime ministers of the three provinces and the six ministries of the nine ministers to discuss the crime with His Highness King Qin. With this letter, His Highness King Qin is at least guilty of treason."

The emperor frowned and was about to speak when he heard Li Xin continue: "The six ministries and nine ministers have agreed to condemn the crime, and His Majesty must deny it. He said that he thought of the brotherhood, and that the dead are the greatest. If His Highness dies, he will bear the infamy, not to say that His Highness King Qin committed suicide, but that he was suddenly ill."

"In this way, we can not only get rid of the notoriety of killing brothers, but also gain a reputation of benevolence, righteousness and brotherhood in the court."

The emperor glanced at Li Xin, and then asked, "I'm afraid there will still be criticisms..."