Unparalleled Concubine

The eldest princess sighed, fell into Li Xin's arms, and said, "Forget it, I'm not as smart as you. Whatever you want to do, just let it go. I'll take care of it for you at home."

Lord Jing'an put her in his arms. After hesitating for a while, he said, "There is one more thing that I didn't want to tell you, but I thought about it seriously. I should tell you anyway."

Li Xin looked at Princess Nine and said, "His Royal Highness King Qin passed away yesterday."

Ji Ku, Prince of Qin, is also the elder brother of the eldest princess. Although she is not a sibling of the same mother, she is a serious biological brother. After hearing Li Xin's words, she was not too surprised, but said softly: "I knew, Brother Seven will not let him go."

She looked up at Li Xin and asked, "Chang'an, can I go to Prince Qin's mansion to have a look?"

"You just go."

Li Xin smiled: "That's your eldest brother, you should go and have a look."

The eldest princess shook her head and said with a wry smile: "I didn't like Eldest Brother in the past. I thought he was obese, greedy and lustful, but he lived in our house a few days ago, and I went to see him a few times, but I don't think it's that annoying. .”

While the two of them were talking, Li Xin had already put on the court clothes. Li Xin lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead, and said with a smile, "Then I'm going to the palace. Forgot to bring some guards there, it may not be safe there."

The nine princesses bowed their heads.

"Be careful too..."

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Chen Shiliu, who had a broken arm, drove the carriage, and the carriage arrived at the gate of Yong'an Gate in a short time. Li Xin got off the carriage, and after confessing a few words to Chen Shiliu, he walked into Yong'an Gate with his hands behind his back. inside.

Because of the delay for quite a while, it was close to Si time, almost noon, Li Xin walked to the gate of Yong'an Gate, and after explaining to the officials of Weiyang Palace that he wanted to see the emperor, he was led by the eunuch to wait in a side hall.

The emperor does not have to go to the morning court every day. According to the rules of the Great Jin Dynasty, there will be a large court meeting every ten days. The rest of the time the emperor usually receives important officials and arranges time to deal with political affairs. Ministers like Li Xin can go directly to See you in the imperial city.

In this side hall of Hou Jian, Li Xin met an old acquaintance.

This man has a thick back and a waist, his skin is darker than Muying's, and he is a whole head taller than Li Xin, because when sitting in the side hall, the courtiers usually only have one bench, and they dare not sit all, only dare to sit halfway. A butt, so this big man sat half of his butt on a small pier a little aggrieved, which looked quite funny.

Li Xin stepped forward and smiled at the big man.

"Brother Hou, long time no see."

This big man, of course, was Li Xin's former colleague in Habayashi Guard, former Habayashi Guard Zuo Lang, and now General Zuo Ying of the Forbidden Army, Zhongyong Hou Hou Jingde.

Hou Jingde was sitting upright, looking at his nose, nose, and heart. After hearing Li Xin's voice, he suddenly opened his eyes, making the general get up quickly, and saluted Li Xin, forcing a smile: "So It's Lord Li Hou."

When Hou Jingde first started as the general of the Zuoying Army of the Forbidden Army, Li Xin had talked with him several times and told him that he should not get too close to him, and that it would be better if the Left and Right Battalion of the Forbidden Army had a dispute. He was obedient, and during that time he had a lot of conflicts with Li Xin, and almost got into a fight, and the relationship was once tense.

So much so that now when he saw Li Xin, he was a little embarrassed.

Lord Jing'an couldn't help laughing, stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Brother Hou, now I am no longer serving in the imperial army, we don't need to pretend any more."

Hou Jingde took a deep breath and smiled at Li Xin.

"Brother Li, you are well-developed now. Hou has also heard about the Southwest War. This is a great contribution. The people in the Zuoying of the Forbidden Army are jealous. Many people even ran to me to make a fuss, saying yes My old Hou didn't give them a chance to win the Western Expedition, so he blamed me very much."

Li Xin shook his head at him, and said with a wry smile: "Don't say such sarcastic remarks, the 14 soldiers from the Right Battalion of the Forbidden Army marched westward, and it is estimated that less than half of them returned to the capital safe and sound. , if it is possible, which of the brothers in Youying would not want to enjoy peace and happiness in the capital."

The two exchanged some pleasantries, and then sat down on the butt pier. Li Xin smiled and asked, "Brother Hou is waiting here early in the morning. Seeing that His Majesty has something important to discuss?"

Hou Jingde shook his big head.

"It was summoned by His Majesty."

Li Xin smiled and said, "Is it convenient to say?"

Hou Jingde looked around, and after making sure that there was no one around, he whispered in Li Xin's ear, "I didn't come alone, Your Majesty summoned two people from the imperial army."

"Brother Li, don't be angry after hearing this. The person who came with me should be the person who will temporarily take care of you, Brother Li, in the Right Battalion of the Imperial Army..."

Li Xin nodded, and said in a low voice: "Okay, don't talk about it, and it's not good for Brother Hou."

The two chatted a few more gossips and chatted about the old affairs of Habayashi Guard. At this moment, Young Supervisor Xiao, the internal guard, suddenly ran all the way into the side hall and bowed his head respectfully to Li Xin.

"Master Li, Your Majesty invites you to go over."

Li Xin got up and smiled at Hou Jingde.

"Brother Hou, wait here, little brother, go to face the saint first."

Hou Jingde nodded helplessly, muttering to himself.

In this palace, there is no emphasis on first-come-first-served, it was my old lord who came here first and waited...

Chapter 636 Please Two Things

In fact, there is indeed a first-come-first-served rule in the palace for Hou Zhi. Generally, whoever arrives first sees first, and those who come later can only queue up. However, Lord Jing'an now has more face after all, so he...

Cut in line.

Under the leadership of Xiao Zheng, Li Xin headed towards the door of Taikang Emperor's study. It is worth mentioning that when he was about to enter the Emperor's study, he met a man who was not very tall but obviously strong. Li Xin also recognized the man.

The former General of the Forbidden Army, Pei Jin Pei Sanlang.

This General Pei used to be the general who commanded the left and right battalions of the Forbidden Army. He was the absolute confidant of the late Emperor Chengde. The emperor conspired to take the position of the right governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, becoming an empty shell with a high position and low power.

At the beginning, General Pei had absolute prestige in the Habayashi Guard, and even Emperor Taikang was afraid that he would lead the imperial army to rebel, but after several years of observation, Pei Jin is now very honest.

According to what Hou Jingde said, this person who was interviewed by the emperor should take over Li Xin's position in the Forbidden Army and take over the right battalion of the Forbidden Army.

Originally, Li Xin thought that this person would be a promoted general in the Forbidden Army, but what he never expected was that this person would be Pei Jin.

Pei Jin is now the right governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. This position is worthy of the name of the No. [-] figure in the Great Jin Army. From the point of view of power alone, whether it is Li Shen, Ye Ming, or Yunzhou's Zhong Xuantong, they are all better than others. This position is much lower, and if he wants to regain control of the Right Battalion of the Forbidden Army, he will be demoted two levels, which is worse than his previous official position.

Moreover, this person used to be a subordinate of the late emperor. If the current emperor is willing to appoint the imperial army to him, it means that Pei Jin has completely surrendered to the current emperor Taikang.

There is also an inconspicuous point in this, that is, if a general from Habayashi Guardi is promoted to take over Li Xin's position, then the newly promoted general of the right battalion may not have enough prestige to lead the right battalion. The former General was able to control the Forbidden Army without a doubt, so that the influence of Li Xin and the Ye family in the Forbidden Army disappeared in the shortest possible time.

These thoughts only circled in Li Xin's mind, he stopped, and smiled at Pei Jin, "I've seen the governor."

Pei Jin is an ordinary-looking man, shorter than Li Xin, he also stopped, looked at Li Xin with some surprise, and then said politely: "Mr. .”

The two of them didn't meet each other on weekdays, and Li Xin had plotted against him before, so the two of them just said hello and passed by.

Xiao Zheng followed behind Li Xin, lowered his head deeply, and asked in a low voice: "Master Chen, Eunuch Chen..."

Li Xin frowned and asked, "The Grand Duke is still in the palace?"

Xiao Zheng gritted his teeth, and asked in a low voice: "Yes, the Grand Duke stayed in the palace last night, and he hasn't left today. I want to ask Master Li, the Grand Duke..."

Chen Ju is still the eunuch of the inner servant. What's more frightening is that it has been nearly three years since the late emperor was buried. If Chen Ju wants to live in the palace in the future, Xiao Zheng will have to give up his position.

Li Xin kept walking, and said calmly: "The meaning of the palace, it is not convenient for me, a foreign minister, to ask."