Unparalleled Concubine

Mu Ying also frowned.

"I never thought about that."

After he was silent for a while, he looked at his father, and said in a deep voice, "The matter is urgent, why don't you let your grandson change his surname to Li first, and honor him as the descendant of Queen Min?"

Muying got married a few years ago. In five years, he lost two sons and a daughter. The eldest son is already four years old.

"How can my Mu family change my surname?"

Mu Qing frowned and said, "Besides, if Marquis Li knows about it, he will probably feel worried."

Mu Ying nodded, and said, "Then let your grandson replace him for now. Anyway, Chang'an's son is also surnamed Li, so let Chang'an's son be the emperor of Han."

The father and son simply said a few words, even if the former Nanshu royal family did not exist at all.

Mu Qing was silent for a while, then sighed: "Forget it, just do as you young people do."

He stood up from his chair and sighed.

"The luck of the Ji family is on the rise. Li Chang'an's letter tells you to segregate the Southwest. Whether it's a blessing or a curse is still unknown."

Mu Ying stood up, supported her father, and said with a smile: "Of course he didn't want to rebel in Chang'an."

"He couldn't hold on in the capital, so he wanted to use the southwest to restrict the emperor of the Ji family. The southwest is gone, and the north is fighting again. The emperor of the Ji family can't take care of both, and there may even be chaos in the family and country. At that time, he can only Please go to Chang'an."

Mu Ying saw this matter very clearly, and he said with a smile: "To put it bluntly, it is similar to what the Pingnan Marquis Mansion did back then, using the Southwest to contain and threaten the court."

"It's just that Chang'an is much stronger than Li Shen, and his status in the capital is also much higher than Li Shen."

Hearing this, Mu Qing walked in front of Mu Ying with her hands behind her back, and shook her head: "He doesn't rebel, our restoration of the country is just a dream, and sooner or later it will come to nothing."

"Father, don't worry."

Mu Ying smiled and said: "The contradiction between him and the emperor of the Ji family is getting more and more serious. Sooner or later, you will die and live. At that time, we will push him behind the scenes, and he will rebel if he doesn't rebel."

Having said that, he took a deep breath.

"Father, don't worry, your son will definitely make the Mu family prosperous."

"It doesn't matter if it's prosperous or not."

Old man Mu turned and left, before leaving, he sighed: "It's better not to cut off the incense."

Compared to Mu Qing's calmness, Mu Ying looked excited, and immediately went to find Li Xin's brother Lin Hu who stayed in the southwest.

Chapter 775 New Year's Eve

After all, Li Xin has made great contributions, and there is Ye family in the court to echo him, and this time he did not leave any evidence on the surface, the emperor certainly knows that he did what happened in the Southwest , but the dialogue between two people can only be known by the two of them, and it is impossible to tell the third person.

Therefore, at the level of "law", Li Xin was not charged with any crimes. He was taken into Dali Temple, and he was not reviewed by the three courts. It can only be said that he offended the emperor, so he left the palace in anger and returned to his own home. At that time, the court did not continue to embarrass him.

Li Xin is no longer in Dali Temple. The old Taoist priest Yiyangzi and his master Wang Zhong were also released from Dali Temple. Yiyangzi returned to the Taiyi Temple in Beishan, and Wang Zhong had nowhere to go. Lived in Jing'an Hou Mansion.

It is worth mentioning that although the imperial court did not make any further moves, the number of people guarding outside the Jing'an Hou's mansion did not decrease but increased. It seemed that the emperor was afraid that Li Xin would escape from the capital. Even the inner guards sent a battalion of school captains to stand guard outside the gate of Jing'an Hou's mansion.

Li Xin turned a blind eye to this.

He just lived in his own house silently and did not go out for more than ten days.

He returned to the capital around the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month. After returning to Beijing, he tossed and tossed for several days, and now it has been more than ten days, and the time has reached the thirtieth year of the eighth year of Taikang.

The dark place in the capital was turbulent, but the common people in the capital didn't notice it at all. No matter it was Datongfang, Liushufang, or the most prosperous Yonglefang, every household was decorated with lanterns and festoons to celebrate the annual festival.

In previous years, the Jing'an Hou's Mansion would also hang up colorful lanterns early, under the arrangement of the eldest princess, but this year, until the [-]th of the new year, there was no movement at Jing'an Hou's Mansion.

At this time, the people in other workshops only heard some gossip about Jing'anhou's Mansion, and they didn't notice the tense atmosphere in the court hall, but most of the people in Yonglefang felt that the wind and rain were about to come.

After all, Jing'an Hou Mansion has been besieged by imperial guards for 20 days.

If it were any other officials, they would either be innocent within 20 days, or they would have been sent to prison for interrogation. However, after being surrounded by the imperial guards for more than 20 days, the Jing'an Hou Mansion remained motionless, and even the members of the Sanfa Division never Step into the Houfu half a step.

On the evening of the New Year's Eve, according to the rules, the emperor would have a banquet in the palace for some important officials. Therefore, from the morning onwards, the courtiers in the inner court and the eunuchs of the eighth eunuchs had already been busy. At noon, a man in red The eunuch in Yi left the palace and walked towards Jing'anhou's mansion. He went straight past Xie Jing and other guards, walked into Jing'anhou's mansion, and met Li Xin in the backyard smoothly.

At this time, the Jing'an Hou's mansion was no longer the high-spirited appearance it used to be. Wearing ordinary clothes, he was sitting under a pavilion with black hands, fiddling with a pile of charcoal.

Xiao Zheng, the eunuch in red, walked over with small steps and saluted Li Xin.

"I have seen Hou Ye."

Li Xin lowered his head and was busy, ignoring the head of the inner court.

Xiao Zheng was not angry either, he glanced at Li Xin with black hands, and asked with a smile: "What is Hou Ye busy with?"

"I have nothing to do, just fiddle with a few pieces of charcoal."

Li Xin didn't raise his head, and said lightly: "I won't be able to eat the imperial food in the future, and I plan to resume my old business and live by selling carbon."

When Li Xin first came to Beijing, his first job was to sell carbon. Not only the emperor knew about this, but even Xiao Zheng knew about it. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Master Hou, it's New Year's Eve today."

"Your Majesty invites you to the palace for a banquet..."

Li Xin had no expression on his face, and said slowly: "I'm a grassroots person, and I can't go to the palace. Please trouble the Grand Duke to tell His Majesty, saying that Li Xin is busy with his livelihood and has no time to go."

"Master Li..."

Xiao Zheng lowered his head and smiled.

"Your Majesty has made it clear that your servants will invite you to enter the palace, so you should stop playing your temper. Besides, today's New Year's Eve, you will not enter the palace yourself. The eldest princess, the young lady and the young master in your family will always enter. How about going to the palace to kowtow to the empress dowager?"

The current Empress Dowager is the grandmother of Li Xin's son and daughter, and the Empress Dowager is quite doting on this grandson. Because of this reason, little Ah Han and Li Ping were often taken to the palace.

Li Xin raised his head and glanced at Xiao Zheng.

"The eldest princess is ill and cannot enter the palace. The two children have to stay with her at home."

He stood up from the chair, wiped the black ash on his hands with a handkerchief, and said calmly: "If someone wants to enter the palace, I will do it."

Xiao Zhengchang heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly lowered his head: "This servant is here, waiting for Lord Li Hou."

"Wait for me to do?"

Li Xin frowned and said, "I can leave now."

Eunuch Xiao coughed and pointed to Li Xin's black and gray coarse clothes.

"Master Hou, the Ministry of the Central Court is going to enter the palace today, you should change your clothes at least..."

After Li Xin looked down at his clothes, he nodded slightly: "That's it, Grandpa wait for me."