Unparalleled Concubine

The emperor's first name and surname seem unlucky at first glance, but the names of royal children have always been particular. For example, the eldest prince Ji Ku's name was taken from the ancient sages, and the emperor's "warm" character, It comes from the sentence "Wen Wen Shi Gentleman", which has a source.

It has been ten years since no one dared to say this name, or even write it down.

Since the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, no one in the world dared to mention this name, let alone anyone who dared to take this name. Even when scholars went to Beijing for an examination, when they wrote this word, in order to avoid taboo, they had to put the word "Wen" on it. Remove a horizontal line from the word yue and write it as a word of mouth.

In the capital, except for the emperor himself, no one dared to write like that.

Li Xin took a deep breath and made a serious distinction, his voice was low.

"It's the handwriting of the Son of Heaven."

Mu Ying and Zhao Jia looked at each other with complicated expressions.

Originally, the emperor's handwritten letter must be kneeling, but now, the two of them are actually rebellious officials and thieves, and it is not suitable for them to kneel.

Li Xinxin had some bad premonition, he waved his hand.

"You guys avoid it first."

Zhao Jia and Mu Ying nodded to Li Xin and retreated.

Lord Jing'an's breathing became a little short of breath.

With slightly trembling hands, he opened the letter.

There was no title or signature in the letter, only eight characters.

"I'm going to die."

This is the first sentence.

"Are you going back to Beijing?"

Because the strokes of these eight characters are not strong enough, they are crooked, even tottering, and they are not aesthetically pleasing.

However, after Li Xin saw these eight characters, he froze in place as if struck by lightning.

At this moment, his mind went blank.

Chapter 808 I'm a Countryman

In Li Garden, Li Xin stayed alone for a long time.

It wasn't until the afternoon that he slowly walked out of his room. Mu Ying and Zhao Jia were waiting quietly outside.

Seeing Li Xin coming out, Mu Ying didn't say much, while Zhao Jia walked up and said in a low voice, "Master Hou...?"

At this time, the expression on Li Xin's face had returned to calm, he folded his hands in his sleeves, and said slowly: "The Son of Heaven calls me back to Beijing."

Zhao Jia frowned and said, "At this time, there is no news from the capital. It is too dangerous for you to return to Beijing, Lord Hou."

At this time, there were only the three of them around, and Li Xin didn't need to hide anything. He closed his eyes and his voice was a little low.

"The emperor said that he was going to die."

Mu Ying's face changed drastically, and the black-faced general was stunned.

"How is it possible, how old is the emperor of the Ji family..."

Compared to Mu Ying's surprise, Zhao Jia had already prepared himself and looked much calmer. He whispered, "Maybe it's to coax Master Hou to return to Beijing."

When the emperor first met Li Xin, it was in the winter of the 17th year of Chengde, when he was 23 years old, and he became the throne at the end of the 18th year of Chengde, when he was 24 years old.

Now it is the ninth year of Taikang, and he is exactly 33 years old.

At this age, even in the empire era when the average life expectancy was relatively small, one should not die, but this age is not particularly short-lived in the profession of emperor.

Take the world of Li Xin as an example, Emperor Xiaozong Hongzhi was 36 years old, Emperor Wuzong Zhengde was 31 years old, and Emperor Tianqi was only 26 years old.

The profession of emperor seems to be life-threatening, except for a few hard-fated ones, the others don't live very long.

Li Xin took a deep breath: "I want to go back to the capital to have a look."

Mu Ying was a little anxious, and he said in a deep voice: "Master Hou, no matter what, I have to send someone to the capital to check the situation. Besides, it was a fluke that Lord Hou was able to escape from the capital last time. If you go back to the capital , it’s impossible to come out so easily.”

His face is serious.

"Besides, if the emperor of the Ji family is really... not long to live, then before he dies, maybe he will bring you, Lord Hou, with him..."

Lord Jing'an was expressionless.

"I have thought about what you said in the room just now, but no matter what, I have to go back."

Unlike the indecisive temperament of the emperor, Li Xin has always been very assertive. Once a decision is made, it cannot be changed. He took a deep breath and said in a muffled voice: "If the emperor really dies soon, then the capital will be destroyed at this time. It is the time of power change, if I miss this time, I will be excluded from the power core of Dajin, and if I want to get in, I am afraid I can only use force."

Having said that, Li Xin paused.

"If the letter from the Son of Heaven is deceiving me, with you in the southwest, my life is safe, and my family is not in the capital, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

Lord Jing'an closed his eyes.

"If the Son of Heaven really lied to me, then if I go back to the capital this time, even if I stop my naive thoughts, I won't think about any affection in the future."

Mu Ying lowered her head, her face was not very good-looking, but she didn't dare to speak about what Li Xin had already decided, so she could only grit her teeth secretly.

On the contrary, it was Zhao Jia who knew Li Xin better, he pondered for a while, and said, "When is Lord Hou going to leave?"

"Tomorrow."

Lord Jing'an folded his hands in his sleeves, and said slowly: "Tomorrow I will set off from Jincheng, rush to Jiange, and bring Xie Dai and his subordinate Habayashi Wei back to Beijing."

"According to the calculation, Xie Dai and the others have also been under house arrest in Jiange for three or four months."

Zhao Jia was silent for a moment, then sighed slightly.

"Understood, I'll arrange carriages and horses now."

Mu Ying also lowered her head and cupped her fists at Li Xin, ready to back off.

Seeing that he was not very happy, Li Xin reached out and patted his shoulder, forcing a smile.

"Brother Mu, don't worry, I won't do anything I'm not sure about."

Mu Ying let out a long breath.

"During the Chengde period, I was also in the capital, in the Habayashi Guard. When the Renchen Palace was changed, I broke through the palace ban with Lord Hou and helped the emperor of the Ji family ascend the throne. I understand that Lord Hou is in his heart." I still regard the original King Wei as a friend."

"My friend is going to die, so Lord Hou wants to go back to the capital to have a look."