Unparalleled Concubine

"How dare I say that?"

The eldest princess wiped her tears, and said softly: "I can't accept this. The queen mother is so old. If she knows, how can she bear it?"

Sending a white-haired person to a black-haired person is probably the worst thing in life. If the emperor dies, the empress dowager must be the one who suffers the most.

However, although the Son of Heaven looked terminally ill, Li Xin always had some doubts about this matter, and he would remain vigilant until that day really came.

The husband and wife were talking, and the carriage had already arrived at the gate of the Jing'an Hou Mansion. Chen Shiliu stopped the carriage, turned around and said, "Master Hou, madam, the Hou Mansion is here."

Li Xin got out of the carriage first, and then reached out to pick up the eldest princess.

Looking at the Jing'an Hou Mansion where she had lived for many years, the Eldest Princess felt a little better. She took a deep breath and said softly, "I haven't been back for more than half a year. I don't know what's going on at home..."

Li Xin took her little hand and smiled slightly.

"Your nephew is still living in our house, and he is arguing to see you every day. He is probably going back to the palace tomorrow. Let's meet you two, aunt and nephew, now."

Chapter 823 The Long-lost Yard

Time passed little by little.

In a blink of an eye, the ninth year of Taikang has entered the last month, which is the twelfth lunar month.

The news that the Son of Heaven was seriously ill could no longer be concealed. After all, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. As for the red palace wall, it could not stop any news. In addition, the Son of Heaven had been away from court for a long time, and there were many doubts, so it entered the twelfth lunar month Afterwards, not to mention the whole capital, at least everyone in Yongle Square received some news.

During this month, Li Xin was not very idle, he often ran to the big camp of the right camp of the forbidden army, and tried his best to take over the right camp of the forbidden army, in case of emergency.

This process went smoothly, after all, with the previous foundation, within two months, he could be said to have grasped the Right Battalion of the Forbidden Army in his hands.

To be honest, although the military power of the forbidden army is quite important, in terms of weight, it is impossible to have as much weight as the general of the frontier army. Successful people will turn against each other, and there is no mass base for rebellion.

But the frontier army is different. The frontier army is thousands of miles away from the capital, and the sky is far away from the emperor. There, the generals of the frontier army are the sky above their heads. Take the Yunzhou Zhongjia Army and the Zhenbei Army at Jimenguan as examples. Well, these two families have been operating in the north for decades. If they really want to rebel, the soldiers under them may not even hesitate, and they will turn around and fight towards the capital.

Therefore, the military power of this forbidden army is greatly restricted, and it is also for this reason that the emperor will rest assured to hand it over to Li Xin.

On the third day of the twelfth lunar month in the ninth year of Taikang, the winter sun was shining brightly. (The last chapter was written as Taikang Ten Years, which has been corrected.)

Li Xin did not go to the right camp of the Forbidden Army that day, but went out early in the morning and waited in front of Yong'anmen. Walked out of the door slowly.

Li Xin went up to meet him, and bowed his hands to the old man: "Senior brother."

This old man is naturally the eldest son of the Ye family, and now the only Duke with a different surname in Dajin, Chen Guogong Ye Ming.

In the past, Ye Ming had gray hair, but most of it was black and gray. Now he has only been in Ningling for two years, and his hair is almost completely white.

Ye Ming originally guarded the spirit of Ye Cheng at his hometown in Ningling. Last winter, he secretly came to the capital. After meeting Li Xin, he left the capital. Now it is the end of the ninth year of Taikang. It has been less than two years since the old man passed away. It stands to reason that Ye Ming should still be in his hometown in Ningling.

But the emperor personally summoned him to the capital. Ye Ming didn't have such a temper as Li Xin, so he came to the capital obediently soon.

Seeing Li Xin coming to greet him, Ye Ming first bowed his head to return the salute, then pulled Li Xin's sleeve, and said helplessly: "The fourth brother didn't come to greet me, but you, Changan, came."

Li Xin smiled and said: "Senior Brother misunderstood Senior Brother Xiaoye, Senior Brother Xiaoye is currently serving as the Minister of the Ministry of War, and should be working at the Yamen of the Ministry of War right now, so I can't come."

Ye Ming shook his head and glanced at Li Xin.

"Then Chang'an, you, Minister of the Ministry of War, why don't you work in the Yamen of the Ministry of War?"

From the third year of Taikang to the present, Li Xin has never been relieved of his job as Minister of the Ministry of War, that is to say, he has been the Minister of the Ministry of War for six or seven years, and Ye Lin, who is currently the Minister of the Ministry of War, is actually Li Xin's subordinate.

If it was normal, Li Xin would have to make a few jokes, but this is a special moment, he is not in the mood to make jokes, and it is impossible to talk and laugh with Ye Ming at the gate of Yonganmen.

He turned slightly and said, "Brother, this is not the place to talk, let's talk in another place."

"Let's go to the Duke's mansion for brother."

Ye Ming glanced at Li Xin, and heaved a long sigh: "I heard from the fourth son that you have never been to the Duke's Mansion since your father left. When your father was here, you ran to the Duke's Mansion every three days. of."

With that said, Ye Ming patted Li Xin on the shoulder.

"Although my father is gone, there is no identity between brothers. The Ye family is still the same Ye family."

Li Xin nodded, and the two brothers and sisters walked almost side by side, walking from Yonganmen towards Chen Guogong's mansion.

Such an aboveboard contact between them would definitely be noticed by countless people, but considering the size of the two of them, they don't care much about these details anymore.

The two walked in from the main entrance of Chen Guogong's mansion, then walked all the way to the backyard, and finally stopped at the entrance of the small courtyard where Ye Cheng had lived for decades. Standing at the entrance of this courtyard, Lord Jing'an couldn't help but think of the drunken asshole. Life, laughing and cursing, and a very energetic old man.

He glanced at the small wooden door, and even had an illusion in his heart.

Push the door open, and Old Man Ye will still be waiting for him on the recliner in the yard.

So he stood where he was, silently staring at the wooden door in a daze.

Seeing this, Ye Ming also sighed, reached out and patted Li Xin on the shoulder: "Chang'an."

Li Xin came back to his senses and looked at Ye Ming apologetically.

"I'm a little lost, brother, forgive me."

Ye Ming shook his head, stretched out his hand to push open the wooden door, and said in a deep voice, "Father has lived here for 40 to [-] years. If there is a spirit in the sky, he will probably look here. You and my brother can talk here."

"If the old man misses us in the sky, he can still look down."

Li Xin nodded silently, and followed Ye Ming into the small courtyard.

It has been more than a year since old man Ye passed away, the furnishings in the small courtyard are the same as before, there is still a stone table and a few stone benches.

The reclining chair that Li Xin gave to Old Man Ye was still quietly placed under the gazebo.

The two of them sat down on the stone bench. Li Xin looked around the small courtyard and let out a sigh of relief: "This place...is just like when Master Ye was here."

Li Xin has been hanging out in the capital for so many years, and he has his own scheming in his relationship with everyone. Even when he was a teacher Ye Cheng, he also had his own careful thinking, but after getting along with Old Man Ye for a long time, he really took it He regarded him as his elder, and he came to visit the old man in this small courtyard every three days or so, and played chess with him.

If something important happens, I will come here to discuss with the old man.

After the old man left, Li Xin was very sad for a while, he didn't even dare to come to Chen Guogong's mansion for more than a year, more or less thinking of escaping.

Sitting in this yard again at this time, I can't help but have mixed feelings in my heart.

Ye Ming also sighed: "I'm ashamed to say, the time I spend in this yard for my brother is far worse than that of you, Chang'an."

The two brothers and sisters talked about some old things, and the topic quickly returned to the main topic. Lord Jing'an took a deep breath and looked serious.

"Brother, Your Majesty has called you back to Beijing..."

Ye Ming said slowly: "It's not just me, but Zhong Xuantong of the Chong family has also returned to Beijing. According to His Majesty, the court can only be stabilized if there are generals in Beijing."

These words are actually a bit hypocritical. The emperor summoned Ye Ming and Zhong Xuantong back to the capital because he wanted to call the backbone of these two families into the capital, so that the frontier army could be more or less stable.