Unparalleled Concubine

"Li Xin, live well in Southern Border. If you die in Southern Border, then our family will have a hard time in the future..."

Chapter 108 Eating less will make you fat

Since Li Xin came to the capital, Emperor Chengde has set many "precedents" for him.

For example, before him, there had never been a commoner who had been granted the title of "Officer of Grace", and no school captain of Habayashi Guard had been transferred to be the personal guard of the Princess Mansion.

There is no precedent for the military officer Habayashi Wei Xiaowei being transferred to the military supervising military envoy.

After accepting this imperial decree, Li's heart was complicated.

To be honest, he actually refused to go to Southern Xinjiang in his heart. First, he and Li Shen were really on the wrong side of the road, and second, he offended the Li family in Southern Xinjiang. It would not be impossible to go to Southern Xinjiang and die a few times. There are always seven deaths and three lives. of.

He is currently working as a personal guard in the princess mansion, making snacks every day, teasing and molesting the princess, and inspecting his subordinates. His life is quite good, there is really no need to take risks himself.

But there is no way.

The imperial decree of this era is the rule of heaven. There are only two roads before you, either go or die. There is no third road to choose.

This is the dominance of imperial power.

Li Xin took the imperial decree out of his sleeve, and looked it up, down, left, and right.

If this thing is put in later generations, it should be able to sell for a lot of money...?

It's a pity that his rank is too low, and the axis of the imperial decree is made of wood. If it is a first-rank or second-rank, it will be made of jade. Only such an imperial edict is worth preserving.

Thinking of this, Li Xin looked up at the sky, and it was almost noon.

According to what the eunuch Chen said, he will go to the southern border with the general Zhu Guo early tomorrow morning, and before that, he still has to say goodbye to the nine princesses.

Li Xin turned and walked into the princess mansion, and found Her Royal Highness sitting under the gazebo grilling skewers in the backyard.

After more than a month, she has learned to do it herself and have enough food and clothing.

Li Xin sat silently opposite the Ninth Princess, looked at her slightly fat little face, and sighed long.

"Your Highness, it's better to eat staple food at noon."

Ji Lingxiu raised her head and gave Li Xin a blank look, then snorted and said, "I don't want you to do anything. If you meddle in so many things, if you meddle in other things, I will ask Father to transfer you to guard the city gate!"

Now, the relationship between the two of them has improved a lot, and Ji Lingxiu can play jokes with Li Xin unscrupulously.

Li Xinxin took out a bunch of grilled meat skewers from the grill, and said nonchalantly while eating: "I'm going out for a while, and the guards of the Princess Mansion will be handed over to two guards. It’s not peaceful, if you want to go out, remember to tell Zhu Ke.”

Zhu Ke is one of the two sentry officers under Li Xin. He is already in his 30s and has basically no potential to climb up. In this life, he can be a captain of the Habayashi Guard at most. Li Xin usually asks him to take this school captain camp with him.

Now that Li Xin is about to leave the capital, Zhu Ke will temporarily hand over this battalion to Zhu Ke.

Princess Jiu was concentrating on grilling skewers, but after hearing this sentence, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Li Xin.

"Where are you going?"

Li Xin took out the rolled up imperial decree from his sleeve, waved it in front of the Ninth Princess, and said helplessly, "Just now someone from the palace delivered the imperial decree, His Majesty summoned me to go on business in other places, and I think I will be out for a while."

Originally, the imperial decree was read out, and all the family members had to come out to receive it together, but this time, Chen Ju didn't make a big fuss, but found Li Xin alone, and read out the imperial edict in the room, so the princess Qinghe was not alarmed.

"How long?"

Li Xin replied softly.

"The shortest is three months, and the longest is half a year."

Chen Ju told him about three months, saying that he could return to the capital in about three months, but Li Xin was not so optimistic, so he added half a year to it.

Ninth Princess was a little anxious.

"There are so many people in the imperial court, who can't be sent, why should I send you?"

The Ninth Princess stood up and snorted softly: "No, I'm going to ask my father and ask him to send someone else."

Li Xin looked helplessly at the Ninth Princess.

"Your Highness, the imperial decree has come down, do you think His Majesty will backtrack?"

Changing orders from day to day is the most taboo thing for those in power. The emperor's words are the iron truth, and there is no possibility of any change. This involves the authority of the emperor. Even the emperor is unlikely to let the emperor of Chengde easily withdraw the imperial edict. Ji Lingxiu, who is a princess, will definitely not succeed.

As a princess, Ji Lingxiu naturally understood this truth. She sat back in her seat and bit her lip.

Li Xin comforted softly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the imperial decree said that it's just a temporary errand, and I still have the status of the personal guard of the Princess Mansion. When I return to the capital, I will return to the Princess Mansion to work."

Princess Jiu stretched out her slender right hand, which was stained with oil from the barbecue, and gritted her teeth, "Show me."

Li Xin glanced at her.

"Your Highness, it is a disrespectful crime to defile the imperial decree. I will be the one who will be beheaded at that time. Don't harm me..."

"I don't know."

Princess Jiu took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands, and hummed in a low voice: "The decree has come down, you keep it in the house, who will ask you to check the decree again?"

"coward."

While speaking, she had already wiped her hands clean, and after receiving the imperial decree and reading it carefully, her expression changed slightly.

"Why did I ask you to go to southern Xinjiang..."

"There is a war in southern Xinjiang. It is very dangerous. Will you die if you go there?"

The Princess Qinghe frowned, worried: "If you die, who will get me something to eat?"

Li Xin looked at the foodie princess a little speechlessly.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will write down all the recipes for you tonight. Even if I die in southern Xinjiang, I won't be able to starve you."

Ji Lingxiu blinked: "Then go and write."

Li Xin sighed, squeezed another skewer from the grill, and stood up: "Then I'll go back and write the recipe for Your Highness. I'm not in the capital during this time, Your Highness should be careful."

After Li Xin walked a few steps, he looked back at Ji Lingxiu.

"Also, don't eat too much, you will really get fat."

Princess Qinghe made a funny face with Li Xin, held her head up and said, "It's a blessing to be fat. My concubine always says I'm too thin."

As a princess, she doesn't have as many worries as those girls in later generations, because no matter what she looks like, everyone in the world will rush to please her.

Li Xin shook his head, and walked away from the Princess Mansion.