Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 438 Grass Rings in the Moonlight

  According to the rules, when the emperor dies, the children should observe filial piety for three years, at least twenty-seven months, otherwise there is no way to get married.

   But during the Emperor Wu’s reign, the Great Jin went to war with both the north and the south at the same time, and the domestic males were consumed in large quantities. At that time, such a rule was set that children who kept filial piety for more than three months could get married.

  In the Chengde Dynasty, this rule was changed to one year, but the big family usually waited for three years before they got married, especially the royal family, but if it was of marriageable age, the emperor could decree the marriage, regardless of the rules.

The words    the emperor said meant that he wanted to marry Li Xin and the nine princesses.

  The emperor is about to marry a girl, so Li Xin naturally has nothing to object to. After all, his relationship with the Ninth Princess is almost at the time of marriage.

   But at this juncture, it was inevitable that he had some other ideas.

   The emperor smiled even more happily when he saw Li Xinying down.

   "When you get married, we will be a family, and we will be closer."

   Shit.

  Li Xinxin silently rolled his eyes.

   Throughout the ages, the most happiest relative killed by the royal family was the concubine. No royal family has ever regarded the consort as its own family.

   This is not a good job.

  Jing'an Hou bowed his head and said, "My minister, thank you Your Majesty for the marriage."

   After the emperor finished talking about the marriage, he pulled Li Xin and sat down, and said, "Ye Ming has returned from the north, does Chang'an know?"

"Know."

  Li Xin nodded and said, "I just came out of Chen Guogong's mansion and met with this Senior Brother Ye."

   There is nothing to hide about this kind of thing. Li Xin will know if he doesn't say it.

Emperor Taikang said solemnly: "I transferred Ye Ming back to the capital just because you said Chang'an that the first move is the strongest, after this year, even if the southern border does not make the first move, I will do it to the southern border. ."

   Having said that, the emperor took a deep breath.

   "When the time comes, it's up to you in Chang'an."

   Li Xin shook his head with a wry smile: "How many pounds and how many taels are the minister's weight, His Majesty should know the most in his heart. In this battle in the southern border, we still have to rely on Senior Brother Ye, and the minister will at most follow behind him and wave the flag and shout."

   Having said this, Li Xin paused for a while, and then continued: "I heard that your Majesty sent Neiwei to the Northern Zhou family to get people some time ago."

  The emperor nodded and said: "There is such a thing, count the time, more than half a month has passed, and they should be here soon."

When he did this, it was Emperor Taikang's own idea. What he thought at the time was to directly bring those Northern Zhou families to the capital for the crime of lying about the disaster, because he wanted to do it as quickly as possible, and Emperor Taikang did not. After the court procedure, he directly sent his own soldiers to get people.

   Li Xin lowered his head and sighed: "Your Majesty's move may shock the snake."

"Those big families, since they dare to cooperate with Li Shen, they must be ready for rebellion. If your majesty wants to take them, you should suppress the realm from the heavenly forces, drop ten guilds with one force, and kill them all at once. A thousand inner guards say that it is a lot less. , but too much is not too much.”

  The emperor frowned and said, "Can they dare to resist?"

   Li Xin smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, they can even lie about the disaster, what else can't they do?"

   This incident is actually no wonder Emperor Taikang.

Originally, the emperor wanted to arrest someone. In theory, he didn’t even need to send someone there. As long as an imperial decree was required, the family could obediently tie themselves up and plead guilty. In normal times, even if it was a criminal minister, the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple would only go a few times. Individuals can easily bring people back.

   And this time, the emperor sent a thousand people over, and he has already given enough face to those noble families.

   But unfortunately, the situation is different.

  Jing An Hou glanced at the north side with some worry.

   "Calculate the time, the people sent by Your Majesty should have already arrived in the north. If those Northern Zhou clans were more cruel, they would probably start fighting by now."

  The emperor frowned slightly and did not speak.

  …

After    left the palace, it was already dark.

  Li Xin got off the carriage at Yonglefang, walked on the street of Yonglefang, put his hands on his back, looked left and right, finally he found a beautiful withered grass beside the road, bent down and picked it in his hand.

   This most prosperous square in the capital is still lit up at night. Compared to other squares, it will be much dimmed.

   It was almost November, and the wind was very cold at night. Li Xin tightened his robes and walked towards his carriage instead of returning to the Marquis of Jing'an.

   The lavender carriage from the Jingan Houfu slowly drove out of Yonglefang.

   "Go to the Qinghe Princess Mansion."

   The Hou family guard who was driving the car bowed his head respectfully: "Yes."

The    carriage slowly moved towards the direction of Otsubo.

   At this time, all the squares in the capital were closed, but with Li Xin's current power, these things could no longer hinder him. After half an hour, the carriage appeared at the door of Princess Qinghe's residence.

   The door of the Princess Mansion was knocked on, and Yu Linwei, who was guarding the door, happily let Li Xin in.

  Then the maid of the Princess Mansion quickly went in to report. After Li Xin entered the main hall of the Princess Mansion, the nine princesses who had already slept had already changed their clothes and came out to greet him.

   Her Royal Highness Princess blushed.

   "What are you doing here in the middle of the night? Others want to talk nonsense when they see it!"

  Li Xin stood up and whispered in her ear: "Come on, let's go to a place where no one is there, I have something to tell you."

   The nine princesses gritted their teeth and finally took Li Xin to the back garden of the princess mansion.

It's winter now, everything is withered, and there is nothing to see in the garden of the princess' mansion. The princess has been pulling Li Xin under the pavilion in the back garden, and gently gritted her teeth: "You don't want to go to my room, there are Say anything here."

   Li Xin grinned and wrapped around her waist: "Has your brother talked to you recently?"

"No."

   Jiu Princess shook her head and said, "Seventh brother, he is very busy now. Sometimes I can't see him even after I go to the palace to see my mother. Don't you see him more than me, why do you ask this?"

   The two brothers and sisters have not seen each other, which means that this girl doesn't know about it yet.

  Li Xin took her hand and said sincerely, "Then will you marry me?"

  Xiaojiu pushed Li Xin with her hand, but did not push away, she blushed and said, "You came here in the middle of the night just to ask this?"

   Li Xin nodded.

   "This question is important."

  Jing'an Hou's tone was solemn.

   "If you are willing to marry me, I will marry you."

   This sentence sounds strange, but it contains very complicated feelings for Li Xin.

   Because marrying the Nine Princesses is not good for his future development.

   But if the Ninth Princess is willing to marry, he is willing to marry.

   Ji Lingxiu looked up at Li Xin's serious face, as if she understood something, she took the initiative to hold Li Xin's hand in her hand, and then nodded slowly.

   "I do."

   A smile appeared on Li Xin's face.

   "That's all right, and you won't regret it in the future."

   The nine princesses nodded solemnly.

   "No regrets."

   "Then you stretch out your hand."

   Xiaojiu obediently stretched out her slender hand.

   "Not the right hand, but the left hand."

"Oh."

   The little girl obediently stretched out her other hand.

   Then, a somewhat rough, but nice-looking grass ring was put on the finger of the Nine Princesses.

   This is what Li Xin made up on the road just now.

   (end of this chapter)