Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 455

For the next whole afternoon, Mu Ying did not come out in Li Xin's study. Li Xin asked Mu Ying about the situation in southern Xinjiang in detail, and then closed his eyes and put the situation in southern Xinjiang in his mind. sorted it out.

   He opened his eyes and looked at Mu Ying,

   "What does Uncle Mu mean?"

Mu Ying lowered her eyebrows and said: "Now many young people from the Mu family have entered the capital, and they have a livelihood in the capital. My father's meaning is very simple. As long as the Lord Hou speaks, the Mu family in southern Xinjiang is willing to be the Hou. Do anything."

   He bowed his head deeply to Li Xin.

   "My father said that he wants the Mu family in the capital to have a way to survive."

   "Uncle Mu is afraid that I will cross the river and demolish the bridge?"

   Li Xin laughed dumbly, then became serious, and said solemnly: "With the Marquis of Jing'an, there is no chance that something will happen to the Mu family."

  Mu Ying sighed: "My father and Lord Hou have only met twice, so he entrusted the life and death of Mu's family to Lord Hou. He naturally trusts Lord Hou, but he is afraid that Lord Hou will not be able to protect himself."

   said, Mu Ying looked at Li Xin cautiously and lowered her voice.

   "He's afraid... Lord Hou, you will be demolished by crossing the river."

  Li Xin was silent.

After a while, he whispered to Mu Ying: "Brother Mu, don't worry, Li Xin is not a man of Lu Zhi, and besides planning things, he can also help himself. "

   Mu Ying smiled and said, "You can rest assured if you are a humble post."

   "Relying on the big tree, Lord Hou, the Mu family will be able to spread branches and leaves in the capital."

  Li Xin pulled his sleeve and said with a smile: "Brother Mu has worked hard all the way, let's go, let's go out for a drink, just treat it as a brother who will take care of you."

  Mu Ying is also a good drinker. He himself will have a couple if he has something to do. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Master Hou invites you, dare you not obey?"

  The two went out of the study one after the other, got a small table in the side hall, and set up a small stove next to it. A jug of wine was warmed on the stove, which was bubbling hot.

   It's already late winter, and there is nothing more comfortable than drinking hot wine.

   The two of them were talking and drinking, and it didn't take long before their faces became hot.

   Li Xin poured a cup for Mu Ying and let out a breath of white air.

   "Brother Mu came back by coincidence. In ten days or so, I will get married. I was worried that you won't be able to come back soon."

   Mu Ying picked up the wine glass, raised her head and drank it.

   He stretched out three fingers and said with a big tongue: "I... ran three horses to death on the road."

   "Just to catch up with Lord Hou's marriage."

   In the winter, walking in the wild is a bit unbearable, let alone riding a horse on the official road. It can be seen that Mu Ying has indeed suffered a lot along the way.

  Li Xin was stunned for a while, then slowly exhaled, and reached out and patted Mu Ying's back.

"Brothers."

   Muying bent down and poured a glass of wine for Li Xin, and laughed.

   "Mainly to flatter Hou Ye, that's why he worked so hard."

   At this time, the cold wind was blowing outside the window. Although there was no snow, it was not much warmer than the winter of the 17th year of Chengde.

   But the two people in the room were staggering and smiling happily.

  …………

   The next day, the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Taikang.

  Last year on this day, the Son of Heaven, Longyu, returned to the sky, and the whole country was in mourning. Now that the first emperor died, the current emperor first brought civil and military officials to the ancestral temple to worship, and then went to the imperial mausoleum in person.

   It was already afternoon when I came back from the imperial mausoleum.

   All day long, Li Xin followed behind Emperor Taikang, never leaving.

   On the way back to Beijing, Li Xin was invited to the emperor's carriage.

  In the carriage, a few stoves warmed the small space.

   Li Xin squatted beside the stove to bake the fire.

   He is very afraid of the cold.

   To be precise, since the snowy night in the 17th year of Chengde, Li Xin has become very afraid of the cold. In winter, he will stay by the fire, and even if he goes out, he has to wear thick clothes.

   Emperor Taikang also imitated Li Xin and put his hands on the stove to bake.

   He whispered: "Chang'an, when I just visited the Emperor's Mausoleum, I already informed my father about your marriage with Xiao Jiu. When I return to the palace, I will order the two of you to get married."

  Because it is still in mourning, the marriage must be approved by the late emperor. Of course, the late emperor can no longer speak at this time, so this is just a formality.

   Anyway, no matter what, the late emperor will "acquiesce".

  Li Xin nodded and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Because it was a sacrifice to his father, Emperor Taikang had shed tears just now, and he couldn't laugh at the moment. He patted Li Xin on the shoulder and said softly: "From tomorrow, I will be ready to prepare, but the time is too fast, you There aren't many people in that Hou's mansion, so I guess it's too busy, I will ask the people from the Ministry of Rites to help you, and try to let Xiao Jiufeng get married."

   "Your Majesty bothered."

Li Xin looked up at the emperor and sighed: "Actually, at this moment, the minister should not be entangled in the affairs of these little children. If it is not for marriage, His Majesty will send to the two Zhechong residences in the southwest, and the minister is the best candidate to lead. ."

  Ye Ming, as the main general, is going to be in the middle of the army and is unlikely to be the "forward", so if Li Xin doesn't have to get married, he is indeed the best candidate.

  The emperor shook his head a little embarrassedly.

   "I talked to Ye Shaobao. He said that if two Zhe rushed to the mansion, they would probably be eaten by the Pingnan Army after finding out the truth, so that's all."

   Having said that, the emperor lowered his eyebrows.

   "Once an army is launched against the southwest, it will be a long-lasting battle, but no matter how long this battle will be, the first battle must be won, otherwise it will hurt morale."

   This sentence should be what Ye Ming told him.

This battle is actually a continuation of the "Battle for Inheritance". Both sides of the war have legal inheritance rights, so there is no such thing as a "Han" and who is a "thief", so this first battle must be If you want to win, if you lose, there may be many forces in the local area, and they will fall to the side of Shu County.

   Li Xin nodded.

   "General Ye is old-fashioned to seek the country, but this minister never thought of this."

   "We're still young."

   A smile appeared on the emperor's face.

   "After more than ten years, Changan will not be inferior to any of them."

  The two rulers and ministers chatted without a word on the carriage.

   However, he did not have the enthusiasm he had in the Wei Palace.

   Li Xinxin was very clear that this time was not the time to get married at all, it was the emperor Taikang who forced him to marry the Ninth Princess, in order to put an extra shackle on his neck.

   With Li Xin's character of empathy, this shackle will be very heavy.

   But fortunately, Li Xin himself did not object to this marriage. After all, he also liked the ninth princess very much, so he agreed to this marriage.

  Although this situation of being forced to get married is somewhat uncomfortable.

  The carriage slowly drove into the capital. Li Xin did not go back to the palace with the emperor, but got off at Yonglefang, got into his carriage, and went to the Qinghe Princess Mansion.

  According to the emperor's wishes, the imperial decree for the marriage will come down tomorrow. At that time, he and the Ninth Princess will not be able to meet before the wedding. Taking advantage of the fact that there is still more than half a day today, Li Xin has to go to the Princess Mansion to accompany the Ninth Princess.

   The winter this year is also very cold. Although it has not snowed yet, the sky is overcast and it seems that there will be a heavy snowfall at any time.

   Just like the situation in the world today.

  The battle is imminent.

   (end of this chapter)