Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 475 Old Friends

  At first, at the juncture of life and death, the Crown Prince saw Li Shen as a life-saving straw. At that time, he panicked and grabbed the life-saving straw without thinking too much.

   This life-saving straw indeed saved him from the capital.

But over the past year, the more Ji Kuo thought about it, the more scared he became. Especially not long ago, when Li Shen officially erected the flag to "take back the throne" for him, he felt that he was caught in a huge whirlpool. The eldest of the Ji family was frightened.

   He used to think that Li Shen would take action to save his life because of his father's face, but now he realizes that this handsome-looking middle-aged man in front of him is much more ambitious than he thought.

   He wanted to get out of this vortex, even if he died, it would be better than going to the groundless ancestors.

   But unfortunately, he is just a flag, and how the flag should move, he cannot do whatever he wants.

   Hearing what Li Shen said, the fat prince gave a wry smile: "Uncle, do you want to be emperor?"

Li Shen's expression did not change, and he lowered his head and said, "Your Highness has misunderstood, this minister has always been the most loyal minister of the Great Jin Dynasty. You are the eldest son of the late emperor, and you are also the crown prince who was enshrined by the late emperor himself. Take back the throne."

   His Royal Highness the Prince gave a wry smile.

   "Uncle, what should my nephew's wife and children be like in the capital?"

   "Those who achieve great things are informal."

  Li Shen's face was expressionless.

   "If Your Highness can return to the capital, the Crown Princess and the grandsons, if they survive, will naturally enter the Changle Palace together with His Highness. If unfortunate, His Highness can also erect monuments for them."

   As far as the power in the southwest is concerned, it is impossible to directly shake the imperial court. At this juncture, it is even more impossible to send someone to the palace of the Prince of Qin in the capital to save the prince's family, so Li Shen refused without hesitation.

   The fat prince looked very ugly.

   He is also human. The eldest son in his family is seven or eight years old, and there are several daughters in the capital. How can he easily let go?

   "Uncle, you..."

   He looked at Li Shen in an almost pleading tone: "You help a bunch of nephews, nephews don't want to be the sinners of Da Jin..."

   "Your Highness will not be a sinner."

   Li Shen said indifferently: "One day, Your Highness, will return to the capital in an upright manner and enter the Changle Palace."

   Having said this, he paused.

   "If Your Highness really becomes a sinner, Li Shen will be more sinful than His Highness. Hundreds of thousands of loyal ministers and righteous people in the Pingnan Army will also die first."

   Li Shen stood up after saying this.

   "Your Highness and live here with peace of mind, don't think too much, I will send some concubines to His Highness in a few days."

   "The minister says goodbye."

   said, Li Shen cupped his hands and turned away.

  Leaving Ji Kui alone in the tea room, he was stunned for a long time, and finally collapsed to the ground, unable to move.

   At this time, it is impossible for him to escape, unless he kills himself now.

  If he had the courage to die, he would not have followed Li Shen to Shu County.

  …

After Li Shen walked out of the tea room with his hands on his back, Cheng Ping, the deputy general of the Pingnan Army, bent over and waited outside. After seeing Li Shen coming out, the chubby Cheng Ping bowed his head and said, "General, the news of the spies is here. already."

Fast forward to February now, that is to say, the vanguard army led by the imperial court Ye Ming has been out for almost a month. Such a big movement will naturally be noticed by the southwest side. In fact, as early as a few days ago, the southwest scouts He had already watched Ye Ming's department from a distance, and reported the situation to Jincheng at any time.

  Li Shen nodded.

"Say."

  Cheng Ping lowered his head and said, "The imperial army has already passed through Hankou. According to their formation, at the end of February, they will be able to reach the gate of Shu County."

   Li Shen took a deep breath and his face became solemn.

"how many people?"

   "About 100,000 or so. Judging from the clothes, it should be the imperial imperial army. As for who the main general is, it is still unclear."

   "The forbidden army..."

   Li Shen looked into the distance and thought of his cheap son who was working in the Imperial Army.

   Li Shen's attitude towards Li Xin is very complicated.

If Li Xin was just an ordinary person, Li Shen would have arranged a future for him no matter what, but Li Xin was not. The father and son were born by coincidence. complete opposite.

   Frankly speaking, Li Shen, who has never regretted doing things, now regrets it.

  If he had gone to Yongzhou to bring back the mother and son, with such a son by his side, now the Pingnan Houfu would not say how, at least it would not be like this.

   At least the Pingnan Marquis Mansion will not tear its face with the imperial court yet.

  Thinking of this, the Great General of the Zhu Kingdom sighed leisurely.

   "Since this is the case, let's see what we can do."

   He turned back to Cheng Ping and said, "Try to find a way to know who is leading the troops in the imperial court."

  Cheng Ping bowed his head respectfully: "The last general is going to investigate."

   "Is there any movement over there in the capital?"

Although the forces of the Pingnanhou Mansion have completely withdrawn from the capital, there are still some spies from the Pingnanhou Mansion in the capital. These spies can't do much, but they can inform the southwest of some major events in the capital, so as not to let them Southwest's eyes darkened.

   Of course, these spies are generally not of high status, and it is impossible for them to know who is in command of the imperial court this time.

  Cheng Ping hesitated for a moment, and finally bowed his head deeply.

   "The news came back to the capital today. Years ago, the...Jing'an Hou of the capital..."

Having said that, he raised his head and glanced at Li Shen cautiously. After seeing Li Shen's unresponsiveness, he gritted his teeth and continued: "The Marquis of Jing'an married Princess Qinghe, and the two got married on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month. "

"Well…"

Li Shen nodded and smiled lightly: "Back then, when the late emperor was alive, he also mentioned this matter to Ben Jiang, and he wanted to give Chun'er a royal princess, but Ben did not respond at that time, but I didn't expect that now, the difference between yin and yang wrong."

Generally speaking, the best and most peaceful means for the royal family to disintegrate a general is to marry his own daughter and turn the heir of the general into a concubine. After a few generations, the general will die in name only. After thinking about this, I wanted to marry one of my daughters to Li Chun, the young master.

   But this matter, Li Shen didn't nod his head, and in the end it was over.

  Cheng Ping said in a low voice, "General, the imperial imperial army is here, how should we deal with it?"

"Not in a hurry."

   Li Shen smiled: "Li Xin is still too young to lead the troops, and he is newly married, and it is even more unlikely that he will come out. You go to find out who is leading the troops first, and then we will make plans."

   "The generals in the imperial court who can bring 100,000 people will recognize them all."

  Cheng Ping nodded, and was about to go down to work when the tall Li Yan hurried in.

   He bowed respectfully in front of Li Shen.

   "Brother, someone sent you a letter."

   "A letter to me?"

  Li Shen was stunned for a while, then asked, "Whose?"

  Li Yan shook his head: "It's not written on the envelope, it's just a former friend of the eldest brother, who is also the general of the imperial court's expedition to the southwest..."

  Li Shen reached out to take the letter and opened it gently.

   He did not read the content of the letter, but glanced at the inscription at the end of the letter.

   There are four majestic characters on the inscription.

   Ningling Ye Ming.

  Ningling is the hometown of Chen Guogong Ye Sheng.

   (end of this chapter)