Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 894 What I Want

It has been almost half a year since Li Xin left the capital. He went to the southwest in the middle of the trip, and the capital may also know about it, but in recent months, especially after he returned to Yongzhou, there have been many more in Qiyang County. People from unknown sources stared at the Li family, either openly or secretly.

Qiyang County is Li Xin's hometown. Shen Gang and his subordinates have been staying here for a while. If there is any trouble in the county, it is natural to hide it from his eyes. However, Li Xin doesn't care much about these people, he just pretends not to. See.

   Ninety-nine percent of these people belong to the imperial court. Now the imperial court's attitude towards Li Xin is obscure and unclear. Li Xin is not sure what it looks like. It is impossible for him to return to the capital until the situation is settled.

   Princess Jiu is just three months pregnant, and when the child is born, it will be at least May or June of the following year. By that time, it will be not far from Emperor Yuan Zhao's pro-government, and the situation in the southwest should be stabilized.

Ye Shangshu sighed slightly, he looked up at Li Xin, and said solemnly: "Chang'an, the old man treated you like a young son before his death, and you also treated my father like an old father. The Ye family takes care of you a lot, you and I can be said to be a family, so I would take the liberty to ask you a question for my brother."

   When Ye Sheng was mentioned, Lord Jing'an's expression became serious. He lowered his head slightly and said, "Senior brother, may I ask you."

   Ye Lin's face was serious.

   "At this time, it's just you and my brothers. I'm not the Minister of War, but the fourth child of the Ye family. I just want to ask."

   He looked at Li Xin and said solemnly, "What do you want to do?"

   "Want to be emperor?"

Li Xin was stunned for a while, then lowered his head and pondered for a while, before laughing at himself: "Senior brother became an official much earlier than me, and he has a much deeper understanding of the Dajin court than me. From my brother's point of view, if I want to rebel and become emperor, What are the odds of winning?"

"I have no idea."

   Ye Lin slowly exhaled.

   "Li's family, Li Zhijie, and Li Shen are two generations of outstanding people. They have been operating Southwest for more than 30 years. They have made Southwest's management unbreakable. Even my father thought it would be difficult to beat Southwest again, but you did."

"After the recapture of the southwest, the first emperor can be said to have made great efforts to govern. The Great Jin reached the prosperous age in the Taikang Dynasty. It stands to reason that no one can resist the imperial power in the prosperous age, not to mention that more than 30 palaces were forcibly split from the imperial court, but you Still did it."

   Ye Lin said with a wry smile: "As of now, neither the eldest brother nor I know what you can achieve in the future, nor what you will do in the future."

   After he took a deep breath, he said, "Before I came to Yongzhou, I went back to Ningling to see the eldest brother. The eldest brother asked me to ask what you want to do, and then he will consider what the Ye family should do."

  The Marquis of Jingan was silent for a while, and just took a sip from the teacup, and suddenly threw the teacup in his hand on the bluestone floor.

   Ye Shangshu was taken aback and almost thought that Li Xin was going to throw a cup.

  The Marquis of Jing An smiled: "Drinking tea is boring, senior brother accompany me to drink two cups?"

   Ye Lin breathed a sigh of relief, and said angrily, "Brother Wei thought you had ambushed hundreds of knife and axemen at home, and you are going to come out and tie me with a sacrificial flag!"

  Jing'an Hou Ye laughed: "I can't tell, senior brother is quite imaginative."

The teacup was quickly withdrawn, and the servants of Li's house only spent less than a stick of incense before setting a table of wine and vegetables on the low table. Li Xin picked up the jug, filled Ye Lin with wine, and also served himself full.

   The two touched a cup.

   This is Zhurong Liquor produced by the Imperial Liquor Division in the capital. It is the strongest spirit in the world. Li Xin’s house is still aged for more than eight years, and there are not a few jars left in the entire Jin Dynasty.

   After all, it is full of calculations, and this Zhurongjiu is only ten years old.

   After drinking a glass of strong wine, Li Xin felt a lot more relaxed. He put down the glass, filled it up again, and burped.

"In the seventeenth year of Chengde, I went to Beijing to look for relatives. At that time, my younger brother relied on selling fake animal carbon to the brothel by the Qinhuai River, and barely survived that winter. At that time, I thought that I would save some money and wait for the next spring After that, take Xiaoxiao and her grandfather out of the capital, find a richer Jiangnan city to settle down, do a little business, and live a good life."

In the seventeenth year of Chengde, Li Xin almost froze to death in that winter. At that time, he went into the city every day to sell charcoal. , and then when the spring was warmer, I left the capital with the charcoal sellers and charcoal girls I just met, and went to Suzhou or Yangzhou to earn some money and live a good life.

   Having said this, Li Xin paused, and then had another cup with Ye Lin.

   "Later, I was involved in the battle between Emperor Zhao and Li Shen by accident. Outsiders couldn't understand the situation at that time, but my brother knew it."

  Li Xin recalled the old events and closed his eyes.

"At that time, neither Emperor Zhao nor Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan, took me seriously. I was just a **** on the chessboard, or a useless **** dropped on the corner by Emperor Zhao when he was idle. In that precarious situation, if either of them is unhappy, I will die."

   "At that time, what I thought in my heart was to take a step by step, try my best to save my life, and bring up that girl in my family."

   Having said this, Li Xin smiled.

   "Afterwards, what happened to the Imjin Palace, the seniors all knew about it."

   Ye Lin nodded silently, clinking glasses with Li Xin, and the two drank another glass of strong wine down their throats.

After drinking, the Marquis of Jing'an let out a breath of alcohol and continued: "After the change of the Renchen Palace, I was able to speak with a little voice in the capital, and I was no longer passive in doing things, and I was no longer controlled by others, I was freed from it. The identity of the chess piece."

   "At that time, I was wondering if I could get some justice for my mother."

  Li Xin was talking while drinking.

   "After this is the Western Expedition. The brothers also know the specifics. The Nanhou Mansion of Pingnan in the southwest was destroyed, Li Shen died in Zhaoling, and was accompanied by Emperor Zhao underground."

   said, he looked up at Ye Lin and smiled.

"It stands to reason that after Li Shen's death, I was almost an official. At that time, I was only in my early twenties, and I had already done what I should do in this life. After marrying the princess, I only need to rest assured and take credit for the rest of my life. Just enjoy the happiness on the books.”

   The two brothers clink again, one speaks and the other listens quietly.

   "I thought so myself."

   "So after I returned from the west expedition, Master Ye advised me not to take credit and be arrogant, and not to be so public. I took care of my children at home for five years, and I didn't go anywhere, and I was an idle minister for five years."

   Ye Lin frowned slightly: "But..."

   "But shouldn't I leave power in the southwest?"

The Marquis of Jing'an chuckled: "The people from the Hanzhou Prefecture in the southwest are the old part of Nanshu, and I came forward to make them surrender to the Jin Dynasty. If I let go, they will be against the imperial court for more than 30 years. People", few people will end well."

   "I didn't think too much about it at the time. My selfishness was to leave a back-up and a back-up for myself."

  This time, he did not serve Ye Lin wine, but drank a glass of his own.

   "The purpose is to allow the monarch to let the subject die, but the subject doesn't really want to die."

   Ye Shangshu hesitated.

  Li Xin said with a smile: "I know that this idea may be a bit outrageous in the eyes of senior brother, but I am a person who thinks differently from others. I don't give up too much to the court, or to the emperor."

   He took a bite of the dish with chopsticks and had another drink with Ye Lin.

   "After that, the late emperor died."

Speaking of this matter, Li Xin sighed: "To be honest, I'm still very sad when he died, I thought I was going to repeat the story between Emperor Zhao and Li Shen, who fell in love and killed each other for decades, who knows the story just now. He got up and went."

  The Marquis of Jing An looked calm and smiled gently at Ye Lin.

   "These are the things I once wanted to do. Now that the late emperor has been buried for half a year, the new emperor has ascended the throne, and the auxiliary ministers are regents. Senior brother asked me what to do."

   Li Xintou drank a glass of wine.

"At the beginning of the year, several assistant ministers couldn't help but say that they would attack the right battalion of the Imperial Army, which made me very uncomfortable. At that time, I thought that if Your Majesty could stand by my side and look after the government in advance, abolish these assistants. Sir, from now on, I will enjoy my blessings with peace of mind and no longer worry about other things.”

   After drinking here, Lord Jing'an's face was a little flushed.

   He picked up the wine glass and touched Ye Lin.

   "I'm half of Ye's family, and I would say something heartfelt to my senior brother."

   "Since he doesn't believe me..."

   Li Xin said half a sentence, raised his head and took a sip of wine, burping.

   "Then I don't believe him either."

   (end of this chapter)