Unparalleled Concubine

This is not surprising. After all, Hou Jingde's father, Hou Gu, was a loyal and brave Marquis himself, but he was not hereditary in the first place. After Hou Jingde made such a great contribution, there is no problem in making this title hereditary.

What is surprising is the third edict of the new emperor.

The original Habayashi Wei Youlang general Li Xin, who made great achievements in guarding the forbidden palace, and took the lead in the soldiers, was brave and took the lead, and was named Jing'anhou... Hereditary and unreplaced...

When this imperial decree was sent to Shangshutai for printing, several prime ministers frowned.

Frankly speaking, with Li Xin's current qualifications, it is far from enough to be named a Marquis, let alone such a hereditary Marquis. Each of these Marquises will set up a general in the capital, and in a few decades, they will be in the capital. It became a giant with intertwined roots.

The attendant Huan Chu frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is too generous. During the reign of Emperor Wu, Li Zhijie made great contributions, but he was only a Marquis of Pingnan. Made him a marquis?"

Prime Minister Zhang Qu sighed helplessly.

"From the dragon's merits, His Majesty's heart is more important than anything else, and I can't envy you."

Huan Xiang blew his beard and stared, and said angrily: "In the entire Chengde Dynasty, the late emperor did not confer a single marquis. When he came to His Majesty, the first day he..."

"The old man is going to see His Majesty!"

"Calm down Huanxiang."

Zhang Qu grabbed Huan Chu's sleeve, shook his head and said: "At this time, Prime Minister Huan had better not get into trouble. These young people are betting with His Majesty with their heads. They won the bet. Prime Minister Huan You can’t keep them from sharing the money.”

Speaking of this, the Haoran Duke sighed: "Otherwise, these gamblers will get angry and come to trouble us."

"What are you afraid of them?"

Huan Chu stiffened his neck: "The big deal is to dismiss him and go back to his hometown. Anyway, I don't want to do it anymore!"

"Don't hurry, don't hurry..."

Zhang Haoran sighed: "Emperor and courtier, you and I can't sit in the aspect for too long, Huanxiang and bear it, so that you can look better when you become an official."

What Huan Chu said is correct, once the emperor and the courtiers, after the new emperor ascends the throne, they will naturally not move them for a short time, but when the new emperor is firmly established, he will start to replace the ministers of the three provinces, so that the entire government can be regarded as complete. in hand.

The other three younger prime ministers may be able to stay in office, but for prime ministers like Zhang Qu and Huan Chu with deep roots, the new emperor will inevitably be the first to replace them.

Hearing what Zhang Qu said, Huan Chu looked around.

The other three prime ministers were silent. Obviously, the three of them were not planning to annoy the new emperor.

Old Huan Xiang was sullen in his heart, and said loudly: "The old man is not feeling well, please be sick for a few days!"

After saying that, he walked away.

Zhang Qu was full of helplessness, shook his head and said, "When Prime Minister Huan gets angry, he will ask for leave to hide himself. Who is the poor old man going to ask for leave?"

As he spoke, Zhang Qu had already sealed Shangshutai's big seal.

At the same time, Zhongshu ordered Gongyangshu, and another servant Zhong Mengjin also took out the seals of the two provinces and stamped them.

After the three seals are printed, the imperial decree will officially come into effect.

The eunuch waiting at the gate of Shangshutai respectfully received the three imperial decrees, and then divided into three teams, heading in different directions.

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At this time, Li Xin was in Princess Qinghe's mansion.

Her Royal Highness has not been in a good mood for the past few days. After Emperor Chengde was buried, she was still depressed. Li Xinxin felt a little guilty towards her. He stayed in Princess Qinghe's mansion for the past few days and made some new food to cheer her up. .

In the backyard of the Princess Mansion, Li Xin was holding a clay pot in his hand, slowly placed it in front of Her Royal Highness, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, come and taste the pickled fish made by Chef Ben, it tastes very good."

The ninth princess was not in a good mood at this time, and she ate with chopsticks in small bites.

Li Xin patted her head helplessly, and said with relief: "The deceased is gone, Your Highness can relax a bit, the late emperor knows, and he doesn't want to see you like this."

Princess Nine raised her head to look at Li Xin, and said softly, "I want to live in the palace for a few days, so I can go and see my concubine."

Concubine Shu is the biological mother of the new emperor and the ninth princess. Now she has become the empress dowager, and the ninth princess has also been upgraded from Princess Qinghe to Princess Qinghe.

Originally, it took a proper time for the princess to enter the palace, but now that the emperor has replaced the ninth princess' brother, she can naturally enter the palace at any time.

Li Xin smiled and nodded: "Okay, I will enter the palace in the afternoon."

The Ninth Princess wanted to say something more, when suddenly the maid Cui'er ran in in a panic, saluted Li Xin and the princess, "Your Highness, General Li...a father-in-law from the palace has come, saying that His Majesty has an imperial edict To General Lee."

Li Xin was also trying his handiwork, but when he heard this, he put down his chopsticks, and smiled: "It's hard for them to find this place."

"I'm going to take the order."

Princess Jiu hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Do I want to go too?"

Li Xin shook his head: "It's probably an imperial decree to appoint an official, I'll just go by myself."

After a while, Li Xin came to the main hall of Princess Qinghe's mansion. An eunuch in purple was holding an imperial decree in his hand, obviously waiting for a while.

Li Xin tidied up his clothes, knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "Your Excellency, Habayashi Weiyouro, General Li Xin, welcomes the imperial decree."

The eunuch nodded, unfolded the imperial decree in his hand, and read in a sharp voice: "Habayashi Wei Zhonglang General Li Xin, loyal, brave and patriotic, has made meritorious service in escorting, specially promoted to be the right servant of the Ministry of War, concurrently Habayashi Wei Zhonglang General, granted the title of Marquis of Jing'an, hereditary For nothing..."

Li Xin only understood the above, as for the following obscure parallel prose, he only had a half understanding.

Finally, after the eunuch finished reading, he put away the imperial edict and smiled flatly at Li Xin: "Master Li, get up and receive the edict."

His tone was full of envy.

Yes, the hereditary Lord Marquis...

Confess your wife and son, honor your ancestors!

Li Xinxin didn't expect that, he originally thought that he could be promoted to an official of the second rank, and it would be good to be promoted from the fifth rank to the fourth rank. He didn't expect to be promoted directly to the fourth rank and become the third rank. Sealed Hou...

Really worth the money...

After Li Xin received the imperial decree, he felt somewhat excited. He took out a money order from Chase Bank from his sleeve and handed it to the eunuch.

This is not a bribe, but a lottery.

"My father-in-law came here to drink tea..."

The eunuch in purple was so frightened that his face turned pale, he shook his head repeatedly and said: "I don't dare to ask for your money, please pack up quickly and prepare to enter the palace to thank you..."

After all, he turned around and left quickly.

Li Xin put the imperial decree into his sleeve, and when he turned around, he saw Princess Nine standing beside him.

Li Dashilang smiled slightly.