Unparalleled Concubine

The water in the capital is turbid, like walking on thin ice...

Chapter 98 Cause and Effect

Cui Jiuniang was very efficient in handling affairs, and the next morning, she came to find Li Xin in person.

"Mr. Li, this is a courtyard that I asked people to inquire about. It is only one depth deep, but it is still quite large. There are seven or eight rooms, and the courtyard is much larger than your current one."

Cui Jiuniang smiled: "Datongfang is not a very good place, but thinking that Mr. Li will work in the Princess Mansion in the future, I found a place in Datongfang. This yard is very close to the Princess Mansion, only a road away. It's just the street."

Li Xin was not polite either, he stretched out his hand to take the house deed, and said, "Since my younger brother came to Beijing, I have caused so much trouble to Sister Cui."

"No trouble, no trouble."

Jiuniang smiled lightly: "I am a humble person, and I can't do many things. Fortunately, these chores are still within my capabilities. It is my blessing to be able to do something for the prince and Mr. Li."

Speaking of this, she smiled: "Besides, Mr. Li calls my concubine "sister", and it is right for my concubine to do something for Mr. Li."

Li Xin put the house deed in his sleeve, then cupped his hands to Jiuniang and said, "Sister Cui, the princess is going to move into the princess mansion these few days, and I'm also moving here. At your place, please ask Sister Cui to take care of it."

Speaking of Zhong Xiaoxiao, Jiuniang smiled calmly: "This girl is very obedient. She has learned a hundred or two hundred characters these days. You can let her live with me. After all, I am a woman, and taking care of her is better than yours." It's convenient to come."

Jiuniang is 26 years old this year. At this age, she should have been a mother long ago, but due to various reasons, she has not been able to give birth to a child. Now she has Zhong Xiaoxiao, and she takes this girl as her own daughter. with.

After saying this, Cui Jiuniang said, "If you want to move, you will definitely not be able to do it by yourself. Would you like me to find some helpers for you?"

Li Xin smiled casually: "I don't need to bother my sister about this, my younger brother is working in Habayashi Wei now, and there are quite a few people under him, and when the family has nothing to move, let them come over and help."

The shopkeeper of Deyilou said with a smile: "I almost forgot, Mr. Li is already an official."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Cui Jiuniang left Datongfang. After all, Deyilou is such a big business that someone needs to watch it at any time.

And Li Xin also tidied up briefly, and then set off for Princess Qinghe's Mansion. He is now the head of the personal guard of Princess Qinghe's Mansion. Although the Ninth Princess has not moved in yet, the defense work that should be done should also start to be arranged.

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Here Li Xin was busy everywhere, but Pingnanhou's mansion over there was silent. After Pingnanhou Li Shen returned to Beijing, he only met His Majesty once at the Great Court Meeting, and never showed his face in public again.

As for Li Chun, the young master of Pingnan Hou Mansion, his leg was broken and he was bedridden.

In the study of Pingnanhou's mansion, Pingnanhou Li Shen was wearing casual clothes, sitting on his own seat, concentrating on the letter in his hand.

In front of him, stood a young man.

After reading the letter in his hand, Li Shen raised his head to look at the young man in front of him, and said calmly, "The person over there is lost, what's the matter with Guan Benhou?"

This young man was Zhong Ming, the young man who followed Li Shen back to Beijing. He was born and bred in Bashu, and he had been with Li Shen for a while.

His main task is to contact the two parties.

Li Xin was right in guessing that there was indeed a certain degree of tacit understanding between the Pingnanhou Mansion and those Southern Shu survivors, not only a tacit understanding, but even a certain degree of alliance.

At the beginning, Li Zhijie entered the capital of Nanshu and destroyed Nanshu. At that time, the Li family of Nanshu was indeed at odds with the Marquis of Pingnan.

However, Li Zhijie, who was known for his bravery in battle, was not able to wipe out the survivors of the Southern Shu during the ten years of his garrison in southern Xinjiang, or not only failed to wipe them out, but also allowed more survivors of the Southern Shu to survive.

At that time, there was no alliance between the Pingnanhou Mansion and Nanjiang. It was the old Hou Ye Li Zhijie who deliberately let these Nanshu adherents continue to exist, so as to maintain the status and interests of the Pingnanhou Mansion.

Until Pingnanhou's mansion changed to a new Marquis.

The new Marquis of Pingnan, Li Shen, began to cleanse the remnants of Southern Shu on a large scale after he took control of the southern border. It didn't take long to capture the core of the remnants of Southern Shu, King Min, and sent him to the capital to be executed.

This is a great contribution, and the remnants of Southern Shu were almost wiped out because of this. Because of this contribution, Li Shen, Marquis of Pingnan, was promoted to General of the Zhu Kingdom.

No one knew that at that time Li Shen had hooked up with the adherents of Nanshu, and that His Royal Highness King Min of Nanshu was the sincerity that Nanshu gave to Pingnanhoufu!

Of course, at that time, King Min was already seriously ill, and even if he wasn't arrested, he wouldn't live long.

After this incident, the two Li families began to enter into a state of interdependence, and there were a lot of news exchanges between each other. This Zhong Ming who followed Li Shen was the person in charge of Nan Shu's communication with Li Shen.

Zhong Ming bowed his head and said, "Master Hou, the little princess has probably arrived in the capital, but we have no influence in the capital. I hope Lord Hou can help and send the little princess out of the capital."

Li Shen narrowed his eyes: "Your little princess, you are doing well in southern Xinjiang, what are you doing here in the capital?"

Zhong Ming lowered his head, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, he died in the capital at the beginning of the year. The little princess was very sad, and heard some news at home. He probably came to Beijing to avenge your Highness..."

"revenge?"

Li Shen frowned: "How Li Fu died, Li Xing knows better than anyone else in his heart! Li Fu died in the hands of the Habayashi guards. Is your little princess going to seek revenge from the Habayashi guards? Why did one die? The younger brother is not counted, and there is another younger sister?"

King Min of Southern Shu had two sons, the eldest son Li Xing, and the youngest son Li Fu.

Li Fu was the little Highness who died in the hands of Li Xin.

At the beginning of the year, Nanshu began to plan to go to Beijing to assassinate the emperor of Chengde, and forced Li Fu into the assassination team. Originally, the assassination of the emperor was a matter of narrow escape. Notified Pingnan Hou Li Shen of the assassination plan!

This is to make it clear that he wants to kill Li Fu, who claims to be both civil and military.

It was precisely because Li Shen knew about this in advance that he sent someone to inform Li Chun of the follow-up.

Zhong Ming bowed his head and said: "Master Hou, we have received news that a young man named Li Xin killed His Highness, so the little princess ran out secretly, probably to go to Beijing to seek revenge on that Li Xin ..."

"Li Xin?"

The current Zhu Guo's general looked serious.

He slowly got up and walked towards his backyard.

Chapter 99

In the backyard of the Pingnanhou Mansion, Mrs. Yu was sitting beside her son's bed, feeding him bone soup.

The Li family has practiced martial arts from generation to generation since the first Marquis Li Zhijie, and Li Shen is no exception. When he attacked his son last time, he showed no mercy and broke his leg abruptly.

This kind of injury requires at least half a month of lying on the bed. If the recovery is not good, one will be disabled in the future.

Being able to do such a heavy hand to his own son shows that Pingnanhou was really angry. If Li Chun was not his son, he might have been beaten to death by this time.

Madam Yu stewed the bone soup all afternoon, the soup was white, and she held the soup bowl in her hand.I am going to feed my son with my own hands.

Li Chun stretched out his hand to take the teacup, and said in a low voice, "Mother, it's fine for the child to come by himself."

His leg was broken, but both hands were still fine.

Madam Yu sighed softly, and said softly: "Your father has a heavy burden on his shoulders, you have to be considerate and considerate of him. Although he beat you, he didn't want to."

After Li Chun took a sip of the soup, he forced a smile: "Mother, it's the child's fault, so I shouldn't make my father angry."

"You can understand."