Mu Ying has nothing to worry about in the capital, as long as he takes a leave of absence in Yulin Weili, he can leave the capital and return to Shu County.

And his boss is none other than Li.

Therefore, Mu Ying took advantage of the name of returning to his hometown to visit relatives, and left the capital very smoothly, riding his jujube red horse towards the direction of Shu County, he had Yu Linwei's waist card, and the post station along the way had to give him free food and lodging to change horses, Mu Lang would enjoy this treatment a few times, and couldn't help but smile.

"Ge Lao Tzu, it's much more comfortable than when Lao Tzu was a thief before!"

When he was a thief last year, he had to hide incognito, hiding and hiding along the way, for fear of exposing his identity to the officers and soldiers to arrest him, and now the officers and soldiers on the road have to call him a general, which makes him feel a little proud.

That's social identity.

As social creatures, people are eager to be recognized, and this sense of identity is more detailed, that is, fame.

When Mu Ying went all the way south, Li Xin also began to pay New Year's greetings everywhere in the capital.

The first place he went to was not Chen Guogong's Mansion, but the harem Kunde Palace, the residence of the Empress Dowager.

As the biological mother of today's son, in the case of Chengde Tianzi without a queen, she naturally became the queen mother, and the marriage between Li Xin and the ninth princess has basically been decided now, and at this time it is natural to go to the mother-in-law to pay New Year's greetings.

This empress dowager from a wealthy family was somewhat disgusted with Li Xin's background at first, but Li Xin was the youngest first marquis since the Jin Dynasty, and he was also a little handsome, plus the ninth princess also liked it, this empress dowager also liked Li Xin more and more, and after seeing him a few times, she couldn't wait to treat Li Xin as her own son.

After entering the Kunde Palace, Li Xin leaned over and kowtowed to the Queen Mother, and said: "I wish the Queen Mother a blessed life and good health." ”

The Empress Dowager was only in her early forties this year, and she was still very young, so she immediately helped Li Xin up with her own hands, took Li Xin's hand and sat down in the back room.

"It won't be long before we are a family, and there will be no outsiders in the future, so don't kneel."

Li Xin glanced at the ninth princess who was standing next to her, and smiled at the queen mother: "It is also appropriate to kneel elders." ”

Compared with Emperor Taikang, this empress dowager has no heart for Li Xin, Li Xin can feel that she is the kind of love for the younger generation, so Li Xin also respects this empress dowager.

The Queen Mother took Li Xin's hand and sighed: "It's a pity that the first emperor is gone, and I can't see you marrying Xiao Jiu. ”

The ninth princess sat next to the Queen Mother and snorted softly.

"Who's going to marry him..."

Li Xin smiled and did not speak.

The ninth princess glanced at Li Xin angrily.

"Where did you go yesterday, you didn't come to pay New Year's greetings to the queen mother on the first day of the new year......"

The Queen Mother also looked at Li Xin with some curiosity.

Li Xin took a deep breath and lowered his eyebrows: "There is a brother of Yu Linwei's robe, who died with me in the north, his brother later replaced him in Yu Linwei, and he also lost an arm some time ago, both brothers are under twenty, one is dead and one is disabled, their father also died on the battlefield, there is only one mother and one sister left in the family, I feel a little sorry for them, yesterday I took Yu Linwei's brother to see the family. ”

The elderly woman can't listen to these human sufferings the most, only a few words from Li Xin, the Queen Mother is about to start wiping her tears, she sighed: "It's also a poor family, they all contributed to my great promotion." ”

The battle in the harem is fierce, this queen mother can be a concubine in the palace, it is unrealistic to say that she is a person who does not understand the world, but now that her son is the son of heaven, she is the biggest winner of this harem.

"Li Xin, you have to take good care of this family, don't let them be cold to the Great Jin and the imperial court..."

"The Queen Mother can rest assured, the ministers will take care of their ......"

The Empress Dowager took Li Xin's hand and said a few words, and asked a few words about work.

In fact, although Li Xin has a position as the right attendant of the Ministry of War, he has not gone to the Ministry of War until now, and after the New Year, when the court is over, Li Xin will really go to the Ministry of War to report.

The military department is one of the six departments with relatively heavy authority.

Li Shen is the secretary of the military department, and he hides at home every day because he has no way to really take charge of the military department, but Li Xin is a real right attendant, and in the absence of Shangshu, he is actually the second-in-command of the military department.

This position, very heavy and heavy.

I stayed in Kunde Palace until noon, and had a meal with my future mother-in-law, and then Li Xin got up to say goodbye.

When parting, the Empress Dowager took Li Xin's hand and asked, "How old is this year?" ”

Li Xin bowed his head and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, she was born in the second year of Chengde, and after the New Year, it should be eighteen." ”

At this time, they all used the virtual age, and in the first year of Taikang, Li Xin was really eighteen years old.

The Queen Mother said with a smile: "Eighteen years old is barely considered a ding, go back and find someone to take a table, otherwise it is not appropriate for Li Xin Li Xin to call you every day." ”

In this era, few people call their names directly, and their peers are generally called by their names, and only when their elders reprimand them, they will call them by their names.

Li Xin hasn't taken the table word yet, so the queen mother is a little difficult to call.

Li Xin moved, bent over and said, "Li Xin obeys." ”

Coincidentally, he was going to Chen Guogong's Mansion to pay New Year's greetings to Old Man Ye in a while, and when the time came, he would ask Ye Sheng to give him a watch.

The ninth princess on the side smiled at Li Xin: "This princess will give you a word, the surname is Li Mingxin, how about it?" ”

Li Xin gave her a blank look and ignored her.

He bowed his head to the Queen Mother and said: "There is one more thing to tell the Queen Mother, in a few days, the minister will go back to his hometown Yongzhou, and then he will not enter the palace to resign to the Queen Mother." ”

Before the Queen Mother could speak, the Ninth Princess asked, "...... you What are you doing back to Yongzhou? ”

"Repair my mother's grave."

Li Xin took a deep breath and said: "My mother has been lonely all her life, and she didn't even have a tombstone after she passed away...... Inform her about the marriage of the old man's retainer. ”

The Queen Mother was greatly touched, and reached out to pat Li Xin's hand.

"Know filial piety, good boy, good boy......"

The ninth princess's face was a little red, and she asked timidly, "That...... Shall I go along? ”

Before Li Xin could answer, the Queen Mother glared at her daughter.

"Now you have no name and no point, you don't know what you did in the past."

Li Xin smiled: "When I have a chance in the future, I will take the eldest princess to my hometown to have a look." ”

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Well, this is a good thing, the mourning family knows, did you tell Your Majesty?" ”

Li Xin shook his head slightly, bowed his head and said: "The minister will go to Weiyang Palace to ask to see His Majesty now, if you want to come to Your Majesty to remember the minister's filial piety, he should let the minister go out of Beijing." ”

The Queen Mother took Li Xin's hand.

"You just have to go, if he refuses to let go, you will come to the mourning family, and the mourning family will be the master for you."

"When you go back, the mourning family asked His Majesty to issue an edict to give your mother a decree, so that she can't be wronged underground."

Li Xin bowed his head and thanked him.

When leaving Kunde Palace and walking towards Weiyang Palace, Li Xin slowly closed his eyes.

He remembered those relatives he had in Yongzhou.

That is, his grandparents, and those uncles.

When my mother died, my uncle begged them to rewrite my mother into the family tree, so that she would not become a lonely ghost after her death.

They......

There is no consent.

The refusal was unwavering.