If Li Xin has any different intentions, he may also take three Zhichong Mansions to turn back, but if he doesn't bring anything, and only goes out of Beijing with Ye Mao and the two people in the name of the Northern Expedition, then no matter what happens, the imperial court will not have any loss.

That is, it is unlikely to be worse than it is now.

This condition is still worth considering, Yuan Zhao Tianzi was silent for a long time, but he still had no choice, so he could only wave his hand helplessly, gritted his teeth and said: "Xiao Zheng, send Master Li back to his house." ”

Xiao Zheng nodded, walked up to Li Xin, and said, "Master Hou, please." ”

Li Xin nodded with a smile, the two of them got up and didn't take two steps, the Son of Heaven remembered something again, and said: "My aunt is not in the capital, Master Li is short of people to greet you, Xiao Zheng, you transfer twenty palace maids from the palace to take care of Master Li's daily life in Master Li's mansion." ”

Xiao Zheng nodded knowingly, bowed to the Son of Heaven and said, "The slave knows." ”

Li Xin didn't say anything, walked out of Weiyang Palace lightly, and returned to the Jing'an Hou Mansion under the supervision of a group of palace people.

Xiao Zheng personally sent him to the house, and arranged for more than 20 palace maids to live in the Jing'an Hou Mansion together, and at the same time, the Tianmu Supervisor Meihua Wei began to monitor the Jing'an Hou Mansion at twelve o'clock a day, and after arranging all this, he turned around and went back to the palace, just entered the Yong'an Gate, and before he had time to walk to the gate of Weiyang Palace, he saw Xiao Huai dressed in purple, and ran to Weiyang Palace in a panic, Xiao Zheng stepped forward, stopped Xiao Huai, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Huai took out a document from his arms, and his voice was a little flustered: "Godfather, Meihuawei Southwest Emergency, the southwest anti-thieves officially raised troops, menacing to Hanzhong, the Hanzhong army went out of the city to fight, the enemy's sky and thunder were overwhelming, and the Hanzhong army was defeated in the first battle......"

"It will take at least six days for this news to reach the capital, and at this time the southwest side ...... I'm afraid it's already a mess! ”

Xiao Zheng was in the Weiyang Palace just now, he had already heard what Li Xin said, he had already prepared for this, and when he heard this, he stretched out his hand to take this document, and sighed: "Give it to me to send it to Your Majesty, I will transfer the people from Tianmu Prison to you to command, and make every effort to collect intelligence from the southwest, if there is any news, send it to the capital as soon as possible." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Zheng frowned and thought about it, then took out a sign from his waist and said, "You take my brand and go to the Imperial Horse Supervisor to get a batch of good horses for delivering news, don't care about horsepower, run away and die is mine." ”

Xiao Huai lowered his head, took the sign with both hands, and said, "Thank you godfather, my son will do his best." ”

After that, Xiao Huai led the sign and bowed back, Xiao Zheng held this document in his hand, shook his head and sighed, and walked into Weiyang Palace.

At this time, the Son of Heaven was still in a daze in his study, hesitating about how to deal with Li Xin, after Xiao Zheng walked in, he knelt on the ground respectfully, kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty, Meihuawei has delivered news from the southwest." ”

The Son of Heaven came back to his senses and beckoned to Xiao Zheng.

"Hand it over."

Xiao Zheng held the document in both hands and handed it over, and after the Son of Heaven just glanced at it, he threw the document aside and smashed it on the pillar of the study, thundering and furious.

"Anti-thief! Anti-thief! ”

"Xiao Zheng, you take a few internal guards now, go to the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and immediately kill the Li thief!"

Xiao Zheng knelt on the ground, frightened, he kowtowed, "Your Majesty......"

If the name in the mouth of the Son of Heaven was not Li Xin, Xiao Zheng wouldn't blink at this time, so he would take someone to do it, but as the emperor's side, he knew this Son of Heaven very well, and he also understood that this was just an angry sentence.

The Son of Heaven gasped for several breaths, closed his eyes and calmed down for a long time before he said in a hoarse voice: "Go and invite several prime ministers and the metropolitan governors to the palace, I have something to discuss with them." ”

Xiao Zheng bowed respectfully: "Slave and maid, let's go." ”

"Let Meihuawei and Tianmu Prison keep an eye on the news from the southwest, and send three documents to me every day without delay."

"The slave has already asked Xiao Huai to do it."

The Son of Heaven closed his eyes and sighed very tiredly.

"You...... Go ahead and do it. ”

………………

No matter how bad the situation between the north and the south is, there is still a peaceful scene in the capital, and there is still no white correspondence between the homes of various dignitaries and nobles in Yongle Fang, what should be done.

And Chen Guogong's mansion, uncle and nephew have already sat down with wine.

Ye Mao stretched out his hand and poured a glass of wine for Ye Lan, and then filled it for himself, he glanced at his fourth uncle, and said: "Fourth uncle, Senior Uncle Li has returned from Jincheng, and now he has been called into the palace by the Son of Heaven. ”

Ye Xuan let out a "hmm", raised his head and took a sip of wine, but did not speak.

"You read Uncle Li wrong."

Ye Mao also drank a glass of wine and said: "You think Uncle Li is a careerist who is bent on rebellion, but something happened to the north and something happened to the Zhenbei Army, he still came back to Beijing, if he is bent on rebellion, he will only applaud the affairs of the northern Xinjiang, and it is impossible to come to the capital from the southwest." ”

Ye Ling drank a glass of wine with a sullen head, and his voice was hoarse.

"I don't understand what he wants to do, but what if he's a loyal servant of the Great Jin? If he returns to Beijing this time, he will either die in the capital or be locked up for the rest of his life, what's the use? ”

Ye Mao shook his head slightly.

"My nephew has a lot of contact with Uncle Li, he is an extremely smart person, I believe he will not kill himself."

"If he dares to come to the capital, he is at least six or seven points sure."

Ye Lan sneered: "Unless today's Son of Heaven suddenly falls ill, how can he, Li Changan, have a chance to live?" ”

"What if?"

Ye Mao bent over and poured Ye Lan a glass of wine, and said slowly: "What if Uncle Li can be put to death and come back to life?" ”

Ye Lan looked at his eldest nephew, frowned, and said, "Whatever you want to say, just say it, you don't need to beat around the bush." ”

"Fourth uncle, our family is in danger now."

"Since my grandfather, our family and Uncle Li's family have been inseparable from each other, previously in Ningling, you and Uncle Li told the righteousness of the family and the country, and the nephew was also on your side at that time, but Uncle Li can return to the capital from the southwest at this moment, which shows that even if he has ambitions, he also has the righteousness of the family and the country."

"So what?"

Ye Lan glanced at his nephew and said in a sullen voice, "What are you going to do?" ”

"The fourth uncle and I are both locked up in the capital, what can we do?"

Ye Mao took a sip of wine, then looked up at his fourth uncle, with the strength of the wine, he took a deep breath and said slowly: "What is my nephew's idea...... If Uncle Li can get out of trouble, no matter what he does in the future, the Ye family will follow. ”

Ye Lan suddenly got up, shocked and angry.

"He, Li Chang'an, is doing a disaster that can destroy the three clans!"

Ye Mao's face was calm, he looked up at Ye Luan, and said slowly: "When the first emperor seized the throne, you also participated in the fourth uncle, and that Renchen Palace change was not a disaster for the three Yi clans?" ”

"Uncle Li won the bet, and you also won the bet, so that the Ye family could prosper for the second time, and only then did the current Jing'an Hou Mansion exist."

"You have already taken the Ye family to gamble once, and since this is the case, my nephew also wants to take the Ye family to gamble once."

The third Chen Guogong grinned: "Anyway, my Ye family has only started for three generations, unlike the big family that has been passed down for more than ten generations like the seed family, and the gamble is lost." ”

Ye Lan stood opposite Ye Mao and was silent for a long time.

After a long time, he sat back opposite Ye Mao.

"That's it, you're the head of the house."

"It's up to you."

(End of chapter)