Chapter 182: Both children and daughters
Li Xin has two daughters and a son, the eldest daughter Li Shu is now thirteen or fourteen years old, and the youngest daughter Jing'er is only four or five years old.
His only son, Li Ping, was born in the eighth year of Taikang, and he is already eight years old this year, and the name Li Ping was taken when the old prince Ye Sheng was alive, with the intention of wanting this child to be stable and steady, not like his father, who always takes the edge of the sword and takes risks.
Because Li Xin only married a wife and only had such a son, the identity of the future heir was self-evident, and Li Ping, an eight-year-old child, became the focus of these generals under Li Xin.
Of course, now that Li Xin is in the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, of course, their focus is still on Li Xin, but some things are still planned as soon as possible, such as letting the next generation have a good relationship with this prince of Jing'an Houfu in advance.
It is worth mentioning that if Li Xin has a wife and concubine in addition to the eldest princess and has children, then the three bigwigs of the Southwest Group, including Li Shuo, may not set their sights on Li Ping, to put it bluntly, Li Xin's only son still has half of the bloodline of the Ji family, Li Shuo and others are all people who want to change their surnames in the world, and they will not want to see a person with half of the blood of the previous dynasty ascend to the throne.
Of course, at this time, Li Xin only had such an only son, and these people had no choice.
The carriage slowly approached, because he was afraid of the cold, Li Xin put his hand in his sleeve and stepped forward to meet it.
Mu Ying and the others followed behind him and went to greet the future hostess of the world.
Soon, Li Xin arrived in front of the first carriage, and when the carriage stopped, Governor Li smiled at the carriage and said, "Madam, I'm home." ”
Li Xin's wife Ji Lingxiu, the ninth daughter of the Son of Chengde, Princess Qinghe of the Great Jin Dynasty, grew up in the capital since she was a child, even after marrying Li Xin, she has been living in the capital, until the end of the eighth year of Taikang, Li Xin took her out of the capital and lived in Yongzhou.
From the eighth year of Taikang to the current seven years, she only went back to the capital to visit her brother when the son of Taikang was dying, and she has not returned to the capital since.
It's been a long time since I've been away from my hometown.
After hearing Li Xin's voice, the curtain of the carriage was slowly lifted, and the ninth princess, wearing a moon-white jacket, slowly walked out of the carriage with her little daughter who had just turned four years old.
Behind her, Li Xin's eldest daughter Li Shu and only son Li Ping also got out of the carriage.
After jumping out of the carriage, the Ninth Princess, whose face was calm and a little tired, first looked up at the gate of the capital in front of her, and then at Li Xin who was standing next to her, sighed slightly, and said in a soft voice: "I originally thought that I would never come back in this life." ”
Li Xin stepped forward and took her hand, accompanied by a smiling face: "Madam, where are you talking about this, I told you, we are just temporarily living in the southwest, and we will come back one day." ”
The Ninth Princess glanced at Li Xin faintly, lowered her head and sighed, her tone was complicated: "Sometimes I think that even if our family has been living in the southwest, there is nothing bad about it. ”
For Li Xin or the Southwest Army, it is a great merit to defeat the imperial court, and it is also their own ability, but for the ninth princess, the royal family is her maiden family, and the emperor in the capital is her own nephew, and now her husband and her own family are torn apart, even if they win, there is nothing to be happy about.
Li Xin's expression was stunned, and he smiled slightly bitterly: "Our family can only come back and live in the southwest, I'm afraid none of the children will grow up." ”
Over the years, Li Xin has been assassinated by many assassins in the southwest, and several times he has avoided it dangerously, of which the ninth princess only knows twice, and Li Xin has not told her the other times.
Escaping in the southwest was only an expedient measure, and the situation at that time was only two ways for Li Xin to go, one was to leave the southwest army alone, take the family back to Beijing and kneel down to plead guilty, and strive for the emperor's sake for the sake of the nine princesses, bypassing the lives of their family.
The second way is to go directly into the imperial city like now, and take all the right to speak in your own hands.
The ninth princess is not the kind of person who does not know things, and she also knows in her heart that it is not easy for Li Xin to get to where she is today, so she sighed slightly when she heard this, and asked softly: "My aunt, are you okay?" ”
When Li Xin first entered the capital, he wrote a letter to her, in which he mentioned his mother-in-law, and when he heard the ninth princess ask, Li Xin hurriedly said: "The old man still lives in the palace now, eating fast every day, I went to see it a few days ago, and the body should be fine, let's go home to rest and rest first, and then take a few children with me tomorrow to visit her old man in the palace." ”
The ninth princess reached out and took Li Xin's hand, pulled Li Xin aside, and her voice trembled a little: "You...... Killed the prince, didn't you? ”
When she left the capital, Emperor Yuanzhao was still the crown prince, and she was not in the capital during the entire Yuanzhao Dynasty, so for her, the Emperor Yuanzhao, who had been in the world for five years, was still the prince of the Taikang Dynasty and her eldest nephew.
Li Xin was silent.
"No, he lives in the Wei Mansion now."
Speaking of this, Li Xin paused, and just wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he still couldn't help but say nothing.
Can't you tell the Ninth Princess that although Emperor Yuanzhao is not dead now, he will die within a year or two?
The Ninth Princess sighed slightly and said softly, "It's not easy for him to escape a life." ”
After the husband and wife talked for a while, Li Xin gently patted the ninth princess on the shoulder, then turned around and looked at the eldest daughter Ah Han, who was looking left and right with her younger siblings.
Li Ping went to the southwest not long after he was born, and Li Jing'er was born in the southwest, and neither of them had any seals on the capital, but Ah Han was different from them, Li Xin's eldest daughter was born in the capital, and she was not taken out of the capital until she was five or six years old, and she was very impressed by the capital.
Li Xin stepped forward, smiled and pulled the eldest daughter, who was already shoulder-high, and said with a smile: "Does Ah Han miss Daddy?" ”
After all, Ah Han is already old, and in front of so many people, she bowed her head a little embarrassed and said, "Daddy, there are a lot of people, let's talk about it later." ”
"My younger brothers and sisters have never seen their home in the capital, so I want to take them to see them."
For adults, it is of great significance for Li Xin's family to return to Beijing, but for these children, they simply moved back to Beijing from the southwest.
Li Xin smiled: "Okay, let's go home immediately." ”
Li Ping, who was on the side, did not jump out like his sister, but stepped forward in a regular manner and kowtowed to Li Xin: "The child kowtowed to his father." ”
Although the ninth princess was stubborn when she was a teenager, she was born in a royal family, and her eldest daughter Ah Han was raised by Li Xin personally, somewhat lively and not very rude, but this son was brought up by the ninth princess, and she personally handed it over, and he was very well-behaved.
Li Xin stepped forward, helped him up, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's cold on the ground, get up quickly." ”
Li Ping obediently got up and stood beside his parents with his hands tied.
Li Xin stepped forward again and held his little daughter in his arms, and then saw a young woman standing behind.
Governor Li beckoned to her and said with a smile: "Why didn't you come up to say hello after seeing me for a long time?" ”
Zhong Xiaoxiao walked over, still a little surprised.
"I'm afraid of disturbing the reunion of the eldest brother's family."
Li Xin poked the girl's forehead with his hand and said with a smile: "What nonsense, we are not a family?" ”
"I also bought a house for your husband and wife in Yongle Fang."