There are only a few contenders for the throne in the capital, the seven princes are always staring at the situation on the side of the four princes, and the four princes are also staring at their brothers, and none of them are stupid people who can stay in the capital.

The Seven Princes wanted to use Li Xin to clamp down on the Pingnan Hou Mansion, so as to damage the power of the Four Princes, so the Four Princes were alarmed and also set their sights on Li Xin.

The fourth prince talked to Li Chun, and about an hour later, His Royal Highness the King of Qi patted Li Chun's shoulder and said softly: "The little marquis is still imprisoned, don't run around outside, save people to see it, and sue you in front of your father, and then my father will probably be even more angry." ”

Li Chun hurriedly nodded and said: "Your Highness put it down, I came in through the back door, I didn't show it to outsiders, and I will take the carriage back to the house later, and there will be no major events in the future, so I won't go out in person." ”

This time, the Pingnan Hou Mansion has provoked the Chengde Emperor twice, even Li Chun, a lawless person like Li Chun, has also felt the majesty of the emperor, but one can not be repeated, if the Pingnan Hou Mansion annoys the Chengde Emperor for the third time, it is really unclear what the Pingnan Hou Mansion will look like at that time.

Li Chun nodded at him and said with a smile: "The little marquis is resting at home during this time, just to avoid the limelight, when the king is free, he will say a few good words for the little marquis in front of his father, and let the old man let you out of the house in advance." ”

Li Chun nodded, bowed to the four princes, and saluted: "Li Chun, thank Your Highness, about that Li Xin, I will let people investigate the matter of that Li Xin after I go back, and I will tell His Highness immediately if there is any situation." ”

His Royal Highness the King of Qi nodded at him and said with a smile: "Little Marquis, whether this Li Xin is the son of Pingnanhou or not, but Lao Qi definitely wants to use his identity to do things, since we know, we can't let him succeed, even if we can't deal with this Li Xin, we have to drive him out of the capital." ”

The reason why His Royal Highness the King of Qi is so concerned about this matter is because he has won the support of Li Chun at present, and the real master of the Pingnan Hou Mansion is the Hou Ye Li Shen who commanded the troops abroad, and the Pingnan Hou Mansion did not fall to him, the King of Qi.

To put it mildly, in the eyes of that Pingnanhou, the four princes who stayed in the capital were just a small fight among the younger generations, and with the current powerful position of the Pingnanhou Mansion, there was no need to stand in line before the dust settled, because no matter who sat in that position, they couldn't do without him.

Li Chun and the four princes can only be regarded as personal friends.

However, Li Chun will take over the Pingnan Hou Mansion one day in the future, and if he wins Li Chun, he will have more opportunities in the future, so the four princes are quite interested in Li Chun, and now the Pingnan Hou Mansion has an inexplicable more illegitimate son, and the illegitimate son is very close to his seventh brother, which naturally attracted the attention of His Royal Highness the King of Qi.

Li Chunhe sneered: "This person, I don't know what means to climb to the high branches of His Royal Highness King Wei, but wild seeds are wild seeds, and they are destined to not become climates, Your Highness can rest assured, at most three months, I can drive him out of the capital, and when he leaves the capital, His Majesty no longer focuses on it, it will be his death!" ”

The fourth prince narrowed his eyes.

This Li Chun, just now said that Li Xin was a fake, but now he said the word "wild seed", which clearly acquiesced to Li Xin's identity.

In other words, this Li Xin is indeed the son of Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan.

His Royal Highness the King of Qi had some numbers in his heart, and he smiled at Li Chun and said: "Little Marquis, my father has been quite dissatisfied with your Li family recently, you still have to keep a low profile when you do it to Li Xin, it is best not to use the power of the Li family, let alone those parts of the Li family, if there is anything you need help with, you can send someone to the palace to deliver a message, and this king will try to help you." ”

Li Chun bowed down and thanked him, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, don't worry, I was plotted by that wild seed once, and there will be no second time, before you start, you must think of a perfect strategy, and you won't let him have another chance to bite back." ”

Ji Huan nodded with a smile and said: "This is the best, Brother Li is still grounded now, he can't come out for too long, go back to the house quickly, and when the limelight is over during this time, this king will intercede with Brother Li in front of his father, and in the spring hunt after the beginning of spring next year, this king will definitely let Brother Li catch up." ”

Li Chun, the little marquis of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, likes to shoot hunting on horseback the most, and everyone in the capital knows this, and the four princes say this, which can be regarded as their favor.

Li Chun was overjoyed, arched his hand at Ji Huan, and left Ningcui Building.

After Li Chun left, His Royal Highness the King of Qi looked at the background of the little marquis of the Pingnan Marquis Mansion who was far away, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.

He waved his hand lightly, summoned a follower who had been waiting nearby, and said softly: "Go and send someone to inquire about the origin of this Li Xin in detail, and find another way to get close to him, and find an opportunity to pass on a message for this king, just say that this king wants to meet him." ”

At this time, the fourth prince, although he didn't figure out what his seventh brother was going to do, it was impossible for him to sit back and watch this matter develop, so he wanted to meet this illegitimate son of the Li family who was stirring up trouble in the capital.

For most of the month, this illegitimate child has become well-known in the upper circles of the capital.

The follower who followed behind the four princes, named Cheng Xin, was Ji Huan's trusted right and left hand, and he bowed his head respectfully when he heard this: "Obey orders." ”

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Li Xin naturally didn't know about the conversation in Ning Cui Building, it was already the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, and it was only a day or two before the New Year, and he was busy with the New Year.

Li Xin bought a small iron pot on the street, and then bought a lot of spices, including spicy seeds, soybean paste, star anise, vegetarian dishes, meat dishes, etc., all of which were placed in the main hall of his small courtyard.

In the afternoon, Li Xin put these seasonings in the pot and fried the base.

The reason why he made this is because he had a girlfriend from Sichuan and Shu before, and he learned a lot of Sichuan cuisine from Sichuan girls, but many raw materials in this era are not easy to find, for example, there are no chili peppers in this era, so they can only use spicy instead, so the things they get out only have seven or eight points of taste in the previous life.

After the hot pot base was fried, Li Xin began to light a fire in the main hall, put the small iron pot up, after the water boiled, the base was put in, and the soup base turned red after a while, and after the soup base boiled, a fragrance hit, Li Xin sat next to the small pot, and couldn't help but move his index finger.

He has been saying that Miss Xiaojiu is a foodie, but in fact, he is also a foodie himself.

Zhong Xiaoxiao was wearing a cotton coat and sat opposite Li Xin, she looked at the boiling pot and asked, "Brother, what is this?" ”

"It's called hot pot."

Li Xin smiled and threw a skewer of cut mutton into the pot.

The red soup pot is boiling and fragrant.

The only pity is that it's winter, and there are no out-of-season vegetables in this era, so there are few vegetarian dishes that can be eaten.

In the cold winter wax moon, it is undoubtedly a beautiful thing in life to be able to eat a hot pot.