After all, Li Xin has made a great contribution, and there is still the Ye family in the court to echo him, plus this time he actually did not leave any evidence on his face, although the emperor knew that he did the things in the southwest, but the conversation between the two people could only be known by the two of them, and it was impossible to tell the third person.

Therefore, at the level of "law", Li Xin was not charged, he was taken into Dali Temple, and he was not reviewed by the Three Law Divisions, which can only be said to have angered the emperor, so when he left the palace in a negative mood and returned to his home, the court did not continue to embarrass him.

Li Xin is no longer in Dali Temple, the old Taoist priest Yiyangzi, and his master Wang Zhong were also released from Dali Temple, Yiyangzi returned to the Taiyi Temple in Beishan, and Wang Zhong had nowhere to go, and also lived in Jing'an Houfu.

It is worth mentioning that although the imperial court did not take the next step, the number of people guarding outside the gate of the Jing'an Hou Mansion did not decrease but increased, it seems that the Son of Heaven was afraid that Li Xin would escape from the capital, not only the people of Qianniuwei, but even the internal guard also sent a school captain battalion to guard outside the gate of the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

Li Xin turned a blind eye to this.

He lived silently in his own house and did not go out for more than ten days.

He returned to the capital around the tenth day of the lunar month, and after returning to Beijing, he tossed for several days, and now more than ten days have passed, and the time is the Chinese New Year's Eve of the eighth year of Taikang.

The dark parts of the capital are turbulent, but the people in the capital are not aware at all, at this time, whether it is Datong Fang or Willow Fang, or the most wealthy Yongle Fang, every household is full of lights, celebrating the annual festival.

In previous years, the Jing'an Hou Mansion would also hang up the lanterns early and hang the lanterns under the arrangement of the eldest princess, but this year, until the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Jing'an Hou Mansion was completely silent.

At this time, the people in other fangs only heard some rumors about the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and they didn't notice the tense atmosphere in the court, but most of the people in Yongle Fang felt the smell of wind and rain.

After all, the Jing'an Hou Mansion has been surrounded by the guards for twenty days.

In other officials, they would either be innocent in 20 days, or they would have been sent to prison for questioning, but after the Jing'an Hou Mansion was surrounded by the guards for more than 20 days, they still stood still, and even the people of the Three Law Divisions never set foot in the Hou Mansion for half a step.

On the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, according to the rules, the emperor had to feast some important court ministers in the palace, so from the morning, the palace people of the inner court and the eunuchs of the eight eunuchs had already begun to be busy, and at noon, a eunuch dressed in red left the palace and walked towards the Jing'an Hou Mansion, he went straight past Xie Jing and other janissaries to enter the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and successfully met Li Xin in the backyard.

At this time, the Jing'an Hou Mansion was no longer the high-spirited appearance it once was, wearing ordinary clothes, sitting under a pavilion, with black hands, fiddling with a pile of charcoal.

Xiao Zheng, the big eunuch in red, walked over with small steps and saluted Li Xin.

"I've seen Master Hou."

Li Xin lowered his head and was busy with his work, ignoring the head of the inner court.

Xiao Zheng was not angry, he glanced at Li Xin with black hands, and asked with a smile, "What is Master Hou busy with?" ”

"Idle and fiddle with a few pieces of charcoal."

Li Xin didn't raise his head, and said lightly: "I won't be able to eat the emperor's grain in the future, so I'm ready to regain my old business and live by selling carbon." ”

When Li Xin first entered Beijing, his first occupation was to sell carbon, and this matter was not only known by the Son of Heaven, but even Xiao Zheng knew it, he smiled awkwardly and said, "Hou Ye, today is Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

"Your Majesty invites you to the palace for a banquet......"

Li Xin's face was expressionless, and he said slowly: "I am a grass citizen, and I can't go to the palace, so I bother the Grand Duke to tell Your Majesty, so I say that Li Xin is busy with his livelihood and has no time to go." ”

"...... Hou Ye Li"

Xiao Zheng lowered his head and accompanied the smiling face.

"Your Majesty has already made it clear that let the slave invite you into the palace, you don't play tricks anymore, besides, today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, you yourself don't enter the palace, the eldest princess and the little young lady and the little prince in your family, you always have to enter the palace to kowtow to the queen mother?"

Today's Queen Mother is the maternal grandmother of Li Xin's son's daughter, and the Queen Mother is also quite doting on this grandson, because of this reason, Xiao Ahan and Li Ping have not been carried to the palace.

Li Xin raised his head and glanced at Xiao Zheng.

"The eldest princess is sick and has no way to enter the palace, and the two children have to stay with her at home."

He got up from the chair, wiped the black ash on his hands with a handkerchief, and his face was calm: "If someone has to go into the palace, I'll just go." ”

Xiao Zhengchang breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly bowed his head: "The slave maid is here, waiting for Hou Ye Li." ”

"What are you waiting for me to do?"

Li Xin frowned and said, "I can leave now." ”

The eunuch coughed and pointed to Li Xin's black and gray coarse cloth clothes.

"Master Hou, the cabinet of the court is going to enter the palace today, why don't you change your clothes......"

After Li Xin glanced down at what he was wearing, he nodded slightly: "In this way, the grand duke will wait for me." ”

As he spoke, he dropped the carving knife in his hand, got up and went back to the backyard, and not long after, he wore a black robe, and the placket of the robe was embroidered with a white tiger with white thread.

Generally, as long as the court officials are of good quality and rank, the court will issue three sets of clothes, one set of regular clothes, one set of court clothes, and one set of ceremonial dresses.

Three sets of clothes can be regarded as official uniforms, but the application occasions are different.

The one Li Xin is wearing now is the dress he wore when he was a general in Yulinwei, Li Xin likes this dress very much, after all, there is a big white tiger in the front, which is very majestic.

After changing into clothes, Li Xin said to Xiao Zheng with a calm face: "Grand Duke, let's go?" ”

Xiao Zheng glanced at the Yulinwei dress on Li Xin's body, and nodded with a complicated expression: "Master Hou, please, the sedan chair is already waiting outside." ”

Li Xin walked out of the gate of his house with an expressionless face, the two purple sedan chairs at the gate had been waiting for a long time, after he and Xiao Zheng sat up, the sedan chair went straight from Yong'an Gate into the palace city, all the way towards Weiyang Palace.

At the gate of Weiyang Palace, the sedan chair stopped.

Xiao Zheng got off the sedan chair first and led Li Xin into the main hall of Weiyang Palace, in the main hall, a low table has been placed, and the banquet in the palace will be held here in the evening, Xiao Zheng glanced back at Li Xin, and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, this banquet can only start in the evening, now do you want to see Your Majesty?" ”

Li Xin found an inconspicuous corner and sat down, and his voice was calm: "I won't go to face the saint." ”

"If nothing happens, Your Majesty will probably be very unhappy today, so I won't look for myself, Your Majesty invited me to come, I will sit here, and leave home after eating."

Xiao Zheng glanced at Li Xin, sighed slightly, turned around and left, and went to see the emperor.

The Weiyang Palace is brightly lit and splendid.

At this time, outside the capital, a post man and two horsemen, carrying the information of the southwest in his arms, were rushing towards the capital.

This Chinese New Year's Eve in the eighth year of Taikang is destined to be an unpeaceful Chinese New Year's Eve.