To put it bluntly, the imperial court at this time trumpeted the great victory in Northern Xinjiang, to a certain extent, in order to cover up the ugly matter of the king of Shu, and try to minimize the impact of this matter, and the less people know about it, the better.

That's why the contrast between the two things is so obvious.

Of course, Li Xin knew that the imperial court did this, or the reason why the emperor did this, so after he got this holy decree, he began to pack his luggage very low-key, and only prepared to bring Chen Sixteen and Li Shuo and other seven or eight people.

The time to get out of the city was not in a hurry, it was set in three days.

In fact, this time can be shortened to one day, but Li Xin doesn't want to, and he can't be so impatient, otherwise he will leave the capital in a panic, and the emperor will probably think that he is fleeing the capital, and he may not be able to leave at that time.

So you must not be in a hurry and take it in stride.

It wasn't until the third day that the Jing'an Hou Mansion was finally ready to stop and prepare to leave the capital, but Li Xin still dragged it out until noon, and waited until the sun was due south before he got on the black carriage, left from the main gate of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and slowly drove to the gate of Yongle Fang.

This time, he brought Chen Sixteen with him.

Originally, it was because Chen Sixteen broke an arm. It's not convenient to go anywhere, so he usually stays in the capital to look after the family, but this time it's different, Chen Sixteen's wife Hui Niang, and a pair of children, all secretly left the capital with the eldest princess, and he also wanted to leave the capital and meet his family.

The carriage left Yongle Fang smoothly.

But when he was about to walk to the gate of the West City Gate, he was stopped by a team of black-clothed and black-armored Yulin Guards, led by Xie Dai, the cousin of the current Empress Xie.

Of course, a large part of the reason why he was able to be promoted was because Empress Xie's younger brother Xie Jing left his position as the general of Qianniu Wei, otherwise the emperor would not be able to hand over two of the three guards to the Xie family no matter how much he trusted the Xie family.

Xie Jing stood on the side of the road, bowing his head and clenching his fists at the carriage.

"Is Master Li in the car?"

Li Xin, who was in the carriage, lifted the curtain and glanced at Xie Dai lightly.

"It turned out to be Uncle Xie Guo, what's the matter?"

Xie Dai lowered his head and said, "Hou Ye Li is going out of Beijing?" ”

During this time, the people of the three guards all received orders to keep an eye on the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion, and Xie Dai also led people to keep an eye on Li Xin for a period of time, but among the three guards, Yu Linwei was the farthest away from the Son of Heaven, so although Yu Linwei was no longer responsible for keeping an eye on Li Xin, he did not receive an order to let Li Xin out of the city.

The Marquis of Jing'an smiled and said: "I want to go out of the city, what's the matter, Yu Linwei can still care about me not going out of the city now?" ”

Xie Dai cautiously bowed his head and said, "Forgive the official for talking too much, why did the Hou Ye go out of the city?" ”

Li Xin glanced at the young man of the Xie family with a smile.

"Go take your cousin's place."

A few days ago, the person sent by the imperial court to negotiate in the southwest was Xie Dai's cousin Xie Jing, and now Xie Jing is in a dilemma in the southwest, he can't negotiate things, and he is embarrassed to return to the capital, and the situation is very embarrassing.

Xie Dai frowned deeply.

"Can Master Hou wait for a while......?"

The smile on Li Xin's face retracted: "What, you want to go to the palace and ask Your Majesty, did you really let me out of Beijing?" ”

"The lower officials don't dare."

Xie Dai bowed his head deeply: "Now the southwest is a land of right and wrong, and the swords and soldiers are continuous, Hou Ye took so many people out of Beijing, it is very dangerous, Yu Linwei of the Taikang Dynasty can be said to be created by Hou Ye, and the lower officials are in charge of Yu Linwei, and they can't turn a blind eye." ”

"The lower official asked His Majesty to assign some Yu Linlang to protect the Hou Ye closely."

Li Xin looked at Xie Dai with a smile.

"I used to say that you are much more powerful than your cousin, and now it looks like this, if you are the younger brother of the queen mother, most of the Xie family will be prosperous in the future."

"Master Hou has won the award."

Li Xin said indifferently: "If you want to ask for instructions, just go, but I won't wait for you, I'm a carriage, walking very slowly, if you want to chase, just catch up from the official road." ”

As he spoke, Li Xin motioned for Chen Sixteen to move on.

Chen Sixteen nodded, his left horsewhip was raised, and the carriage started slowly again.

Xie Dai and the others did not stop it, and they did not dare to stop it.

He looked at the direction in which Li Xin was leaving, gave instructions to his subordinates, got on his mount, and rushed towards the palace.

On the other side, Li Xin had already left the west gate of the capital, but as soon as his carriage walked out of the city gate, he heard a familiar voice.

"The slave has seen Marquis Li."

Li Xin could hear that this was Xiao Zheng's voice.

He went out of the capital, Xiao Zheng went out of the city to see him off on behalf of the Son of Heaven, it was not surprising, just as he was about to lift the curtain and get out of the car, he heard a young man's voice again.

"The students have seen the teachers."

Li Xin frowned slightly, lifted the curtain to take a look, and sure enough, he saw a group of red-clothed guards near the city gate, surrounded by a eunuch Xiao Zheng in a big red dress, and Xiao Zheng was not standing in the front, in front of the big eunuch, there was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old young man, who was bending down to salute Li Xin.

Prince Ji Yan.

When Li Xin first saw this little guy, he was still in the Wei Palace, when he was still a three or four-year-old child, he was led out by Princess Xie to meet Li Xin, and ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the princess Xie has become Queen Xie, and the young child who was led has also grown into a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy.

In fact, Li Xin is very familiar with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Their relationship was very complicated, in the past, when he was in the palace of the Wei prince, he called Li Xin "uncle", and later Li Xin married the eldest princess, and he called Li Xin his uncle, and then Li Xin was worshiped as the crown prince Taibao, and became his teacher.

There is a serious apprenticeship between them, and the palace sent Li Xin a bundle, and Li Xin also drank the apprenticeship tea of His Royal Highness the Prince, and received the apprenticeship of His Royal Highness the Prince.

And because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't like the palace very much, he lives in the Jing'an Marquis Mansion for two or three months a year, so to speak, Li Xin not only watched him grow up, but can even be said to have raised him single-handedly.

He slowly stepped out of the carriage, first bowed to His Royal Highness the Prince, then hugged his fists at Xiao Zheng, and finally reached out and patted the young man who had reached his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Why did Your Highness come here?" ”

"I heard my father say that the teacher is going out of the city, so I came to send the teacher off."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was wearing a purple robe, looking like an ordinary noble son, he was very close to Li Xin, and said with a smile: "Xiao Zheng and I came early in the morning, I didn't expect that this time you got up so late, it was late in the afternoon, and I saw you go out of the city." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an was stunned, and then laughed dumbly.

"I'm old, I can't get up in the morning."

"It's hard to wait so long for you here."

The prince of the dignified country is also a half monarch of a country, and almost no one can make him wait like this.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince grinned: "We are a family, you are too polite, teacher." ”

He scratched his head and asked, "In recent months, my father has not allowed me to go to the teacher's house, I don't know if Sister Ah Han has grown taller." ”

"And my aunt, I haven't seen her in months."

Li Xin was silent for a while, reached out and patted the young man's shoulder, and smiled slightly: "You, study hard in the East Palace." Don't just think about going out every day. ”

"Now Your Majesty is not only a prince of you, although you are the eldest son, but Your Majesty is not the eldest and has succeeded to the throne, you have to have more snacks."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled innocently.

"When I am not the emperor, I don't pay much attention to it, everything depends on the holy will of my father."

"Besides, with you as my teacher, I'm not afraid of anyone to rob me."