In the side hall of Changle Palace, Emperor Chengde sat on the soft couch, glanced at the young man kneeling in front of him, and coughed lightly: "You are Li Xin?" ”

Li Xin was dressed in the black armor of Yulin Wei, knelt on one knee on the ground, and said respectfully: "Humble Li Xin, knock to see Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Chengde's face sank, and he deliberately lowered his voice: "A few days ago, you wrote the charcoal seller in the capital?" ”

Li Xin didn't dare to raise his head, and said astringently: "It was written by the lowly position, the lowly position was bullied at that time, and there was no way to appeal, so I can only make this decision, please forgive your majesty." ”

"If you have no way to appeal, can you discredit me?"

Emperor Chengde's tone was neither sad nor joyful, Li Xin couldn't hear what His Majesty the Emperor meant, so he could only bow his head and smile bitterly: "Your Majesty, when the people from Jingzhao Mansion came to burn down the lowly house, they did say that they would hunt and clear the road for His Majesty's Beishan, if it weren't for the people from Jingzhao Mansion, even if they had the courage to mention, they wouldn't dare to mention Your Majesty......"

Emperor Chengde stood up from the soft couch, walked to Li Xin's side, circled around the young man, and then said indifferently: "You stand up and raise your head." ”

Raising his head and facing the king, there is a suspicion of assassinating the king, so any courtier who faces the saint will keep his head down, but now it is the son of heaven himself, and Li Xin has no choice but to stand up and slowly raise his head.

The Son of Heaven in front of him is not as bright and yellow as Li Xin thinks, but is wearing a light blue dress, he looks about fifty years old, and his hair has gone some white, but his beard is still five black, and he looks very energetic.

When Li Xin looked at the Chengde Emperor, the Chengde Emperor was also looking at Li Xin, and after looking up and down, the Chengde Emperor clapped his hands and smiled: "When you were young with Li Shen, you were born seven or eight percent alike, but you were a little shorter than when he was young." ”

Chengde Tianzi grew up with Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan, when he was a child, until he became the emperor eighteen years ago, the relationship between the two was extraordinary, but the two later became the emperor, and the other went to southern Xinjiang and became the Marquis of Pingnan, counting the two monarchs and ministers have not seen each other for three or four years.

Li Xin took a deep breath.

It stands to reason that the person he is facing is the Son of Heaven of the Great Jin, before the "Old God" has not appeared, he is the Heaven of the Great Jin, what the Son of Heaven says, he should do what he should do, but Li Xin inherited the memory of the "unlucky child", and he was extremely disgusted with the scumbag father in his bones, and immediately clenched his fists when he heard the words, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, it is not strange that people are similar." ”

Emperor Chengde was stunned, then sat back on his soft couch and said indifferently: "It seems that you have a lot of grievances against Li Shen. ”

If Li Ye or the Seventh Prince asked this sentence, Li Xin would probably be silent, but now he is facing the emperor of the current dynasty, and the emperor can't fail to answer when he asks.

Li Xin bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, I have just entered the capital for more than a month, and I don't know who Li Shen is." ”

Hearing this sentence of "no big or small", Emperor Chengde was a little angry in his heart, and was about to open his mouth to scold, but hesitated for a moment, did not say anything, just shook his head: "That's it, you Li family's family affairs, I am too lazy to get involved, Li Shen He should go back to the capital this year, and when the time comes, the two of you will meet and solve it yourself." ”

Li Xinli breathed a long sigh of relief.

This emperor is quite reasonable, if he is unreasonable and forcibly allows himself to go to the Pingnan Marquis Mansion to confess his relatives, then with Li Xin's current ability, there is no room for resistance.

Li Xin knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "Humble duty, thank you for your understanding." ”

Emperor Chengde narrowed his eyes and said indifferently: "You write poems to ridicule me, I don't care about you, I don't bother to pay attention to your life experience, now I ask you, how did you meet my ninth princess?" ”

Li Xin sweated on his forehead.

He knew that little nine girls because of the Seventh Prince Ji Wen, but this Son of Heaven obviously didn't know that the Seventh Prince had a relationship with him, and he couldn't tell the Seventh Prince directly......

If His Royal Highness the King of Wei is confessed, it may lead to the driving force behind the "big-character poster", and I am afraid that there will be even greater trouble at that time.

Li Xin lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Back to Your Majesty, I don't recognize Her Royal Highness the Ninth Princess......

Emperor Chengde fell silent.

When the princess left the palace, she should have concealed her identity, so how should she explain to this stunned young man now, who is the ninth princess?

Do you compare with him with your hand, what does your daughter look like?

This kind of unseemly thing, as the Son of Heaven, naturally can't do it, Emperor Chengde coughed, and said in a deep voice: "It's just a little girl who loves to eat very much, the people in Tianmu Prison said that the ninth princess has been to your courtyard many times, and it is impossible for you not to recognize her." ”

Li Xin suddenly realized: "It turned out to be a little nine girls." ”

The young man lowered his head, rolled his eyes, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, when I was at home, I liked to make some novel food, and then somehow it spread out, and the little nine girl went to the house of the lowly and ate several meals. ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, although I didn't know the identity of the Ninth Princess before, I could see that the little nine girls were either rich or noble, and the lowly ones never thought anything wrong about the little nine girls, please check ...... them."

Emperor Chengde accepted this explanation, after all, his nine girls really like to eat, he picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, and said indifferently: "This matter is put here for the time being, I ask you, why do you want to join Yulinwei?" ”

Li Xin answered this question without hesitation.

"Back to Your Majesty, I entered Beijing with a humble position, just to make a little contribution to the Great Jin, and that day Captain Zhang Xiao of Yulinwei invited the lowly to join Yulinwei, and I didn't think about it, so I nodded and agreed."

At this point, the Son of Chengde basically knew what he wanted to know, and at this time, the conversation between the two of them was almost a pillar of incense, and there were still many chapters sent by Shangshutai that had not been reviewed, and the Son of Chengde immediately waved his hand: "Okay, even if you can speak, let's stop here today." ”

After that, the Son of Heaven turned his head and glanced at Chen Ju, and said casually: "What kind of position is this kid in Yulinwei?" ”

Chen Ju said in a low voice: "It's a team deputy, he has only been in Yulinwei for more than half a month, and this position is not low." ”

"It's low."

Chengde Tianzi said indifferently: "Go back and say hello to Ye Luan and ask him to make this kid a lieutenant." ”

If it is another yamen official, the promotion must be checked by the Ministry of Officials or the Ministry of War, and it cannot be ignored at all, but Yu Linwei and Neiwei are both pro-troops directly under the Son of Heaven, and in this kind of pro-army, what the emperor says can be directly regarded as an order.

Chen Ju nodded: "The old slave knows." ”

Emperor Chengde glanced at Li Xin again, and said in a serious tone: "I know that you may have suffered a lot for so many years of exile, and it is natural to have some grievances, but after all, blood is thicker than water, and after your father returns to Beijing, you have to have a good talk with him." ”

Li Xin was a little angry, but his face remained unchanged, and he bowed his head and said respectfully: "Obey orders." ”

Emperor Chengde hesitated, and then continued: "The heirs of the Li family are thin in this generation, if you return to the Li family's court, it is not impossible for me to marry Xiao Jiu to you, you can think about the benefits and disadvantages yourself." ”

Li Xin knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "I know the lowly position." ”

Emperor Chengde waved his hand.

"Well, you go down."

"Yes."

Li Xin bent down and retreated.

After entering the palace and being promoted by the way, it should be a happy event, but Li Xin did not have much joy, he knew very well that the reason why he was promoted was because this Chengde Tianzi was compensating himself for the Pingnan Marquis who was not in the capital.

Li Xin was unwilling to ask for this compensation, but he couldn't disobey the Son of Heaven in person.

However, no matter what others say or who says it, the bottom line in Li Xin's confidence will not change, because Li Xin of the former Li family has frozen to death, and no matter what, he will never enter the Pingnanhou Mansion to be a son in his life.

What's more, now the Pingnan Hou Mansion has a grudge against him.

Li Xin withdrew from Changle Palace, his face sinking like water.