Unparalleled Concubine

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This is a difficult problem that those ministers in the imperial court posed to Li Xin, or to Southwest.

The two brothers and sisters drank for two or three hours in the quiet room, and both of them passed out after drinking, and fell asleep in this quiet room.

When Li Xin woke up, it was almost noon the next day. He rubbed his aching head and took a deep breath.

Looking around, he was in his room.

Not long after, Princess Jiu brought over a bowl of hangover soup, put it beside the bed, and said softly, "It's the first time I've seen you drink like this in so many years."

After taking a sip from the white bowl, Li Xin rubbed his temples and asked, "Where is Senior Brother Ye?"

"Leaving early in the morning."

Princess Jiu shook her head: "I can't stop you, if you insist on saying something about yourself, I told him that I have to wait for you to wake up before leaving, but he didn't listen, left a note and left .”

Lord Jing'an shook his head, smiled wryly and said, "In terms of drinking, I still can't beat the Ye family."

He looked up at Princess Nine and asked, "Where's the note?"

Princess Nine took out a blank piece of paper from her sleeve and handed it to Li Xin: "I kept it myself, no one has read it."

She glanced at Li Xin, and said softly: "Xiao Xiuqi from the Xiao family is here again. In recent months, he has come almost every two days. If he can't see anyone, he will sit at the door and wait, or you will see him He once, if you have something to say, tell him clearly, so as to save him from coming over every day to be annoying."

While speaking, Li Xin had already finished a bowl of hangover soup, he rubbed his head, and said in a muffled voice, "I'll see him later, Madam brought Shen Gang here, I have something for him to do."

Ninth Princess nodded, turned and left.

After she left, Li Xin unfolded the note left by Ye Lin. There were not many words on the note, only a few short lines.

"Brother's health is declining day by day, fearing that his life will not last forever. Several assistant ministers ordered me to serve in Hanzhong with bad intentions. Ye Mao only temporarily leads the Zhenbei Army, and the Ye family is in a precarious situation."

"The situation in the world is all in Chang'an's mind."

Just a few short lines of words seem to have a weight.

Chen Guogong Ye Ming's health has not been very good. He went back to his hometown of Ningling, firstly to be a filial piety for the old Duke Ye Cheng, and secondly to take care of his health. Now it seems that this Ye Shaobao can't last too long.

Although Ye Mao is in charge of Jimen Pass, but he is not qualified enough, he can only temporarily take the post of General Zhenbei, which means that if the court is willing, it can send another general there.

Ye Lin left this note, meaning to persuade Li Xin to be more prudent, and try not to let the Southwest conflict with the imperial court.

After reading the note, Lord Jing'an sighed slightly, found a fire pocket, lit it, and threw it into the stove in the room.

It's useless to keep this kind of thing, he doesn't care, but it's not good for Ye Lin.

While he was closing his eyes and meditating, Shen Gang walked in with his head down, and said in a deep voice, "Master Hou."

Li Xin looked up at Shen Gang, and said slowly, "Go to Jincheng and tell Zhao Jia and Mu Ying."

"If there is a fight, let them guard the Jianmen Gate, and don't let people from the imperial court come in."

Shen Gang bowed his head very neatly and said, "I'll go to the humble post."

After Shen Gang left, Li Xin got up, washed his face, changed into clean clothes, and after waking up for a while, walked to the front hall, greeted the servants, and said, "Go and get that The one surnamed Xiao called in."

After a while, a servant brought in Xiao Xiuqi, who was slightly fatter.

Xiao Xiuqi is the eldest son of the Xiao family, that is, Li Xin's uncle. After Xiao Mingli died, he succeeded as the head of the Xiao family as the head of the family. After a few years, he has gained some weight.

After entering the main hall, Xiao Xiuqi flinched and looked up at Li Xin, then bowed his head respectfully and said, "Xiao Mingli has met Lord Jing'an."

Li Xin sat on the main seat without moving, and said indifferently: "Say something quickly, I don't have much time."

If it was ten years ago, Li Xin might have kicked him out and sent someone to beat him up, but after ten years, the original anger and resentment had all dissipated, and he looked at the Xiao family again. , I just feel like a passerby, which is very different from ten years ago.

Xiao Xiuqi took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said.

"Master Hou, there is a child in my Xiao family. The year before last...he was a Jinshi in high school, but he has been waiting in the capital for two years, but he couldn't fill the vacancy. Look, Master Hou..."

Li Xin looked up at Xiao Xiuqi.

"Your son?"

Xiao Xiuqi bowed his head: "My brother's son, Taikang was lucky enough to go to high school in eight years..."

Lord Jing'an narrowed his eyes.

"Three tops?"

Xiao Xiuqi smiled wryly and nodded.

Scholars are divided into three classes, and the third class is the worst Jinshi, but generally they can fill official vacancies. Those who cannot fill their vacancies after waiting for two years are either short of money or unlucky.

Although the Xiao family is not rich, they are not poor either, so this Xiao family's son is probably just unlucky.

Li Xin originally thought that Xiao Xiuqi had come to find him an official.

But Patriarch Xiao knelt on the ground, and said with a wry smile: "Master Li, what happened back then has passed more than ten years, and the Xiao family should change their surname as well. You have also said that we will no longer pursue our mistakes..."

Only then did Li Xin react.

He frowned and looked at Xiao Xiuqi.

"You don't think it's because I said hello to someone that your family members can't fill the official vacancies, do you?"

Xiao Xiuqi stared at Li Xin with wide eyes, both eyes were full of confusion.

What he meant was obvious.

Is not it……

Lord Jing'an was angry and funny.

"Firstly, I don't care about the affairs of the official department, and secondly, I don't even know that your Xiao family has a Jinshi."

"Hurry up and get out, come here to make trouble again, and take away his Jinshi scholarship!"

Chapter 898

The Great Jin has gone through three generations of emperors, all of whom can be regarded as Mingjun, and reached its prosperity in the Taikang Dynasty. Now, no matter what it is, you can find the crux of the matter in the capital.

For example, the current complicated situation in the Southwest is due to the tough measures taken by several ministers in the court, especially the Chancellors headed by Shen Kuan at Shangshutai.

This had a strong ideological conflict with the new emperor who had not yet formally taken charge of the government.

For example, the emperor strongly opposed sending Ye Lin out of Beijing to be the general of Hanzhong this time. He knew very well that this move would probably further anger his teacher who was far away in Yongzhou and make the situation worse.

However, two of the three ministers made this decision, and the emperor had no right to veto it, so Ye Lin was forced to leave Beijing.