As the situation in the capital gradually stabilized, taking advantage of Li Xin's opportunity to treat him, Mu Ying, Li Shuo and others wanted to take this opportunity to persuade Li Xin to be on the presidency as soon as possible, but when Li Xin changed his subject and mentioned the matter in the northern border, these three people had a tacit understanding and did not say it out.

After eating this meal for more than an hour, the four of them were all drunk and their faces were red and their necks were thick. It was only in the afternoon. Li Xin stood up staggeringly and asked several juniors to support their parents. They had already drunk this point. Li Xin naturally planned to let these people stay in his mansion for a while, but Mu Ying and Li Shuo were just slightly drunk and there was nothing serious, so they all took their family away. Only Zhao Jia, the right servant of Shangshutai, had the shallowest alcohol tolerance and fell to the ground and was unconscious.

Li Xin ordered the servants of the Hou Mansion to prepare the room, and asked Zhao Yi to help his father down to rest.

After the banquet ended, Li Xin himself was also a little tired. He held his swelling head and returned to his room in the backyard.

At this time, Princess Ninth was packing up the pieces and things brought from the southwest in the room. Seeing Li Xin stumble in, she quickly stood up and held Li Xin and sighed softly: "When you drink, you can drink for an hour or two? This family depends on you to support you. If you drink, you will hurt your body..."

Li Xin was supported by her and sat by the bed, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I have to drink the wine I should drink. These are all companions who share weal and woe with our family..."

The Ninth Princess snorted lightly.

"At this point, if you don't drink, will anyone dare to drink you?"

Governor Li smiled bitterly: "Just treat it as a group of friends gathering together, how can you dare to say this?"

Princess Ninth held him and lay on the bed, then sat by himself, holding Li Xin's somewhat cold hand, frowned and said, "You are afraid of the cold, and you don't know how to wear more when winter comes."

After saying this, she got up and picked up the bamboo clip beside the bed, added a few pieces of carbon to the copper stove next to her, and then picked it gently. The charcoal fire became stronger and the room suddenly became warmer.

Li Xinban lay on the bed, looked at the Ninth Princess who was busy next to her, and asked softly: "Madam, you... won't blame me?"

The Ninth Princess paused, put down the bamboo clip in her hand, sat next to Li Xin, and sighed in a complicated expression.

"I've been in the southwest for many years. I often think that it would be great if you were not so capable. You don't have to be the Marquis of Jing'an or the General. After we get married, we will live in the Prince Consort's Mansion. You get some food for me every day, and then we both look at the children together and live a simple life. This is also great."

She held Li Xin's hand and said in a quiet tone.

"It's a pity that you are so capable, just like... like Master Ye."

The Ninth Princess held Li Xin's hand in her hand, and while keeping him warm, she whispered: "I know that you are unwilling to be locked up at home like Master Ye, for decades."

Li Xin lay on the bed and slowly closed his eyes: "Actually, Master Ye himself refused to be imprisoned for decades."

"He has a much more irritable temper than me."

Compared with Li Xin, Ye Sheng is definitely a bad temper, but the master and apprentice have embarked on two completely opposite paths. This does not mean that Ye Sheng is more cowardly than Li Xin. It is because the two grew up in different environments, which leads to their different worldviews, outlook on life, and values. If the two have experienced interchange since childhood, Old Man Ye may have started to think about how to rebel at the age of twelve or thirteen!

The Ninth Princess pulled the quilt on Li Xin up, and then continued, "Don't worry, after I married you more than ten years ago, I will be a member of the Li family."

She gently pulled the quilt open, put on her clothes and lay beside Li Xin, slowly closing her eyes.

"Just treat it for the children."

After saying this, she lay quietly into Li Xin's arms, her voice softly.

"I want to go to Zhaoling to see my father."

Speaking of this, she paused and continued, "There is also Brother Seven."

Li Xin did not open his eyes and spoke in a gentle tone.

"Go wherever you want."

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It was not until the evening when Li Xin got up from the "Gentle Land". The day was short in winter, and the sky was almost dark now, and the temperature was lower than during the day. Li Xin draped a thick layer of fur, walked out of his yard, and walked into the warm chalet in the backyard.

He sat down on the low table in the warm chalet, then lit the small stove and cooked tea carefully.

The way to drink tea in this era is different from the way to drink tea in later generations. They often add various strange condiments to the tea, such as horse milk spices, but Li Xin always drinks and cooks tea when drinking tea, and Zhao Jia and others also drink this kind of white water tea with him.

After the teapot in front of Li Xin was boiling twice, a middle-aged man in white dress came to the door of the warm-up pavilion under the guidance of the servants of the Housing Mansion and sat down opposite Li Xin.

Li Xin used white cloth to pinch the steaming teapot in front of him, poured a cup of tea for Zhao Jia in front of him, then filled the tea cup in front of him, and then said with a smile: "After becoming prime minister, Zhao Pushe can sleep a lot more than before, and he wakes up now."

Zhao Jia rubbed his swelling temples and smiled bitterly: "I've drunk too much. Marquis, you can drink me so hard at noon. How can I hold on?"

He blew a few breaths, and after a cup of hot tea, he grew a breath of heat, and he felt much more comfortable.

He looked up at Li Xin and asked softly: "The Marquis deliberately got me drunk. Is there anything I want to talk to?"

Li Xin also took a sip of tea and spit out a white mist from his mouth.

"Mu Ying and Li Shuo are all determined to want me to ascend the throne as soon as possible. Depending on their intentions, it won't take long to put on the yellow robe."

Li Xin looked up at Zhao Jia and whispered: "Brother You'an, what do you mean?"

Although I don’t quite understand the allusion of “introducing the yellow robe”, Zhao Jia can guess some of the superficial meanings. He held the teacup in front of him in his hand and smiled slightly: “The Marquis’s question, I don’t need to ask me.”

"Everyone in the Southwest Department wants the Marquis to ascend the throne as soon as possible so as to transform himself into a founding hero. I am no exception. After all, the Marquis to ascend the throne one day earlier, so we will feel at ease one day earlier."

Li Xin frowned slightly and continued to ask, "Brother You'an thinks, is the right time now?"

"As long as you have this intention, it will be appropriate at any time."

Zhao Jia looked calm and smiled and said, "The difference is just how many people they want to kill. At this moment, the Marquis only needs to make up their minds and kill all the royal families of the Ji family. No one in the court will object to the Marquis taking this step. As for the murder, there is no need for Marquis, you should do it yourself."

"General Mu and General Li will be happy to do this."

Governor Li frowned and said, "The problem is that the people of Ji have not lost their hearts. At this time, the whole world has changed its surname and is not only the Ji family's royal family, but also thousands of people in the world."

"This is why I didn't rush to persuade the Marquis to be in charge of his position."

After drinking the tea in the cup, Zhao Jia reached out and lifted the teapot, filled his cups and Li Xin's cups respectively, and then continued: "Of course, there is actually not much problem doing this. The people are always afraid of death. Kill some people and show them. It doesn't matter whether the people are willing or not."

He looked up at Li Xin, his voice a little low.
Chapter completed!