Chapter 378 I will help you stand taller
Among the eleven sons of the late emperor, except for the four who remained in the capital, the others were directly "eliminated" by Emperor Chengde.
So is this former eighth prince.
Of course, now Emperor Taikang is ascending the throne, and this King of Yueyang can no longer be called the prince.
This eighth prince actually has nothing to do with it. It is not a problem to be delicious. After all, in the royal family, no matter what desires they want, they can basically be satisfied.
His biggest shortcoming is that he has no ambitions.
Since childhood, this guy has been fond of food as his life. He ate himself early and became a fat man, hiding in the palace every day to study recipes and eat food. Emperor Chengde naturally looked down on this person, so when he was sixteen, he drove him out of the capital and became the king of Yueyang.
After the brother and sister met, the little fat man felt heartbroken.
"Xiaojiu, why are you so thin?"
The Ninth Princess, who was only twelve or thirteen four years ago, was still a little baby fat. Now she will grow up and look much thinner than before.
Although the Ninth Princess was sick, she was amused by his words, and covered her mouth and smiled: "Brother, you have become much fatter again."
The little fat man glanced at his sister resentfully.
"It is said that you should not call me a starling, it sounds like a bird."
Xiaojiu became serious and pretended to be serious.
"Brother Eight, you have gained a lot of weight again."
The little fat man smiled happily, sat beside Princess Ninth's bed, and asked, "Xiao Jiu, are you sick?"
“It’s much better.”
The Ninth Princess was also very happy and said with a smile: "The heat has subsided today, and it is estimated that it will be better in a few days."
"There is no rush to go back to Beijing."
The little fat man smiled and said, "Just go to my place to live for a month or two, otherwise you will not be able to see us brothers and sisters in this life."
The vassal king sounds nice, but after the dynasty changes, the vassal kings of the Great Jin Dynasty no longer had any authority, and they could not give up fiefdoms without imperial edicts, so they could only live and wait for death. However, this person was very in line with the little fat man's life ideals. He had married seven or eight wives in four years of the vassal period.
The Ninth Princess laughed.
"You have a vassal state, but I don't have one. I will come to Yuezhou often to see you."
The little fat man sighed: "I'm afraid you won't be free if you marry someone. By the way, you are at the age of yours. Have you arranged a prince consort for you?"
The Ninth Princess glanced at Li Xin, then spoke, "The mourning period of my father has not passed, why do you say this?"
King Yueyang also looked back at Li Xin, then nodded and said, "Yes."
When talking about this, the little fat man felt a little sad: "When I left Beijing, my father was still strong and healthy. Why did it become this situation in just a few years? At that time, I also handed the court a document to the court and prepared to go to the capital to attend the funeral, but the court did not reply, so I did not dare to leave Yuezhou."
Speaking of this, the former eighth prince looked at Xiaojiu and asked, "Is my mother okay?"
"The Concubine is in good health."
King Yueyang sighed and said softly: "It's a matter of fact that I haven't been back for several years. When Xiaojiu, you are back to the capital, you will have a love affair with the emperor's brother for me, and I will say that I want to go back to the capital to see my mother."
The little fat man's mother is Concubine Zhen of Emperor Chengde. Concubine Zhen has two sons and one daughter, the eighth son of the emperor and the eleventh son of the emperor. The eleventh prince is only thirteen or fourteen years old this year and has never left the palace.
The Ninth Princess smiled and said, "Okay, I'll mention this to the emperor when I go back."
The King of Yueyang stood up and waved his hand and said, "Okay, this place is a garden for outsiders after all, and it is inconvenient to speak. My palace is not far from here. Let's go to my house and talk."
The Ninth Princess was happy and became much more energetic. She smiled and said, "Okay, I haven't seen what the prince's mansion looks like before."
Li Xin hesitated a little.
He turned to look at the fat man and said, "Prince, it's natural for the eldest princess to go to your place, but it's not convenient for me to go there."
King Yueyang stared at him.
"Marty Li, please don't want to afford this king?"
Li Xin shook his head.
"Prince, I have three thousand Yulin Guards in my hand, and I am also the Minister of War, and I... in short, it is not convenient to be too close to the foreign vassal."
Li Xin smiled and said, "I must be fine, I'm afraid I will implicate the prince."
"What are you afraid of?"
The little fat man is so proud.
"I don't have any servants in my family, and I don't gather forces. If my sister and brother-in-law come, they have to avoid suspicion and cannot be treated. Then there is no point in doing this prince. Just let the emperor issue an order to abolish it."
As he said that, he planned to leave.
Li Xin and Xiao Jiu looked at each other and followed the fat man helplessly.
But only the two of them went, Li Xin ordered Mu Ying to stay in the garden with Yu Linwei, and no one left.
There is no way. If you want to avoid suspicion, you can only go there as a "best brother-in-law", otherwise no Li Xin's identity would be able to make friends with foreign vassals.
To be honest, if this little fat man hadn't looked pretty good, Li Xin would not have been willing to take Xiaojiu there.
At noon, Li Xin and the Ninth Princess arrived at the Yueyang Palace. To be honest, although this palace occupies a large area, it is not very exquisite. It is worse than Li Xin's Jing'an Marquis Mansion. The only thing that can be seen is that the maids in the palace are still quite beautiful.
What shocked Li Xin the most was that there were four or five little babies who could go out to the ground, including men and women, who surrounded the eldest princess and called aunt.
Xiaojiu was in a hurry.
This time, Li Xin completely looked at this fat man with admiration.
In four years, five or six people who can run, conservatively estimated that at least five or six people who can’t run are still there. This little fat man... is not simple.
If this continues, you will have the potential to become King Jing of Zhongshan...
When it was lunch, the little fat man was proud.
"Xiao Jiu, my brother has visited all the chefs near Yuezhou in recent years, and has invited so many chefs. Not to mention anything else, the food in my Yueyang Palace is definitely not inferior to that in the capital."
The brother and sister had the same hobbies, so Xiaojiu naturally nodded repeatedly.
The little fat man, the little fat man's princess, Li Xin, and the ninth princess, had four people in total at a table, and about twenty dishes were served.
Xiaojiu resisted the torture of illness and tasted each one.
"good."
This is the Ninth Princess’ evaluation.
These dishes are actually very delicious, but in the minds of young people in their 10s and 20s, of course, junk food is more delicious.
The little fat man feasted and ate his round belly even more.
In the afternoon, Princess Ninth could no longer bear the idea of showing off in her heart, and held Li Xin's hand and said, "I want to eat fried chicken legs..."
"I want to have a kebab..."
Li Xin gave her a blank look: "I'm sick and can't eat it."
"But you can give your starling to eat. He is so greedy. After eating, he will definitely be devoted to you."
Xiaojiu raised an eyebrow at Li Xin: "You can do it and make sure you are greedy for him."
"What are you doing to please him?"
Princess Qinghe lay in Li Xin's ear with a gentle tone.
"He's awesome."
"His mother, Concubine Zhen, is the daughter of the Zong family."
Li Xin remained silent.
The Ninth Princess continued, "The sister of the starling brother is my third sister, and she married the second son of the Zhang family."
The Zhang family is the Zhang Qu family.
She whispered: "You told me before that you should stand higher and settle the score with Li Shen, and I remember it."
The eldest princess gritted her teeth.
Chapter completed!