Chapter 10 Unreliable Qian Sheng
Li Xin hasn't entered the palace for a long time. After careful calculation, it took about more than a month to see the emperor.
This frequency is slightly worse than that of the fifth-rank officials in the capital, because the court will meet three major court meetings a month. As long as the fifth-rank officials in the capital are above the fifth-rank, they can meet the emperor at least every ten days. However, Li Xin has been used to being lazy in recent years and is too lazy to go to court, so he only occasionally listens to the summons to the palace to drink with the emperor.
Of course, if you only talk about meeting in private, Li Xin's frequency of meeting the emperor should be second only to the prime ministers of the three provinces and the six ministers of the ministers.
After all, apart from the dynasty meeting, the emperor mainly relied on meeting these important ministers to control the dynasty. The prime ministers of the three provinces could meet the emperor almost every day, and the officials of the six ministries could also meet the emperor at any time. That is, Li Xin, a lazy minister of the Ministry of War, who ignored the chores of the Ministry of War.
Cui'er grew up in the palace with the eldest princess, so she knew more about the palace than Huiniang. The two of them followed Li Xin with their children in their arms. Cui'er whispered to Huiniang along the way, talking about something about her in the palace.
Marquis Jing'an walked in front with his hands on his back and walked straight to the Marquis of Weiyang Palace.
This time the emperor gave face, or especially the face of his newborn young son. As soon as the eunuch of Weiyang Palace came in to inform him, the eunuch Xiao Zheng ran out in person. He first glanced at the young master behind Li Xin, and then bent down to salute Li Xin.
"Mr. Marquis, Your Majesty asks you to take the young master in immediately."
Li Xin nodded, turned around and smiled at Hui Niang, "Hui Niang, you don't understand the rules in the palace. I'm afraid you will bump into Your Majesty. Let Cui'er carry the child in. You wait outside, don't walk around, let's go home together later."
Then Hui Niang handed the young master to Cui'er's arms, lowered her head and said, "Yes."
Li Xin followed Xiao Zheng and walked into Weiyang Palace.
Before they could enter the study room of Weiyang Palace, Emperor Taikang had already come out. After the emperor sat in this position, he usually had no reason to welcome others. However, this time the emperor gave him face and walked out with a smile, pulled Li Xin's sleeve, and asked with a smile: "Chang'an, where is my nephew, let me see."
Five years have passed, and time has left a profound mark on the emperor. At this time, Emperor Taikang has changed a lot compared to five years ago. The most obvious thing is... he has grown his beard.
Almost everyone in this era has the habit of raising beards. Generally speaking, they should start growing beards between the ages of 26 and 28. The emperor is already thirty years old this year, and has two beautiful beards that are trimmed, which looks very majestic.
In fact, Li Xin, the Marquis of Jing'an, has also started to grow his beard recently, but it has not grown to scale yet and looks not very good.
Compared to five years ago, the emperor at this time seemed not as energetic as before. After all, more than eight years of "career" consumed most of his experience.
However, although not very energetic, the momentum of this emperor is no longer comparable to that of five years ago or eight years ago when he ascended the throne.
Every move he made was full of majesty.
It looks very much like the Emperor Chengde of the past.
Li Xin gave up and lowered his head to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is still in confinement and can't stand the wind. I did not let her come over, but only brought the dog into the palace and showed His Majesty his nephew."
The emperor walked up to Cui'er, reached out to lift the swaddling clothes, and then looked at the child who was still in the swaddling clothes for a few minutes, smiling.
"This doll is good. She is a little like you and a little like Xiaojiu. When she grows up in the future, she will be a handsome boy."
Li Xin smiled and said, "Your Majesty is a mischievous."
After the emperor looked at Li Ping a few times, he took the time to look back at Li Xin and asked with a smile: "Tell me, my son has lived in your house for more than two days. Have you brought him back to the palace this time?"
Marquis Jing'an smiled bitterly and said, "When I was about to leave in the morning, I asked me to call the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince was unwilling to come back to the palace, and I didn't want to force it, so I didn't bring it back."
The emperor took the child who had just been born from Cui'er's arms, reached out to tease him, and said with a smile: "This child is well-behaved, not crying or making trouble."
After saying this, he looked back at Li Xin and smiled and said, "He can live in your house, but he can't leave his homework. Tell him that after he returns to Beijing, the teacher in the East Palace will take the exam to teach him his studies. If he fails his studies, he will be punished to copy the ethnography."
After every royal family developed, the first thing is to write history for their family, and they will try their best to gild their ancestors on their faces. The Great Jin Dynasty is no exception. The Great Jin Dynasty has been passed down for more than a hundred years, and the ethnography has been compiled.
Li Xin smiled and said, "I know, and after I go back, I will inform the Crown Prince of this bad news."
The king and his subject looked at each other and laughed.
After the emperor hugged Xiao Liping for a while, the young man who had just arrived in the world for three or four days suddenly burst into tears for some reason. The emperor tried to coax for a while but it was useless. At no cost, he could only put the child back into Cui'er's hand and shook his head and said, "It seems that I can't learn to coax the child, so hold it."
Cui'er respectfully took the child over. After the little guy returned to his familiar arms, he stopped crying immediately and was very well-behaved.
The emperor shook his head, took off a piece of green jade from his belt, put it in the child's cradle, and smiled and said, "This is my favorite thing when I was a teenager. I will give it to you, a boy, it is a gift to my uncle to give you."
Xiao Liping opened his big eyes and remained indifferent.
The emperor put Qingyu in the little guy's hand, then smiled at Cui'er and said, "Cui'er, take this kid to Kunde Palace and show it to the Empress Dowager. She is about to be crazy if she misses her grandson these days."
When Cui'er followed the Ninth Princess in her early years, the Ninth Princess ran to the Prince of Wei's Mansion all year round. As the Ninth Princess's personal maid, the former Prince of Wei naturally recognized her.
It is not surprising to recognize her, but the Emperor still remembers her.
Her body trembled and she lowered her head and said, "Sister to obey the order."
Li Xin also stood up and bowed to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I will also go and invite the Empress Dowager."
He should have gone there in person when he took his son to see his mother-in-law.
The emperor smiled and shook his head, reached out to pull Li Xin's sleeve, and smiled and said, "When I see my grandson, you will still be there in my eyes. Don't go over and get in the way. Let's just be here. I have something to discuss with you."
Li Xin hesitated for a moment, finally nodded, turned around and told Cui'er, "Be careful."
Cui'er nodded respectfully and retreated with Xiao Liping in her arms.
The emperor pulled Li Xin's sleeve and made it again. Then he turned to Xiao Zheng and said, "Go and ask for some wine and food. I haven't had a drink with Chang'an for a long time. I'm happy today, so I'll have a few drinks."
Li Xin smiled and said nothing.
Xiao Zheng went down to prepare.
The emperor slowly took out a few geometric maps from his sleeve, and then smiled at Li Xin and said, "Yesterday, the Minister of Qian from your Ministry of War sent it to me to come to the palace, saying that you asked me to send it."
Emperor Taikang looked at Li Xin and said with a smile.
"Chang'an, what's the purpose of this move?"
Li Xinxin cursed in his heart.
Chapter completed!