In the side hall of Changle Palace, Emperor Chengde sat on the soft couch, looked at the young man kneeling in front of him, and coughed gently: "Are you Li Xin?"

Li Xin was wearing black armor of Yu Lin Guard, knelt on the ground with one knee and said respectfully: "I am not good at Li Xin, I will bow to your Majesty."

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

Li Xin did not dare to look up and said in a stern voice: "It was written by the humble official position. The humble official position was bullied at that time and had no way to complain. He could only make this bad decision. Please forgive me."

"Can you discredit my reputation if you have no way to appeal?"

Emperor Chengde's tone was neither sad nor happy. Li Xin could not hear what the emperor's Majesty meant, so he could only lower his head and smile bitterly: "Your Majesty, when the people from Jingzhao Mansion came to burn the house of Beizhi, they did say that they wanted to hunt down the road for His Majesty's North Mountain. If it weren't for the people from Jingzhao Mansion, even if they had the courage to mention His Majesty..."

Emperor Chengde stood up from the soft couch, walked to Li Xin, circled around the young man, and said calmly: "Stand up and raise your head."

He looked up at the king and was suspected of assassinating the king, so any minister looked down on his head. However, now the emperor himself asked him, Li Xin had no choice but to stand up and slowly raise his head.

The emperor in front of him was not as bright yellow as Li Xin thought, but was wearing a light blue dress. He looked about fifty years old and his hair had gone a little white, but his two beards were still five black, and he looked very energetic.

When Li Xin looked at Emperor Chengde, Emperor Chengde was also looking at Li Xin. After looking up and down, Emperor Chengde clapped his hands and smiled: "When Li Shen was young, he was 70% or 80% similar to Li Shen, but he was shorter than when he was young."

Emperor Chengde grew up with Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan, when he was a child. Until he ascended the throne eighteen years ago, the relationship between the two was extraordinary. However, one of them later became emperors and the other went to southern Xinjiang to become the Marquis of Pingnan. In fact, the monarch and ministers had not met for three or four years.

Li Xin took a deep breath.

Logically speaking, the person he faced was the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty. Before the "God" appeared, he was the heaven of the Great Jin Dynasty. He should do whatever the emperor said. However, Li Xin inherited the memory of the "unlucky child" and was extremely disgusted with the scumbag father in his bones. He immediately clasped his fists and lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, it's not surprising that people have similarities."

Emperor Chengde was stunned for a moment, then sat back on his soft couch and said calmly: "It seems that you are very resentful to Li Shen."

If Li Ye or the Seventh Prince asked this, Li Xin would probably keep silent, but now he is facing the emperor of the current dynasty. If the emperor asked questions, he would not refuse to answer.

Li Xin lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I have just entered the capital for more than a month, and I don't recognize who Li Shen is."

Hearing this sentence of "big or small", Emperor Chengde was a little angry and was about to scold him, but hesitated for a moment and did not say it. He just shook his head: "Forget it, I am too lazy to get involved in the family affairs of your Li family. Li Shen should go back to the capital this year. Then you two will solve it yourself."

Li Xin breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

This emperor is quite reasonable. If he is unreasonable and forces himself to go to the Pingnan Marquis’ Mansion to recognize his relatives, then with Li Xin’s current ability, there will be no room for resistance.

Li Xin knelt on the ground and lowered his head and said, "I am humble, thank you for your understanding."

Emperor Chengde narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "You write poems to mock me. I don't care about you anymore. I don't bother with you. I don't bother with your life experience. Now I ask you, how did you know my ninth princess?"

Li Xin's forehead was sweating.

He knew that girl Xiaojiu entirely because of the seventh prince Ji Wen, but the emperor obviously didn't know that the seventh prince had a friendship with him, so he couldn't tell the seventh prince directly...

If the King of Wei is given away, it may lead to the behind-the-scenes pusher of the "big-character poster", and it may cause greater trouble at that time.

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

Emperor Chengde fell silent.

The princess should have concealed her identity when she left the palace. So how should she explain to this young man now, who is the Ninth Princess?

Could you tell him with your hands what his daughter looks like?

As the emperor, I naturally cannot do such an inappropriate thing. Emperor Chengde coughed and said in a deep voice: "It's just a little girl who loves food. The person from Tianmujian said that the Ninth Princess went to your yard many times, and you can't not recognize her."

Li Xin suddenly realized: "It turned out to be Miss Xiaojiu."

The young man lowered his head, his eyes turned, and he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, when I was at home, I liked to make some new foods. Later, it was spread out for some reason. Miss Xiaojiu went to Beizhi's house and ate Beizhi several times."

Speaking of this, Li Xin lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, I am a wise man. Although I didn't know the identity of the Ninth Princess before, I can also see that Xiaojiu is either rich or noble. I have never had any inappropriate thoughts about Xiaojiu. Please observe clearly..."

Emperor Chengde accepted this explanation. After all, his ninth girl really likes to eat. He picked up the tea on the table and sipped it indifferently: "Let's leave this matter here for the time being. I'll ask you, why do you want to join the Yulin Guard?"

Li Xin answered this question without hesitation.

"When you go back to your Majesty, Bei Zhi entered the capital, just to give some effort to the Great Jin Dynasty. On that day, Zhang Zhi, the Captain of the Yulin Guard, invited Bei Zhi to join the Yulin Guard. Bei Zhi nodded and agreed without thinking."

After asking this, Emperor Chengde had almost known what he wanted to know. At this time, the conversation between the two people was almost incense stick. There were still many memorials sent by the Shangshu Dean. Emperor Chengde immediately waved his hand: "Okay, you can still talk, so I'll be here today."

After saying that, the emperor turned his head and looked at Chen Ju, and said carelessly: "What position is this kid in Yulin Guard?"

Chen Ju whispered: "It's a team deputy. He has only been half a month since he first joined the Yulin Guard, and this position is not low."

“Low.”

Emperor Chengde said calmly: "Let's go back and say hello to Ye Lin and ask him to get a lieutenant for this kid."

If it is an official from another yamen, the promotion must be carried out by the Ministry of Personnel or the Ministry of War, and there is no rule at all. However, the Yulin Guard and the Inner Guard are both personal troops directly under the emperor. In such personal troops, what the emperor said can be directly used as a transfer order.

Chen Ju nodded: "I understand."

Emperor Chengde glanced at Li Xin again and said earnestly: "I know that you may have suffered a lot of hardships for so many years. It is natural to have some resentment, but after all, blood is thicker than water. 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. He lowered his head and said respectfully: "As for the order of humble duties."

Emperor Chengde hesitated for a while and continued, "The Li family has few descendants. If you return to the Li family, it is not impossible for me to marry Xiaojiu to you. You can think clearly about the benefits and interests of it yourself."

Li Xin knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said, "I understand."

Emperor Chengde waved.

"Forget it, you go down."

"yes."

Li Xin bent down and retreated.

He entered the palace and was promoted by the way. It was logically a happy event, but Li Xin was not very happy. He knew very well that the reason he was promoted was because the Emperor Chengde was compensated for the Marquis of Pingnan who was not in the capital.

Li Xin was unwilling to ask for this compensation, but he could not disobey the emperor in person.

However, no matter what others say or who said it, the bottom line in Li Xin's heart will not change, because the Li Xin from the Li family, who used to be frozen to death, no matter what, he will never go to the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion to be a son in his life.

What's more, the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion has now formed a grudge with him.
Chapter completed!