Chapter 154: His Royal Highness Prince
To put it bluntly, the imperial court was promoting the great victory in the northern border at this time, to some extent, in order to cover up the scandal of being granted the title of King of Shu, and to minimize the impact of this matter, the fewer people know, the better.
Therefore, the contrast between the two things is so obvious.
Of course, Li Xin knew the reason why the imperial court did this, or the emperor did this, so after he received this imperial edict, he began to pack his luggage in a low-key manner, only preparing to bring Chen Shiliu and Li Shuo with him seven or eight others.
The time to leave the city is not urgent, and it is scheduled for three days later.
In fact, this time can be shortened to one day, but Li Xin didn't want to, and he couldn't be so impatient, otherwise he would leave the capital in a panic, and the emperor would probably think that he was fleeing the capital and might not be able to leave at that time.
So be calm and calm.
It was not until the third day that the Jing'an Marquis Mansion was finally ready to stop and leave the capital, but Li Xin still dragged it until noon. When the sun was right south, he got on the black carriage, left from the main gate of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion, and slowly drove towards the gate of Yonglefang.
This time, he brought Chen Shiliu with him.
Originally, because Chen Shiliu broke one arm and was not convenient to go anywhere, he usually stayed in the capital to guard his house, but this time it was different. Chen Shiliu's wife Hui Niang and a pair of children all left the capital with the eldest princess. He also wanted to leave the capital and meet his family.
The carriage left Yonglefang smoothly.
But when he was about to reach the gate of the Xicheng Gate, he was stopped by a team of Yulin Guards in black clothes and black armor. The person in charge was Xie Dai, the cousin of Empress Xie, who had now survived from the position of Yulin Guard's Right General to the Yulin Guard's Central Command.
Of course, a large part of the reason why he was promoted was because Empress Xie’s younger brother Xie Jing, who resigned from the position of General of the Qianniu Guard. Otherwise, even if the emperor trusted the Xie family, he would not be able to hand over two of the three imperial guards to the Xie family.
Xie Jing stood by the roadside, lowered his head and fisted at the carriage.
"Is Mr. Li in the car?"
Li Xin in the carriage lifted the curtain and glanced at Xie Dai lightly.
"So it's Xie Guojiu, what's the matter?"
Xie Dai lowered his head and said, "Marty Li is going to leave the capital?"
During this period, the people of the Three Imperial Guards had received orders to keep a close eye on the Jing'an Marquis Mansion, and Xie Dai also led people to watch Li Xin for a while. However, among the Three Imperial Guards, the Yulin Guard was the farthest away from the emperor. Therefore, although the Yulin Guards were no longer responsible for staring at Li Xin, they did not receive the order to let Li Xin go out of the city.
Marquis Jing'an smiled and said, "I'm going to leave the city. Why? Yulinwei can still care about whether I leave the city or not?"
Xie Dai lowered his head carefully and said, "Forgive the officials to talk too much, why did the Marquis leave the city?"
Li Xin smiled and glanced at the young man from the Xie family.
"Go to take over your cousin's position."
A few days ago, the person sent by the court to negotiate in the southwest was Xie Dai's cousin Xie Jing. Now Xie Jing is in a dilemma in the southwest and cannot get through the negotiations. He is embarrassed to return to the capital.
Xie Dai frowned deeply.
"Can the Marquis wait for a moment..."
The smile on Li Xin's face was calm: "Why, I'm going to the palace to ask His Majesty if he really let me leave the capital?"
"The officials dare not."
Xie Dai bowed his head deeply: "Now the southwest is a place of right and wrong, and there are constant swords and weapons. The Marquis brought such a few people out of the capital, which is very dangerous. The Yulin Guard of the Taikang Dynasty can be said to be created by the Marquis. The lower-ranking officials are in charge of the Yulin Guard and cannot ignore it."
"The emperor asked for instructions from His Majesty and assigned some Yulin Lang to protect the Marquis in person."
Li Xin smiled and looked at Xie Dai.
"I used to say that you are much better than your cousin, but now it turns out that way. If you are the Queen's younger brother, the Xie family will probably be prosperous in the future."
"The Marquis is awarded."
Li Xin said calmly: "If you want to ask for instructions, go, but I won't wait for you. I am a carriage and I'm walking very slowly. If you want to chase after me, just catch up from the official road."
As he said that, Li Xin signaled Chen Shiliu to continue moving forward.
Chen Shiliu nodded, raised his left whip, and the carriage slowly started again.
Xie Dai and others did not stop them, and they did not dare to stop them.
He looked at the direction of Li Xin's departure, gave instructions to his subordinates around him, got on his mount, and ran towards the palace quickly.
On the other side, Li Xin had already left the west gate of the capital, but as soon as his carriage walked out of the city gate, he heard a familiar voice.
"I have met Mr. Li."
Li Xin could hear that this was Xiao Zheng's voice.
It was not surprising that when he left the capital, Xiao Zheng went out of the city to see him off. Just as he was about to lift the curtain and get out of the car, he heard the voice of a boy again.
"Students have met the teacher."
Li Xin frowned slightly, lifted the curtain and saw that there were indeed a group of red-clothed inner guards near the city gate surrounded by an eunuch Xiao Zheng in big red clothes. Xiao Zheng was not standing in front of the eunuch. In front of the eunuch, there was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old man who was bent down to salute Li Xin.
Prince Ji Yan.
When Li Xin first met this little guy, he was in the Prince's Mansion. At that time, he was still a three or four-year-old boy, and was led out by Princess Xie to greet Li Xin. In a blink of an eye, ten years passed. Princess Xie had become Queen Xie, and the young boy who was led grew into a thirteen or four-year-old boy.
In fact, Li Xin is very familiar with the crown prince.
Their relationship was very complicated. In the past, when he was in the Wei Palace, he called Li Xin "uncle". Later, Li Xin married the eldest princess, and he also called Li Xin an uncle. Later, Li Xin was appointed as the crown prince's grandpa, and became his teacher.
There was a serious apprenticeship between them. The palace gave Li Xin a shrew, and Li Xin also drank the apprenticeship of His Highness the Prince and received the apprenticeship of His Highness the Prince.
Moreover, because the Crown Prince doesn't like the palace very much, he lives in the Jing'an Marquis' Mansion for two or three months a year. It can be said that Li Xin not only watched him grow up, but even brought him up with him.
He slowly walked out of the carriage, first bowed to His Royal Highness the Prince, then hugged Xiao Zheng, and finally reached out to pat the young man who had reached his shoulders, and said with a smile: "Why did Your Royal Highness come here?"
"I heard from my father that the teacher was going to leave the city, so I came to send him a gift."
His Royal Highness was wearing a purple robe and looked like an ordinary noble man. He was very close to Li Xin and said with a smile: "Xiao Zheng and I came early in the morning. I didn't expect that this time, teacher, you got up so late. It was afternoon before you saw you leave the city."
Marquis Jing'an was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
"I'm old and can't get up in the morning."
"It's hard for you to wait here for so long."
The crown prince of a dignified country is also a half-month king of a country, and almost no one can let him wait like this.
His Highness the Crown Prince grinned: "We are a family, teacher, you are too polite."
He scratched his head and asked, "In recent months, my father has not allowed me to go to the teacher's house. I don't know if Ahan's sister has grown taller."
"And my aunt, I haven't seen each other for months."
Li Xin was silent for a while, reached out and patted the young man on the shoulder, and smiled slightly: "You, study hard in the East Palace. Don't just think about going out to play every day."
"Your Majesty is more than you, now. Although you are the eldest son, you have succeeded to the throne if you are not the eldest son. You should have more snacks."
His Highness the Crown Prince smiled honestly.
"I don't take it seriously if I am not an emperor. Everything depends on the father's will."
Chapter completed!