Unparalleled Concubine

Ye Shangshu sighed slightly, he looked up at Li Xin, and said in a deep voice: "Chang'an, the old man treated you like a young son before he was alive, and you also treated my father like an old father, helping you with the inside and outside without saying anything. Also, the Ye family takes care of you a lot, you and I can be said to be one family, so I take the liberty to ask you a word."

Mentioning Ye Cheng, Lord Jing'an's expression turned serious, and he lowered his head slightly and said, "Senior brother, may I ask?"

Ye Lin had a serious face.

"At this moment, it's just you and my brother. I'm not the minister of the Ministry of War, but the fourth child of the Ye family. I just ask one question."

He looked at Li Xin and said in a deep voice, "What do you want to do?"

"Want to be emperor?"

Li Xin was stunned for a while, and after bowing his head for a while, he laughed at himself: "Senior brother became an official much earlier than me, and he has a much deeper understanding of the Jin court than I do. From my senior brother's point of view, if I want to rebel and become emperor, What are the chances of winning?"

"I do not know."

Ye Lin let out a breath slowly.

"The Li family, Li Zhijie, and Li Shen, two generations of outstanding people, have run the Southwest for more than 30 years, making it unbreakable. Even my father felt that it would be difficult to take down the Southwest, but you did."

"After regaining the southwest, the first emperor can be said to have worked hard to govern. The Great Jin reached its prosperity in the Taikang Dynasty. It stands to reason that no one could resist the imperial court's power in the prosperous age, let alone forcibly split more than thirty mansions from the imperial court. But you Still did it."

Ye Lin smiled wryly and said: "Now that things have happened, neither the eldest brother nor I know what you can do in the future, nor what you will do in the future."

After he took a deep breath, he said, "Before I came to Yongzhou, I went back to Ningling to see my eldest brother. My eldest brother asked me to ask you clearly what you want to do, and then he will consider what the Ye family should do."

Lord Jing'an was silent for a while, picked up the teacup and just took a sip, suddenly dropped the teacup in his hand on the bluestone floor, it smashed to pieces with a "bang", and the tea and tea leaves in the cup spilled all over the floor.

Ye Shangshu was taken aback, almost thinking that Li Xin was about to throw a cup.

Lord Jing'an smiled: "Drinking tea is boring, why don't you accompany me to drink two cups?"

Ye Lin breathed a sigh of relief, and said angrily: "Brother Wei thought you had ambushed hundreds of knives and axes at home, and you are going to come out and tie me up with a sacrificial flag!"

Lord Jing'an laughed: "I can't tell, brother is quite imaginative."

The teacup was quickly removed, and it took less than a stick of incense for the servants of Li's mansion to set up a table of wine and vegetables on the low table. Li Xin picked up the wine pot, filled Ye Lin with wine, and poured wine for himself. full.

The two had a drink.

This is the Zhu Rongjiu produced by the Imperial Liquor Department in the capital, the strongest spirits in the world, and the wine in Li Xin's house is more than eight years old, and there are not many jars left in the entire Jin Dynasty.

After all, it is full of calculations, and this Zhu Rongjiu is only ten years old.

After drinking a glass of strong wine, Li Xin felt much better. He put down the glass, filled it up again, and burped.

"In the 17th year of Chengde, I went to Beijing to look for relatives. At that time, my younger brother barely survived that winter by selling fake animal charcoal to a brothel beside the Qinhuai River. , take Xiaoxiao and her grandfather to leave the capital, find a more affluent city in the south of the Yangtze River to settle down, start a small business, and live a good life."

In the 17th year of Chengde, Li Xin almost froze to death in that winter. At that time, he went to the city to sell charcoal every day. He didn’t think he could compete with the Pingnanhou Mansion. At that time, what he wanted was to save some money by selling charcoal. Then when the spring became warmer, I left the capital with the charcoal seller and the charcoal girl I just met, and went to Gusu or Yangzhou to earn some money to live a good life.

Having said that, Li Xin paused, and had another drink with Ye Lin.

"Later, by mistake, he was involved in the struggle between Emperor Zhao and Li Shen. Outsiders couldn't understand the situation at that time, but my younger brother knew it well."

Li Xin recalled the past, and closed his eyes.

"At that time, neither Emperor Zhao nor Pingnan Marquis Li Shen paid much attention to me. I was just a pawn on the chessboard, or a useless pawn that Emperor Zhao dropped on the corner when he was idle. In that precarious situation, if any of them is unhappy, I will die."

"At that time, what I thought in my heart was to take one step at a time, try my best to save my life, and bring up that girl in my family."

Having said that, Li Xin smiled.

"Afterwards, there was a change in the Renchen Palace, and all senior brothers knew about it."

Ye Lin nodded silently, clinked glasses with Li Xin, and the two of them drank another glass of spirits down their throats.

After drinking, Lord Jing'an let out a mouthful of alcohol, and continued: "After the Renchen Palace changed, I was able to speak a little bit in the capital, and I was no longer passive in doing things, and I was no longer controlled by others. The identity of the chess piece."

"At that time, I was wondering if I could get some justice for my mother."

Li Xin was talking while drinking.

"After this is the Western Expedition. Brothers also know the specifics. The Southwest Ping Nanhou Mansion was destroyed. Li Xin died in Zhaoling and accompanied Emperor Zhao underground."

As he spoke, he looked up at Ye Lin and smiled.

"It stands to reason that after Li Shen's death, I was almost an extremely human minister. At that time, I was only in my early 20s. I had already done what I should do in this life. I married a princess. For the rest of my life, I just need to rest in peace of mind. Just enjoy yourself.”

The two brothers clinked glasses again, one spoke while the other listened quietly.

"I thought so myself."

"So after I came back from the Western Expedition, Master Ye advised me not to take credit for myself, and not to show off so much. I obediently took care of my children at home for five years, and didn't go anywhere. I obediently served as a good minister for five years."

Ye Lin frowned slightly: "But..."

"But shouldn't I leave power in the southwest?"

Lord Jing'an chuckled: "The people in Hanzhou Prefecture in the Southwest brought the old troops of Southern Shu, and I made them surrender to the Jin Dynasty. If I let them go, they are the "Shu people" who have been against the imperial court for more than 30 years. ", few people will end well."

"At the time, I didn't think too much about it. The selfishness in my heart was to leave a backup, and also leave a backup for myself."

This time he didn't toast Ye Lin, but drank a glass by himself.

"The purpose is to let the king let the minister die, and the minister doesn't want to die very much."

Ye Shangshu hesitated to speak.

Li Xin said with a smile: "I know that this idea may be a bit outrageous in the eyes of senior brother, but I am a person who thinks differently from others. I am not too devoted to the court, or to the court."

He took a mouthful of vegetables with his chopsticks, and had another drink with Ye Lin.

"After that, the first emperor died."

When mentioning this matter, Li Xin sighed: "To be honest, I am still very sad that he died. I originally thought that I would repeat the story between Emperor Zhao and Li Shen. They have loved and killed each other for decades. Who knows that the story just started. Once he's done, he's gone."

Lord Jing'an looked calm, and smiled gently at Ye Lin.

"These are all things I wanted to do. Now that the late emperor has been buried for more than half a year, the new emperor has ascended the throne, and the assistant ministers are regents. Senior brother asked me what I want to do."

Li Xinxin drank a glass of wine.

"At the beginning of the year, several assistant ministers couldn't help saying that they were going to attack the right battalion of the imperial army, which made me feel very uncomfortable. At that time, what I thought was that if His Majesty could stand by my side and take charge of the government in advance, these assistant ministers would be abolished. Minister, from now on I will enjoy my blessings with peace of mind and don't worry about other things."

After drinking here, Lord Jing'an's face flushed a little.

He picked up the wine glass and touched Ye Lin.

"I'm considered half of the Ye family, so I can say something heartfelt to my brother."