Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 339 Happy New Year

  Li Xin now lives in Yonglefang, which is very close to the palace. Not long after leaving the palace, he returned to his Jinganhou mansion.

   Now he can't be considered a loner.

The predecessor of the Jingan Houfu was the Qi Wangfu of the Fourth Prince. It was not a big place in the palace, but compared to ordinary houses, I don’t know how big it was. Therefore, many people needed to take care of it. There are one or two hundred servants in the Jing'an Houfu.

   These people, some were given by the Son of Heaven, and some were bought by Li Xin who asked the housekeeper to go to the tooth bank.

   In fact, the house is bigger, and it is no different from before. After all, Li Xin and Zhong Xiaoxiao are the only two people in the Li family now, no matter how big the house is, it is vacant.

Today is New Year's Eve. After entering the house, Li Xin and Zhong Xiaoxiao were making dumplings in the kitchen. The maids and maids were so frightened that they waved to Li Xin repeatedly: "Master Hou, you It's... a great nobleman, how can he do such a cheap thing, let's do it..."

  These maids were the maids that Li Xin used in Datongfang at the beginning. They followed Li Xin from Datongfang into Jing'an Hou's mansion. Now they are considered to be promoted. Everyone is a small steward of Jing'an Hou's mansion.

  Li Xin raised his head and glanced at these maids.

   "You can't do it, you don't make it delicious."

   He is a lazy person himself. The reason why he is willing to make dumplings by himself today is to get back some of the taste of his previous life.

   The maids looked at each other, all helpless, they could only follow Li Xin and Zhong Xiaoxiao in the kitchen.

Zhong Xiaoxiao was still very young, and the wrapping was very slow, so a few girls followed to help make dumpling wrappers. Li Xin sat in the middle of a group of women with his sleeves rolled up, turned his head to look at one of the seventeen- or eighteen-year-old maids, and opened his mouth to speak. He asked, "What's your name?"

   This maid was originally making dumplings, but when she heard the words, her hands trembled in fright, and she quickly answered, "Master Hui, the slave's surname is Lin and her name is Wei."

In fact, Li Xin has been with them for a while, but in the past few months, Li Xin has devoted himself to helping King Wei to ascend to the throne. He spends very little time at home on weekdays, and naturally he does not know what these maids are called. name.

  Li Xin nodded and continued to ask, "How about you?"

   "Slave...slave Huang Qin..."

   "Slave Chen Rong'er..."

   The names of these maids one by one, Li Xin secretly memorized it down in his heart, and then asked, "They're all from the Jiaofang Secretary?"

   These people were originally given to Li Xin by His Royal Highness King Wei, and there were ten people in total.

Jiaofangsi is the place where the legal population is traded in this era. When some officials commit crimes, their female relatives will be sent to Jiaofangsi as slaves. These maids are all middle-aged and beautiful, and they all have names and surnames. Obviously All are from Jiaofang Division.

   Lin Wei, who was the first to speak, said timidly, "Master Hui, the sisters are all from Jiaofang Division..."

   While talking, the dumplings were almost finished, and the little girl Zhong Xiaoxiao stood up immediately and ran to the stove to make a fire.

   This is her usual line of work, this girl wants to set fire to something if she has nothing to do.

   Li Xin also stood up and stretched.

He turned his head and glanced at the maids, smiled and said, "No matter where you were in the past, you will all eat at my house in the future, and the deed of betrayal is still with me. If I don't nod, none of you can go out. , think about your situation."

   Among these people, there must be the eyeliner of the emperor.

   In fact, the emperor can speak to them to get out of the country, but it is impossible for the emperor to turn against Li Xin because of a few maids.

   Li Xin's simple warning wouldn't make them betray the emperor from now on, but it would make them somewhat restrained. By the way, he also told the emperor that he knew that he was supervising the Jing'an Houfu.

   This is Li Xinzai expressing his dissatisfaction very euphemistically.

   may not be useful, but he must have an attitude. To tell His Royal Highness King Wei who has just ascended to the throne, Li Xin is not completely without temper.

   Several maids hurriedly saluted Li Xin, all with trembling voices.

"Master Hou, we are all in trouble at home. We can entrust to a kind family like Master Hou, and we are satisfied that we will not be bullied. Our sisters are all well-behaved, but they have not done anything to feel sorry for Master Hou. …”

   Among these maids, there must be the emperor's eyeliner, but it is impossible for all of them to be the emperor's eyeliner, so a few people are in a panic, afraid that they have done something wrong.

   At this time, the water was almost boiling, Li Xin ignored them, picked up the dumplings, and went to unload the dumplings.

   Now he's fledgling and can only tolerate these things.

   You can't say it without seeing it.

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   The next morning, the first day of the new year.

This day is the real New Year's Day, and also the first day of the first year of Taikang. Hundred officials sent congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor on his coming to the throne. The newly enthroned Emperor Taikang accepted the pilgrimage of hundreds of officials in Weiyang Palace. Rewarded many ministers.

   Among them, Jing'an Houfu's reward was the most generous, so rich that some censors couldn't help but want to persuade them.

The congratulations went on from the morning to the afternoon. In the afternoon, most of the officials left the imperial city and began to pay New Year's greetings to their relatives and friends. At this time, it was also the best time for officials to communicate. packed with people.

  This year is different from previous years. This year, there are three other houses in front of the house, which are also crowded with people paying New Year's greetings.

   Chen Guogong Mansion, Jing'an Hou Mansion, and Zhongyong Hou Mansion.

   These three are the heroes of the new dynasty, and they must have played a pivotal role in the Taikang dynasty, which will naturally make everyone scramble to curry favor.

   Even Chen Guogong’s mansion, which is already highly respected, has seen a lot more people this year than in previous years.

  The Marquis of Zhongyong Mansion, which was usually unattended, was also crowded with people.

The gate of the former Prince of Qi's mansion, and now the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion, is even more crowded. This young Marquis of Jing'an is currently the undisputed number one celebrity. I don't know how many people are rushing to befriend Li Xin. friend.

   But everyone was in vain.

  Because the Marquis of Jingan was not at home.

  Everyone was blocked at the entrance of Jing'an Hou's Mansion. The entrance of Hou's Mansion was closed, and there was no way to enter.

Hou Jingde, a big man dressed in military uniform, was also among those who paid New Year's greetings to Li Xin. He relied on his physical strength to leave the crowd abruptly, and then relied on his connections to enter the Jing'an Hou Mansion, where he came to meet a few maids. After a while, he asked, "Where did the Marquis of Jing'an go?"

   Several maids shook their heads.

   "Master Hou went to the palace in the morning, but he never came back."

   Hou Jingde frowned.

   Did Brother Li also go to pay New Year's greetings to others?

   He knew in his heart that Li Xin didn't know many people in the capital, and in his current status, there were even fewer people who were worthy of his visit for the New Year. Counting them, it seemed that only the Ye Cheng family from Duke Chen's residence was the only one.

The general    grinned and said, "Brother Li is still the sensible one. He was the first to go to Ye's house. It just so happened that I was going to Ye's house to pay New Year's greetings, so I'll go to Ye's house to find him."

   Having said that, the big man pushed through the crowd and headed towards Duke Chen's residence.

   However, Li Xin was not in Chen Guogong’s residence either.

   At this time, in a place called Chenjia Village on the outskirts of Jinling City, Li Xin took Mu Ying, and the two of them each carried a lot of things and knocked on the door of a farmer.

   A middle-aged woman opened the courtyard door.

  Li Xin and Mu Ying took the things in and bowed to the woman.

   "New Year's greetings to auntie."

   A young man with only his left arm, holding his sister's hand, came out of the back room. After seeing Li Xin, the young man named Chen Shiliu burst into tears.

   "General Li..."

   (end of this chapter)