Of course, Li Xinchen couldn't directly lead the team to the palace to pick up his lady, turn around and leave. According to etiquette, he needed to go to the main hall to meet Chen Xuan beforehand, and Chen Xuan would reward and encourage Li Xinchen, even if it was not sincere, before he could pick up the bride according to the normal process.

After all, the world is big, and it is not as big as the emperor.

Li Xinchen was led by several court attendants through the layers of crowds and walked quickly up the steps. These court attendants stopped at the end of the steps, and at the same time stretched out their hands: "Horses, please!" ”

Li Xinchen took a breath softly, this is actually the main hall of the upper court, but what is different from before is that before it was all the ministers of the court, Li Xinchen was even specially arranged because of his position, and he was able to lean on the pillar behind him and doze off, but now Li Xinchen must face Chen Xuan alone.

I don't know what kind of surprise this old man will give himself?

Waiting outside the palace is not the way to do it after all, Li Xinchen gritted his teeth and crossed the high threshold. He never regretted staying at this wedding, but if there was really any accident this time, it would be a real regret.

And Chen Ji and Xu Ling, who was the master of ceremonies for the wedding, were already waiting in the main hall, and there were a few other officials beside them, all of whom were officials under the command of Guangluqing and the Ministry of Rites, and of course they were responsible for formulating all the matters of the wedding this time, and at this time, it was more to ensure that every step followed the etiquette.

Seeing Li Xinchen striding in, Chen Ji could also be said to be in a complicated mood. He knew that at least he didn't have enough external help to help Li Xinchen, and the attitude of the family had always been firmly on Li Xinchen's side, so that Chen Ji never had the courage to directly turn his face with Li Xinchen.

Although the family is not as pervasive in this era as it was three hundred years ago, the hundred-legged insects, dead but not stiff, the order that has been maintained for more than three hundred years is so easy to change, the existence of the family can support a dynasty, and Chen Ji does not have enough support from the family, if he fights directly with Li Xinchen, the result may not be that he wins.

So now Chen Ji can only forbear, can only appease, and can only wait for Li Xinchen to take the initiative to reveal his flaws. Chen Ji didn't know if he could wait until this day, after all, Li Xinchen's current strength had attracted too many people to gather around him, and having so many talents running for Li Xinchen meant that the possibility of him being flawed was getting smaller and smaller.

Chen Ji knows this very well, but he knows better that he is staying in the green mountains, and he is not afraid of running out of firewood. At least he is still alive now, so he still has the capital to compete with Li Xinchen in the future. I just don't know what I'm going to do when I die······

Thinking of this, Chen Ji shuddered, his son Chen Shubao should be the most well-behaved and stable among so many children, Chen Ji chose him as the crown prince, firstly because this is his eldest son, and secondly, because Chen Shubao is guarded by famous ministers like Shen Junli.

But now that Shen Junli has passed away, and Chen Shubao has also shown a face that Chen Ji did not expect after setting up another East Palace. Chen Ji didn't know where the crown prince who had worked hard to help him deal with government affairs had gone, only knew that the rivers and mountains he had worked so hard to fight might end up in the hands of a person who did nothing, or was more appropriately described as incompetent, although Shen Jungao and others who assisted Chen Shubao now are still capable, but who can guarantee that they will still be loyal in the future, and who can guarantee that there will be no enemies like Li Xinchen again?

If there is a demon, maybe there will be a second or a third······

Thinking of this, Chen Ji's heart was mixed, and he even suspected that God was deliberately punishing him, so that after enjoying the pleasure of exterminating Han Zigao and Hua Jiao and recovering Huainan and Jingzhou, he also made him feel that his country might finally give up the pain of others, especially this kind of pain is very long, and it makes Chen Ji toss and turn all night.

Now Li Xinchen is standing in front of Chen Xu, and Chen Ji can't do anything to him, and even has to give him the pearl in his palm, and in an instant Chen Ji feels like the emperor of the Han Dynasty who sent away his daughter and relatives.

This kind of helplessness and guilt is indescribable, and no matter how much persuasion you can't forget.

I hope that one day I can hold this guy in my hands and crush it little by little.

Standing up slowly, Chen Ji's gaze fell on Xu Ling's body first, and then turned to look at Li Xinchen.

And Xu Ling seemed to feel something, but he didn't turn his head, just looked at the young man who walked over quickly.

As a veteran of the Three Dynasties, Xu Ling knew what he wanted, and he also knew what the Xu family and the entire Southern Dynasties needed.

The ancestral law, which had not changed for three hundred years, had become too rigid, and it was time for it to change.

There is still a certain degree of difference between the administrative systems of the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Dynasties, and the system of the Southern Dynasties is inherited from the Jin Dynasty and dates back to the Two Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms. The administrative system of the Northern Dynasty was born from the original product of the original nomadic system and the Han family system by appointing Han courtiers by Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Therefore, compared with the hundreds of years of the Southern Dynasties, there was no drastic change, and the system of the Northern Dynasty was updated, simpler, and there were many less redundant parts, which is why in many things the Northern Dynasty was faster than the Southern Dynasty's actions, and there was no drag at all, and why when the Northern Zhou Dynasty attacked the Northern Qi Dynasty before, Nan Chen did not have time to assemble the main force until the end, and only Wu Mingche led the soldiers and horses who originally attacked Huainan to cross the Huaishui and fight hard.

It is not simply because Chen Ji did not seize the opportunity, nor is it simply because the Northern Qi Dynasty did not hold out for too long after being caught off guard, which is also related to the institutional defects of Southern Chen itself, especially the housewarming system that has evolved over the past three hundred years and has been dragging down more and more.

The existence of the housewarming state capital made Nanchen have to spend a lot of manpower and material resources on the planning and management of these housewarming sites, which was certainly a good purpose at the beginning. At that time, the Jin family was in a hurry to cross to the south, and hundreds of people and families came in a hurry, and they all needed to be resettled in a centralized manner, and the housewarming system undoubtedly temporarily solved this problem, so that the people who came from the north could temporarily find an organization, and it could also prevent the officials from being idle at home.

However, with the passage of time, the redundancy and cumbersomeness of the housewarming system and other shortcomings were completely revealed, and a lot of extra officials and officials were needed to manage it in peacetime, not to mention that when the war broke out, the collection of grain, grass and taxes in these state capitals also needed to go through layers of calculations and co-ordination, which naturally consumed a lot of time.

And the most precious fighter plane naturally slipped away quietly in this time pass.