Slowly putting down the express report in his hand that had been urgently transferred from Jiangling 800 miles, Li Xinchen was speechless for a while.

At the age of twenty-two, there are not many people who have come and gone through the ages.

Li Xinchen had to admit that the Nanchen Imperial Court, or His Majesty Chen Ji, had indeed given him a big surprise.

However, in addition to this surprise, the "Princess Shang Lechang" in the back made Li Xinchen directly hit a spirit.

Princess Shang, who was promoted to the rank of official, did it in one go, Chen Ji wanted to hold himself to the sky.

You must know that the concubines of the Southern Dynasty have always had no real power, and once they become concubines, the most they can do is to play in the mountains and rivers and indulge in sensuality, and it is difficult to continue to make breakthroughs on the eunuch sea.

Now, however, Chen has broken the mold. It is true that Li Xinchen became a concubine according to his will, but he is still the general of Zhenxi, and he is still the youngest marquis of Nanchen. This Bashu is still under Li Xinchen's control.

This is definitely not the power that a colt should have, and it is definitely not the position where a colt should sit. Therefore, Chen Xu's "marriage from the Son of Heaven" looks like a kiss, which makes Li Xinchen have an indescribable awkward feeling.

Li Xinchen has been in this time and space for a long time, he has seen all kinds of people, has experienced too many power struggles, he asks himself who he is worthy of, everyone who is close to him, he treats it well, and everyone who challenges him, he takes it seriously.

And among so many people, Li Xinchen is probably most sorry for the villagers who died tragically in the cave, Song Fei, Zheng Qing and other former friends and brothers, their bones are still in the deep pool, and Li Xinchen doesn't even have the ability to go back and put on a stick of incense.

In the troubled times, human life is like mustard, drifting, even Li Xinchen has no way to completely choke the throat of fate now, so all he can do is to do his best to protect the people around him, so that these people still have a foothold in the troubled times, and then Li Xinchen can do his best to calm down this troubled times.

Bashu is the foothold chosen by Li Xinchen, at least now Li Xinchen has a foundation, and then he can rest assured to deal with foreign enemies.

But among these people, the one Li Xinchen doesn't want to see the most, or the one who is most ashamed, is probably Princess Lechang. The surprise of the first time on the stone mountain, and the life and death tribulations of Huarong Dao falling off the cliff together, made Li Xinchen have a special affection for Lechang, and he himself can't say whether he likes or admires, he always wants to stretch out his arm to shield this weak and stubborn woman from the wind and rain, so that she will not have many twists and turns in her life.

However, after Li Xinchen entered Shu and then became on the same page with the Nanchen court, Li Xinchen had tried his best to forget the silhouette hidden deep in his heart. He is no longer Nan Chen's courtier, but has become Nan Chen's enemy, and if he wants to realize his dream of dominating the world, Nan Chen is an opponent who must be defeated.

Lechang is the princess of Nan Chen, her world is probably not so big, and the things she wants to protect are probably not as many as Li Xinchen, but protecting Nan Chen's royal family and bloodline is what she wants to do.

When Li Xinchen desperately attacked the north, he was already destined to be unable to maintain the original relationship between the monarch and the minister with Nan Chen, and at that moment he and Lechang were already on the opposite side.

Li Xinchen knows Lechang's mind very well, this woman who dares to love and hate never minds expressing her attitude in the letters exchanged, and Li Xinchen also knows that Chen Xinchen once promised Lechang to choose Ruyi Langjun by herself, so Li Xinchen is always worried that Princess Lechang will do something stupid regardless of it, and finally put herself in the middle and is in a dilemma, so Li Xinchen has simply been trying to find a way to alienate her.

Even in the end, Li Xinchen did not reply to the letter handed by Princess Lechang, and it was not until four or five letters were accumulated together that he replied on the grounds of war tension - of course, this is also true, but Li Xinchen has not even been able to reply to the letter after the war - and then Lechang has no letters to continue to send, but Li Xinchen believes that this stubborn and silent girl must still be silently looking towards the west.

lived up to Lechang's infatuation, which made Li Xinchen very ashamed. I don't want to lose the world, so naturally I can only lose her.

It's just that Li Xinchen never thought that Chen Ji would give marriage, he didn't know whether this was Lechang's own wish, or Chen Ji's order, and even Li Xinchen didn't know how he should face this love mixed with too many family and country hatred.

"Shizhong, your face is very big, Your Majesty has been on the throne for so many years, but you have never given anyone a marriage, this move is to marry your most beloved His Royal Highness Lechang, I am envious." Xiao Shilian said with a smile.

Li Xinchen could only smile bitterly, he didn't want to refuse Chen Ji's marriage.

With the father-in-law, Chen Ji's marriage can ease the relationship between Li Xinchen and Nan Chen a little, at least now Li Xinchen's Bashu is in ruins, and he doesn't want to directly oppose Nan Chen with great fanfare, if he can maintain a balance between Northern Zhou and Nan Chen, and stabilize the situation and develop for a few years, it is of course the best.

With selfishness, who wants to refuse their beloved girl and let her continue to wait indefinitely?

Looking at Li Xinchen's expression, Pei Zilie realized something, and couldn't help frowning, and tugged on Xiao Shilian's sleeve, Xiao Shilian hurriedly restrained his smile.

Li Xinchen's thoughts are very clear to him, and now Chen Xuan takes the initiative to show favor to Li Xinchen, just to give Li Xinchen the buffer and respite he wants the most, I don't know why Li Xinchen is not happy?

And Li Xinchen squeezed out a smile in an instant: "I am waiting to receive the order, to be able to get such a reward from the imperial court, or to rely on your hard work, Xun Chen is not talented, thank you in advance." ”

While speaking, Li Xinchen bowed his hand to the civil and military officials in the hall.

These are all Li Xinchen's starting team, some of them are Li Xinchen's henchmen, and some of them are grasshoppers on the same line. Li Xinchen's merit book was handed over, and the label of "Li Xinchen's party" on them naturally could not be washed off.

So the officials present also smiled and returned the salute. No matter what you say, the unusually lavish reward of the imperial court this time, no matter what the purpose is, it is not a bad thing after all, and everyone still expects the matter of being promoted to the rank of knight.

Li Xinchen then said: "Mr. Gu, the envoy of the imperial court is estimated to be here soon, Mr. Gu was born in Guangluqing, and he knows more about etiquette than a certain person, can the matter of receiving the envoy be handled by Mr. Gu?" ”

Gu Yewang looked around, a group of young people had no experience in this, and there was indeed no more suitable person than him. So he was not ambiguous, and solemnly said, "My subordinates obey orders." Now his subordinates have added the history of Yizhou Assassin and the main book of General Zhenxi, and the general can be called by his official title, and the name of 'Mr' is absolutely unaffordable. ”

Li Xinchen smiled and nodded to indicate that he knew.