After leaving the Weiyang Palace, Li Xin did not leave the imperial city. At this moment, the general situation in the capital has been controlled. Just wait for the sixth prince to enter the capital tomorrow, and things can proceed in an orderly manner according to Li Xin's will.

Next is nothing more than some issues of interest distribution and personnel arrangements for various yamen. Li Xin is too busy with these things, and he needs to wait for Zhao Jia to enter Beijing.

Zhao Jia's dream in this life was to be able to become the prime minister. He instigated Li Xin to raise an army, which was largely due to this reason. Now the court has almost fallen into the hands of the Southwest Army, so naturally he would let Zhao Jia go to Beijing to take charge of the Shangshutai.

But these are all later stories. Before that, Li Xin had to meet someone.

After leaving the Weiyang Palace, he hesitated a little, then selected some pastries from the palace kitchen, made some fruits, carried them in his hand, and then walked towards the harem.

The harem is a forbidden place for men. Except for the emperor's permission, it is impossible for outsiders to enter. Even now the Southwest Army has taken over the imperial city, Li Xin also ordered the soldiers of the Hanzhou Army to watch over the harem and not allow anyone to enter or exit.

However, during the Taikang Dynasty, Li Xin had been in the harem many times, but the reason was that he had an elder in the harem.

Under the leadership of the eunuch in the palace, Li Xin quickly arrived at the entrance of a small palace.

This is the residence of the Empress Dowager... Li Xin's mother-in-law.

Originally, the Empress Dowager lived in Kunde Palace. Later, Emperor Yuan Zhao ascended the throne and Empress Xie was upgraded to Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager took the initiative to give up the Kunde Palace and moved to this Ningde Palace to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name.

Although the seniority is already very high, the old man is actually less than 60 years old now.

Li Xin scratched his head awkwardly, standing at the door, he was afraid to go in.

This mother-in-law was very nice to him and was a kind of person who was not stupid. This made Li Xin very grateful and treated her as an elder. However, because she lived in the southwest in recent years, she had not been back to Beijing for a long time.

Now that I finally come back, I can't tell her directly that my son-in-law has successfully rebelled and entered the imperial city...

However, no matter how embarrassed he is, people still need to meet him. Li Xin has been quite sorry for Princess Qinghe over the years, and he can't even refuse to recognize this relative.

He stepped forward a few steps, walked to the gate of Ningde Palace, took a deep breath, and said to the palace maid at the door: "I'll report it, just say that Li Xin asked to see his mother-in-law."

The palace changed drastically at this moment, and everyone was panicked, especially after hearing Li Xin's name, the palace maid was immediately frightened and trembled all over and quickly knelt down to kowtow to Li Xin.

General Li frowned and said, "You want to inform me, don't kowtow."

The palace maid quickly got up, her voice trembling: "I will go now, go now..."

Soon, Li Xin was invited to Ningde Palace by several palace maids. He was carrying some pastries and dried fruits in his left hand and some fruits in his right hand, looking like a junior who came to give gifts.

Ningde Palace is not particularly big. Not long after, Li Xin was taken to the door of a Zen room. After reaching out and knocking on the door, the old lady's somewhat tired voice came from inside.

"You... come in."

Li Xin said "ah" and slowly pushed the door and walked in.

The Empress Dowager, since the Taikang Dynasty, began to believe in Buddhism. She ate vegetarianism and recited Buddha almost every day in recent years. This Zen room is more like a Buddhist temple, which worships many Buddhas.

The old man was sitting on the futon, wearing a green patchwork robe, and the Buddhist beads in his hands were rotating.

Li Xin put the gift in his hand aside, then walked carefully to the old man, and a smile appeared on his face: "Mother-in-law, are you in good health?"

The old lady put down the Buddhist beads in her hand, looked back at Li Xin, and then sighed quietly.

"In recent years, no matter how much you make trouble, the Ai family has never asked about it. It is all about the younger generation. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, but how can they make such a fuss after only so many years?"

Li Xin also found a cushion and sat down, sighed at the old man.

"Mother, I have a family, I have Lingxiu at home, and I have one son and two daughters. No matter how I am alone, it doesn't matter, but as the head of the family, I can't let my wife and children have life worries, right?"

The Buddhist beads in the old lady's hand stopped rotating. She stared at Li Xin for a long time, her voice a little hoarse.

"The Ai family is the wife of the Ji family, so naturally he is in his heart. No matter what you say, rebellion is always wrong."

She coughed and continued, "If the Ai family is ten or twenty years younger, they will have to stand up and fight you hard no matter what. But now they are old and can't stand firmly."

Li Xin got up, moved the cushion closer to the old lady, then knelt down again, and bowed slightly: "Why don't you beat your son-in-law twice and let out anger?"

The old lady was not vague, picked up Jian Zhi who was hitting the wooden fish in her hand and beat Li Xin hard on the head three times.

But she is old and has no strength on her hands, and it is not particularly painful.

After knocking, the old man's Buddhist beads turned again, and his voice calmed down: "Xiao Jiu, are you in good health?"

Li Xin sat next to her and whispered: "It's great. Over the years, she has also started to learn from her mother's vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name, saying that she wants to pray for several children."

"This is a good thing."

The old man glanced at Li Xin: "Where are Xiao Ahan and Ping'er? It's time to grow up now. Calculate your age. Ahan is now at the age to get married."

"I've grown up."

Li Xin smiled on his face: "In a few days, the mother and son should be on the way to Beijing. My mother will wait for more than two months before she can see them."

Now that the Southwest Army has controlled the capital, there is no need for Li Xin and his family to continue hiding in the southwest. The news from the secret troops under Li Xin’s command is very fast, and four or five days is enough to transmit the news to Jincheng. At that time, Li Xin and his family will probably go to Beijing with Zhao Jia.

Of course, Zhao Jia must have arrived in the capital quickly, while the Ninth Princess and her family’s children could not stand the bumps, and it was estimated that it would take at least several months to arrive in the capital.

The old man glanced at Li Xin and asked, "What is the name of that little daughter Xiaojiu?"

The Li Xin family's little daughter was born in the southwest and had never been to the capital yet. Naturally, she had never seen her before and did not know her name.

"Call Jing'er."

Li Xin smiled and said, "This girl hasn't been to the capital yet. When she comes, I will bring her to meet her mother."

The old lady has only two children in her life. Her son, Emperor Taikang, has passed away for more than five years, and only the daughter, the Ninth Princess, can be missed by her.

"good."

The Empress Dowager continued to turn the Buddhist beads and closed her eyes.

"The Ai family is in the harem, but they are only concerned about political affairs. I don't know how you and the Ji family have reached this point today, but no matter what, this battle was won by you, Li Chang'an."

"The Ai family has also read history books and knows that as long as you win this kind of thing, you can do whatever you want."

"You have come to this day and you can still remember to see my mother-in-law. The Ai family is still a little relieved."

The old lady closed her eyes and her voice calmed down: "Now that the situation has reached this point, the Ai family knows that they can't persuade you, but since you call me mother, I still have something to persuade you."

Li Xin stood up and lowered his hands and said, "Mother's teachings."

The old man sighed deeply.
Chapter completed!