Especially since Lechang was still pregnant with the child, so the two of them just slept on the couch next to them. Now they had gotten up and were cleaning up quietly. Hearing Li Xingchen's voice behind him, Lechang smiled slightly:
"Good morning, husband."
"Morning." Li Xingchen also smiled and stretched.
While Yuchi Chifan glanced at his daughter who was also sleeping, he came over and carefully helped Li Xingchen move Xiao Xiang and Ning Yuan away. They also felt something and shrank into the bed sleepily, like
They are two cute cats.
Lechang looked at this scene helplessly, but then gave Li Xingchen a hard look.
Li Xingchen smiled and put on his clothes.
"Husband, do you want to sleep a little longer or eat something?" Yuchi Chifan asked hurriedly.
"It's okay. I'll go out for a walk first." Li Xingchen waved his hand and stopped Lechang who wanted to wake up the two little girls. "Let them sleep a little longer. They went to bed so late last night."
It was naturally impossible to keep vigil for a whole night. After all, as His Majesty, it was impossible for Li Xingchen to greet the ministers with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.
"Every lady will enter the palace after noon, so you have to get up and tidy up." Lechang said angrily.
Li Xingchen scratched his head. In fact, he was not even as familiar with the process of this Zhengdan banquet as Le Changlai.
"Okay, listen to the queen, I'll go out for a walk." Li Xingchen said with a smile.
Lechang chuckled lightly, reached for his robe and put it on Li Xinchen: "It's still snowing outside, be careful."
Yuan Dashe was already standing at the door and opened his umbrella, and Li Xingchen reached out to take it.
"Your Majesty, this is impossible." Yuan Dashe said hurriedly.
"It's okay. You don't have to follow me. There won't be any danger in the palace grounds." Li Xingchen said with a smile.
Yuan Dashe solemnly raised his hand: "Your Majesty, this is the responsibility of a villain."
"Responsibility." Li Xingchen chewed these two words gently.
Indeed, as Yuan Dashe said, everyone has their own responsibilities, and Li Xingchen cannot ask others not to fulfill their responsibilities.
Yuan Dashe looked at Li Xinchen strangely. Could it be that His Majesty hadn't woken up yet, so why was he standing at the door in a state of trance?
Li Xingchen laughed, as if he wanted to understand something, and walked straight out:
"That's okay, just hold on."
Turning out of the imperial garden, under the palace wall outside the inner court, a group of guards walked in neat steps through the falling snow.
When they noticed Li Xingchen's figure, they immediately stopped.
But Li Xingchen waved his hand to prevent Yuan Dashe from following him, and stepped into the snow himself.
"Your Majesty!" Yuan Dashe was suddenly a little anxious, but Li Xingchen turned around and glanced at him, making Yuan Dashe shut his mouth in a wise manner.
The guards were a little surprised, but of course they looked at the young His Majesty in surprise.
If we say who trusts and admires Li Xingchen the most, it is probably none other than these soldiers.
"See Your Majesty!" The leader of the team hurriedly handed over.
"Did you just switch defenses?"
According to the Han Dynasty's guard system, the teams that change defenses are elites drawn from various places. Especially the troops with meritorious service will have the priority to guard His Majesty. After all, if the imperial guards say this, it will be the glory of smoking on the ancestral graves.
"Your Majesty," the general leading the team hurriedly handed over his hand, "This subordinate belongs to General Zhengnan!"
Li Xingchen nodded. It turned out to be Li Xun's subordinates. They had just killed hundreds of people from Lingnan, so they were indeed qualified to serve as guards: "Have you just been transferred from Lingnan?"
"I came here years ago and trained for ten days."
"The scenery in Lingnan is different from that in Jiangnan, right?"
"To be honest with you, your majesty, we are all from the north," the general said in a low voice. "I followed the general who conquered the south and surrendered to your majesty. It is extremely hot in Lingnan. It is not as hot as in the south of the Yangtze River. At least we can see snow."
Li Xunchen was startled for a moment. It is true that many of Li Xun's subordinates were prisoners of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Now most of the Northern Zhou prisoners of war have joined the Han army, and they usually live in Hanzhong, Xiangyang and other places that originally belonged to the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
So there is still a chance to return home, but there are still quite a few homes in the north, so it is no wonder that this team was transferred here during the Chinese New Year.
After all, most of the meritorious soldiers will go home during the holidays at the end of the year, so only those who cannot return home will be on duty.
Of course, these soldiers have military merits and have completely integrated into the Han Dynasty, so there is no problem with their loyalty. If those students in the academy were trained by Li Xinchen and betrayed their original family class, then these soldiers are even more so.
People who have been tempered by blood and flesh fighting in the army have completely integrated into the Han Dynasty.
What's more, at least for now, compared to the Xianbei-style Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Han Dynasty is orthodox in China both in terms of blood and moral high ground, so these Han soldiers can only be said to be converted.
"Are you homesick?" Li Xingchen said with a smile.
"I've thought about it, but I can't go back now." General Zhuang said carelessly. For these elites who had narrowly escaped death, they must have thought about this problem not once or twice, "We'll just wait for His Majesty to lead you."
Follow us to fight to the north!"
"I would like to follow Your Majesty!" The soldiers raised their hands in unison.
This is the voice of these northern guards, and also the voice of all Han soldiers.
They have listened to too many stories told by the bookkeepers. They are tired of fighting the monkey-like Baiyue people in the smog of Lingnan. They want to go north, towards the place that belongs to the Han Dynasty, across the Huaihe River and the river.
, crossing Hebei Youyan, and heading towards the Langjuxu Mountain and the vast desert.
"Okay, I will bring all the land of China and Jiuzhou under the control of the Han Dynasty!" Li Xingchen said loudly, "When the time comes, you will be under the banner of the Han Dynasty!"
"Long live!"
The soldiers shouted loudly at the same time.
Behind them, Yuan Dashe looked at the figures of these soldiers and Li Xinchen in the wind and snow. They stood upright, like sculptures, and every pair of eyes were blazing, staring closely at Li Xinchen.
Thinking of the other two emperors he had served, Yuan Dashe sighed.
You did not lose unjustly.
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Jiankang Mansion, Xuling Mansion.
The Xu family has a great business. At this time, there is a constant flow of people outside, all of whom come to visit Xu Ling. Although Xu Ling is old now, he is still the headmaster of Chengdu Academy, especially the new policies issued by the Ministry of Personnel.
The talent selection policy made people suddenly realize the importance of the academy, and they also understood why Li Xingchen put Xu Ling in this position.
However, although there were many people who came to visit, Xu Ling did not see many. In this position, he is cultivating future pillars of the Han Dynasty for Li Xingchen, so Xu Ling decisively kept himself clean. (To be continued)