"Your Highness, the Holy Queen has summoned you at Yong'an Palace. Your servants are waiting outside. Please prepare."
Outside the dormitory, the voice of Empress Dugu's personal maid A'lou came.
"I understand, please wait a moment, Aunt Lou."
Yang Ming, who had just laid down, quickly sat up from the couch. The two maids Nuan Dong and Liang Xia who were warming his bed got out of bed before him.
One lit the lamp in the dark, and the other quickly moved the heater out of bed and prepared clothes for Yang Ming.
Why did grandma summon me so late at night?
We were having dinner together. Why didn't you talk about anything during the meal?
Yang Ming looked sleepy and allowed the two maids to dress him.
It has been six years since he traveled to this strange Sui Dynasty, and Yang Ming has long been accustomed to the lifestyle here.
Yang Ming is the grandson of Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty Yang Jian and Queen Dugu Jialuo, a royal nobleman with pure blood.
As for who his father is?
Just don’t mention it!
In short, with a father, a mother and a background, Qidian Orphanage sadly lost a general.
The eldest companion, Xu Jing, was the eunuch who had grown up with him. He had already prepared a chariot and was waiting for him outside the palace.
Nuan Dong and Liang Xia, one on the left and the other on the right, held the prince's little hand and walked out of the palace, boarded the chariot, and then led the way to Yong'an Palace where Queen Dugu lived under the guidance of the young-looking Aunt Lou holding a lantern.
In fact, when Yang Ming was just one month old, his parents happily sent him back from Jiangdu to Daxing, Kyoto, and he was raised by Queen Dugu personally from then on.
He is already eleven years old this year, and there are still four years left before he transforms from a boy into a man.
Yes, you are considered an adult at the age of fifteen in Sui Dynasty.
The Yuehua Palace where Yang Ming lives is not far from Yong'an Palace. It was specially arranged by Empress Dugu. She did not want her grandson to be too far away from her.
In less than twenty minutes, the chariot came down.
It was Aunt Lou who held Yang Ming's little hand and entered Yong'an Palace. Everyone else was waiting outside the palace.
Dugu Jialuo is fifty-three years old this year. This founding empress of the Sui Dynasty, who was one person below ten thousand people, still looks like a dignified and beautiful woman in her prime because of her extremely good care. , from the inside to the outside, it reveals the majesty of Mother Yi Tianxia.
Seeing his grandson come in, Dugu Jialuo smiled and waved to Yang Ming:
"Qilin'er, come here quickly. I didn't want to summon you at night, but my grandmother couldn't sleep tonight, so she wanted to discuss something important with you."
Okay, you won’t let me sleep even if you have insomnia? Yang Ming rolled his eyes in his heart and walked over with a smile.
Although it is cold winter, Yong'an Palace is paved with earth dragons, and the interior of the palace is as warm as spring.
After Aunt Lou helped Yang Ming take off his robe, Yang Ming got directly into the soft arms of Queen Dugu.
Dugu Jialuo was dressed in regular clothes, with waist-length black hair hanging down her back. She had a well-maintained figure and no fat on her lower abdomen. It was not noticeable at all. She was a great mother who had given birth to ten children.
Yes! Ten!
"Royal Grandma, what do you want to do with the child?"
Even though it was warm inside the palace, Yang Ming still felt a little cold and couldn't help but burrow into Empress Dugu's arms again.
Dugu Jialuo touched his grandson's soft little buttocks, pointed to a scroll on the table in front of him, and said with a smile:
"Grandma has been planning this for a long time. Now that my Qilin'er is almost an adult, it's time to make plans early."
Then, under the signal from Dugu Jialuo's eyes, Madam Lou knelt down on the ground and slowly opened the scroll.
What you see are countless illustrations of beautiful women.
Next to the illustrations are notes about the woman's origin, age, preferences, etc., which is very comprehensive.
With just one glance, Yang Ming understood instantly.
Are you going to choose a concubine for yourself?
"Take a look first and pick out a few that are right in your eyes, and then grandma will check them for you," Dugu Jialuo let go of Yang Ming and let him observe the women on the scroll by himself.
Yang Ming lay on the table, eyes unblinking, looking at the women painted on it one by one.
The first one is:
"Li Xiuqing, the Li family in Longxi, the eldest daughter of Li Yuan, the prefect of Xingyang, and the Dou family, the daughter of Dou Yi, the Duke of Shenwu County in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, was born in the fifth year of Kaihuang..."
Um? Li Yuan's daughter? Or the eldest daughter? He has been emperor for five years, which means he is two years older than me? Thirteenth this year?
Yang Ming turned around and asked curiously: "Does Jiancheng have a sister?"
Dugu Jialuo smiled and said: "Yes."
Yang Ming knew that Li Jiancheng was born. After all, Li was a powerful clan in Longxi, and Li Yuan was basically designated as the heir to the next clan leader. Therefore, the birth of the eldest son in his family needed to be reported to the court.
What's more, the Yang and Li families are still related. Li Yuan's mother is Dugu Jialuo's fourth sister, so Li Yuan has to call his grandmother the seventh aunt.
In terms of seniority, Li Yuan is his cousin.
Of course, even if he called him cousin, he would not dare to agree.
Yang Ming silently listed Li Xiuqing as a candidate. It seemed to be a good thing to be a brother-in-law to Jiancheng, Shimin, and Yuanji.
Next:
"Li Mi'er, the Li family of Zhaojun, is the daughter of Li Zixiong, the general of Shangkaifu Yitong..."
"Yuwenchamin, the daughter of Yuwenshu, the governor of Shouzhou..."
"Yang Yinjiang, the right servant of Shangshu shot Yang Su's eldest granddaughter..."
"Dugu Feng'er, the granddaughter of Dugu Luo, Duke of Zhao..."
Um? Right? Why is there still a Dugu family?
Yang Ming looked surprised,
Dugu Jialuo explained: "Feng'er is only three years older than you this year."
Does this have anything to do with how old you are? Yang Ming had a dark look on his face.
Dugu Luo is your eldest brother, then Dugu Feng'er is your niece and nephew, and I am your grandson.
The fifth server hasn’t been released yet, right? Not considered incest?
Dugu Jialuo seemed to see Yang Ming's doubts and explained with a smile: "Feng'er is the adopted daughter of my eldest brother's eldest son Dugu Zuan. Her biological father is my cousin Dugu Cuo's only son Dugu Jing. Your name is Dugu Jing." You must have heard of it, right?”
What a mess...
"Oh... I've heard of it..." Yang Ming looked like he suddenly realized that since he was the granddaughter of his grandmother's cousin, if he married Dugu Feng'er, it would be regarded as an incident of incest. Bar.
What's more, she doesn't necessarily marry.
Dugu Jing is a famous figure, the top martial arts master in the world, and the Dugu Clan in Luoyang ranks first in terms of martial arts value.
It's a pity that when people walk by the river, how can their shoes not get wet?
No matter how good your martial arts skills are, there will be a day when you get stabbed, and he was beaten to death at the age of thirty-six.
Until now, I haven't found out whose hands he died. It's really confusing.
Yang Ming then looked down.
The women on the scrolls range from ten years old to no more than fifteen years old. Their overall appearance is uneven, some are beautiful, some are mediocre, and some are even a mess.
She has almost included all the rich and nobles in the world, and the direct daughters of all the famous families. From this, it can be seen that this grandmother of hers really cares about her.
After all, Yang Ming is the third eldest child in the family, and his father is not yet the prince.
It seems that all the good things should not happen to him, the third child.
The reason why he was favored and favored by Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo far better than other emperors and grandsons was all due to a dream Yang Jian had eleven years ago.
Yang Jian is quite superstitious.
The sorcerer responsible for interpreting Yang Jian's dream was named Zhangqiu Taiyi. He said: "Qilin comes from the east, enters Yang's house, and determines the mountains and rivers."
So Yang Jianguang sent experts to search for who the unicorn in the dream was.
As a result, Princess Xiao of Jin, who was far away in Jiangdu at that time, had just given birth to her third child.
The time matched, and the day Yang Ming was born happened to be the day Yang Jian dreamed that Qilin entered the palace.
Hence Yang Ming’s nickname: Qilin’er.
Yang Jian was overjoyed and immediately brought Yang Ming into Daxing Palace to raise him personally, gathering thousands of favors on him.
Even Yang Mingyuan's parents in Jiangdu also benefited from it.
