Yang Guang set off from Hedong on February 18th and arrived in the capital on February 28th, walking for ten days.
February in ordinary years has twenty-eight days, and leap years have twenty-nine days. This year is an ordinary year, which means that the second day after Yang Guang arrived in the capital was the first day of March, but no court meeting was held today.
After all, everyone had just come back. After a year of running around, they were really tired, so Yang Guang took three days off to give everyone a holiday.
The boy and two girls born to Yang Yinjiang, Pei Shuying, and Chen Shuyi were immediately brought into Yong'an Palace so that Yang Guang and his wife could visit them.
They haven't met these three children yet, and Wei Xianhui and Yan Xiaotang are about to give birth.
"Blessed are many children, you are better than me," Yang Guang just hugged the fifth child, Yang Can, for a while and then handed him to his biological mother, Yang Yinjiang. He didn't even hug the rest.
Because the rest are women, Yang Guang favors boys over girls.
Yang Ming said with a smile: "My father's attack on Goguryeo and the elimination of the great troubles in the northeastern part of the Central Plains is an eternal achievement. Next, we can rest and recuperate."
Yang Guang smiled: "We don't talk about state affairs at the family dinner."
Yang Ming nodded.
Since it is a family dinner, there must be Yang Jian, as well as his main concubine Yuwen Hermione, side concubine Yuan Aqi, concubine Cui Lingzi, and Wang Concubine Liu Jinzhi.
There are also the eldest daughter Yang Chan and Pei Xuanji. As for the youngest daughter Yang Qi, she is already twelve years old, and the fourth son Yang Gao is also six years old. Even though this boy is a concubine, he is very popular with Yang Guang. So he sealed the king of Zhao.
Yang Gao's biological mother, Xiao Concubine, was Empress Xiao's dowry daughter. Before giving birth to her son, Yang Ming had never seen her in a formal event. Now she had a rank. Mother was more valuable than her son, and her status in the harem was quite high.
The status of a son who married a girl was below that of a legitimate son and above that of a concubine. He could not simply be regarded as a concubine.
In fact, after Yang Zhao's death, Yang Guang felt that he had few heirs, and wanted to have more children. If Empress Xiao was not happy, she would not be a legitimate child. Let the second and third children take care of it?
It’s not like I’m not a concubine?
"Yang Qing and Yang He are your brothers after all. They are currently serving in the left and right prison gates. Their names are not justified. I want to be crowned king. What do you think?" Yang Guang said with a smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, Queen Xiao snorted coldly, but Yang Guang didn't pay attention.
When Yang Jian heard this hum, he immediately understood and said: "I think it is inappropriate. Yang Qingyang and his biological mother are from humble backgrounds and still have no taste. It is not appropriate to be granted a title."
Yang Ming said: "Although there are differences between direct concubines and concubines, they are still the son of the father and the emperor. The Yang family is orthodox, and the clan is even granted the title of king. There is no reason why the son of the emperor should not be granted the title."
Yang Jian was stunned and grinned: "I'm talking about you, third brother, you are really interesting. If you don't recognize your biological brother, why should you recognize your concubine brother?"
"What the second brother said, when did I disown you?" Yang Ming retorted.
Yang Jian then sneered and said, "You know it in your heart."
"We had a quarrel just after we met. Do you think you don't take me as a queen seriously?" Queen Xiao said coldly.
The two brothers stood up quickly and apologized.
Yang Ming said: "My mother, many important positions in the court should not be handed over to outsiders. However, my clan is withering and there is no one available. Only Yang Qing and Yang He can entrust important matters with the title of king. Even if they are incompetent and ignorant, they are more trustworthy than outsiders after all." .”
He was also afraid that his mother would be displeased, so he tried to persuade her. As a son, he naturally understood his mother. Empress Xiao had no independent opinions and was easily persuaded.
Sure enough, Queen Xiao pondered for a moment: "Feng entered the palace very early and is considered an old man. She has meritorious service by giving birth to two sons for Your Majesty, and she obeys my words. But shouldn't we be more cautious when making the king? Two Do you think it’s appropriate for me to be equal to your second brother after I become a concubine?”
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Yang Qingzhi, the son of Yang Hong, the king of Hejian, is now the king of Xi, and Yang Hao is the king of Liang. Can they also be on an equal footing with the second brother? Princes have superiority and inferiority, and the second brother's king of Qi is not Anyone can compare with it.”
"Haha," Yang Jian sneered: "Jin, Qin, Qi, Chu, I am a bit shorter than your son."
Yang Yinjiang suddenly became unhappy: "Ying Hui is the prince's direct eldest son, and he inherited the prince's original title of King of Qin. Is it wrong for the second brother to argue with his own nephew?"
Yang Jian immediately said: "Stop saying a few words to me, there is no place for women to interfere in this matter."
"Then you are insinuating the queen mother?" Yang Yinjiang asked.
Yang Jian was stunned and quickly looked at Empress Xiao: "The queen mother knows that I don't have this intention. Yin Jiang is using strong words to make excuses."
Yang Guang, the peacemaker, said: "Okay, okay, there's nothing to argue about. What the third child just said is right. For some positions, we still have to use our own people. What do we call our own people? My son, let's call him our own people."
After that, Yang Guang looked at Empress Xiao: "Your son is extremely honorable, what else is there to be dissatisfied with? Is it possible that if I can make a few kings, he can replace the second and third sons?"
Empress Xiao curled her lips: "You can block it if you want, I don't care about you."
"You can't control me," Yang Guang snorted coldly: "The person who can control me is gone now."
His father reprimanded his mother, and Yang Ming hurriedly said: "The queen mother just said to treat it with caution, I deeply believe it. After all, Yang Qing and Yang He have a weak foundation. They still need to experience and practice first, and then entrust them with important tasks all at once, for fear that they will take over." Can’t stop.”
"What can't you catch?" Yang Guang said: "My son, I know it myself."
Okay, Yang Ming also said, "You can do whatever you want. Anyway, I know Yang Qing and Yang He well, and I have a good relationship with them. They will be useful in the future."
In fact, Yang Guang found that Yang Ming didn't seem to care much about the difference between concubines and concubines, and treated Yang Rui, Yang Jin and others equally.
However, special attention was paid to the eldest son, which not only consolidated Yang Rui's status, but also balanced the favor of the other sons, so that they did not suffer second-class treatment because they were concubines.
Yang Guang believes that this is actually the best. The failure of heirs is a flaw. He just has too few sons, so he has to take Yang Ming's opinion into account in many matters. If I had many sons, why would I be like this?
The only person who can change Yang Guang's mind now is Yang Ming, and Yang Guang is very passive. With his temperament, he doesn't like this.
I want to protect the world, but I still have to find a way to get you away, no matter how hard it is.
"For the next two months, you should have a good rest. You will attend the court meeting on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. You can make your own arrangements for the rest of the time." After Yang Guang said this, he kept paying attention to the expression on his son's face.
Yang Ming's face was expressionless.
He already knew in advance, Yang Yue made it clear in writing to him.
It seems that my father is going to forcefully protect him this time. In this case, I can't do it without giving him face, but Yu Wenhuaji's hope of being safe and sound is just a dream.
Empress Xiao first expressed her dissatisfaction: "It's hard for me not to think wildly when a concubine is given the title of king and the prince is dismissed from the court."
Yang Guang frowned and said, "What? Can I still destroy the third child?"
Why not? Isn't this what you said? Yang Jian said: "Did the third child make any mistake?"
Yang Guang turned around, looked directly at the second child, and said, "What? Do you still expect to go up?"
"No, no, I am convinced by Lao San. I definitely don't mean it, I'm just curious," Yang Jian hurriedly laughed.
Yang Guang said coldly: "Stop your ridiculous curiosity. They are supervising the country in the rear, building training grounds, improving craftsmanship, appeasing Shandong and Hebei, day and night. It is because I feel distressed that I let them rest for a while. Rest, do you think it's you? I let you rest because you caused trouble."
Yang Xian had nothing to say and hung her head without saying a word. The wives and concubines around her did not dare to say anything either. The aura of the prince's concubine and concubine opposite her was so powerful that she suppressed them to death.
Yang Ming said: "My son has been suffering from insomnia recently, and he should indeed rest for a while. However, he cannot stop coming to pay his respects to his mother every day."
Empress Xiao comforted her face and said: "My mother-in-law also knows your hard work. Now that I have some free time, I will go to the East Palace to see you."
Yang Ming nodded.
The family dinner that followed was relatively normal. We didn't talk about business, just gossip. Don't think that the emperor doesn't gossip, because he just has a gossip heart.
By the time Yang Ming returned to the East Palace, it was already late at night, but Li Jing and his wife had not left yet.
Hong Funu also brought her eldest son Li Derjian and second son Li Dexian, one eight and five years old. These two boys often went to the palace and had a very good relationship with Yang Rui and the others.
Historically, Li Jinglong had these two sons, but there is no record of who gave birth to these two sons. However, in this life, Hong Fu's mother is indeed the mother.
After Yang Ming saw the couple, he smiled bitterly and said, "It's so late, why do you wait so long?"
Li Jing smiled and said: "I won't be able to leave until His Highness comes back."
"Don't leave," Yang Yinjiang said with a smile: "The pharmacist will stay in the palace tonight. Your left guard will lead the official office. The prince is still available for you. Just in time, the virtues and virtues are also here. I will let you go tomorrow." People take them to the Imperial College, it’s time to rein in their temper, don’t let it go to waste.”
Hongfu Nu quickly thanked her and said, "I'd like to thank the Crown Princess for making the arrangements herself."
Yang Yinjiang sat down next to the other party, held Hong Funu's arm affectionately and said:
"We are not outsiders. When I met you, the medicine man had not yet come to visit you. Come on, Your Majesty has given me many Goguryeo things. You and I can go and have a look, pick a few and put them back for fun."
She deliberately took Hongfu Nu away to give Yang Ming and Li Jing a chance to talk about business.
Hongfunu was a smart person. She quickly led her two sons, saluted Yang Ming, and then followed Yang Yinjiang away.
Yang Ming looked at the backs of the two children and joked: "In this regard, you are not as good as me. I already have five sons."
Li Jing smiled bitterly and said: "Only when you raise a son can you realize the kindness of your parents. The naughty dogs have already given me a headache. I don't dare to raise them anymore."
"What? Did you raise it yourself?" Yang Ming said blankly.
Li Jing nodded: "I'm so spoiled. My two children are no longer afraid of me. It's too late to regret now."
"That's not how you raise your son," Yang Ming said with a smile.
Li Jing is forty-two years old this year. He had his first son when he was thirty-four. He is an old man. He is too pampered and spoiled, and his upbringing ends up falling apart.
The two sons are already dandy at a young age.
