When Li Yuan came back, the family naturally had to reunite. Li Shimin took leave and returned to Tang Guogong's mansion with his sister Li Xiuning.
Li Xiuning's son, named Yang Cong, is the fourth eldest son. He was named the King of Jiangxia and is nominally a concubine. However, Yang Ming is a different kind. All his children are treated equally. Except for the unshakable status of the eldest son, Yang Rui, all the children love him. it's the same.
He knew too much about fratricide in history and naturally wanted to prevent this from happening, so his children often met and played to promote bonding.
Li Xiuning is undoubtedly glorious, because Yang Ming's five sons came from three mothers, three from Yang Yinjiang, one from Pei Shuying, and one from her.
The Great Sui Dynasty valued boys over girls. She was very successful in giving birth to a son for the prince. It was like Li Yuan and his family had been relatives since the first emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty. After Yang Ming came up, they were still.
Li Xiuning is the crown prince Liangdi, a third-grade official, and there can only be two Liangdi. She and Chen Shuyi are the highest-ranking concubines in the East Palace under the imperial concubine and side concubine.
In the Sui Dynasty, the married women went out to the palace to meet their relatives, but it was not as grand as in the Dream of Red Mansions. Although Jia Baoyu and his family were also Dukes, the gap between the Dukes at that time and the Dukes in the Sui Dynasty was too big.
After all, this was an era in Chinese history when the clans were the most powerful. The emperor and the clans had a half-leadership and half-cooperation relationship.
So when Li Xiuning left the palace, it was just like running through the door. There was nothing unusual about it.
A family banquet in Tang Gong's mansion was very lively. Yang Cong was five years old this year. As Li Yuan's grandson and the oldest among Li Yuan's grandchildren, he naturally became the protagonist of the banquet. He ran around and couldn't sit still for a while. After teasing the maid, she was fooling around with Yuan Ji and the others. The mother-in-law, Li Xiuning, was chasing after her with her skirt in hand, and she was sweating from exhaustion.
The child was reckless, and Li Xiuning watched so closely because he was afraid that his son would bump into Pei Xi. Because Jiancheng and his son were particularly close, Yang Cong always ran to Jiancheng's place, but Jiancheng's daughter-in-law was pregnant and couldn't touch him.
"Find a few people to take Cong'er to the side and play with him. Don't cause any trouble here." Li Xiuning was really exhausted and asked the maid to coax her son aside. She sat down next to Pei Xi and said with a smile:
"It went very smoothly this time. Did you still use the prince's method?"
Pei Xi shook her head and smiled: "No, my menstruation has been accurate since I had my daughter."
Her daughter, named Li Yuehui, was named by Yang Ming. She is four years old this year.
Li Xiuning nodded and said: "This is a good thing. You are still young. You need to have more children. Jiancheng is the eldest son, and you must have a son to inherit the family."
After hearing this, Li Yuan quickly put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "This time it must be a boy. I have already found someone to check it out."
Li Xiuning frowned and said, "Who are you looking for? I heard that Taishi Cao has a new man named Yuan Tiangang, who is extremely accurate in fortune-telling. Is it him?"
"That's not true. He's a Western Warlock named Angatuo. This person is very famous in the capital right now," Li Yuan said with a smile.
Li Xiuning puzzled: "Those sorcerers in the Western Regions are not based on the Book of Changes, but are hereditary. How can I trust them? Yuan Tiangang is also living in the capital now. This man has been seen by the prince and the eldest princess. He is said to be very effective. Recently, If you should be in Xiu Mu, you might as well invite him to come and take a look."
In the Sui Dynasty, the word "please" was used for people who did not have official status. They were mostly special people under special circumstances.
For example, those who treat diseases, deliver babies, read Feng Shui, erect monuments, and monks.
Li Yuan immediately asked: "Do you know the results that were shown to the prince?"
"How could I possibly know this?" Li Xiuning said, "The prince's birth date affects the destiny of the country. How can I, a woman, know that?"
Li Yuan nodded, looked at Jiancheng and said, "You told me about this person, is he really that powerful?"
Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "It must be better than the one you are looking for, Angatuo? He doesn't even have a serious name. Grandpa, you are serious. Do you believe this kind of person?"
Li Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you know where he lives?"
"I know, in Guang'enfang, Nancheng, the house bought by the warrior Yu," Li Jiancheng said, "I'll invite him over some other time to show Pei Xi."
"There's no need to wait another day, you go now," Li Yuan said.
Li Jiancheng said unhappily: "The capital has been celebrating its celebration recently, and the West Market is very lively at night. I live next to the West Market. If I'm not at home, where can I go to find him at night?"
Li Yuan said dissatisfied: "You are procrastinating in everything I ask you to do. If you can't do small things, how can you do big things in the future? Go now. No matter how late it is, you have to invite people over."
Li Jiancheng twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at his mother Dou for help.
"Don't look at your mother-in-law, go immediately," Li Yuan said in a serious tone.
"Ha" Li Jiancheng stood up reluctantly, patted his butt and left.
The family is finally reunited. I haven't even had a few drinks, so you are looking for trouble for me. If Pei Xi is still pregnant with a girl, why can't you admit it?
As soon as he left, Pei Yun came.
Originally on the street outside, Pei Yun saw Jiancheng leaving on horseback. He wanted to send someone over to ask, but Jiancheng walked too fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Hey, my father-in-law, I wanted to visit your mansion tomorrow, but you came instead." Li Yuan took Pei Yun's hand and sat down in the hall.
Li Yuan was not being polite to Pei Yun. As soon as he returned to the capital, he had already sent a message to Pei Yun and made an appointment to meet tomorrow.
After all, Pei Yun is a busy man and is often away from home.
Pei Yun sat next to his daughter. After greeting Li Xiuning first, he smiled at Li Yuan and said:
"I was originally on duty tonight, but I had some things to deal with, so I left the palace. I saw that it was still early and there is no curfew recently, so I thought of paying a visit to Duke Tang Guo."
Li Yuan smiled and said: "What matters are worth leaving the palace to deal with during your duty?"
Pei Yun looked around at everyone in the hall and said with a smile: "We won't talk about state affairs at the family dinner."
His action was telling Li Yuan, don't worry, I will tell you, but it's not convenient to say it in front of so many people.
If he doesn't look around, it means I can't tell you.
Li Yuan smiled knowingly and immediately drank a few glasses of wine with Pei Yun. The two of them were both generous and steady people, and they would not talk nonsense no matter how much they drank.
This is a habit that I have been whipped out of by the elders in the family since I was a child. If there are some occasions where I have to drink to my heart's content, I will order my attendants in advance to get me away as soon as they see that I have drunk too much.
"What did Jiancheng do?" Pei Yun asked curiously.
Li Yuan smiled and was embarrassed to say that his wife Dou, who was beside him, hurriedly blocked him:
"I heard that there is a man named Yuan Tiangang in the capital recently. He is very good at physiognomy. Jiancheng went to invite him."
Pei Yun nodded: "I know this person. As soon as the prince met him, he immediately asked him to go to Taishi Cao as a prisoner. It shows that this person has real abilities. Who are you looking for to show him? "
Mrs. Dou was embarrassed to say it, and Li Yuan was embarrassed too.
After all, they wanted to show Pei Xi a boy and girl, and they obviously favored boys over girls. Although Pei Yun was the father, he knew that the boy was good, but he was definitely not happy with Li Yuan and the others coming in the open.
Pei Xi tugged on her father's sleeves and said, "It's for me to see if the baby in my daughter's belly is a boy or a girl."
Pei Yun immediately lost his temper, "What the hell, if my daughter can't give birth to a son, can you still ask Jiancheng to divorce his wife?"
Li Yuan smiled awkwardly: "To make my father-in-law laugh, I am too impatient for Pei Xi to shoulder the great responsibility of carrying on the family lineage of my Li family."
Pei Yun can understand, after all, who doesn't want a son, and the reason why he shows off his face is to support his daughter, which means you can't let my daughter suffer, otherwise I, the father, will not agree.
This is why in the Sui Dynasty, the status of the head wife was ridiculously high, because the head wife's background was so impressive.
Li Yuan also has many wives and concubines. Who dares to show off to Mr. Dou? During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Dou family had four princes, and Dou herself was the granddaughter of Yu Wentai.
In some unofficial histories, in order to highlight Yang Guang's evil and Li Yuan's righteousness, Li Yuan during the Sui Dynasty was described as too humble, with no real power and no sense of existence. He seemed to be always persecuted by Yang Guang, and in the impression he was a Taiyuan left behind.
Taiyuan was left behind, and half of Bingzhou was in charge. If Yang Guang persecuted him, could he be allowed to do this?
If Yu Wenhuaji did not kill the king and Li Yuan was Guo Ziyi, then the world would still have the surname Yang.
Li Yuan was a social veteran, and he and Pei Yun were not only father-in-laws, but also political partners. Because of the marriage of their children, they must be in the same group.
After all, it is the union of the eldest son and the eldest daughter, and it was Yang Ming who arranged the marriage, so the two of them must be leaning towards the prince.
As we chatted, we talked about the prince's recuperation. He completely forgot that he had just said that state affairs would not be discussed during the family dinner.
However, they didn't chat for a few words before they were interrupted by Jian Jiancheng who came back.
Yuan Tiangang found it. He didn't go out tonight because he thought that a noble person would come to his door tonight, but he did come.
With the two central bosses sitting in the hall, Yuan Tiangang also felt a little guilty. After all, the level was too high, and it was not comparable to the Wu family, nor was it comparable to Yang Miaozhi from the Guanwang Mansion.
"Sir, please sit down quickly. It's Li Yuan's fault for disturbing you late at night. Please have a drink first." Li Yuan took the initiative to pass a glass of wine to the person.
Yuan Tiangang kept saying that he didn't dare. After drinking, Yuan Tiangang smiled and said:
"I heard from Dalang that Duke Tang asked me to come here tonight to see if he is a man or a woman?"
Pei Yun said: "Can you tell, sir?"
Yuan Tiangang smiled and nodded: "We are inseparable."
Hey, after meeting so many alchemists and warlocks, you are the first one who dares to say the right thing. It seems you have real ability. Li Yuan said happily:
"What do you need to see, sir? Do you want me to prepare anything?"
"No need," Yuan Tiangang waved his hand and said, "I look at the gender of the fetus based on its parents. When we were on the way, I already knew Dalang's birth date. Now I can find out by looking at the nobleman's."
As soon as Li Yuan waved his hand, someone immediately brought a pen and paper and placed it in front of Pei Xi. After Pei Xi finished writing, he folded it a few times and handed it to Yuan Tiangang.
Yuan Tiangang just took a look at it and handed it over to Jiancheng to be burned. Then he placed fifty yarrows and moved his hands together to change the position of the yarrows.
After a while, Yuan Tiangang heard a hiss and closed his eyes. When he opened them, he said to Li Yuan and Pei Yun:
"This hexagram is a superposition of different hexagrams, with shock at the bottom and dui at the top. Shock means thunder and movement, and dui means joy. Moving and joy means "Sui". It has the same pronunciation as the name of our country. There should be a boy in the noble man's belly, and there should be a Sui princess. Generals and concubines are extremely noble."
General concubine means to marry down.
Li Yuan and Pei Yun looked at each other, both overjoyed.
