Chapter 694: Concubine Yang
A few days later, King Gaochang set off to leave Chang'an, and Taihao's request to import cotton seeds from Gaochang was also refused, which made Li Xiu also very annoyed, and even wanted to directly detain King Gaochang, and then let Gaochang exchange the seeds, but if this is really done, the political impact on the Tang Dynasty will be too great, not to mention that Li Shimin will not agree, even if Li Shimin agrees, I am afraid that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
However, although King Gaochang did not agree, it was not impossible to introduce cotton seeds, in fact, it was not only Gaochang who planted cotton in the Western Regions, and even if it was only Gaochang, Datang also had a way to smuggle out some seeds from Gaochang, after all, Gaochang's territory was not small, and the planting area of cotton was large, and it was impossible for Gaochang to prevent the loss of seeds.
The introduction of cotton seeds from the Western Regions was handed over by Li Shimin to Ma Ye's Fei Nu Division, and they were the most suitable to do this thing, in addition, Li Xiu also heard from Ma Ye that with the destruction of Jieli, Fei Nu Division also began to turn its attention to the Western Turks in the Western Regions, although the Western Turks were still in civil strife, and it was unlikely that they would send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty, but they also had to be guarded against.
On the day King Gaochang left, Li Xiu also heard an interesting thing, that is, Li Shimin did not set up a send-off banquet for King Gaochang, which made King Gaochang angry, and left Chang'an with the delegation in a huff, it seems that from now on, the relationship between Gaochang and Datang will definitely become not very friendly, but if Gaochang really dies like in history, I am afraid that it will not take a few years, it will lead to the disaster of destroying the country.
Early this morning, Li Xiu personally sent Princess Pingyang out, she discussed with the county lord of Guanghua, today to visit the eldest princess of Tong'an, and then with the eldest princess to visit Li Yuan, speaking of which Li Yuan is too pitiful, usually alone in Da'an Palace, so Princess Pingyang also often takes people to visit him, the face is the eldest princess of Tong'an is the sister of Li Yuan's mother, the two have a deep relationship, Li Yuan is also willing to say some homely words with his sister.
After sending off Princess Pingyang, Li Xiu went to play with his baby daughter for a long time, Yuechan and Yiniang were working as female workers while discussing the family's business, especially Yuechan also touched her slightly bulging lower abdomen from time to time, and at the same time raised her eyes to look at Li Xiu who was teasing Le'an, her eyebrows and eyes were full of happiness, because her body was also pregnant with a small life, which was also the crystallization of her relationship with Li Xiu.
Yuechan is pregnant Li Xiu is of course happy, but Princess Pingyang is not easy to explain, after all, before Yuechan was a concubine, Princess Pingyang wanted to have another child, but she didn't expect that now even Yuechan is pregnant, and her stomach has not yet reacted, which makes her secretly complain a lot about Li Xiu, Li Xiu is also crying and laughing, and giving birth to a child is not something he can control, but for women, sometimes the truth does not make sense at all.
When it was almost dark in the afternoon, Princess Pingyang came back in a carriage, but seeing her happy appearance, Li Xiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although she didn't know what happened to make Princess Pingyang so happy, but as long as she was in a good mood, she wouldn't trouble herself.
After dinner, Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang returned to the bedroom, now Yuechan is pregnant, and Yiniang has to accompany Le'an at night, and they all know that Princess Pingyang is eager to have a child, so they deliberately let Li Xiu accompany Princess Pingyang more at night, but as soon as she entered the bedroom today, Princess Pingyang excitedly took out a piece of paper from her arms and smiled: "Husband, guess what this is?" ā
"What's that?" It was rare to see Princess Pingyang so happy, Li Xiu also asked with a smile at this time.
"Secret recipe!" I saw Princess Pingyang smile proudly, and then opened the paper in her hand to look at it with Li Xiu, when she saw the content on the paper, Li Xiu couldn't help frowning, because all the drugs and methods written on it were obviously a prescription.
"This ...... Wouldn't it be a fertility remedy? Li Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly at this time, Princess Pingyang wanted to have another child, but she couldn't conceive, so she was also very anxious, and even asked Sun Simiao to diagnose the two of them, but Sun Simiao said that the two of them were very healthy, and there was no problem at all, otherwise there would be no Li Jin, but even so, Princess Pingyang still asked Sun Simiao to prescribe some prescriptions, hoping to conceive a child as soon as possible, so Li Xiu is no stranger to this kind of fertility prescription.
"This is different, this recipe is a secret in the palace, it is said to be very effective, we can try it tomorrow!" Princess Pingyang said very seriously at this time.
"Pregnancy depends on luck, you don't have to eat these prescriptions, after all, it is a three-point poison, in case the body is bad, it is not good, not to mention that we are still young, and we will have time to have children in the future." Li Xiu persuaded with a wry smile at this time, they didn't even eat the prescription prescribed by Sun Simiao before, so Li Xiu didn't believe much in this kind of fertility prescription.
"How young are you, the concubines are now thirty years old, and if they are placed in someone else's house, they can already be grandmothers!" Princess Pingyang heard Li Xiu's words but her expression was gloomy, and Li Xiu was also shocked when she heard this, and then she suddenly remembered that it has been six years since Zhenguan, and it is almost ten years since she crossed over to the Tang Dynasty, and she is already twenty-six, Princess Pingyang is a few years older than herself, and she is indeed thirty years old this year.
"How can there be thirty, lady, you don't believe in looking in the mirror, if you don't know your people for the first time see you, I'm afraid they will think that you are only sixteen or seventeen years old!" Li Xiu reacted quickly, and hurriedly stretched out his arm to take Princess Pingyang in his arms and said, he was not trying to make Princess Pingyang happy, in fact, Princess Pingyang was born beautiful, and her relationship with Li Xiu was deep, and her life was very sweet, which also made her not look old at all, although Yiniang and Yuechan were younger than her, but they couldn't tell the age of the three when they stood together.
"It will make me happy, but even if I don't look old, but my age can't be faked, and it's much more difficult for a woman after the age of thirty to have children, so I want to hurry up and have another child, I like both men and women!" When Princess Pingyang said the end, her face became even more gloomy.
Li Xiu couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Princess Pingyang when he heard this, and hugged her tighter at the moment, and only after a while did he laugh softly: "Since we want to have children, it is better to work hard tonight, but you have to cooperate well!" ā
Although they are already old husbands and wives, as soon as Li Xiu's words came out, Princess Pingyang's face turned red with shame, but then she broke free from Li Xiu's embrace, and then said seriously: "No, this prescription is not suitable for sexual intercourse before persuading the medicine, there are a few flavors of medicine in it that we don't have at home, so let's wait until tomorrow to find all the medicine, and then take the medicine!" ā
Li Xiu was already ready, but he was deflated like a ball by Princess Pingyang's words, it seems that if Princess Pingyang doesn't get pregnant again, I'm afraid this family won't want to be peaceful.
"By the way, where did this prescription come from, didn't you go to the palace today to visit the Emperor, you wouldn't be asking the Emperor for this prescription, right?" Li Xiu suddenly thought of the origin of the prescription at this time, and asked with wide eyes.
"How is it possible, I'm embarrassed to tell my father this, but the origin of this prescription is not simple, why don't you guess it, husband!" Princess Pingyang suddenly smiled mysteriously at this time, their husband and wife have a deep relationship, and they often make some small jokes in private, and even Princess Pingyang sometimes plays a little girl, and the relationship is no worse than when they first got married.
"Since it's from the palace, it must be related to the concubines in the palace, could it be that you saw the eldest grandson queen, and then she gave it to you?" Li Xiu thought for a moment at this time and immediately spoke, although Princess Pingyang broke up with Li Shimin, she was still good to Empress Changsun, and occasionally chatted with each other when she entered the palace.
"Giggle~, although the husband didn't guess right, but it's very close, today I originally wanted to go to see the girl Lizhi, but I didn't expect to meet someone, we are also friends of the horns, and this recipe was also given to me by her." Princess Pingyang smiled again at this time, the so-called friends of the horns refer to friends who have known each other since childhood, with the background of Princess Pingyang, the other party must also be a nobleman of the former Sui.
"Friends of the total horns? That's weird, who is the other party? Li Xiu also asked in surprise when he heard this.
"Hehe, this person is still the sister of Hate'er, when she saw me, she also asked me to bring a lot of gifts to Hate'er, and Cousin Guanghua also said that she would visit her in the palace in a few years." I saw Princess Pingyang prompt again.
"Sister of Hate'er, do you mean Concubine Yang?" Li Xiu was also immediately surprised at this time, Hya'er is Yang Guang's daughter, and among Yang Guang's remaining children, Concubine Yang is the most famous, because she is one of Li Shimin's four concubines, second only to Empress Changsun, and is also Li Ke's mother.
"Yes, it's her, when we were in the former Sui Dynasty, our brothers and sisters often entered the palace, and we also knew the princes and princesses of the former Sui Dynasty, Concubine Yang was inconspicuous among the princesses at the beginning, but she had a soft personality, and she was not as arrogant as other princes and princesses, and we were quite able to talk to our brothers and sisters, but I didn't expect her to ...... in the end."
Princess Pingyang suddenly stopped at the end, and her face also showed a gloomy look, because she thought that Li Shimin and the Yang family had a good relationship at the beginning, if it wasn't for her father's suspicion of Yang Guang, maybe Concubine Yang might really marry Li Shimin, then I am afraid that there will be no share of the eldest grandson, but who would have thought of making people, but God is not thin on Concubine Yang, and finally married Li Shimin, and gave birth to two sons, just when she thought of Li Shimin, Princess Pingyang immediately thought of her eldest brother Li Jiancheng, The mood immediately became a little sad.
Seeing Princess Pingyang's appearance, Li Xiu could only gently hug her and comfort her, but fortunately, Princess Pingyang recovered quickly, and then said: "But Concubine Yang told me something today, and I am a little unsure, so I want to discuss it with my husband!" ā