Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 14 The Crown Princess

The winter solstice is here.

In the Sui Dynasty, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as the year, so this day is a very important festival.

According to the etiquette of the Sui Dynasty, all civil and military officials would enter the palace to meet the two saints on this day.

After the court meeting, you still need to go to the East Palace to congratulate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Yang Ming now bears the title of King of Hedong County, and he is also considered one of the hundred officials in name, so he has to go too.

Last time, that guy named Zhao Yichen from the Eastern Palace came to remind Yang Ming to take Chen Shuyi with him when he went to Prince Chaohe on the winter solstice.

"How is it? Are you going?" Yang Ming finished dressing, and looked at Mrs. Chen with a smile.

Chen Shuyi said angrily: "I am your female officer, if you let me go, I will go."

"Why are you so obedient this time?" Yang Ming laughed and said, "Stay honestly in the palace."

Chen Shuyi curled her lips playfully, and helped Yang Ming into the sedan chair, "If he asks, how will you answer?"

Yang Ming waved his hands indifferently: "I just said that you have diarrhea and can't get out of bed."

Chen Shuyi: "-_-||"

The meeting ceremony is not complicated, but it is very boring. It is enough to kneel in the imperial square and follow the ceremony officer to shout long live and congratulations over and over again.

None of the four princes of Jin, Qin, Shu, and Han was in Beijing, so Yang Ming, the county king, knelt at the forefront of the clan belonging to the Yang family, and joined Guangping Wang Yang Xiong, Wei Wang Yang Shuang, Hejian Wang Yang Hong and others. Clan children together.

After kneeling for a full two hours, the ceremony was considered over.

Then, all the civil and military officials went to the East Palace in a mighty way to congratulate Prince Yang Yong.

After the congratulatory ceremony was completed, a group of ministers, including the clan, stuck to Yang Yong's side like bullshit plaster.

And Yang Yong was also high-spirited, and he took the officials to enjoy the lake and the garden. Those who didn't know thought he had already ascended the throne.

This scene made the crown prince angry with Li Gang. He felt that the crown prince was a bit too high-profile. It was obviously a court ceremony, but it was held as grandly as the court meeting ceremony.

Meetings and congratulations are different.

But Yang Ming was quite happy, because there was a banquet in the East Palace, the meat was fragrant and the wine was fragrant in the Rao Garden, and the music was bursting out, making it extremely lively.

Yang Ming kept his father's teaching in mind, and as soon as the court ceremony was over, he hurriedly ran to pay respects to the crown princess Yuan Zhen.

Concubine Yuan didn't like excitement, so under the service of a group of maids, she sat in a pavilion by the lake to hide quietly, away from the disturbance of her officials.

"Little nephew Yang Ming, please greet my aunt," Yang Ming quickly knelt outside the gazebo and kowtowed twice.

The pale concubine Yuan, after seeing Yang Ming, a long-lost smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and hurriedly waved:
"Silly boy, it's cold on the ground, get up and come here."

Yang Ming stepped forward with a smile, and was pulled into her arms by Concubine Yuan, with a dried fruit stuffed in her mouth.
"Qilin'er hasn't come to visit me for a long time, have you forgotten my aunt? Oh, I've grown a lot taller, and my body is also very strong."

Concubine Yuan's intimacy with Yang Ming was sincere.

She has a very good relationship with Queen Dugu, so Yang Ming was often played with by Concubine Yuan when he was young.

At this time, Concubine Yuan looked haggard, her face was as white as paper, and she could tell she had a serious deficiency at a glance.

This is a poor woman. Due to the extreme disharmony in the relationship between husband and wife, the already cowardly Concubine Yuan has psychological problems and her health is deteriorating.

According to historical records, there is another year, that is, the 19th year of Kaihuang, she will die of illness.

Concubine Yuan was born in the Yuan family, a descendant of the imperial family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, one of the six great lords of the current Sui Dynasty, and her original surname was the Tuoba family.

In order to complete the integration of Han and Hu, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty ordered to change the surname of Xianbei to the single-syllable Han surname Yuan, change Ba Ba to Changsun, Dugu to Liu, and He Lou to Lou.
Later, in northern China, many Han people actually had Xianbei blood. The Tuoba royal family's active concession to the Han people created the most successful Han-Hu integration in Chinese history.

Such a strong natal background still cannot be exchanged for the seriousness of the prince Yang Yong. The couple have been married for nearly 20 years, but they have no children.

Empress Dugu asked the Tai Hospital to help her see it many times. Concubine Yuan can have children, and it turns out that Yang Yong can also, but there is no relationship between the two of them. This is also the biggest reason why Empress Dugu hates Yang Yong-there is no legitimate son.

Concubine Yuan was still very happy to see Yang Ming, with a long-lost peach color on her face, she asked about his health, chatted with Yang Ming for a long time, and finally returned to the inner palace because her body was weak and could not bear the cold for a long time.

Yang Ming thought he could sneak away, but he was stopped by someone sent by Yang Yong.

This boy Zhao Yichen led Yang Ming to a side hall, where Yang Yong, who was a little tired, was sitting alone drinking tea in the hall.

"I said nephew, you are not particular."

Yang Ming pretended to be stupid and said, "What uncle said, my nephew is definitely a fastidious person."

Yang Yong snorted coldly: "Where is her person? Why didn't you bring it?"

"To tell you the truth, Uncle, she's gone crazy."

"puff!"

Before Yang Ming finished speaking, Yang Yong sprayed a sip of hot tea on Yang Ming's face, and said in a daze:
"Such a beautiful woman still has diarrhea?"

"That's not true." Yang Ming wiped the water stains on his face, and said, "Maybe it's because I've eaten a bad stomach, and I've had diarrhea for two days, and my Yuehua Palace is smelly."

Yang Yong immediately looked disgusted, as if he felt that the fragrant tea in his hand smelled like excrement and urine.

"I heard people say that Yuwen Yumin is actually the old Princess Chen? Chen Shubao's first daughter?"

Yang Ming said: "Who did you listen to, uncle? Why doesn't my nephew know?"

"Ms. Shaote pretends to be garlic!" Yang Yong said angrily, "You think you went to find Chen Shubao, I don't know?"

Yang Ming was surprised and said, "Uncle followed me?"

"Ahem." Yang Yong said awkwardly: "Don't say it so harshly, it's just a coincidence that someone saw it. Chen Shubao's daughter, being a concubine for Gu, is not an insult to him. Tomorrow, tomorrow you bring her here , Uncle, your benefits are indispensable here."

"That can't be done!" Yang Ming said with a drooping face, "She is mine, and she is appointed by my grandmother as a female official in Yuehua Palace. Uncle, you have no shortage of women, so why worry about your eldest nephew?"

Yang Ming already guessed in his heart that a large part of the reason why Yang Yong wanted to take Chen Shuyi as his own was because he knew Chen Shuyi's identity.

Bringing Chen Shuyi into the East Palace can play a role in making friends with the Jiangnan gentry, so as to divide the old father's influence on Jiangnan.

You're thinking about ass!
Yang Yong squinted his eyes, and said fiercely: "You are getting more and more outrageous, don't think that your father, queen and queen support you, so you can be presumptuous in front of Gu. I will beat you, it is only right and proper."

I'm going all out, if you don't hit me today, you won't grow!Yang Ming gritted his teeth fiercely: "Then you fight."

"Hey! Squeeze your nose on your face, right?" Yang Yong rolled up his sleeves, stepped forward and picked up Yang Ming, and there were just a few big mouths
"clap clap"

"Oops oops oops"

"Stop, don't fight anymore!" Prince Xima Li Gang, who happened to pass by, heard the screams coming from the hall, and was about to break the door to dissuade him, but was stopped by Zhao Yichen.

The latter said with a sly smile: "Lord Li, wait a minute. It is only natural for the elders to teach the younger generation. It seems that Master Li is not qualified to take care of the prince's family affairs, right?"

Of course, Li Gang couldn't get rid of Zhao Yichen's obstruction at his age, so he blew his beard and stared angrily and said:

"You idiot! Your Highness can't fight."

(End of this chapter)