Emperor Sui Yang

When Yang Ming was still eating in Yong'an Palace, news came from his family that the princess Yang Yinjiang had gone to Tang Guogong's mansion.

Li Xuanba died young, so it's not a matter of condolences. Yang Yinjiang's visit this time is also to visit Li Yuan's wife, Mrs. Dou.

Xuan Ba's body entered Beijing one step earlier than Yang Ming's, so Li Xiuning returned to her mother's house early, and Yang Ming didn't have time to go there because there were too many things to do during the day.

After all, no one would care about the third son except Li Yuan himself.

Empress Xiao said: "Since Yin Jiang has gone, you should go and have a look too. After all, you and their family are related by marriage, so you should go and have a look."

Yang Ming nodded, wiped his mouth indiscriminately, got up and said, "The son has gone."

"Go," Empress Xiao nodded.

Li Xuanba was killed by Yang Hao, but Li Yuan would not tell his wife and Shimin Yuanji about this matter, so Pei Shuying would not tell Li Xiuning either.

Because Li Yuan has a sense of propriety in doing things, but it is not necessarily the case for the two women. If they know who the murderer is, they will definitely make trouble. After all, the Fufeng Dou family is not a vegetarian.

To die early is to die, and Yang Ming himself should have been the third son of Yang Guang who died early in history.

Yang Yinjiang was comforting the Dou family in the Duke's mansion, while Shimin Yuanji and the others were packing up the carriage under the arrangement of the housekeeper, planning to send Xuanba's body back to his hometown in Longxi tomorrow.

There is no mourning hall for those who die early, but a solitary coffin is placed on two benches, because the coffin cannot be grounded, and superstition says that grounding is not good for the corpse.

There is only one way for Xuan Ba ​​to enter the ancestral grave, and that is a ghost marriage.

A family like Longxi Li's has to find a big family for a ghost marriage, so Mrs. Dou is already asking who has a daughter who died young, so as to prevent her son from being buried alone in the wilderness as a lonely ghost.

In the Sui Dynasty, the phenomenon of premature death was very common, even the royal family was not spared, so it was very easy to match ghost marriages.

Yang Ming was not allowed to see the coffin, he was a noble person, and he was not allowed to touch any evil things. The person who received Yang Ming at the house was Li Chen, General of Zuo Yuwei, Li An's eldest son, and Li Xiaogong's elder brother.

Their family and Li Yuan are close relatives, Li Yuan and Jian Jiancheng are not here, so naturally Li Chen came to help, as for the other relatives in the family, they will only come and walk around before leaving, because premature death is not considered a funeral, and it is very unlucky. So no one will stay for long.

"Things are a bit strange," Li Chen asked Yang Ming to sit down, served tea and said:
"The Dali Temple of the Ministry of Criminal Justice does not seem to take Xuanba's murder too seriously. Luoyang only left a few small officials to continue the investigation. On the contrary, Uncle and Jiancheng were released at the same time. I always feel that this matter Seems weird."

The conversation was shallow but not deep, Yang Ming nodded and said: "I can only ask Mr. Tang for the details. After all, he was the one who was in charge of the investigation that night."

Li Chen nodded and said, "I've written to Jinyang to ask my uncle what happened, but I don't know if he will tell."

At this time, Li Shimin came in. He knew Yang Ming was here, so he came to look for Yang Ming.

After saluting first, Shi Min said: "Brother-in-law, Yuan Ji and I are going back to Longxi, the Imperial College, please help me ask for leave."

Good guy, why are you here to ask for leave? It's clearly to test the matter of apprentice Xue Daoheng. Do you have any clues? Is it necessary for me to ask for leave?
At a young age, he has a heart.

This year is the fifth year of Daye, and you are 11 years old. When I was your age, I was not as cunning as you.

Yang Ming smiled and said: "I just returned to Beijing yesterday, and I haven't had time to see Xue Daoheng. How about this, when you come back from Longxi, you can study with the prince. I want you to be the prince's Kuzhi, that is, the guard. What do you think?" How about it?"

"Okay, so I can receive my salary?" Li Shimin said pleasantly.

What brain circuit, do you still care about that little salary?Yang Ming nodded and said:

"Of course there is a salary, the son is young, you have to take care of it, understand?"

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Understood, don't worry brother-in-law, then Shimin will not disturb your conversation."

After speaking, Li Shimin withdrew.

"This kid, my brother passed away without shedding a single tear. Xuanba is the closest to him," Li Chen complained in his tone.

what is this?The remaining two brothers were killed by others, or they were the most ruthless people in the late Sui Dynasty.

Yang Ming said: "It's a good thing to be young and old. What's the use of crying when things have come to this point?"

Yang Ming wouldn't go to Dou's side, it's not in line with the custom, Yang Yinjiang's visit is enough.

An hour later, the couple left Tang Guogong's mansion.

On the carriage, Yang Yinjiang said: "A few years ago, I heard that Yuanji was rejected by Dou's ugliness just after he was born, and threw it away. I didn't believe it at the time, but when I saw Dou's today, I felt that this woman Really cruel."

"How?" Yang Ming asked curiously.

Yang Yinjiang sighed and said: "I was still trying to appease him with good intentions. Who knew that he never said a word about Xuan Ba, but only talked about Jian Jiancheng and Pei Xi. Although the eldest son is noble, he can't be like them. The family is like this, and the remaining son has no status at all."

This may be the reason why Li Shimin killed his brother and brother. No matter whether it is a noble family or an ordinary person, the conflicts between brothers all stem from the unfair treatment of their parents, almost without exception.

As Li Shimin's second son, the treatment he received was very different from Jiancheng's. I'm afraid the seeds of dissatisfaction had been planted long ago.

But it can't be said that Li Yuan and his wife were wrong, but they didn't expect that Li Yuan would be the emperor in the future, and Li Shimin was too awesome. He was so awesome that most of the Tang Dynasty was brought down by him. For that sake, You can't fight for the throne.

The two brothers are similar to Yang Guang and Yang Yong. Yang Guang's prestige is close to Yang Yong's because of the extermination of Nan Chen. Of course, if Yang Yong didn't have a son, Yang Guang would not have such an idea.

Speaking of which, Yang Guang is not as ruthless as Li Shimin.

Outside Qin Wang's mansion, there was a carriage parked, and dozens of servants were waiting outside.

Yang Yinjiang opened the curtain and took a look, and said: "Pei Xi is here, and he hasn't left so late, he should be talking about that matter with Ah Yun."

Yang Ming nodded and said, "Let's do whatever we want, we can't let people be built without sons."

"It's just a pity that there was a great marriage, can you see her?" Yang Yinjiang said.

Yang Ming pondered for a moment: "See you."

The lights in Pei Shuying's dormitory were all on, and it was approaching Zishi. In Sui Dynasty, there was a saying that Ziye didn't go out, so Pei Xi will probably spend the night here tonight.

After Yang Ming came in, Pei Xi, with red and swollen eyes, hurriedly wiped away her tears, got up and saluted:
"I've seen King Qin and Princess Wang, and bothered me late at night. Please forgive me, Your Highness and Princess Wang."

Yang Ming raised his hand and said, "I'm not an outsider, don't be rude, you will live here with Ayun tonight, if you have anything to say, talk to Ayun more."

Pei Xi pouted and cried again, Pei Shuying hurried forward to coax her.

Yang Yinjiang also stepped forward to help Pei Xi sit down, frowned and said, "It's strange, so many famous doctors have seen you and said that there is nothing wrong with your body, but why are you not pregnant?"

Pei Xi said aggrievedly: "I don't know. My menstruation was not allowed since I was a child, but the imperial doctors said that this kind of thing would not affect pregnancy. I have been drinking soup to regulate menstruation, but it still has no effect."

Menstruation is not allowed?Yang Ming asked curiously, "How long has it been?"

As soon as these words came out, Yang Yinjiang hurriedly stroked Pei Xi's back and said: "We are by no means outsiders. Although it is not appropriate for Your Highness to ask these questions, it is still a matter of concern. Don't mind if you slip up for a while."

It was only then that Yang Ming realized that what he said seemed ordinary, but in ancient times, he could not directly ask girls.

Pei Xi didn't mind at all, after all, so many famous doctors had seen her, and I don't know how many people have asked the same question.

The famous doctors of the Sui Dynasty were all men.

I only heard Pei Xi say: "The short period is two months, and the long period is half a year. There is no pattern."

Yang Ming nodded. If you have menstruation, you can have a baby, but if your menstruation is inaccurate, you will not be able to grasp the ovulation period. Fertility requires the combination of sperm and egg to succeed.

The gynecologists of the Sui Dynasty were called belt doctors. The reason why they were called so was that most of women's diseases originated from below the belt.

Sun Simiao was not very good at this, but Chao Yuanfang was famous for taking him to the doctor, and he also showed it to Pei Xi, but it was still useless.

Yang Ming asked again: "What did Chao Yuanfang say at the time?"

Now Pei Xi was really embarrassed to answer, so she could only whisper to Pei Shuying, and then Pei Shuying whispered to Yang Ming.

After Yang Ming listened to it, he felt that Chao Yuanfang was awesome. Menstruation is not allowed. If you want to get pregnant, you need to know the ovulation period. Some women's bodies respond during the ovulation period, but some don't.

Pei Xi didn't. Since she couldn't grasp the ovulation period, Chao Yuanfang made a cruel move, which was to have sex every other day.

What the hell, it has not been exhausted since it was built, and it is really in good health.

Such frequent intercourse, although forced to do so, also has a disadvantage, that is, the survival rate of sperm is definitely not high, so it is difficult to conceive, and it is too exhausting to build up, let alone die suddenly in bed one day.

Yang Ming called Pei Shuying again, and asked about the couple's intercourse posture.

Because the positions of women’s uterus are different, they are divided into anterior, middle, and posterior positions. Among them, the anterior position of the uterus has a higher chance of conception, while the posterior position of the uterus has a lower chance of conception. The three positions must correspond to different postures to facilitate pregnancy.

Yang Ming certainly didn't know the position of Pei Xi's uterus, but he felt that it was very likely that it was the back position, and if it was the front position, she would have been pregnant long ago.

The uterus is in a posterior position, and the intercourse needs to be from the back, but the usual posture is that he is on top.

Maybe that's where the problem lies.

So Yang Ming told Pei Shuying this method, and by the way told her a skill to master the ovulation period.

When ovulating, the place will be very hot, at least a little hotter than usual, which women can't feel, only men can.

Use the two methods together, if it still doesn't work, then you can only divorce your wife.

Pei Xi doesn't believe that Yang Ming's method is useful, but she really doesn't want to be divorced, and the idea Yang Ming gave her can delay the time for her to be divorced. It's always okay to try after a long illness. .

"You leave for Xiangcheng County tomorrow and try my method. The deadline is half a year," Yang Ming said, "I'll help Li Yuan drag it over for you for half a year. If it doesn't work by then, then there's nothing I can do."

Pei Xi nodded with a lonely expression.