A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 335

Wu Huaiyu's eldest son was born on a good day.

Emperor Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were drinking tea in the Lizheng Hall when Zhang Anan came in to report the matter.

"This kid is very good at picking the time. He picked such a good day, six catties and four big fat boys." Li Shimin laughed loudly, "Congratulations with a thousand pieces of gold Kaiyuan."

It was a hundred taels of money to sell, and the emperor's boldness surprised the empress a little.

But thinking about Wu Huaiyu's great achievements in destroying the country, it's not a big deal.If the child hadn't just been born, it would be normal for him to be awarded an honorary officer or a loose rank, or even a baron, based on his father's meritorious service.

Li Shimin stretched out his hand to caress Empress Changsun's slightly swollen belly, "Guanyin maidservant, you said that if you give birth to a daughter in this pregnancy, how about giving it to Wu Chengsi?"

The queen married Li Shimin at the age of 13. After more than ten years of marriage, she gave birth to two sons and a daughter. Now she is pregnant again.

"Wu Chengsi is Wu Huaiyu's eldest son," the queen reminded him. It is common practice that when royal princesses marry ministers of honor, they usually choose the second son, Princess Shang, and rarely choose the eldest son, Princess Shang.

"What does that matter? Even if I am willing to marry the princess, is Wu Huaiyu afraid of wronging his eldest son?"

The queen rubbed her stomach, but mentioned another matter.

"Your Majesty, Qing Que has been calling me aunt for several years, and every time I hear it, my heart feels like a knife is piercing. I beg Your Majesty to let Qing Que come back."

Qing Que is Li Tai, the second son of the empress, but in the second year of his birth, that is, the fourth year of Wude, he was adopted to Li Shimin's younger brother, Li Xuanba, the king of Weihuai who died early.

As a step-son, Li Tai inherited Wei Wangjue and Zhu Guo, and changed his father to Li Xuanba, but changed his biological father Li Shimin to his uncle.

When Li Yuan picked an heir for Li Xuanba, he deliberately wanted to pick a grandson to adopt him, but Jian Jiancheng was the eldest son and the prince, so he finally chose the second son Li Shimin's second son.

Li Tai called Li Shimin uncle for five years, and he still has to call him uncle now.

After all, Zong's etiquette and law cannot be messed up.

Now that he has been adopted, he is no longer his son.

But Empress Changsun was reluctant.

Now that Li Shimin is the son of heaven, Empress Changsun proposed more than once to let Li Tai return to the clan, and let the emperor choose another clan son to adopt to Li Xuanba.

In fact, Li Shimin not only adopted his fourth son Li Tai to his fourth brother Xuanba, he also adopted his second son Li Kuan from a concubine to his fifth brother Li Zhiyun, king of Chuai.

Even the adoption was two years earlier than Li Tai, and Wu De adopted Li Kuan to Li Zhiyun in the third year of Wu De, and attacked Chu Wangjue.

However, Li Kuan's life was not very good, and Wu De died of illness in nine years.

In fact, it was not Li Shimin's will to adopt the second and fourth children to the two brothers who died young and had no children. Choose from other clans and get closer.

Li Shimin back then had no choice.

Now that Empress Changsun brought up the old story again, Li Shimin was silent. In fact, from the bottom of his heart, he always felt that he owed his son Li Kuan and Li Tai, but his son called someone else's father.

But after all, it has been adopted for many years, and now it is going to be changed back, which is also a bit out of courtesy.

But it may be because I feel owed in my heart, especially the early death of the adopted second son Li Kuan, which makes Li Shimin feel sorry for Li Tai now. Books are also good.

Even compared with the current Prince Chengqian, the two brothers who are not much different in age have completely different evaluations from their teachers. The Prince's teachers Li Gang and Lu Deming said that Prince Chengqian is more stubborn, but Wei Wang Li Tai's teachers all said that he is wise.

"I will discuss this matter with the Zongwang and the prime ministers again."

Empress Changsun held the emperor's hand and couldn't help crying, "The concubine rarely asks His Majesty, and the concubine doesn't want to wait a day for the matter of the blue bird."

Seeing the Queen's appearance, Li Shimin's heart was touched, and finally made up his mind, he patted the back of his wife's hand lightly, "Don't worry, I will make arrangements to find a step-son for Xuan Ba, and let Qingque return to the clan."

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Wing Hing Square,
The new plaque of Duke Yi's mansion has been hung up, and twelve brand new door halberds have been placed in the gatehouse.

Even the gate of Wutou has been raised.

Everyone in the Wu Mansion was filled with joy, and Lao Wu was even more generous, giving a lot of rewards to everyone.

In this joyful atmosphere, Wu Huaiyu's concubines who were about to give birth were relieved. The husband had an eldest son, and they were actually much less stressed.

Otherwise, it may not be a blessing for such a wealthy family to have a concubine's eldest son. If he meets certain families, the eldest son of a concubine may not be able to grow up.

Although it is difficult for a concubine to be born and grow up, it is difficult to affect the status of the main wife's son, but after all, I am afraid of meeting some small-bellied main wives.

Especially if the main wife has been unable to give birth to a son, it will be troublesome.

Now that Fan Xuanfu was the first to give birth to a fat boy, Chen Runniang, Gao Huian, Fan Jiuniang, and Irina were all much more relaxed, and no one was staring at their bellies anymore.

If anyone was unhappy, it was Mrs. Cheng from the East Courtyard.

As the eldest daughter-in-law, she got through the door before Fan Xuanfu, but got pregnant later. Although the difference was not long, it was still not as fast as Fan Xuanfu.

Mr. Fan Xuanfu gave birth to a fat boy, and Lao Wu directly named him Chengsi, which actually enjoyed the treatment of the eldest grandson.When Cheng heard this name, he always felt that something was wrong.

But everyone was happy, and she couldn't be unhappy, so she could only stay in her courtyard as much as possible. The more noisy and festive it was outside, the more depressed she felt.

Perhaps it was related to the pregnancy, and the husband was far away in Shazhou, Hexi, and he was not around. Seeing the bustle and bustle of the second room, it was indeed easy to get a little emotional.

Cheng Shi was not the kind of petty person at first, but she always had some sympathy for the name Chengsi in her heart.

Fortunately, Cheng's mother's family came to visit and gave her a lot of care and warmth. The sick mother, Mrs. Sun, saw her daughter's troubles and persuaded her to calm down.

After all, although the Wu family is also prosperous now, Lao Wu is just a seventh-rank official order of Shenjifang. of.

Even if Mr. Cheng came out as the eldest grandson of the Wu family, would he still be able to inherit the Duke of Yi Kingdom from the Second Household in the future?
Mrs. Sun is a relatively open-minded person. She has been in poor health for the past few years. She has been eating fast and reciting Buddha's name.

Just take care of your baby with peace of mind.

Be happy that the second room is prosperous and lively, after all, it is my brother, and the family is prosperous, which is of course good for Huai Yi and her children.

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A banquet was prepared in Li Shimin's palace. Famous clan kings Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong, Li Shentong, Li Shenfu, etc. were invited, as well as brother-in-law Feng Shaoshi, Dou Dan, and Yang Shidao who had just returned, as well as prime ministers Sun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Du Ruhui, etc. Yan, Wei Zheng and so on.

Don't talk about military and state affairs, but talk about the emperor's family affairs.

"My second son, Kuan, succeeded King Ai of Chu as his heir. Unfortunately, he passed away early. Now that the Kingdom of Chu has no heirs, I want to select a son from the clan to succeed King Ai of Chu as his heir."

As soon as the emperor said this, all the smart people present could hear the implication.

Why did you choose the son of the clan to be Li Zhiyun's heir, why not Li Kuan's heir?
After all, although Li Kuan also died young, he could still choose a son of the clan to be his successor, so there must be no successor.

Today, people from these clans were specially invited, and the emperor came prepared.

Sure enough, the emperor wanted to choose Li Zhiyun's clan children as his successors, but Li Kuan would still belong to the clan under his name, and another person would be chosen as his heir.

In the future, Li Kuan will not be Li Zhiyun's stepson, but Li Shimin's son, and he will choose a stepson for this premature son.

This matter is not in line with patriarchal etiquette.

Li Kuan died young, and generally does not need an heir.

Of course, when the emperor made this request, the ministers had to consider it carefully. In fact, those who were smart already understood why the emperor wanted to mention this. It was obviously not for the dead second son Li Kuan, but for the still alive Son Li Tailai.

Everyone knows the emperor's love for Li Tai. Li Tai had been adopted by King Huai of Wei for several years. During the Wude Dynasty, Li Tai was also separated from Li Shimin and his wife.But since Li Shimin seized the throne, Li Tai now has close contacts with the emperor and his wife again.

Everyone knows the emperor's heart.

Li Shentong immediately agreed, and even immediately proposed a candidate for Li Zhiyun's successor.

"Li Linggui, the second son of Li Shidu, Duke of Jinan, is young and intelligent, and he can succeed King Ai of Chu as his heir."

Li Shidu's name knows that he is of the same generation as Li Shimin. Li Shidu's great-grandfather and Li Shimin's great-grandfather are brothers of the same father.

Li Shimin nodded immediately.

Regarding Li Kuan's return to the clan, Li Shentong also took the lead in expressing his approval, but Li Xiaogong remained silent.

Changsun Wuji was very supportive, so this matter was settled, but regarding the matter of choosing his stepson to enshrine, there is no suitable candidate for him for the time being, and Li Shimin is not in a hurry.

Anyway, the key today is Li Tai.

With Li Kuan as the leader, when it came to Li Tai, his uncle, grandson Wuji, was the vanguard, and the emperor's intentions were so obvious, so no one stopped him.

The final result was that Li Baoding, the son of Li Qiong, the king of Xiping, was chosen to adopt Li Xuanba as the king of Wei.

Li Qiong and Li Shimin are also cousins, and both are great-grandsons of Li Hu. When the Tang Dynasty was established, when the clan was established, they were named King Xiping, and Li Baoding was his second son.

This candidate was recommended by the eldest grandson Wuji, and Li Qiong's son was chosen because Li Qiong was Li Xiaogong's elder brother, and Li Xiaogong had five brothers, all of whom were named county kings at the beginning of the country.

His elder brother Li Qiong had passed away, so the choice of his son was also intended to show Li Xiaogong's favor and not allow him to object.

Although Li Shimin was unwilling to let his son adopt King Wei Huai, it was because he was the emperor. Although Li Qiong had been named King Xiping before, he had passed away. .

As for the second son Li Baoding, let alone.

Now that he has the opportunity to adopt Li Xuanba, he can directly confer the title of King of Wei, which is the title of prince.

For Li Baoding, it was a good thing that the pie fell from the sky. No one would want such an opportunity, no matter how many members of the Li clan in the Tang Dynasty.

The eldest son must be the heir, but the second son can be the heir.

Sure enough, Changsun Wuji proposed to let Li Xiaogong's nephew succeed King Wei, and Li Xiaogong agreed.

After solving the problem of Li Xuanba's succession, there is no obstacle for Li Tai to return to the clan.

"Li Tai returned to his original sect, changed his title to King of Yue, and led the governor of Yuezhou from afar, supervising the military affairs of Yue, Wu, Quan, Jiantai, and Kuozhou."

Li Linggui, King of Chu, Li Baoding, King of Wei, and Li Tai, King of Yue, among the three princes, Li Tai, the emperor's own son, joined the post of governor.

The succession of Li Kuan, the second son of the emperor's concubine, did not end there.

The same is the emperor's son, Li Tai's biological mother is the queen, and his uncle is the prime minister, so the treatment is naturally different.Li Kuan's biological mother was just a lowly palace official and died young, without the support of his uncle's family, and he died young, so there was no one to protect him.

It is not bad to retain the status of the second prince as King Chu.

Empress Changsun was very satisfied with the result, and finally she was able to hug Li Tai again and let him call her mother.

The happy queen even found a good day, and specially took Li Tai to Yiguo's mansion, and hugged the big fat boy Wu Chengsi. When the queen hugged the boy, he didn't cry or make trouble, and actually laughed , and even want to eat the queen's milk.

The queen was very satisfied with this kid, and when she came back, she told Li Shimin that if she was really pregnant with a daughter, she would promise the princess to Wu Chengsi.

"What about a son?"

"Then let Wu Chengsi serve as his attendant."

"Okay, then when I wrote to Wu Huaiyu, I just said it."

In the emperor's letter to Wu Huaiyu, he really wrote about this matter, saying that if the queen's belly is a princess, then Wu Chengsi will be the princess, and if it is a prince, then Wu Chengsi will be the prince's attendant.

This is a great grace.

　Fever, shivering from the cold, body aches, my throat feels like swallowing a razor blade, my mind is dizzy, sorry for the late update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)