A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 374 Three Harem Beauties

In the palace of Emperor Li Shimin, there are four Yang families.

Concubine Yang Shu is Princess Yang Guang, who gave birth to King Ke of Shu, and Concubine Yang, who later gave birth to King Li Fu of Zhao, was her half-sister, and the other two were Yang Jieyu and Princess Chaola Yang.

Both Yang Jieyu and Chaola Princess Yang were born in Hongnong Yang's Guanwangfang. They are sisters, and both are the daughters of Yang Gongdao.

Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate Change killed his brother and built Yuanji, and later brought his sister-in-law Zheng Guanyin and younger sister-in-law Yang into the palace, and finally even favored Yang.However, because many ministers criticized and opposed this, in the end Li Shimin couldn't give Yang's name, but he brought Yang's younger sister into the palace and conferred the title of Jieyu.

The Wu family is related to the Yang family.

Samurai Xun's wife is Yang Gongren's cousin, the two Yang's aunts, and Wu Huaiyu's aunt.

So Yang Jieyu called Huaiyu her cousin, and now she is getting married with her relatives.

Although Yang Gongdao had many daughters, his official career was not very smooth. He actually participated in Yang Xuangan's rebellion during the Daye period, and then his eldest brother Yang Gongren was ordered to send troops to suppress the rebellion. He was punished by Li Shimin and implicated.

Fortunately, when the two daughters entered the palace, Li Shimin had just arranged for him a small official in the Wei Palace to consult and join the army.

Yang Gongdao also has a sister of the same mother, who is married to Dou Lukuan, and Dou Lukuan has just been dismissed from the Ministry of Rites because of his involvement in the ghost market.

Of course, Yang Gongdao also had a half-sister who married Yan Rong's son, and then her daughter also married the current emperor, who was Concubine Yan De.

In Li Shimin's harem, a bunch of women are relatives.

Yang Jieyu was quite satisfied with her cousin Wu Huaiyu's in-laws, and even recruited a strong man to ask Wu Huaiyu, who had just finished grilling skewers, to paint some portraits of their sisters.

The grandfather of the sisters Yang Jieyu was Yang Xiong, King of Sui Guan, and Yang Xiong was the nephew of Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

Concubine Yan De is a cousin of their aunt's family.

In addition, Xiao Meiren and Xiao Cairen in the palace are the nieces of Empress Xiao of the Sui Dynasty, so they are also cousins ​​of sisters Yang Shufei.

Yang Xiaoyan has seven cousins.

At that stop, it is really Yingying and Yanyan, the swallow is thin, the ring is fat and graceful.

Li Shimin's aesthetics are indeed very good. Although they are all political marriages, each of these concubines is really good, and they are all tall and fit.

Wu Huaiyu couldn't refuse.

He took paper, pen and paint, and painted the portraits of the seven sisters. Li Shimin, the prince, brother and the empress watched from the sidelines, watching Wu Huaiyu splash ink on a piece of white paper, just sketching and smearing. But things get more and more miraculous.

In the end, the seven concubines seemed to fly into the paper.

The crown prince Chengqian was full of admiration for Huaiyu, and the little fat man Wei Wangtai screamed and insisted on apprenticeship on the spot.

The seven concubines didn't expect that Wu Huaiyu finished the painting so quickly, and the painting was so good. Although it wasn't that kind of super-large scroll, it was so fast and the painting was so similar. They were all overjoyed.

Sisters Wei Guifei and Wei Zhaoyi in the palace also acted like a baby with the emperor when they saw this, and wanted the two sisters to draw a picture too.

Li Shimin laughed loudly, stroking his well-groomed beard,
"Huaiyu, work harder and draw a picture for Concubine Wei."

Huaiyu had no choice but to continue.

The sisters of the Wei family were all widows who had been married before. Wei Zhaoyi even served as the concubine of Wang Shichong. During the Sui Dynasty, Concubine Wei married the son of Li Zixiong, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and gave birth to a daughter. the first.

In the fourth year of Wude, she remarried with her daughter. The eldest daughter is now canonized as the head of Dingxiang County. In the sixth year of Wude, she gave birth to a daughter with Li Shimin, the twelve princess Linchuan Princess Meng Jiang. At this time, she was pregnant again. The emperor just now And let Wu Huaiyu feel her pulse,
Huaiyu said it was a boy.

That will be Li Shimin's tenth son.

The sisters of the Wei family who are in their early thirties are undoubtedly gorgeous in terms of beauty, especially Wei Zhaoyi and Wei Nizi, who can be called peerless, known as Xiaoxi Shi. The beauty of the Wei family sisters is well known in the world. Yang's son, also known as Xiao Diaochan.

Among Wei Zhaoyi's younger brothers, Wu Huaiyu is familiar with Cucumber Hou Wei Siren, and they have been partners for a long time from Shenjiying to Yanzhou.

The second brother Wei Siqi married the second daughter of the former prime minister Du Yan.

These two sister flowers are really amazing,
When Wu Huaiyu painted it, the two sisters in the portrait looked even more amazing, and even Empress Changsun couldn't help admiring it.

Li Shimin was somewhat dumbfounded.

Although the painting is still those two people, when Wu Huaiyu comes back to his senses and looks at his own work, it really seems to have opened a filter for the Wei family sisters, which is more artistic and beautiful than real people.

Concubine Wei Gui joked, why not ask the emperor to marry the ten princes in her stomach to the Wu family.

Li Shimin smiled, and actually agreed.

"Okay, let's get closer and better, and marry the eldest daughter of Duke Yi to the ten princes."

They were booked even before they were born.

Empress Changsun laughed, but did not interfere.

Wu Huaiyu's eldest daughter is only a concubine, although she was born to his concubine Fan, but she is only a noble concubine, she is still a concubine, the nine princes in the queen's womb, that is the third son of the royal family.

To marry a wife in the future, you must marry a real powerful family daughter, the Wu family is still not enough.

Even after drawing two pictures for the concubines, the other concubines were also a little moved, but before they could speak, Wei Wangtai spoke first and asked Huaiyu to draw one for their brother.

The eldest brother Prince Chengqian, the third elder brother Shu Wang Li Ke, the fourth eldest Wei King Li Tai, the fifth eldest Yan Wang Li You, and others who are still nursing are temporarily ignored.

The four brothers were standing there, and the little fat man took the initiative to let everyone get closer.

The prince Chengqian was a little restrained and a little nervous in front of his father, but the little fat man was the most active, and the king of Shu Li Ke was also quite stable. He really resembled Li Shimin the most, and the fifth brother Li You was the most mischievous.

The eldest is only ten years old, and the youngest is only seven years old, which is the most innocent age, and there are no conflicts between brothers.

Li Shimin looked at the four sons, stroked his beard and smiled.

I'm afraid that the emperor would never have imagined what the four brothers who love each other like this now will look like in the future.

The eldest brother and the fourth child competed for the crown, and finally both were abolished, and finally the ninth child won the throne, but the third child did not escape being liquidated in the end.

But looking at the lonely Concubine Yin Xian in the far corner, Li You actually laid the groundwork for the future rebellion, because Concubine Yin Xian's father, Yin Shishi, assisted Yang You to stay in Chang'an at the end of the Sui Dynasty. After Li Yuan raised his army, Yin Shishi He killed Li Yuan's son Li Zhiyun, and even dug Li Yuanzu's grave.

After Li Yuan entered Beijing, he was not polite and killed Yin Shishi, leaving only his young son Yin Hongzhi, and all the female relatives were not enslaved in Yeting.

The Yin family is very beautiful and has a very temperament. The Yin family is also a military aristocrat in Guanlong, and has been a general for generations. Her grandfather was the official of Shangzhu Kingdom and Zhao Guogong.

In the Yeting Palace, even if the Yin family wore coarse clothes and skirts, and did dirty and tiring work, they could hardly hide their temperament. Li Shimin met him once, and he was very surprised, so he accepted it as a favor.

After he ascended the throne, he even conferred Yin as one of the four concubines, but how could Yin forget his family feud in his heart, and only for the sake of the rest of the Yin family, he tactfully accepted his love.

But in his bones he couldn't forget the hatred, Li You was naturally affected by this when he was young, and it's not uncommon for Li You to rebel against his father when he grows up.

Now people in the Yin family are exempted from punishment because of Concubine Yinxian, and even re-conferred officials and titles. Li Shimin even specially married Yin Hongzhi, the younger brother of Concubine Yinxian, and chose Concubine Yande's younger sister to concubine Yinxian. Hongzhi is his wife.

Although the Yan family is from Xianbei, it is also a famous noble family in Guanlong. The mother of Concubine Yan De is the third daughter of Yang Xiong, the younger sister of Yang Gongren and Yang Shidao brothers, and the aunt of Concubine Yang and the others.

This also belongs to kissing and adding kisses.

After painting for the four brothers, Li Shimin also became interested and asked Huaiyu to give him and the queen, as well as the three direct children of Prince Chengqian, Wei Wang Litai, and Changle Princess Li Lizhi.

"Princess Six, come quickly."

Empress Changsun smiled and waved to Princess Yuzhang.

Princess Yuzhang is the sixth daughter of the emperor, born only three days apart from the fifth princess, Princess Changle. God, I felt sorry for Princess Yuzhang, so I brought her here to raise her personally.

Princess Yuzhang also grew up on the queen's milk like Princess Changle. Among all the princesses, the sixth princess is extremely favored by Li Shimin and his wife, second only to Changle.

Princess Changle is named Lizhi, and Princess Six is ​​named Lihua.

And the emperor named the unborn nineteenth princess Li Shu, with the word Lizhen.

Li Shimin is holding Lizhi, the queen is holding Lihua, and then Chengqian and Li Tai are standing on both sides, a family of six.

King Li Ke of Shu, King Li You of Yan, and other princesses and princes could only watch from a distance.

The descendants are different.

The same is the prince and princess, but the status of the concubine is also very different.

Princess Yuzhang is quite special. She was raised by the empress since she was a child. She is an adopted daughter, but her status is higher than that of other concubines.

Wu Huaiyu's two mothers-in-law, Yang Jieyu and Concubine Wei, could only stand aside with envy in their eyes, and the daughter of her ex-husband brought by Concubine Wei was also the emperor's adopted daughter and made the county head, but on such an occasion, even close The emperor and empress are not qualified.

Wu Huaiyu painted this portrait of the emperor very carefully, and the size is even larger.

When this painstakingly painted painting was completed, the emperor and empress were indeed very satisfied.

Zheng Guiren, Xiao Cairen, Wang Meiren, etc. also wanted to draw a picture for themselves, but the queen spoke directly, saying that it was getting late, so she would not have to tire Duke Yi all the time.

Wu Huaiyu felt as if he had received a general amnesty, so he hurriedly bid farewell and left the palace.

Every time he enters the palace, as long as he meets the concubines in the harem, he always suffers, either giving them a pulse and prescribing prescriptions to recuperate their bodies, or wanting his portrait.

It made him look like a court painter or an imperial physician.

Too tired.

Hurry out of the palace, as if fleeing.

Although the emperor's women are all beautiful and temperamental, they can't even take a second look. It's exhausting to stay with them.

As soon as he left the palace, he ran into his old friend Dou Lu Huairang.

Doulu Huairang looked like he was in mourning and concubine examination, and looked very painful. When he saw Huaiyu, he dragged him to Pingkangfang to get drunk and never return.

"Isn't it just a house in Yankangfang, and the post of governor of Lingzhou governor's mansion and Yanzhou governor's post will be removed, isn't it necessary?"

"You said it lightly, I, Aye, the Minister of Rites, gave me an excuse, don't say anything, if you are a brother, if you are a brother, just accompany me to drink."

In the past two years, Dou Lu Huairang's official career has been smooth. When he first met Huaiyu, he was the prince's right guard leading the chief history, only seventh-rank, and now he is the governor of Lingzhou and Yanzhou governor. I got a county marquis, Sanjue, and I am very proud, even in front of Princess Wanchun, I am a little confident,
Who would have thought that it was a blow to the head now that his father, Minister of Rites, was dismissed, and his governor was also dismissed. Both father and father were deprived of their duties, and even the former Yang Su mansion in Princess Yankang Fang, which occupied a quarter of the square, was dismissed. Confiscated, the emperor also confiscated a lot of money from the Doulu family.

What made Dou Luhuai most gratified was that Princess Wanchun Hedong Lion Roar blamed everything on Doulu's house, and even killed Doulu Huairang's favorite concubine in a rage.

Doulu Huairang had no choice but to live outside, unable to return to his home, he was so aggrieved that he insisted on taking Huaiyu to accompany him to Pingkangfang for a drink.

Although he looked sad and embarrassed, and there were even a few red scratch marks on his neck, Wu Huaiyu didn't sympathize with him, nor did he sympathize with Dou Lu's family and Princess Wanchun.

After all, he still can't get rid of the tragic scenes in the ghost city cave in the south of the city. Doulu's family and the princess's mansion are actually earning such money, and they deserve any punishment now.

But as Dou Lu Huairang's friend, Wu Huaiyu is still willing to have a drink with him.

(End of this chapter)