The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 120: Good prenatal education will give birth to good children

On the other side, Li Heng and Gao Xianzhi returned to their mansion after parting.

In the mansion, Yang Yuhuan was playing the pipa.

When Li Heng heard this, he quietly walked to Yang Yuhuan's side, sat down and listened attentively.

Li Ying listened to the melody of the pipa and felt it was somewhat familiar, somewhat similar to Huang Zhan's "A Man Should Be Self-reliant".

Li Ying began to wonder how Yang Yuhuan could play modern music.

But after just a moment of confusion, Li Heng figured it out.

Because James Wong's "A Man Should Be Self-reliant" was adapted from the ancient Tang Dynasty song "The General's Order".

In other words, Yang Yuhuan played "The General's Order".

After Yang Yuhuan finished playing a piece, she put down her pipa, took Li Ying's hand and asked with a smile, "My dear, how did I play the General's Order?"

Li Ying smiled and said, "If I were to say that my playing was not exquisite, the heavens would not agree, and the Buddha would blame me for telling lies."

Li Heng gave Yang Yuhuan great praise, and when Li Heng mentioned the Buddha, Yang Yuhuan recalled the day when she talked to Li Heng about sinking Mount Sumeru into a mustard seed.

So Yang Yuhuan couldn't help but tilt her head back and giggle.

Yang Yuhuan smiled happily for a while and said, "I really want to hear my husband praise me like this every day."

Li Ying smiled and said, "I'm tired of being praised every day."

"I won't get tired of it." Yang Yuhuan shook her head and said, "I just can't get enough of hearing it. My husband is about to go to battle in Suiye City, and I'm afraid we will be separated for a long time again."

"Hmm?" Li Heng was puzzled. "Who told you that I would appear in Suiye City?"

Yang Yuhuan said: "The court has agreed to your proposal, and the Huang Tuqishi are willing to cooperate. Will you not go to the battle?"

"I won't go to the battle." Li Heng shook his head. "I have already arranged for General Gao to be the commander in chief. I will stay in Anxi."

Yang Yuhuan asked in confusion: "Why? This is a good opportunity to make a contribution."

"It is indeed an opportunity to make merit." Li Heng smiled, "But I don't want to take all the credit. Giving others opportunities to show their talents is what makes a good leader."

"That makes sense." Yang Yuhuan completely agreed with Li Heng's statement and said, "My dear, you are very sensible in doing things."

In fact, in addition to the reason mentioned by Li Heng, there was another reason that Li Heng received news that the court transferred Wang Zhongsi away from Hexi.

Li Heng knew the importance of the location of Hexi. Logically speaking, Li Longji should be reluctant to give such an important position to anyone other than Wang Zhongsi.

But Li Longji did it anyway.

There was only one reason, Wang Zhongsi was unwilling to risk the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers to attack Shibao City, but Li Longji insisted on attacking Shibao City.

According to history, Li Longji would now dispatch Huangfu Weiming to attack Shibao City, and then Huangfu Weiming would be defeated. Then Li Longji would successively dispatch other people to fight, and they all thought they would end in failure until Geshu Han was dispatched to take Shibao City.

But now Huangfu Weiming was killed by him, and Geshu Han had not made any fortune at all, so Li Longji used Huangfu Weiming's successor Dong Yanguang to attack Shibao City.

In other words, the butterfly effect he caused interrupted the original historical process and interrupted Li Longji's selection of people to attack Shibao City.

Moreover, he was now the governor of Anxi, and his battle with Tubo in Xiaoboluo had made him famous. In this case, if Dong Yanguang failed to take Shibao City, Li Longji would most likely transfer him there to fight.

At that time, if he didn't fight, he would lose Li Longji's favor. If he fought, he couldn't use people like Geshu Han did, otherwise many people would scold him.

Geshu Han took down Shibao City at the cost of tens of thousands of lives. Many people at that time were dissatisfied and felt that Geshu Han was exchanging human lives for credit. Even Li Bai, who flattered Geshu Han, wrote poems like "Can't you learn from Geshu, who roamed around Qinghai with a sword at night and slaughtered people in Shibao in the west to take the purple robe" to mock Geshu Han.

Therefore, Li Heng had to stay in Anxi to prepare and plan for this matter.

But this matter was still in its early stages, and Li Heng did not want to tell Yang Yuhuan, so as not to affect Yang Yuhuan's mood and disturb her from taking care of her pregnancy.

Therefore, after a moment of distraction, Li Heng smiled and said, "Gentlemen cultivate themselves and restrain themselves from flattering each other. Aren't we praising each other a little too much?"

"I am a woman, not a gentleman." Yang Yuhuan smiled sweetly, "And what I said is true. My husband is indeed very sensible in doing things. I have something I want to ask my husband for advice."

Li Heng asked in confusion: "What's the matter?"

Yang Yuhuan said, "It is said in the Prescriptions for Emergencies that during the third month of pregnancy, one should see virtuous gentlemen, masters of great virtue, watch rituals, music, bells and drums, sacrificial vessels, military displays, burn famous incense, and recite the Book of Songs and ancient and modern admonitions. In other words, my every word and action will affect our child. I like music and dance, and our child will definitely be influenced by it. If our child is a girl, it's fine, but if it's a boy, that may not be so good."

The words Yang Yuhuan quoted above were Sun Simiao's discussion on prenatal education.

Li Heng couldn't help but laugh after hearing this and asked, "So you issued the general's order earlier in order to have both sides?"

"Yes." Yang Yuhuan nodded. "The melody of the General's Song is exciting. On the one hand, it can cultivate the beauty of music in children, and on the other hand, it can make children feel excited."

Li Ying said: "Playing the zither can calm your mind and temper your temperament, and it will give birth to good children. No matter what you play, it will not affect you, so you don't have to be deliberate about it."

"Really?" Yang Yuhuan asked seriously.

"Of course." Li Heng answered with certainty, then stroked Yang Yuhuan's face and said, "Actually, you don't have to worry about these. No matter what happens, I will be by your side. I will believe in you as much as you believe in me, and support you as much as you support me."

The reason why Li Ying said this was because he heard the hidden meaning of Yang Yuhuan's words.

On the surface, Yang Yuhuan was asking Li Ying what song she should play for the child, but in reality, she was worried that she would not be able to teach her child well as she was becoming a mother for the first time.

She was afraid that some of her unintentional habits would affect the fetus in her womb, causing Li Heng to blame her.

Therefore, Li Ying had to show his trust, support and protection for her.

After hearing what Li Heng said, Yang Yuhuan laughed again and leaned into Li Heng's arms.

At this time, Hongyue's voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness, there is news."

Yang Yuhuan came out of Li Heng's arms on her own accord. Li Heng said to Hong Yue outside the door, "Come in."

Hong Yue entered the room and said respectfully, "Your Highness, the Saint took a girl from Prince Zhong's mansion, named Jiang Caiping. After the Saint brought this girl back to the palace, just five days later, he named her Mei Fei and promoted Jiang Caiping's grandfather Jiang Zhongxun to the rank of fourth-rank general."

"Jiang Caiping?" Li Ying couldn't help but stand up.

Concubine Wu Huifei did not die, and Jiang Caiping still entered the palace.

Moreover, Li Ying also knew that Jiang Caiping was very charming, which would seriously affect Wu Huifei's status in the palace.

This is definitely not good news for Li Heng, and he must think of a countermeasure.

(End of this chapter)