Tibet

"What's the trouble?" Pei Sanniang asked quickly.

"Her father is the poet Li Bai."

Pei Sanniang suddenly felt a little disappointed. She was actually Li Bai's daughter, so she was not an ordinary child from a poor family!

Pei Sanniang was a little unwilling and asked, "Is she born to the first wife?"

Li Tengkong shook his head, "How is it possible? His original wife Xu passed away in the twenty-sixth year of Kaiyuan. She was born to his stepmother Liu. Her mother died when she was five years old. Li Bai could not take care of her, so he sent her to I have been here and she has been with me for eleven years, and I regard her as my daughter."

Pei Sanniang was overjoyed, as long as she was not Li Bai's legitimate daughter.

She clapped her hands and said, "That's enough! She's not the legitimate daughter. If you promise her to Ye'er, you can get a Ruren title."

Ruren is actually a partial concubine. She is of the fifth rank and her status is not low. Generally, only the wives of officials of the fifth rank and above can be called Ruren.

Li Tengkong was a little tempted. She thought about it and smiled and said, "Go and tell the princess. If she is willing, she can ask Qingyu to come over and help."

When Pei Sanniang returned to the house, she heard laughter coming from the room in the distance. It was Dugu Qiming's laughter. Pei Sanniang suddenly felt a little dizzy. She found that her daughter-in-law seemed to be very interested in her son and was always asking her brother-in-law. Where is it?

Pei Sanniang is not willing to have this Dugu Er girl as her daughter-in-law. She is too thin and has such a small butt. She is not a fertile woman at first glance. Such a woman must be raised with pampering.

What a joke, Yang Yuhuan has already caused chaos in the family, and with the addition of a spoiled concubine who can't have children, the Li family will have no offspring.

What's more, this Qiming is also the legitimate daughter of the Dugu family. How can the legitimate daughter be a side wife? The Dugu family will not agree.

The key is that Pei Sanniang decided to find an opportunity to test her daughter-in-law's attitude.

The opportunity came as soon as it came. Dugu Qiming had the habit of taking a nap. After lunch, Dugu Qiming went to take a nap.

Pei Sanniang came over to visit her little granddaughter. She smiled and said, "They are very similar. Xinyue, have you noticed that they have very similar eyes?"

"Mother-in-law, I disappoint you." Dugu Xinyue whispered.

"Hey! What are you talking about? It doesn't matter! I've seen a lot in Lingwu. Which prince doesn't have more than a dozen children? Some princes have five or six daughters in a row before they have a son. Ye'er is still young, so there's no need for it at all. Worry, I'm just too impatient, alas! Don't take it to heart."

Dugu Xinyue sighed and said: "I won't give birth to another child in a year or two, and I guess A Zhu won't be able to give birth to a child either, so let my husband take another concubine!

Pei Sanniang asked tentatively: "Xinyue, don't you want Qiming?"

Dugu Xinyue shook her head, "Qiming does have this idea, but I don't want to. First, her identity is not suitable, and her family will never agree. Second, her personality is too strong, and she is not suitable for her husband. The key is that his husband is also Not willing."

After spending a month with her cousin, Dugu Xinyue suddenly discovered something that she had taken for granted when she was a child, but it was a big problem in marriage, and that was her personality. Qiming had been very competitive since she was a child, and she liked to compete with herself in everything. Whatever clothes and jewelry she had, she would pester her grandmother to get the same ones.

She had a top-quality sapphire as a chest ornament, and Dugu Xinyue discovered that she also had a high-quality sapphire as a chest ornament.

The same goes for men. She may not like Aye, but because she likes him, she also wants him. If she had promised Wei Qingxuan back then, she would also compete with her for Wei Qingxuan.

Dugu Xinyue didn't realize it before, but now she suddenly realized that once Qiming is admitted, she will definitely compete with herself for the position of princess. She has given birth to two daughters. If she gives birth to a son, she will definitely compete for his son's position as heir apparent. .

At that time, the two sisters were competing for favor. If he had no son, the Dugu family would support Qiming. How could he be embarrassed?

Pei Sanniang said quickly: "Yes! How is it possible? How could the Dugu family allow their legitimate daughter to be a side wife? Xinyue, Aye will be back soon, so let her go back quickly!"

Dugu Xinyue nodded, "My third uncle will come to Jingxiang soon, and I will take her back then."

Pei Sanniang struck again while the iron was hot: "I went to see my aunt just now. You have no one to take care of you. My aunt said that you can ask Qingyu to help. What do you think?"

Dugu Xinyue immediately understood that her mother-in-law had taken a liking to Qingyu. That little lady was really beautiful. It seemed that Aye was also interested in her and mentioned it to her twice.

She smiled slightly and said: "Mother-in-law, I want to remind you that Qingyu is my nephew!"

Pei Sanniang waved her hand, "What does this mean? You are still Aunt Ye'er's junior sister!"

Dugu Xinyue ‘Pfft! ’ Laughing out loud, “If my mother-in-law didn’t say it, I almost forgot that I am still my husband’s elder.”

Pei Sanniang sighed, "There's chaos here! Your master, Lie Feng, is my great-aunt, and after all, you're still my elder, so it's meaningless. There's no blood relationship anyway, and it doesn't matter whether I'm a junior sister or a nephew."

Dugu Xinyue nodded, "I agreed and let her come and play with Bao'er."

Pei Sanniang was thinking about her grandson, but Emperor Li Heng was thinking about his south.

After regaining Luoyang, Li Heng turned his attention to Jing Xiang. In fact, in his heart, there was no difference between Li Ye and An Lushan?

An Lushan was an overt rebel, and Li Ye was a covert rebel. They were both independent and self-reliant. The officials in Jingxiang and the court could not control them. The financial court could not get a penny or a meter. The army was completely self-reliant. They even annexed Jiangnan West Road, allowing Li Heng couldn't bear it.

In the past, it was because Luoyang was there to support Li Heng. Now Luoyang has been liberated and the rebels have retreated to Anyang. Now the time is ripe to regain Jingxiang.

The first thing Li Heng did was to remove Li Dai from his position and change him to Hanlin University Scholar, Prince Tutor and Minister of Rites. At the same time, he was named Duke of Guo State. There were a lot of glorious positions, but none of them were practical. In fact, Just let Li Dai be idle.

Fang Guan got his wish and was promoted to the left prime minister. In addition, Wu Qi, the minister of household affairs and the minister of Duzhi, became the prime minister. He was granted the title of Zhongshu and was in charge of finance.

In the imperial study room, the right prime minister Wei Jiansu, the left prime minister Fang Guan, the chief marshal Shi Li Fuguo, Sima Yu Chaoen, and the emperor Li Heng, a total of five people were discussing and deciding Li Ye's fate.

Prince Li Yu went to Luoyang and did not participate in this discussion.

Li Heng said slowly: "After all, Li Ye is the observer of Shannan East Road and the governor of Jianghan appointed by the Supreme Emperor, and he has contributed to the recovery of Chang'an, so we cannot deal with him like we did with An Lushan. We must use a soft knife to deal with him. I want to hear everyone’s opinions!”

Li Heng looked around and saw that no one said anything, so he said, "Wei Xiangguo speaks first!"

Wei Jiansu sighed and said: "Actually, the best way is to ascend and descend covertly, but King Lu is already a very popular minister and has no title. The ministers find it difficult and need time to think about it slowly!"

Wei Jiansu's implication was that he couldn't come up with a good solution now.

Li Heng's face was gloomy, and he turned to Fang Guan and said, "Fang Xiangguo, please tell me!"