Chapter 559: Marriage?
The sky in the east was just shining, and Princess Pingyang had already brought a few little guys to get up for morning exercises. Among them, not only Ping Anlang and Jin'er, but also Mianniang and Wu Meiniang, but also Li Lizhi was also in the morning exercise team. She had been living in Li Xiu's house for a few days. After all, compared to the rules in the palace, it was still more free here.
Li Xiu woke up at this time. When he went outside to look at the cheerful children, his brows frowned when his eyes fell on Li Lizhi. After two years of continuous practice, Li Zhi's Tai Chi had already played well. In fact, among these children, she was the best. Ping Anlang had grown a big man, but he couldn't remember the movements and could only follow Li Lizhi clumsily, which made other children laugh from time to time.
After finishing Tai Chi, the other children had rested, but Lizhi began to practice her yoga again. Although she was young, the yoga movements were very standard. Jin'er, Wu Meiniang and others wanted to learn it, but after a few trials, they could not do it at all. In the end, they could only give up in a discouragement. Only Peace Lang still followed her stupidly, but his clumsy appearance made other children laugh again.
Looking at Li Lizhi who was surrounded by children, Li Xiu's brows frowned even more. Yesterday, Changsun Wuji came to him and asked him about Li Lizhi's physical problems. At first, Li Xiu was a little confused, but later he suddenly realized that Li Lizhi married Changsun Wuji's eldest son in his original history. But now he knows that Li Lizhi will not be able to have children in the future, so is he willing to let his son marry this niece?
Although Li Xiu explained the dangers of close relatives marriage to Li Shimin and the decree issued by the court also prohibited close relatives from marriage, the custom of cousins getting married has a long history and the court could not completely prohibit it at once. Therefore, in close relatives getting married, cousins getting married became an exception. It is not impossible to get married, but a fine is required to pay to the court.
It is precisely because of the above reasons that although the number of cousins getting married in the Tang Dynasty has decreased, there are still many, especially among the nobles. Many of them need to use marriage to strengthen the relationship between the two parties, and they don’t care about that little money, so the phenomenon of cousins getting married is still very common.
Although Changsun Wuji only asked Li Lizhi about his physical condition yesterday and did not say that his son was going to get engaged with Lizhi, Li Xiu felt that this matter was very likely. After all, Changsun Wuji had just resigned from his position as the Right Pushe, and Li Shimin must compensate him. This compensation is likely to be a marriage with the royal family. In addition, the princess is also divided into levels, and the most noble one is naturally the daughter of Empress Changsun, which is Lizhi.
However, Li Zhi's physical problems are almost impossible to have children. Changsun Wuji knew about this before, but he specially found Li Xiu yesterday to ask about it. When he confirmed from Li Xiu again that Li Lizhi was almost unable to have children in the future, he also showed a disappointed expression and then said goodbye and left. All of these made Li Xiu sure that Li Shimin probably wanted to marry Changsun Wuji's family to compensate him, his brother-in-law.
"What do you think of husband so enchanting?" Just as Li Xiu was thinking, he suddenly felt someone pushing him, and then he saw Princess Pingyang standing next to him with a smile. Just now he saw Li Xiu standing at the door motionless and not exercising as usual, so he stepped forward to ask.
"No... nothing!" Li Xiu was stunned at first, then shook his head with a smile. He didn't dare to tell Princess Pingyang about this, otherwise she might be very sad. After all, they only have sons and no daughter yet, while Princess Pingyang has always regarded Lizhi as her daughter.
"Husband is lying again. Do you not even believe me?" Princess Pingyang said to Li Xiu when she heard this. After many years of marriage, she could naturally tell Li Xiu was lying.
"Okay, actually, I thought of He'er just now. Judging from Uncle Ma and Princess' plans, He'er probably will be married in the past two years. And the children in front of us will either get married or get married in the future. I can't help but feel a little sad!" Li Xiu told a kind lie again. In fact, this cannot be regarded as a lie, because it is also his true feelings in his heart.
Princess Pingyang also knew about He'er's affairs, so she didn't doubt it anymore. Instead, she comforted her softly: "Husband, you've thought too much. He'er's age is coming, so it's natural to get married. However, the other children in the family are still young, so it's too early to think about getting married in the future."
Seeing that Princess Pingyang did not doubt her, Li Xiu finally felt relieved. Then he joked with Princess Pingyang for a few more words before taking the children to have breakfast.
Yesterday, Li Xiu had already been to the Ministry of Agriculture, so he didn't have to go anymore today, so he stayed at home to teach the children. Now that these children are getting older, Li Xiu also needs to spend more time teaching the children. Fortunately, Hener helped him record all the content he had just learned before, and even compiled a few textbooks, which made Li Xiu much easier during class.
After class, Li Xiu asked Li Lizhi to stay, and then he smiled and asked, "Lizhi, how did you feel during this period? Have you ever had any heartache again?"
"No, since I practice Tai Chi and yoga, my health has been getting better and better. I haven't been sick again for a long time!" Lizhi's little face also replied with a smile.
"That's good, but in order to reassure your parents, let's go to Master Sun's place as usual and ask him to help you check it out, okay?" Li Xiu nodded when he heard this, and then spoke again. In order to ensure Li Li's health, Sun Simiao had to check it out every once in a while. Although there were imperial doctors in the palace, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun obviously believed in Sun Simiao's medical skills more.
"Okay, I haven't seen Master Sun for a long time!" Lizhi nodded immediately and agreed. She was also very grateful to Master Sun who had been treating her illness.
Seeing Li Zhi agreeing, Li Xiu immediately asked someone to prepare a carriage and then took her to the Yaoguan where Sun Simiao lived. However, what he didn't expect was that Yuan Tiangang, whom he had met last time, was still here. In fact, after Yuan Tiangang became friends with Sun Simiao, he had been living in Yaoguan, which was convenient for the communication between the two of them.
When Sun Simiao saw Li Xiu bringing Li Lizhi to him, he immediately asked Lizhi to come to him and then took her veins personally. Li Xiu sat aside and waited with Yuan Tiangang. At this time, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked Yuan Tiangang with a smile: "Master Yuan, since you can cut off life and death, I wonder if you can see Lizhi's life span?"
Chapter completed!