Li Shimin and Li Xuanba are identical twins, and they should look exactly the same.
But Li Shimin was strong and healthy, while Li Xuanba had been sickly since childhood, so Li Shimin, including his facial features, was bigger than Li Xuanba.
Moreover, Li Shimin always had a cheerful smile on his face and his eyes were big and bright; Li Xuanba usually had his eyes slightly narrowed and his mouth tightly pursed. Li Shimin always said of him, "Ah Xuan is either in a daze or sleepy."
The difference in temperament and body shape is so obvious that when the two stand together, it is difficult to tell that they are twins unless you look closely at their facial features.
After careful observation, the women of the Zheng family began to marvel at the magic, and a hint of envy finally revealed in their words.
Twins are such a great blessing that not everyone can afford it. Lady Tang is truly a wealthy person, and people envy her.
When Dou saw that everyone's attention had shifted to the two children, she smiled slightly and no longer mentioned things like clothes and accessories. She just kept praising Li Shimin and Li Xuanba.
Li Shimin pricked up his ears and listened to his mother picking out and chatting about the naughty things he and Ah Xuan had done in the past, and his expression became more and more proud.
Li Xuanba was helpless: [Brother, mother is making fun of us two for our previous mischief, what are you so proud of? ]
Li Shimin glanced at Li Xuanba and continued to be proud.
I am just very proud. Even if you don't accept it, you are still proud.
Li Xuanba continued to mutter in his mind: [So boring, so sleepy, so tired, they just let the two of us with short legs walk to the inner courtyard? ]
Li Shimin stopped.
Dou was puzzled: "What's wrong, Erlang?"
Li Shimin walked up to Li Xuanba, squatted down and said, "Come up."
Li Xuanba originally wanted to say no, but when he saw the curious looks of the people around him, he just lay on his second brother's back.
Li Shimin stood up and shook his brother on his back: "Hey, Xuan, you should eat more. Why are you still so light? Mother, let's keep going."
Dou asked anxiously, "Sanlang is tired? Why didn't you tell mother?"
Li Shimin smiled and said, "Ah Xuan is either tired or lazy. With so many outsiders here, it would be rude to let my mother or a servant carry Ah Xuan. I am also a child, and the elders should not mind me taking care of Ah Xuan."
Li Xuan said: "I have been jolted in the carriage for too long. I am young and my legs really hurt. Please forgive me."
After saying this, he leaned on his second brother's back and dozed off calmly.
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Zheng's wife's face.
The way to the inner courtyard was not that far. It was just that she had discussed with her husband and the elders before, and wanted to let the wife of Duke Tang see the heritage of the Zheng family's ancestral home in Xingyang, so she took a detour and let the wife of Duke Tang visit the most beautiful gardens in the ancestral home.
This is actually well-intentioned.
When the Zheng family welcomes other guests, they will also take a detour to let the guests appreciate the beautiful scenery of the Zheng family's ancestral home.
Guests generally praise the beautiful scenery along the way, and some talented people will even leave their calligraphy. Then the Zheng family will hang the calligraphy on the pavilions and attics, and it will become a beautiful scenery in the eyes of the next guest.
The Zheng family's matriarch led the female relatives and escorted the wife of Duke Tang to visit the garden. They pointed out along the way, asking who had written poems and calligraphy on this pavilion, and what elegant stories were passed down about this cluster of flowers and trees. This not only showed the Zheng family's heritage, but also brought them closer to the wife of Duke Tang, which should be a win-win situation.
But now the actions of Li Xuanba and Li Shimin seemed to blame the Zheng family for not treating their guests well - the wife of Duke Tang came with her two young sons as guests, and they had been jolted in the carriage for more than an hour, and you still took them on a long detour. Look, the children can't even walk.
Dou originally thought that the door she came in from where she was going to attend the banquet was really that far away.
After all, she grew up in the palace. After she got married, because Emperor Wen of Sui and Empress Dugu loved Li Yuan, she often went to the palace to please Empress Dugu. The royal gardens she had seen since she was a child were very magnificent, so she really didn't notice that the women of the Zheng family were taking her on a detour.
When she saw the embarrassment in the eyes of Zheng's wife, she suddenly realized what the Zheng family was thinking.
Dou did not expose the Zheng family's wife, but bowed her head and apologized to Li Xuanba: "It was mother who did not notice. Let mother hold you. You two are young, no one will blame you."
Li Shimin shook his head: "Mom's strength is not as good as mine, let's go."
Li Shimin jumped a bit while carrying Li Xuanba on his back, and even ran around Dou: "Look, I am also running very fast while carrying my brother on my back. Don't worry, mother."
Li Xuanba said lazily: "Mom, just let me carry you. If you carry me, I will be embarrassed and I will have to walk by myself."
Dou was amused.
She said to the Zheng family's wife, "My two children are naughty and have made you laugh."
The Zheng family's wife hurriedly said, "Erlang is a kind and respectful younger brother, how can he be called naughty?"
She quickly took a shortcut.
The Zheng family is making a marriage, not an enemy. Although they have to put on a high profile before marrying off their daughter, they still have to appease the emotions of the in-laws in private.
As she quickened her pace, the Zheng family's wife couldn't help but look at Li Shimin and Li Xuanba a few more times.
She was a little suspicious. Were the two children really tired, or were they dissatisfied with her taking a detour? Or were they trying to gain a reputation for friendship in the Zheng family?
Li Shimin was not boasting, he was indeed strong. After walking for another half an incense stick of time, when he arrived in front of a pomegranate forest, Li Shimin was still able to jump and skip, not feeling tired at all.
It is early summer now, when pomegranate flowers are in bloom.
Green branches and red flowers surround a pond filled with fresh water. A white jade bridge spans the gurgling water and leads to a high platform in the middle of the pond.
The high platform was surrounded by silk curtains, and there were shadows inside, so it was hard to see how many people there were. Only the sound of stringed instruments could be heard faintly.
When Dou saw the thin silk used as a curtain on the high platform in the pool, her heart suddenly tightened and then relaxed.
Before this, Li Yuan specially took the silk produced in Jiangnan and wanted to make two overcoats for Li Shimin and Li Xuanba.
Li Yuan boasted that this silk was worth a fortune, and he had to ask someone to get it. When he went to Zheng's house as a guest, he just made some sunshade and mosquito-proof smocks for the two children.
But Dou believed that the noble families were closely related. Many branches of the noble families in the north also lived in the south. What he thought was rare in the south of the Yangtze River might be easily available to the noble families.
Therefore, the clothes that Li Shimin and Li Xuanba are wearing now are all made of cloth bestowed by the palace. Regardless of the quality of the cloth, the patterns on the cloth can only be used in the palace to show its imperial origin.
As expected, the Zheng family was so wealthy that even the Tang Duke's Mansion could not rival them.
It would be really embarrassing if the fabric used for the two children's smocks happened to be the same fabric used by the Zheng family to cover the table.
The Zheng family didn't know that Li Yuan had asked someone to go to Jiangnan to get some silk cloth that was popular in the south. It was just a coincidence.
"Does Madam Tang like these curtains?" The Zheng family's wife asked attentively, "This is the Biluo gauze that is popular in Jiangnan now. It is very light and thin. It is the favorite material for window pasting among the high-ranking families in Jiangnan now."
Material for pasting windows… Dou's expression remained unchanged, and she said, "I do like it. Erlang and Sanlang cannot stand the heat, and the windows need to be light-proof and breathable. I have tried many silk fabrics but none of them suited my taste. This is indeed a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. If we want to keep out the heat, we still have to go to the south of the Yangtze River to find material for pasting windows."
The Zheng family's wife nodded: "That's right."
Li Shimin said dissatisfiedly: "Mother, it is Sanlang who can't stand the heat, not me."
Li Xuanba said unhappily, "Okay, you can bear the heat, but next time you sleep, don't use me as a bamboo pillow."
Li Shimin said, "That won't work. I'm not using you as a bamboo pillow. Your body temperature is too cold, so I'll warm your hands and feet for you."
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw that the two children were not afraid of strangers at all and started arguing with each other in front of so many strangers.
Dou held her handkerchief over her mouth and smiled, "Okay, next time I'll give Erlang a bamboo pillow and Sanlang a heating stove, and let you two sleep separately."
Li Xuanba: "Okay."
Li Shimin: "Never! I want to protect Xuan!"
Li Shimin's eyes widened, and he looked back at his brother on his back in disbelief: "Ah Xuan!"
Not only Dou couldn't help herself, but all the other female members of the family were laughing so hard that they were shaking with laughter.
Li Shimin was puzzled. What are you laughing at? What's so funny about this?
Hearing the laughter here, an old lady came out from behind the curtain with a cane.
"Oh, let me see. Where are these Bodhisattvas and immortal children coming from?" the old lady said with a smile.
Because Dou had an imperial decree, she did not bow down, but only clasped her hands in front of her chest and saluted: "Madam Cui, please don't laugh at me."
Li Xuanba patted his second brother on the back of his head and asked Li Shimin to put him down.
The two brothers bowed and saluted.
"Good children, all of them are good children." Mrs. Cui smiled and bent down to help the two children up. "I don't have any good things here, so I'll give you two longevity locks to play with."
Two beautiful maids came forward with a tray, on which were two identical gold and jade longevity locks tied with red ropes.
Old Madam Cui took off the longevity lock and handed it to Li Shimin and Li Xuanba.
Li Xuanba habitually hung the longevity lock in his hand around Li Shimin's neck.
Li Shimin asked, "Ah Xuan, what are you doing?"
Li Xuan said domineeringly: "Oh, just give it to me."
Li Xuanba snatched the longevity lock from Li Shimin's hand and hung it around his own neck.
The two children's little actions made Mrs. Cui laugh so hard that she couldn't stop.
"Madam, your children are so friendly, it's really enviable." Mrs. Cui said with a smile.
Dou was not modest. She smiled and replied, "I also think I am very lucky to have such a child."
Old Lady Cui led Lady Dou and the two children into the curtain.
Behind the curtain were old women and children with their hair untied. There were no other opposite sexes except for a few boys whose hair had not been tied up.
Dou first glanced at the girls who were paying their respects, then smiled and asked the servants to bring a box. Regardless of whether they were boys or girls, the gifts were all Buddha amulets inlaid with colorful gems, and the children were allowed to choose for themselves.
"They have all been blessed. We just want good luck." Dou said with a smile.
But the Zheng family's children did not move.
Only after Mrs. Cui nodded to them did the oldest child take the box. It seemed that they were going to distribute it privately.
Mrs. Cui smiled and said, "The children are lively and I'm afraid they are impatient to get along with us elders."
She said to the oldest child, "Xuan Yi, take Er Lang and San Lang from the Duke of Tang's mansion to play in the forest."
Everyone has not yet chosen a name, so they are called by their given names.
Dou introduced the names of Li Shimin and Li Xuanba.
When they heard Li Xuanba's name, everyone looked sideways.
Li Xuanba: [His oxygen tube will be removed sooner or later. ]
Li Shimin looked at Li Xuanba in confusion.
Li Xuanba: [Nothing, just talking to myself.]
The person Li Xuanba was talking about was naturally Li Yuan.
Apparently when Li Xuanba was born, Li Yuan looked at the sickly Li Xuanba and didn't think about raising him, so he gave him a very perfunctory name.
Look at the eldest and second sons. "Jiancheng" means the hope to preserve the family business, and "Shimin" means the hope that his sons will help the world and save the people in the future. Both are good meanings.
The fourth brother's original name was Li Jie, "Jie" means cautious, and he is now called Li Yuanji; the fifth brother's original name was Li Zhiquan, "Quan" means sensible, and he is now called Li Zhiyun.
What about me? "Xuan" means I'm ranked third, and "Ba" means... I'm really domineering.
The third ranked Little Overlord, right?! He might as well be called Li Xuan!!
Li Xuanba once tried to ask Li Yuan to change his name. But people of that era were very superstitious. Seeing that Li Xuanba had survived, Li Yuan firmly believed that his name was good and said that he would never change Li Xuanba's name.
Every time Li Xuanba announced his name, he would attract other people's attention.
I'm used to it, I'm used to it.
Just waiting for the oxygen tube to be removed.
Li Xuanba's expression remained unmoved, as if he didn't notice the smiling eyes of the people around him.
His frankness made those who were laughing at his name in their hearts feel a little embarrassed, and they all looked away.
Old Madam Cui nodded in her heart. Although the child looked a little weak, he was very calm. The family education of Duke Tang was good.
Dou stayed on the high platform and chatted with other female relatives, and accepted the test at the same time.
Li Shimin and Li Xuanba held hands and followed Zheng Xuanyi and other boys from the Zheng family away, and accepted the test at the same time.
Zheng Xuanyi was about eleven or twelve years old. He acted like an elder brother at home. He led his younger brothers, Li Shimin and Li Xuanba to a pavilion in the pomegranate forest.
The pavilion was also covered with curtains, and contained ice cubes, desks, and bookshelves.
There are pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, and a wide variety of books on the bookshelf.
Li Shimin and Li Xuanba looked at each other. Tsk, they were really well prepared.
After they sat down, the tense-faced boys of the Zheng family relaxed a lot. Some of them simply picked up the fruits and started to eat them, which was very impolite and completely different from how they were in front of their elders just now.
Zheng Xuanyi scolded with his eyes, but no one paid any attention to him.
He could only cup his hands and say, "My brothers have been spoiled."
Li Shimin and Li Xuanba nodded and found a place to sit down.
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"Fifth brother, why are you dawdling? Finish it quickly. I want to go back and rest." A child from the Zheng family said dissatisfiedly.
Zheng Xuanyi glared at the man and said, "Shi Er Lang, there are guests here, please observe etiquette."
The children of aristocratic families are ranked according to their generation. Although Zheng Xuanyi is the eldest son of his parents, he is called Zheng Wulang at home.
Zheng Shierlang sighed and bowed to Li Shimin and Li Xuanba: "Second Master, Third Master..."
Li Shimin said: "Just call me, Ah Xuan, Li Erlang and Li Sanlang."
Zheng Shierlang immediately changed his tone: "Li Erlang, Li Sanlang, you guys also think it's boring, right? How about we compete in knowledge? And put some money as a prize."
Zheng Xuanyi shouted: "Shi Er Lang, you!..."
Li Shimin interrupted, "It's really a bit boring. How do you think we should test them?"
Zheng Xuanyi kept bowing and apologizing: "Shi Er Lang is naughty, please don't take it to heart, Li Er Lang. Let's eat some fruits, read some books, and chat casually, okay? If you like to write or paint, there is paper and ink there."
Li Xuanba: [This is really nice to hear. You say we are here to play, but there is not a single toy here. Are they really sending us here to study?]
Li Shimin nodded slightly. That's right. Just do what you want to do. It's really not pleasant to be so secretive.
Li Xuanba spoke calmly and slowly, "Let's compare. You are too angry. How about playing some word games? For example..."
Li Xuanba casually pulled out a volume of Analects and said, "At our age, most of us are just children. I'm afraid only you, Zheng Wulang, have read a little more."
Zheng Xuanyi understood the meaning of the song: "Li Sanlang means to play a word chain game like the Thousand Character Classic?"
Li Xuanba shook his head, "That's so boring. What I mean is that we brothers must know what books each of us has read. One person from our Li family and one person from your Zheng family will recite the book, and another person will take the book that the reciter has memorized from the bookshelf, and the person holding the book will give the reciter questions."
Li Xuanba smiled at everyone and said, "Brothers ask questions to test brothers. This is just playing, right?"
When Zheng Xuanyi saw Li Xuanba's expression, he knew that the Li family must have guessed what he was thinking.
He said rather embarrassedly: "It is indeed playing."
The elders have their considerations, and he has his considerations too.
I will be an official in the future. The two sons of the Tang Guogong Mansion are the emperor's cousins, and their careers will definitely be smooth. In the future, we will serve as officials in the same court, so it is not appropriate to make it too awkward.
In fact, it wouldn't have been so troublesome. It was because the father of the young lady chosen by the family was not willing to marry his daughter to the Duke of Tang's Mansion, so he added some more content to see the sincerity of the Duke of Tang's Mansion.
There were few people in the Zheng family who held high positions and had real jobs. Uncle Zheng Jibo was a governor and thought that his daughter was good enough to be married to the king. Moreover, his daughter was young, and Li Jiancheng was already sixteen years old. By the time his daughter married him, he might have illegitimate children.
However, the Zheng family had experienced ups and downs in their careers because the previous leader, Zheng Yi, was not favored by Emperor Wen of Sui. Although his son inherited the title, he had faded out of the core of the court. The Zheng family urgently needed to return to the center of the court, and the position of the clan wife of the Duke of Tang was like a pillow delivered to them when they were asleep.
If Duke Tang hadn't been so picky and insisted on looking at the official position of the girl's father, it wouldn't have been so troublesome.
Therefore, this test was the result of both Duke Tang and Zheng Jibo having too high expectations. It was like one was willing to fight, the other was willing to be beaten.
Zheng Xuanyi was troubled when he took on this task. Li Xuanba's proposal solved his dilemma, and he agreed immediately.
The other young men in the Zheng family also became interested.
"Li Sanlang, how do you set questions? Are there any rules?" asked a young man from the Zheng family dressed in red.
Li Xuanba smiled and said, "Don't be impatient. Let me explain slowly. How about we play a game of fighting? Fighting means one person defends and the other attacks. The defender asks the questions first, and the attacker must use the defender's questions."
"For example..." Li Xuanba opened the Analects, "'The Master said: Learn and practice it from time to time'."
Li Shimin replied: "Isn't it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?"
Li Shimin winked at Li Xuanba: "Simple."
Li Xuanba smiled and said, "After the defender has answered, the attacker only needs to choose any 'lower cross' in the book he is holding. The only question is 'upper and lower'. Isn't it simple?"
He stretched out his hand, and Li Shimin took out a small hourglass from his arms and placed it in Li Xuanba's hand.
"If you haven't answered the question before the sand in the hourglass runs out, you will be eliminated." Li Xuan said domineeringly, "My brother and I are the only two of us, so we will defend the title first."
Several young men from the Zheng family showed interested expressions.
"It seems very interesting!" Zheng Shierlang said, "Are you really not going to do something lucrative?"
Zheng Xuanyi sighed: "Shi Er Lang, you can't gamble."
Li Xuanba shook his head. "It's just some prizes, not gambling. Let's put it this way. I see we all have jade pendants. Each participant will give a jade pendant to represent the qualification for the competition. The loser will give the jade pendant to the winner. The number of jade pendants represents the number of opportunities to answer incorrectly or skip questions. When the elders come to find us, the jade pendants in our hands will be used as prizes."
Zheng Shierlang clapped his hands and said, "This is good!"
Li Xuanba handed the jade pendant on his waist to Li Shimin and said: "I am weak, so I will not play with you. I will only be the question setter for my brother. If you don't want to play, you can give the jade pendant to others."
Several young men from the Zheng family shook their heads.
Even though there is competition within the Zheng family, they don't want to be accused of being cowardly.
"Let's begin." Li Xuanba put down "The Analects" and picked up a copy of "The Spring and Autumn Annals".
The young men of the Zheng family were all stunned.
Li Jia's Erlang and Sanlang have actually started reading "Spring and Autumn Annals"?
Zheng Shierlang glanced at everyone, took down a copy of the Book of Songs and handed it to Zheng Xuanyi: "I'll attack first!"
Li Xuanba smiled and said, "'In summer, the Chu people surrounded the nest. In autumn, Teng Zi came to pay homage.' The top cross." He turned over the hourglass.
Li Xuanba: [Come to the court. February Gengzi. Zishu Ji died.]
Li Shimin pretended to count with his fingers, and said word by word: "Zi Shuji died in the second month of this year, Gengzi."
Zheng Xuanyi said: "'Who can cook the fish? Water it from the cauldron.' Cross on top." He turned over the hourglass.
Zheng Shierlang calculated quickly and said, "'Pu Xi! Looking around, my heart is hanging!'"
Li Xuanba turned the page: "'In the tenth month of winter, Teng Zi came to attend the funeral', the first fifty words."
Zheng Xuanyi reminded: "There are no fifty words before this sentence in the Spring and Autumn Annals, the 31st year of Duke Xiang."
Li Xuan said domineeringly: "The first fifty words, that's the first fifty words of this book."
Zheng Xuanyi and Zheng Shierlang's faces froze.
Li Xuanba turned over the hourglass and looked at Li Shimin. The two brothers showed the same gentle smile.
Beads of sweat appeared on Zheng Shierlang's head.
…
"Eh? Are those Dalang, Erlang, Sanlang and Silang? Aren't they chatting with their friends?"
The women who were chatting, through the side of the open curtain to enjoy the view, saw four handsome young men walking in a hurry on the other side of the river.
All four of them had their hair tied up, and one of them even wore a crown.
"Go and take a look." Looking at Dou's anxious expression, Mrs. Cui couldn't help but feel anxious too.
Could it be that there was a conflict between the young men in the family and Li Erlang and Li Sanlang?
She just said that she wanted to test how well the two of them had learned in elementary school, and there shouldn't be any conflict.
Dou no longer cared to maintain her graceful posture, she lifted her skirt and trotted towards the shore.
The women of the Zheng family couldn't help but quicken their pace.
…
"The time has come. Thank you for giving way!" Li Shimin proudly placed the last jade pendant on the stone table beside him.
On the stone table, jade pendants have piled up like a small mountain.
Zheng Xuanyi smiled bitterly. His jade pendant was also output.
In the pavilion, the young men of the Zheng family all looked pale.
"Sorry, we are late!" Zheng Dalang hurried into the pavilion and bowed, "My three cousins and I were seeing off our friends and we are here just now. Second Master Li, Third Master Li, I am really sorry."
Li Xuanba put down the "Book of Changes" in his hand and bowed in return with Li Shimin.
The two brothers said in unison: "Nothing, nothing, do you want to continue the challenge?"
The four oldest members of the Zheng family looked at their brothers' eager expressions and gritted their teeth and said, "Attack!"
Li Shimin and Li Xuanba smiled with their white teeth showing: "Please!"
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1. In the spring of the twelfth year, in the first month of the king's reign, the Duke of Qin came to flee. The Duke of Qi came to pay homage. On the Gengzi day of the second month, Zishu Ji died. In the summer, the Chu people surrounded Chao. In the autumn, Teng Zi came to pay homage. ——"Spring and Autumn Annals·The twelfth year of Duke Wen"
2. It is not the wind that blows, nor the car that blows. Looking around, my heart is in pain. Who can fish? Irrigate the cauldron. Who will return to the west? I miss the good music. ——"The Book of Songs·Guofeng·Huifeng"
3. In the tenth month of winter, Teng Zi came to attend the funeral. ——"Spring and Autumn Annals·The 31st Year of Duke Xiang"
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Maybe everyone has a little misunderstanding about the ancients marrying a wife.
In most dynasties, women had to marry at the age of 16. However, according to archaeological discoveries from the Tang Dynasty, the age at which men first married was between 16 and 30 years old.
In other words, it is not too late to marry a wife before the age of 30.
Especially for officials, most of them would marry a wife after they have a certain status, so that the wife they marry would have a high status and could form an alliance with the family.
In ancient times, even the noble families did not care about the eldest son of a concubine, and the eldest daughter of a concubine was very common. If a family had an eldest son of a concubine, it would not be considered as a bad family.
Aristocratic families often marry their first wives late because of the need for marriage alliances, and it is common to have eldest sons and daughters from concubines.
In ancient times, there were few records of the origins of men, but there were a few records left. For example, the largest aristocratic family in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the leader of all aristocratic families, was the Yuan family. Anyone who has read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" should know this.
Yuan Shao was the eldest son of a concubine, and was later adopted by his uncle to become the legitimate son and inherit the political resources of the Yuan family.
It is always said that the more aristocratic a family is, the less they value rules. It is just that if others want to enter their circle, they need to abide by the rules.
Of course, there are also those who agree not to keep the eldest son of a concubine. In this case, the eldest son of a concubine will be drowned at birth, leaving only the eldest daughter of a concubine.
Ancient people also drowned baby boys. I once read a study of infant drowning in a certain place during the Qing Dynasty. If a poor person had two sons to guarantee a family line, drowning a baby boy was more common than drowning a baby girl, because raising a baby boy was more expensive, while a baby girl only needed to be raised until she was eight or nine years old.
Li Jiancheng and Zheng Guanyin were married for less than twelve years. But Li Jiancheng had a total of eleven children, five sons and six daughters. Even if Zheng Guanyin could get pregnant right after her confinement, at least half of Li Jiancheng's children were not hers.
There is no historical evidence to prove whether Li Jiancheng's eldest son was a concubine's eldest son, but his eldest daughter was definitely born before Zheng Guanyin married him.
Because there is not much information left by Li Jiancheng, there is no record of his concubines. But he should have had quite a few concubines.