Chapter 14 Chapter 60 Meeting and Losing is Still Like a Dream

If Li Chu's heart was gouged out by a sharp knife, his mind was in a state of confusion, he hugged Shen Zhenzhu in his arms, and shouted wildly to the left and right: "Tell the Imperial Physician—Quickly pass on the Imperial Physician—" His complexion was pale and blue, his eyes were scorching like fire, and he looked like he was insane. The few maids beside him were so frightened that they backed away and did not dare to approach him. . His frenzied thoughts touched Shen Zhenzhu in her arms, she closed her eyes, and with a "hmm" sound from her throat, she spat out another mouthful of blood.Li Chu's body froze, his face was full of fear and fear, holding her in his arms was like holding a peerless jade, he didn't dare to touch her even a little bit, and maintained the original posture, he stepped slowly and steadily, step by step towards the Zhuangjing Hall.

The maids in the palace of Zhuang Jing received the news and greeted them in front of the palace.As if he didn't see anyone, he held his breath and listened to her breath as thin as a gossamer; he stared at her face for a moment, and remained silent.He carried her up the jade steps, entered the inner room, and carefully placed her on the couch. The imperial doctor was dragged by two servants and rushed all the way.Before the person knelt down, the medicine box fell to the ground first.Li Chu only stared at Shen Zhenzhu's face, and said sullenly: "Be careful, don't disturb the princess!"

The imperial physician repeatedly said yes, took a breath, and stepped forward to feel the pulse. Li Chu stood aside, saw the imperial doctor catch Shen Zhenzhu's pulse, closed his eyes and concentrated, he was silent for a moment, suddenly his whole body trembled, his face turned gray, and he opened his eyes quickly. "How?" Li Chu asked anxiously, "Quickly prescribe the medicine for the princess!" But the imperial doctor just shook his head, his face was gloomy and hesitant, thinking that he had something in his heart and was thinking whether to say it or not.Li Chu was anxious and urged him again.

The imperial physician gritted his teeth hard, bowed and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me for being helpless!" "What did you say?" Li Chu hurried forward as if he didn't understand the meaning of his words for a while, and asked, "What do you mean by that?" The imperial physician said curtly: "From Chang'an to Luoyang, I have followed His Highness's instructions and have been taking care of the concubine's illness. Your Highness has long known about the concubine's illness: she was stabbed in the heart two years ago. Although she was treated by a wise doctor, However, it has not been cured due to excessive displacement. This symptom needs maintenance most, and if it recurs, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Li Chu's mind was shaken, he couldn't stand still, and the most feared thing finally happened. "You mean, she's having an old chest disease?!" The imperial doctor said: "Exactly. The princess has been overworked recently, and she has been thinking too much. The officials have been using drugs to control her. I hope it can help the princess. But today, she thinks that she has encountered something extraordinary, she is heartbroken, and touched her old disease." .This old disease has relapsed, even more so when it was newly created at the beginning, and it is out of control... I'm going to be an official, I'm going to be an official, I can't get back to heaven!"

"You are talking nonsense!" Li Chu was terrified, stumbled two steps forward, swept his sleeves casually, the candlelight fluttered and flickered, and the candlestick on the left fell to the ground with a "plop". He pointed at the imperial physician in front of him fiercely, and cursed: "You are not good at learning, and you are talking nonsense here! I don't believe it, I don't believe it!" He shouted outside: "Come here, come here!" The servants outside and inside have been waiting, and came in quickly when they heard the call. "Go to Chang'an to pass on the order of the imperial physician, to the best doctor in Chang'an and Luoyang, go!"

"It's useless," the imperial physician sighed and said, "Your Highness should know that this disease is not to mention the imperial physician's order, even Bian Que's rebirth, Hua Tuo's rebirth, and the nationally skilled doctor Sun E are here. I'm afraid there is nothing to do What's more, the princess has no intention of surviving, and only seeks death. Your Highness, you—” Before he finished speaking, a silver light flashed in front of him, and a long sword was already on his neck. Li Chu's face was ashen, and he said in a deep voice: "If you talk nonsense again, this king will kill you with one sword!"

The Imperial Physician sighed and said: "If the lower official is afraid of death, he would never dare to tell the truth like this. He will only delay and deceive according to His Highness's will. Although my medical skills are low, I have been in the Imperial Hospital for more than ten years, and I can only clear my name. If it is not the case , except for the order of the imperial physician, His Highness will not select an official to treat the princess a year ago. Today, the princess died, and the official is already a death penalty. If he intentionally hides the truth from His Highness, it will be an added crime—" said the neck : "His Royal Highness wants to demean an official, please feel free to—"

"Never, never..." Li Chu slowly lowered the tip of his sword, as if he had exhausted all his strength for a moment, his eyes slowly moved to Shen Zhenzhu who was in a coma, and whispered in a low voice: "Say, she, she How long can I live..." The imperial doctor thought for a while, lowered his head and replied: "No more than three to five days...Maybe, at any time, there will be... Your Highness, she has no desire to survive..." After a pause, he finally said: "Your Highness, forgive me for being so bold. Say a word: Now that we have today, why bother to do it at the beginning. Now, it is too late to regret.”

For a long time, I didn't hear Li Chu's reply.He raised his eyes secretly, but saw Li Chu half-kneeling in front of the couch, standing motionless like a fossil, and quietly retreated out. Li Chu held Shen Zhenzhu's hand, which was cold and weak.Her hands were always slender and slender, and she handed him a cup of warm tea at night, wrote a new poem with him, and tapped the tip of his nose with a wanton smile. Where is her goodness, where is her beauty? She doesn't seem to be the prettiest, nor the best. All he knew was that his heart was so light and peaceful when he hugged her lightly.Even if he is far away from her, on the battlefield of conquests, in the barren tents in the wild, as long as he thinks of her by chance, a trace of warmth will flow into his heart.

In this way, she slowly penetrated into his bone marrow and became an inseparable part of his life. He never dared to speak, dared not tell her, dared not face himself—her illness. After Fengxiang took her pulse, the elder Sun E called him aside, and said slowly: "Pearl hurts in the veins of the heart. Although An Qingxu has healed her, but with his medical skills, there is no way to cure her. Coupled with poor nursing care, the root cause of the disease has been left behind. Now it seems that it is not a serious problem, but it is actually a serious problem!" He wondered at that time: "Could it be that with Mr.'s medical skills, can't this disease be cured for Pearl?" Changsun E said: "The old man is not a god. Remember not to make her tired, sad, or overly worried, remember!" Although he remembered, he was afraid, he was afraid.However, he still did so much wrong. Although the matter with Su Ci was unintentional, how could he say that he was not at fault? About Xue Song, she exhausted her energy, she would rather live and die with him, but in the end she knew that he lied to her from the beginning to the end, so why not feel sad? If he formed an alliance with Zhang Hanruo, why did he always avoid her and refused to tell her clearly, which eventually caused her a big misunderstanding?Ask yourself if you have selfishness, is there really something you dare not to say clearly? He was always waiting like this, waiting to fully understand what he was doing with her intelligence and sagacity, and her sudden generosity. Just like this, he beat her every inch of her body, and made her feel disheartened. Now, is she finally leaving him? She was discouraged, she was heartbroken, she would rather die than want him anymore? He wanted this world, and he wanted her too. If from now on, if there is no smile on her face in this magnificent world, how can he be alone? He knew he was crying. Not a single tear, but tears all over his face. It dripped from the heart, only in this silent palace, only in front of her. For the first time, such tears flowed down my face. Also, for the last time. Three days and three nights. The Imperial Physician Order and the best doctors from Chang'an Luoyang shuttled in, shook their heads one by one, confessed their crimes, and retreated. Li Chu was visibly haggard, his cheekbones sunken and his complexion burnt yellow, he sat on the couch and fed her the soup himself. A thousand-year-old ginseng can support her for a few more days and hours? It would be nice to have one more moment. "Your Highness, Mr. Li Mi is seeking to see you outside." The servant reported in a low voice. "I don't see anyone," Li Chu said calmly with a blank face, "Please come again next time, sir." "This—" the servant hesitated: "Mister said that there is something important, and he must meet with His Highness." "I said no one will be seen!" Li Chu was angry, his voice had already raised several times, looking at Shen Zhenzhu on the couch, he finally forced himself to lower the volume, and said: "Please go back." "Your Highness, are you abandoning the world just because of this woman?" Li Mi had already broken into the inner room, he walked quickly towards Li Chu with a wide robe and white clothes, and his words were quite accusatory. Li Chu glanced at him lazily, and said: "Sir, this is the concubine's inner room, sir, are you not afraid to avoid suspicion?" Li Bidao: "If I want to watch you trapped in the boudoir all my life, I would rather never know His Highness the Prince of Guangping County." He added: "What do you look like now? Do you know that Concubine Shu is plotting to become King Lixing at this moment?" Prince? This time, you were supposed to be crowned prince, but you were only registered as the king of Chu. After that, you will never be able to recover. Do you really want to wait until King Xing becomes the prince before you can make a good plan?" Li Chu stood up, walked out slowly, and said, "Let's go out and discuss in detail." The hanging curtain moved in the wind, and when she turned the corner, she could still be seen lying flat through the gauze. Li Mi said: "Your Highness should return to Chang'an as soon as possible, and don't stay here any longer." Li Chu raised his hands to the sky: "Chang'an... now the emperor only believes in Concubine Shu, even your words of advice from the bottom of your heart, Mr., are often not listened to, what can I do?" Li Mi frowned, and said with deep meaning: "I don't believe His Highness would say such disheartening words. Since His Highness has been planning for many years, why don't you continue? — Just for the princess?" Li Chu felt a pain in his heart, pursed his lips and said, "What's the matter with her?" Li Mi patted Liang Zhu and said: "His Royal Highness is the most sensible person I have ever met. But he has repeatedly messed up the princess's position. Beauty is a disaster, and women are wronged by the country. This kind of blood testament of the past dynasties, Your Highness, don't need me to remind you!" "She never misunderstood me, I misunderstood her." Li Chu's eyes turned cold, "Sir, you have met Concubine Shen before, so don't make any more slanderous remarks." Li Mi didn't care, leaned over and smiled and said, "Although Concubine Shen is enough to admire me, it's a pity that she and Your Highness were both born in the wrong place. Your Highness, you are above the clouds, overlooking all living beings. Looking back? And she, knowing that the high place is extremely cold, and the other kind of prosperity is naturally accompanied by a different kind of loneliness and pain, still has illusions in her heart, so how can she not be sad?" Sighing softly, she said: "Your Highness, This kind of clinging to each other will increase the troubles and pains. Now it is God's will, she is determined to let go, why do you still hold on to it?" Li Chu's face showed pain, he closed his eyes and held his head in silence.After a long time, he still shook his head slowly. The crackling sound of "swaying" came from the side of the hanging curtain, and Li Chu suddenly opened his eyes.One of the servants knelt down in front of him and cried, "Your Highness, Your Highness—the medicine can't be fed—I'm afraid the princess will die!" As if Li Chu had been hit in the head, his vision was darkened, he raised his feet and ran to Shen Zhenzhu's couch. "Your Highness, Your Highness!" Li Mi shouted anxiously behind him a few times, seeing that he didn't look back, she shook her head and sighed worriedly. The maid who was serving close by was terrified and trembled like chaff, the medicine bowl fell to the ground and scattered debris and medicine crumbs everywhere. Li Chu's heart was as cold as snow soaked, his whole body seemed to be immersed in ice, he walked forward slowly, held Shen Zhenzhu's hand tightly from under the quilt, and caught her pulse carefully and slowly. He held his breath and closed his eyes, only knowing that his hand holding her pulse was trembling slightly, and he didn't dare to read her pulse. "Your Highness," after an unknown amount of time, he seemed to hear someone whispering in his ear: "It's time to prepare for the funeral." "No!—" As if being stung by a poisonous bee, he jumped up from the couch instinctively, but he saw people kneeling all over the couch, indoors and outdoors, and some court ladies were already wiping away their tears, even Yan Ming's eyes were full of tears. Has been flushed. He was furious, waved his sleeves and cursed: "The concubine is not dead yet, why are you all crying?! Get out, get out!" Everyone dispersed, and the inner room was silent. Shen Zhenzhu's pulse was faint, she even seldom vomited blood, she remained unconscious all the time.Li Chu is well versed in medical principles, and he felt that the severe pain in his heart had spread to his limbs and bones: the final moment was getting closer and closer. If this is the case, let him and her absorb the last peace. This life is over. Fifteen years ago, he rescued her from Taihu Lake. Five years ago, he sat in the teahouse opposite Shen's residence, watching her come and go in and out calmly. When he personally welcomed her into the mansion. The wheel of fate is endless, can he think of today? Meet and lose, this life is over. He buried his head next to her cheek. ——Do you know that I can no longer show such love?After that, the weak water will be three thousand, and it will be difficult for me to drink a scoop again.Yu Ai, my life is over. For me, is this sad or fortunate? "Someone has revealed the imperial list, Your Highness." A servant whispered at Li Chu's feet. Li Chu didn't change his posture, for a long time, he waved to him to signal to back down.This last moment, every moment is infinitely precious, how can those pretentious quacks be delayed. The servant bowed and retreated, muttering another word softly in his mouth. Li Chu raised his head like lightning, and his eyes shot towards the servant like an arrow: "What did you just say? Say it again." The servant was startled, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness..." I looked around, not knowing what was wrong with what I just said casually, and I was terrified. Li Chu took a long breath and said, "I forgive you for your innocence. Who did you say that the person who revealed the imperial list is like?" The servant then heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "So it's this, the servant is from the old palace, but I feel that the woman who unveiled the imperial list is really like the old... Princess Jianning." Li Chu pondered for a moment, and the servant saw in amazement—His Highness's brows gradually relaxed, and a rare smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said loudly, "Please hurry up", while quickly walking towards the outside.