Chapter 41 Chapter 87: Fengsheng has gone and gone without bounds

Li Yu turned sideways, although Zhang Hanruo's face was stained and his dress was torn, his stunning beauty was not concealed at all, but his eyes lost the usual arrogance, confused and slightly melancholy, standing alone on one side, looking lonely . Just now after Zhang Hanruo was untied from the rope, he saw that Li Yu had such deep affection for Shen Zhenzhu, regarded her as nothing, felt ashamed, retreated to a corner of the hall, his mind was in a daze, he listened stupidly to the words of everyone in the hall, and knelt down with everyone salute.All the officials retreated, but she was still standing beside her, and no one noticed her for a moment.

Li Yu felt quite guilty, and said: "Han Ruo, I will definitely compensate you ten times." "Ten times compensation?" Zhang Hanruo raised his chin sharply, looked up at Li Yu, his eyes were like cold stars on a moonlit night, sharp and piercing, and the inherent arrogance returned to her body, and said: "What is your Majesty going to do?" Compensate me? Your Majesty is now rich all over the world, do you want to cede half of the country to the concubine? Or, make the concubine the queen and take charge of the six palaces and phoenix seals?" Li Yu frowned slightly, Zhang Hanruo laughed "haha", pointed at Li Yu and said, "Can't be, can't be?!"

Li Fuguo scolded at the side: "Bold, how can you talk to the Holy One like this!" Zhang Hanruo continued to laugh, feeling desolate slowly rising up, with tears in her eyes, she held back, not letting a tear fall, "You would never use Sister Shen like this anyway? What can you compensate me for? You've left me with nothing—" "Nothing——" Zhang Hanruo's face changed slightly when he uttered these four words, and she was surprised: How could he say these four words? Thunder and lightning flashed in the brain. She really has nothing! Such a fact, such a reality, made her terrified, and she felt that the vast, boundless darkness and endless emptiness surged into her heart like an unstoppable tide.

No, no! She hugged her head and shouted in her heart over and over again: Never, I am Zhang Hanruo, in terms of talent and appearance, which woman in the world can stand shoulder to shoulder with me?How, how could this be? "Hanruo." She heard Shen Zhenzhu calling her, Shen Zhenzhu's eyes were full of pity. No, she needs no mercy!The case in front of him, the beams and pillars carved with dragons and phoenixes, Li Yu's surprised and complex face, and Shen Zhenzhu's face full of concern, instantly became weird and distorted, spinning around, completely out of normal!

Her world collapsed? Only the sun is shining brightly at the gate of the palace, that is probably her last way of escape! "Ah——" Zhang Hanruo let out a long cry, pushed Shen Zhenzhu away in front of him, put his hands on his head, and stumbled towards the outside of the hall. "Stop her!" Seeing that Zhang Hanruo's expression was wrong, Shen Zhenzhu anxiously reminded Li Yu that she was pushed back by Zhang Hanruo. With sharp eyes and quick hands, Li Yu stretched out his arms to wrap her around her waist, and at the same time waved his sleeves and said, "Stop!"

Two guards guarding the main hall came up one left and one right, and blocked Zhang Hanruo's way with their hands: "Zhang Liangdi stay here."Unexpectedly, Zhang Hanruo was in a daze at this moment, seeing someone dared to block her, without thinking, he pulled out the waist knife of the guard on the left with a "bang" sound, and slashed to the right at will. The guard on the right did not dare to fight back and hurriedly dodged. Kung Fu, Zhang Hanruo threw the knife "dang" away and rushed out of the hall. Shen Zhenzhu was in a hurry, and raised her hand and shouted: "Hurry up and catch up—" Seeing several guards chasing after him, before he could put down his hands, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and couldn't help frowning and moaning, Li Yu His complexion suddenly changed, he asked "what's the matter" in repeated voices, slightly lifted her skirt, a ray of blood stained the skirt, he immediately hugged her horizontally, and sternly shouted: "Express the imperial physician, The Imperial Physician—" shouted while rushing towards the back of the palace with Shen Zhenzhu in his arms.

Most of the houses behind the Zichen Palace had beds. In desperation, Li Yu kicked open the nearest room, and carefully carried Shen Zhenzhu on the couch. Behind him, a large number of maids and servants flocked to follow. Shen Zhenzhu knew that the childbirth was coming soon, based on Murong Linzhi's calculations, the childbirth should still be a few days away, probably because she was too frightened and worked hard today, the fetus in her womb would come to the world ahead of schedule.She once had a childbirth experience. Although she was in severe pain just now, the pain was milder now, and sometimes it hurts sometimes. She expected that the childbirth would not happen immediately, but her whole body seemed to have no strength to use, and she felt anxious and pulled. Holding Li Yu's hand, he whispered, "Lin Zhi—"

Li Yu immediately understood, and cursed himself for being confused, looking around, Yan Ming was patrolling outside, so he beckoned and hurriedly said: "Hurry up, please leave the palace and invite Miss Murong!" Yan Ming immediately bowed his hands and took the order. The imperial doctor ordered the wound on the back of the head to be wrapped, and came here under orders.Shen Zhenzhu was extremely unwilling to let the imperial physician order him to take a pulse. Seeing Li Yu's anxious expression, although she knew it was inevitable, she still whispered: "I'm fine now, let's talk about it when Lin Zhi comes."

Li Yu said solemnly: "Lin Zhiyuan is outside the palace, and he will arrive from time to time. Let the imperial physician order the diagnosis and treatment, so don't delay." So the imperial physician Ling Gong stepped forward to take Shen Zhenzhu's pulse.Closing his eyes and feeling the pulse was an incense stick, and it was unknown whether it was because of the hot weather or because of his weakness after being knocked out, the sweat dripped from his forehead and neck like beans, but he just didn't speak.Li Yu was slightly angry, Shen Zhenzhu smiled and shook his head at him, seeing her calm and composed eyes, his heart felt a little more stable.

The Imperial Physician finally stood up, bowed and said: "My lady's pulse is turning as fast as cutting a rope, which is a sign of labor. The fetal position is extremely upright, and the fetus is healthy. With the diagnosis of Weichen, labor will definitely occur within three to five hours. .” Seeing a little joy, Li Yu held on to Shen Zhenzhu's hand tightly, and said to her softly: "That's all right, don't be afraid, I will accompany you—" "It's just," the imperial physician ordered looked up at Li Yu, hesitating, Li Yu also turned to look at him, frowning, "What are you talking about!"

The Imperial Physician Ling gritted his teeth, "It's just that the empress is weak and weak, and the labor will consume a lot of energy. I'm afraid that I'm afraid that the empress will not be able to support it!" "Deficient and weak?" Li Yu looked at Shen Zhenzhu suspiciously. In fact, Shen Zhenzhu was raised by Murong Linzhi's medicine, and she was a little fatter than before. Li Yu was very happy all the time. "Deficient and weak".The Imperial Physician Ling was also uneasy, saying that "weakness of body and energy" is the most important thing to avoid. Seeing today's situation, how could he dare to say the words "the oil is exhausted and the lamp is dry".Besides, he once heard from the side that the Crown Princess had another expert to diagnose and treat her, and he only hoped that that person would come soon and let him off the hook.No matter how loyal the emperor is to serving the country, the disease of the harem and concubines will not affect the whole family. Shen Zhenzhu smiled lowly, "Emperor Physician Ling Ganqing is a little tired after being hit in the back of the head today, I haven't eaten a grain of rice today, of course my body is weak and I feel dizzy!" When Li Yu heard this, his heart felt like a knife was twisted, and he quickly ordered to make ginseng soup, and ordered the imperial physician to wait outside. Li Yu was very disturbed, but still smiled and said to Shen Zhenzhu: "If I had known this trouble, I would rather not have this child." Shen Zhenzhu deliberately pouted, and said: "There is no such cruel father as you in the world." Thinking of Zhang Hanruo casually said, "I don't know what happened to sister Hanruo?" Although he sympathized with Zhang Hanruo, he couldn't bear to blame Li Yu. So, what qualifications do I have to pretend to reprimand him.She should have cherished the last moments of time. Not long after, the ginseng soup was brought, and Li Yu fed her to drink it himself, saying: "You should just take a rest, you must be very sleepy." The head really fell asleep. Li Yu sat in front of the couch and stared at her intently. He didn't move for a long time, but when he heard someone coughing outside, he walked out slowly. Feng Shengyi clasped his hands, and said in a low voice: "Zhang Liangdi, she ran out of the inner hall indiscriminately just now, and accidentally fell into the Taiye Pond, I think she can't get it back." Li Yu was moved, and said: "No matter what, you ask Cheng Yuanzhen to send more people to find her!" Feng Shengyi always said straightforwardly: "Your Majesty should know that the drainage canal of Taiye Pond was originally connected with Guangji Canal. Recently, there have been heavy rains in Chang'an City, and the water is rising everywhere. If you want to find it, I'm afraid..." Li Yu also knew this. It is indeed extremely difficult. As the saying goes, water and fire are ruthless, and there is still a place to hide from fire. If a person falls into the flood, it is like a drop in the ocean, which will be annihilated in an instant. Feng Shengyi offered another thing and said: "I found this from the place Zhang Liangdi fell into the river." Li Yu took it lightly, and began to warmly press the post. It was the jade pendant he "gifted" to Zhang Hanruo when he formed an alliance with Zhang Hanruo.This jade pendant was a relic of his biological mother Wu's. He used to wear it on his waist all year round. When he formed an alliance with Zhang Hanruo, she caught her eye and snatched it half by force and half by shame.And this incident also caused Shen Zhenzhu to misunderstand, which made Shen Zhenzhu vomit blood and resolutely leave him. Now that the jade pendant is back in his hands, Zhang Hanruo's coquettishness and pride can be vividly recalled. He felt a little heavy in his heart, and looked towards the direction of Taiye Pond with his extreme eyes. When he saw the sky, the clouds and smoke were thousands of miles away, and she might have turned into a water soul. Hanruo, Hanruo, is exactly her name. He really owes her a lot.However, even if he did it all over again, he would definitely still do it.Not only because he wants to use her to win the trust of Queen Zhang; but also because he can't accommodate a concubine who holds military power, a woman's temple intervening in politics, up to Queen Zhang, and until he rules the world, he must be completely stopped. He stood outside alone for a long time before returning to Shen Zhenzhu's bed. Shen Zhenzhu was still sleeping, because the slight labor pain continued, she did not sleep soundly, she frowned slightly.Li Yu put his hand on her abdomen and whispered to her: "No one will disturb us from now on, forever, you and I can finally keep together—" "Uh!" Shen Zhenzhu cried out in pain, woke up suddenly, and tightly held Li Yu's hand. The imperial doctor ordered to rush in: "Your Majesty has a fit and is about to give birth. Please avoid it!" The maids and servants have already prepared, holding various pots and plates, and rushing in with hot fish. Li Yu remained motionless, letting Shen Zhenzhu hold his hand, bruised and bruised.Only in this way can he feel her pain.Thinking even more of the pain he had made her endure over the past few years, her heart felt like a thousand arrows shooting at each other. It was still excruciatingly painful, not much worse than when I was born with a suitable child.Shen Zhenzhu knew that her physical strength was extremely weak, if she groaned loudly, it would be the most likely to lose her physical strength, her white teeth clenched her lower lip tightly, and she was about to bleed, Li Yu said repeatedly: "If you are in pain, just scream!" Even so, Shen Zhenzhu soon felt that all the strength in her body had been exhausted, even the hand holding Li Yu was gradually relaxing, her abdomen was heavy, and she was panting unsteadily.The Imperial Physician Order continued to persuade him repeatedly, "The aura of blood and light is inauspicious to the Son of Heaven, please avoid it." Li Yu angrily reprimanded "nonsense", and saw Shen Zhenzhu's appearance in a blink of an eye, flustered. At this time, Yan Ming arrived with Murong Linzhi. If it weren't for Shen Zhenzhu still holding hands, Li Yuzhen would rush towards Murong Linzhi regardless of etiquette, and pull her to Shen Zhenzhu's bed as quickly as possible. Murong Linzhi walked too hastily, a little out of breath, stepped forward and lightly put his hand on Shen Zhenzhu's pulse, but after a while, he put down his hand, met Shen Zhenzhu's sincere eyes, and understood.Li Yu stared intently at Murong Linzhi's expression, and asked repeatedly: "How? How?" Murong Lin didn't change his face when Taishan collapsed. He took out the medicine bottle from his arms, poured out two red pills and fed them to Shen Zhenzhu, and said calmly: "It doesn't matter, with me here, I will definitely be able to Keep mother and child safe." Li Yu felt relieved, and smiled back to hold Shen Zhenzhu's hand.He also heard Murong Linzhi say: "Your Majesty, you should avoid some taboos. You are the king of a country, so you should not be involved in women's childbirth." When they came all the way, Yan Ming had already told her about Li Yu's ascension to the throne. Li Yu smiled: "As the top doctor in the Tang Dynasty, you also say such things? I am not afraid." Murong Linzhi sighed slightly, glanced at Li Yu lightly, and said bluntly, "That's up to you." Strange to say, after Shen Zhenzhu took those two pills, all the strength in her body was raised again. The second birth should have been smoother than the first birth. Although Li Yu's hands were scarred by the pain, it only took half At that time, she heard Murong Linzhi cheering, and then the baby's powerful cry of "wow", she felt indescribably relaxed and comfortable, she smiled at Li Yu in front of the bed, turned her head and fell asleep. Shen Zhenzhu fell into a trance and saw herself walking alone in the city of Chang'an at night, the sky was full of stars, thousands of households swayed under the starlight, and looked at the imperial city high into the sky, surrounded by auspicious light and steaming purple, she stared and stopped, unable to get close, It was because of his extreme anxiety that he suddenly woke up from the dream when he heard three beatings of the drum beating in succession. Li Yu was still sitting in front of the couch. Seeing her wake up, he leaned over and smiled lowly, "Are you hungry?" The doors and windows were closed tightly, but the curtains were half-open, and the third watch drum was knocked, it was already late, Shen Zhenzhu turned her head towards the pillow, Li Yu knew her intentions, but still just smiled: "It's my daughter." While speaking, he waved his hands , the old mother held the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, Li Yu took the hand, handed it to Shen Zhenzhu to look at, and said: "Fall asleep." What a daughter.Her lips are red, her face is as delicate as jade, and there is a slight smile on her cheeks. Only in her deep sleep can she find that her eyelashes are unbelievably long, forming elegant and solemn arcs, resting peacefully on her eyes. "Look, how much she looks like you," Li Yu said with tenderness, "How kind is God to me!" Shen Zhenzhu felt a little sour, she hurriedly lowered her head to look at the woman carefully, she really looked like herself, her forehead, cheeks, eyebrows, lips were a living turning point.She choked and couldn't speak, and after a while she smiled and said: "That's natural, if my daughter looks like you, I'm afraid she won't be able to get married!" Li Yu laughed loudly, "Could it be that I am extremely ugly? How dare you say it so embarrassingly!" In order to make him smile, Shen Zhenzhu made a "hush" sound, reminding her not to wake her daughter up, and said, "You are handsome and rare in the world—" Li Yu looked at her with a smile, and the smile increased, but Shen Zhenzhu said "Puchi "Let's laugh first, "It's just that if my daughter looks like you, and she will be a beautiful girl, I'm afraid the world will say that you—His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty—male and female, wouldn't it damage the prestige of the country?" Li Yu was speechless. , only pointed at Shen Zhenzhu and laughed so hard that she could speak. After the nanny took her daughter away, Li Yufang stopped laughing, and asked Shen Zhenzhu like an inquiry: "Why don't you name my daughter?" Shen Zhenzhu recalled her daughter's peaceful sleeping face just now, she was born as a princess, she must be loved by thousands of people, just like herself in the past, just like Li Ruo.However, all kinds of honor and favor are no match for the ups and downs and ruthlessness of fate, the flames of war and the hunting of beacons.I have experienced the upheaval and displacement, and I don't want my daughter to repeat the same mistakes. She sighed faintly: "If the world is at peace..." Li Yu also sighed with emotion: "If the world is peaceful."If the world was peaceful, he and she would never have endured so many tribulations, and would not have allowed him to truly understand her after spending such a long time. In the era of peace, Gaozu and Taizong have been striving for it since the beginning of this dynasty. This is probably the most ambitious ideal for an emperor.Although, for thousands of years, it has never been achieved. "Then call her Shengping." Li Yufu hugged Shen Zhenzhu in his arms, under today's double joy, except for a little sentimentality, his heart was almost completely filled with joy. On the sixth day of April, Li Yu began to listen to the government in Linde Hall, and agreed with the Ministry of Rites and other ministers: on the twelfth and thirteenth, the Supreme Emperor and the former emperor would be buried in Tailing Mausoleum and Jianling; "Mother, mother, look at my sister's hands, they are so small and interesting!" In the Yichun Palace, Li Shi was obviously very interested in the newly added younger sister. For a few days since Shengping was born, he had been circling around her, either pinching her little cheeks, or caressing her elbows, many times he would sleep soundly The sweet Shengping woke up, and the "Wow" innocent stared wide-eyed and cried endlessly.This day, following the usual routine, Shengping was woken up, and the mother hurriedly took it over to coax her, Su Ci joked: "You bullied my sister like this when you were young, you must repay it when you grow up." Li Shi raised his eyebrows, put his hands behind his back, walked back and forth for a few steps, stopped, imitated Li Yu's voice, and said in a serious manner: "What's so difficult about this, I'm sure!" That look, just like a little Li Yu, Shen Zhenzhu and Su Ci were startled, at the same time they couldn't help laughing, and they couldn't help laughing.The two of them smiled, and the atmosphere in the whole Yichun Palace became lively, and several younger palace ladies couldn't help snickering, bringing a breath of fresh air to the dullness of being cautious in speech during the national mourning period. In this cheerful atmosphere, Li Yu stepped into the palace alone. Normally, Li Yu would come to Yichun Palace after listening to the political affairs, but today he came a little later, and the maids in the house are all the best at observing words and expressions. Seeing Li Yu's expression was gloomy and showing some displeasure, they hurriedly kept silent to avoid it. Li Shi greeted him and called "Daddy" ", Li Yu glanced at him, picked up his arms and kissed his forehead slightly, then handed it to Nanny, Su Ci hurriedly led everyone back. Shen Zhenzhu helped him loosen his robe, and asked in a low voice: "Are you bothered by government affairs?" As the weather was getting hotter and he was in mourning, Li Yu was wearing a very thin white robe, and her slender fingers caught his. Shoulder, the back of the hand tightened, and was firmly covered under his palm.Standing behind him, she couldn't see his face, but she was surprised that his palms trembled slightly, as if he had exhausted all his strength, concentrated and lingering, so he lost his strength in emptiness. She leaned on his shoulder, her voice was erratic and gentle: "What's the matter?" He was intoxicated by the demure and tranquility at this moment, her voice, her every frown and smile, entwined in his heart like a vine. Life and death are in agreement with each other, and they talk with Zicheng. Life and death are in agreement, talk to Zicheng! He turned around abruptly, intertwined his fingers with her, completely put aside the lonely and melancholy look on his face, his eyes were still reddish when he smiled, took the robe from her hand, walked to the front of the couch and said, "It's all right." , but a little tired." Turning his head, his eyes slowly fell on Shen Zhenzhu's face, and said: "Recently, your mental complexion seems to be not as good as before." Shen Zhenzhu hesitated for a moment, thinking that the matter in her heart could not be delayed any longer, today is the opportunity, she said with a smile: "Because of this, I happen to have something to discuss with you, I wonder if you can agree." Li Yu sat on the couch, lowered his head, picked up a delicate glazed teacup on the table and turned it over in his hand, "You can decide what to do, just call me when you have time, why should you be so serious about it." Shen Zhenzhu smiled: "You must agree to this matter——Lin Zhi said, my body is weak, and my body wasted a lot after giving birth. My sister is also here, and invited me to go to a place with mountains and rivers to relax and recuperate. They don't want to stay in Chang'an City, at most they can only invite me to leave after they have been promoted to full term, and come back as soon as they recover." She tried her best to smile while finishing speaking in one breath, afraid that if she paused a little, she would not have the courage to continue speaking, and Li Yu would see the flaw.Two days ago, after she woke up from a coma, Murong Linzhi told her: "Because the time spent on giving birth was too much, I can't fulfill my promise to extend your life for three months. Your life can only be extended for another month. No matter what You need to make a decision early." When Murong Linzhi said this, he was calm and sad, and Shen Zhenzhu still liked Lin Zhi like this.Doctors, who can save people who can be saved, can also face death calmly and calmly, no matter who is going to die. She wished she could have this calmness. Li Yu put the teacup away carefully, looked up at her: "How long will it take?" "How long can it be? Lin Zhi said, it won't be more than a year or so." She said in a relaxed tone, Li Yu kept silent and turned his head slightly. She had no choice but to retreat: "You must not agree, Shi'er and Shengping are both so young, I shouldn't leave them behind. Forget it, it's convenient for the palace to take care of me, so I won't go—" "I agree." Li Yu said suddenly, his sleeves were slightly stretched, the teacup was still not stable, and rolled down his robe. Shen Zhenzhu bends over to pick it up, and the teacup is intact.This was something she didn't expect, just like today, she thought it would take a lot of talking - Li Yu has always valued her body, and if there are a thousand people who don't want to, she will finally agree.Who would have thought that he would agree to her so easily. Li Yu held her hand and said: "Since you like it, then go. You have also said that we have never met each other. I really regret the past. I only cared about my own thoughts and didn't understand you. I've imprisoned you so many times that I'm so tired—" He turned his head hastily, "It's rare that there is one thing you want to do now, and I will definitely obey it. But, you must come back earlier—" She forced herself to laugh and said: "Of course, I will think about you and the baby day and night." After thinking about his words, there was another burst of surprise and doubt, and she raised her head and asked, "How do you know?" Looking across the rivers and lakes', it’s me, it’s me—” When she left him in Luoyang, she tore up the letterhead with this sentence by herself. Yes, just like her determined and painful heart back then. Li Yu just smiled, hugged her into his arms, stroked her long hair, and murmured: "Well, we won't talk about it today... I'll wait for you." As if afraid that she might not hear clearly, he repeated: "I Wait for you--"