Chapter 45 Chapter Forty-Fifth Sit and Say Goodbye

Murong Linzhi stared blankly at Li Chu without saying a word. Shen Zhenzhu was in a dilemma.The medicine was already in Li Chu's hands, but she couldn't bear to disobey Lin Zhizhi, and she didn't want to see Li Chu die.Those bright eyes met Li Chu's and mirrored each other, conveying his thoughts and concerns one by one. Li Chu glanced across Lin Zhi's face, and asked anxiously, "How to obey the law?" Shen Zhenzhu opened her mouth and called out: "Chu——" Li Chu had a gloomy face, "Needless to say. Lin Zhi, if you are not willing to save him at all, why did you bring the medicine with you? If you are really determined to destroy the medicine, why don't you just throw it away? Throw it up and give people a chance?"

Shen Zhenzhu was confused when she was concerned, and suddenly became enlightened. Murong Linzhi turned her face away, Shen Zhenzhu could clearly see that endless tears were still surging on her face. Or, even she herself didn't understand her true intentions.It turned out that behind her determination, there was already infinite vitality hidden.She finally left another path for herself and him. "Take it all internally, that's all." After a long silence, Murong Linzhi said a few words briefly, walking chaotically, facing the rain, and stepping back to the outside of the courtyard, the night covered her face with sadness and joy, and the rain was like a curtain, drowning her figure of...

Changsun E followed Murong Linzhi slowly, and Yan Ming held up an umbrella for him. Li Chu strode into the room, Li Tan was still in a coma, his complexion was as faint as ink. Li Chu called Li Tan's name in a low voice, and said, "Lin Zhi has an antidote, you're fine." Li Tan didn't respond at first, but when he heard the word "Lin Zhi", he let out an "um" from his nose, opened his eyelids a little, and forced himself to open them, weak and confused, and looked behind Li Chu: "Where is Lin Zhi?" ? I... I... want to talk to her..."

Li Chu had already pulled out the small stopper of the medicine bottle, and said, "Take the medicine first, Lin Zhi will come right away." Wherever it falls there is nothing but emptiness.Li Tan withdrew his eyes dully, and stared straight at the fat jade vial, "This...is...the medicine given by...Lin Zhi...?" Li Chu nodded, with uncontrollable joy in his voice, "Yes, man, you won't die!" Li Tan raised his hand and gently touched the fat jade vial, "Give me...see...see, I...do it myself..." Li Chu hesitated slightly, but seeing Li Tan's eyes full of expectations, he couldn't bear to teach others to look at them, exchanged glances with Li Mi, and together they helped Li Tan up, and gently put the vial in Li Tan's hands.

Li Tan seemed to be holding the fat jade vial tightly, but his hands were finally powerless, and he pressed the vial to his face inch by inch, with difficulty and painstaking efforts, and finally pressed it to his cheek, with a gentle and satisfied smile on his face, "Yes, That's great...the bottle...and Lin Zhi, Lin Zhi's...fragrance..." The lingering sound of the word "Xiang" is gone, Shen Zhenzhu saw Li Tan's hand suddenly raised, and before she could utter an exclamation, she saw Li Tan throwing the fat jade bottle out of the door with all his strength, and there was a crisp "crack", which was not inferior to a thunderbolt from the blue sky , Li Chu jumped in horror.

Li Tan, this throw seemed to use up all his remaining strength, and he collapsed softly again. Li Chu flicked his sleeves and rushed out of the room. However, Li Tan was so decisive that he deliberately used all his strength to throw the medicine bottle out of the room.Under the steps of the courtyard, fragments of the jade bottle were scattered and scattered. Li Chu leaned over to explore the medicine powder. The rain poured down one after another, and the white powder melted and slipped away, leaving no trace in an instant. He seemed to be frozen, and he didn't move for a while. Shen Zhenzhu went to hold his arm, his body seemed to be extremely heavy, his waist was bowed, she couldn't help him to straighten up.The only remaining hope has been completely shattered, any persuasion at this time is as meaningless to him, he whispered: "I'm still waiting for you, go in quickly."

Li Chu finally stood up slowly and with difficulty, his brows were condensed with a kind of downcast feeling on the side, his sleeves fluttered, and he walked back to the room at a normal pace, staggering at the threshold. "Brother", Li Tan closed his eyes, with black blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, soaking through the radiant gold threads of the soft couch, "I...understand, Lin Zhi...she...after all...can't, can't forgive me. On that day, I'm sorry...she. Now, how can I...accept her charity...I'm going..." He opened his eyes slightly again, and the last light in them dimmed, "You...be careful...the afterlife... "The voice slowly fell, and finally became inaudible...

The dying bell of the ancient temple in the distance was intermittent, Shen Zhenzhu even went into a trance for a moment, as if everything was half awake and half dreamy. Li Bi sighed: "His Royal Highness King Jianning, passed away—" At this time, outside the window, the rain was dredging and the wind was blowing, and the spring was bitterly cold. After going to Chang'an for thousands of miles, it is cold and thin to look at each other through the rain; the beauty and the red dust forget each other, where will the bones be buried and return to the old forest. Shen Zhenzhu clearly had tears in her heart, but she couldn't cry out.

At the ceremony of the personal welcome that year, Chang'an City was empty for thousands of people, the east market and the west square were gorgeous, Murong Lin was as beautiful as jade, and Li Tan was suave and romantic, and he was somewhat envious for a while. During the Dragon Boat Festival, brothers, sisters-in-law, husband and wife ride together, white horses with jade saddles float across the city, and the citizens look up.Li Tan said in his unrestrained tone: "Shall we also build a boat for fun?" Palace banquets, thousands of tours of wine making, lying drunk in the Furong pool, feigning madness and joy.

There are also noble concubines, who once worshiped the eternal kindness, the colorful clothes and feathers move the capital, the children of the Liyuan are like clouds, and the songs of the Tang Dynasty fly into the sky.However, in the end it was sad to accept the flower tin, and blood and tears flowed together. Life can be so prosperous, but it is so sparse after all. The trace of resentment towards Li Tancun also disappeared at this time. Someone was sobbing, but following the sound, it was an eunuch who had followed Li Tan for many years, hiding in a corner of the room, covering his face and weeping.

Shen Zhenzhu's grief came from her heart, the eunuch had crawled up to Li Chu, kowtowed repeatedly, and cried: "Your Highness died unjustly." Li Chu pressed his lower lip tightly, and squatted in front of the couch, with tears welling up in his eyes, but he suppressed it forcefully, holding the saber hilt with his left hand, he didn't feel it due to the great force, and a trace of blood seeped out. Li Mi scolded the eunuch and said, "Don't you think that the matter is not big enough, so you are talking nonsense here." Then he said to Li Chu: "Your Highness's actions today will surely reach His Majesty's ears. The matter has come to this point, Your Highness, please be cautious." , it’s better to leave here quickly, the queen Jianning’s funeral affairs are for the minister to deal with. Your majesty will still give me some face.” Li Chu looked deeply at Li Tan's remains, and said in a deep voice: "Based on what Master has seen, what should Chu do at this time?" Li Mi paused, and said: "Your Highness still needs to be patient. You must know that patience is helpful, and there is no worry if there is no love." While speaking, he seemed to glance at Shen Zhenzhu unintentionally. Li Chu stood up, turned around, and suddenly bowed to Li Mi.Li Mi retreated again and again, solemnly said: "What is your Highness doing, I can't bear it." "I entrust everything to Mr. Chu. As an elder brother, I will shirk my responsibility with a bow. Before heaven and earth, I will have no face to face him." After speaking, Li Chu didn't turn his head back, and walked away with a crisp sound of his saber.Li Chu walked very fast, and a carriage was waiting in front of the Marshal's mansion. Inside the carriage, it was dark and gloomy.Shen Zhenzhu's whole body was soaked, the car was moving slowly, she only felt that the car shed was spinning, her body was as soft as catkins, and her body also felt cold even after soaking in the rain, she wanted to hug her arms together, but finally fumbled to hold Li Chu's hand . His hands were as damp and cold as his hands. In the darkness, his eyes looked deep and far away, piercing through the curtain like a sharp sword, piercing towards an unknown direction. His body was as stiff as a shore and as cold as a stone.Shen Zhenzhu held his hand tightly and begged in a low voice: "Chu, if you feel uncomfortable in your heart, then cry out, don't hold it in your heart—" "Do you know who is the chief culprit who killed Tan?" Li Chu was silent for a long time, and whispered. "It's me." Before she could answer, he had already said, with a lonely and cold voice, "It was my teacher who took advantage of the opportunity of Yamato to defend against the enemy to make friends with the generals in the army and use them for his own use. It was me, my elder brother It hurt him—" Li Chu buried his head deeply in his arms, then raised his head again, Shen Zhenzhu saw that there were bright tears rolling down his eyes. Li Chu fell ill when he returned that day.He has practiced literature and martial arts since he was a child, and has a deep foundation. Shen Zhenzhu has never seen him in a weak state, but this time the illness came like a landslide, and the high fever persisted.Although Shen Zhenzhu is also unwell, she knows that she must not fall down at this time, she supports herself strongly, accepts the doctor's consultation and medicine, and personally serves Li Chu to make it easier to wash and test. Li Ruo came to visit, and she burst into tears, "Being in the royal family, I'm so cold, sister-in-law, I only regret that I can't get away." Shen Zhenzhu twisted a handkerchief and put it on Li Chu's hot forehead, Changsun E and Murong Linzhi had left Fengxiang without a sound, maybe they didn't know that Li Tan had died.The imperial physician made a diagnosis for Li Chu. He only said that he had an occasional cold and it was nothing serious. He could recover within a few days by taking medicine for dispelling dampness and fever.However, after several doses of medicine, it was already the third day, Li Chu's fever still persisted, occasionally he woke up and couldn't speak a few words, and fell asleep all day long. Slender and slender fingers caressed Li Chu's pale cheeks, Shen Zhenzhu was so sleepy, she looked around, waved to the maids in the room and said, "Go down." Then she turned her eyebrows and whispered to Li Ruo: "Listen! What? You know that there are many eyes and ears in the palace, so how can you just say it casually." Li Ruo smiled sadly, "What else is there to be afraid of? Is it possible that the father will listen to that woman again and order me to die?" About Li Tan, although Shen Zhenzhu had already guessed one or two things, she still had doubts and asked, "What's going on?" "It's all the evil things done by Concubine Shu and Li Fuguo. They falsely accused Tan Zai in Yamato to win over the generals in front of the father, and planned to form a party. It's a pity that the father listened to the rumors and did not verify them. He will kill Tan." Li Ruo said angrily. Shen Zhenzhu seemed to understand a little bit.Concubine Zhang Shu and Li Fuguo are not false accusations. Li Chu knows better than anyone else that he and Tan have a strong brotherly relationship. For her and for Murong Lin, they all have the same hatred for Concubine Zhang Shu. It is only him who makes Li Tan friends. Want to help him plump his wings.Li Chu fell ill, not only because of Li Tan's death, but also as an act of suzong.Li Tan's crime is not as good as death, and Suzong is not a foolish king. He killed his son so cruelly, and his intention was all directed at Li Chu.A man with imperial power in the world is an irresistible temptation after all, even brothers and nephews will not give in half a step.Former prince, today's emperor.Gentleness and kindness have been replaced by chilling and indifference. Li Ruo cried for a while, sighed for a while, and sat with Shen Zhenzhu in the room for a long time before leaving.Suzong came to ask people about Li Chu's condition several times in the morning and evening. Li Chengcai and his wife, princes and grandsons either sent name cards or came to visit in person. Shen Zhenzhu was overwhelmed and even more anxious. In the evening, Li Chu was given another dose of medicine. Shen Zhenzhu touched Li Chu's forehead, as if being scorched by fire, it was scorching hot, it seemed much hotter than in the daytime, and she couldn't help feeling anxious.At the same time, he gave instructions to the imperial physician, and saw Li Chu's face was gradually burning red, his brows were frowned in pain, his lips were becoming dry and cracked due to the scorching heat, and he was extremely frightened, grabbed his hot hand, and called out to his ear again and again. . The imperial doctor came in a hurry, Fengxiang was very rainy in spring, and half of his clothes were drenched.Before tidying up her clothes, she stepped forward to feel her pulse, but her expression changed drastically: "Oops, princess, your highness suddenly has an evil heat entering his lungs, and his pulse condition is dangerous, so the fever must be relieved—" At this time even Li Fuguo came here under the order of Emperor Suzong, and after hearing what he said, he shouted: "Then don't prescribe the medicine, if His Highness makes a mistake, don't you want your head!" The imperial physician tremblingly agreed, took a pen and paper in the outer room, hesitated for a long time, wiped his sweat and wrote down a prescription, Shen Zhenzhu asked someone to fetch the medicine, but the imperial physician did not pass the prescription to her, but wrote, corrected, added and subtracted on it , for a moment, he squeezed the prescription into a ball again, and confessed: "Let the old man rewrite one." No matter how good-tempered Shen Zhenzhu was, she couldn't bear it at this time, bent down and lifted the wrinkled prescription, and lifted it up. Seeing the words "one tael of raw rhubarb", I couldn't help but jump, and then looked at the prescription that the imperial physician was writing, and the dosage of raw rhubarb had been reduced to two cents. Kankan broke out in a cold sweat, stretched out his hand to hold down the prescription that the imperial physician was writing, and said: "Doctor, my princess has something to ask." The imperial physician put down his pen, wiped away the fine sweat from his forehead, stood up and bowed and said, "The princess killed the old man, please tell me." "The Imperial Physician has been famous in Fengxiang for dozens of years, and now he is taking the position of the Imperial Physician Order. According to the doctor's thinking, how should a doctor prescribe?" The imperial doctor's beard brushing hand was still trembling slightly, he squinted his eyes and lowered his head, then raised his head and replied in a low voice: "In ancient times, doctors used medicine, could it be 'prescribe the right medicine', these four words." Shen Zhenzhu looked back at Li Chu and saw that he was still unconscious, his cheeks were as red as a branding iron, he gritted his silver teeth fiercely, and said: "I had the honor to meet Mr. Sun E, the most famous doctor in the world in the past. About the doctor's prescription Medicine, listened to his teaching—" When the imperial physician heard the word "Changsun E", he was so fascinated, he bowed respectfully and said, "Please enlighten me, my lord." "Mr. Changsun once said that the prescription of medicine is like using heavy soldiers, and the effect can be seen when the medicine is used properly. He also said that acute illness and severe illness can't be saved without large doses." After Shen Zhenzhu finished speaking, she remained motionless. imperial physician. The imperial doctor knew how to prescribe, but because of Li Chu's status, his wealth and life depended on it, so he only dared to follow the golden mean and be impartial. After listening to Shen Zhenzhu's words, it seemed that he had to give Shang Fang a sword, Turn your head back and prescribe the medicine.This time the writing was much quicker, but within a short time, Shen Zhenzhu had already shown it to her.Shen Zhenzhu looked over briefly, and saw that the item of "raw rhubarb" had increased to one or two, closed her eyes, and passed the prescription to the maid behind her: "Go to the Pharmacy Bureau with General Yan, and take the medicine according to the prescription, without any mistakes !" The imperial doctor said again: "His Royal Highness takes the medicine according to this prescription, and within an hour, he will sweat and dissipate heat. Tomorrow, the old man will be supplemented with maintenance and neutralizing medicine, and he will be safe. It's just that the princess needs to be diligently tonight. Zhaofu, when you are sweating, you must not enter the wind and cold again, otherwise the wind and evil will return, and the consequences will be disastrous." Li Chu took the medicine for half an hour, and indeed he was profusely sweating.Shen Zhenzhu couldn't rest assured that others would wait on her, she never left the bed, twisting a towel to wipe his sweat and feed him water.Li Chu occasionally slipped into a little consciousness in the drowsiness, and wanted to touch her face with his hands, but his limbs and bones were as if in fire, the pain was unbearable, and he turned his head and fell into a deep sleep.Although the sweat was wiped non-stop, it was still like a river flowing, and it soaked through the clothes in a short while, so he waited to change clothes.After tossing and turning like this several times, she didn't realize that it was broken. She stroked his forehead, Shen Zhenzhu let out a long breath, Li Chu's high fever had subsided, his body sweated less, his cheeks turned from red to pale, and finally he could feel relieved.