Chapter 121 one twenty

Fang Xuanling burst into tears: "Your Majesty—" Then he struggled to get up and kowtow to the emperor, but Li Shimin held him down: "No need, you are weak, lie down!" Fang Xuanling cried: " Your Majesty, you are back, I really thought I would never see you again!" Li Shimin also showed emotion, and said, "Isn't I well?" The two talked for a long time, mentioning these things What happened in the middle of the day, Fang Xuanling seemed like a world away, and the two discussed it, both of them were full of emotions. The next day, Li Shimin took time to visit Fang Xuanling again. The two chatted deeply until dark. Fang Xuanling advised Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, it's getting dark. You should go back and rest early." Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Not busy, let me stay with you again. Xuanling, speaking of it, I really have to thank you very much! If you hadn't sent Li Shibei to the entrance of the Yin Valley, I would definitely not be able to escape Ah Shi." Na Simo's interception, I am afraid I will never be able to return to Chang'an." Fang Xuanling glanced at Li Shimin and said: "The emperor should not thank the ministers, but the empress and the prince. If the empress did not insist, the officials would have forced the prince to send troops. It's Ma Yi! Without the support of the empress, how can I make such a big idea by myself?"

Li Shimin knew that Fang Xuanling wanted to bridge the relationship between himself, the queen and the prince, and secretly sighed in his heart that this is a kind person, and believed that most of what he said was the truth, so he couldn't help being touched.But he still felt that what the prince did was too outrageous, and for a while, he still couldn't put up with this face.Fang Xuanling observed the emperor's expression and said: "It can be seen that the emperor is still angry with the empress and the prince, but I have to say a few words for them with my conscience. The emperor feels uncomfortable when something like this happens. , will their wives feel better? The emperor is hurting face, the empress and the prince are hurting even their souls, your majesty can't keep them cold!"

Li Shimin stood up, waved his hands and said: "Xuanling, you have just recovered from a serious illness, and your health is critical. Let's talk about these things later, I—— I have to go to Zhongshu Province!" He got up and walked out, When he walked to the door, he turned around and said, "Xuanling, you need to get well soon, the Northern Expedition is about to begin, such a big battle, it would be impossible without you as a military advisor!" Fang Xuanling knew that the emperor was avoiding it on purpose. On this topic, he realized at this moment that the estrangement left by this incident between the father and son could not be eliminated for a while, and a disappointed and helpless expression appeared on his face.

Two days later, Li Chengqian's illness became more serious. He coughed violently, as if he was going to cough through his lungs.He Sidao was summoned to the East Palace again, and Ankang came to visit from his bedroom after hearing the news.As soon as he entered the door, Ankang eagerly asked Empress Changsun, who was sitting beside the prince dumbly, "Mother and Empress, how is brother Prince?" With tears in her eyes, Empress Changsun said nothing.Ankang walked to the bed, grabbed Li Chengqian's hand and shouted, "Brother Prince!" Li Chengqian's eyes were straightened, and he said in a raving voice: "I just dreamed that I was walking in a forest, and a pack of wolves suddenly came chasing me. I ran as hard as I could, but I still couldn't escape, and the wolves bit my ankle—— Li Chengqian's voice was trembling, his hands were trembling, and he suddenly called out to the window, "Wolf!" When everyone looked up, there was a gust of wind, and the shadows of the trees outside the window were shaking.Ankang burst into tears, and said to Li Chengqian: "Brother Prince, that's not a wolf, it's a tree! Don't be afraid, your empress, sister Haitang, and I are all here. Imperial doctor, see the prince quickly. "

He Sidao walked to the bed and took Li Chengqian's pulse. After feeling his pulse, he couldn't help frowning, and turned around to ask Haitang if he had taken the medicine he prescribed for the prince on time last time.Haitang was about to speak, but Empress Changsun rushed to the side and said: "The prince has taken it!" He Sidao said with a confused face: "This is strange! Since you have taken the medicine, shouldn't you be like this?" Ankang asked anxiously He Sidao, how is the prince's condition, He Sidao told her with a worried face, it seems that the situation is going to turn into tuberculosis.

Ankang was so shocked that he stood up and said, "No, I have to tell my father, the elder brother of the prince is so ill, why doesn't he feel sad at all! He Sidao, you should prescribe the prescription quickly, it will delay the illness of the elder brother of the prince. , I can't spare you!" Ankang left in a hurry after saying that.He Sidao came up with another prescription, and told Haitang: "Take this medicine three times a day, let His Highness drink it quickly, and when you get up, you can still stop it!" After He Sidao left, Haitang picked up the prescription and was about to leave the palace. Empress Changsun stopped her again and asked Haitang to give the prescription to herself.Haitang knelt down on the ground and wept, "Queen Mother, Your Highness's illness cannot be delayed any longer, I beg you." Empress Changsun winked at Jingming, Jingming snatched Fangzi from Haitang's hand, and Haitang cried in despair Nodding, he knelt down to Empress Changsun's lap and shouted loudly, "Queen Mother, he will die!" Empress Changsun calmly ordered, "Jingming, please let the Crown Princess be quiet!" Jingming and two young eunuchs dragged Haitang Get up and put on a chair.

Li Shimin is having a secret talk with Li Jing.Li Jing told Li Shimin that the Flying Tiger Army had arrived in Suizhou, but the recent situation there was worrying. Jieli sent Ashina Simo to keep a close eye on the western front to contain the Tang army's wing.It turned out that Ashina Simo only had 10,000 cavalry, but recently Jieli sent him another 5,000 fine cavalry.Li Jing said: "Now it seems that whether we can transfer the 15,000 people from Ashina Simo is the key to the victory of this battle!" Li Shimin nodded and said: "This old fox Jieli must be Li Shihe The fight with Ashina Simo reminded him! I think it's time to call Li Shi into battle, let him go back to Suizhou to lead the Han army to transfer to the east, and attract Ashina Simo away!"

At this moment, Ankang hurried in, and when they met, he shouted: "Father, it's not good, the crown prince's brother's illness is about to turn into tuberculosis." He stepped out, stopped again, and slowly walked back to the front.Li Jing said from the side: "Your Majesty, the crown prince's illness is serious, you should go and have a look!" Li Shimin said: "Didn't the imperial physician have already been there? Is the matter as big as the Northern Expedition? Ankang, go down, this Now that I know the matter, I still want to discuss the Northern Expedition with the General."

Ankang got angry and shouted loudly: "Northern Expedition! You only have Northern Expedition in your heart. No matter what, Brother Prince is your first flesh and blood. He is already sick like this, and you still don't care about it—you are the cruelest man in the world." Heartless people!" After she finished speaking, she burst into tears and rushed out the door.The wind came in from the open door, and the memorial was blown all over the room. Looking at Ankang's back, Li Shimin felt an unspeakable uncomfortable feeling in his heart. Li Chengqian's cough became more and more severe, Haitang picked up a piece of ropa and covered his mouth, a ball of blood sprayed out from his throat, covering the piece of ropa, Haitang's hands trembled, looking at the There was blood, her legs were weak and she almost fell, she screamed: "Blood, Queen Mother, His Royal Highness is coughing up blood." Empress Zhangsun hurriedly supported Haitang, took Luopa from Haitang's hand and said to Jingming: "Jingming, hurry up!" Give this Ropa to the emperor."

Jingming retreated, Haitang burst into tears, she struggled to stand up and said to Linger: "Linger, quickly call the imperial physician." Empress Changsun said from the side: "No, it is useless to call the imperial physician. This doctor We all know that typhoid fever has turned into tuberculosis, as long as you cough up blood, you can almost prepare for the funeral." Hearing this, Haitang frantically rushed to the bed as if struck by lightning, hugged Li Chengqian and cried bitterly: "Your Highness, didn't you say Do you want to stay with me for a hundred years, how could you just leave me and leave like this!"