In the second year of Xianheng, Li Chen was six years old, and Princess Chengyang died in Fangzhou.

When Li Zhi learned of his sister's death, he was so grief-stricken that he almost lost his temper on the spot. Soon after the death of Princess Chengyang, Xue Zong, the commander of the horses, also left with his beloved wife. After Li Zhi, Wu Zetian and others returned to Chang'an, Xue Shaofu returned to Chang'an with the coffin of his parents. When Li Zhi saw Xue Shao, he was inevitably saddened.

Xue Shao lost his parents, coinciding with great changes, and was much calmer than when he left Chang'an two years ago, although his face was still childish, but there was a bit of resoluteness between his eyebrows.

The boy and Li Zhi said: "My mother walked in her sleep, and the day before she left, she was basking in the sun with me in the yard. The mother said that she had no regrets with her husband and son in her life, but it was a pity that she could not see her uncle again. ”

When Li Zhi heard this, his face was in a trance, and he was speechless for a long time.

He remembered the carefree days of his youth, when his parents were still alive and he was happy with his siblings. It's a pity that after the death of his mother, the two brothers-in-law competed for the position of prince, and they were both demoted from Chang'an, and finally died in a foreign land. The eldest sister and Jin Yang died one after another, and after the death of the eldest grandson, Xincheng resented him and Mei Niang for being ruthless to the eldest grandson, until she fell Wei Zhengju again and finally died, Xincheng was no longer close to him.

It seems that all these years, the only relatives who have been with him are Chengyang. Now that Chengyang is gone, Li Zhi feels that his heart is empty.

His eyes fell on the young man in front of him, and his sister died before the child could grow up. Li Zhi suppressed the grief in his heart, carefully asked what books the young man was reading now, and asked him some questions, and finally asked gently: "Your two cousins are the same age as you, are you willing to go to the Chongxian Pavilion to study with them?" ”

Xue Shao looked up at his uncle in some astonishment.

Even if his father was demoted because of his mistakes, but his mother is still the sister of today's saint, he should have grown up carefree, when he grew up, the saint's uncle will arrange an idle position for him because of his mother's location, he will be in Chang'an City with many noble children, today to drink and talk, tomorrow to hunt for fun, the people in Chang'an City talk about him, may shake their heads and say that they can't say, all day long only know cockfighting and lackeys, but the tone will also be difficult to hide with envy and jealousy.

But in just a few months, he lost both parents, and some people say that the eldest brother is like a father, but the elder brother used to rely on his parents. Xue Shao finally realized that he had nothing to rely on, so he could only force himself to be calm and restrained, and on the way back to Chang'an from helping his parents' coffins, he didn't cry or make trouble, like an adult. When he was ready to have nothing to rely on and must go on his own, his uncle held out his hand to him and asked him if he would like to go into the palace to study with his cousins.

The warmth from the elders made the strong calmness that the young man forced out disintegrate in an instant, and cracks appeared in the original camouflage hard shell in an instant, and an inexplicable grievance suddenly surged in the young man's heart, but the consciousness of being a man made him hold on to death, and his facial expression was very subtle.

Li Zhi looked at the young man in front of him, and patiently repeated the question, "Shao'er, are you willing?" ”

The boy came back to his senses, blinked, tried to blink the wetness from his eyes, and replied in a low voice, "Yes." ”

Princess Chengyang died, and her father was always very depressed, and after her mother came back from Luoyang, she began to be very busy again. Li Chen and Taiping have both seen Xue Shao who came back from Fangzhou, probably Taiping is cultivating for his grandmother Mrs. Rongguo, and Xue Shao is also keeping filial piety for his mother. Li Chen was not in the mood, she came out of the princess's courtyard, and the palace maids followed a large group, she was a little irritable when she saw it, so she sent all those people away.

The palace maids of the princess courtyard have been well-trained in the past two years, and they have long practiced a haunting ability. Seeing that Li Chen was annoying to them, they dispersed in the palace without saying a word, and then found an inconspicuous corner, pretending to do things, helping the master pick flowers and send things, in short, they just had to follow the pace of the little princess without a trace, but they couldn't let her have any problems.

Li Chen walked and walked, and before he knew it, he had walked to the Hall of Eternal Life. She hesitated, then walked inside. Wang Fulai, the eunuch beside his father, whispered that the saint had only used medicine and needed to rest. Li Chen thought about it and wanted to leave, but the smell of medicine that permeated her nose made her unable to move.

My father had a lot of headaches this year, and the imperial doctor said that he had wind paralysis, and he was most afraid of hot and humid conditions. Now it's almost summer, the weather is starting to get hotter, and my father has been sad about his aunt recently, so he has been taking medicine since returning to Chang'an. His mother saw that his father was suffering from headaches, and she also thought of ways to relieve his pain. In the east of the Taiji Palace, there is a Yong'an Palace, which was ordered to be built by her Aweng Taizong, the Yong'an Palace is higher, more dry and cool than the Taiji Palace, the original intention of Aweng was to let the ancestor who had been Zen to live in the Yong'an Palace, in order to fulfill filial piety. But before the Yong'an Palace was built, Gaozu had already died, and the Yong'an Palace was idle.

In order to let my father recuperate better, my mother only returned to Chang'an this year, so she took a fancy to Yong'an Palace, and wanted to rebuild Yong'an Palace and change its name to Daming Palace. It is said that before the summer of this year, my father can move to Daming Palace to live.

Li Chen looked at Wang Fulai, who was bent over to look at her at eye level, and said, "I want to go in to see my father." ”

"Princess Yongchang, the saint has used medicine to lie down." Wang Fulai said softly, for fear that the sound would be too loud, and it would make a noise to Li Zhi if it came in.

Li Chen didn't care about him, turned around and walked inside, "If I go in quietly, I won't make any noise about my father." ”

"Hey, Princess Yongchang—"

Li Chen didn't reply, and walked in directly.

Wang Fulai stood at the door, neither going in nor retreating, and finally choosing to stay in place. The saint has always loved his children very much, but he is no longer doting on Princess Yongchang but doting on her, and he is so obedient that he doesn't want it. Whoever he offends, he can't afford to offend the big Buddha of Princess Yongchang.

When Li Chen entered, his father didn't lie down, one hand supported his forehead, his eyes were slightly closed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing this, Li Chen blinked, and deliberately ran over with heavy steps.

When Li Zhi heard the voice, he didn't need to open his eyes to know who it was, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, but he didn't move.

Li Chen ran over, looked left and right, and saw that his father did not move, so he simply climbed onto the kang by himself. After climbing up, the whole person lay on Li Zhi's shoulder, "Aya." ”

Li Zhi smiled and said "um".

"Wang Fu said that you just took medicine, it's time to lie down and rest, why didn't you lie down?" Li Chen's little head rested on Li Zhi's shoulder and asked.

Li Zhi said: "Aya is thinking about things. ”

Li Chen thought about it, today his father had just seen Xue Shao who had come back from the coffin of his parents in Fangzhou, and after thinking about it, he was probably thinking about Princess Chengyang and her children. Li Chen stood behind Li Zhi, and his white and chubby little hands reached out to Li Zhi's temples and pressed the acupuncture points for him.

In fact, she didn't know what acupressure was on, but when she was in Qingning Palace, her father was uncomfortable, and her mother pressed it for him. Li Chen did not expect to learn the essence of his life, he just hoped to make his father happy.

"Why did you come here alone, your mother?"

"There were a lot of people with me, but I thought they were too annoying. Mother and Brother Crown Prince were talking, and I couldn't understand what they were saying, so I came to see you. Aya, does your head still hurt? Yongchang will rub it for you, and it won't hurt if you rub it. Li Chen smiled, although the quality of service was not good, but the attitude was good.

When Li Zhi heard her energetic voice, he felt a lot less bored in his heart, took off her chubby flesh claws, and said with a smile: "It doesn't hurt anymore." ”

Li Chen walked around to the front, tilted his head, and looked at Li for a while with his increasingly good-looking eyes, and suddenly said: "Sister Ah and my cousin are copying scriptures for my aunt, and Sister Ah said that after copying the scriptures, she will be able to accumulate virtue and cultivate blessings for her aunt, and she will live better than before." Aye, let's go see if they're done copying, right? ”

Li Zhi was stunned and looked at Li Chen, who was like a dough in front of him.

Li Chen said: "I copied the scriptures for my aunt, she is doing well, and Aya's headache will be better." I've heard that the people on the ground know that the people on the ground are sad for them, and they will be sad, and if they are sad, it will be detrimental to the blessings of the dead. ”

"Ahh Li Zhi was stunned, he really didn't know where his daughter heard such words, anyway, he had never heard of it.

Li Chen opened his eyes and said unhappily: "What I said is true!" ”

Li Zhi couldn't help laughing, stood up, hugged Li Chen on the kang, took her hand and walked out, "I don't know if what you said is true, this kind of thing is sincere, and it is really rare for Taiping and Shao'er to have this intention, let's go and see them." ”

Li Chen asked curiously, "Does Aya want to copy a copy and burn it for her aunt?" ”

Li Zhi reached out and gently pinched her little face, behaved intimately, and said with a smile: "Aya wants to copy it, and Yongchang also wants to copy it." ”

Li Chen smiled and nodded: "Okay." ”

Li Chen felt that it was nothing to copy the scriptures, and it didn't matter whether the so-called accumulation of virtue and blessings was really true, and transcribing the scriptures was also a way to remember his relatives. But I don't know what the reason is, since the death of Princess Chengyang, her father is not in good health, and she will always feel inexplicably uneasy in her heart, feeling that this peaceful and happy day is about to come to an end.