Outside the Lingyan Pavilion was quiet, and the courtyard that had just been cleaned was covered with a layer of fallen leaves, which was extremely desolate.

I saw a eunuch come out of it wiping his tears, and after saluting Yuan Ziyan, he begged: "National teacher, you can persuade Your Majesty, I have been sitting in it for more than an hour, and I don't want to come out no matter what I say." ”

Yuan Ziyan nodded and walked in slowly, only Li Shimin was sitting on the futon on the ground in the empty room, and his mouth seemed to be chattering.

Yuan Ziyan's heart was sour, and tears fell down, this is just the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, in the future world, it will take more than ten years to retire, but Li Shimin is aging so quickly.

Hearing the movement, Li Shimin turned his head, the outdoor sunlight still stinged his eyes, and he couldn't help squinting slightly.

"Is it purple smoke?"

"Hehe, who else but me can be so good to you!" Yuan Ziyan quickly wiped away her tears, put on a smiling face, took the medicine bowl from the palace maid's hand, touched it with her hand, and said with a smile: "It's okay, hurry up and hurry up, it's finally not cold." Shimin, drink it while it's hot! ”

"Hey, no matter how bitter the medicine is, it can't cure my illness, so I won't drink it." Li Shimin waved his hand and said.

"Look, if you are disobedient and don't take medicine, how can you get sick? Well, if you drink the medicine, I'll tell you a secret, how about it? Yuan Ziyan asked with chirping eyes.

Li Shimin did not reject this kind of coaxing child, and said with a smile: "What's the secret? ”

"According to the rules, drink the medicine and then talk about it." Yuan Ziyan pointed to the medicine bowl, and Li Shimin frowned slightly. Still drank it in one go, feeling sick to his stomach, Yuan Ziyan hurriedly fed him another candied fruit. It's stable.

"Ziyan, you must not have told me secretly, you just coaxed me to drink medicine."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Yuan Ziyan gave up his hand, which made Li Shimin laugh again, and handed her his hand, Yuan Ziyan carefully helped Li Shimin up, and the two looked at the person in the portrait together.

"Lee Hyo-gong is my cousin. He was in the best health when he was five years old, and he was able to eat a leg of mutton, and I competed with him. I almost broke my belly. Li Shimin recalled the past with a smile, and Yuan Ziyan couldn't help laughing, two people who became famous as adults were also so interesting when they were children.

"It's a pity that my cousin is a good and violent pawn. Caught me off guard. Li Shimin shook his head slightly. came to Du Ruhui again, and his eyes were red: "Du Ruhui, you worked hard for the Tang Dynasty, but I killed your rebellious son, our grievances, let's go to settle the balance when we meet." ”

"Shimin, Lord Du is fair and honest, and he will definitely not blame you." Yuan Ziyan comforted.

Li Shimin nodded. When he came to Wei Zheng's portrait, he was stunned for a long time. Finally, he pointed at Wei Zheng with a wry smile and said, "Old fellow, you killed me a bird, but I remember it." ”

"It's no wonder that Master Du is the result of Yuwenshi and his pet." Yuan Ziyan laughed, but Li Shimin sighed, pointing to Yu Wenhua and the portrait, as if he could hear it: "This guy is careful, you have to be careful when you speak." ”

Oh, Yuan Ziyan nodded and helped him continue to walk down. In front of him was the portrait of Fang Xuanling, Li Shimin looked at it for a long time, and shook his head dissatisfied: "I didn't paint his demeanor at all, my eyebrows are low, where does it look like a beautiful man Fang Xuanling." ”

"Maybe the artist is afraid that he will overshadow you." Yuan Ziyan joked with a smile.

"Yin Kaishan died the earliest, and I never saw me ascend the throne and reign over the world." Li Shimin had some regrets, but he firmly believed that if Yin Kaishan knew about it, he would definitely be happy and proud of Li Shimin.

"Li Jing, you are a lucky general, we can be companions." Li Shimin muttered.

"Shimin, Master Li is still here, don't be confused!" Yuan Ziyan reminded, Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "I'm already bedridden, I'm afraid I'm going to die soon." ”

"Zhang Liang, Zhang Liang, you failed Ziyan to save you several times, and you lost your own life." Zhang Liang mentioned by Li Shimin is the one who exposed the prince's rebellion, and Yuan Ziyan is like a brother and sister, but he doesn't have much ability after all, he is high and low, he is flattered and favored by a group of people every day, and he also engages in feudal superstition, he was denounced, imprisoned by Li Shimin, and died depressed.

Most of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion have passed away, and Li Shimin began to talk and laugh as if he was talking about family life, as if he was talking to his old friend, but the more he talked, the more sad he became, and when he walked to the last portrait of Qin Qiong, looking at the heroic door god, Li Shimin lost control of his emotions and suddenly cried.

"Qin Qiong, you stand guard for me when you are sick, I can't pay back this kindness!"

Yuan Ziyan was really not at ease, and persuaded: "Touching the scene, Shimin, let's come here less in the future." ”

"I'm not coming, I'm not coming, I'm not coming again." Li Shimin waved his hand, looked around at the twenty-four brothers of the opposite sex with tears in his eyes again, turned around, and left without looking back.

In the last year of his life, Li Shimin really never came to Lingyan Pavilion again, and he knew that he would meet him soon, and he would still be with him in life and death.

To put it nicely, he looked down on life, and when he said it was ugly, his heart was like ashes, Li Shimin became a little numb and indifferent at this point, and no matter how much news of his old friend was seriously ill or passed away, he didn't have much energy to be sad anymore.

What made Yuan Ziyan admire was that Li Shimin did not take an overdose of banned drugs in order to avoid illness like Emperor Yang of Sui, but gritted his teeth and persevered, and rarely complained bitterly.

If there are no special circumstances, he still goes to court every day and never slackens.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, now that the Tang Dynasty has surrendered, the territory has reached the largest in history, and the east reaches ......"

In the early days of the day, the eldest grandson Wuji happily reported the latest situation of the Tang Dynasty to Li Shimin, and he couldn't go on halfway through speaking, because everyone was surprised to find that Li Shimin actually fell asleep on the dragon chair with his head down, and couldn't help whispering.

The eldest grandson Wuji frowned, this phenomenon is not good, but he doesn't know what to do. Yuan Ziyan stood and waited without hurry, Li Shimin had unbearable abdominal pain last night, and he didn't fall asleep until the early hours of the morning, he should always be allowed to rest for a while, it doesn't matter where he sleeps.

"Your Majesty's dragon body is worried!"

"I'm afraid it's ......"

"Ahem!" The eldest grandson Wuji coughed slightly, turned around and whispered: "Don't speculate, Your Majesty is in the prime of life, and he will definitely be fine." ”

Everyone hurriedly closed their mouths and stopped talking, and the eldest grandson Wuji came to Yuan Ziyan's side and asked, "National Teacher, in your opinion, how is Your Majesty's situation?" ”

"Lord Eldest Sun, didn't you tell everyone just now, why did you come to ask me?" Yuan Ziyan snorted coldly.

"Of course, the words to the outside world are not from the bottom of my heart, the national teacher can pinch and calculate, and there is no mistake, I really want to hear the national teacher's opinion." The eldest grandson Wuji sneered and bowed his hand slightly, probably thinking that if the emperor fell and Yuan Ziyan lost his backer, he would not be so arrogant.

"Who is Your Majesty, the true dragon emperor, can I see it accurately with my naked eyes? My lord, don't forget what we said earlier, I'm still confident that I'll be right. Yuan Ziyan said.

Haha, the eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help laughing, Yuan Ziyan is really a duck, and his mouth is very hard. The eldest grandson Wuji decided that Yuan Ziyan deliberately disgusted him, and if he could live to die until he was seventy or eighty, it would be no different from dying at the end of his life. What's more, it is his own eldest nephew who is about to ascend the throne, and he can still turn his elbow out and get close to Yuan Ziyan?

"Who's making a fuss?" Li Shimin was woken up by laughter, frowned and woke up, rubbing his sore forehead.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is the eldest grandson Wuji, who laughs loudly in the court, and loses his appearance." Yuan Ziyan stepped forward and said with a cold face, many people were overjoyed when they heard this, that is, Yuan Ziyan dared to speak like this.

The eldest grandson Wuji looked embarrassed, and couldn't say what was wrong with Yuan Ziyan, so he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to apologize. Li Shimin naturally wouldn't punish him for this little thing, waved his hand to get him up, and sighed: "I feel that my body is not as good as before, and I am unwilling, but it is difficult to disobey my destiny." ”

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon!" The ministers knelt down en masse, and many of them began to cry, which made people even more upset.

"Your Majesty works hard for state affairs every day, and you must not be idle, when you combine work and rest, you can have a good life and recuperate." Chu Suiliang said worriedly.

Li Shimin was silent, and everyone turned their hopeful eyes to Yuan Ziyan, but the eldest grandson Wuji did not have too much extravagant hope for this, he decided that Yuan Ziyan was a person with a strong desire for power, and he would not necessarily let Li Shimin leave the court.

However, Yuan Ziyan's next words made everyone feel very warm, and they only heard her say: "Your Majesty, now that the world is peaceful and prosperous, the prince is an adult, and the ministers of the court and the central government are full of talents, why not take a good rest?" I heard that the Cuiwei Palace under Cuiwei Mountain has fresh air and suitable temperature, and it is a journey of one or two hours, so it is convenient to go back and forth, so Your Majesty might as well come here to recuperate for a while. ”

Li Shimin really felt tired, and was about to agree, but he was a little hesitant, because after the emperor left the palace, especially the old emperor, it was always easy to have some chaos. For example, didn't Yang Guang die in Jiangdu at the beginning?

Yuan Ziyan secretly gave Li Zhi a look, Li Zhi understood, quickly knelt down, and said sincerely: "The son cannot be separated from his father, so I implore my father to take the son with him." ”

Everyone sighed, only the most filial people will not take the opportunity to monopolize power. Li Shimin's eyes were also slightly moist, and he was very satisfied with his son's words, nodded and said: "That's fine, although Zhi'er can go, don't waste the government, you should learn more from a few ministers." ”

"The retainers obey." Li Zhi thought for a while, and then said: "Concubine Shuniang has been going out less in recent years, and she is not very good at her body, can you let her accompany her?" ”

Many ministers were moved, Concubine Yang Shufei is Li Ke's mother, and Li Zhi misses her very much, not to mention her brother in the future?

Li Shimin was very happy, his complexion was also a lot ruddy, and he nodded: "Just what Zhi'er said." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister still has an idea, I don't know if it will work?" Yuan Ziyan asked. (To be continued......)