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The rest of the people are numb, and this kind of tragic story happens everywhere and everywhere, and they have long been indifferent and indifferent to it.

Before leaving, Yuan Ziyan still secretly handed the child in the woman's arms a piece of dry food, and the girl opened her mouth and bit it down fiercely, and when Yuan Ziyan looked back again, the piece of dry food had been completely swallowed by her. Of course, the mother swallowed her saliva and let the child eat first, but the father, who had been trying to take a bite, kept cursing, starving to death, and didn't know how to leave a stutter for Lao Tzu.

The situation along the way is much the same, although there are no starvation deaths, but if the situation continues to deteriorate, the consequences are still difficult to estimate.

Li Shimin gnawed a few mouthfuls of dry food when he was hungry, and drank a few mouthfuls of water by the river when he was thirsty, and his brows kept wrinkling into a big pimple.

"I heard that this drought has not happened for ten years, I'm afraid there is something to say, right?" A man on the side of the road was idle and had nothing to do.

"The world is in chaos, how many people have died, of course, it is God's punishment." Another half-centenarian said.

"When Emperor Yang of Sui was here, the wind and rain were always smooth, and when he arrived here with Li Tang, there were constant droughts and floods."

"Shhh, don't dare to say this, you're going to be beheaded!"

"Hey, people are going to starve to death, are you still afraid of cutting off your head?"

"Hey, it's true, our emperor is a ruthless character. The crown prince and the king of Qi were killed, and I heard that the emperor was also under house arrest. ”

"I also heard that the emperor's life is not good, eating and drinking is not as good as ours, hungry and full, I'm afraid that no one will know if he dies!"

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Talking about state affairs is a common problem of the common people, and everyone has forgotten about hunger. Together, they chattered and chattered.

The guards turned stunned and secretly drew their swords. was stopped by Li Shimin with a sigh, but Yuan Ziyan smiled and said: "With these talking points, I forgot to be hungry." Shimin, you are also considered a meritorious. ”

"Hmph, it's not you who they're talking about!"

"Hehe, people who have become great things since ancient times have mixed reputations, I want to have your level. But my ability is limited, and I can't do it at all. ”

Li Shimin smiled bitterly and shook his head, in view of the security issue. The group did not go far, but just inspected the surroundings of Chang'an. The further north you go, the less optimistic the situation becomes.

Of course, some officials who eat and drink indiscriminately and don't care about the life and death of the people have also been found. Most of them are people who are related to the royal family. Li Shimin ordered people to write down their names one by one and severely punish them.

As the weather gets hotter, the consequences of the drought worsen. Wherever Li Shimin goes, he will do government affairs, mainly in response to the drought.

It is indispensable to open the warehouse and release grain, but fortunately, except for the customs, the harvest in other places is not bad, and it can be evenly combined. So those discarded cauldrons began to live and cook porridge again. There was a long queue among the people, but that was not enough.

Hundreds of thousands of people were affected. Every mouth needs to eat, and the demand for food is huge, and at first all localities expressed support, and then some people were reluctant, and they prevaricated for various reasons, and the food delivered to Chang'an became less and less.

Disasters did not go alone, but many mountain bandits and bandits took advantage of the fire to rob and rob the grain trucks, and the confidence that the people had just established in Li Shimin was sharply reduced.

"Shimin, why did you have white hair at such a young age?" Early one morning, Yuan Ziyan blurted out. After saying that, I regretted it, Li Shimin is not yet thirty years old, and it is normal for him to work hard every day and decline before he gets old.

"The years are unforgiving, and I used to squander my time, but now it seems that I can't wait to spend one day as three days, and I always feel that there is not enough time." Li Shimin said sincerely.

"Shimin, it's been more than a month since we came out, and the situation is similar everywhere. Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, so let's go back and think of a way. Yuan Ziyan suggested.

"Well, that's exactly what I mean. I'm afraid that the food will not come out, and I have to mobilize the princes and ministers to donate and buy it with a lot of money. Li Shimin said.

Li Shimin was not in the palace for more than a month, and the courtiers were worried every day, first, they were worried that the emperor would encounter an accident outside, and the situation that was easy to settle down would be broken; In addition, I am still worried that the Emperor Taishang will take the opportunity to seize power and set off a bloody storm again.

Fortunately, the wind is calm, and I can receive a letter of peace from the emperor every day, and the emperor is also sitting firmly in Da'an Palace, and there is nothing abnormal. The rest of the ministers are all in order, each doing their own work, and in an orderly manner.

If there is a saddest person in the palace, it is the eldest grandson queen. Half a month later, her physical condition did not improve significantly, so she had to continue to recuperate. The emperor has been out of the palace for many days and has not returned, and what the women think of is that Yuan Ziyan is cheaper, and the eldest grandson empress is pregnant, of course, she will be extremely sensitive, and her daily crankiness is not conducive to the growth of the fetus, and she drinks more medicine than water.

At this time, the eldest grandson queen was eight and a half months pregnant, according to the current saying that it was 36 weeks pregnant, the general pregnancy period was 40 weeks, and more than 37 weeks was a mature fetus.

While the imperial doctors were sweating, their hearts began to slowly relax, and the longer the fetus was saved, the greater the possibility of a safe birth.

And at this time, the news of the emperor's return to the palace finally came. Empress Eldest Sun was in high spirits, and she was busy ordering people to dress her up and go to greet His Majesty in person.

The imperial doctors spoke bitterly and persuaded the queen to stay in the palace to recuperate, and they would also tell His Majesty the truth about this situation, and they would not complain at all. But the imperial doctors did not understand the heart of a wife who was looking forward to her husband's return every day, and the eldest grandson queen thought that she was looking good and in good spirits, so she stubbornly got up and changed her clothes.

After many days of recuperation, when Empress Eldest Sun's feet touched the ground, she felt dizzy in her head, and she opened her mouth and spit out two mouthfuls before stopping. The imperial physicians knelt in front of Empress Changsun and begged her to put the prince first and not to take any risks.

At this moment, the eldest grandson Wuji also hurried over and persuaded: "Sister, I'll just wait to greet you, the prince has a big matter, and there must be no mistakes." ”

"Brother, for some reason, this palace always feels flustered, as if something has happened. The palace has given birth to three children, and there has never been a child as pestering people as this. Brother, will there be anything going on in this palace? Empress Eldest Sun raised a haggard face, still the same dignified face as before, but it was difficult to hide the helplessness and helplessness in her eyes.

The eldest grandson Wuji was distressed, knowing that leaving his sister in the palace would definitely make her sick, so it was better to be careful and block it. The eldest grandson Wuji personally helped his sister up, but the body of the eldest grandson queen was too weak to climb the phoenix.

The eldest grandson Wuji knelt on one knee without hesitation, put one of his sister's feet on his lap, and then used his own strength to help her firmly on the phoenix.

"Brother, you are the only one in this world who is the best for this palace." Empress Eldest Sun was very sad, lest she cry and spend her makeup, so she tried her best to hold back her tears. The eldest grandson Wuji smiled slightly, and his heart was also rippling, their father died early, as the so-called eldest brother is like a father, in his eyes, his sister is like a daughter.

Before arriving at the gate of the palace, Li Shimin and others walked in, and when they saw the mighty and vigorous team, they were very unhappy. Therefore, without waiting for everyone to salute, he walked straight to Taiji Palace with a blue face.

Everyone hurriedly followed behind, and they didn't dare to take a breath, but Empress Eldest Sun gasped hard. She was neglected during pregnancy, and this pregnancy was very hard, she was snubbed by her husband, and her heart was inevitably unbalanced.

"Your Majesty, the Empress is unwell." The eldest grandson Wuji caught up with Li Shimin and reminded carefully.

Li Shimin finally stopped, glanced back at Empress Changsun, sighed slightly, and stepped forward.

"Queen, excuse me. I still have a lot of state affairs to deal with, and I will definitely visit you when I have free time. Li Shimin said very softly, but when Empress Changsun heard it, her heart was sour, which was equivalent to driving her away. Could it be that when the queen came here, she was adding to the chaos?

According to what she discussed with her brother on the road before, Empress Eldest Sun kowtowed again, and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine has something to do this time." ”

"What?"

"The concubines heard that the disaster in the customs was serious, and there were even cases such as selling their children. As a mother, the concubine was heartbroken, so she ordered someone to collect the treasures that His Majesty had rewarded, and exchange them for gold and silver, willing to be ransom, to redeem those poor children, so that they could return to the arms of their parents. ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone was in an uproar, and they praised the virtue and generosity of the eldest grandson queen, who deserved to be the queen of the world.

Li Shimin was also very moved, personally helped up the eldest grandson, and said with concern: "Queen, look at your face is not good, it is windy here, let's go back and rest quickly." ”

Empress Eldest Sun couldn't help touching her cheek and said with a wry smile: "It's really disrespectful for a concubine to be so ugly. ”

"Why, no matter when, you are the wife who used to block the arrows for me." Li Shimin patted her hand gently.

Empress Eldest Sun raised her head suddenly, tears finally burst out of the embankment, and asked in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, do you remember this?" ”

"Never dare to forget, and you will live up to it."

"Your Majesty, concubine, concubine, ah, it hurts!"

Empress Changsun was too excited, and the fetal gas was unstable, and at this time, there was a severe labor pain in the abdomen, and it was accompanied by regular contractions, so she was afraid that she was going to give birth.

"Hey, it's a long way, it's premature!" The eldest grandson Wuji was very annoyed, and at the same time very guilty, secretly regretting that he didn't stop his sister and let her suffer so much.

"Quickly pass on the imperial doctor!" Li Shimin didn't care about anything else, bent down and picked up Empress Changsun horizontally, and ran towards the Taiji Palace closest to them.

Two lines of tears slipped from the cheeks of the eldest grandson, and her arms tightly wrapped around her husband's neck, it turned out that he still had his own in his heart. Even if it's for him, what's the matter?

"Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to deliver a woman here." Fang Xuanling still reminded responsibly.

"I don't believe in these evils, the virtuous queen will give birth to my emperor, why not?" After Li Shimin finished speaking, he kept urging the imperial doctor. (To be continued......)