Xiao Siye didn't see the scene of the battle between the Tang army and Xue Yantuo's cavalry yesterday, so it was inevitable that he would ridicule Fang Juntuo at this moment. The reason why Feng Wolf Juxu and Le Shi Yanran are called meritorious deeds of the world and are regarded as supreme military merits by generations of Han family sons and daughters is precisely because they are as difficult as climbing to the sky!

As long as you deviate from the direction slightly, the desolate Gobi, the desert of thousands of miles, you can easily swallow up a large army, at this time it is the middle of winter, there are no herdsmen grazing on the grassland, you can't find a guide, the east, west, north and south are not clear, and there is no logistics supply, how to get to Yu Du Jun Mountain?

At that time, Li Jing only led a few thousand cavalry, all of them reduced their equipment and carried dry food, and then they raided the tooth tent of Jieli Khan for thousands of miles, and now the right guard is no less than 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses, even if there are only 20,000 cavalry, so many soldiers and horses, how much grain do people need to eat and chew?

How naïve......

In addition to the ridicule, Xiao Siye was naturally saddened by his fate.

Fang Jun was defeated, although he relieved his hatred, but that also meant that there was no one to clear his name, and there was no merit in the destruction of Xue Yantuo, so how could he offset his merits?

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It's tangled!

The wind and snow in northern Xinjiang were severe and the war was burning, but after the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Taiji Palace fell into a depressed and low atmosphere.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the annual court meeting is held in the Taiji Hall.

In the past two years, the Tang Dynasty has made great achievements and shocked the world, not only the surrounding Hu people panicked and surrendered, but even some distant countries sent envoys to Chang'an for the first time to congratulate. The entire Chang'an City gathered the envoys and officials of countless states and countries in the world, and became a dazzling world center in one fell swoop, with unprecedented pomp.

However, after meeting with the royal family of the Silla Jin clan and the Emperor of the Japanese Kingdom, such as the princes of the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty Li Er endured the discomfort, repelled the envoys, and finally couldn't hold on after returning to the dormitory, and fainted on the bed on the spot......

The entire Taiji Palace panicked.

The concubines were all panicked, since the funeral of Queen Wende, there was no owner in the harem, and there was not even a person to stabilize the position at this moment, and it was a mess.

Even the cultural relics of the previous dynasty were a little confused......

Who would have thought that His Majesty Li Er, who was in the prime of life and in the prime of spring and autumn, would suddenly become so seriously ill?

The news is tightly sealed, limited to some important ministers and respected people within the imperial family, if this news spreads, there are now countless envoys from all countries in the world in Beijing, who knows which one will have a different mind when he hears the news that the emperor is seriously ill?

Now that the Eastern Crusade is imminent, there must be no more border troubles......

But then again, as soon as this year passes, it is early spring, and the emperor is sick like this, can he still drive the expedition in person?

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The sky was a little overcast, with snowflakes falling sporadically.

Li Ji looked up at the gloomy sky, sighed in his heart, stood in front of the Chengtian Gate, rubbed his eyebrows, and suppressed the irritability in his heart.

Soon, the palace door opened, and Wang De, the chief attendant, came to greet him in person.

"British Princess, Your Majesty has a decree to announce your audience."

"Hmm."

Li Ji is not good at words, and he is serious by nature, so he just bowed his head and walked quickly into the palace.

Wang De fell half a position slightly, and the two of them walked towards the Divine Dragon Hall one after the other.

The palace is solemn, the maids are all restrained, there are not many people coming and going in the palace, the red walls and tiles are paved with green bricks, and the snowflakes are falling quietly, doubling the silence.

"How is Your Majesty doing today?"

Li Ji lowered his voice and asked.

Wang De's voice was also very low, and a sad look appeared on his face: "I used half a bowl of porridge early in the morning and drank a cup of ginseng soup, and the meal was acceptable." It's just that my body is very weak, and after sitting for a while, I am tired and sleepy, and I have to lie down and rest, and my spirit is a little tired. ”

The two of them didn't stop, and there was no one around.

It stands to reason that Li Ji, as the first assistant, should ask about His Majesty's physical condition, and Wang De, as the head of the inner chamberlain, is not wrong with reporting the emperor's physical condition to the first assistant, but the two of them whispered so as not to be heard by others, and Wang De's words were a little too detailed......

Li Ji's footsteps moved, and his face was solemn: "Has Zhao Guogong ever entered the palace?" ”

Wang De paused slightly and said, "No." ”

Li Ji's thick eyebrows furrowed, but he didn't ask again, his feet quickened slightly, turned a hall, and arrived at the Divine Dragon Palace, standing solemnly outside the door.

Wang De entered the store directly, and soon turned around, bowed down and stood by the door, inviting Li Ji to enter.

Only then did Li Ji step into the Divine Dragon Palace.

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The temple burned the earth dragon and burned the brazier, which was very warm.

In the dormitory, His Majesty Li Er was lying on the dragon couch, covered with a thick quilt, and a slender woman with picturesque eyebrows was holding a white jade bowl in front of the couch, and called softly: "Father, get up and take medicine." ”

His Majesty Li Er on the couch said "um", struggling to get up, and a long-bodied man in front of the couch hurriedly stepped forward, his upper body next to the dragon couch, and stretched out his hand to help His Majesty Li Er sit up.

Another girl with bright faces, red lips and bright teeth poured rock candy from a glass jar into a saucer on one side, which was very pleasant, and said crisply: "This is the rock candy made by my brother-in-law, but it is sweet!" After taking the medicine, the father can take one. ”

It is the three children of His Majesty Li Er, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Princess Changle and Princess Jinyang.

Li Ji's footsteps paused slightly, and he stood at the door with his hands tied.

His Majesty Li Er on the dragon couch frowned with a pair of sword eyebrows, drank a bowl of soup and medicine with Princess Changle's hand, smacked his lips, and said unhappily: "These imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital are becoming more and more useless, and you can't add a few sweet herbs to neutralize the taste, it's too bitter." ”

Princess Jinyang said softly: "Father is really, good medicine is good for illness!" Come on, come on, eat a rock candy and it won't be bitter. ”

It's like coaxing a child......

His Majesty Li Er just ate this set, and let Princess Jinyang use two slender jade fingers like spring onions to carry a rock candy into her mouth, and immediately smiled, and said with relief: "It's still the son-in-law who is good to his father, your sister feeds her father to drink bitter medicine, but the son-in-law gives her father rock candy, which is not in vain your father's love for you, haha!" ”

Princess Changle rolled her eyes angrily.

Can this be the same?

Princess Jinyang covered her mouth and smiled, her two bright eyes bent into crescent moons: "Then tomorrow I will change the prince's brother to serve my father and take medicine." ”

Li Chengqian, who had just left half of his body off the dragon couch, shuddered when he heard this, and looked at Princess Jinyang with a bitter face.

The elder brother fed bitter medicine, and the younger sister fed rock candy......

You're such a good sister to me!

Princess Changle smiled gently on her beautiful face, turned around and put the white jade bowl on the coffee table, and saw that the British Duke Li Ji was already standing at the door, and hurriedly got up to salute and said, "Changle has seen the British Prince." ”

The crown prince and Princess Jinyang also hurriedly came over to greet them: "I've seen the British duke." ”

Li Ji bowed and returned the salute: "Weichen doesn't dare to be." ”

His Majesty Li Er, who was on the dragon couch, beckoned, and said warmly, "When did Mao Gong come over?" I didn't even notice it, and I blamed these children for making a fuss. ”

Li Ji took two steps forward, and his expressionless face, which had always been cold and wooden, showed a trace of envy, and said softly: "When His Royal Highness Changle was serving His Majesty with medicine, Weichen came in. It's just that I can't bear to disturb Your Majesty's indulgence, so I didn't say anything, and I asked Your Majesty to forgive me. ”

His Majesty Li Er looked at Li Ji's expression and said angrily: "Heh! This lingering sickbed, how do you seem to be quite happy? ”

If you were a bystander, the emperor would be scared half to death when he said such a sentence......

Li Ji didn't hear it, and even pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth, and replied: "Family and beauty, children are filial, if possible, Weichen is really willing to change with Your Majesty." ”

The emperor's question was a bit outrageous, and the reply of a courtier was even more rebellious......

The courtiers want to change with the emperor?

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, such a sentence is enough to destroy the nine clans......

Fortunately, the Tang Dynasty is not the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and His Majesty Li Er is not those narrow-minded mediocre people, not only was he not annoyed when he heard the words, but he gloated and laughed: "You say change it?" I don't want to do it yet! You, just go home and worry about your two unconscious sons and that unsuccessful son-in-law, don't worry about these children! ”

Hearing this, the smile on Li Ji's face turned into a wry smile......

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, who can imagine that the British Duke Li Ji, who is the head of the Zaifu, is actually unhappy in his family affairs and his children and grandchildren?

The eldest son Li Zhen has a calm temperament, and has a great prestige among the younger generation, who wants to serve as Sima of Guizhou years ago, and once again accidentally fell from a horse in the battle to suppress the provocative rebellion, resulting in a wound to the viscera and vomiting blood three liters, although he saved a life, but injured the vitality at all, and now he has returned to Beijing to recuperate, and the imperial doctor treats it, saying that it is a great loss of vitality, not a sign of longevity.