The Spring Festival of the third year of Tang Tiande is more lively than in previous years, because this year, Li Jun has two more children, a son and a daughter, Jin Shan'er gave birth to a prince, and Princess Izumo gave birth to a princess.

Li Jun was very happy, and named his second son Li Chengchao, and his second daughter was called Li Qiaoer, and on this day, Xiao Wangzhi, who was already in poor health, fell ill all of a sudden.

This incident can be regarded as casting a shadow on this originally beautiful New Year, Li Jun hastily ate the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and then took the empress to the Xiao Mansion.

Although Empress Dowager Wei was a little dissatisfied in her heart, but thinking about Xiao Wangzhi's merits, that unhappiness disappeared, Empress Dowager Wei looked at Li Qi, the king of Qi who was sitting next to her and didn't cry or make trouble, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "The emperor has a saying that is very good, the moon is cloudy and sunny, and people have good fortune and misfortune." ”

At this time, Li Moyue, who was next to her, found that Empress Dowager Wei was not in a very good mood, so she walked over with a smile and said, "Queen Mother, don't worry, Grandpa Xiao will definitely be safe." ”

Empress Dowager Wei looked at Li Moyue dotingly and said: "Moyue, the queen mother has three sons, only you have such a daughter, you have to take care of your brother and younger brother for the queen mother in the future." ”

"What do you say, Queen Mother? You're too young to think. Li Moyue teased Li Qi and said.

Usually Li Jun is busy, and King Lu is in Qufu, so Xiao Li Qi and Li Moyue, the sister, have the best relationship, after a while, the sister and brother laughed together, the laughter here attracted Li Ling'er's attention, and soon the eldest princess of the empire also participated, and the Empress Dowager Wei looked at the three children from the side, and couldn't help laughing......

When Li Jun rushed to Xiao's Mansion, Xiao's Mansion was deserted, and there was no New Year's atmosphere at all, hearing that Li Jun was coming, Xiao Ting took Xiao Renjie out to greet him, and the two saw that Li Jun just wanted to salute, so they waved their hands and said: "Okay, these false gifts will be waived, how is the teacher?" ”

Xiao Ting wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, my father just took medicine and fell asleep, and Doctor Hua is watching." ”

Hearing that Huashan was here, Li Jun breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and instructed Xiao Ting and the others: "Go and arrange for the queen to rest first, and you two will go to the study with me to talk." ”

"No, Your Majesty."

Xiao Meier is a very sensible woman, knowing that His Majesty did not take herself at this time, and had her own reasons, so she followed the maid to the backyard.

The three of them came to the study, Li Jun looked at this familiar scene, and tears couldn't help but flow, because Li Jun was too familiar with this study, when he was still the prince, the first emperor didn't care about himself, he was bored in the palace, so he often came to Xiao's mansion, and this study was where Xiao Wangzhi taught himself.

Xiao Renjie and the others saw that Li Jun was in deep thought, and they didn't dare to disturb, they waited quietly beside them, and when Li Jun came back to his senses from his memories, Xiao Renjie handed over a cup of tea and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to rest for a while, after all, grandfather doesn't know when he will wake up?" ”

Li Jun waved his hand and said, "No need, Renjie stayed to talk to me, Guozhang, you go to the teacher first and wait for the news, and as soon as there is news, you must inform me immediately." ”

Xiao Ting immediately replied: "No, the minister obeys the order." ”

After Xiao Ting left, there was silence in the study again, at this time the two of them didn't know what to say, and after a while, Li Jun asked slowly: "Renjie, what kind of person do you think the teacher is?" ”

Xiao Renjie thought for a while and replied seriously: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know how to answer, the minister can only say that his grandfather is a model for the minister to learn." ”

Li Jun nodded and said: "What you said is good, not only you, the teacher should be a model for the people of the world to learn, the teacher is the companion of the emperor's grandfather, with the emperor's grandfather for more than 30 years, never abandoned, after the father succeeded to the throne, obviously did not like the teacher, but the teacher is still conscientious, to ensure that I do not lose the Tang Dynasty, to me, let alone me, the teacher has achieved me with his own fame, so many years, the teacher has done a good job for both friends and ministers, such a person should not be treated like this." ”

Hearing Li Jun's words, Xiao Renjie's tears flowed down very angrily, and at this moment, the housekeeper ran over and said, "Your Majesty, Young Master Sun, Master Sun, he is awake." ”

The two hurriedly broke out of the door, and then quickly ran to Xiao Wangzhi's yard, when Li Jun arrived, Xiao Wangzhi was talking to Xiao Meier.

Seeing Li Jun, Xiao Wangzhi struggled to get up, Li Jun hurriedly clasped Xiao Wangzhi's hand and said, "Teacher, take care of your body, these false courtesies will be waived." ”

Xiao Wangzhi waved his hand to let everyone retreat, leaving only Li Jun in the house, Xiao Wangzhi said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the old minister may die soon, you can't watch Your Majesty reign in the world, the prince grows up, and the old minister is unwilling." ”

Li Jun hurriedly comforted: "Teacher, don't say such unlucky words, with Huashan here, you will be fine." ”

Xiao Wangzhi had already looked down on life and death, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, needless to say, the old minister's body The old minister himself knows best, the old minister begs His Majesty for two things, the first is that after the old minister dies, please bury the old minister next to the mausoleum of Jingtai Ye, the old minister misses him." ”

"Yes, yes, teacher, I will." Li Jun said in a choked voice.

Xiao Wangzhi coughed suddenly, and finally stopped coughing, and then said slowly: "Your Majesty, this last thing is that the old minister asks Your Majesty not to do the abolition of the crown prince, the prince is unstable, and the national foundation is unstable." ”

"This teacher, don't worry, tiger poison doesn't eat children, let alone me?" Li Jun immediately nodded and said.

Xiao Wangzhi nodded and fell asleep again.

When Li Jun left Xiao Wangzhi's house, it was almost three watches, and Xiao Meier still couldn't rest assured of her grandfather, so she stayed, and there were only Li Jun and Huashan in the car.

Li Jun asked tiredly: "Huashan, tell me honestly, how long does the teacher have left?" ”

Hua Shan sighed and said: "Your Majesty, I can't hide it, the old prime minister is suffering from tuberculosis, and it would be good to survive this New Year." ”

Li Jun sighed and said, "Okay, then I've worked hard for you in the past two days, and you can run more here in the Xiao Mansion." ”

"Obey."

Since seeing Xiao Wangyi that day, Li Jun has been to Xiao Mansion several times, but every time he goes to Xiao Wangzhi, he is asleep, so Li Jun had no choice but to look inside the house and leave.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Jun was discussing various plans for this year with the cabinet people, when He Shen hurriedly ran in and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good, the old prime minister has passed away." ”

Hearing this, Li Jun was stunned for a moment, and then Yuan Zhan was the first to cry, Yuan Zhan and Xiao Wangzhi are also friends and enemies, and the relationship is the deepest, and then the ministers also cried, at this time Li Jun slapped the table heavily and said, "What are you crying about?" The teacher is gone, but Datang is still there, Datang is a teacher who has fought for a lifetime, we must inherit the teacher's legacy and build Datang well, so as to live up to the teacher's painstaking efforts. ”

"No, the minister obeys." The ministers immediately replied.

Li Jun continued: "Gongsun Kun, pass on the decree, Prime Minister Xiao will accompany the burial of Emperor Jingtai's mausoleum, nicknamed "Wen", and I have decided to change the yuan to "Zhenguan" today to worship the teacher's spirit in the sky. ”

"Obey." Gongsun Kun didn't dare to slack off and replied immediately.