Li You asked, "Queen Mother, do you feel tired easily, and your energy is not as good as before?" ”

Empress Changsun said: "Yes, I often don't sleep well at night, I get up early and love bed, and I feel tired every day in the afternoon, and I often feel powerless. ”

Li You said: "Inoue Xintao steals his complexion, and the tender willows on the eaves are light. The queen mother's poems were really well done. ”

The poem recited by Li You is a sentence from a poem written by Empress Changsun when she was young, "The Love of Floice", which literally means: the first peach blossoms seem to be secretly borrowing the ruddy color of her complexion, and the newly haired willow branches by the eaves seem to learn from her light posture. is talking about her delicate face and slender figure when she was young.

Time flies, although the eldest grandson queen still has the same demeanor, but after all, she no longer has the youthful vitality of the year.

Empress Eldest Sun sighed and said abruptly: "Baiyun Canggou, the white horse has passed through the gap, and the past is like smoke. Immediately, the picture of life in the prime of life flashed in front of her eyes, and she fell into deep thought for a while.

After a while, Empress Eldest Sun smiled dumbly and said: "You'er, the queen mother is old, and now she no longer has the demeanor of a young man, and she is a grandmother." ”

Li You said: "The queen mother, the son has heard such a sentence, the day of the birth of every newborn is the day of the mother's suffering. ”

"That's a good point." Empress Eldest Sun said with emotion.

She gave birth to a total of seven children, and the heart-rending pain of each birth is still fresh in her memory.

A woman's childbirth is very harmful to her body, and at the same age, the eldest grandson queen looks older than Concubine Yang and Concubine Yin.

Looking at Empress Eldest Sun's slightly haggard appearance, Li You felt a little worried in his heart.

Empress Changsun had a great influence on Li Shimin, and in history, after the death of Empress Changsun, Li Shimin did not establish another queen in his life, which can be seen.

Moreover, Li Shimin's temperament has changed a lot, and he has become irritable, which has affected the atmosphere in the court, and he has not become as open-minded as before, and Li Shimin has since lost his enterprising spirit.

As for Li Chengqian, Empress Changsun has a greater influence on him, and his original growth path, although he stumbled, was gradually moving forward steadily. After the death of Empress Changsun, he began to go downhill.

Li You wanted to prolong the life of Empress Changsun as much as possible, so that Li Chengqian could become more mature under her protection.

However, this matter is a difficult task for Li You.

As a noble queen, Empress Changsun has no problem with material living conditions and medical security, but she has a problem that is extremely damaging to her health - she is the queen.

The profession of the queen is not so easy to do, even more difficult than the emperor, and it is an extremely risky profession. Because once the identity of the queen is deposed, it is basically a dead end.

The harem is a nest of right and wrong, and the brutal struggle in it is more intense than the battle in the court. As the empress, her status is threatened by the younger and more beautiful concubines at any time.

Without extraordinary political wisdom and superb skill, it would be impossible to subdue those concubines who are full of greed for the upper position.

In addition, there are thousands of people in the harem, and there are thousands of complicated affairs, which also need to be worried about by the queen.

Empress Changsun is a responsible woman, in order to manage the harem well, she worries about labor and keeps the harem as stable as possible, which is extremely damaging to her health.

Li You wanted to persuade her to free herself from complicated affairs, but Empress Eldest Sun couldn't let go.

On the one hand, she is not at ease, worried that if some things are not handled well, it will cause turmoil in the harem. On the other hand, she really can't let go. Once she is unfamiliar with something in the harem, she is likely to be deceived and taken advantage of, leaving the hidden danger of turmoil.

Li You couldn't directly persuade Empress Changsun, and there was an embarrassing problem - Li You's mother was also the emperor's concubine, and if he persuaded Empress Sun to release power, he would be suspected of plotting against him.

Li You must be able to find a way to free Empress Changsun from the burdensome affairs of the harem and ensure her control over the harem.

Li You said: "Queen Mother, Erchen wants to do a comprehensive physical examination for your body, and then formulate a plan for you to regulate your body. ”

Empress Eldest Sun nodded and said, "Okay, You'er, then I'll bother you." ”

Li You said goodbye and left the Lizheng Palace, and met Wei Chi Baoqi and his wife, their son was already one year old, and the whole family was about to go to see Empress Changsun.

When they saw Li You, they were very surprised, saying that after meeting Empress Changsun, they would go to the Qi Palace's Mansion to see Li You.

Li You left the harem and went straight to the East Palace.

……

A few days later, the palace of the king of Qi,

In Chang'an in April, spring is full of flowers, and the garden of the Qi Wangfu is full of flowers and melodious music.

Li Chengqian and Li You were watching a dance, and the dancers were all women, but they were not ordinary dancing girls, they were all very big figures.

Among these people are Li Leling, Li Lizhen, Li Ruoyu, Crown Princess Su, Concubine Hou Haitang, Princess Yang of Shu, and Princess Xiao Wanyu of Qi.

They lined up in a neat line and danced to the sound of a cheerful music.

This dance is neither the court nor other types of dance practiced in the Tang Dynasty, and the movements are relatively simple, but the sense of rhythm is relatively strong.

After a while, tiny droplets of sweat began to appear on the dancers' faces, glittering in the sun, and their young faces were full of youthful vitality.

This is the popular square dance in later generations, which is a good sport that integrates entertainment and fitness.

Last time Li You went to see Li Chengqian, the two discussed together to help Empress Changsun recuperate, they first asked Sun Simiao and Tai Hospital to conduct a comprehensive physical examination for Empress Changsun and formulate a prescription for drug conditioning.

Sun Simiao put forward the idea of exercise conditioning, which is exactly the same as Li You thought.

However, for Empress Changsun, her status is noble, and it is obviously not suitable to do some sports activities under the public of Daqing.

Li You remembered a very good way of exercising at that time, and it was also very suitable for the identity of the eldest grandson queen - square dance. If the eldest grandson queen and the concubines in the palace can exercise together, everyone will be able to accept it.

For middle-aged and elderly people such as the eldest grandson queen and the concubine Niangniang, square dancing has obvious benefits:

1. Dancing square dance can lose weight, under normal circumstances, dancing for two hours in a row can consume too many calories in the body and consume excess fat on the body.

2. Make sleep better, get more adequate rest, make people more energetic, more energetic and more eye-catching, study and work more efficiently, help relax the nerves, and clear the mental pressure caused by reading or working.

3. Help increase stamina, exercise strong will, have the courage to face challenges, help increase self-confidence, and establish a healthy self-image.

4. Provide opportunities to share fun with friends and promote everyone's feelings; Provide opportunities to meet new people and learn the spirit of cooperation in group activities.

Fifth, relieve boredom, kill time, bring you happy, interesting, fun, exciting feelings, let people learn more skills, these skills are more likely to be used for a lifetime.

In order to make Empress Changsun accept this dance form, Li You suggested to Li Chengqian that people close to Empress Changsun should first learn and demonstrate. So let the princess and the princess's concubines learn first, which also shows the filial piety of the younger generations to the elders.

Square dance is simple and easy to learn, and most of the aristocratic women in the Tang Dynasty have a good foundation in dancing and can easily learn it.

As a result, square dancing won the affection of the princesses and the princess's concubines.

After finishing this matter, Li You asked Li Chengqian to take them into the palace to perform.