When I was young, I never thought about the throne, I just wanted to be an idle king, but I became the emperor by mistake. With such a peculiar experience, Li Zhi, the emperor, can be said to be very good, after all, his crown prince has not been educated for a long time.

In the early days, he relied on the eldest grandson Wuji, and in the middle period, he relied on the strong support of his wife, and in the late stage, he cultivated a solid and reliable team of prime ministers, and his two sons were also sensible and capable, so he felt that the life of letting go of the shopkeeper was also quite good. It was for this reason, as well as for physical reasons, that he chose to abdicate.

However, he didn't feel it when the emperor was in charge of the shopkeeper at the beginning, but now that he has retired to the emperor, he gradually feels a little uncomfortable, especially when there are no major military affairs to be busy. It's a quick time to be idle, but it's very uncomfortable to be so idle. So, he chose to go to Jiucheng Palace with Empress Wu to escape the summer.

Those two months passed quickly and comfortably, but he still had an indescribable sense of loss in his heart. Finally, he thought of something that he originally wanted to do but had not been able to do, so he brought it up as soon as he came back, who knew that it would cause such a serious opposition situation, and even Shangguan Yi, whom he had always regarded as the humerus, did not oppose it with reservation.

"Was I really wrong?"

Thinking of the scene when he proposed to abdicate at that time, countless people objected, Li Zhi felt real regret for the first time. As soon as this regret came up, he felt a little resentful, but who should be directed at this resentment made him confused. Depressed, he walked and walked to the bronze mirror, and looked at the yellow-robed man inside.

Suddenly, he was horrified to find that he looked so old in the mirror. It's just that the temples are frosty white. The wrinkles on his forehead couldn't be hidden, and the flesh under his eyes seemed to be drooping together, looking listless, not to mention the fat on his chin. A few days ago, he thought he was wide and fat, how could he be in this situation now?

Of course he wouldn't have thought of it. In the past, when I looked in the mirror, I just glanced at it casually, and I didn't look so closely at all.

"Come on...... Come! ”

Although he has long been a chamberlain of the highest rank. But as soon as he heard this call, Wang Fushun rushed in as soon as possible. Seeing His Majesty the Emperor staring at the mirror, he couldn't help but be confused. Didn't it say that Li Zhi was making a big show in the court today, and his fire was blocked in order to build the Ming Hall? Why did you suddenly compete with the mirror?

Inexplicably, he waved his hand and signaled a few small chamberlains behind him not to come up to mingle first, and he stepped forward respectfully and said, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

"Take this mirror, remove this mirror!"

Li Zhi commanded viciously, and then added: "From now on, no mirrors are allowed in this Zhenguan Palace, I don't want to see these hateful things!" ”

This inexplicable order made Wang Fushun even more confused. Quickly ordered the people to remove the bronze mirror. After thinking about it, he vaguely understood where his master's anger came from. At the age of forty-six, when the courtiers were still in the prime of life, this lord abdicated on a whim, and now he was angry when he saw that his temples were old and old. That's right, it's definitely like that!

"Wang Fushun!"

Wang Fushun, who was thinking wildly, suddenly heard this call, and hurriedly bent down to listen to the instructions. I can hear the question this time clearly. But he was troubled. This companion is like a companion tiger, but he has always been cautious, so not only did he not make a mistake. Instead, it has risen again and again, but today this stubble seems to be not good.

Because Li Zhi's question was: "You say, do I look older than Empress Taishang?" ”

If you want to tell the truth, the answer is, of course, yes. Because after the fifty-year-old martial arts, he basically couldn't see a single white hair, and his face was ruddy and fair. Only a few small fine lines at the corners of the eyes. The chamberlain of this palace has long discussed the youth residency of the Empress Wu. In the past, it didn't matter if he praised two words, but what should he say today? If only the truth were told. I'm afraid that Li Zhi will kick him out.

"Your Majesty is young and old, and he does look a little more mature than Empress Taishang." Although he deliberately chose the words, seeing that Li Zhi's face was inevitably gloomy, Wang Fushun still couldn't help but feel panicked in his heart, and hurriedly took another turn, "However, just looking at the children of Your Majesty and Empress Taishang, you can see Your Majesty's demeanor." Humanity is the demeanor of the Shangguan Prime Minister unparalleled in the world, but from the villain's point of view, now the Shangguan Prime Minister has worked hard and has long since lost his former style, but His Majesty's prime style is convincing. ”

Such an obvious sycophancy made Li Zhi's mood better, but it was only a little better. He has also seen Shangguan Yi's old state over the years, and he also admits that the former personable immortal has now become a mortal, and it is the real old Shangguan. And his sons are all handsome, and his daughter is a beautiful embryo even though she is young, and she says that he has a little bit of a match in his prime.

For a moment, his disgust with mirrors came down naturally.

It's just that since he ordered all the mirrors to be withdrawn just now, Li Zhi couldn't go back on his word at the moment, and it was all the same thing with a snort. After sitting for a while, he couldn't help but feel bored in his heart, but it was his own order to close the door and not see anyone, if he suddenly walked out of this Zhenguan Hall at this moment, it would inevitably seem that this emperor was too weightless, so he had to sit at the desk and write as if nothing happened.

Taizong Li Shimin is good at flying white, and a large group of princes and princesses are all good at calligraphy, so Li Zhi's handwriting is much stronger than Li Xian's. It's just that he is simply restless today, and he can't read the things he writes out at all, and there are countless discarded words and papers.

"Alas!"

Just when Li Zhi sighed heavily, Wang Fushun, who had just disappeared, suddenly flashed out again: "Your Majesty, there are people ...... outside."

The angry Li Zhi slammed his pen and reprimanded: "Didn't I say it, no matter who it is, even if it is the Empress Taishang, I don't want to see it now!" ”

Wang Fushun was frightened by the Taishang Emperor's roar, but he thought that if the person outside was sent away so easily, Li Zhibao would not be allowed to settle accounts with himself when he turned around, so he had to remind again in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the outside is not a court official, nor is it the Empress Taishang, but the old Mr. Sun, the king of medicine." ”

"Medicine King I also ......" Li Zhi waved his hand impatiently, and stopped all of a sudden before he finished speaking, and immediately showed a sudden expression of enlightenment, and patted his head angrily, "I actually forgot that the Medicine King is in Luoyang now, hurry, quickly invite someone in!" ”

Sun Simiao is over 100 years old, so as soon as they met, Li Zhi cordially instructed the other party not to be polite. After all, this is not only a famous medicine king, but also a figure who has gone through the Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang dynasties, even if he is a king, he has to be polite, and now there is still a place where people can be used. After talking for a while and caring about the emperor's son's condition, he reached out to check Sun Simiao's pulse, and when he saw the divine doctor's thoughtful expression, he was a little nervous.

Over the years, with the death of one old minister after another, it would be false to say that he was not afraid of death, so he asked the immortal to take the elixir. During the diagnosis, he remembered that Sun Simiao was also a Taoist priest, and he couldn't help pinning the little hope that Guo Xingzhen had since his disappearance on this medicine king. Who knows, Sun Simiao put down his hand and suddenly said something that surprised him.

"Your Majesty has been sleepless lately at night, and he has been in low spirits during the day, but there are any? There are often palpitations and nightmares in my sleep at night, but there are any? I don't want to eat or drink during the day, or I am hungry after eating, but some? ”

Faced with these three questions in a row, Li Zhi nodded again and again without thinking about it. To say that the imperial doctor of the Taiyi Department also has real materials, but no one can get so much information from this diagnosis, which can't help but make him have a little admiration for Sun Simiao.

"With all due respect, Your Majesty was too worried when he was young, and this body has already been weakened. After ascending the throne, the state affairs are complicated, and there are often unpleasant things, so although the diet is exquisite and medicated, it still fails to make up for this deficiency, so it has the appearance of premature aging. Coupled with the wind dizziness and stubborn disease, if Your Majesty hadn't neglected state affairs in the past two years, and often wandered to relax, I was afraid that this physical deficiency would be even greater. ”

If someone else said this, maybe Li Zhi would refute and question when he was annoyed, but this time it was Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, who was diagnosed, although he was displeased, but more of it was shocking. The four words of pre-aging and decay can be described as a slap in the face, which made him feel an imminent crisis.

This is also Sun Simiao, replaced by someone else in the Taiyi Department, even if he knows this, he doesn't dare to say it directly.

At that moment, Li Zhi put aside all the troubles at the beginning, and said to Sun Simiao very sincerely: "The medicine king is here in Luoyang, and it is too cold to live in the grass house, and this matter is really not well considered. I thought it would be better to set up a special palace in Luoyang Palace to give medicine to the king, so as to save the pain of running back and forth, I don't know what to do? ”

If Guo Xingzhen was sitting here, he would definitely be cheering in his heart, and then pretending to excuse himself, and then pushing the boat down the river and agreeing. However, Sun Simiao doesn't know how many high-ranking officials he has resigned in the past hundred years, how can he value these things outside his body? If it weren't for the fact that it was the Emperor Li Zhi in front of him, I was afraid that he would have to walk away.

Speaking of which, the conditions proposed by Li Xian when he begged him to go out of the mountain were more agreeable. He didn't expect that the prince who grew up in the nest of wealth and nobility would be able to understand his state of mind.

"Although the old man is old, he still goes to collect medicine in Zhongnan Mountain every year, so it is not necessary to live in the palace. It takes only half an hour to get to Luoyang Palace from the grass house outside the city, which is very convenient. Moreover, the body of the Emperor Taishang is the same as that of His Majesty the Emperor, what is needed is maintenance rather than treatment, and it is even more unnecessary for the old man to live in the palace. ”

Seeing that Li Zhi nodded helplessly, Sun Simiao stood up and said, "When I just came in, I saw that Your Majesty was angry. This anger hurts the five organs, since Your Majesty is already the emperor, it is better to cherish more blessings and cultivate your body, and be less angry, so that you can live a long life, and there will be no risk of running out of oil and running out. ”