From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, there was no major event in the country, and the early dynasty was just a routine regular dynasty, and the courtiers dispersed after they had something to do, and the ministers went back to their own departments to handle official business.

After retiring from the dynasty, Li Zhi held a family banquet in the palace on Penglai Mountain in the Taiye Pool, and all the family members were present.

Li Lingyue, who was eight years old and lively and cute, and looked like a porcelain doll, saw Li Yu coming, ran up and grabbed Li Yu's hand and said coquettishly: "Fourth brother, you didn't come back during the New Year, and the little sister didn't have any New Year's flavor at all." ”

"The fourth brother is back now, and the taste of the New Year has naturally been brought to the little sister."

Li Yu pinched Ling Yue's Xiaoqiong nose and smiled.

"What about the New Year's flavor?"

Ling Yue stretched out her little hand to beg for it, Li Yunuo couldn't take out anything, and it was estimated that the bright little face of spring would immediately turn cloudy.

Li Yu took out a yellow diamond that shimmered yellow in the sunlight and was the size of a pigeon's egg from his sleeve and placed it in Ling Yue's palm.

Li Lingyue immediately exclaimed, and rushed to Li Zhi and Empress Wu in a few steps and exclaimed: "Father, mother, look at the gem that the fourth brother gave me......

Li Yu really wanted to correct his little sister, this is called a yellow diamond, which is much more expensive than a gemstone. Thinking that there was no distinction between gems and diamonds in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yu dispelled this idea, in fact, without modern testing equipment, it is difficult to distinguish between them with the naked eye.

This yellow diamond was mined by Xun Jinwei last year when he was exploring gold mines in Laizhou, the color is bright and flawless, and the yellow diamond is extremely rare in nature, so large even in the future generations are extremely rare, extremely precious.

After being carefully carved by the skilled craftsmen of Fuchu, the reflection effect is better under the sun, which is very attractive to women.

It couldn't be better as a belated New Year's gift for my little sister.

Empress Wu glanced at the big diamond in the palm of her beloved daughter's hand, pressed her beloved daughter's forehead and said angrily: "You became a little money fan at such a young age, and you will have it when you grow up." ”

Li Zhi and his five sons couldn't help but laugh.

Empress Wu, who has seen a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, naturally knows the preciousness of this yellow diamond, and so far in the palace treasury, she has never seen a yellow diamond that is even smaller than this.

But the little Li Lingyue doesn't know the geometry of wealth, she only knows that this diamond is very beautiful in the sun, maybe it looks better to make it into a pendant and hang it around her neck.

"Father, mother, ......"

Li Yu took the gift of his son to meet his parents.

"Come to my mother's side, I haven't seen you for a year, Siyang, you are a lot darker than last year." Empress Wu pulled Li Yu up and sat beside him, looking at him with a smile.

"Fighting on the battlefield can exercise people's physique, Si Yang has a strong body since he was a child, rarely gets sick, has been with the army generals for several years in the frontier, and has repeatedly led the army to fight for the country to quell the rebellion, and he really has the posture of a general."

Li Zhi looked at his fourth son, Li Yu, who was strong and heroic, and was very pleased.

"Father, mother, you are a little embarrassed to praise the child, the child's little arms and legs are still far from the general. When leading the army to fight, the children were in the rear, listening to the advice of the generals to enter the army, and the victory in the battle with the enemy was won by Li Shangdan, Xue Ne and other soldiers who were loyal and brave and fought bravely to kill the enemy. ”

Li Yu said humbly with some embarrassment.

Since the battles of Anshi and Shimen, Li Yu has never personally led his troops to kill the enemy. From then on, every time there was a battle formation, he would be in command in the rear and not easily involved in danger.

Next, Li Yu greeted his eldest brother Li Hong and other brothers one by one, and talked about all kinds of strange things overseas.

Just as the conversation was in full swing, Li Hong, who was sitting next to Li Zhi, couldn't stop coughing, attracting the attention of the family.

Li Zhi looked at the thin body of his eldest son, and couldn't help but sigh, feeling melancholy: "Although Da Yang is like me, his body is weak and he has been plagued by illness all year round. After a hundred years, can he really inherit the throne of the Tang Dynasty? If you can't keep it, you have to lose power. ”

Thinking of the fall of power, Li Zhi looked at the gentle and virtuous Empress Wu at this time, and lamented: "My imperial power is next to my wife, isn't it because of my wind and illness, and I have a headache and can't see the government when I get sick, so I have to entrust power to my wife." As a result, my wife did not let go of her love rights, and I also had the weakness to have today's situation. Is it true that Da Yang will repeat my mistakes? ”

Empress Wu seemed to look back at Li Zhi with some feeling, although she saw her husband looking at Da Yan with concern, but with intuition, Empress Wu realized that her husband was afraid of her when he looked at him just now, and he was still deeply helpless.

Empress Wu sneered in her heart, she couldn't be clearer about what her husband thought about her in her heart, her husband had already thought that the country had no heart to manage it because of the wind, and Datang couldn't do without her.

Li Zhi's eyes looked back and forth between Li Xian and Li Yu, and the two sons learned to be intelligent, tall and handsome, and they all looked like kings. The difference is that Li Xian is more knowledgeable and dignified; Although Li Yu is good at literature, he is better at the way of marching and military soldiers, and he is a little whimsical and strange, which makes people a little incomprehensible.

Thinking of the merits made by Si Yang for the Tang Dynasty in the past three years, and the orderly governance of Anton, Li Zhi hesitated at the moment: "It is really difficult for Nuo Da Yang to inherit the unification when he is sick, is it more suitable for Si Yang who is both civil and military than Eryang who has not been in battle and has not been governed?" ”

For Da Yan, who is sick and sick more seriously than his father, Li Zhi was actually worried about whether his eldest son would go before him when Li Hong's illness recurred last year?

In order to prevent accidents, Li Zhi specially ordered Li Xian to assist Li Hong in supervising the country at the beginning of last year.

"Da Yan's illness has not healed, and the imperial doctor will come quickly."

Li Zhi temporarily put aside the thoughts in his heart and ordered the attendants beside him.

Li Xian hurriedly poured a cup of tea and handed it to Li Hong to drink, and Li Hong, who had relieved his breath, said softly: "Father, I have been in poor health these days, and I have let the imperial doctor see the prescription, so don't bother the imperial doctor to run away." ”

Li Zhi's beloved son would not listen to Li Hong's words, and still sent someone to urgently send the imperial doctor to come.

A happy family banquet was overshadowed by Li Hong's sudden illness, Li Yu panicked in his heart, according to historical records, the eldest brother was actually less than two years.

When the imperial doctor came to check the pulse, because he had prescribed medicine before, he suggested that Li Hong pay more attention to rest and avoid work.

When Li Zhi heard this, he directly asked Li Hong to handle some of the government affairs to Li Xian.

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After the family banquet, Li Yu bid farewell to his eldest father and mother and Changshi, and left the palace with the second and third brothers and returned home.

On the way back, the three of them talked about their eldest brother's illness and were worried, and turned to talk about government politics.

Li Xian said: "The completion of Baiyacang can store the grain in the east of the canal, and it can relieve the victims of Guanzhong and Henan, which can be described as a great joy at the beginning of this year." ”

When Li Yu heard this, the establishment of Bai Yacang meant that he would not be able to give the victims a bite to eat next year as before, and attract a large number of people to join the Anton Pioneer Group and move overseas. This means that it will not be easy to recruit a sufficient number of immigrants this year.

"The only thing that can be filtered now is Tibet, and it is really hateful to have repeatedly violated the situation in recent years."

Li Xian said hatefully.