A few days later, Li Xiu went to see Li Shimin again, he originally wanted to tell Li Shimin that he couldn't do anything about his son, after all, this girl's tone was too tight, and Ning An didn't cooperate, but resolutely stood on the side of his son, and Li Xiu didn't have anything to do about it.

However, when Li Xiu came to Cuiwei Palace, he felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, the palace attendants and palace maids were all cautious, and a few acquaintances saw Li Xiu coming, so they breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Where is Your Majesty?" Li Xiu called an acquaintance and asked.

"Your Majesty is in the Imperial Horse Residence in the side hall, do you want the slave and maid to take the prince to go?" This chamberlain saluted Li Xiu.

"No, I'll go by myself!" When Li Xiu heard that Li Shimin was in the Imperial Horse Residence, his heart sank at the moment, thinking of the green horse he saw when he came last time, and combined with the reactions of these people in the palace, he had almost guessed the reason.

Hearing that Li Xiu didn't have to lead the way, the chamberlain was also relieved, after all, they didn't want to see Li Shimin at this time. And Li Xiu immediately rushed to the Royal Horse House, the so-called Royal Horse House, in fact, is the place where Li Shimin raised horses, Li Shimin is a military general, naturally has a special feeling for war horses, so there are also a lot of good horses in the palace, in addition to the war horses he has ridden, he has been raised in the palace, even if it is the palace of Cuiwei Palace, there is also a special Royal Horse House.

Li Xiu often comes to Cuiwei Palace, and he is naturally very familiar with the terrain here, and he stepped into the Royal Horse Residence at the moment. The house occupies a large area, after all, in addition to raising horses, it is also necessary to let the horses run and exercise every day, so the whole house is actually more like a small pasture, and the ground is also covered with grass.

And when Li Xiu found Li Shimin, he found that he was sitting on the grass, the old horse Qingqi was lying on the ground, his big eyes were weakly half-closed, and his chest was rising and falling violently.

"Your Majesty!" Li Xiu stepped forward and said softly.

Hearing Li Xiu's voice, Li Shimin raised his head and glanced at him, but there was incomparable sadness in his eyes, and after a while, he said slowly: "Qinghu is also leaving, and there is one less old guy by my side!" ”

"Your Majesty doesn't have to be too sad, Qing Hu can follow His Majesty and make so many achievements in his life, if it has a spirit, I'm afraid it will also feel that this life is extremely exciting!" Li Xiu also opened his mouth to persuade at this time, Li Shimin's health was not good, and if he was in excessive grief, he was likely to get sick again.

However, Li Shimin didn't listen to any persuasion at this time, only to see that he reached out and stroked Qinghu's neck at this time, and the old horse seemed to feel the owner's reluctance, and then opened his eyes, and some cloudy horse eyes showed a little attachment, and even wanted to struggle to stand up, but it was too old, and he couldn't get up after several struggles, but made his breathing more rapid.

"Old man, lie down in peace, I have already conquered the whole world, and there is no opponent around, and there is no need for us to go to the battlefield again!" Li Shimin saw Qinghu's struggle, and whispered again to comfort him, but when he said this, two lines of tears also welled up in his eyes.

Seeing Li Shimin's appearance, Li Xiu, who was standing next to him, also sighed, for Li Shimin, Qinghu is not only his beloved war horse, but also a witness to the turbulent times when he was young, but now that Qinghu is leaving, for Li Shimin, it is almost equivalent to the passing of his youth.

Ma Tong human nature, Qinghu was comforted by Li Shimin, and it slowly calmed down, but at this time, it didn't have the strength to struggle anymore, just looked at its master with a pair of big eyes. But at this time, Li Xiu found that Qing Hu's breathing was getting weaker and weaker, the amplitude of his chest was getting smaller and smaller, the frequency was getting slower and slower, and the divine light in Qing Hu's eyes was getting dimmer and dimmer.

Li Shimin also found out about Qinghu's situation, which made him even more tearful, but Qinghu had come to the end of his life at this time, even if he was an emperor, it was impossible to let time stop, and finally Qinghu finally stopped breathing in front of Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty's condolences!" Li Xiu sighed again at this time, and then stepped forward to persuade him, although he knew that the persuasion at this time would not have any effect at all, but as a minister, he also had to fulfill his responsibilities.

Li Shimin fell into grief at this time, and couldn't listen to any persuasion at all, and Li Xiu didn't speak again after persuading, but silently accompanied Li Shimin, he was worried that if Li Shimin really fell ill, he would have a good time to take care of him here.

However, Li Shimin finally stopped his grief, and immediately stood up and ordered someone to bury Qinghu in Zhaoling, next to the main tomb of himself and Empress Changsun, and at the same time he also ordered Yan Lide and Yan Liben brothers to draw their six most beloved war horses, and carved them into stone sculptures in front of the tomb to commemorate their exploits, and Qinghu is one of them, which is the famous Zhaoling Six Horses in later generations.

Li Xiu saw that Li Shimin was in a low mood, and wanted to chat with him and relieve him by the way, but Li Shimin looked very tired at this time, and even had no intention of talking, which made Li Xiu very helpless, and finally had to say goodbye and leave.

However, just as Li Xiu left Cuiwei's palace gate, he suddenly stopped again, turned his head to look at the majestic palace bathed in twilight, and then let out a long sigh, and he didn't know why, he now had a very ominous premonition in his heart.

And the next thing also confirmed the ominousness in Li Xiu's heart, just nine days after Qinghu's death, Li Shimin also fell ill again, at first the illness was not serious, Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji and others went to visit, Li Shimin could still sit up and talk to them, but then it became more and more serious, the imperial doctor tried his best to stabilize Li Shimin's condition, and finally invited Sun Simiao, who went out to seek medical treatment, again to invite Sun Simiao, who went out to seek medical treatment, which made Li Shimin's condition temporarily stabilized.

However, although Li Shimin's condition has temporarily stabilized, the situation is still not optimistic, especially Li Xiu asked Sun Simiao in private, although Li Shimin asked Sun Simiao to keep his condition secret, so that he did not dare to say more, but Li Xiu could also guess some truths from Sun Simiao's expression changes, which made his heart even heavier.

After a few days like this, Li Shimin's condition suddenly deteriorated again, this time even people were unconscious, which made the court also a mess, after all, Li Shimin has been on the throne for more than 20 years, and the court has been accustomed to this eloquent emperor, and now he is old, and he is so seriously ill, which makes everyone's hearts cast a shadow.