In the Da'an Palace, the pavilions and pavilions are still the same, and the chamberlains and palace maids can also be seen everywhere, but the whole palace is filled with an indescribable desertion, even in the middle of summer, you will still feel a little cold when you walk into the palace, not to mention that it is autumn now, and the leaves on the trees have begun to turn yellow, which looks even more depressed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Xiu walked through the long corridor in the palace, looking at the surrounding scenery while walking, as time went by, Li Yuan became more and more free, not only could he send someone to inform others to go to Da'an Palace to see him, but sometimes he could go out to play, but in recent years, Li Yuan has also become older, and he seems to be less and less fond of moving, and usually stays in Da'an Palace most of the time.

Passing through the heavy palace in front, Li Xiu finally came to Li Yuan's dormitory, and he didn't let anyone report it, so he walked in directly, but he didn't expect Pei Lin to be here, sitting opposite Li Yuan, the two old men were playing chess, and when he saw Li Xiu coming in, he just signaled to sit down, and didn't say hello in particular.

Li Xiu was also very interested, and then walked lightly to sit next to the chessboard, and then quietly watched them play chess, and looked at Li Yuan from time to time, compared to a few years ago, Li Yuan is getting older and older, his hair and beard are almost white, the wrinkles on his face are more like knife carvings, and his face is also very white, not the kind of healthy white, but blue in white, and it feels like he is seriously ill at first glance.

In fact, Li Yuan's health in the past two years has not been very good, for example, he had a serious illness some time ago, although he was cured, his body became weaker than before, and even the imperial doctor told him not to go out to blow the wind as much as possible, so now Li Yuan and Pei Lin can only stay in the room and play chess.

Some time ago, Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang had just come back from the south, and they immediately came to visit Li Yuan, and they also specially brought him some rare supplements from the south, but after a few days, Li Yuan's complexion didn't seem to be much better, which made Li Xiu sigh, calculating the time, Li Yuan's death period seemed to be only in these two years.

After a long time, Pei Lin suddenly dropped the black chess piece in his hand, and said with a helpless smile: "The Emperor Taishang's chess strength is superb, and the minister lost this game!" ”

"Hahaha~, Eunuch Pei, you are really old, I used to play chess with you, I lost more and won less, but I didn't expect that now I finally have a chance to take revenge!" Li Yuan saw Pei Lin admitting defeat, and he couldn't help laughing at the moment, and the whole person seemed very happy.

"Your Majesty should be old and strong, and it is not comparable to your subordinates!" Pei Lin also smiled at Li Yuan's words at this time, and then looked at Li Xiu next to him and said with a smile, "Horse, you are finally back, how is it, how is the scenery in the south?" ”

Li Xiu went out this time to claim that he was temporarily living in Luoyang, and the traffic was blocked in this era, so it was impossible for most people to really go to Luoyang to check if Li Xiu was there, so most people thought that Li Xiu was really in Luoyang, but Pei Lin was not an ordinary person after all, and he naturally knew that Li Xiu actually went to the south.

"The scenery in the south is beautiful, especially in Suzhou, where not only the scenery is beautiful, but also the environment is very comfortable, I have bought a house there, and I plan to move there to retire when I am old." Li Xiu also replied with a smile at this time.

"Hehe, you are still so young, it is inevitably a little early to talk about pension, but Pei Jian and I have reached the age of burying our necks, maybe one day when our legs are stretched, people will be gone." As soon as Li Xiu's words fell, he saw Li Yuan smiling, but at the end, the loneliness revealed in his words made people feel inexplicably sad.

"Why did the Emperor Taishang say such an inauspicious remark, the minister and the Emperor Taishang are of the same age, but they have never felt old, some time ago they also used to ride a horse to hunt, the weather is not very good these days, wait until the weather is good, the minister accompanies His Majesty to go out hunting, and then compare archery skills?" Pei Lin said again at this time, but when it came to the end, even Li Xiu could see that he was forcing a smile.

"Haha~, speaking of hunting, when I was young, you were not my opponent, and now that you are older, I'm afraid you are even less my opponent!" Li Yuan likes hunting very much, and when he heard Pei Yuan's words, he immediately raised his interest and said loudly, Pei Yuan also obviously wanted to make Li Yuan happy, so he also talked about some interesting things when the two of them were hunting when they were young, and in the end, it made Li Yuan laugh again and again, and his complexion was much better.

However, Pei Lin could also see that Li Yuan should have something to say when he called Li Xiu, and obviously didn't want him to listen, so in the end, he also got up and said goodbye very interestingly, but when he left, he didn't forget to tell Li Yuan to rest more, and Li Yuan also personally sent him out of the palace, and waited until Pei Lian's figure disappeared at the palace gate, and Li Yuan returned to the palace with a lonely expression.

Li Xiu had been silently watching Li Yuan and Pei Lin say goodbye, and after returning to the hall, Li Yuan sat down, and then after taking a sip of tea, he asked Li Xiu: "Don Ma, did you encounter anything interesting when you went to the south this time?" ”

"Huh? This ......" Li Xiu was stunned when he heard Li Yuan's question, and couldn't understand what he meant, and only after a while did he react and said, "There are a lot of interesting things, such as encountering Turkic people who moved to the south on the canal, and in addition, some counties by the sea are flooded with crabs, and the people on the seaside don't like to eat these crabs, which is really surprising." ”

"Hehe, it's really interesting!" Li Yuan heard Li Xiu's words but said indifferently, but it really didn't make people see that he was interested in these things, and after a while, I saw Li Yuan speak again, "I heard that you went to the Liangyi Hall again just now, did anything big happen in the court?" ”

Li Xiu glanced at Li Yuan in surprise when he heard this, he really couldn't figure out what he was going to do when he asked the west? But in the end, he still replied honestly: "Emperor Qiyu, now the world is peaceful, and there is no major event in the court, but some time ago, a Persian envoy came to our Tang Dynasty, speaking of Persian envoys, when I went to sea in the south, I actually encountered them in distress at sea, so I rescued them and sent them to Chang'an, and it is precisely because of this that His Majesty asked me to inquire about the Persian envoys." ”

"I've heard about the Persian envoys, and I heard that there are two more at a time, which is a rare thing, but maybe Persia is too far away from our Datang, so I'm worried that one mission won't be able to reach Datang, so I sent envoys from both land and water, but I didn't expect both missions to go to Datang." Li Yuan guessed with a smile at the moment that he was closed in the Da'an Palace, and he didn't care much about the affairs of the court, so he didn't know much about the inside of the Persian mission, let alone the division within Persia.

"This ...... The reason why Persia sent two missions was actually ......"

Li Xiu just wanted to explain to Li Yuan the reason why Persia sent two missions, but he didn't expect that as soon as the words came out, he was interrupted by Li Yuan: "Speaking of Persia, I want to ask you something related to Persia!" ”

Seeing that Li Yuan was obviously not interested in Persian affairs, but said that there was another matter related to Persia that he wanted to ask him for, this made Li Xiu also show a puzzled expression, but finally said: "The Emperor, please speak!" ”

I saw Li Yuan ponder for a moment, and then he spoke again: "I heard that Persia is thousands of miles away from our Tang Dynasty, whether it is from the sea or land, it will take nearly a year, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"Thousands of miles away may be an exaggeration, but Persia is indeed very far away from us, whether at sea or on land, there are too many risks, and it is not unusual to walk for a year." Li Xiu replied immediately.

"I see!" Li Yuan nodded thoughtfully when he heard Li Xiu's words, and after a long while, he suddenly spoke to him again, "Don't you, do you know which one is farther away from our Tang Dynasty, Persia or America?" ”

"This ......" Li Xiu finally understood when he heard Li Yuan's words, it turned out that Li Yuan's real purpose was actually to ask him about the situation in the Americas, but he shouldn't know that he had met Li Chengdao, after all, even Li Shimin didn't notice about this matter, let alone Li Yuan, who lived in seclusion in Da'an Palace.

"Your Majesty, although Persia is far away from our Datang, it always ends up on one continent, in contrast, America is on another continent at the end of the sea, so naturally America is farther away from our Datang!" Li Xiu thought for a moment and replied again, America and the Central Plains are just located on both sides of the earth, and naturally they are much farther away than Persia.

"Sure enough, America is even farther away from us than Persia, and poor my children and grandchildren have to live in such a distant place, I am afraid that even if I die, they will have to wait a year at the earliest to receive the news." Li Yuan heard Li Xiu's answer, and muttered to himself with a sad expression at the moment.

Li Xiu also shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard Li Yuan's words, he knew that Li Yuan would say this, but it was not surprising to think about it, Li Yuan was so old and in poor health, I am afraid that even he himself could feel that his life was short, and it was normal for people to miss their children and grandchildren at this time, especially the children and grandchildren who were not around like Li Yuanji and Li Chengdao, which would make Li Yuan even more worried.

"Don't you, you said that they should grow up, Yuanji has a short temper and can't teach children, so he knows how to beat and scold children, and he doesn't know what these children will be taught by him?" Li Yuan spoke again with a gloomy expression, at this time, he also had half a point of imperial aura on his body, and some of them were just an old man in his last years of thinking about his children and grandchildren.

"This ...... Chengdao They have indeed grown up, and may even have begun to get married, although King Qi's temperament is irritable, but after so much training, his temperament may become more mature, and Chengdao has always been steady, and should often persuade King Qi. Li Xiu was also a little soft-hearted when he saw Li Yuan's appearance, and comforted him again at the moment.

"Donal, I want to see Motoyoshi and Seido again before I die, can you help me?" As soon as Li Xiu's words fell, he suddenly saw Li Yuan grab Li Xiu's arm, and the old man also showed a stern look on his face and whispered.