Chapter 247 Visiting the Empress

The carriage sped on the official road. Because the matter of returning to Beijing this time is very urgent, and every second counts. Xiao Xiao couldn't take care of so much, and put on a shelf of the countess's ">, and all the inns along the way were prepared with horses pulling carts for the countess to > replaced.

Changing horses and cars all the way without changing people, it was originally a journey of more than ten days, but it only took six days to return to Beijing this time. After returning to Beijing, he rested overnight, settled the two uncles and aunts of the Jiang family, and hurriedly entered the palace the next day.

In the past few days, Li Shimin has been very worried, as if he has suddenly aged by more than ten years. I didn't have the heart to deal with the major affairs of the military state, and the twists and turns in the imperial study had almost become a small mountain. Some less important ones, Li Shimin handed over to the eldest grandson Wuji and Wei Zheng and others to deal with, and those that were more important, Li Shimin would rather pile them up there than hand them over to the prince for approval......

When Wang De hurriedly ran into the dormitory of Taiye Pool and reported to Li Shimin, Li Shimin sat on the edge of the bed, holding a bowl of soup and medicine, and slowly fed it to the eldest grandson queen. learned that Xiao Xiaoxiao actually rushed back from Hangzhou. Li Shimin was a little moved in his heart. This woman really cares about Guanyin......

When Xiao Xiao stepped into the dormitory of Taiye Pool, Li Shimin just put the empty medicine bowl on the plate held by the palace maid. Seeing Li Shimin's appearance, Xiao Xin was also slightly surprised. Such a holy Tang Dynasty emperor has aged so much all of a sudden, it seems that the eldest grandson queen is more important in Li Shimin's mind than the world imagined......

"Courtesy Xiao Shi, knock to see His Majesty the Emperor......" At this time, Xiaoxiao did not shout long live, long live, long live, because if it was shouted, it would be a great irony. If it can really live a thousand years old, then how can the eldest grandson queen count it at this time?

"Hmm......" Li Shimin's voice was a little hoarse, I don't know if he was worried about being like this in the past few days, or if he lost his temper and roared like this: "Xiaoxiao, don't be polite, get up......"

Xiao Xiao stood up after hearing the words of thanksgiving, and glanced at the eldest grandson queen on the bed. I saw that the eldest grandson queen, who had a full and shiny face and a gorgeous and unparalleled face in the past, was already skinny and bone-like, and her face was withered. More than half of the green silk has already fallen off, and although the rest is meticulously combed, it has already lost its luster. As soon as she drank the medicine, Empress Eldest Sun fell into a deep sleep again. Looking at such a queen mother, Xiao Xiaodang even wet her eyes, and murmured softly sadly:

"Sister......" Then he didn't know what to say, and he didn't care that Li Shimin was sitting on the side, so he slowly walked to the edge of the bed and sat down cross-legged. Stretched out his hand and tucked the corner of the eldest grandson's queen. He put his hand, which had been exposed, back under the quilt and covered it. Seeing that Empress Changsun was not aware of her arrival, the sorrow of the little little heart was even worse.

After sitting like this for half an hour, Xiaoxiao slowly turned around and asked Li Shimin:

"Your Majesty, sister...... How could the queen be like this? Wasn't it good before? When the courtiers and their husbands went to Hangzhou, weren't the mothers okay? ”

Li Shimin's face was full of pain: "I don't know why, even Doctor Sun can't diagnose what kind of illness this is, I only know that Guanyin's vitality is slowly passing, and I can't help it, I can only watch Guanyin's maid suffer from illness day by day, day by day to become like this, my heart is about to break......" Li Shimin was a little incoherent, I was a little incoherent for a while, and I was ...... for a while

Xiaoxiao can understand the hesitation and fear of people who are about to lose their loved ones, although Li Shimin is the Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven is also a human being, and people's hearts are flesh and blood, and naturally it is no exception.

"Your Majesty, please mourn, we did the best we could. If it is providential, then it will ...... Only...... I can only cry out in vain, and I still ask Your Majesty to put state affairs first, and the pheasant slave and the little son are still young. His Majesty will pour his deep friendship for Niangniang into the pheasant slave and the little son...... "The little guide without a trace, in fact, Li Shimin is exactly like this in history, after the death of the eldest grandson, Li Shimin is gentle to all the children born to the eldest grandson. Even if Li Chengqian rebelled, Li Shimin did not kill him, but was demoted to a commoner and moved to Qianzhou. And Li Zhi, the king of Jin, and Li Lingyue, the youngest son, were raised and taught by Li Shimin after the death of the eldest grandson queen, which is absolutely unprecedented and unprecedented in history......

The reason why Xiaoxiao mentions these at this time is actually to plan for the future. Because in the small plan, after the Suzhou-Hangzhou salt and iron case, the most ideal situation for Fujun Zhixuan should be to go to the Jin Palace's mansion to be a teacher......

After listening to the small words, Li Shimin perked up a little. After a while, he asked, "How did you get the news?" The queen is seriously ill, and I strictly forbid the palace people to leak the news, and it is impossible for the people to know......"

Xiao Xiaoyan smiled, this kind of thing, with her relationship with the eldest grandson, there is no need to hide it, so she replied honestly:

"Back to Your Majesty, on the fourteenth day of the first month, Commander Qin sent someone to deliver the letter. said that there will be changes in the Jianghuai and Huai provinces in the near future, and reminded the grandson to pay attention. He also said that His Majesty urgently summoned him back to the palace and could not provide more information. At that time, the courtiers asked why they were in such a hurry to return to the palace, and they got the news that the mother was seriously ill......"

Li Shimin nodded and sighed: "Why did I forget this...... Wait, you say...... What does it mean that there have been changes in the Jianghuai and Huai provinces recently? What's going on? Tell me about it! ”

Xiaoxiao smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, the courtiers are a woman, and they don't know much about these military affairs, I'm afraid they can't say it clearly." However, when the courtiers returned to Beijing, the grandson specially wrote a recital and ordered the courtiers to present it to His Majesty! As he spoke, Xiao Xiao took out a piece of music wrapped in yellow silk from his sleeve and handed it over with both hands, this is the secret music of the feudal officials!

Li Shimin took the fold and wanted to open it on the spot. However, he looked at the eldest grandson queen who was lying on the bed, and put it away again. After thinking about it, he said to Xiaodao:

"Xiaoxiao, the queen just fell asleep after taking the medicine, and I'm afraid it will take an hour or two to wake up. I will go back to the imperial study to approve some concerts, and I will bother you to take care of me here for a while. The queen is the best friend of all, and when she wakes up, she will be very happy to see you......"

Xiaoxiao hurriedly nodded and agreed: "Your Majesty is busy with yourself, military affairs are important, and the courtiers returned to Beijing this time to accompany their sister...... Mother is coming! "Calling the eldest grandson queen her sister for a long time, Xiaoxiao still can't change her mouth for a while.

Li Shimin heard her make such mistakes twice. Tolerant and generous waved his hand: "You don't need to change your words, just call your sister." The brothers and sisters in Guanyin's family, except for Wuji, who are still alive, the rest are gone. I know that the friendship between you and her is a real friendship, and she likes you as a sister very much, so she doesn't need to change her words......"

Xiaoxiao's face was slightly red, and he nodded lightly when he heard this: "Thank you, Your Majesty for your tolerance!" ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and stopped talking, and glanced at the eldest grandson queen on the sickbed a few times, and then turned around and went to the imperial study with the recital. After seeing Li Shimin leave, Xiaoxiao returned to the edge of the bed and sat down, feeling quite complicated. This time I returned to Beijing. The people and things I saw have been judged as before. From beginning to end, Li Shimin never revealed his imperial majesty and domineering. And the eldest grandson queen is already in danger, and she may die at any time......

While waiting for Empress Changsun to wake up, Xiaoxiao sorted out her thoughts again. Time is of the essence, and a decision must be made as soon as possible. Historically, Empress Changsun had already returned to the west after ten years of Zhenguan. Because of the little traverser, although history has been slightly tampered with, it still can't stop its heavy wheels, and the eldest grandson queen still couldn't escape this catastrophe after all, and she was seriously ill and dying......

As soon as Empress Changsun died, the battle between Li Chengqian and Li Tai for the heir would immediately be revealed. And the husband is still dealing with the Suzhou-Hangzhou salt and iron case, whether intentionally or unintentionally, he will inevitably be involved in this battle for succession, and will either be branded as a princeling or as a Wei king. It is no longer possible to be alone, unless Li Shimin changes generals and urgently summons Jiang Zhixuan back to keep him away from the cusp of Suzhou and Hangzhou, but judging from what Li Shimin has done so far, he obviously has no such intention at all!

In all dynasties and dynasties, how many of those who are involved in this kind of struggle will have a good end? Needless to say, it is good to be ruined, and there are many people who are ruined; Even if you win, you will inevitably end up with a rabbit and a dead dog. Therefore, the Jiang family must find a person who is not visible at this time and is not involved in this party dispute, and make emotional investment in advance. When Suzhou and Hangzhou were done, he hurriedly picked up his tail in a low-key manner and behaved. In this way, he can escape the fate of being liquidated in the future, after all, what Jiang Zhixuan is doing now is being done under the instructions of today's son......

Fortunately, Xiaoxiao is a traverser, and she knows whose world is after Taizong Li Shimin. And at this time, except for Xiaoxiao, no second person will think of Li Zhi at a young age. It would be the third ruler of the Tang Empire, including Li Shimin and Li Zhi himself, who would never have imagined it......

If after the Suzhou and Hangzhou affairs, the husband can enter the Jin Palace, become Li Zhi's teacher, and no longer hold any substantive official positions. Then in the eyes of outsiders, this is being degraded, this is losing power. In this way, people's eyes will gradually take their eyes off the husband. Although the husband has so many dazzling halos on his head, a Sanyuan Jinshi who has lost the emperor's favor and a protégé of the Son of Heaven who has lost his rights is no longer attractive to them......

In this way, in the current dynasty when Li Shimin is in power, the husband may not have the opportunity to display his ambitions. But now it has been thirteen years since Zhenguan, and in my small impression, it seems that Zhenguan's rule has only been more than twenty years. In other words, at most, wait for more than ten years, and Li Zhi will be on the throne. And how old is the husband now? Less than a year later, more than ten years later, it is the prime of life and the golden age of a person. The most important thing is that as the teacher of Li Zhi, the king of Jin, once Li Zhi ascends to the throne, the status of the husband will definitely rise with the tide, even if it is under one person, it is not impossible to be above ten thousand! On the contrary, at this time, when Li Zhi himself was not aware of his future respect, he threw himself into the Jin Palace, compared to waiting until Li Zhi was established as the crown prince and then went to work, the effect was very different......

So Xiaoxiao is waiting for an opportunity, waiting for a chance to be alone with Empress Changsun. As long as this idea is mentioned to Empress Changsun, with the friendship between the two and Empress Changsun's love for Li Zhi, Empress Changsun will definitely agree. Originally, Xiaoxiao wanted to wait for the Suzhou-Hangzhou salt and iron case to be over, and then find an opportunity to tell Empress Changsun about this matter. But Empress Eldest Sun suddenly became critically ill, and Xiaoxiao had to take advantage of Empress Eldest Sun to speak out in advance!

The shrill voice of the eunuch sounded outside the palace, as well as the voice of Bangzi. It was a reminder of the hour in the palace. From the time I came in to the present, I have heard it three times, that is to say, the eldest grandson queen has been asleep for nearly two hours. According to what Li Shimin said when he was leaving, the time for Empress Eldest Sun to wake up was approaching......

"Someone's ......" A faint voice sounded in Xiaoxiao's ears, waking her up from her contemplation. Looking around blankly, except for a few palace maids and eunuchs standing at the door, there were only two people in the room, she and the eldest grandson queen on the sickbed. Xiaoxiao immediately realized that this was the eldest grandson queen who had woken up. So he asked tentatively, "Niangniang?" Are you awake? ”

Empress Eldest Sun still closed her eyes, but her head moved imperceptibly, and then her lips opened and closed and murmured:

"What about Your Majesty? Where did Your Majesty go? The first thing Empress Changsun did when she woke up was to ask where Li Shimin was, which made Xiaoxiao's heart heavy again. What a couple with such deep feelings, but having to face such cruel things. Thinking like this in his heart, but his hands were not idle, seeing that Empress Changsun was struggling slightly to sit up, Xiaoxiao hurriedly stepped forward to help, supported Empress Changsun's arms and back, and put the soft round pillow on the screen at the head of the bed, allowing Empress Changsun to lean on. Then he turned around and went to get the robe, ready to cover the eldest grandson queen, the weather is cold, although the palace is burning charcoal basins, but the eldest grandson queen is now seriously ill, it is better to pay more attention......

After Empress Changsun sat up, she slowly opened her eyes. I saw a woman turn around and go to get her robe, but the clothes she was wearing were not the palace clothes of the palace maid. I couldn't help but feel a little strange in my heart, who is this?

When Xiaoxiao took the robe and turned around, the eldest grandson queen saw it clearly. There was a deep surprise on his withered face: "Xiaoxiao, why are you here?" At this time, shouldn't you be in Hangzhou? ”

Xiao Xiao took two quick steps back to the edge of the bed, and put the robe on the eldest grandson queen with extremely gentle and careful movements. Then he sat down on the side, and said with red eyes: "Sister, you are so sick, why don't you send someone to inform your sister?" As he spoke, there was a burst of pantothenic acid on his nose, and two pearl tears fell.

Empress Changsun was clear about her condition, and after Sun Simiao, an old bull nose, diagnosed her, she told her the conclusion at that time. Although she was extremely reluctant to accept it, Empress Changsun knew that this was the destiny of heaven, and the destiny could not be violated, so she could only bury her reluctance and attachment to the world deep in her heart and accept this cruel reality strongly......

At this time, seeing Xiaoxiao shed tears, Empress Eldest Sun laughed with relief: "What are you crying about? I'm not dead yet! ”

Who knew that when Xiaoxiao heard her say this, she cried even more sadly. This is not a hypocrisy, the person in front of him, to himself and the Jiang family, is too good to say. And there is also a great favor to the Jiang family, the benefactor is terminally ill and is about to die, and whoever is replaced will be sad and cry......

Xiaoxiao cried for a while, and finally managed to control her emotions, sobbing and slowly speaking: "Sister, how can this be?" When I went to Hangzhou, weren't you all right? It's only been a few months......"

Empress Eldest Sun sighed, and in turn comforted Xiaoxiao: "Silly girl, this is the destiny of heaven, don't be too sad......"

Xiaoxiao took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from her face. Then he said: "This thief is ...... God" After saying a few words, he was quickly stopped by Queen Changsun: "Hugh is talking nonsense, complaining about the sky is done by mediocrity, this is my sister's life, my sister admits it!" Seriously, how did you run back from Hangzhou? Where's my tiger head? ”

Seeing that Empress Changsun actually thought of the tiger head at this time, Xiao Xiao felt a sour feeling in her heart, and hurriedly controlled her emotions, trying to make her voice appear calmer and said:

"I was in too much hurry to come back from Hangzhou, the carriage was too bumpy, and the tiger was restless, jumping around in the carriage, breaking my hand, and recuperating at home. Tomorrow, I will bring them into the palace to accompany Niangniang, and Yaya and Dandan, too......"

Empress Eldest Sun had a smile on her face: "Very good, since you went to Hangzhou, I often feel empty in my heart." Especially the little thing of the tiger head, I haven't seen it for a few days, and I am a little worried. I just don't know if he can recognize me if he can recognize me in the way I look now......"

Empress Eldest Sun's face and appearance have indeed changed a lot, and her words are full of melancholy. When Xiao Xiao heard this, he hurriedly said: "I must recognize it, my sister has been holding him since he was a child, and she gave him delicious and fun, if he doesn't remember, the eye water will really be eaten by the dog, and my sister can take him out of anger as much as she wants......"

Empress Eldest Sun shook her head lightly and smiled: "What kind of anger do I have, I just want to take a good look at these little cuties while I still have a little strength now." By the way, when did you enter the palace? Have you ever seen a pheasant slave and a son? These two miss you a lot, they often talk to me, and they want to go to the playground in Huayin again......" said and sighed: "I really envy them......"

Xiaoxiao heard this sigh, and didn't know what to say, although the eldest grandson queen didn't say it, but her attachment to life was strong............

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