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Palace

In the evening, by a stone lamp, you can see a slightly fat eunuch, is hurriedly running along the palace wall, through the corridor and alleys, until the Taiji Hall in front of the time, only to slow down, wipe two handfuls of sweat, he gasped into the hall, quickly stepped into the three doors, Fang knelt at the door of an inner room, at the ochre figure, reported:

"Qi, Qi, the emperor, Huai and Huai Guogong are critically ill."

Li Shimin, who was standing under the bookshelf looking for an excerpt, turned around abruptly when he heard this, "What? ”

The eunuch knelt on the ground, repeated what he had just said, and added: "It's in the afternoon, the Imperial Doctor's Office has gone to someone, saying that he is in a coma right now, and the situation is not good, it seems to be... Time seems to be running out. ”

Li Shimin's face tightened, and he immediately opened his mouth and said: "Come on, change clothes, I want to come out-"

The word "out of the palace" could not be finished, he paused for a moment, pondered for a while, and after the palace people trotted in, he changed his words: "Spread my message, Huai Guogong was seriously ill due to overwork due to state affairs, and ordered the people of the Imperial Doctor Department to treat him wholeheartedly, and in addition, he specially ordered Li Ke, the king of Wu, to go to ask on my behalf." ”

"Yes."

At night, when the entire Chang'an City fell into singing, dancing and drunkenness, the Huaiguo Mansion was shrouded in haze.

The main house of Chaoyang-in

The old man with a sleepy face lay quietly on the bed, and there were two imperial doctors in regular clothes standing on the side of the bed, and the two couples of the Lu family gathered around the bed, all of them looking worried, but no one said a word.

Mrs. Lu sat on the chair opposite and refused to go back to the room, so Lu Jingshan and Lu Shuqing stood beside her, one on the left and one on the right, holding one of the old woman's hands to comfort her.

Yi Yu tugged at Lu Zhi's sleeve, stood behind Rong Yuanrong and the two couples, looked at the old man with a withered face on the bed, and inadvertently there was a trace of panic in his eyes. Obviously, when she ate at noon, she was still fine, but when she returned home from the Literature Museum in the afternoon, she heard the bad news that Old Man Lu was sick and unconscious. As if the worries at noon had been fulfilled, the doctors who came in front of them, after diagnosis, all said that time was running out.

The servants came out of the inner room with their things, and they didn't dare to breathe, so although there were many people, the room was very quiet. It wasn't until the old lady doctor, who was over half a hundred years old, got up from the chair on the side of the bed that the whole family rushed up and asked urgently.

"Doctor Liu, how is my father?"

The imperial doctor had an apologetic look on his face and said: "Huai Guogong's mind is exhausted, his body is extreme, the limit is approaching, and the old man is powerless, Master Lu, you better prepare for the future as soon as possible." ”

If it is said that before the arrival of the Imperial Medical Department, the whole family still had some expectations in their hearts, but after listening to the diagnosis of this respected old lady, a chill rose in their eyes.

"No, it's impossible, my dad is fine in the morning, Imperial Doctor Liu, you can take a look again, give it another look!" The old 2 Lu Ronghe was the first to panic, and he didn't care about getting on the ground and pulling the old lady doctor to the bed again.

Lu Jingshan panicked at the same time: "Mother, mother? Come and see the doctor, my mother fainted! ”

"Grandmother!"

"Mother!"

For a while, with the sound of crying and roaring, as well as the sound of cups falling to the ground, there was chaos in the room, and Yu Yu grabbed Lu Zhi's sleeve stubbornly, but tears couldn't help but slip from his eyes.

"What a mess!" The boss Lu Rongyuan finally regained some sense, calmed everyone in the house with a voice, and then said with red eyes: "Shanniang, Suyi, you help your mother back to the house first, Imperial Doctor Zhang, please follow and have a look." Imperial Physician Liu, please go outside with me to talk, second brother, you also come over, Zhi'er Yu'er is here, guarding and guarding your grandfather. ”

After half a cup of tea, in the room that was still full of people just now, only the unconscious old man on the bed remained, accompanied by a pair of brothers and sisters beside the bed, for a long time, Fang heard the choked voice:

"Big Brother, Big Brother ....."

Lu Zhi looked at the big hand holding the old man, turned his head to look at his widow with a helpless expression, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything comforting, just reached out and landed on her shoulder and patted it twice.

On the third day of November, the news that Lu Zhongzhi was critically ill and in a coma came out of the Huaiguo Mansion, and after the court meeting on the fourth day of the first month, the news spread even more. In the afternoon, the cars and horses in front of the Guogong Mansion were crowded, all of them were visitors with gifts, but the atmosphere of the Guogong Mansion was heavy, and they had no intention of entertaining guests, so they refused most of the contacts in front of the door, and only a few people with special relationships had to enter the door to take a look.

The succession relationship of the Guogong Mansion is complicated, it is now a well-known thing, as soon as the news of Huai Guogong's time is out, many people want to win over the power of the Guogong Mansion, hearing this news is like seeing a broken iron egg, they are all beginning to think about the candidate for the Chengjue in their hearts, Old Man Lu can't beat the iron, but his two sons may not be so iron.

In this way, the emperor ordered Li Ke, the king of Wu, to visit in one fell swoop, which is really intriguing. When the prince heard the movement, he eliminated the thought of coming to the door in person, and even though he secretly sent a few letters, asking the officials of his cronies to visit the Guogong Mansion, and the King of Wei, Xu was busy preparing for the birthday banquet of the ninth day of the first month, so he was silent and only sent someone to send a gift.

It's lively outside, and in the Huaiguo Mansion, it's not peaceful, the maidens of the Dou family and the Zhao family are here, and these two women are busy and have seen each person alone, regardless of what small actions these thoughtful women do while their men are busy. Because Rong Yuanrong and the two brothers are close, one is busy dealing with foreign guests, the other is serving the Lu family in front of the bed, and the Lu family is in the hall, and Lu Zhongzhi has lost the backbone, but he didn't show too much panic, except for the sadness of people, everything is quite orderly.

Lu Zhongzhi was very quiet in front of the bed, only hearing the sound of porcelain colliding with spoons and bowls, Yi Yu held a cup of warm water, stood beside the bed, and watched Lu Rongyuan, a man of five big and three thick, carefully feed the decoction to the old man in a coma.

I talked with Imperial Doctor Liu last night, and Lu Rongyuan didn't hide it from everyone, and told the family very clearly about Lu Zhongzhi's remaining days for half a month and as little as seven or eight days.

The family mourned for a night, but the old man Lu's illness was an old disease, not a disease, and he was unconscious, so he could only delay but not treat, knowing that the destiny of heaven could not be violated, after calming down, the Lu family mostly accepted this reality.

"Water." Lu Rongyuan gave the empty medicine bowl to his subordinates and said.

Yi Yu handed over the warm water, and after he fed the little half to Old Man Lu, he gently persuaded: "Uncle, go and rest for a while, I will guard here." ”

Lu Rongyuan, who had not slept all night, shook his head, and he showed a strong smile at her, "I'm not sleepy, I didn't sleep last night, okay?" You're still young, no more than us adults, and there's nothing for you here, so go back to the house and rest. ”

The Lu family has a thin population, the Lu family does not know where to go, Lu Jun travels, this thing happens, the family goes to court and goes to school, and the population will be enough to deal with it. Lu Zhi entertained guests with Lu Ronghe in the front hall, Lu Jingshan and Lu Shuqing guarded Mrs. Lu, the women dealt with chores, and Yu Yu slept indiscriminately last night, and got up early in the morning to wait in Chaoyang Courtyard.

"I'm not sleepy either," Yu Yu said abruptly, she wanted to spend more time with the old man here.

Compared with the children who have been with Lu Zhongzhi for decades, she and this old man have only known each other for a few months, and they have only been together for more than ten days, and their feelings are not deeper than theirs, but she attaches great importance to family affection, but she is not necessarily sad in her heart. ，

Lu Rongyuan sighed lightly, and the two fell silent, looked at the old man with a withered face, and stopped talking.

In the evening, he sent off the guests, waited for Lu Zhongzhi's decoction, and comforted Mrs. Lu to sleep.

The atmosphere in the room was dull, and the last one to come in was Lu Jingshan, whose eyes were red, and after sitting down next to the remnant jade, seeing that everyone had arrived, Lu Rongyuan said in a low voice:

"Just now, Imperial Doctor Liu came again...... This looks, you can't be wrong," his voice smeared, "Dad is in a coma, my mother doesn't know anything, I called you over, just to discuss... This is the aftermath. ”

Hearing the word "aftermath", the family's faces changed, and the room was quiet, only Lu Jingshan's soft sobs sounded, and Zhao and Dou also covered their faces with handkerchiefs.

After being silent for a long time, Lu Ronghe said in a dumb voice: "Big brother, let's listen." ”

The widow was held by Lu Jingshan's arm, listening to Lu Rongyuan talk about the aftermath, she didn't know about the wedding and funeral of this dynasty at first, but she could learn the etiquette in these days of Guozijian, and she knew a little about the funeral of everyone in this clan.

Once he dies, after the ceremony, the coffin is parked for a long time, during this period, the banquet is received, the family renovates the tomb, fills the burial goods, and when the time comes, the funeral can be discharged.

But the problem that the Lu family has to face is not only the funeral, but also the title and family business he left after his death, according to the rules, even if it is inherited by the eldest son, Lu Zhongzhi needs to leave a message in person, but now he is in a coma in bed, if he does not leave a message before his death, then it is all up to the emperor.

As for the family property, Yu Yu did not inquire, but with the daily food and clothing in the house, he also knew that the number was unbelievable, if Lu Rongyuan inherited the title, then this huge Huaiguo Mansion was a change of owner, as the second son of Lu Ronghe, he needed to open another mansion, this family, I don't want to divide, and it is difficult.

"Just do as the eldest brother says."

Lu Rongyuan assigned the government affairs during this period, Lu Jingshan, as the daughter of a foreign marriage, was not qualified to intervene, Lu Ronghe did not see the Dou family who was secretly looking at him, and responded without objection.

"Then that's it, go your own way." didn't have the heart to talk about anything else, Lu Rongyuan was about to get up, but suddenly remembered to ask in the room.

"Big brother, sister-in-law is in charge of this funeral alone, it is inevitable that she will be tired, why don't you help take care of the accounts in this house for a while, right?" (！ )