Li Shimin frowned slightly and asked doubtfully: "Exchange blood?"
"Yes, the internal organs and the qi and blood are interdependent, which is also the foundation of human beings. The decline of the internal organs is nothing more than the lack of qi and blood. If you replace them, you will definitely be able to recover, and no matter how bad it is, it can last for several years!"
A look of helplessness appeared on Yuan Tiangang's face: "Brother Yunxiao, you really still remember that skill."
Li Yunxiao nodded: "Don't worry, I haven't practiced before."
Li Shimin asked: "How to exchange blood."
"This will require the Queen to practice a skill, but first of all, this skill is a Yin skill and comes from the Xuantian Sect. Whether you practice it or not is up to you two."
Just when Li Shimin was about to speak, Changsun Wugou raised his hand and put it on Li Shimin's hand.
"Mr. Li, if I exchange someone else's blood, would I still be me?"
Li Yunxiao nodded: "I don't know what others think. Anyway, in my opinion, the queen is still the queen."
Changsun Wugou looked at Li Shimin again: "Would you let someone whose blood doesn't belong to you stay with you?"
Li Shimin nodded: "Yes."
"But I don't want to."
After refusing, Changsun Wugou looked at the sky and smiled lightly: "I have been with Your Majesty for more than ten years. If I exchanged the blood of others for the sake of living for more than ten years before my death, how would outsiders view Your Majesty if word spread in the future? At that time, Li Aiqing also what to do?"
Having said this, Changsun Wugou looked at Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten what your goal is?"
"But I..."
"Shh~~" Changsun Wugou stopped Li Shimin from continuing.
Li Shimin sighed and closed his eyes in pain.
Seeing this, Yuan Tiangang took out a pen and paper to sharpen ink, and after a while he wrote a prescription and handed it over.
"This medicine can delay the pain. I'll wait, please leave."
After the words fell, Li Shimin waved his hand, and Yuan Tiangang and Li Yunxiao turned and left.
After the two of them left, Li Shimin stepped forward and hugged Changsun Wugu.
"From today on, I will always be with you as long as I have time."
....
On the way back, Li Yunxiao and Yuan Tiangang were both silent.
"I'm really surprised. So many people want to live and live forever, but why do I feel that many people around me seem to take life and death very lightly?"
"Brother Yuan, let me ask you, if it were you, which one is more important, an emperor for eternity, or a lover?"
"Of course he is an emperor for eternity. How can a woman be compared with the emperor for eternity?"
"Stop playing word games with me. I'm talking about my lover, not my woman!"
"Brother Yunxiao, how do you choose your lover compared with these thousands of miles of mountains and rivers?"
"Of course I want them all!"
Yuan Tiangang was slightly startled: "You let me make a choice, and you want them all? Are you still shameless?"
"Why do you want that thing? If your face is gone, you will fight. If your lover or the person you care about is gone... then it is really gone."
Yuan Tiangang said calmly: "My little love has no fate with me. Your Majesty has never achieved eternal hegemony. It would be disappointing if he chooses to let the queen practice the Weeping Blood Record."
"That's not true. If she is cured, wouldn't it be okay to announce her death to the public?"
"Good idea, then go ahead and say it."
Li Yunxiao put his hands behind his head and said helplessly: "I said it, but people don't learn what I said."
"Yes, the queen doesn't want your majesty to be stigmatized, so why do you force others to do so?"
"Hey? I'm really weird. Now you have become the one who obeys the way of heaven, and I have become the one who goes against it?"
Yuan Tiangang shook his head: "I just respect the choice of Your Majesty and the Queen, and it has nothing to do with the tyranny of heaven."
"As officials of the Tang Dynasty, we can share your worries with you. Don't try to interfere with His Majesty."
"Hey, you may interfere more than me in the future." Li Yunxiao muttered softly.
"What did you say?"
"It's nothing, I said you are really an obedient and loyal minister!"
Yuan Tiangang snorted softly: "You'd better forget about Qixuelu as soon as possible, otherwise, I will give you acupuncture."
"What? You still want to erase my memory? I just said why am I so stupid? Did you secretly attack me at night?"
"Do I have to do it secretly to you?"
"That's inevitable. Do you think my ten years of hard training have been in vain?"
"Then who had a bruised face just now?"
"Okay, just chat with me like this, just wait, I won't have as much juice for you in the future!"
"I don't like drinking juice either."
"Don't drink? If you don't drink, I'll force-feed you!"
"Then you have to defeat me first."
"You want to fight again, right?"
"..."
The two quarreled all the way, and as soon as they got home, Li Lizhi ran over.
"Master, Imperial Master, can my mother's illness be cured?"
Yuan Tiangang did not reply, glanced at Li Yunxiao, and walked towards Li Chunfeng in the pavilion.
Li Yunxiao pulled Li Lizhi, who had mist in her eyes, to the side and whispered: "Come with me to see your mother tonight. Maybe she will be persuaded. I have a way to delay it."
"real!?"
"Shh~~ Keep your voice down, those two have very good ears!"
"Brother Yunxiao, I really don't want to eavesdrop. Please stay away next time."
"Damn!" Li Yunxiao rolled his eyes at Yuan Tiangang.
After nightfall, Li Yunxiao took Li Lizhi to see Changsun Wugou and Li Shimin.
However, both of them were extremely determined at this time and would not practice this technique.
And Li Lizhi understood why her father and mother made this decision. After crying all the way, she no longer shed tears when she came back.
"Master, if I want to say goodbye to my mother, I want to go out and have some adventures. I don't want to stay in Chang'an anymore."
Looking at the stars in the sky, Li Lizhi suddenly said with emotion.
"It's so dangerous outside, where are you going? Someone will arrest you and threaten your father or me."
"Who dares to arrest me now? Besides, very few people know me."
"Yes, haven't you heard of the Xuantian Sect? There has been no news for such a long time. Maybe he is holding back some bad things."
"Then you can teach me some martial arts for self-defense~~Please, Master~~"
"Let your father teach you, he knows a lot more than I do."
Li Lizhi shook Li Yunxiao's arm and said softly: "My father doesn't want me to practice martial arts and refuses to teach me, so just teach me~~"
"Master~~"
"Stop! I don't want to do this."
"Master~~"
Li Yunxiao scratched his head.
"I can teach you martial arts, but you have to promise me that you won't leak it to the outside world, you won't take the initiative to cause trouble when traveling, and you will come back when you are in trouble. You will bring two bad people with you. The most important thing is that you will not be allowed to do anything until you reach the great heaven." leave!"
"Okay! I promise!"
"Okay, come with me."
After finishing his words, Li Yunxiao found a secluded place and taught him the Qi Sutra.
The Qi Meridian was specially trained for the royal family, but because Li Lizhi was a woman, it was not included in the calculation. Since she has royal blood, it is natural for her to have the Qi Meridian.
....
Half a month passed in a blink of an eye.
On this day, the eldest grandson Wugu passed away.
Before his death, eldest grandson Wugou and Li Shimin left their last words.
[Since ancient times, sages have all admired frugality, and it is only the unprincipled king who wastes the people and money and builds his empire. 】
[When I die, I will be buried in the mountains. I won’t have a grave or a coffin. I won’t be buried with gold or silver. Everything will be kept simple. 】
[There is no need for sons, ministers, and officials to send each other off, which will only increase the sadness. If your Majesty obeys, you will not forget the love of your ministers and concubines. 】
[In the end, I asked you to ask me to re-appoint the imperial advisors, Li Chunfeng and Li Yunxiao, and the eldest grandson Wuji could not relinquish the power and serve in the court to his relatives. 】
Li Shimin felt sad, so naturally he would not agree to everything.
He gave the posthumous title of "Wende" to his eldest grandson Wugu, selected an auspicious location in the northwest of Chang'an, and ordered the minister of the Ministry of Industry to build a mausoleum. It would also be the place where Li Shimin and his beloved wife would sleep together in the future, and it was named "Zhaoling!"
The eldest grandson's virtuous character was known to all the world. Li Shimin ordered the clan to be opened so that all people could enter and worship.
The cold wind is blowing, winter is coming in a blink of an eye, and Zhaoling is completed.
The cold wind howled by, adding a bit of sadness to this winter day.
In front of the Tai Chi Hall of the Imperial Palace, white flags and flags were fluttering like clouds, and the ministers paid filial piety to the mother of the country.
All the princes knelt on the left and right, weeping, and all the civil and military officials inside and outside the hall also couldn't help but cry.
With tears in his eyes, Li Shimin looked at the book the Queen had left for him tightly in his hand.
At this time, some ministers urged: "Your Majesty, please give me your condolences."
Li Shimin nodded.
"I know that it is hard to violate destiny, but it is hard to let go of this feeling. Now that I have lost good help, even if I am an emperor, I cannot control my emotions."
When everyone heard this, they all bowed their heads and mourned together in silence.
The same is true for Li Yunxiao, Yuan Tiangang, and Li Chunfeng.
