Taiji Palace, inside the Taiyuan Hospital.
Li Shimin cried for more than an hour. Finally, exhausted both physically and mentally, he sat down on the threshold.
"Smoke...smoke..."
"Give me a cigarette..."
Upon hearing this, the eunuch who served nearby hurriedly sent him the best cigarettes and lit them for him.
Li Shimin took a deep breath and raised his eyes, but there was no energy in them.
The tears have dried up.
His mood was no longer sad, irritable or angry, only silence.
Bah, bah.
One cigarette after another, he was like an emotionless smoking machine, constantly puffing away smoke.
Cigarettes seem to have become a necessity for survival.
"Father!"
"Father! How is the queen mother?! Father!"
"Stop smoking, stop smoking!"
"..."
Li Chengqian, Li Tai, and Li Qingquan, who had not been in the palace for a long time, rushed all the way to the Imperial Hospital!
The three of them looked at their dumbfounded father and Li Lizhi, whose eyes were already swollen from crying, with their hearts sinking to the bottom!
Uh-huh!
Li Qingquan stepped forward and took the cigarette away from Li Shimin's mouth, and said in a trembling voice:
"Father! Queen mother, she is really, she is really..."
Li Shimin didn't reply, just smiled miserably.
Boom!
All three of them broke into the house!
When he saw the eldest grandson Wuga lying there peacefully, the first person whose legs went weak was Li Chengqian.
"Queen Mother! Queen Mother..."
Li Chengqian's face turned pale, his figure staggered, and he stumbled to the ground!
He knelt on the ground, climbed all the way to Changsun Wugou's bed, and held his mother's hand!
Extremely cold!
"Queen Mother! Queen Mother, wake up! Wake up!"
"You can't abandon your child! Queen Mother!"
"Woooooooo..."
Li Chengqian held his mother's hand tightly and probed her breathing over and over again.
But the miracle didn't happen... the mother was no longer breathing!
Li Chengqian's crying gradually grew louder, from a low whimper to bursting into tears!
The death of his mother was a devastating blow to him!
He has lacked father's love since he was a child, and has always regarded his loving mother as his spiritual support!
But now, his spiritual support suddenly collapsed, and most of his soul collapsed!
"Queen mother..."
"How could you abandon your child! How could you!"
Li Tai's eyes were red, and he knelt in front of his mother. He cried miserably and beat the ground with his hands crazily, so much that his fists bled!
Even the strongest Li Qingquan was trembling all over at this moment, and his tears couldn't stop flowing down.
She has no biological mother and has already regarded her eldest grandson Wugou as her mother!
But now...my mother is just gone.
She still has a lot to say to her mother, and a lot of proud achievements to report to her mother.
She wanted to tell her personally that I did not live up to your expectations! I have done a good job in my family business!
However, it was too late.
Full of words, there is nowhere to express them, I can only suppress them in my heart and turn into tears.
"Chengqian, Qingque, please calm down."
Li Qingquan took a deep breath, managed to calm down, pulled his two younger brothers up, and said,
"Zhenzhen Sun hasn't come yet. There is still hope for my mother, and there is still hope for him!"
"I sent someone to look for him just now. He should be at Master's house, and he should be here now!"
"Don't cry anymore..."
The two younger brothers refused to listen and still cried heartbreakingly!
"Stop crying!"
Li Qingquan roared and ordered,
"My mother may not necessarily be dead, so why are you crying in advance!"
"Everyone get up!"
She lost control of her emotions. She was usually very kind to her brother, but she roughly picked them up and took them out by force!
"Sun Simiao, why hasn't he come yet! Why hasn't he come yet!"
Li Shimin suddenly stepped on the cigarette butts on the ground, and growled with red eyes,
"Does he regard my imperial edict as nothing? Do you really think that I don't dare to kill him?"
At this moment, Li Er's eyes boiled with murderous intent!
At this moment, a burst of footsteps came.
"Master Sun is here!"
The eunuch who delivered the order walked quickly ahead with his robe in hand and shouted:
"Master Sun is here!"
Swish!
All eyes turned to it!
"Grandpa Sun is here!"
"Grandpa Sun, please save my mother quickly! We are begging you!"
"Grandpa Sun, please, please...wuwuwu..."
Regardless of their appearance, the princes and princesses rushed forward and hugged Sun Simiao's thigh, pleading with all their strength!
Especially Li Chengqian, who was holding Sun Simiao with his left leg, as if a drowning man was grabbing the last straw and refused to let go!
This made Sun Simiao unable to move for a moment!
"I know I know……"
"You guys let go first, I can't move anymore..."
Old Suntou was also a little helpless.
On the one hand, he didn't want to live up to the children's expectations, but on the other hand, he also knew that the queen was most likely dead.
"Master Sun..."
Li Shimin, who was roaring angrily a second ago, changed his face at the speed of light this second, showing a pleading look.
He even took the initiative to raise his hands to Sun Simiao and begged:
"Please, save the queen, all hope lies with you!"
He scolded and scolded, and he was angry and angry. When they really arrived, he would definitely put down his posture and beg!
After all, Sun Simiao represented the highest level of medical skills in the Tang Dynasty. If others couldn't cure it, he might still have a way!
He is the only hope!
As long as there is hope, Li Shimin will not lose his mind and fall into complete madness!
"hehe!"
Sun Simiao didn't want to look good on Li Shimin, so he said coldly,
"Didn't the emperor just say that he wanted to behead me? Why do you ask so humbly now? He can fall out of favor faster than turning the pages of a book!"
"I thought you were a wise man, but now it seems that you are a piece of shit!"
"You are mean and ungrateful and treat heroes badly. Aren't you afraid that the world will poke your spine?"
His words were naturally made to vent his anger on Xu Fenglei!
Li Shimin's face turned pale, and he felt a little guilty.
In his rage just now, he did indeed do something irrational and directed his anger at Xu Fenglei.
Now I have calmed down and feel a little regretful...
Xu Fenglei was not solely responsible for the capsizing of the boat, but there was something in the pool! Many of the guards involved in the rescue saw that black shadow!
Just now, he had also ordered all the guards to dig out the sea pool, vowing to drain the entire sea pool to see what monsters were hiding in it!
Now being scolded by Sun Simiao, Li Er also knew that he was in the wrong and said to the eunuch beside him:
"Go...go and deliver the message."
"Just say that I take back my life, and I will not hold the Grand Master responsible for the time being, and let him recover well at home..."
The eunuch who delivered the order was immediately dumbfounded.
"ah?"
He said in astonishment,
"But after receiving the imperial edict, Duke Xu immediately thanked him and left Chang'an!"
"Are you going to chase me now?"
Once the emperor opens his mouth, he never regrets it.
Even if you want to regret it, you will have to find a way to come back after a while.
How could it be like this? I just came back to reply to the order, and then immediately changed my words and retracted the order? !
What a fuss!
"Do you think children are just playing house? If you want to belittle them, they will be belittled, and if you say they are corrected, they will be corrected! People are all alive, not made of clay!"
Sun Simiao scolded.
Li Shimin was a little confused after being scolded by this.
So fast?
There were so many properties and old friends in Chang'an, but he didn't even bother to make arrangements and say goodbye?
He doesn’t show off, and he doesn’t drag his feet…
Just take the order and leave? !
For a moment, Li Er felt a little empty, as if a piece of his conscience was missing...
"Go! Go chase!"
It took Li Shimin a while to react and ordered,
"Hurry up and chase after me! Come back!"
"Just say I was impulsive!"
The eunuch who delivered the order looked a little helpless when he heard this, but he could only accept the order and turn around to go again.
Sun Simiao looked on with cold eyes.
This time, he had a hunch... Xu Fenglei wouldn't be so easy to get back.
This kid's behavior today was so abnormal, it seemed that he had been cut off from all the causes and conditions in this world in an instant!
How to reconnect a disconnected line?
"Master Sun, I know I was impulsive."
Li Shimin didn't pay attention to Sun Simiao's violent rant. Instead, he bowed his hands to him respectfully and said sincerely,
"When Ting Ming comes back, I...I will explain to him."
"You'd better go and see the queen now! There's no need to delay!"
When Sun Simiao heard this, his expression, although still cold, had softened a bit.
No matter what, Li Shimin's attitude is still okay. He can correct his mistakes even if he knows them, and he doesn't talk back when he is scolded.
This is indeed a rare and precious quality among emperors.
Wow.
"this."
Sun Simiao took out a small package from his arms and said,
"I was told by Ming Ming to give it to you. I don't know what it is."
"Take a good look!"
"I also want to say one more thing, he is not a dog that comes and goes when you call him! Real celebrities all have their own ideas!"
"Without him, it's your loss!"
"That's all!"
After that, he walked into the house.
Li Shimin looked at the small package and was a little stunned.
Li Chengqian walked up to him blankly with his mouth open.
"Father, what did you do to Master...what did you do to him?"
He looked up at Li Shimin, opened his eyes wide, and stared blankly at his father.
Li Shimin was a little upset by what he saw, so he opened the package without paying attention to him.
Inside the package was a thin piece of paper and a small medicine bottle.
Seeing these two things, Li Er was stunned again.
What does this mean?
He suppressed the doubts in his heart and his eyes fell on the paper.
After just one glance, his shoulders began to shake...
This...this is Maid Guanyin's suicide note!
"Erfeng, when you read this letter, I should be gone."
"This suicide note is what I asked you to give it to you. There are many words that I don't want to say in front of you. I'm afraid you will be sad, so I can only write them secretly in this letter. Forgive my selfishness. ha……"
Tick tock.
Li Shimin's tears had already dried up.
But when he saw the letter, tears overflowed again and fell on the suicide note.
Uh-huh!
He quickly wiped away the tears on his face, then held the thin piece of paper in both hands, treating it as the most precious treasure in the world!
At this moment, in Li Shimin's eyes, this piece of paper is more important than a hundred copies of "The Preface to the Lanting Collection"!
"After I die, don't be too sad... Keep the funeral simple and don't make it big. I don't want you and Cheng Qian to keep vigil at my father's funeral like before. It's too tiring."
"Actually, I have been aware of my death for a long time. I secretly hid that bottle of medicine when you were doing something big. What I thought was that if you were defeated and died, then I would go with you immediately. "
"Fortunately... you succeeded. I am very happy. What I am happy about is not that you became the emperor, but that I became the queen. What I am happy about is... you are not dead, and I can continue to accompany you."
"But I haven't thrown away this bottle of medicine. I've always kept it with me. If something happens to you, I won't hesitate."
Li Shimin looked at the suicide note and turned to look at the vial with difficulty.
It turns out that it contains poison!
It turns out that Guanyin has always been carrying it with her, ready to die for love at any time!
"Guanyin Maid, you... you can't live by just three words: Li Shimin!"
Li Shimin groaned and covered his head.
He thought he had given his wife everything. She was the most noble woman in the world, the queen of the world, with endless glory and wealth!
But in fact, there is never anything foreign in the wife's eyes.
From beginning to end, there is only one person and only three words 'Li Shimin'...
How could Li Shimin, who deeply loved his eldest grandson Wugou, not burst into tears?
He only felt that his heart was being torn and cut back and forth by a dull knife!
"Er Feng, actually I have thousands of things to say to you, but as I write this, I don't know where to start."
"I just hope that you can come out as soon as possible after I leave and continue to be a good emperor... You have so many concubines. If you are really sad, let them make up for you with their gentleness..."
Li Shimin gritted his teeth.
"Those women, how can they compare to you! Damn gentleness!"
"I only want you, I only want you!"
"You...you come back..."
In his eyes, only Changsun Wugu was the real wife from beginning to end.
The other women are just tools to carry on the family line!
How can their tenderness make up for the trauma of losing their first wife?
Now that his first wife is gone, he doesn’t want those women anymore!
"Finally... I want to be a little more willful. I know that the harem cannot be involved in politics, but I still hope you listen to me and don't reuse your brother. Not only because he is a relative, but also because of his character. Reusing him may make the eldest son's family unhappy. There will be glory for a while, but eventually something will happen. I want the Changsun family to live a stable life without any ups and downs."
"You must make good use of Fang Xuanling and Xu Fenglei. Fang Xuanling has the most stable temperament and can be entrusted with important responsibilities and can always be the prime minister; while Ting Ming is a friend who can be entrusted with funeral arrangements. I have always regarded him as a friend. , never regarded him as a subordinate."
"I hope you can treat him kindly... don't have any conflicts. He has a tough temper, so you should give him more patience."
"And the children... give Cheng Qian more love. He is the prince and needs your trust and encouragement, so that he will get better and better..."
"besides……"
"..."
