Zhu Wanqing couldn't sleep at all.
In the end, it was Li Qing who helped her force herself to sleep...
Early in the morning.
Li Qing was asleep when he was woken up by Zhu Wanqing, "Uncle Li, it's getting busy outside. Get up quickly."
"...You go and make some medicine." Li Qing yawned, "I'll sleep a little longer."
"The medicine is ready. Let's go. Let the elder brother take the medicine." Zhu Wanqing held Li Qing's arm and prevented him from lying down.
"I've convinced you. It's not even bright yet. Can your elder brother wake up?" Li Qing was speechless, but he could understand Zhu Wanqing's mood.
After putting on his boots and robe, Li Qing washed himself briefly and led Zhu Wanqing towards Zhu Jianshen's bedroom.
Zhu Jianshen woke up.
Yesterday he went to bed before it was dark, and he had already flipped through half of the storybook. When he saw the two people coming in, he stepped back and said with a smile:
"It doesn't have to be so early. It doesn't hurt to sleep a little longer."
Li Qing rolled his eyes, "I want to sleep, but someone is impatient."
Zhu Wanqing looked stern and said hurriedly: "Brother, the medicine is just warm. The eunuch has tried it."
"Look, what you said is just a process. Brother, you still can't trust you and your husband?" Zhu Jianshen laughed, took the medicine bowl and drank it all in one gulp, smacked his lips, and sat up from the bed.
Zhu Wanqing hurriedly took the dragon robe from the hanger and helped him dress. Then, she handed him the mirror and helped straighten the collar of the dragon robe... as a slave in the palace.
Zhu Jianshen stroked his beard, looked at himself in the mirror, and sighed: "I am getting old after all."
"No way, my eldest brother is still very handsome."
"Haha... You are already in your destiny. Even if you are not sick, it has nothing to do with your heroic appearance." Zhu Jianshen laughed.
He stretched and said, "It's probably almost done outside, let's go."
…
Changling.
The first mausoleum of the North Imperial Tomb.
This is Zhu Di's mausoleum. The ancestors should worship him first. They walked north along the Shinto for an hour before arriving at Zhu Di's mausoleum.
The journey along the way really exhausted the six ministers, nine ministers and other senior officials. The Shinto road was flat, but they were even more tired than they were on the road yesterday.
This is the imperial mausoleum, and there is no room for slacking off. They carried it all the way, and in order to suppress their three anxieties, they did not dare to eat or drink. They only had a piece of wild ginseng in their mouths on an empty stomach. When they arrived in front of the mausoleum, their calves were trembling.
Even a 'young' man like Wang Hua suffers from pain in his waist and legs.
Zhu Jian took the medicine deeply, and Li Qing instilled a large amount of Qi, and his energy was surprisingly strong. He didn't blush or breath all the way down, and he looked like he was fine.
Not allowing the ministers to relax, at his signal, the lengthy ancestor worship ceremony began.
Cattle, sheep, pigs, deer, rabbits, chickens, fish, seasonal vegetables, fruits... all kinds of sacrifices were laid out one by one.
Li Qing didn't like this kind of situation. He just watched from a distance, thinking about those days in his mind...
I recall that the first time I met Lao Si was when Lao Zhu passed his birthday. At that time, he was truly heroic. In his early twenties, he was a powerful and powerful man. He was stationed in Peiping to resist the Meng Yuan. He was wanton and arrogant.
At that time, Zhu Di was very young and had no ambition to be an emperor. He was just a rough guy, even a little vulgar, but... very cute, and even made fun of his younger brother who was only a few years old.
When Nai'er was about to surrender, he blackmailed Zhu Di into a mutton leg. This guy has been holding a grudge for a long time.
Later, Zhu Biao passed away, and later, Lao Zhu also left, and Jianwen reduced the vassal...
This rough guy who didn't want to rebel was forced by the situation and had no choice but... 'Fengtian' Jingnan.
In the end, he succeeded in becoming emperor.
It's just that this emperor was very unreliable. It was because of Jianwen, but more importantly because of his guilty conscience.
Despite his high-sounding title, everyone in the world knew how he came to the throne. He could not hide it, he could only prove it.
He worked hard and kept working hard for the rest of his life. He spent money like water, and he conquered his whole life...
There are many great achievements and achievements for the country and the people.
The more reason is to prove himself, to prove that he is qualified, capable, and worthy of being the emperor of Ming Dynasty.
I spent the first half of my life guarding the country's borders, and the second half of my life serving the Ming Dynasty. I didn't enjoy much happiness in my life...
Li Qing said to himself: "I should still be able to scold, but...I am more relieved that it is it, not him."
~
Late noon.
The ancestor worship comes to an end.
Back at the palace, Zhu Jianshen asked everyone to rest and continue tomorrow.
Changling is no better than others, it must show its superiority. King Yan is the source of this lineage. Whenever he comes to the imperial mausoleum to worship ancestors, worshiping Changling is the most grand and time-consuming one.
Bedroom.
Li Qing transferred the true energy to Zhu Jianshen and applied acupuncture. He worked hard back and forth to make him feel better.
"Are you exhausted?"
"It's okay." Zhu Jianshen smiled bitterly, "Next time I come, I will come lying down."
"...This joke is not funny."
Zhu Jianshen smiled and said, "Sir, what do you think of me as the emperor?"
"very good."
"How good is it?"
"Second only to Taizu Taizong."
"So good?" Zhu Jianshen was surprised, "Better than Renzong and Xuanzong?"
"Renzong is good, more reflected in his supervision of the country. Xuanzong is also very good, but... you are even better than Xuanzong." Li Qingdao, "In my heart, from the perspective of being an emperor, you rank third. "
Zhu Jianshen was suspicious, "You couldn't have said that just to comfort me, right?"
"Truthfully." Li Qing smiled, "However, you are also the most rude to me since Taizu and Taizong."
Zhu Jianshen was dissatisfied, "I'm still rude to you. It's obvious that you bullied me too much, right?"
"Haha, except for Taizu, I am the most polite to you." Li Qing snorted, "When your grandpa saw me, he always smiled and spoke like a young uncle. How could he be like you? Li Qing was so angry at every turn. …”
Zhu Jianshen curled his lips and said teasingly: "So you are just looking at the dishes. I thought you and Taizu were like this. Daqing, you also have people you are afraid of."
"That's because I'm young and ignorant, and I was fooled by him." Li Qing rolled his eyes, "Besides, he's just an old man, so there's nothing to be afraid of. He can't seduce me."
Zhu Jianshen: "..."
"Regardless of the emperor, what about personal feelings?"
Li Qing thought for a while and said, "You are ranked second."
"Hey, why don't I retreat instead of advance?" Zhu Jianshen was surprised.
"Taizu bullied me too much. Taizong is not a good person. Xuanzong is a white-eyed wolf. Your father...don't mention it. Your uncle is a decent person," Li Qing said. "You are the only one who suits my wishes."
"It turns out that I am quite important in your heart." Zhu Jianshen said cheerfully.
He had read the diary written by Li Qing and knew who was number one. He felt that he couldn't compare to him, but the number two was pretty good.
"Hehehe...Li Qing." Zhu Jianshen called Li Qing's name in a mean-spirited way.
"Do you really want to see Taizu earlier?"
"...Hahahahaha, look at you, it's just a joke." Zhu Jianshen chuckled and said, "There are no outsiders here. If you are not angry, just call me by my name."
Li Qing sneered: "What is your identity? What is my identity? Are you worthy of it?"
"you……"
"You bullied me too much!" Li Qing said it for him, "Besides this sentence, what else can you say?"
Zhu Jianshen said angrily: "Just be angry with me. It's you who will be angry and tired."
"...Get some sleep first." Li Qing stood up with a cold face, "I'll come back in the evening."
"Um…."
~
night.
The uncle and nephew were alone.
Li Qing gave the needle, Zhu Jianshen received the needle, and Zhu Wanqing boiled the medicine.
The night was very quiet, except for the scattered sounds of crickets, there was nothing else.
"Brother, the medicine is ready." Zhu Wanqing was holding the medicine with a haggard face. Not long after, she had lost a lot of weight and the fine lines on her face had become deeper. "It's hot, why don't you cool it down for a while?"
"Well, put it here and drink it later." Zhu Jianshen said, "Wanqing, take a rest when you are tired, but don't burn out your body."
"I'm fine."
"You're a grandma now, so don't be brave." Zhu Jian sighed deeply, "You're also a person who's only waiting to know your fate, so don't think you're awesome."
"I know." Zhu Wanqing smiled and asked, "Brother, can I come with you when you pay homage to Yuling?"
"Okay." Zhu Jianshen said, "Place Yuling at the end. After the scene is over, I will ask them to prepare to go back to the ceremonial guard and take you in."
"Is this okay?"
Li Qing said: "There's nothing wrong with it. With your father's reputation..., when they almost wiped out the civil servant group in one wave, they wouldn't rush to force him to worship him;
Besides, they are exhausted and numb from worshiping so many people at once. Your elder brother's method is completely feasible. "
Zhu Wanqing's face turned dark.
"Uncle Li, can you stop speaking so harshly?"
"If you like him, do it, but if I don't like it, I'll tell you?" Li Qing chuckled, "I've already given him face, okay? Zhu Jianshen, what do you think?"
"...Give me face." Zhu Jianshen changed the topic, "Let's not talk about this anymore. I can't bear it if it takes too long. Starting tomorrow, we will speed up the ancestor worship process and end it the morning of tomorrow at the latest. Wanqing, you have to be prepared."
He also wants to go to Wanniang's Tomb to talk to his sister Zhen'er.
"okay."
…
After chatting for a while, Zhu Jianshen got stronger from the medicine and fell into a deep sleep, and the two of them returned to their temporary residence.
"Go to bed early."
Li Qing finished his sentence, turned around and walked out.
"Uncle Li, where are you going?"
"I'm so bored, go out and get some fresh air." Li Qing didn't look back, "Don't worry about me, go to sleep, you'll be busy tomorrow."
"Are you going to Renzong's place?"
Li Qing didn't answer and walked out.
Xian mausoleum.
Compared with Changling, this mausoleum is not big, it can even be said to be very small.
Li Qing carried the wine for ancestor worship and also stole a roast chicken. He cleared a place, sat on the ground, and tore off two chicken legs. "Here, here are the chicken legs."
"I haven't seen you for so many years, and I miss you so much." Li Qing took a big sip of wine, spilled some more, and said softly: "Little Fatty, are you fine over there? I'm fine here...
Alas, it’s not that I’m nostalgic. In fact, I didn’t want to come, and I didn’t want to bring back the past. I just caught up and came here..."
It’s so long-winded that Li Qing doesn’t know what he’s talking about…
It's been so many years since he's come to see Xiaopang. It's not that he forgot, but that he doesn't know what to say, just like now.
The imperial mausoleum is guarded by troops, but it doesn't matter to Li Qing. After all, he can even bury Hanhan in it...
