Great Tang princess

Chapter 124 The Prince's Illness
Li Xian and the others were already waiting for Li Hong's return with the emperor and his wife in the Hall of Renshou.

Originally, the few of them also planned to go out of the city with Li Yuechen to meet them, but Li Zhi said that it was enough for the youngest daughter to go alone, and the others should just wait in the palace.

When Li Yuechen helped his elder brother enter the Hall of Renshou, Li Zhi and his wife had already brought their children to greet him.

Li Hong let go of the arm supported by his younger sister, and put his hands on the top of his head to salute: "Baby, please greet your parents..."

There was a cough before he finished speaking, and Li Zhi frowned: "Didn't you say that you had a cold in the letter? Now it has been nearly half a year and you haven't recovered yet? Why didn't you tell me!"

While speaking, there was even a hint of anger in his tone.

When the emperor got angry, he could really feel a terrifying aura. Everyone present felt that the surrounding air seemed to have gained weight, and they were suddenly pressed against their bodies.

Li Yuechen was slightly taken aback. During this period of time, she often exchanged letters with Li Hong, but he never said anything about contracting a cold.

It seems that this matter was only told to the old man but not to himself.

"I don't want to cough... let my parents worry." Li Hong raised his head, with a smile on his pale face, "Besides, it's just a cough, not cough... other symptoms."

Princess Yiyang turned her head: "Why don't you ask Liu Fengyu to come and see?"

Li Zhi nodded and said nothing.

Zhang Chengxin who was next to him immediately agreed: "I will invite you, servant girl!"

Wu Zetian came over and was about to reach out to help his son up, but Li Hong raised his hand to stop him: "Madam, don't get close, the child is sick, if it affects..."

"It's okay." Wu Zetian didn't think too much, and smiled lightly: "Didn't Chen'er come in with you just now?"

While talking, he reached out to help him up, and then couldn't help but patted his shoulder: "My son is suffering!"

"The child is not suffering," Li Hong shook his head, "It's just that there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, those cough... people and cough..."

Wu Zetian nodded: "Okay, okay, don't talk about it now. You really are a child, you have been coughing for half a year, and you still hide it..."

The others didn't seem to care too much.

Only Li Yuechen, although there was no special expression on his face, was still worried in his heart.

People in this era may not know what pneumonia represents. Although Li Hong seems to have no other symptoms except a cough, if this continues, the consequences will really be serious!

The three elder brothers didn't think about it, instead they started a short chat with Li Hong's parents.

The two elder sisters also joined the topic, and only Li Yuechen, holding back the doubts in his heart, squeezed out a smiling face and chimed in.

Having family members by his side may have made Li Hong feel more relaxed, but it was not as severe as the cough on the road.

After a while, Liu Shenwei came to the Hall of Renshou and began to treat Li Hong after saluting.

Li Yuechen crossed his arms in front of his chest, standing in front of everyone, watching Liu Shenwei give him a pulse diagnosis and treatment with a serious face.

After looking at it for a while, Liu Shenwei turned his head and said, "Emperor, Empress. Your Highness the Crown Prince's illness, I am not very easy to distinguish at present. But first, I can prescribe a prescription for clearing the lungs and relieving cough."

"It's not easy to tell?" Wu Zetian frowned suddenly.

Originally, she didn't pay much attention to it, but such a sentence made her nervous subconsciously.

The others who heard this also turned their heads and looked over.

Liu Shenwei nodded: "The illness is not serious, it's just a little complicated. The Emperor and Empress, please follow me to the outer hall to explain."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi and his wife frowned immediately, then turned around and walked outside.

Li Yuechen turned his head and took a look: "I'll follow along to ask."

"Then I too..."

"Erlang, you guys stay here, Chen'er is smart, maybe he can help you, if you don't understand a little bit of the art of Qi and Huang, you don't have to follow." Wu Zetian waved his hand.

Hearing what his mother said, Li Xian also agreed, and concentrated on continuing to chat with his eldest brother in the inner hall, asking him about his current situation in Chang'an.

Li Yuechen followed his parents and Liu Shenwei to visit the main hall of the outer hall, intending to hear what he had to say.

As soon as he came out, Li Zhi turned his head solemnly: "Is this disease troublesome?"

Liu Shenwei also had a dignified expression, and replied cautiously: "According to my observation, His Highness's illness is somewhat like tuberculosis."

Wu Zetian didn't understand what kind of illness it was, and frowned, "Explain more clearly."

Liu Shenwei straightened his wording, saluted, and said, "There are not many records about this disease, and most people who study medicine have never even heard of it... But at present, there is no cure!"

As soon as these words came out, Wu Zetian suddenly took a step forward, and blurted out in disbelief, "What did you say?"

"Don't get excited!" Liu Shenwei quickly replied, "I only said that the disease is somewhat similar, but I'm not sure yet..."

Li Yuechen next to him frowned. Even though he said that, since he said it all, I'm afraid it's probably the same.

Speaking out is to let the emperor and queen have a psychological preparation in advance.

"Then..." Li Yuechen couldn't help trembling when he thought that his elder brother might not live long, "Why do you say there is no cure?"

Liu Shenwei's face was a little dignified: "Your Highness, the official has also asked Master about this disease, and the old man said that there is currently no cure for this disease!"

Li Yuechen fell into silence. Sun Simiao is undoubtedly the most powerful doctor in this era. If he can't help it, then I'm afraid it really can't.

"This..." Wu Zetian became anxious all of a sudden, his face had lost his usual calm, "Young slave..."

Usually, as long as there are outsiders around, she would never call Li Zhi like this. This is a title that she only uses when she is around her family.

But now she couldn't care so much anymore, and even looked at Li Zhi with some fear.

Li Zhi grabbed her hand and patted her lightly twice, then turned his head to look at Liu Shenwei, with a calm expression and tone: "Then, how dangerous is this disease?"

"It's hard to say. If it doesn't get worse, it's no different from ordinary people except for coughing; but if it gets worse..."

Speaking of this, Liu Shenwei did not dare to continue speaking.

But seeing his respectful salute and the embarrassed expression on his face, Li Zhi could also understand the meaning of the follow-up.

Seeing him like this, Wu Zetian turned his head helplessly and looked at Li Zhi.

Li Yuechen thought of the little things he had with this elder brother over the years, and couldn't help the redness of his eyes, and a tear rolled down his cheek.

However, she still sniffled, and asked calmly as much as possible: "Then is there a way to keep it as it is?"

"This... Your Highness, please forgive me, minister, there is no other way." Liu Shenwei replied respectfully.

Wu Zetian ran over suddenly, squatted down and stretched out his hands to grab her daughter's shoulders, with an expectant expression on his face: "Chen'er, you are born smart, think of a way!"

Li Yuechen raised his hand and wiped away his tears: "If someone can cure this disease, my child would be willing to learn from a teacher, but... now my child has never learned medical skills..."

"This...how can this be good..."

Wu Zetian suddenly lowered his hands weakly, and for a moment completely lost the majesty of the queen on weekdays.

Li Zhi next to him took a deep breath: "Since the matter has come to this, try your best and try! Even if you can't be cured in the end, I will not punish you! If it is cured, I will seal [-] households for you!"

Liu Shenwei saluted respectfully: "How dare you say a reward, I will definitely do my best to protect His Highness the Crown Prince! It's just that the illness needs to be emotionally stable, so please don't let His Highness the Crown Prince know about this!"

"Okay!" Li Zhi nodded.

……

In the inner hall, Li Hong sat on the bed and rested for a while, his complexion has improved a lot, not as pale as when he just came here.

At this moment, I am chatting with my brother and sister, telling them what happened in Chang'an.

"Has it reached the point of gnawing on bark?" Li Xian frowned and asked, "Didn't Yuechen already figure out a way to increase food production?"

Li Hong nodded: "It has been researched, but after all, it has not been fully promoted, and it cannot solve the urgent need."

"It would be great if Yuechen could research it two years earlier..." said the youngest Li Lun.

However, as soon as these words came out, Li Hongyi waved his hand: "Nonsense, as a brother, how can we count on my sister for everything? This is our responsibility. Now that Yuechen has researched it, we should feel ashamed. How can we complain?" ?”

"Oh, big brother, Shiro is still young, don't get angry." Li Xianzai brought a bowl of iced yogurt from the side: "This is specially prepared by Yuechen for big brother."

Li Hong took a look and said, "I consume ice cubes before I fall into the ambush. In June, some people suffer from coughing and coughing..."

Li Xian put on a showy look: "Brother, this ice is not taken from the ice cellar, but Chen'er researched it himself."

"Research by yourself?" Li Hong was a little surprised, "She actually knows how to make ice in summer?"

"That's right." The second child Li Xian nodded, "It's just that this method has been strictly kept secret by parents, even I can't say it!"

Seeing the affirmation of his brothers, Li Hong also expressed emotion: "My sister is so talented! It's really incredible!"

"I guess it's Taoism, right?" Li Lun seemed to be talking to himself.

……

Liu Shenwei went back to prepare the medicine, Li Zhi sighed: "Meiniang, and Chen'er, you have heard what I said just now, this matter must not be leaked!"

"En!" Wu Zetian nodded to express his understanding, and raised his hand to wipe away his tears.

Li Yuechen also nodded to express his understanding.

"Just now he also said that as long as the disease does not worsen, it will be no different from ordinary people." Li Zhi thought for a while, "Don't worry too much."

Wu Zetian suddenly raised his head and cursed with a murderous look on his face: "I don't even know about such a big deal! What are those dog slaves doing!"

"Okay, okay..." Li Zhi patted her on the shoulder, "I don't have other symptoms except cough, it's really similar to wind-cold, if Hong'er is determined to hide it from them, it's normal to not know."

"My close ministers don't understand medical skills, but don't they understand it? Don't they understand it? How dare you lie about such a big matter, how dare you!" Wu Zetian gritted his teeth, "I beheaded them!"

Li Yuechen took a step forward, took her hand and persuaded, "Aniang, just now Liu Fengyu said that there are not many records of this disease, so it's understandable that they don't know... If they are killed because of this, it will be difficult to convince the public! "

"You still have the time to speak for them?" Wu Zetian shook his arms, "Nowadays..."

"Because of this, they should focus on learning and improving their medical skills." Li Yuechen interrupted her, and once again stepped forward to gently hug her to persuade: "Killing them will not help, but will make other people follow suit." If you are afraid, no one will dare to treat the disease in the future."

Hearing her daughter's advice, Wu Zetian took a deep breath. It could be seen that she was still very angry, but at least she was much calmer.

But maybe it was really hard to calm down, so in the end Zhang Chengxin was called over and ordered to give those imperial physicians twenty blows.

"Tell them, if Chen'er hadn't interceded, I would have killed them this time!" Wu Zetian cursed through gritted teeth.

Zhang Chengxin took the order, turned around and went to do it immediately.

Standing in the hall, Li Zhi was in a complicated mood, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Hong'er has been in poor health since he was a child, but I never imagined that one day he would encounter such a catastrophe!"

"For this outing, we must choose a concubine for him." Wu Zetian said suddenly, "The marriage is a joy, maybe such a rush can play a role!"

Li Yuechen next to him opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.

The superstitions of the ancients cannot be broken with a few words, and now my mother is angry.Since she said so, why not follow her way.

If it can really cause a miracle and make the eldest brother get better, it should be regarded as a blessing.

Li Yuechen knew that, theoretically, all illnesses had the possibility of self-healing.

But theories are just theories. Even after more than a thousand years, there are still very few diseases like cancer that can truly heal themselves.

But for now, Li Yuechen can only hope that Li Hong's mood will be better, which can trigger the miracle of the body itself.

When the three returned to the inner hall, Li Hong and the others were still chatting.

Li Xian got up and walked over: "My lord, how is the elder brother's illness?"

Li Zhi has no expression on his face: "It's nothing serious, but there are some troubles. In the future, it needs to be nursed carefully, so don't get excited."

Wu Zetian came and sat down next to Li Hong, and gently stroked his son's head: "After a while, your junior outing will begin. Hong'er, you are not young anymore, if you find it suitable, you can be your mother." Say, I will marry you!"

"You don't have to travel too far for this outing." Li Zhi said, "In my opinion, it's better to hold it in Taoguang Garden!"

"It's up to the adults to decide!" Li Hong replied very respectfully.

Seeing his appearance, Li Zhi didn't say anything, but just nodded.

Among these sons, he likes Li Hong the most. He is obedient and filial, and his ability is not bad. The only shortcoming is that he is a bit rigid.

But now that he is in such a catastrophe, Li Zhi can only pin his hopes on the so-called "Chongxi", hoping to bring some miracles.

Li Yuechen thought the same way, squeezed out a smile and came over to chat with Li Hong.

The two princesses Yiyang and Xuancheng have lived with her for almost five years, and they know Li Yuechen much better than the other brothers.

Perhaps because she saw something wrong with her expression, Princess Xuancheng turned her head to look at her sister.

Princess Yiyang also nodded slightly to her, but the two of them didn't say anything. They also participated in the topic with smiles on their faces, chatting about what kind of women will become crown princesses and princesses in the event...

(End of this chapter)