Great Tang princess

Chapter 155

Lu Sheng's sharp voice sounded, causing all three people present to fall into a daze.

Even Zhang Chengxin, who was standing by the side, stared wide-eyed and froze in place for a moment.

Li Yuechen was the first to react, and ran to Shaoyang courtyard without saying a word.

Seeing his daughter running out, Li Zhi behind him also followed closely. Wu Zetian kicked his pedals and rushed out directly on his bicycle.

Li Yuechen, who ran at the front, leaped over the guardrail like a king kong, and was the first to run to Shaoyang courtyard.

Only at this moment did she know why she was suddenly flustered just now.

At the same time, he became more and more anxious. Originally, his illness was not so serious last year, and even after he got married, he showed signs of improvement.

But why did he become critically ill all of a sudden?
Seeing the emperor and empress running past, Zhang Chengxin hurriedly followed, and at the same time shouted: "Quickly call Liu Fengyu! Let your Highnesses know!"

The palace became chaotic in an instant, and countless eunuchs and maids also ran away.

Li Yuechen came to Shaoyang Courtyard first, before the guard at the gate had time to speak, she had already rushed in like a gust of wind.

When I came to the main hall, before I entered, I heard a cough and Pei Qingwan's crying from inside.

Following the sound into the main hall, they saw both of them fell to the ground, and the elder brother was lying in Pei Qingwan's arms.

Almost every time, blood was sprayed from the mouth along with coughing, and there were bloodstains all over the chin and collar.

On the ground around the two of them, tiny blood spots were splashed everywhere.

The maids and eunuchs next to her were all in a state of panic, not knowing what to do.

Seeing such a scene, Li Yuechen's usually calm eyes also showed a trace of panic.

She quickly ran to Li Hong and knelt down, and shouted in a panic: "Brother, brother..."

Seeing his sister approaching, Li Hong opened his mouth to say something, but after moving his lips, he coughed uncontrollably again.

While coughing, many tiny bloodstains sprayed out, and even a trace of blood mist could be seen.

Li Yuechen didn't expect that his illness had become so serious, and he felt guilty for a while. If he knew how to make penicillin, he wouldn't have developed to this point.

Li Hong, who was leaning on Pei Qingwan, looked at his sister, thinking that he could not speak, so he could only slowly raise his blood-stained hand.

Li Yuechen grabbed his hand: "Brother, control your breathing, Liu Fengyu will be here in a while!"

Li Hong shook his head while coughing, as if he already knew that his life was exhausted.But now he couldn't say a word again, so he could only hold his sister's hand tightly.

Wu Zetian and Li Zhi also ran in one after the other, and when they saw this appearance, they rushed over in a hurry.

She recklessly pulled her son out of Pei Qingwan's arms, and hugged him tightly: "Hong'er, Hong'er, don't be afraid, nothing will happen..."

Li Zhi also knelt down beside him, and grabbed his son's other hand: "Hong'er, Hong'er..."

Li Hong turned his head to look at them while coughing, but couldn't say anything, he could only keep coughing.

Accompanied by the sound of horseshoes, Li Yuechen turned his head and saw Liu Shenwei get off his horse.

He wasn't even fully dressed, so he rode over as soon as he received the news.

After running into the hall, seeing this scene, he didn't bother to salute. He squatted down and grabbed Li Hong's wrist and started to feel his pulse.

Then he took out another cloth bag and said, "Unfasten Your Highness's clothes!"

Li Yuechen reacted the fastest, and immediately pulled off the collar of his elder brother's shirt, exposing his chest.

Liu Shenwei took out the silver needles from the cloth bag, and stuck them on Li Hong's chest one by one.

After more than a dozen silver needles were inserted, his symptoms improved a lot in an instant, and the frequency of coughing immediately decreased a lot.

Liu Shenwei injected another ten or so needles, which temporarily stopped the coughing.

Seeing that the situation had improved, Li Zhi and his wife also breathed a sigh of relief, turned their heads and asked, "How is Hong'er's illness?"

"This..." Liu Shenwei's expression was a bit perplexed, and then he shook his head: "I also ask the emperor to forgive me! I... can't do anything!"

"What do you mean being powerless?" Wu Zetian raised his head, "As a royal servant, why can't you cure my son's illness?"

"Ma'am, this..."

"Aniang, don't make it difficult for Liu Fengyu..." Li Hong smiled slightly after finally recovering, his voice was extremely hoarse, like metal friction, "If there is a way, I believe Liu Fengyu will not be like this ..."

Liu Shenwei's eye circles were a little red, and he saluted respectfully: "Mr., thank you, Your Highness, for your understanding!"

Li Hong nodded slightly, his expression seemed a little uncomfortable, as if he felt a huge burning pain in his throat every time he said a word.

But he still resisted and said: "How long can I..."

"I'm afraid..." Liu Shenwei expressed a little unbearable, "It's only about half a moment..."

"What did you say?" Li Zhi suddenly raised his voice, "How could this be?"

Wu Zetian also wanted to speak, but Li Hong waved his hand: "Okay, you go down, give me some time to say goodbye."

"Here!" Liu Shenwei saluted respectfully, then got up and exited the door.

Li Hong, who was leaning against his mother's arms, took a deep breath and continued: "The child is not filial, I'm afraid I have to take a step first, I hope you two adults, don't blame..."

"Don't blame, don't blame..." Li Zhi had red eyes, suppressed his crying, and shook his head while holding his son's hand, "My son is already fine."

Wu Zetian hugged her son, buried her face in his shoulder and cried softly, unable to say anything.

At this point, Li Hong still made himself smile very reluctantly: "Mother, don't need to be sad...My child, thank you for your kindness in nurturing..."

Listening to Li Hong's final confession, both husband and wife suppressed their crying, unable to utter a word.

Afterwards, Li Hong turned his head and looked at Li Yuechen: "Chen'er..."

"Brother, I'm here." Li Yuechen grabbed his hand tightly.

"In the future, help me... take good care of her, Qingwan..."

Li Yuechen nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, brother, I will take care of my sister-in-law!"

Hearing her promise, Li Hong nodded: "That's good... I'm a little tired..."

This seems to be the case with people. After finishing what they want to say before dying, they can feel the rapid loss of physical strength.

After explaining what he wanted to say, Li Hong took a deep breath and felt that his eyelids were unusually heavy.

With blurred vision, the world seemed to suddenly become dark.

You can even feel that every beat of your heart is abnormally heavy, and your head gradually becomes foggy and drowsy, but your body seems to be floating.

Feeling that the strength in his elder brother's hand was gradually weakening, Li Yuechen couldn't help but twitch his nose twice, and two lines of clear tears rolled down his eyes.

"Brother..."

"I'm tired... I'm tired..." Li Hong kept his eyes closed and muttered to himself.

After saying this, he stopped talking, and the hand holding his sister gradually became limp.

"Big brother! Big brother!"

At this time, there was a burst of shouting outside the door, and Li Xian and his two sisters who received the news all rushed over.

After the whole family came in, they gathered around Li Hong, looking at Li Zhi and his wife, who were crying profusely, and the younger sister who was crying silently, they all seemed a little flustered.

Perhaps because he heard their call, Li Hong opened his eyes and took a look, then grinned reluctantly: "You... all of you will be fine in the future..."

After speaking, he closed his eyes again.

And the hands that were holding his father and sister completely softened, his head tilted, and there was no more sound.

"Brother!" Li Xian yelled, and then threw himself on him and burst into tears.

Wu Zetian put his hand on his son's neck, but he couldn't feel the pulse, so he couldn't help but burst into tears: "My son..."

Hearing the sound of crying in the hall, Liu Shenwei who was standing outside the door couldn't help closing his eyes.

Zhang Chengxin, who had been by the side all the time, sounded a sharp voice: "His Royal Highness has passed away——"

The surrounding eunuchs and maids knelt down and wept bitterly, and the sound of crying spread throughout the Shaoyang courtyard.

Li Yuechen held his elder brother's hand that had gradually turned cold, feeling a little guilty in his heart.

If he knew how to make antibiotics, he might have saved his life.

At this moment, Li Zhi suddenly rolled his eyes and fell to the ground and passed out.

"Grandfather!" Li Lun yelled first, rushing over to see what happened to him.

Li Yuechen turned his head to look, and immediately got up and shouted: "Liu Fengyu, come in!"

Liu Shenwei rushed in immediately to feel Li Zhi's pulse. The family was still in grief, and seeing Li Zhi unconscious again, they panicked for a while.

After checking the pulse, Liu Shenwei raised his head: "Quickly ask someone to tell the saint to carry him to the couch!"

"I come!"

Without saying a word, Li Yuechen directly picked up Li Zhi by the waist and put him on the bed next to him.

Liu Shenwei hurriedly took out a silver needle to prick his head, and Wu Zetian immediately put down his son's body and ran over: "Your Majesty can't do anything..."

"Don't panic, Auntie. Grandpa must be overly sad. Don't disturb Liu Fengyu." Li Yuechen advised her while pulling her.

The brothers and sisters saw Li Hong on the ground, and Li Zhi on the bed. They didn't know what to do for a while, and fell into a panic.

"The two elder sisters are here to accompany the mother to take care of the grandfather, and the brothers and I will restrain the body of the elder brother together." Li Yuechen wiped away his tears and gave the order.

At this time, everyone was a little flustered. Hearing her command, they immediately acted.

Li Yuechen pulled out all the silver needles on Li Hong's body and helped him tidy up his clothes.

At the same time, Li Xian and his two elder brothers were asked to put the bed together, and then he picked up the still warm corpse and slowly put it on.

After putting down the corpse, Li Yuechen gave him a gentle hug, and whispered into his cold ears: "Don't worry, brother, I will take good care of my sister-in-law."

After finishing speaking, he immediately directed the surrounding eunuchs and court ladies to do their respective tasks, and directed the scene in an orderly manner.

……

After a long time, Liu Shenwei raised his head and heaved a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty, the saint is fine at the moment, but he is too sad, and he will wake up tomorrow at the latest."

Hearing these words, Wu Zetian was about to fall down as soon as his body softened.

Thanks to Zhang Chengxin, who was next to her, quickly supported her, so she was not allowed to sit directly on the ground.

Wu Zetian turned around and looked around, and found that her daughter was directing the scene, she opened her mouth, but still didn't call her over.

Then he got up and walked to the side of Li Hong's body, gently stretched out his hand to caress his cheek, tears came out of his eyes again.

……

The crown prince passed away, and the saint was in a coma!

Such a major event could not be concealed at all, and soon spread to the homes of most officials.

The officials at the prime minister level were all taken aback when they heard the news, and then they immediately came to the palace gate to wait for their summons.

The originally somewhat chaotic scene was quickly restored to order under Li Yuechen's command. The two sisters were watching Li Zhi from the side of the bed, and Wu Zetian was crying on his son's body.

The same was true for Pei Qingwan, holding the prince's hand beside her and weeping non-stop.

At this time, a young eunuch suddenly came in from outside and said something to Zhang Chengxin. He bowed his head and remained silent for two seconds, then walked quickly to Wu Zetian's side, and said in a low voice, "Ma'am, many ministers are waiting outside the palace gate."

Wu Zetian acted as if she hadn't heard it, and didn't answer anything, just lying on her son's body and crying.

Zhang Chengxin didn't continue, just stood by and waited.

Li Yuechen took a step forward with red eyes: "Tell them to go back and wait! I will notify them of course!"

Hearing the princess's sudden order, Zhang Chengxin was a little dazed, but seeing Wu Zetian's appearance, he finally bowed and saluted: "Here!"

Li Yuechen came to his mother's side, stretched out his hand to pull her up, hugged her tightly and comforted her: "Auntie should go back and take care of grandpa, grandpa is in danger at this time, grandma must not be too sad!"

Listening to her daughter's comfort, Wu Zetian wiped away tears: "But Hong'er..."

"Don't worry, Auntie, I'm here for everything!" Li Yuechen patted her on the back lightly, comforting her firmly.

Seeing her daughter's red eyes, Wu Zetian gently reached out and touched her face, finally nodded and agreed to her suggestion.

"Come here! Prepare your car and send His Majesty back to Yanying Hall!"

"Here!"

Wu Zetian wiped away the tears, looked at her daughter and forced a gratified smile: "My son has grown up."

Li Yuechen grabbed his mother's hand and nodded: "It's good for my mother to take good care of my grandfather, and you don't have to worry about other things. After the mourning hall is completed, I will be here to guard my elder brother."

Li Zhi was carefully carried into the carriage and sent back to the Hall of Yanying, Wu Zetian followed him.

After the two left, Li Yuechen looked at his brothers and sisters around, turned his head and said, "Lu Sheng!"

"The servant is here!" Lu Sheng stood up, wiping away his tears.

"The weather is getting hotter. The corpse cannot be left for too long. Tomorrow at the latest, the coffin must be ready."

"Yes!" Lu Sheng agreed, wiped his tears and turned to do it.

Li Yuechen waved his hand to Fulai again: "Order, the mourning hall must be set up before sunset."

"Yes!"

After Fulai left, Li Yuechen said to the two sisters: "Tonight, the two sisters will stay with me. Help take care of my sister-in-law, I'm afraid she will be too sad."

"Okay!" The two sisters nodded in agreement.

Li Xian next to him was still crying: "Yuechen, what should I do?"

"Brothers should have a good rest tonight. Next, I will take turns to guard the spirit for the eldest brother!" Li Yuechen arranged.

(End of this chapter)