The Flourishing Tang Dynasty: Beginning with Marrying Yang Yuhuan

Chapter 2 Pretending to be sick
Seeing that Li Heng was silent again, Yang Yuhuan thought that her words had offended Li Heng, so she said with a smile: "My dear, I was just joking. Apart from a saint, who else can force us to the moment of life and death?"

"Yes." Li Ying smiled, "Let's do the wedding ceremony first."

"Yes." Yang Yuhuan nodded softly, turned around and drank the wedding wine with Li Heng.

After drinking, Li Ying stood up, put the gourd on the table, and slowly opened the door.

The night breeze was blowing gently, the moonlight was pale, and the Prince Shou's Mansion was luxurious and quiet.

Yes, except Li Longji, who else could force them to the moment of life and death?

But the one who forced them was Li Longji.

This luxurious Shouwang Mansion is a cage.

Li Longji built two large courtyards and trapped all of Li Tang's descendants and grandchildren inside.

He must find a way to fly out of this compound as soon as possible, otherwise he will be at the mercy of others.

But why would Li Longji let him go?

Given Li Longji's vigilance against the Li Tang royal family, it would be useless even if his mother Wu Huifei pleaded for him, unless Li Longji was sure that he posed no threat to the imperial power.

correct,

If a person is about to die, he will not pose a threat to the imperial power. As long as he does not threaten the imperial power, he may be able to escape from Chang'an first.

In this case, it seems that you can pretend to be sick.

But what if Li Longji cares about me and lets me stay in Beijing to recuperate and doesn’t let me leave?
Thinking of this question, Li Heng smiled.

As an emperor, Li Longji has a lot of children and grandchildren. How much will they care about him?

Throughout his life, Li Longji killed several of his sons and forced several of them to divorce.

Ruthless is the most imperial family.

At this time, Yang Yuhuan found a brocade robe and put it on Li Heng from behind, saying softly: "My dear, it's cold in winter, be careful not to catch a cold."

Li Ying turned around and held Yang Yuhuan's delicate hand, saying, "I just suddenly felt a little chest tightness, so I opened the door to get some fresh air."

"Is it serious?" Yang Yuhuan thought of Li Heng's graceful manner just now, and was worried that he had overexerted himself, so she said, "I'll ask a doctor to take a look, otherwise if we delay for too long, it may get worse."

"Not today." Li Heng closed the door and pulled Yang Yuhuan back to bed. "It's too late now. If you don't feel better tomorrow, it won't be too late to ask the doctor again."

Yang Yuhuan looked at Li Heng and saw that he looked fine, so she nodded and said, "Then my dear, go to bed early."

As she spoke, she helped Li Heng lie down and covered him with a quilt. She then removed her makeup and combed her hair before lying down next to Li Heng.

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The next day, it was dawn.

Yang Yuhuan woke up slowly, turned her head slightly, and saw Li Heng lying on the bed with his eyes open, looking a little haggard.

Li Ying's haggard look was the result of staying up alone for most of the night.

Yang Yuhuan said lazily, "My dear, are you feeling better?"

"No." Li Heng denied, turned his head to look at Yang Yuhuan, and said: "I feel my heart is very stuffy. Please send someone to the palace to tell my mother and ask the imperial physician to help me."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Yang Yuhuan rubbed her eyes, got up immediately, dressed hurriedly and went out.

After Yang Yuhuan walked away, Li Heng got up and searched the house up and down. After searching for a long time, he found a night pearl.

This night-shining pearl seemed to be a wedding gift from Crown Prince Li Ying.

Li Heng thought for a moment, picked up the night pearl, and lay back on the bed.

After a long time, footsteps were heard outside the door, and Yang Yuhuan's voice could still be vaguely heard: "Your Highness Prince Shou was unwell last night and has not gotten better today. Please ask Imperial Doctor Zhang to take care of him."

"It is my duty as an official." Doctor Zhang replied.

Hearing the two's voices, Li Heng clamped the Night Pearl under his armpit and pressed the artery. A moment later, Yang Yuhuan and Doctor Zhang pushed the door open.

Doctor Zhang first bowed to Li Heng and then took his pulse.

Because Li Heng pressed the axillary artery, the pulse in his hand was very weak.

When Doctor Zhang detected a weak pulse, his facial expression became strange.

Chinese medicine emphasizes observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation, so after taking the pulse, Imperial Doctor Zhang asked, "Where does your Highness feel unwell?"

Li Heng said: "A few years ago, I just felt palpitations, chest tightness, and occasional dizziness. Recently, I feel bloated, can't eat, chest tightness and shortness of breath, and..."

At this point, Li Heng started coughing.

After listening to Li Heng's words, Doctor Zhang saw that Li Heng was coughing violently, and his expression became solemn. He was silent for a moment and said, "So, it seems..."

Doctor Zhang wanted to talk about pulse knotting.

The so-called knotted pulse is heart disease.

There was no ECG machine at that time, but it was not difficult to pretend to have a heart disease as long as you mastered some basic knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine.

Moreover, heart disease in this era is equivalent to a terminal illness. As long as myocardial ischemia or blood stasis occurs, the only thing left is to wait for death.

The symptom Li Heng showed was blood stasis.

Yang Yuhuan, who was standing by, didn't know what illness Li Heng had, but she saw that Doctor Zhang looked a little off, so she asked worriedly, "Doctor Zhang, is your highness' illness serious?"

Doctor Zhang pondered for a while, and finally said, "This disease is not serious. It only needs a little care and should be fine. I will go get the medicine first."

After saying this, he stood up, bowed to Li Heng, and walked out.

Yang Yuhuan followed him out and saw Doctor Zhang off politely.

When they reached the door, Doctor Zhang sighed heavily, bowed and said to Yang Yuhuan, "Princess, I am incompetent. Your Highness Shou may be suffering from a knotted meridian. I cannot treat this disease. I can only prescribe medicine for your Highness Shou to recuperate. How long you can live depends entirely on yourself."

"what?"

Yang Yuhuan was startled, her expression was blank, and she instantly became listless.

At this time, Yang Yuhuan was only sixteen years old and had not yet been snatched away by Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji and thrown into the big dye vat of luxury.

She also yearns for a beautiful love and life.

But how could she have imagined that her husband would be diagnosed with a terminal illness just after getting married.

Doctor Zhang saw Yang Yuhuan like this, sighed, and comforted her: "I will report this to His Majesty and Concubine Wu Huifei, and respectfully ask His Majesty to find famous doctors. Maybe there is a way to save her. Princess, don't worry for now. The most important thing now is to make His Royal Highness Shou happy. If the patient loses his will, the disease will only get worse faster."

Yang Yuhuan nodded hesitantly and saluted woodenly, "Thank you, Doctor Zhang."

Doctor Zhang quickly returned the greeting and said, "Your Highness, thank you for your courtesy. I need to go get the medicine first. I will take my leave now."

Doctor Zhang withdrew and came to the outside of the mansion. He sighed again and murmured in a low voice: "Am I really doing the right thing?"

Yang Yuhuan watched Doctor Zhang leave and stayed there for a long while in a daze before turning back to look for Li Heng.

When she came outside and heard Li Heng coughing again, Yang Yuhuan remembered Doctor Zhang's advice, sorted out her emotions, forced a smile on her face, and then walked into the house.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw Li Ying had already stood up, so she hurried over to support Li Ying and said, "My dear, you are not feeling well. You should rest more."

Li Heng was pretending to be so indifferent, and said, "I just feel uncomfortable in my heart, it's nothing serious."

As he spoke, he glanced at Yang Yuhuan and saw that although she had a smile on her face, she looked a little depressed.

This look is completely different from when she went out just now.

After a little thought, Li Heng figured out the connection.

This little girl swallowed her tears and smiled because of his illness.

Li Ying was somewhat touched and smiled, "It's okay, just a little discomfort, it will be fine after a period of rest."

"Yes." Yang Yuhuan nodded heavily, "It will definitely be fine."

(End of this chapter)