Queen Sun

Chapter 50
Silently waved away the flickering Zheng Ji, and Li Shimin stood silently behind Ruoshui and Chu Suiliang. He watched his queen standing beside another man, and watched his son being hugged safely in another man's arms. in the arms of a man.Although the frank talk and laughter between them had wiped away his anger and suspicion when he saw him for the first time, he couldn't help thinking of another pair of figures in his mind, thinking of what Yang Qian said when he saw him again, even though he knew it was impossible. Full letter, but...

"Suiliang, what do you think of the words on this stele?" Taking a step forward, Li Shimin interrupted the harmonious atmosphere of the two people in front of him.

Chu Suiliang was startled, turned around and was about to salute, but was stopped by the emperor: "You are still holding the fifteenth prince, so there is no need to salute."

Ruoshui smiled lightly as usual: "Lord Chu and Mo Zi really have a relationship, now I don't even want to hug him."

Li Shimin laughed loudly, and said: "There are such strange things, the last son has always been kept away from strangers." After speaking, he stretched out his hand towards his son, "Come, father hugs."

When Chu Suiliang saw this, his face was slightly solemn, and he wanted to return the prince in his arms to the emperor.Unexpectedly, at this moment, Mo Zi was not interested in his father at all, he immediately turned his head away with a small face, and wrapped his hands firmly around Chu Suiliang's neck.

Li Shimin's doting smile suddenly froze in mid-air, Ruoshui couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Majesty, since the last son likes Master Chu so much, why don't you give them the title of teacher and student as soon as possible."

"That's a good proposal." Li Shimin smiled, and wrapped his arms around Ruoshui's waist without a trace, "I don't know what to do with your good intentions?"

Chu Suiliang stood on the spot calmly, his eyes flickering slightly: "I am afraid that my talents and learning are limited."

"Where is there any need to doubt Aiqing's talent?" Li Shimin said cheerfully, "It's settled like this. When the last son is older, you, the prince's Taifu, will start teaching calligraphy."

Ruoshui couldn't help interjecting: "Master Chu is too modest, and it's really overkill to teach a child the enlightenment with your talent."

"Mo, it's different." Suddenly, Li Shimin said this sentence.

Chu Suiliang was slightly shocked, bowed his head and said: "Yes, I will live up to your majesty and empress's entrustment." As soon as the words fell, the last son who was still clinging to his body just now finally opened his mouth and stretched out his hand towards his father with a grin. Shouting: "Daddy, daddy, hug."

Li Shimin took his son in a bad mood, and after Chu Suiliang thanked him without squinting, he left.

"How did the second brother find this place? Is everything discussed?" Ruoshui looked sideways at the displeased emperor.

"If you don't come again, my son will be abducted." Li Shimin patted Mo Zi's body lightly.

Ruoshui listened to his joking tone, but there was a strange feeling in his heart, and he bent his mouth and said, "I think what Mo Zi likes is not Mr. Chu, but the ink fragrance on him. Most people who practice calligraphy all the year round will be infected with it." The smell of the inkstone, didn't the last one only grab the inkstone when he was catching Zhou?"

Li Shimin's complexion calmed down, and he kissed his son deeply, which made Mo Zi giggle: "So you like pens and inkstones, no wonder you are so obedient standing in front of the stone tablet, in the future, Daddy will definitely treat the best in the world. Put all the copybooks in front of you, so you won't be entangled with others all the time now."

Ruoshui mocked slightly: "Why is the second brother's words so sour?"

Li Shimin walked back with his wife, and asked in a calm tone: "Tell me, what did Cheng Qian like about Yuan Ji when he was young? The way the uncle and nephew played together, people who don't know may think they are father and son."

"Perhaps, we are too strict with him, don't children like to be pampered?" Ruoshui's breathing stopped for a while, but then he replied calmly.

Li Shimin took a deep look at Ruoshui, smiled lightly and said nothing, with a hint of solemnity and arrogance.

The night in the mountains was especially quiet, Ruoshui leaned on Li Shimin's shoulder, when he closed his eyes, he saw the faint and astringent smile of the man in the daytime, opened it helplessly, and just met her husband's inexplicable melancholy eyes.

"Can't sleep?" Li Shimin asked lightly.

"Isn't the second brother the same?" Ruoshui lowered his eyelids.

Li Shimin took Ruoshui's hand, touched it lightly on his lips, and asked seemingly unintentionally, "Ruoshui, do you like peach blossoms?"

Ruoshui stretched out his other hand to hug Li Shimin back, buried his face deeply in the other's chest, and murmured back, but it was inaudible.

Li Shimin withdrew his smile, and stared at Ruoshui's thick and dark hair with complicated eyes: "When next spring, shall we come here to see the peach blossoms again? The peach blossoms in the mountains bloom the latest, but they are more beautiful than those in the courtyard." Be quiet and elegant, which suits you best."

"Second brother, do you think I look like a peach blossom?" Ruo Shui raised his eyes slightly, and looked at Li Shimin's mature and restrained handsome face. The emperor in the world must also be the proud son of heaven.

Li Shimin pressed a kiss between Ruoshui's eyebrows, and sighed softly: "I hope you are more like that blooming peony, graceful and elegant, the only emperor's flower."

Ruoshui smiled lightly, isn't the queen the flower of the emperor?Just like the most beautiful peony must bloom among the flowers, but it still stands out from the crowd and is admired by the world.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a rush of footsteps coming from a distance, Li Shimin frowned, looked at Ruoshui, got up cautiously, put on his coat and said seriously: "Ruoshui, let me go outside to have a look, you stay Don't come out of the house."

Ruoshui nodded, watched Li Shimin leave, feeling a little uneasy, it was so late, if it wasn't a major event... Thinking of this, she simply got up, barefoot, and pushed the door open a gap, sure enough, the voices from outside came intermittently Come in.

Facing the visitor, Li Shimin said in astonishment: "Chai Shao, what are you talking about? Has there been a change in the Imperial Guard?"

Chai Shao lowered his head and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I also inadvertently heard rumors among the guards that some generals and soldiers in charge of guarding the palace gate seem to have gone differently, and it seems that there are some strange people among the imperial guards on this trip. Face, I have arrested and banned these people without authorization, but the situation in Beijing is not very clear, please make your decision."

Li Shimin paced back and forth a few steps, then decisively picked up the armor hanging on the wall: "Come on, I'm going to personally interrogate those thieves."

Chai Shao hurriedly stopped him: "Your Majesty, the mountain road is slippery and the night is dark. It is too dangerous for you to go out like this. I'd better escort them here."

Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, how much time will it take to come and go like this? Interrogate as early as possible, so that we can know what the situation in the capital is like, and make a decision early. Let's go."

At this time, the door of the inner room was pushed open, Ruoshui said with a firm expression: "The ministers and concubines also go together."

Li Shimin was taken aback at first, and then naturally refused: "It's cold in the night, Ruoshui, how can you go out?"

"Your Majesty is so shocked, the situation is bound to be serious, how can the concubine wait here with peace of mind?" Ruoshui stepped forward, put on the armor for Li Shimin, and then said to Chai Shao, "General Chai, please lead the way."

As soon as Li Shimin grasped Ruoshui's cold hand, his heart trembled. Wealth and misfortune depend on each other, and life and death are shared. After this, I am afraid that nothing or anyone can separate them.

Fortunately, when the day came, the so-called suspected treason was finally proved to be a false alarm, and the accompanying strange guards were only newly transferred, and the changes in Beijing were even more fictional, but the worries of this night and Sleepless, but made Ruoshui seriously ill.

It seemed to be the reappearance of the nightmare at the beginning of the year, but this time the person lying on the bed was replaced by the queen, and Shangguanping had a few deep knots between his eyebrows. He also had a high fever, but the queen's body was originally Not as strong as His Majesty, even if the fever is barely subsided, the easily induced qi disease is still quite troublesome.

"Shangguanping, don't frown so patronizingly, how should the queen's illness be treated?" Li Shimin's heart was tightly pulled.

Shangguanping didn't dare to say much, he just said: "Your Majesty, please go down and prescribe the medicine first, otherwise the high fever won't go away, and there is nothing I can do."

Li Shimin waved his hands, watching the startling blush on her pale cheeks, and tears streaming from her eyes, which were clearly sleeping.Ruoshui, what are you sad about and what are you afraid of?He felt a deep powerlessness in his heart, why, when he thought everything was slowly getting better, fate always showed its cruel other side.

She personally fed the decoction into Ruoshui's mouth mouth by mouth, and Li Shimin looked at his wife's still sleeping face in disappointment. At this moment, Mingxia hurried in: "Your Majesty, someone reported that Dr. Sun is in Chang'an at this time. Send someone to bring him to the palace."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "Quick, get Sun Simiao quickly, don't delay for a moment."

"Second brother." As if sensing her husband's anxiety, Ruoshui slowly opened her eyes and called out in a hoarse voice.

Li Shimin leaned over in great surprise and said, "Ruoshui, you finally woke up, don't worry, you will be fine when Sun Simiao comes."

Ruoshui forced a smile, and in the helpless darkness just now, there was an empty voice repeating repeatedly, in June of the tenth year of Zhenguan, Queen Wende died.Only the sad concern sent me back, but how can man overcome the sky?
In September, the empress returned to Beijing, or it was said that the empress was seriously ill in the Jiucheng Palace, but thanks to the magic doctor's hand, she just recovered.

In the autumn of another year, Ruoshui sat in the garden of Lizheng Palace, her face was still bloodless, but her expression was calm and serene. A gust of autumn wind came more urgently, which made her cough several times uncontrollably.

Li Shimin, who followed the sound, feigned anger, leaned down and said: "Those court ladies are getting more and more outrageous. Before leaving, Sun Simiao specially told you not to suffer from the wind and cold during this period, and they didn't even stop you." After finishing, he gently picked up his wife and walked towards the inner hall.

Ruoshui put his face on Li Shimin's neck, and said in a low voice, "I haven't seen the sun for a long time, so I won't allow them to stop or follow me." For the whole month before, I was wandering between life and death, even though I still He was rescued, but his body was so weak that he could only lie in bed for a while, as if his body, which had only half of his soul, began to weaken slowly again.

"Let's take care of it for a while longer." Li Shimin's words contained some unknowing pleas, "When I feel at ease, I will let you go there."

"In the harem, are you okay?" Ruoshui met Li Shimin's gaze.

Li Shimin wrote lightly: "You are sick, who dares to cause trouble, don't worry, Yang Rui and Yang Qian are still imprisoned in their palace, forgive them and they can't make trouble, just wait for you to recover before dealing with it."

Ruoshui looked at the Lizheng Palace in front of him, and said wearily: "As long as they don't break the rules in the palace, I don't want to touch them. After all, no one has any bitterness in their hearts. The most important thing right now is the matter of Chengqian, and the Western Expedition to Tuyuhun." What the hell is he getting ready for?"

A trace of concern flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, but it disappeared when he lowered his head: "When he comes to see you on the expedition, you will be relieved to see it yourself." At this time, he didn't want to and couldn't tell Ruoshui. Some days, when their eldest son was practicing archery, he was thrown off by a suddenly frightened horse. Fortunately, he only hurt his legs and feet.

In November of the eighth year of Zhenguan, Tuyuhun invaded Liangzhou.

In December, the Son of Heaven issued an edict to mobilize troops and horses, with Li Jing as the chief commander of the Xikaidao march, leading the troops of the five routes to attack Tuyuhun. At this time, few people in the court knew that Prince Li Chengqian was also accompanying the army.

(End of this chapter)