Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 273 Farewell

In July of the 22nd year of Zhenguan, Goguryeo was harassed by the Tang army, and its power was greatly reduced. Li Er planned to send troops to attack Goguryeo when the opponent was in trouble.

He planned to send 30 troops to destroy Goguryeo in the following year, so he ordered Qiang Wei to cut down trees in Jiannan Road to build warships.

It is required that the huge ship be a hundred feet long and fifty feet wide.After these boats were built, they went down the river, from the river to Yangzhuang and visited Laizhou.

"How is Fang Xuanling's situation?" Li Er asked, Li Er would ask Fang Xuanling's situation every day.

When Fang Xuanling was seriously ill, Li Er sent famous doctors to treat him, provided imperial food every day, and sometimes visited Fang Xuanling in person at Fang's house.

"Fang Xiang's condition is not optimistic, I'm afraid it will only be in the next few days!" Wang Yuan said.

"Is it so serious? When I saw him two days ago, although he was seriously ill, it's not just a matter of these few days." Li Er said.

"The old slave also heard that his condition has gotten worse day by day in the past two days. It seems that it should be God's will." Wang Yuan said.

Li Er didn't say anything after listening to it, and Wang Yuan didn't dare to disturb him while standing aside.

Li Er had mixed feelings in his heart, and the veterans who followed him passed away one by one, which made him very uncomfortable.

Fang Xuanling has followed him since he was the King of Qin, and has been working hard for 32 years now.

Fang Xuanling has always been his right-hand man, and has advised him a lot, and he has contributed a lot to the rule of Zhenguan.

Now he actually wants to leave by himself first, which makes him very sad. He will lose a good minister, and Datang will also lose a good prime minister.

In Fang Xuanling's mansion, Fang Xuanling said to all his sons who were serving him with an air of indifference: "The world is peaceful today, but your majesty is begging for more than Korea, which is a national disaster. The lord is angry and determined, and the ministers dare not offend. I If you know but don’t speak, you will die with hatred.”

"Go, bring pen and ink here, as a father, I want to show His Majesty a form, and finally ask His Majesty to stop attacking Goguryeo."

"Father! You are not in good health now! It's not easy to get tired. It's not too late to wait until you get better!" Fang Yiai cried.

What time is it now, and his old father is still thinking about the court and His Majesty, so doesn't he think about the future of the Fang family?

"Don't talk nonsense, Yi Zhi, go and get some pen and ink for my father, I want to write a memorial for my father, and submit it to Your Majesty!" Fang Xuanling said to Fang Yi.

Fang Yizhi nodded and said, "Yes! Father!"

Fang Yi straightened up and left, Fang Xuanling glanced at Fang Yiai, sighed, and closed his eyes without saying a word, he knew what was going on with him.

Fang Yiai is Fang Xuanling's favorite son, he is the most like him among all the sons, the only shortcoming is that Fang Yiai is a bit cowardly, but she married a shrew like Princess Gaoyang.

To be honest, among all the sons, Fang Xuanling is most worried about Fang Yiai, Fang Yizhi is honest and responsible, he will inherit his title in the future, and he will not worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

He also made arrangements for the other sons. Even if they don't do much in the official career in the future, they will be able to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

Only Fang Yiai didn't know how to arrange it, but he was a son-in-law after all, as long as he kept his own place, he would have a better life than his brothers.

But is he a peaceful master?Fang Xuanling knew this very well, and it was precisely this that made Fang Xuanling difficult to feel at ease.

"Father! The brush and ink are ready!" Fang Yi went straight to Fang Xuanling's bed and said.

"I want you to write!" Fang Xuanling said, now he has no energy to write memorials, and Fang Yizhi will write all memorials.

"Yes!" Fang Yi replied directly, sitting in front of the table, a servant began to grind ink, Fang Yi straightened up the pen, recorded what Fang Xuanling said, and wrote it into a memorial.

After finishing writing, Fang Yizhi showed the memorial to Fang Xuanling, and after confirming that it was correct, he ordered someone to deliver it to Li Er in the palace.

In the Liangyi Hall of the Taiji Palace, when Li Er was grieving over the impending loss of Fang Xuanling, an eunuch trotted in. Seeing this, Wang Yuan stepped forward immediately.

The eunuch whispered in front of Wang Yuan about Fang Xuanling's appearance, then handed Wang Yuan a memorial from Fang's family, and withdrew.

Li Er asked: "What's the matter? But what's new with Xuanling?"

"Everyone! The Fang family ordered someone to send Fang Xiang's memorabilia just now, please have a look at it." After finishing speaking, Wang Yuan put Fang Xuanling's memorabilia in front of Li Er.

Li Er couldn't wait to pick up the memorial and look through it. Seeing that Li Er's tears couldn't stop, he choked up and said, "Xuanling, Xuanling! You're already like this, don't forget to think about me and Tang Dynasty, You are really my good friend!"

Seeing Li Er crying so sadly, Wang Yuan persuaded, "Everyone! Don't be sad. Birth, old age, sickness and death are normal. You have to take care of your dragon body!"

"Don't say anything! Qijiafangfu! I want to see Xuanling for the last time." After Li Er finished speaking, he got up and walked out.

Wang Yuan didn't dare to be negligent, he hurriedly ordered people to prepare a guard of honor and accompanying guards, and then escorted Li Er out of the palace to Fangfu, and at the same time sent someone to notify Fangfu in advance to make preparations.

When Li Er came to Fangfu, Fang Yizhi, Fang Yiai and others had already been waiting for a long time, even Fang Xuanling who was on the sickbed had already put on court clothes, when he saw Li Er's car coming, he hurriedly picked him up.

"See Your Majesty!" Fang Yizhi, Fang Yiai and others knelt down and shouted.

"Let's get back together! Where's Xuan Ling? Take me to see him." Li Er got off the carriageway.

Everyone stood up, Fang Yi said straightly: "Your Majesty, please come inside, I will take your Majesty down."

Fang Yizhi led the way, Li Er walked behind him, Wang Yuan followed Li Er, Fang Yiai and others walked behind Li Er.

A group of people walked to Fang Xuanling's bedroom. The room was filled with the smell of herbs. Apart from a few serving maids, there were also several imperial physicians who were treating Fang Xuanling.

Seeing Li Er coming in, he quickly fell to his knees and said, "See Your Majesty!"

"The veteran is seriously ill and cannot get up to salute. I hope His Majesty will forgive me." Fang Xuanling said.

"Xuanling! You lie down at ease, I don't blame you." Li Er said, and said to the others: "Get up! You all stand back, I want to talk to Xuanling alone."

"No!" Everyone took the order to leave the room and give the space to the two of them.

The two chatted inside for a long time. In the end, Li Er held Fang Xuanling's hand and said goodbye to him. Li Er left Fang Xuanling's bedroom with tears in his eyes.

Before leaving, Li Er talked to his daughter Princess Gaoyang alone, and said to her: "It's really rare that this person is still worrying about my country when he is dying."

"As the daughter-in-law of the Fang family, you love to serve your parents-in-law, so you can't be slighted, you know?"

"Understood!" Princess Gao Yang said nonchalantly, she would not take Li Er's words seriously, if it wasn't for the elder brother's secret help, Bian Ji would have died long ago.

(End of this chapter)