Chapter 34: Doubts
The old eunuch Wang Zhen stepped down his sleeves and said nothing. When this young emperor was still the King of Qin, he was the personal eunuch beside the King of Qin. He would never dare to interrupt such matters of the Tian family, let alone...that is related to the Supreme Emperor...
Perhaps only Empress Changsun, who is supporting each other, can comfort her a few words.
"Go to Shicui Palace." Li Shimin said this and then turned over and rode on the green horse again, riding the horse far away.
The eunuchs behind Wang Zhen looked at each other in a row, and could only trot and follow His Majesty the Emperor.
A moment later, Shicui Palace.
"Mother...Mother, Ke has been seriously ill for several days. Thank you for your sleepless care day and night." Li Ke half-lying on the sickbed, he took the warm medicine soup sent by Concubine Yang. A trace of blood came out of his pale face. He coughed softly a few times, and said to Concubine Yang with difficulty.
Concubine Yang had a haggard eyebrows mixed with her eyebrows. She took the medicine bowl and handed it to the palace maid beside her. She brushed her pale fingertips across Li Ke’s forehead, which was stuck in the soft hair with sweat, and said softly: “Ke’er, you’ll be cured of no serious illness. This time you have to be cured. Please take a rest and don’t think too much.”
While speaking, I compacted the thin golden quilt with my hands.
Li Ke gasped for a few times and was about to lie down to rest, but a sound of a fast horse came into Shicui Hall. He couldn't help but ask, "Mother? Is there something big happening today?"
Concubine Yang pursed her red lips and shook her head with a smile. She was in a very good mood when her son recovered from illness, but she was a seven or eight-year-old, just like a young adult. "Listen to the news in the palace, the Turks in the north went south, and their great khan Jie Li Khan personally led the troops, with 100,000 people... It seemed to have arrived in Chang'an..."
In the last sentence, she was not very clear. Shicui Hall was located on the west side of the Yeting Temple, which was a remote place. Even the officials who reported the news were unwilling to go there. Therefore, Li Shimin's victory in defeating the enemy without fighting did not reach here.
Speaking of Turks, Concubine Yang's mind was also vague, "Don't you know your father's abilities? The Turks cannot enter Chang'an..."
"Of course!" Li Ke shouted excitedly, and the thin quilt covered by his waist did not care. Instead, he said excitedly: "The father was 16 years old and broke the siege of Emperor Yang of Sui's Yanmen, and then destroyed Wang Shichong... If he recovered, he would definitely open a three-stone jujube bow and ride a horse of thousands of miles. He only needed to get fame immediately. When he destroyed the Turks, Ke would be a subordinate general around his father... "
"Yanmen?" Concubine Yang whispered softly, and her thoughts flew to the 20 years ago when the Turkic Khan of Qimin entered Chang'an... No, it was called Daxing City at that time.
She was still a princess under the high walls of the deep palace, just a princess born to concubines. She hid in the corner and watched her brothers and sisters wearing gorgeous clothes, stepping on brocade shoes, talking about interesting stories about Daxing City. It is said that... the willow trees on Ba Bridge were wrapped in Shu brocade, and the barbarians were vulgar and fishy and smelly...
Now the past is like clouds, dissipating with the wind, but why... Yang Fei had a bitter smile on the corner of her mouth, and Ke'er's excited words on the bed, could it be?
She wanted to say: "Ke'er, let go of that unrealistic dream, you are just a concubine's son. Only when a concubine's son is mediocre can he have the right to survive..."
But she didn't say anything, so she could only bit her lips and touch Li Ke kindly. The eight-year-old child had innocent fantasies, and she didn't want to break it... She could just bear it alone in the deep palace for more than 20 years, so why bother to implicate this poor child...
There is another sentence that she buried in her heart. According to the gossip of the palace people, "Jie Li Khan was the Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty provoked him to restore the Sui country..."
"Okay, Ke'er said it really well. She is really worthy of being someone's son." Outside Shicui Palace, a generous laugh came.
Li Shimin had not taken off his armor, and had a three-foot long sword tied around his waist. He stepped in. The sound of jingling pieces of armor hit. Although there was no trace of blood on the armor, his courage could not be seen directly.
Concubine Yang knelt down and saluted. Her pink dress was like a blooming beautiful flower, crushing Li Shimin's iron blood and ruthlessness. Her cold and hard face softened like lines. He whispered: "Please get up, my beloved concubine, I'm here this time just to see how Ke'er's condition..."
"Lao Father Emperor is worried, Ke'er... Cough cough, my body is not seriously damaged. I wonder if the Turks outside Chang'an City have been repelled. Ke also wants to hold a sword and kill the head of the captain to strengthen my Tang Dynasty's power..." Li Ke replied respectfully, but his eyes, which were as lacquered as ink, ignited a desire...
"Not bad, but..." Li Shimin paused a few times, touched Li Ke's head, rubbed it a few times, and laughed happily: "If even a seven or eight-year-old child has gone to the battlefield, then what else should I do if I wait for the adults? Unless it is time to truly destroy the country... "
Although the Tang Dynasty was founding and unifying the world, there were always those tough cities that could not be surrounded for a long time. The warlike generals were willing to promise to force the urgent soldiers to massacre the city.
But... After Li Shimin ascended the throne, how could he let the children go to the battlefield? He is not so incompetent!
After caring about Concubine Yang and Li Ke, Li Shimin finally raised the most confusing thing in his heart, "How can the father have medical skills? How did he treat Ke'er?"
In fact, few scholars and officials do not understand medical skills. They will not be reluctant to spend some time reading medical books while reading poetry. However, these are just a few understandings. They are limited to understanding and cannot compare with doctors who practice medicine, let alone doctors in the Imperial Medical Department. This represents the top medical team in the Tang Dynasty!
Therefore, when he heard that Li Yuan could convince Doctor Xu, Li Shimin's gossip heart was like a fire that spreads to the prairie.
Why is Li Yuan in such good health and has several sons?
It must be hidden!
"When Ke'er was critically ill, it happened that last night the empress invited all the concubines and princes to the Zichen Palace to hold a celebration banquet. I was seriously ill and could not go there. Later, for some reason, the emperor and the empress came with the empress. When he was treating Ke'er, the emperor asked the palace servants to find moldy steamed buns, and the empress agreed to this matter..." Yang Fei recalled.
"Moldy steamed buns?" Li Shimin frowned, really not understanding what was involved, and asked: "Is this treatment related to...moldy steamed buns? Everyone knows that eating moldy steamed buns will cause diarrhea..."
"It's true." Concubine Yang nodded and said, she suddenly knelt down, "I beg your Majesty to treat the crime. I don't know that Penicillium Mantou is a good prescription for treatment, so I protect Ke'er and prevent the Supreme Emperor from feeding medicine. This is my fault! Fortunately, the Taishu Dr. Xu came to prove that Penicillium Mantou can treat typhoid fever..."
"You are right. If I were you, I didn't know that moldy steamed buns could cure diseases, and it would not make people easily cure diseases. How can I not protect you for your bones and blood?" Li Shimin sighed and shouted to Wang Zhen and others who were hurriedly running and gasping for breath: "It is said that Doctor Xu will meet you!"
Wang Zhen: "..."
Chapter completed!