[Rebirth] Anecdote of Li Tang

Li Chengqian didn't end this imposing kiss until Yixin was almost out of breath.

"Miss me?" Li Chengqian raised his hand to wipe away the marks on Xin Xin's lips, the temperature of his fingertips almost burned Xin Xin.

Yixin felt that she was going to drown in his gentle eyes, she nodded obediently, only to realize that she was about to throw away her helmet and armor when she came to her senses.

"Your legs..." He carefully observed Li Chengqian's expression, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

Li Chengqian patted his calf, dragged him around twice, and finally jumped up and down twice to prove that he was really fine.

Yixin only felt that the long-standing gloom gradually dissipated, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body relaxed.

Li Chengqian pinched his cheek: "I'm thinner, there's no flesh on my face..."

Yixin gently rubbed his palm: "Thinking of your illness, I don't have the mind to eat anymore. I always think about what you are doing and whether you have eaten on time."

Desirable words are like a hot spring, infiltrating Li Chengqian's restless heart.The two cuddled together like this, desperately absorbing the warmth from each other.

At this time, Du Ruhui's room was in another scene.

When Fang Xuanling entered the room, he was also choked by the strong smell of medicine.The light in the room was very dim, and when he saw clearly the person lying on the bed, he suddenly felt a sense of sadness from the bottom of his heart.

Du Ru vaguely heard the sound, looked at the familiar silhouette and moved his lips: "Xuan Ling, you're here..."

Du Ruhui was recommended by Fang Xuanling to Li Shimin. In the star-studded early Tang Dynasty, they were like two stable Taihu stones, one on the left and the other on the right to support the skeleton of Zhenguan's prosperous age.

That is the ideal of governing the world that belongs to a civil servant. It exists not only in Wei Zheng's eloquence, but also in Fang and Du's day-to-day overload.

However, looking at Du Ruhui who was like a candle in the wind, Fang Xuanling suddenly didn't know what to say.They are confidants who talk about everything, courtiers with complementary talents, and brothers who have experienced the battle together.

Fang Mou is decisive, and no one is complete without it.

Before Fang Xuanling opened his mouth, he couldn't help sobbing.Du Ruhui held his hand little by little, and his hoarse voice exposed his pain: "Xuanling, I know... this day will come, you don't need to be too sad... .”

Fang Xuanling avoided Du Ruhui's sight, his eyes flickering in all directions moved across the simple inner room little by little.

Who could have imagined that a high-ranking prime minister in the Zhenguan era would be so poor.

"Birth, old age, sickness and death, no one can escape, neither you nor me..." Du Ruhui opened his eyes and spoke the truth to the void.

"Your Majesty, haven't you come to visit?" Fang Xuanling frowned.

When Du Ruhui heard the words, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he pointed to the outside with his withered arm: "Didn't that one just leave?"

Fang Xuanling's voice became higher: "How can it be the same, that is the prince, not..."

Before he finished speaking, he stopped.

He was suddenly blessed to understand Du Ruhui's words.

"You mean, that one represents His Majesty?" Fang Xuanling said, but there was no look of joy on his face, on the contrary, he looked uglier than before.

The smile on Du Ruhui's lips deepened, he didn't deny it, that is to say, he acquiesced.

Li Chengqian came to visit on behalf of Li Shimin. Li Shimin's move was to let those interested see that Li Chengqian's crown prince position was indestructible.

It can only be said that Du Ruhui's illness is really timely, and Li Shimin will naturally not let go of this timely illness. He wants to use Du Ruhui's illness to let the courtiers see that Li Chengqian is qualified to represent him.

Fang Xuanling suddenly felt very depressed, he could tell that Du Ruhui's time was running out, but Li Shimin...

Still calculating people's hearts to this point.

Du Ruhui looked at his gloomy expression, smiled lightly and said: "Xuanling...don't annoy Your Majesty...he is worried that he will not have a chance to stand up for the prince, this is also my subject as a courtier. , the last thing I can do for him..."

Fang Xuanling understood that no one could understand Du Ruhui's words better than him.

They went through ups and downs before gaining a foothold in the Qin/Wang/Mansion. They advised Li Shimin together, were escorted back to Beijing together on the eve of the Xuanwumen Incident, and together took over the heavy work that no one was willing to do during the Zhenguan period. Dedicated to all four words.

This is the life of courtiers, the road is chosen by them, until the last moment of life, they are destined to finish this road beautifully.

"Xuanling, this is Your Majesty, the Emperor, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty..."

Du Ruhui's every word is like a silk thread, but it sounds like thunder to Fang Xuanling's ears.

He held Du Ruhui's skinny hand tightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "Keming, don't worry, I remember it, and I will never forget it for a moment."

Du Ruhui finally relaxed his grip, and his body lay extremely upright, just like his usual rigorous style of doing things.

After Fang Xuanling left, Du Ruhui slowly closed his eyes after an unknown amount of time passed.

Ended his busy and legendary life.

When the news reached the palace, Li Shimin sat silently.All the attendants around were dismissed by him, and only he and Li Chengqian were left in the huge palace.

Neither father nor son broke the silence, and a depressing and low atmosphere filled the entire space.Li Chengqian quietly raised his eyes to look at his superior, Li Shimin's whole body was shrouded in a lingering sadness.

"Keming has been with me since the Daye years, roughly ten years. In the past ten years, he has devoted himself to his duties and exhausted all his energy for me and the country and society of the Tang Dynasty, and now he has just left... ..”

"I owe him..." Li Shimin said, he went to hold the pen on the desk, and wrote something with his own hand.

Li Chengqian saw that his hand holding the pen was shaking violently, and he was faintly depressed.

"Maybe push the pillars, plan for the long-distance, plan the tent, plan the plan..." Li Chengqian took Li Shimin's finished manuscript and read it word by word.

The sincere words and sentences throughout the article seem to be unable to express the memory of Du Ruhui enough to praise Du Ruhui.Li Chengqian was worried for a while, and persuaded in a warm voice: "Father, the Sri Lankan has passed away, and my condolences."

Li Shimin powerlessly dropped the pen in his hand: "Chengqian, you don't understand. When Keming is gone, there is a void in my heart. If there is really a long live emperor, but the people around him leave one by one, this emperor should return later." What's the point?"

Li Chengqian was stunned, his lips closed several times, but he didn't speak after all.

In order to commemorate Du Ruhui, Li Shimin stopped the court for three days, and ordered someone to make a stele for Du Ruhui, and engraved the eulogy written by himself on the stele.

Unfortunately, many hits tend to come in quick succession.Not long after Du Ruhui's death, Li Chengqian, whose condition had just improved, collapsed again.

The illness came on violently without warning, and after a while of recovery, the limbs began to have obvious tingling sensations, and the feeling was much more obvious than at the beginning.

Li Chengqian was psychologically prepared for this, and he would often feel tired and sleepy during the few days when his symptoms were relieved.The body's signals told him that the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician would only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

The prince's condition worsened, which made everyone in the East Palace panic.Li Shimin really couldn't stand another blow. In order to take care of Li Chengqian's condition, Li Shimin ordered to suspend Li Chengqian's homework, and ordered Kong Yingda, a great talent in the world, to be the right concubine of the prince, responsible for preaching and teaching the prince, and at the same time lectured on the scriptures and history with Li Chengqian.

Kong Yingda lived up to his name and was quite talented in his youth. Later, he was admitted into the Qin/king/fu by Li Shimin and became one of the eighteen scholars of the Qin/wang/fu. He had a profound knowledge of classics and history.Li Gang is old and his legs are not convenient, so this kind of work can only be handed over to Kong Yingda.

It's just that in addition to this, a person is needed to read poems and books for Li Chengqian.Li Shimin was worried that his son was too exhausted, so he even thought about finding someone to do things like reading books.

Li Shimin is completely at ease for an official of the East Palace like Kong Yingda.If the prince is good, he is good. As long as he is tied to the boat of the East Palace, he will not easily reveal the prince's leg disease.But in the matter of picking someone to read the book for Li Chengqian, Li Shimin had a difficult time.

He needs to choose someone he can trust. This person must know some poetry and books, and his knowledge and conduct should not be bad.The most important thing is that he must be loyal to Li Chengqian, and he must not reveal a word about the prince's illness. It is best to take care of his diet and daily life while serving the prince's study.

To single out such a person, Li Shimin also knew in his heart that it was not easy.

His eyes wandered among the children of the aristocratic family, choosing left and right, and finally settled on Fang Yizhi's name.

Fang Yizhi, who grew up with Li Chengqian since he was a child, has been a companion for many years, and knows Li Chengqian's living habits like the back of his hand.Judging from their daily relationship, the two of them are also stronger than each other. The only fly in the ointment is that he is Fang Xuanling's eldest son.

Li Shimin did not forget that when he proposed Fang Yizhi to be Li Chengqian's companion, Fang Xuanling looked hesitant and wary.This high-spirited prime minister has real talents, and he really knows how to protect himself wisely.Those who can successfully withdraw from the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty will not be simple characters.

Li Shimin figured it out with his toes, once he proposed to let Fang Yizhi play this role, Fang Xuanling would be the first to stand up against it.What's more, with the power of the Fang family and Fang Yizhi's original hereditary title, there is really no need for him to get involved in this muddy water.To put it bluntly, no matter who becomes the emperor in the future, as long as the descendants of the Fang family stay in their positions in an orderly manner and do not exceed their duties, the new emperor will not be able to touch them.

On the contrary, now, if Fang Yizhi really accepted this errand, he would be a real fool.