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The mountains and trees are lush, and the birds are chirping.

Tang Ling was trapped in a fog, the vast fog, the cold fog wrapped him like a huge silkworm chrysalis, making him unable to see the way he came, nor where to go.

The luxuriant trees around him became a barrier to surround him, and the birdsong in the forest seemed to be mocking and urging.

It was dark all around, Tang Ling looked up but couldn't see the sky, he walked a few steps, his feet were muddy, he didn't have the strength to move on, he stretched out his hand to support the big tree beside him, curled up slightly, trying to hide The biting cold that covered his body heavily.

Tang Ling opened her mouth and wanted to shout, but the name stuck in his throat, and suddenly there was a heart-piercing pain, and he couldn't shout out...

Huayi Palace, the Empress Dowager's bedroom.

"How is the child?"

"It's an old disease with palpitations and restlessness.

I also trouble the queen mother to ask you personally. "

The Empress Dowager looked worried, and asked again: "I heard that it has been three days, and you still haven't woken up?"

Tang Qiao sighed softly and said, "Yes, I haven't woken up yet.

Perhaps it was due to the exhaustion of the long journey.

On Tang Ling's behalf, I would like to thank the Empress Dowager for caring. "

"What are you talking about? He is my nephew and I am his aunt. Why are you being so polite to me?"

Tang Yao twitched the corners of his mouth and said softly: "The courtesy of a monarch and his ministers cannot be discarded."

The queen mother gave Tang Yao a supercilious look.

They are brothers and sisters of the same mother. They are the closest people, but because of their identities as "Queen Dowager" and "Power Minister", they have to be cautious about other people's gossip and live cautiously. Even in their own palace, they are afraid that the walls have ears. No matter what you say, you may be heard by others, and you don't know what kind of demon you will be, it's just absurd!

"Hey... this child, how can it be good.

In the past year, he has suffered too much and suffered too much.

Marching thousands of miles across Fenglin Mountain in the middle of winter... how did he survive it!Didn't the emperor order the imperial physician to see it?Why not? "

Tang Yao shook his head: "He is a disease brought out from the mother's womb, how can he get better?"

"Why don't you feel distressed as a father? What are you talking about?"

"He poured the decoction down drop by drop, but he just didn't wake up, the imperial doctor and Qing Lan couldn't help it."

"Then let him fall asleep like this?!"

"The imperial doctor said, maybe it's because of overwork, you should wake up by yourself after you've had enough sleep."

"You...hey...poor child."

The queen mother sighed again and again, "Before the emperor said that he came back this time and made great contributions. He was afraid that it would be inappropriate for him to be promoted to a noble. Who would have thought... hey..."

Tang Yao took a sip of tea, his face was flat and nothing could be seen, but he was relieved in his heart.

Tang Yao is an extremely personable minister, and the Tang family is very powerful. There is no seal or reward. It is inappropriate to add an official to Tang Ling, and it is even more inappropriate to bestow a marriage. Maybe Tang Ling refused to wake up on purpose. .

The queen mother continued to say: "I don't know where it came from, saying that our Tang Ling's illness is not long, and now which daughter in Shaoyang dares to marry, I'm afraid she will become a widow if she doesn't get through the door... Let me catch you!" That person must be beaten to death!"

"The queen mother must not be angry with those gossip, the phoenix body is important."

"Ah..." The queen mother sighed again and again, but she was also helpless. The queen mother had already entered the palace when Tang Ling was born. The aunt and nephew were not close, but they were blood relatives after all. The queen mother couldn't help but feel distressed.

After a moment of silence, the queen mother asked again: "By the way, the emperor summoned you to stay in the imperial study for half an hour just now, but for Xihe's marriage?"

"The Empress Dowager must have heard that Chen Guoxin established the crown prince, and the marriage between Xi and Princess Xi has already been decided, but the specific regulations have not yet been agreed."

Tang Yao didn't say anything, the marriage was established and there was nothing to discuss, but the things agreed in the Chen-Zhou agreement were very complicated. The princess will have to wait until everything is settled.

The queen mother understood the meaning of Tang Yao's words, and nodded slightly: "Monk Xi is young, let's stay for another two years."

……

Tang Qiao returned to the mansion, exhausted, and went straight to Tang Ling's room, kissing his own son, how could he, a father, not be worried.

Tang Yao hadn't entered Tang Ling's yard when he saw Qing Lan walking in front carrying a food box, and he took a few steps to catch up: "Qing Lan."

"Meet the king."

"Tang Ling is awake?"

Qing Lan smiled and nodded, with a happy expression on her face: "It's the prince, the young master just woke up."

When Tang Yao heard that Tang Ling had woken up, he immediately relaxed: "It's good to wake up, it's good to wake up."

Qing Lan followed Tang Yao into Tang Ling's yard and the door.

Tang Ling just woke up and was lying on the bed in a daze when she heard the knock on the door and hurriedly put away the silver hairpin in her hand.

"father."

Tang Yao heaved a sigh of relief, and sat on Tang Ling's bedside to see his son's face pale and thinner, and he couldn't help but want to sigh, it really broke his heart.

"Enough sleep, are you willing to wake up? You almost scared your father to death, you know?"

"Dad, I'm sorry."

Tang Yao waved his hand: "Forget it, are you hungry? Let's eat something first."

Qing Lan brought over the black-bone chicken and red date porridge, and Tang Yao took over, ready to feed Tang Ling herself.

"Father, I'll do it myself."

Tang Ling knew that her father loved him dearly, so she reached out to take the bowl and drank the porridge slowly in small sips.

Tang Qiao winked at Qing Lan and told him to back down first.

"Father just came back from the palace? Did he meet His Majesty and the Queen Mother?"

Tang Qiao nodded: "You take good care of your illness, I can handle the court affairs with your father."

"Father, I want to hide the fact that I was sober first."

"Well, that's what I thought too.

The Empress Dowager mentioned the matter of giving you a marriage again today, and your illness can help you escape this disaster. "

Tang Ling looked at her father and nodded slightly. Tang Yao still loved him and doted on him. He didn't really scold him about the matter between him and Qi Xiao, nor did he force him to get married, or force him to stop thinking about it.

On the other hand, for the Tang family, no reward is the best reward.

This time Tang Yao won the land of three states and five counties east of Liujiang for Dazhou. It was originally a great achievement, but because of Tang Ling, the withdrawal of troops was delayed. As soon as I came back, I went to the emperor to plead guilty, and my merits and demerits were evened out.

"Father, did the emperor mention the matter of peace and trade with Chen Guo today?"

Tang Qiao looked at Tang Ling and asked, "Yes, what's the matter?"

"Father, I have an idea, and I want to ask him what he means."

Tang Qiao finally couldn't help but sighed: "Oh, don't worry about these if you are not in good health."

Tang Ling lowered her head slightly: "...that's what I want to do."

"tell me the story."

"I would like to advise the emperor to dig a canal from northeast to southwest, through the Taihua River and Liujiang River, and open up trade routes for Chen and Zhou."

Tang Qiao stroked his beard and pondered for a moment: "Hmm...that's a good idea.

Right now, there are quite a lot of refugees in the three prefectures and five counties, and there are also tens of thousands of prisoners of war in the Qi army, and they all need to be properly resettled.

Digging canals is costly, but long-lasting.

Over the past hundred years, there have been frequent business exchanges between Qi and Zhou, but there is Taihua River between Chen and Zhou, and Fenglin Mountain is between Chen and Qi, making business difficult.

A canal connects the Taihua River and Liujiang River. It is a thousand times easier to go south from Chen by water than to cross Fenglin Mountain, and this canal is within the territory of Dazhou, so the benefits can be imagined. "

"Once the canal is connected and the business between Chen and Zhou is revitalized, the two countries can live in peace and harmony. His Majesty Chen will not destroy the people's livelihood and society for the ambition of unifying the world.

We have strangled the confluence of the two rivers, even if Chen Guo uses troops against Da Zhou, we can still deal with it. "

Tang Qiao has been leading the army for many years, and he believes it. Now that Chen Guo has seized most of the territory of Qi, if His Majesty Chen is really ambitious and wants to send troops to Dazhou, there are two ways. One is to cross the Taihua River, and the other is to cross the Liujiang River .

The Taihua River is vast and rapid, and the land side can't cross it for several months, but the Liujiang River is much easier. Once a war breaks out, it will be much faster to transfer troops by water than by land. Moreover, Shenzhaoying is very good at water warfare, and Chen Guo will definitely not be able to get it. good.

"This matter cannot be brought up by my Tang family, let me think of a way."

"Thank you dad."

"Thank me for nothing, if the policy that benefits the country and the people can be carried out, it will be good, it's just a courtier's duty.

But you just woke up, why did you suddenly think of this? "

Tang Ling took a sip of the porridge slowly, and said, "When I first entered Chen, when I took the Qinjiang waterway north to Yuanjing, I thought that if Chen and Zhou could do business, maybe they wouldn't have to fight."

Only by binding the interests of the two countries together, with huge interests, can there be peace.

"Good boy, hurry up and drink the porridge, it's almost cold."

Looking at his son, Tang Qiao couldn't help thinking, how much of Tang Ling's trouble was for the benefit of Da Zhou, and how much was for the new crown prince of Chen Guo?

After Tang Qiao left, Tang Ling leaned against the head of the bed, silently watching Twilight come in through the window, and the sky gradually darkened.

He was holding the silver hairpin in his hand, his eyes were hurt and he was a little happy.

The silver hairpin is called Qinian, and what Qi Xiao gave him was the best time, maybe that kind of beauty can never come back, but it is enough for him to treasure it in his heart forever.

When Tang Ling fell asleep, she was trapped in the fog, with no future and no way back, let alone Qi Xiao, he was at a loss, when everything was nothingness, unable to keep or ask for anything, he felt as if he was already dead, and still It's better to die, maybe you can stop the pain.

It's all his fault, it's because he never imagined another ending, the ending of being able to stay with Qi Xiao forever, it's because of his repeated evasion and perfunctory, it's because he can't hold on to the love between him and Qi Xiao, it's because of him Abandoned, it is his own fault.

But Tang Ling was unwilling. He promised to wait for Qi Xiao. At least he could wait. Even if there was no way out in the fog, he was willing to stay there and be with loneliness. At least he had to keep this promise. He wanted to work harder for this .

He will build a small yard, like the one in Bashanli, plant epiphyllum, and wait hard.

Maybe one day, the flowers will bloom and the person he was waiting for will come.

The author says:

My Ayako is a strong child... woohoo... Am I very hardworking!I really want to pull the progress bar!Hurry up and let the wolf cub come back to see Aya Ayako!Can't be unfinished, can't be unfinished, I have to write it well... [May or may not be tomorrow┓(?′?`?)┏