Kuai Chuan's brother is the real boss

In the East Palace, Yonghe looked at Jiang Yan who was lying on the bed pale and unconscious.

He was fine in the morning, but he suddenly passed out before noon, and the imperial doctor took turns to diagnose and treat him, but the result was that he was weak and comatose.

I thought it was nothing serious, but at night, he vomited blood continuously. The imperial doctors couldn't find the cause, so they had to invite Master Ji Qing, who treated the empress mother, into the palace.

"Princess, go back and rest. There are so many palace servants here, His Royal Highness will be fine." The maid beside Yonghe comforted.

But how can Yonghe rest assured, the mother and the queen are not in the palace these years, and the father is too busy. She grew up with her elder brother, who is her closest relative.

"I heard what Master Ji Qing said just now. The elder brother's illness this time is because his father and queen mother arranged for him to get married, which affected his body. As long as this matter stops, he will definitely recover."

Yonghe sighed, "Recently, everything is not going well in this palace. It was Xiaoliu and that Zhaoyang before, and now it is the eldest brother. I really don't know what will happen in the future. If you want me to say that these are all Zhaoyang What happened after entering the palace might have been brought in by her."

"Princess be careful what you say, be careful that walls have ears, if the emperor hears it, you should blame the princess again." The maid hurriedly stopped her.

Two days ago, the Eldest Princess taught them to be cautious in their words and deeds. She knew that the Eldest Princess was speaking in a fit of urgency, but if someone listened to it and spread the rumors, it would be uncontrollable. Not good.

"If I can't speak freely in my brother's East Palace, then what's the point of me being alive?" If it is said that the most reassuring place in the palace is the East Palace, it is managed by her brother like an iron bucket, and the whole palace is up and down. So many palace people have the same mouth, and they will never say what should not be said.

Yonghe's eyes fell on Jiang Yan's face again. She is already ten years old, she is not a child anymore, she understands the truth, but that's all, she also knows that these things have nothing to do with Zhaoyang, if she really has such a great ability, so what It will make her mother die before entering the palace to enjoy the blessings.

"Go and order, let the dining room make some light and nutritious food and wait until my brother wakes up."

"Yes, servant girl is going now." The maid bowed and stepped back.

Yonghe took the handkerchief aside and wiped the sweat from Jiang Yan's forehead, "Brother, wake up quickly, the father, the queen, and the queen are also worried about you, but the father is the only prince."

"I'm the only prince, but my father still has many princesses."

Jiang Yan opened her eyes as she spoke, and the moment she opened her eyes, she saw Yong He who was dazed, and then her eyes were filled with ecstasy, "Brother, you finally woke up, you are so anxious to death after being in a coma for four hours, I'm going to see the doctor right now."

"Don't go yet." Jiang Yan grabbed Yonghe's wrist and sat up from the bed, "I'm fine, don't rush to find the imperial doctor, please pour me a glass of water first."

"Okay, brother, wait a moment." Yonghe ran to the table, poured a glass of water for Jiang Yan, and brought it over after testing the temperature, "It happens to be warm, brother, drink it slowly."

Jiang Yan took a sip of water to moisten his throat. It was difficult for him to pretend to be dizzy without a drop of water for four hours. After drinking, he said, "Yonghe, just now you said that my father only has me as a prince. Did you mean to say that if I die, The throne will be succeeded by a branch."

"Brother, don't say that. Master Ji Qing said that as long as you don't get married before the age of 20, there will be no problems. You will live a long life. You are so smart, and the Tang Dynasty will continue to prosper in your hands."

Yong He said anxiously, she did think so just now, but it was really unlucky to think so, and she cut off the idea as soon as it came out, but now Jiang Yan said it all.

"You don't have to think that what I said is unlucky, my life is here, and it can't be taken away by anyone who wants to." Jiang Yan looked at Yonghe and continued: "Although I am the only prince, Father, there are You have so many princesses, if one day I am gone, you are also the biological daughters of the father, can't you inherit the throne?"

"Brother..." Since ancient times, no woman has inherited the throne. Even the Empress Dowager Lu of the Han Dynasty only handled government affairs as an empress dowager. Yonghe couldn't accept Jiang Yan's words for a while.

"You don't need to worry about questioning, let me ask you why do you think the father asked the clan women to take the imperial examination?"

Yonghe shook his head, she didn't know the answer to this question, she only knew that the emperor's father asked the people of the clan to take the imperial examination to give confidence to the students who came from the folk, and told them that there were people who were not as good as them in the clan, and these students passed the exam. Studying hard can also change your destiny.

As for why women should take the imperial examination, she never thought about it.

Jiang Yan was not in a hurry to tell her the answer, but asked again: "Then do you know why the father personally asked you and Qingyun to learn the homework for you?"

"Aren't these normal?" They are princesses, so it's normal to learn from the husband.

"Then do you know what you are studying?"

"We learned ancient history books and some famous anecdotes."

"It is wise to study history, and to learn anecdotes of famous people is also to let you sum up experience from your ancestors, so that you can learn from the past when you encounter something."

Jiang Yan looked at Yonghe seriously, and he could see that Li Shimin did not hinder Yonghe and Qingyun from learning those things, it was not just letting women learn those messy things.

Even Jiang Yan didn't expect that Li Shimin would be so open-minded, and he suggested that the women of the clan should also take the imperial examination, but Li Shimin agreed without thinking much, which greatly exceeded his expectations.

Yonghe was completely confused by Jiang Yan, she didn't understand anything after all, "brother, are you still weak, I'd better call the imperial doctor."

As he spoke, Yonghe lifted his skirt and ran out, asking someone to call the imperial doctor.

Jiang Yan knew that she couldn't explain clearly for a while, so she let her go. Anyway, there will be opportunities to talk in the future, not to mention that the imperial doctor came in, and he took turns to examine him. Even Li Shimin came, and was told by the imperial doctor that An Ran It's nothing to worry about.

However, he still ordered the palace staff to invite Master Ji Qing to come back tomorrow, and send Master Ji Qing back after confirming that nothing happened. At the same time, he ordered people to go to the Buddhist temple to tell Empress Changsun the news.

"My son made my father worry."

"It's fine, just wake up." Li Shimin saw that Jiang Yan's face was getting more rosy, and he was no longer as pale as before. "Master Jiqing's medicine is indeed effective. In the future, you must go to Buddhist temples often and communicate with the master."

"I know Father."

Before, he only knew that Li Shimin attached great importance to Master Ji Qing, but now it seems that when he mentioned Master Ji Qing, his tone was full of respect, and from his words, he could know that Master Ji Qing is in the palace now, but he wants to invite Master Ji Qing Come to see him again, it can be seen that the master has rested and didn't bother him.

Of course there are reasons why he is not in a hurry to get better, but there are definitely reasons from Master Ji Qing.

Jiang Yan lowered his eyes and didn't ask any more questions. He obediently responded to what Li Shimin said. Similarly, Li Shimin also told him about Master Jiqing saying that he could not get married before the age of 20.

"In addition to your untimely marriage, there is also the fact that you can only marry one wife in your life. The master also said that royal women are not allowed to marry before, otherwise it will affect the fate of the Tang Dynasty."

When Li Shimin said this, his expression was calm, as if he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, Jiang Yan couldn't help raising his eyebrows. He is Li Shimin's only son, and he can only marry one wife in his life, which means that Li Shimin's grandchildren will decrease accordingly. According to this era From the point of view of ordinary people, shouldn't it be better to have more children and more blessings?

But Li Shimin doesn't seem to feel a little bit now. Thinking about it carefully, only princesses and no princes were born in the palace these years, but Li Shimin hasn't brought new people to the palace for a long time. At least he has been in the palace for five years since he came to this world. The number of concubines has not increased.

As for those outside the palace, Zhaoyang's mother is the only one so far. He doesn't know if there is anyone else besides Zhaoyang's mother, but I think there should be none. After all, Li Shimin is the emperor, which woman does he like? Will it be allowed to remain in the public?

"Okay, it's getting late, you should go to bed earlier, if you have anything to say, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Li Shimin patted Jiang Yan on the shoulder and left the East Palace, and then someone came to report that the emperor had gone to Concubine Wei's palace.

Jiang Yan lay down in the daytime all day, and now he was not in the mood to lie down again, so he simply found a place in the palace where no one was there to practice swords.

The imperial palace is huge, and it is very easy to find an empty palace. He has done this for five years to practice martial arts.

But tonight, someone came to the place where he practiced sword, and stood on the wall, watching his sword practice moves.

"There is more than enough defense, but not enough attack."

As soon as the words fell, the person who was still a few feet away suddenly appeared in front of him. The tip of the long sword was only a finger away from his throat. Even though he was used to seeing more bizarre things, he couldn't help being taken aback.

"Master Ji Qing, why do you have time to go out for a walk?" Jiang Yan put away his long sword and asked with a smile.

"The poor monk was walking casually, and he saw you before. It seems that he has spent too much time lying down during the day. Now he comes out to stretch his legs."

Master Ji Qing jumped down from the fence and looked around at the deserted courtyard, "This place is well chosen, it's so remote that few people come here."

Jiang Yan looked at Master Ji Qing's figure, he was not as wide and fat as the other masters, but a little thin, but from the way he jumped down just now, it can be seen that he has martial arts on him.

The fact that the guards in the palace did not notice him coming out and about at all can also explain this.

"Master's martial arts are not bad."

"After living for hundreds of years, naturally you have learned a little bit of everything. It's really good that you have such light kung fu and sword skills at a young age."

Master Jiqing walked under a tree in the courtyard. It was a very common poplar tree. Because no one took care of it, it was not as beautiful as other trees in the palace. But it could make people feel a special kind of poplar tree. vitality.

Jiang Yan saw that Master Ji Qing put his hand on the tree and closed his eyes. He squinted his eyes and looked carefully, but he didn't see anything. Same time, no distractions.

"Master?" He called tentatively.

Master Ji Qing opened his eyes, "Just now the poor monk watched you practice your sword, but you have more than enough to let go and not enough to attack. If you go to the battlefield to lead troops to fight one day in the future, I'm afraid it won't work."

"Thank you, master, for your guidance." He practiced swords in the palace by himself, so why should he be so aggressive? When he goes to the battlefield, he will naturally use his troops according to the situation of our army.

Master Jiqing took a deep look at Jiang Yan, knowing that he didn't take his words to heart, he closed his eyes, these are all mundane worlds, he shouldn't care about them, he jumped out of the courtyard and disappeared into the shadows .

Jiang Yan later realized the problem in Master Jiqing's words. He belongs to the monk, so shouldn't the monk be merciful?Why did he still let him learn aggressive swordsmanship?

When I went to the temple to visit Empress Changsun, I would often talk about scriptures and Taoism with Master Jiqing, but what I talked about was nothing more than Buddhism, medical history and other things.

He has always given him the feeling that he is an eminent monk who has attained the Tao and is knowledgeable about the past and the present. Indeed, it is normal for an eminent monk who has lived for more than 100 years to read a lot of books, but today it seems that he is a little different from ordinary eminent monks.

Aware of this, Jiang Yan didn't intend to delve into it. Zuo is just a monk, and it won't have any effect on what he wants to do. There are so many things in this world that he doesn't know. to understand.

Continue to practice the sword until dawn, then return to the East Palace to wash and go to court.

After the court, he went to Qinzheng Palace and asked Master Jiqing to diagnose his pulse, and then Li Shimin arranged for someone to send Master Jiqing back.

"You have also seen the results of the imperial examination. It is always the children who fail the rankings one after another. On the contrary, there is a woman from the clan who entered the top ten. What can you say about this?"

Li Shimin looked at Jiang Yan, and he didn't intend to let him give up thinking because he was "just in time for illness", and pursued education when thinking alone.

"My son believes that since the women of the clan have proved that they are talented among them, it is better for the father to open women's schools in various places so that women can also take the imperial examination."

Jiang Yan let go of it directly, but Rao was open to folk customs in the Tang Dynasty, and women's status was very high, but it was only higher than other dynasties. Men were superior to women and inferiority always existed.

Li Shimin now only thinks that his son's idea is extremely bold, "Do you know what kind of project this is? And how much energy is needed to make it happen? And if it is really done, what will the Tang Dynasty be like?" What kind of situation?"

"My son knows."

Because he has seen and seen the scenes of women going to school and women taking the imperial examination (college entrance examination), which is common for later generations.