The weather is getting colder and colder. In the past two days, Queen Mother Wan suffered from cold and was recuperating in the palace. Li Zhiyun was serving her every day.
Queen Mother Wan held a hot water bottle and leaned against the soft silk cushion.
"Someone in the palace has had a miscarriage recently. Could you please go and visit?"
"The child is already known. He has already seen it and asked the imperial doctor to diagnose and prescribe medicine." Li Zhiyun replied.
In recent years, there have been two or three women in the palace who have had miscarriages, most of whom were Li Zhiyun's lucky maids. The death of a child is inevitable and he has become accustomed to it. It's not that he is cold-blooded, but it's just that the world is like this and you can't force it.
"That's good." Empress Dowager Wan said: "The Ai family knows that you are busy with government affairs, but we should also pay attention to the affairs of the harem. The queen has done well, but in the end it is not as good as your comfort."
"Yes, I know."
After a pause, Queen Mother Wan hesitated, as if she didn't know whether she should say something or not.
Li Zhiyun saw it and said, "If you have something to say, you might as well speak up."
"Well, Ai Jia will tell you, how to do it depends on you." Empress Dowager Wan said: "Now that your sons are gradually growing up, and the East Palace is empty, you still need to make a decision early. The past affairs of the late emperor's dynasty, you
You should take this as a warning and never do it again.”
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun sighed slightly.
"How can the child not know what Auntie said? It's not that the child doesn't do it, but it's that he doesn't dare to make up his mind easily. This throne is cold and ruthless, and it's only for the attention of others. If the prince is incompetent, how can he sit still?"
Queen Mother Wan also sighed, "You are right. Since ancient times, it has been difficult to be a prince. There are many pairs of eyes watching from inside and outside. If you are not careful, the government and the public will be uneasy."
Li Zhiyun added: "But my son will seriously consider what grandma said."
"The Ai family has no other expectations. I just hope that you can handle this matter properly. In the former Sui Dynasty, the two sons were fighting each other, and the late emperor... Oh, let's not mention it. You still need to pay more attention to it.
"
"yes."
Half an hour later, Li Zhiyun left Shou'an Hall and returned to Ganlu Hall.
Although Empress Dowager Wan's reminder was not a wake-up call, it also made Li Zhiyun realize that time passed very quickly.
His sons are almost growing up.
Now he has twelve sons, the emperor's eldest son Chengjing is already twelve years old, and his eldest son Chengzhao is also nine years old.
Perhaps, it is really time to consider the matter of the East Palace.
Thinking of his sons, he felt guilty because he was busy with court affairs and knew less and less about his children.
It’s hard to say who is talented and who is not.
It is not a good thing to make a hasty decision about the East Palace.
After much deliberation, Li Zhiyun decided to observe a little more.
Once the storage location is decided, it cannot be changed easily, otherwise there will be endless consequences.
As the New Year approaches, Chang'an becomes more and more lively. Officials return to Beijing to report on their duties, soldiers are replaced on duty, and merchants are doing business. The flow of people coming and going makes Chang'an, the imperial capital, look bustling.
"Isn't it good for us to sneak out like this?"
In the corner, two men stood side by side. One of them was tall and strong, while the other was thin and thin, unlike a man.
In fact, this person who looks like a man in disguise is indeed not a man, but a woman.
Princess Yongning!
Xue Li was in a panic now. Yongning took him out for shopping, but he was frightened. If someone discovered this, wouldn't he be hung up and beaten by His Majesty the Emperor?
"Are you scared?" Yongning asked.
Can you not be afraid? The key is that I am afraid of you!
Xue Li was about to cry but had no tears, so he shook his head and said, "I'm not afraid, not at all."
Really, I'm not afraid at all.
"Then why are you shaking?" Yongning frowned slightly.
"I'm cold."
"Oh." Yongning didn't think much and said, "Let's go to the West Market first. I heard it's very lively there."
"good."
The two of them hid in the crowd and headed towards the Western Market. But out of sight, a group of guards in disguise followed closely behind, silently protecting them.
Imperial Palace, Yongning Hall.
"It's outrageous, it's too outrageous. I have failed to teach my daughter well. Your Majesty, please punish me!" Wei Gui learned that his daughter ran out to meet Xue Li for a private meeting, and his whole popularity was boiling. There is no trace of a lady here.
It's simply rude!
"It's outrageous, it's outrageous." Li Chengming, the two-year-old ninth son of the emperor, repeated his mother's words with a smile.
The third prince, Cheng Lie, raised his eyebrows and quickly covered his brother's mouth.
This doesn't encourage learning.
Seeing the small movements of the two children, Li Zhiyun reached out to help Wei Gui.
"I have sent people to protect them secretly and nothing will happen to them."
"But if others see it, wouldn't this concubine be an embarrassment to His Majesty?" Wei Gui said with some fear.
"It's okay, it's a small matter." Li Zhiyun smiled.
The family sat together, making a fire, drinking hot wine and eating barbecue.
"Chenglie, what books are you reading recently?"
"Back to my father, I recently learned about the history of the Three Kingdoms."
"Do you have any experience?" Li Zhiyun looked at his son.
Hearing this, Wei Gui was also a little nervous about his son's answer and quickly lowered his eyes.
Chenglie thought for a while and said: "I believe that the chaos of the Three Kingdoms is the crime of the Yellow Turbans."
"Oh, keep talking." Li Zhiyun smiled with a kind face.
Xu Shi studied very seriously, and Li Chenglie carefully explained to his father what harm the Yellow Turban Rebellion had brought to the Han Empire at that time.
After a while of burning incense, Li Zhiyun asked: "So, do you think that if there was no Yellow Turban Rebellion, the subsequent troubled times would not have happened?"
"Yes." Li Chenglie said: "The Han Dynasty has been in peace for four hundred years. People's hearts have turned to the Han, and foreign races have also been frightened by the strength of the Han. Without the Yellow Turbans, the Han will continue to exist."
"Haha." Li Zhiyun smiled and praised: "Not bad, I read a lot of books."
"Thank you, Father." Li Chenglie smiled happily.
Wei Gui sighed slightly in his heart, answering like this was already a step below.
That night, Li Zhiyun stayed at Changle Hall.
Li Chengzhao is nine years old, but he is still very childish. He is playing on the ground with a pony carriage, like an ignorant child.
"Zhao'er."
"Ah?" Li Chengzhao raised his head in confusion and looked at his father, the emperor and his mother over there, as well as Sister Jinyang with a look of contempt on his face, and his seventh brother Li Chengxuan, who was even more childish than him.
"come over."
"oh."
Li Chengzhao stood up and walked over, kneeling down in front of the emperor and empress.
"I heard from your third brother that you have recently learned about the history of the Three Kingdoms?"
"Um."
"Why do you think the Later Han Dynasty perished?"
"Why did it perish?" Li Chengzhao said directly without thinking, "Because the people did not have enough to eat, the Later Han Dynasty perished."
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun couldn't help but smile.
"Answer more seriously!" Empress Yang scolded: "Why do you have the courage to be so careless in front of your father?"
"Oh." Li Chengzhao scratched his head and said, "I think that because in the Later Han Dynasty, the big families combined their land and oppressed the people wantonly, so the yellow scarf thieves climbed up and shouted, and the whole world rebelled."
"Is there any more?" Li Zhiyun asked again.
"Furthermore, I felt that at the end of the Later Han Dynasty, the ministers were strong and the rulers were weak. In the later period, the emperor's throne changed frequently, so it gave opportunities for thieves to take advantage of."
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun's eyes gradually solidified, and he suddenly asked: "Did you come up with all these things yourself?"
"Ah, do you want to think about this?" Li Chengzhao looked confused, "Aren't these things written in "The Chronicles of the Later Han Dynasty"?"
Li Zhiyun was speechless and wanted to say something, but seeing his son's confused look on his face, he really couldn't say anything.
Then he asked: "Then I will ask you again, father, why did Qin fall?"
Li Chengzhao said: "The First Emperor of Qin wants to achieve immortality, but what the people of the world want is just an emperor who can allow them to farm their land with peace of mind."
It seems that Cheng Zhao didn't answer the question, but he was already deeply confused.