176 Chapter 176
◎Exercise. ◎
Li Chengqian returned to the Eastern Palace and went to pay his respects to his mother first. At this time, Changsun did not know that the emperor was ill.
Li Lizhi and Li Yuxiu were both playing with their mother. When they saw their eldest brother come back, they both smiled and came over to him, "Brother, where have you been?"
Li Chengqian smiled and patted their heads: "Big brother has gone to pay his respects to Grandfather."
The two sisters rarely saw Li Yuan and were not familiar with the so-called "Ah Weng", so they just said "oh". Li Lizhi then asked, "Brother, are you better now?"
Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Okay, I don't need to take medicine anymore."
Li Yuxiu smiled and said, "Then you can also eat the candied fruit we left for you, big brother."
"Wow," Li Chengqian exclaimed. "That's great! Thank you."
Li Lizhi nudged her nose and said, "Brother, you seem to be trying to coax us."
Li Chengqian pinched her cheek and said with a smile, "Lizhi is so smart. How about this, as a reward, you and I will start exercising together tomorrow? Yuxiu can come too."
"Exercise?" Li Yuxiu asked doubtfully. "Brother, how do you do it?"
Li Chengqian said with a smile, "Let's do some exercises. Tomorrow, change into simple clothes, don't wear skirts, and I'll teach you. How about that?"
It sounded very interesting. The two sisters looked at each other and then looked at their mother.
Chang Sun asked with a smile, "Cheng Qian, what are you doing?"
This is a health-preserving exercise that Li Chengqian found on his mobile phone. He first moved his hands and feet, and after getting used to the intensity, he began to learn Ba Duan Jin.
After watching Li Chengqian's demonstration, Changsun smiled and said, "Healthy exercise, the name is very straightforward, Ba Duan Jin, it seems better."
It is said that Ba Duan Jin originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, so the Changsun family of the Tang Dynasty had never heard of it.
Li Chengqian smiled and said, "The name is secondary. It's just that these two exercises are good for the body if you do them for a long time. Mother, bring your sister and do it with me."
Li Lizhi and Li Yuxiu found it even more amusing, and both clapped their hands and laughed, "Great, great!"
Chang Sun shook her head and said, "You can play with your sisters. Mother is very busy and has no time for this."
Li Chengqian hurriedly advised, "I know mother is busy, but this won't delay your practice for long. It will really be good for your health!"
Chang Sun still refused: "Mother is fine now, but you just got sick, you must study hard."
"Mother got sick because of us. I know that." Li Chengqian lowered his head and said, "That's why I thought of all this, hoping to make Mother feel better."
Unexpectedly, there were such hidden secrets. Changsun's heart softened. She took her eldest son's hand, stroked his cheek, and said softly, "Chengqian, your filial piety is known to all of you. Who told you that your mother's illness was caused by you? That's nonsense. It never happened."
Li Chengqian pursed his lips and said, "I read in a book that giving birth is like stepping halfway into the gates of hell. Mother gave birth to three of us, which means she went through the gates of hell three times. Naturally, her body has been damaged."
"Really?" Li Lizhi pulled her younger sister closer, tears welling in her eyes as she asked, "Mother, did we make her sick?"
"No, no." Changsun touched her daughters' faces in turn. "Mother is sick. Mother has never been in good health... How about this, Mother will follow you and do it together. Let's take good care of our bodies, okay?"
"Yeah!" The little girls nodded vigorously.
Li Chengqian whispered, "Thank you, mother. Please don't be angry."
Chang Sun knocked his forehead and said with a helpless smile: "I really can't do anything with you."
Li Chengqian smiled with his eyes curved, "Mother is the best!"
When he was sick before, Li Chengqian decided that he would exercise well after he recovered and try not to be a sickly person in his life.
Later, he thought that he was not the only sickly person in his family, so Li Chengqian planned to bring his mother and younger sister into his health and exercise group.
Also, his mother's illness must be treated by a professional doctor. Even though Li Chengqian has a lot of medical books to read, it is obviously impossible to become a doctor by self-study.
Fortunately, there was a famous doctor named Sun Simiao in their time. He was devoted to medicine and did not want to be an official. He was offered a high position and generous salary, but Li Chengqian was afraid that he would not have enough time to run away. So he planned to lure him with the medical books in his mobile phone.
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When Li Shimin returned, the children had all gone back to their rooms to rest. Changsun Shi was reading the account book under the lamp. When she saw him come back, she asked, "Erlang, is it time to have dinner?"
"I have used it." Li Shimin rubbed his neck and sat down next to his wife. "The light is too dim. It's not good for your eyes. You will cough easily if you smell the candlelight. Let's watch it in the daytime."
Chang Sun smiled and said, "Where did the smoke come out? I'm still one page short... Hey?"
Seeing the account book being closed, Changsun said helplessly: "Wait until you see the memorial tomorrow, and I won't let you see it either."
"Okay, you'll come with me to the front tomorrow to discuss matters." Li Shimin raised his hand and squeezed her shoulders. "Are you tired?"
"I'm not tired. I just played with the children for a while and that's why it's been delayed until this hour." Changsun rubbed his brows. "You are the one who is tired."
Li Shimin sighed, "Indeed, the Saint was ill this time. I went to see him, and it delayed him for nearly an hour."
"Is the Saint ill?" Changsun asked hurriedly, "I will take the children to pay my respects to the Saint tomorrow."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "No need. The Saint is afraid of injuring the children, so he won't let them go. You can just go outside the hall and say hello."
Li Shimin didn't dare let his eldest son see the emperor again, for he was afraid that the more his eldest son asked, the more uneasy the emperor would become.
Chang Sun nodded and said, "I'll also take a look at the Imperial Hospital."
After the couple finished talking about business, Changsun chatted with her husband about some family matters, which naturally mentioned Li Chengqian's suggestion that the three of them, mother and daughter, exercise with him together.
Li Shimin shook his head and smiled, "This child has always only thought about his mother and never about his father."
"Is Erlang jealous? How can the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty be so petty?" Changsun also joked.
"I'm going to be sad, Guanyinbi." Li Shimin slid down and leaned on his wife's shoulder. "You are also on Chengqian's side, not on your husband's side."
"Hahaha... cough cough!" Changsun laughed twice and then started coughing. Li Shimin didn't dare to joke with her anymore and gently patted her back.
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have bothered you like that." Li Shimin looked at his wife's expression.
Changsun shook her head and said nothing because she was still coughing.
Li Shimin brushed away her fallen hair and asked gently, "Do you feel better?"
"Okay." Changsun said with a smile.
Li Shimin glanced at the clock and said, "It's getting late. Go to bed first. We have things to do tomorrow."
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The next morning, after breakfast and a short rest, Li Chengqian asked his mother to bring his sister to learn exercises with him. Li Tai was there too. When he heard something he didn't know, he hurried to ask for clarification and then wanted to join in the exercises.
Li Chengqian couldn't refuse, so he said, "You have to listen to me."
Li Tai nodded without thinking: "Okay!"
But when he actually started doing it, Li Tai realized it was not that easy, because he was a little fat boy and could not do many movements properly. At this time, Li Chengqian would come over very diligently to correct him and let him do the prescribed movements as much as possible.
By the time they finished the exercise, Li Tai was sweating profusely. He was panting and almost fell to the ground. Li Chengqian reached out to support him and said, "Don't sit down yet. Take a few steps to slow down."
Li Tai was too fat for Li Chengqian to support by himself, so Li Chengqian called another palace servant to help him. With Li Tai under his watch, nothing could happen to him, so Li Chengqian could only hold his nose and help him, secretly hoping that this time he could scare him enough that he would never come near him again.
Li Tai didn't want to leave, but Li Chengqian was already holding his arm and moving him forward. He passively followed them for a while before finally being able to speak smoothly: "No, big brother, I won't leave."
"Well." Li Chengqian said, "Then stand for a while."
Li Tai said with a sad face: "I want to sit down."
Li Chengqian said, "You promised to listen to me, now you have to do as I say."
Li Tai sobbed and said, "Oh."
My brother is so scary.
Chang Sun and the two little girls were supported by palace maids and walked slowly. Chang Sun saw the fourth son like this and smiled and comforted him: "Qing Que is a man. Look, your sister didn't cry, so Qing Que can't cry either."
Li Tai looked at his two sisters and saw that although they were also very tired, they did not seem to be crying. He immediately pursed his lips.
Li Chengqian added, "If you feel tired, you don't have to come tomorrow."
"Really?" This sentence sounded like the sound of nature to Li Tai.
Li Chengqian nodded: "Of course it's true."
"Then I..." Li Tai suddenly caught sight of his mother and swallowed his words back, changing his tone, "Are mother and little sister still coming?"
"They're coming," Li Chengqian said. "They all promised me yesterday."
Li Lizhi and Li Yuxiu pouted. In fact, they didn't want to come again, but they did promise their eldest brother yesterday.
My mother taught me that a man without faith cannot stand.
Therefore, even though they were so tired that they wanted to go on strike, Li Lizhi and Li Yuxiu gritted their teeth and didn't say it out loud.
Chang Sun was helped to sit down on a chair and said to Li Tai with a smile, "Qingque doesn't want to come over. Go play with Ke'er and the others tomorrow. When we're done here, I'll send someone to call you."
Li Tai didn't want to play with Li Ke and the others. Although he was young, he already understood a lot of things, such as that he and Li Ke were not born of the same mother.
My eldest brother and the others are all with our mother, but if they ask Li Tai to go play with others, he will definitely refuse.
"Then I..." Li Tai glanced at his elder brother's expressionless face and said very reluctantly, "Then I will come too."
Li Chengqian really hoped that Li Tai would be scared and ignore him, but it was obvious that children had their own way of thinking, which he couldn't understand.
Li Chengqian said, "It will be the same tomorrow."
As soon as these words were spoken, the mother, her son, and her daughter all sighed in unison.
Li Chengqian was stunned. He looked at his mother, unable to believe it. "Mother, you're sighing. It can't be because of me, right?"
Chang Sun sighed and said, "Cheng Qian is a strict teacher."
The three children nodded repeatedly.
Even his mother and sisters thought he was strict. Li Chengqian could only say dryly, "A strict teacher produces excellent students."
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