185 Chapter 185
◎An old friend in a dream.◎
Li Chengqian was unable to respond to Li Shimin. The little child's body could not bear the outpouring of emotions accumulated in his soul for more than a thousand years, and he immediately passed out.
Li Shimin hurriedly sent someone to call the imperial physician, and he did not forget to remind him to be careful and not to disturb the queen.
Soon, several of the palace's top physicians hurried over. After taking the prince's pulse, the leading physician replied, "Your Majesty, the King of Zhongshan is merely asleep. Judging by his pulse, he is suffering from excessive worry and depression. Your Majesty, please comfort the King of Zhongshan, or he may not live long."
"How dare you!" Li Shimin was shocked, frightened, and angry. "The King of Zhongshan is just a child, how could he be so worried!"
The imperial doctors dared not say anything more and could only kneel down and kowtow to apologize.
Fortunately, Li Shimin quickly regained his composure. He reached out and personally helped the leading physician to his feet, saying earnestly, "I am anxious, but it is only out of love for my son. As a father, you must understand. The King of Zhongshan needs your care."
The imperial physicians all said they dared not. After a few consultations, they wrote a prescription and presented it to the emperor: "Your Majesty, please review it."
Li Shimin was not familiar with medical theory, but he still wrote down the ingredients in the prescription and nodded, saying, "Go and boil the medicine."
The imperial physician took the order and left, and Li Shimin returned to the bedside to look after his eldest son.
His Cheng Qian was only an eight-year-old boy. What kind of tragic future had he seen that made him so depressed?
At this moment, Li Chengqian was in a dream, but his dream was not about the past that had troubled him for a thousand years, but about two old friends.
"You two?" Li Chengqian looked at Fusu and Liu Ju, almost unable to react. "Why are you here... am I dreaming?"
Fusu and Liu Ju were also a little confused: "It should be..."
"I seem to be dreaming too..."
"What's wrong with you?" the two asked Li Chengqian in unison.
"Nothing." Li Chengqian sat cross-legged on the ground, "I don't want to live anymore."
Fusu asked, "Did your father provoke you?"
Liu Ju asked, "Did your brother offend you?"
The two people asked at the same time: "Did the remonstrator offend you?"
Li Chengqian: "..."
Li Chengqian held his chin and said, "Life is so annoying."
Liu Ju shrugged: "It would be annoying even if I died."
"Unless you drink a bowl of Meng Po soup... Oh, you have to get rid of your resentment first, otherwise the effect of Meng Po soup will be reduced. According to the rules of the underworld, you can't drink it." Fusu said.
Li Chengqian said irritably, "I can't die completely, and I can't live anymore. Even if I didn't do good things in my previous life, I didn't do anything bad that would destroy the country and disrupt the people's livelihood. Don't torture me like this!"
Fusu and Liu Ju looked at each other. They had known each other for many years and had some tacit understanding.
We must not tell Li Chengqian that his current father is the same father from his previous life, otherwise he will wake up and go crazy, the kind that even ten mothers can't stop him, and there will be no way out of it.
"If you die, Li Tai will be the rightful crown prince." Fusu said.
"The eldest son, the eldest son born to the wife, after your death, the next in line will be Li Tai." Liu Ju added his explanation.
Li Chengqian said: "Then..."
Fusu predicted his words: "Yes, Li Zhi will be born in two years. They will definitely fight each other in the future. But even if Li Tai loses, he was once the rightful crown prince of the Tang Dynasty."
"If you die now, your father will be so sad that he will posthumously confer the title of Crown Prince on you," Liu Ju said. "In the future, Li Tai will be the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty just like you."
Li Chengqian frowned and said, "It's a bit disgusting."
Li Chengqian didn't have much of an opinion about Li Tai, but when he thought about the fact that the Khan of Heaven would make his beloved Qingque the crown prince as he wished, he became extremely reluctant.
Fusu added, "But if you return and continue to be the crown prince, Li Tai will definitely not be the crown prince, and you still have a 30% chance of successfully succeeding to the throne."
"Thirty percent?" Li Chengqian said disdainfully, "That's too low. Are you trying to comfort me?"
"Think about who our fathers are. Thirty percent is already very high. Brother, do you know that in feudal history, the probability of a crown prince successfully succeeding to the throne is less than fifty percent?" Liu Ju shook his head.
Li Chengqian was somewhat convinced: "That's true...but how is this 30% calculated?"
Fusu smiled slightly and said, "Just said it casually."
Li Chengqian: "..."
Li Chengqian was speechless and said, "What on earth do you two want to do? Is this an attitude of comforting others?"
Fusu laughed and said, "You are not a human being."
Liu Ju laughed and said, "We are not human either."
Li Chengqian: "..."
Li Chengqian was furious and said, "We'll break up!"
"Forget it." The two people waved their hands indifferently.
Li Chengqian snorted, "Alright, you guys can laugh at me all you want. You'd better pray that I don't have to laugh at you."
Fusu smiled and said, "Haven't you seen it a long time ago?"
As the latest person of the era, Li Chengqian had seen enough of the jokes of Fusu and Liu Ju in his previous life.
Li Chengqian said seriously, "I'm not laughing at you."
Liu Ju patted his shoulder and said with a smile, "Cheng Qian, how many years can a person live in a lifetime? We have been in the underworld for a thousand years, and every day we are entangled in the past events. If we can endure such days, are we still afraid of these few decades in the human world?"
Fusu also said: "Compared to more than a thousand years, a few decades is just the blink of an eye. Cheng Qian, why don't you follow your heart and live a good life again."
Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, then said, "Maybe not even a few decades... But I don't have a better choice."
Liu Ju paced slowly around. "This must be within the calculations of the Underworld. They've invested a lot of money this time. I think there must be something we don't know about."
Fusu nodded: "Perhaps we can only find the answer after we have finished this life and returned to the underworld."
Li Chengqian also had this guess, but he didn't know that the mystery had been revealed to these two people by their father.
"They have indeed never used this trick before," Li Chengqian said, "So far, I haven't found any clues."
Liu Ju smiled and said, "It will be solved sooner or later."
…
When Li Chengqian opened his eyes, it was already dusk. The setting sun shone through the gauze window, making it a little dazzling.
"Cheng Qian, are you awake?" Li Shimin came over hurriedly, asking with concern, "What's wrong with you? Are you hungry or thirsty?"
"Call the imperial physician!" He turned around and gave the order, then turned back to look at his eldest son, "Cheng Qian, how do you feel?"
Li Chengqian moved his head but said nothing.
Li Shimin said even more anxiously: "Cheng Qian, I am Aye, don't you recognize Aye?"
"...I recognize it." Li Chengqian said in a hoarse voice, "Thirsty."
"Water! Bring some water!" Li Shimin ordered hurriedly. The moment he turned his head, Li Chengqian could see the moisture in his eyes.
In his previous life, Tian Khan had cried when facing Li Chengqian. The time he remembered most clearly was when Li Chengqian's attempt to rebel was exposed.
It had to be like this every time so that Li Chengqian could feel that his father loved him too.
——If the Heavenly Khan had not later reinstated Li Tai and had not given Li Zhi earnest teaching and care, Li Chengqian might have been moved by the Heavenly Khan.
Unfortunately, Li Chengqian knew clearly that no matter what, the Khan's love for him would never be as great as his love for Qingque and Zhinu.
It’s quite boring, Li Chengqian thought. I have been caring about it for more than a thousand years, but in fact I have known for a long time that he will never favor me.
It's so boring.
Li Chengqian didn't want to care about it anymore. If you don't favor me, then don't favor me. Am I living just to get your favor?
Then my life would be meaningless.
I have to do something to give my life some meaning and make sure that my life is not wasted.
The imperial physician was waiting in the side hall and soon came over to check Li Chengqian's pulse. Li Shimin avoided his eldest son and listened to their explanation of the situation. There would definitely be no improvement at the moment, but it was good that he could wake up. No matter whether it was a physical or mental illness, he could slowly recover after waking up.
When Li Shimin came back, Li Chengqian was teaching the palace maids how to remove the fishy smell from goat milk. He had drunk some water and his throat had gotten better, but it still sounded hoarse.
Seeing the emperor return, the maid hurriedly bowed and said, "Sage, the King of Zhongshan ordered a bowl of goat's milk to be heated for him."
"Yes." Li Shimin nodded, and when he looked at his eldest son, he was distressed and loving. "Cheng Qian, what else do you want to eat?"
"Milk tastes better. Can the Shangshi Bureau add a milk dish in the future?" Li Chengqian asked.
"Yes! Yes!" Li Shimin said happily, "Chengqian likes it, and you can add anything!"
Wanting food and drink were trivial matters; the main thing was that he wanted this behavior to make Li Shimin very happy.
Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Thank you, Saint."
Li Shimin looked at his eldest son and saw that although his face was pale, his eyes were no longer dull, but sparkling with light. Although he was still confused and worried in his heart, joy prevailed.
As long as... as long as Cheng Qian is fine, Li Shimin thought, as long as Cheng Qian is fine, everything will be fine.
Li Chengqian looked at the sky outside and said, "When we get back later, tell my mother that I'm sick again and have caught a cold. Don't let her worry."
"You're sick, and your mother must be worried." Li Shimin patted his shoulder. "Cheng Qian, I plan to send someone to find Sun Simiao as soon as possible and invite him to the capital."
Li Chengqian sat up straight: "What's wrong, mother?"
"It's not your mother." Li Shimin said, "Cheng Qian, your father wants to ask Dr. Sun to treat you."
Li Chengqian pointed at himself: "Me? What's wrong with me?"
Li Shimin pointed to his heart and said, "Cheng Qian's illness is in his heart."
Although the words were true, Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "Divine Doctor Sun may not be able to cure heart disease."
"We have to try, Cheng Qian. You are my father's son. I can't just watch you..." Li Shimin said, lowering his head and sighing.
"I feel like I'm going to die." Li Chengqian also sighed, "I don't need Dr. Sun to save me, I can save myself."
"It's not for my mother, nor for anyone else, but for myself."
"Now, I want to live."
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