Da Tang: Father, can I resign?

Chapter 162 Ah Sizi, don’t die! (Not dead)

Li Tai's letter was just like his speech, full of roundabout ways.

The general idea is that the brothers have grown up and are not as close as they were when they were young. In April, the smilax china flowers are blooming, and I want to enjoy the flowers with my brother Zhinu.

It may seem like a trivial account, but there is a lot to it.

Two or three Ilex sinensis flowers are clustered together and are often used to imply brotherhood.

According to legend, after King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, put down the rebellion of the Three Guards started by his brothers, he wrote "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Changdi". The allusion of "brothers quarreling outside the wall to defend against insults" came from here.

"Brothers quarrel with each other, defend against external insults..."

Li Zhi murmured, his hand holding the letter trembling slightly.

Who is the brother? This letter is addressed to Li Zhi, so it must be Li Zhi.

Who is the external enemy?

Who else could it be except Li Ming who suddenly came in?

Just because of a silly ceremony in the ancestral temple, you, Chi Nu, really treat that wild child as your own brother, right? No way, no way?
Therefore, the real meaning of Li Tai's letter is:

Join forces with Li Zhi to fight against Li Ming.

Forming alliances and making connections can be said to be the basic principle of political struggle, even wolves do this.

From Li Tai's perspective, it would be a wise move to unite with Li Zhi.

Because he is weaker than Li Chengqian but stronger than Li Zhi, the second and third brothers join forces to fight the eldest brother, which is the beginner's guide.

It is in the interests of all parties to prioritize eliminating Li Ming, the exogenous uncertainty factor, and bring the situation back to a familiar framework.

"Do you want to follow? Do you want to take action against that guy..." Li Zhi squinted his eyes, as if trying to read the answer from between the hazy lines.

It was also in his interest to deal with Li Ming first.

Because Li Chengqian and Li Tai had been fighting for a long time, all the court officials had already taken sides.

Most of the people that the Prince of Jin's Palace is gathering are neutral officials among the court officials, as well as fringe figures from the Prince's Party and the Prince of Wei's Party.

Coincidentally, Li Ming is also targeting that group of people now.

From the perspective of attracting talent, the two are direct competitors.

Moreover, he and Li Ming both lived in Lizheng Hall, were raised by their father personally, and were the closest in age.

My father and the world will subconsciously compare the two of them.

You have to compare the goods before you throw them away. Li Zhi was very rational on this point.

"If there was no Li Ming..."

Li Zhi involuntarily clenched his hands and gathered Li Tai's letters into a ball.

If Li Ming had not appeared out of nowhere, she would have just rotted away peacefully in some corner of the harem, or it could be said that there had never been any Li Ming from the beginning.

What will happen to the world?
A loving father and a filial son? Brothers are friendly and respectful to each other? The country is peaceful? He becomes the emperor?
No.

It is more likely that my father died of an acute illness, the royal family was destroyed in the Jiucheng Palace Incident, and Goguryeo went south to occupy Yanshan...

Li Zhi found that he could not be cruel enough to be like his brother.

Completely abandon family affection and emotions, and proceed entirely from the perspective of interests.

"Ugh……"

Li Zhi sighed, smoothed out Li Tai's letter, and carefully put it in his arms.

…………

"Ugh……"

Li Zhi let out a long sigh and stared at the breakfast biscuit in front of him.

"If you don't eat, I will."

Li Ming took the sugar biscuit smoothly and put it into his mouth.

In Old Tang’s time, it was not easy to have something sweet.

"Xiao Ming, why are you bullying your brother again? How can a younger brother steal his things?"

Li Mingda on the side slapped Li Ming on the head.

Her father was in the study early in the morning handling government affairs, and she felt obliged to take on the responsibility of teaching the prince etiquette.

"I was wrong, I was wrong." Li Ming apologized while chewing a sugar biscuit.

I was wrong and I will never change.

"It's okay, just let him go." Li Zhi said subconsciously with empty eyes.

"Thank you then."

Li Ming took a meat bun from Li Zhi's bowl, nimbly dodged Li Mingda's head-smacking attack, and slipped away with a flick of the foot.

"Alas, that little brother is really too greedy."

Li Mingda put his hands on his hips and helplessly watched the chubby little figure rolling further and further away.

"Well, he is too greedy..."

Li Zhi seemed to be thinking about something and drank the meat soup absent-mindedly.

There are two more dates on hand.

"Here, it's for you. It's sweet, although not as sweet as a sugar cake." Li Mingda took out some dates from his pocket, gave two to his brother, and put one in his own mouth.

Is there a jujube tree growing in your pocket... Li Zhi complained in his heart and smiled helplessly.

Ah Sizi is a clean person in the palace. He treats everyone sincerely and is close to everyone.

The father is too majestic to be approached, and the brothers all have their own ulterior motives.

Only with Ah Sizi by his side did he still feel at home.

Today in the Lizheng Palace, A Sizi is relied upon to mediate and mediate.

If it weren't for her, Li Shimin, Li Zhi, and Li Ming, three powerful beings, would live under the same roof, staring at each other.

Just imagining it makes me feel suffocated.

in case……

If A Sizi’s beloved brothers.

They turned against each other and killed each other in front of her.

How would she react?

It will definitely be heartbreaking...

When Li Zhi thought of the cheerful Ah Sizi showing a sad expression, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken...

"Asizi." Li Zhi said in a muffled voice while drinking the meat soup.

"Hmm?" Li Mingda's mouth was busy cracking the peel of dates.

"If, I mean if..." Li Zhi lowered his head to the bowl, porridge in his mouth, and his voice became increasingly unclear, as if he wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it:

"If Li Ming and I had to fight each other in the end.

"Who do you hope will survive to the end?"

The room was silent and Li Mingda said nothing.

"Oh, what nonsense am I talking about!"

Li Zhi wanted to bury his head in the porridge bowl:
"I was half asleep and said those words. Don't take them to heart. Forget them, forget them."

As if he wanted to swallow the words he had just spoken, he took a big gulp of porridge.

However, Li Mingda still said nothing.

The room was very quiet. Birds were singing outside the window, and if you listened carefully you could faintly hear the hissing sound of the stream in the courtyard.

"Ah Sizi?"

Li Zhi felt strange and put down his big bowl of porridge and looked over.

I saw my sister holding her throat with both hands, her face flushed red, her mouth open but she couldn't shout out, she could only make a faint hissing sound, and her expression was very painful.

"Ah Sizi!"

Li Zhi was horrified and rushed over to hug her like crazy.

Li Mingda still couldn't say anything. His face became redder and redder, his eyes were filled with tears, and he opened his mouth wide, desperately trying to breathe.

"Someone, come quickly! Ah Sizi is in danger, in danger!"

Li Zhi hugged his sister and yelled madly.

The maid rushed in hastily, and seeing the princess lying in her brother's arms with her face flushed purple, she screamed in fear:
"Princess Jinyang is possessed! She's possessed!"

"Be careful with your words!" The eunuch slapped the young palace maid in the face:
"Go call the imperial physician!"

Several people ran towards Shang Pharmacy as if they were losing their lives.

"Who's making the noise?"

When Li Shimin heard the noise outside, he walked over with a frown on his brow.

He immediately saw his beloved daughter lying in Li Zhi's arms, struggling in pain.

"What happened?!" Li Shimin's heart suddenly rose to his throat and he flew to Li Mingda.

"She, she, she... I, I, I..." Li Zhi was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and spoke incoherently.

"Oh you piece of trash!"

Li Shimin was really anxious, so he pushed Li Zhi away and gently hugged Li Mingda.

The eunuch kneeling beside him said hurriedly:
"It seems that Her Royal Highness the Princess suddenly fell ill during breakfast and has already called the imperial physician..."

"Disease?!"

Li Shimin almost roared.

He was fine early in the morning, how come he suddenly became like this after breakfast?

"I hurt her, I hurt her!"

Li Zhi's tears seemed to burst into tears and he suddenly started to cry loudly.

Li Shimin was already extremely anxious, and Li Zhi's crying made his head hurt. He couldn't help but curse:

"Stop whining! It's no use for a woman to moan! What the hell happened?"

"I...I was having dinner with her, eating dates, and chatting, and she suddenly became...like this."

Li Zhi said while crying.

"That's all we have to do for dinner and chat?!"

"Is it poison? Someone poisoned it?!"

Li Shimin immediately remembered his own experience and roared like a lion.

Who is so bold as to attack his most beloved daughter?
If he catches me, if he catches me...

"Wuwuwu...hmm." Li Zhi responded vaguely.

He subconsciously felt that his sister's sudden illness or obsession might be related to his words about "fratricide".

But he didn't know what the relationship was between the two, and he didn't dare to say it out loud.

"Cough...cough..."

Li Mingda's throat seemed to be blocked by something and he couldn't cough out anything. His face had turned the color of liver and he rolled his eyes.

"Don't be afraid... the imperial physician will be here soon... Grandpa is here, Grandpa is here..."

Li Shimin hugged his daughter in his arms, patting her back to comfort her. He was so anxious that it seemed as if his eyes were about to burst into flames:

"Where's the imperial physician? Why are those useless people so slow? If anything happens to her..."

Li Shimin didn't dare to continue.

"Your Majesty! Your Highness~"

The imperial doctors came running in breathlessly, and the palace servants followed closely behind them, holding their medicine boxes.

They had just finished breakfast, and the running had almost cost them their lives.

"The imperial physician is here. It's all right, it's all right!"

Li Shimin was obviously relieved and carefully handed his daughter over to professionals.

Li Zhi was still kneeling beside them crying, but was kicked aside by Li Shimin. "Don't bother them!" Li Shimin growled.

In terms of mood, his worries were no less than Li Zhi's.

Li Mingda was the last child of him and his white moonlight, Empress Changsun. When the empress died, Li Mingda could not yet speak.

Li Shimin loved this daughter very much. He brought her up by his side and poured all his love for the queen into her.

Li Mingda grew up day by day, he was well-behaved and sensible, and his every move was influenced by the queen.

This made Li Shimin love him even more from the bottom of his heart.

If Li Mingda was a man, Li Chengqian and his three stupid brothers would have absolutely no chance.

If...something happened to Li Mingda, it would be like the sky falling for Li Shimin, who could never let go of Changsun.

However, precisely because he valued her so much, Li Shimin could not lose his composure and add unnecessary pressure to the imperial doctors, interfering with their medical skills.

Concern leads to chaos.

Li Zhi didn't even understand this principle, and was very angry when things turned out to be so chaotic.

"Grandpa... Grandpa, will Sizi be okay? Will she die?" Li Zhi asked over and over again like a helpless child.

Li Shimin also slapped him again and again:

"You better be nice! She'll be fine. The imperial physician is here!"

Unfortunately it backfired.

Even though the imperial physician tried his best to use all his life's knowledge, Ah Sizi was still visibly weakening.

Her face turned purple, her originally beautiful and delicate features became distorted, her pupils gradually became dilated, and her body began to twitch involuntarily.

The father and son could only watch their beloved family members leave step by step!

"Asizi..." Li Shimin could hardly hold back any longer, tears welled up in his eyes. He instinctively lowered his head and hugged it, refusing to look.

He couldn't bear to look at his daughter's miserable appearance.

The scene of his daughter about to leave reminded him of five years ago.

The same was true of Empress Changsun at that time.

After the imperial physicians failed to save him, he died suddenly on his sickbed.

Sadness, despair, helplessness...all the negative emotions at that time, like lava from the ground, erupted in his heart once again.

So what if he is the emperor? So what if he holds all the power in the world?

In the end, he couldn't even keep the woman he loved most...

Li Zhi was so tired from crying that he knelt down on one side, tears streaming down his face, his mouth opening and closing unconsciously:
I harmed her, I harmed her...

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"Ahem! Damn, I almost choked on my bun because I ran too fast."

Li Ming was jogging in the palace, biting the meat bun that came from Brother Shan Ji.

He is very busy now and his day is full.

After breakfast, I had to go to Yang Linggong's residence to build relationships, and to Yuchi's residence, and also to Xiao Xiang's residence, and Guogong's residence...

After running around to establish connections, he had to leave the palace and go to the Chang'an newspaper office to sit down with Yuchi Xunyu, Di Renjie and others to discuss the future establishment of intelligence agencies.

Finally, there is the Liaodong briefing time that cannot be shaken, and despite a one-month delay, various micro-managements are carried out there.

Damn it, let alone airplanes, if the Turks had used flying eagles to deliver messages, he would have airdropped the letter anyway.

“Come to think of it, it’s April now, Liaodong’s first quarter report should be ready by now, right?

“I don’t know if it has been delivered…”

Li Ming muttered to himself as he slipped towards the palace gate.

As a result, the palace servants were seen jogging back and forth with nervous expressions.

What happened? Where is the flood?
Li Ming curiously pulled a familiar palace maid over:

"What happened?"

"Your Highness, Princess Jinyang has suddenly fallen ill, and the imperial physician is trying her best to treat her! Please forgive me for being rude!"

The palace maid left in a hurry.

Princess Jinyang... Li Mingda, Sister Sizi? !
Li Ming's heart skipped a beat.

Obviously, she has been working hard to strengthen her physique, and it has been very effective.

Could it be that they still cannot defeat the fate of history? !

Li Ming rushed up and caught up with the palace maid:

"where?!"

"The side hall of the Lizheng Palace!"

The side hall was where they had just had their meal.

Li Ming immediately turned around and ran towards the side hall.

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When Li Ming arrived at the side hall, the scene before him made him think he had taken the wrong path.

The atmosphere of a family having a happy meal together is gone.

An atmosphere of anxiety and sadness permeated every corner.

The imperial doctors formed a circle, sweating profusely, and were treating someone in the center of the circle.

The palace servants came and went hurriedly, all with their heads down, not daring to make a sound.

Next to the busy crowd, a father and son sat in despair.

Li Shimin held his head and buried his face deeply in his knees, motionless, like a sculpture.

Li Zhi knelt a little distance away from him, his eyes blurred with tears and his consciousness became blurred as he muttered something incoherently.

Li Ming was in a trance and almost fell down.

But he resisted the turmoil in his heart, walked steadily to an older palace servant, and asked in a low voice:
"Please briefly explain the whole story."

The calm tone gave the palace maid a sense of purpose, and she also spoke in a low and brief voice:

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin and His Royal Highness the Princess were eating and chatting when the Princess suddenly choked and became unable to speak. Her face turned red as fire and she collapsed without being able to support herself."

Oh, that's it...

Li Ming had a vague guess in his mind, so he walked over to the group of imperial doctors and patted one of them on the shoulder:

"Get out of the way. I'll do it."

The imperial physician turned around and was about to start scolding, but when he saw that it was a plump little prince, he couldn't help but pause.

If I remember correctly, it was this little prince who moved heaven with his filial piety and saved His Majesty's life...

He immediately stepped aside.

Li Ming finally saw the rescue scene clearly.

Sister A'sizi was lying on the ground, her whole face was cyanotic, her eyelids drooped limply, and she was barely breathing.

The imperial doctors administered medicine, performed acupuncture, and pinched the Ren Zhong acupoint.

He was busy and sweating, but was still powerless to save the situation. He had to watch Her Royal Highness the Princess' condition getting worse by the second.

In fact, everyone had already given up in their hearts, and felt that an invisible hand was dragging Princess Jinyang towards the underworld.

Li Shimin raised his head and stared at Li Ming silently, his tired eyes filled with a mixture of despair and hope.

Li Zhi was like a puppet, still staring straight ahead with unfocused eyes.

"Hold her up for me." Li Ming ordered quietly.

His calm and composed attitude seemed to have a magical power that made people obey.

The imperial doctors, who were at a loss for what to do, obeyed the child's orders and held up Li Mingda's arms.

Li Ming immediately knelt behind her, hugged her belly, pressed his fist against her stomach, and pushed hard upward and backward.

A bang.

Li Mingda spat out half a date from his mouth.

Sure enough...Looking at the date and the pit that were spit out, Li Ming's mouth twitched.

Looking at the symptoms, he could guess that most likely the person choked by accidentally inhaling dates into his trachea.

There are quite a lot of videos on the Internet about how to simply remove tracheal obstructions. When Li Ming was watching the advertisements on his phone, he gradually mastered this simple and practical skill.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, people apparently did not know what the "Heimlich maneuver" was, and were helpless in dealing with the problem.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Li Mingda started coughing violently and gasping for breath.

Her condition improved rapidly, her complexion returned to normal, and the cyanosis gradually faded.

After a while, her consciousness returned to normal and she was able to sit up independently, gasping for breath and looking around in confusion.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

“Ha…ha…I am…”

"Ah Sizi!"

Li Shimin almost pounced over and held Li Mingda tightly.

It seemed as if once I let go, my daughter would never come back.

"Huh... He choked to death while eating dates..."

Li Ming hid his achievements and fame. He stood beside Li Zhi, who was crying, wiping the sweat from his forehead. He felt like a mystery had been solved and he had suddenly realized something.

So that's how it is. It turns out that Princess Jinyang in history was choked to death by dates!

No wonder he died despite Li Shimin's care.

No wonder he looked so healthy and suddenly died.

No wonder the cause of death is so secretive in history books.

Indeed, choking to death while eating dates is not something that should be recorded in history books.

If foreigners saw this, they would think that we Tang people can’t afford to eat dates!

"Grandpa?"

Li Mingda was completely confused.

She only vaguely remembered that Brother Li Zhi said something terrible, and then she suddenly couldn't breathe, and then...

And then that was it.

"You suddenly fell ill, and it was Li Ming who saved you! It was Li Ming!"

Li Shimin could no longer control his emotions and cried uncontrollably in front of the imperial doctors and palace maids.

This time I cried tears of joy.

This is what the famous crying emperor in history was like.

"Xiao Ming...Xiao Ming! Where are you?" Li Mingda looked over his father's shoulder, opened his confused eyes, and searched around.

"Sister, are you looking for me?" Li Ming walked forward with a smile and stroked Li Mingda's soft long hair:

"It's nothing, you just choked on your food. I've taken it out for you, you'll be fine after a rest.

"In the future, you should pay attention when eating, especially when eating round fruits with pits like dates and cherries. Don't talk while eating."

The useless father and brother could only cry there, and Li Ming had to nag them, treating them like his own daughter.

"Come closer." Li Mingda waved to him.

"Tell me a secret?"

Li Ming smiled dotingly and moved his face closer.

Li Mingda whispered in his ear:

"Promise me that you won't fight with Brother Zhinu, okay?"

(End of this chapter)