The 12th Crown Prince

  He Pu Gongzhu got what she wanted and ignored Old Li and Old Fang, who were writing with a goose feather pen in the Zhen Guan style, and ran off.

  Old Li dipped his brush in ink and wrote a character, his facial muscles twitching. Old Fang walked over, and he hastily pulled away the paper that had been left with his treasure.

  The old house was treated as if it couldn't be seen, and under Old Li's hint, Zhen also picked up a brush to write a few words. His face twitched. He understood why Old Li had taken the paper away.

  Old Li and Old Fang exchanged a glance, everything was understood without words, and they smiled at each other.

  Old house: "The brush of Zhen Guan is good, but it's too small, I'm not used to it... this..." He pointed at his words, "Hehe..."

  "It's rare for Princess He Pu to write such beautiful characters." He praised Li Shu, this loli.

  Old Li thought of something and said with a sly smile: "I know there is one written even better than this, but it's in the Queen's possession. I'll bring it tomorrow for Xuanling to take a look."

  "Oh." The old house seemed somewhat expectant.

  "Your Majesty, I don't know how the Crown Prince's illness is now?" Lao Fang asked as he sat back down.

  The story of the Zhen Guan era has come to an end, and the monarch and his ministers are discussing state affairs once again.

  Old Li narrowed his eyes, he knew what Old Fang was going to say, and told him about Li Chengqian's illness.

  The old house thought for a moment, stood up solemnly and said: "Your Majesty, please allow me to say two things. Your Majesty is in the prime of life, whether the crown prince is obedient or disobedient, it can be delayed. The crown prince's loss of soul disease is a national calamity, but fortunately, the crown prince is now clear-headed and can still be examined. If the crown prince is seriously ill and cannot inherit the throne, there are also several adult princes waiting to be examined, and other young children will grow up and choose the best one as the crown prince. The dispute between Hou Junji and Cheng Zhijie is even more cruel and should not be listened to. I request Your Majesty to temporarily retain the position of the crown prince!"

  The Crown Prince, as the heir to the throne of the Tang Dynasty, has every move tied to the fate of the dynasty. Now that Li Chengqian has suddenly lost his memory, all the comprehensive education he received from the state's imperial succession institution has been forgotten, and apart from his bloodline, the Crown Prince no longer possesses the abilities of a crown prince. This is almost like dropping an atomic bomb in the imperial court, and some people have come forward to suggest replacing the Crown Prince.

  The most violent was Hou Junji, the Minister of War - the Minister of National Defense of the Tang Dynasty, and Cheng Yaojin, the Duke of Lu State - the Vice Chairman of the Tang Dynasty. Both were loyal to Li Shimin and performed well in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, so Li Shimin had to consider their feelings.

  Li Shimin picked up the Zhen Guan pen presented by He Pu Gongzhu, carefully pondering it for a while, then said to Fang Xuanling: "Good."

  ………

  After the queen fell asleep, Li Chengqian came out of the small hall and found that the cup of tea that had harmed him had been destroyed without a trace.

  "Who just poured me tea?" Li Chengqian was very angry.

  A palace maid walked over with a quivering voice and said: "Your Highness, it was I who just served you the best tribute tea..."

  "You're cheating! This Gong Cha is terrible!" Li Chengqian's nose was about to spout fire, "That tea dreg has a weird taste, how dare you say it's top-grade?"

  The palace maid's eyes turned red and tears fell down.

  Li Chengqian was not a soft-hearted person. He beckoned to Su Miao, "Wife, pour me a cup of tea and let her see what good tea is."

  Su He was a bit dazed, but still obediently went to pour a cup of tea, and even tried it specially. It was good, so he took it to give to Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian drank half a cup with great relish, and the result was... Ptooey!

  The eunuch standing in front of him was suddenly summoned and splashed with tea all over his head and face.

  Everyone was stunned!

  Li Chengqian hastily removed the cup cover and saw that the tea leaves inside were the same as before, all fragmented, like coal ash, with a taste that was not only bitter but also very salty and strange, and he didn't know what it was.

  "Is this tea?" he asked incredulously.

  The palace maid whose tears had been washed away by tea nodded in agreement with Su He.

  "What else is added here besides tea flavor and water?" Li Chengqian frowned and asked.

  "Your Highness..." Su Hong's hand was about to touch Li Chengqian's forehead again, but was swatted away. He then said with a hint of resentment: "Because the tea is too bitter, people usually add salt to dilute it, and for better flavor, they also add scallions, ginger, dates, orange peel and so on."

  The palace maid said: "I just added salt, ginger and orange peel..."

  Ancient people are really backward! Li Chengqian now knows that the tea of the Tang Dynasty is just like this, it's too hard to drink!

  What's the method of making tea undrinkable in the Tang Dynasty? The author Wu Bi, to experience the misfortune life of the protagonist, crushed his precious "twenty kilograms thousand yuan" Maojian tea, poured water only a little more than the tea leaves, so that the tea is very strong, then added salt. Considering physical health and initial acceptance ability, he didn't dare add ginger or citrus, took ten minutes to prepare, then picked it up and sipped a small mouthful, almost losing half his body function. The taste of bitter, astringent and salty, only exists in heaven, ordinary people drinking it will ascend to heaven, finally understanding what the tea of the Tang Dynasty is like.

  Here is the translation:

  I should responsibly remind readers not to imitate the magic performances on TV. But I'm not a normal person, deep down in my heart there's some kind of evil psychology, so I'll tell you: the highest level of entertainment enjoyment is personal experience. Just like movies, don't we all want to go to the cinema to watch 3D? A book that's worth delving into, you should also drink tea with the protagonist and author!

  Li Chengqian looked at the teary-eyed palace maid, her eyes were still red, and her resentful gaze told others that she was wronged. Li Chengqian felt that as a modern person, he should apologize to her.

  But he wanted to speak up, yet found it as heavy as a thousand pounds, and the three light words couldn't be spoken out, momentarily stuck there.

  Su He pursed his lips, trying to stifle a smile, then pulled out a small object from his sleeve and handed it to the palace maid, saying: "A reward for you, go now."

  The palace maid's face showed a look of surprise and delight, no longer crying or complaining. "Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince, thank you, Crown Princess." Then she happily turned around and left.

  Li Chengqian felt a pang of discomfort in his heart, he thought that the palace maid was a human being, not a dog or a cat, and after being beaten and wronged, throwing her a bone would make everything okay again, with the master still maintaining their high and mighty attitude. Although he said this to his wife, he also felt uncomfortable in his heart, but he thought that he didn't fit in with such an attitude of not treating people as human beings.

  He himself is of low quality, and it's hard for him to apologize to ordinary people or those who are lower than him. He can't say sorry, but as a modern person, he cannot ignore human rights and dignity.

  "You..." Li Chengqian called out to the palace maid who was about to leave, and she turned back. Li Chengqian saw that she was tightly grasping a red wooden hairpin in her hand, with a jade-carved flower on its head.

  Li Chengqian looked at her and said, "Tomorrow, when I tell stories, you... are allowed to go inside and listen." He hesitated for half a day before finally finding the words to say.

  The palace maid walked away happily.

  Next to him, Su He chuckled and laughed non-stop. Li Chengqian glared at her with a loss of face, picked up the strange-tasting tea cup he had drunk earlier, and thought of the tea factory in his village when he was the village officer...

  "Your Highness, I didn't know you were here..." an old man's voice rang out.

  Li Chengqian came back to his senses from the tea factory and saw Mr. Cao and several white-haired men walking in. He asked, "What's going on?"

  Mr. Cao said: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince's body has not recovered yet, we old men need to check on you every day."

  It's time for the imperial physician's visit. As a result, Li Chengqian arrived early at Lizheng Hall, while this group of old men ran to Donggong Chongrendian and couldn't find him.

  Li Chengqian sat properly on the couch, and was examined by a surnamed Cao who checked his pulse, eyes, and tongue. After the examination, the old men were all very satisfied.

  As a person's nature, the thing they least want to see is doctors. So after the examination was over, this group of old doctor heads should have rolled far away, but Li Chengqian discovered that these imperial physician old heads actually lingered here.

  The surname Cao walked back and forth in embarrassment, finally still walking to Li Chengqian's front, Li Chengqian found that this garlic nose face actually had a flattering smile, too scary.

  "Your Highness, we have a request," he said, and the old men behind him nodded with flattering smiles.

  As long as you don't get an injection! Li Chengqian: "What's going on?"

  Another imperial physician stepped forward and said, "We discussed with Imperial Physician Cao last night and found that yesterday when the Empress was critically ill, it was the Crown Prince's slap that had a miraculous effect of bringing her back from the dead. If not for the Crown Prince's slap, the Empress... we are afraid... afraid..." He couldn't bring himself to say it out of shame.

  "I'm afraid we're all powerless now. Alas..." Still, Cao's face was thick-skinned, directly saying he was powerless himself.

  Upon hearing this inside information, Li Chengqian and Su He were both stunned, with their mouths agape!

  Li Chengqian stretched out his stiff fingers and pointed at Cao's surname, unable to speak for half a day.

  What is he saying? What the hell is he talking about? They are powerless. If it weren't for Li Chengqian's slap yesterday, wouldn't the empress be dead? This group of quacks!

  Author Wu wants to provide some historical records of Empress Wende, "Zizhi Tongjian", "New Book of Tang" and "Old Book of Tang" all recorded that Empress Wende died in June of the tenth year of Zhenguan, which is roughly around the time when the protagonist was there. The appearance of the protagonist unexpectedly saved a great empress, from then on subtly changing the future of the Tang Dynasty.

  Li Chengqian has already said in the previous article that he is a historical examination failure, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" only watched a few episodes of historical disability, naturally do not know that Empress Wen De died at this time was historically destined, cannot blame anyone.

  So he was furious with these quacks, grabbed the collar of the one surnamed Cao, pulled him up and shouted: "You're all quacks! I'll tell you something, if anything happens to my mom, I'll fight you guys to the death!"

  "Your Highness, please calm down," said Cao, his lips trembling. "If the Empress Dowager were to pass away, I would also follow her in death according to the rules...". His words carried immense sorrow.

  Li Chengqian was stunned when he heard this, if he couldn't cure the Empress, he would be buried with her! He had never heard of such a rule in the Tang Dynasty before!

  Li Chengqian put down this poor old man.

  "Your Highness, we would like to ask you to teach us the 'Miao Shou Hui Chun', the life-saving slap that can revive the dead, so that we may serve the great Tang Empire!" said Cao.

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