Chapter 42: A Bolt from the Blue (Please Read)

It's very annoying. I can tell at a glance that Mr. Li is not sincere.

But what needs to be said must be said, and Li Xiang was not shy about it.

"If the grandfather wants to reward his grandson, I hope he will allow him to enter and leave the palace freely."

"Oh? Why?" Li Shimin asked with a smile.

"My grandson was born in the deep palace and raised by women. How can he understand the suffering of ordinary people?"

Li Xiang began to make a big deal out of it. Now he could only leave the palace when he went to Wei Zheng's residence to attend classes.

But how to make a big deal out of it is also an art. So Li Xiang chose to use Li Shimin's own words to give a high level to "leaving the palace".

"My grandfather once said, 'The king is like a boat; the people are like water. Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it.' The people are the foundation of a country. If the foundation is solid, the country will be peaceful. If you don't understand the suffering of the people, how can you share the worries of my grandfather and my father in the future?"

Li Shimin tapped the table with his fingers, nodded with a smile and said, "In that case, you are allowed to enter and leave the palace at will."

"Wang De."

Wang De immediately stepped forward, took out a token from his arms and handed it to Li Xiang.

"Thank you, Aung!"

Li Xiang didn't say a word and threw himself into Li Shimin's arms.

Except for Li Mingda in his childhood and Princess Gaoyang, Li Shimin had never enjoyed this kind of treatment from anyone else. It was really a bit difficult to adapt to the sudden impact of the little elephant.

"Hahaha, good boy."

Li Shimin reached out and rubbed Li Xiang's head, and felt more and more that this child was close to him from the bottom of his heart.

People say that grandparents are closer to their grandparents, and this is true!
Alas, it’s a pity that Li Xin from the Qingque family is too strict with etiquette and is unwilling to be as close to me as Xiang’er…

Such a contrast makes Li Xiang’s character even more pure.

"Your Majesty, Master Sun is here."

Wang De suddenly appeared from the side, interrupting the warm scene between the grandparents and grandchildren.

Li Xiang, who was worrying about how to pull it out, felt like a sleepy person who found a pillow. The fragrance from Grandpa's body... was really suffocating.

You are a grown man, why do you wear perfume on your body?
"Please come in!" Li Shimin's eyes lit up.

After a while, Sun Simiao walked into the Lizheng Hall holding a whisk.

Since he was a monk, he was old, and most importantly, he was a miracle doctor, so there were not many taboos in the palace.

But in fact, Lao Sun is not a real Taoist priest, he is just proficient in Taoist knowledge, and this identity is just a layer of skin to avoid being marked as an emperor.

"I am honored to meet the saint." Sun Simiao bowed to Li Shimin.

"You don't have to be so polite, Master..." Li Shimin said with a smile, "It has been fourteen years since we last met in the second year of Zhenguan. I didn't expect that you are more elegant than before."

"I feel deeply ashamed to receive the kindness from the saint," Sun Simiao said politely.

Li Shimin took Li Mingda and Li Xiang to meet Sun Simiao: "This is my youngest daughter Jinyang, and this is my eldest grandson Li Xiang."

"Greetings, Princess." Sun Simiao bowed, then looked at Li Xiang and nodded slightly: "Prince, we meet again."

"Can a real person recognize an elephant?" Li Shimin became interested.

"Of course, I came to Chang'an this time mainly because of the prince." Sun Simiao stroked his beard and smiled, "If it weren't for the prince's manuscripts on 'bacteria', I wouldn't have come to Beijing so soon."

"Bacteria?" Li Shimin looked at Li Xiang in astonishment.

What are bacteria? How come he has never heard of them?

Sun Simiao smiled slightly, reached out from his sleeve and took out Li Xiang's dog-paddling manuscript and handed it to Li Shimin, as well as the drawings Sun Simiao had drawn after observing the raw water. Li Shimin took the manuscripts, read them carefully, and was terrified.

"So... there are so many bacteria in this raw water?"

"The diagram of raw water was obtained by me using the 'microscope' made by the prince. As for the theory that bacteria cause disease, based on my many years of medical experience, it should be the same." Sun Simiao said truthfully.

Okay, okay, Old Sun, just sell me like this, right?

In fact, Li Xiang misunderstood Sun Simiao. The old man thought that Li Shimin had known these things for a long time.

"What is a microscope? Was this also taught by the person in my dream?" Li Shimin looked down at Li Xiang.

Li Xiang pointed to the two brocade boxes on the table and said reluctantly, "Those are the microscope and telescope made by my grandson. I originally intended to entertain my aunt..."

The implication is very simple, that is, you, Mr. Li, should not snatch playthings from your daughter!

"Look at what you said, would Grandpa fight with your aunt for something?"

Li Shimin reached out and gently tapped Li Xiang's head. This intimate attitude made Wang De's eyelids jump.

Apart from Prince of Wei Li Tai, he had never seen Li Shimin be so intimate with anyone.

Li Xiang didn't think it was a big deal. After all, in his previous life, his grandfather liked to hit him a few times to show affection.

He secretly complained in his heart, hoping that after you see the telescope, you can still maintain your current rebellious look.

"Well, there is no rush for this matter. Please treat Sizi for a while."

Old Li does have a sense of priorities. In his heart, his precious daughter is definitely much more important than the little gadgets that Li Xiang tinkered with.

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Mingda immediately sat down obediently and stretched out a thin arm to Sun Simiao.

Sun Simiao placed his hand on her wrist, and then looked at Li Mingda for a moment. After thinking for a moment, he said, "The princess's illness is the same as that of the late queen. Moreover, the princess has suffered from illness since she was young..."

Having said this, Lao Sun hesitated to speak.

"You can tell me what you want, real person!"

As this concerned the life of his precious daughter, Li Shimin's heart was in his throat.

"The princess's illness means she won't have children in the future, otherwise it will damage her foundation." Old Sun said truthfully, "Princess Changle is a lesson for us. Princess Jinyang is even weaker than Princess Changle..."

This may not sound like much to modern people, but to the ancients who valued offspring, it was like a thunderclap.

"Is... there no other way?" Li Shimin looked at Li Mingda with heartache in his eyes.

Sun Simiao sighed and did not intend to hide it: "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, this is only the best case scenario. If you can't control your breathing disease, I'm afraid..."

In fact, there was nothing wrong with Old Sun. If nothing unexpected had happened, Li Mingda would have died at the age of twelve.

"Wha...what?!"

Li Xiang was quick to support Li Shimin who was slumped on the stool.

Although Sun Simiao did not finish his words, he understood them.

Hearing this news suddenly was like a bolt from the blue.

"Aye, life and death are determined by heaven, why do we have to do this?"

Li Mingda smiled faintly and tried to comfort Li Shimin: "Born in an imperial family, I am loved by my father and brothers, and cared for by my nephews. What I have gained in the past ten years is something that many women in the world cannot achieve in their lifetime. I am already very satisfied..."

Li Shimin could no longer hold it in. He hugged Li Mingda and cried like an old man who had lost dozens of kilograms of potatoes.

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