However, Li You is not stupid, this question cannot be said like this.

He said: "Father, you don't have to worry, the queen mother is not poisoned, and her body is fine. ”

Li Shimin asked, "Then how did your queen mother become like this?" ”

Li You picked up the dim sum dotted with raisins and said, "Father, look at this, there are raisins on it." It was an accident, ginseng and grapes could not be eaten together, and the queen mother already had a slight swelling on her body, plus she was not in good health, so her swelling was aggravated.

The father doesn't have to worry, as long as he stops taking ginseng in the medicine and prescribes some medicine to reduce edema. ”

Then, Li You prescribed a prescription:

Two coins each of the white peel, Zhu Ling, and Mutong, three coins of mulberry white peel, one penny each of tangerine peel and orange peel, and three slices of ginger. Add water for three minutes and decoction. Take one dose a day.

Liu Quanzhong hurriedly went out to decoct the medicine.

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "You'er, thanks to you here." ”

At this time, he saw Liu Xinyi kneeling on the ground and said, "Okay, it's none of your business." You go out. ”

Liu Xinyi escaped death and hurriedly thanked him for retreating.

For the time being, it was another catastrophe. It was half past four in the afternoon.

Li You was very worried, he didn't know what else would happen before 12 midnight today.

"Be careful, be careful, be careful!" Li Youxin said.

Li You thought about it again and said, "Father, today is a critical day. Erchen suggested that from now on, except for you, the father, the son, Wanyu, Ling'er, and Hai'an, no one should come within ten steps of Erchen's mother.

Especially the father and the emperor, you must be present, you are the son of heaven, enough to deter those ghosts and ghosts, and bless the safety of your sons and mothers. ”

Empress Eldest Sun has made such a fuss twice in a row, and Li Shimin is really afraid. He said, "As you said, the sky is falling today, and I will stay here too." ”

Li You said: "Liu Quanzhong's decoction is carried out in the Lizheng Palace, and the imperial meal will also be made in the small kitchen here. All medicines, meals, and tea, are checked by the son himself before he can be taken by the queen mother. ”

Li Shimin said: "Okay, everything is arranged by you. ”

Next, Li Shimin continued to be on duty inside. Li You and the others came to the nave to wait.

Liu Quanzhong sent the medicine for edema to Empress Changsun and handed it to Xiao Wanyu to send inside. He walked up to Li You and said gratefully, "Your Highness, thank you for saving your life. If you hadn't been able to find out the truth of the matter, the lives of the ministers and their apprentices would have been in danger today. ”

Li You said: "Liu Yuanzheng, your apprentice has no responsibility today. Flash, but you are guilty of serious dereliction of duty. If you have accepted the task of decocting medicine for the Queen's mother, you should do your duty.

Don't say that you just hold back your pee, even if the knife is on your neck, you shouldn't leave your post without permission. ”

Liu Quanzhong said with a face full of shame: "Yes, Your Highness, the minister is guilty." ”

Li You said: "If you have been loyal for so many years, I won't punish you this time." However, your apprentice has been implicated because of this, and you should pay him some medical expenses. ”

Liu Quanzhong said gratefully: "Thank Your Highness for your grace of not sinning." The minister will do so. ”

After dinner time, it was all calm.

At this time, Wang De, who was guarding the door outside, came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Princess Jinyang has a fever, and now it is getting worse and worse." ”

It turned out that after the son fell into the water, he suffered from a cold, and soon began to have a fever, and after taking antipyretics, the situation became much better. But this afternoon her illness suddenly recurred.

Li You was very depressed, he didn't understand what happened to his son? Did you eat something you shouldn't have eaten, or was you frightened again, or was it just another wind blow?

In short, on July 28, strange things happened one after another.

The son is Li Shimin's heart, and he said: "You'er, you stay here, I'll go over and take a look and come back." ”

Li You was taken aback, and he hurriedly said: "Father, let's talk about it, it doesn't matter if the sky falls, just stay by the side of the queen mother of the son."

In Li Chunfeng's warning, he said that the queen mother was in danger, but did not say that other people would be in danger. Besides, my son is sick, and there are doctors, so you can't help in the past. ”

Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "You're right, I'm not going anywhere today." He said to Wang De: "You go and tell Yang Xingyuan that he is responsible for his son's illness." ”

"Yes, the slave will go now." Wang De is gone.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, it was overcast, and then it began to rain, and soon the rain became heavier and heavier, accompanied by lightning and thunder.

When it was time to change shifts, Li Shimin had already been on duty for two people in a row, and Murong Ling went in and replaced him.

He was so worried about the unusual events that had taken place today that he sat down in his chair without saying a word.

Everyone was silent, and the atmosphere in the nave was very oppressive.

Nine o'clock in the evening, Fangfu.

The sky was not good, and Fang Xuanling was going to rest. At this moment, the housekeeper came to report: "Master, the official Li Shizhong is here, and he said that he has an urgent matter to ask to see the master." "Li Shizhong is the official in charge of duty in Shangshu Province tonight.

Fang Xuanling knew that something major must have happened, otherwise this Li Shizhong would not have come to disturb him so late.

He said, "Let him in." ”

After a while, Li Shizhong came in, and he said in a panic: "Lord Servant, something is wrong." ”

It turned out that something happened to Yongtongqu.

Yongtong Canal is an important water passage connecting Chang'an to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and more than half of the transportation of water materials must be completed through Yongtong Canal.

At the beginning of May, the Ministry of Industry had already reported that the Yongtong Canal was in disrepair and hoped that the imperial court would allocate funds to repair it. However, due to the shortage of funds at that time, Li Chengqian and the Ministry of Household Affairs were busy selling real estate to make money, and the Ministry of Industry was busy with urban renovation, so the matter was delayed.

After entering the rainy season, several consecutive heavy rains did not cause major damage to the Yongtong Canal. No one talked about it anymore.

Today's rain is too heavy, and it is said that the water level of the Yongtong Canal connecting Chang'an City should rise. However, it is very strange that the water level of the Yongtong Canal has dropped suddenly. There is only one explanation for this - the upstream of the Yongtong Canal collapsed.

The officials of the Ministry of Works, who were responsible for the management of the Yongtong Canal, hurriedly went to check it out in person. It turned out that fifteen miles away from Chang'an City, the Yongtong Canal had a large-scale collapse, and the canal water was lost in the nearby farmland, and it also caused a certain degree of flooding.

This official of the Ministry of Industry did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported it to Shangshu Province. Li Shizhong was loyal to his duties and hurriedly came to report to Fang Xuanling.

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