Practicing Medicine in the Tang Dynasty

Li Jing followed Wang Fulai into the palace in a hurry, not knowing what the Queen of Heaven was about to order. Wang Fulai had always sealed his mouth more tightly than his eyelids, so naturally he didn't answer any questions.

When the two hurried to the Taiye Pond, a small boat was moored on the shore waiting to pick them up.

Seeing Li Jing, the little eunuch on the boat hurriedly called: "Your Majesty, please hurry up, the Empress Dowager is hosting a banquet on the boat today, and the banquet has been going on for a long time."

Li Jing looked from afar, and sure enough, he saw a big swaying boat making a long ripple on the lake surface, and there was a faint sound of silk and bamboo singing coming from it.

He couldn't help asking: "Eunuch, do you know who the Queen of Heaven has invited?"

"I don't know about that." The little eunuch replied to Li Jing with a smile on his face, and started to row the boat swiftly, and within a while, he had already rowed to the big boat.

It was Wang Juan, the eunuch next to Taiping, who met him, and he led Li Jing to the banquet on the boat with a smile on his eyes.

Li Jing had just boarded the boat with his front feet, and hurriedly turned to the sky with his back feet and saluted: "Your Majesty Li Jing kowtowed to Your Highness the Queen of Heaven."

Tianhou's voice came like mist on the lake: "It's all a family banquet, no need to be polite, get up and take a seat."

Only then did Li Jing sit at the end of the table in a proper manner, and secretly glanced at the attendees.

Tianhou sits in the high seat at the bow of the boat, and on the left and right sits a young daughter's house, one is Taiping. She is wearing a light blue fairy dress imitating the Han Dynasty, which makes her look more light and graceful.

Although the other is only wearing an ordinary embroidered skirt and looks about thirteen or fourteen years old at most, he is also born differently from the women here. His bright eyes are like crescent moons with two faint hooks.

Looking further down, there is no prince and others, only the generals of the right guard Wu Sansi, Zong Zhengqing and Wu Chengsi, two children of the Wu family are sitting on the sidelines, and counting down, there are only two or three of the Li family's collateral clans. Chat to suit the occasion.

Li Jing thought in his heart that it was weird, he didn't know why Tianhou was so interested in asking him to accompany Taiye Chishang.

There was no difference on the faces of the others, except that the foreign woman looked at him frequently, and the moment she met his eyes, she lowered her head shyly, not daring to meet his gaze.

Turning her eyes back to Tin Hau's face, she realized that she hadn't seen her for half a year. Tin Hau was also a little old. Time had whitened her temple hair and drawn many wrinkles. Show off your feet.

There was only a pair of eyes that were spotless as before, and their sharp eyes swept across the table, seeing through the minds of these juniors.

"Xiu'er." She pointed to the princes of the Li Tang clan below and said, "The ones below are all the noble princes of our Li Tang royal family, do you like any of them?"

Xiu'er covered her face with her sleeves, and she already had the attitude of a Han Chinese: "This matter is up to the Empress Dowager, Xiu'er dare not disobey her father's order."

Having said that, it is inevitable to stay on Li Jing's body for a moment wherever he looks.

When Tianhou saw this, she had already guessed about three or five points, but she had a smile as warm as spring and March, and weighed the highs and lows in her heart.

After a while, he said to the cloudy King Li Tang: "This one is Jin Xiu'er, the Princess of Silla Kingdom, who was raised in Luoyang since she was a child. Now the King of Silla wants to turn hostility into friendship, and wants to make good friends with us in Qin and Jin Dynasties. .”

As soon as these words came out, everyone understood what Tian Hou meant.

To put it bluntly, it's just two words, marriage.

The successive defeats of Qichongcheng and Maixiaocheng have greatly damaged Silla's military strength. If there is another conflict with the Tang army at this time, Silla may not be able to take advantage of it.In addition, in recent years, the sudden emergence of a new force and the dominance of the Turkic Tigers have made Jin Famin also have to consider whether to temporarily make peace with Tang Xiu and spend a few years of recuperating and resting in peace.

And getting married, of course, is the best way to make a truce.

Princess Jin Xiu'er was detained in Luoyang as a hostage since she was a child, and she was probably waiting for this day.

Since it was the defeated army asking for peace, naturally the princess of Silla could not be too flattered. The Queen of Heaven had no intention of marrying Prince Li Tang from the very beginning, so she invited a few young kings of the small county to come and let her choose the one she liked. Not very negligent.

Unexpectedly, Jin Xiu'er's father-in-law had small eyes but good eyesight, so he fell in love with Li Jing, her confidant, at a glance.

She just happened to take advantage of this wedding to test out how much this young man's talents are now.

"I feel that Li Jing, the king of Nan'an County, is a handsome young man with outstanding appearance, and he is a first-class good son-in-law." Tianhou raised her hand and pointed at Li Jing, and said to the shy and silent Jin Xiu'er, "What do you think?"

Jin Xiu'er didn't expect that Tianhou's eyes were like pearls, and she could see through what she was thinking at a glance, so she could only blushed and nodded: "But it's up to Tianhou to decide."

Tianhou asked down again: "What do you think, Jing'er?"

Li Jing thought that he was still young, but he acted as a foil for the occasion, but he didn't expect this incident to happen to him. It was inevitable that he was in a daze for a while, but he was absent-minded for a moment, and he soon settled down.

"Reporting to the Empress, I'm still young, I haven't accomplished anything in my career, and I haven't considered getting married yet."

Hearing this, Jin Xiu'er felt lost for a moment, but Tianhou's answer immediately gave her hope.

"What you said is also reasonable. You might as well make an appointment for marriage. After two or three years, you will achieve something and get married again. It would be a good talk."

The cold winter wind on the lake surface was like a small knife, blowing a stream of cold sweat on Li Jing's forehead. He might not be able to figure out what the Empress Zhongtian was thinking, but he really didn't want to marry this princess whom he only met once.

He had no choice but to leave the table, holding his hands and said: "Forgive me, the empress, I must never marry the princess."

"Oh?" Tianhou raised her brows slightly, with an expression of what do you think, "Tell me, why can't you marry the princess?"

"The Turks have not been destroyed, the country is in turmoil, and the external troubles have not yet been disturbed. How can we call it home?"

These sixteen words came out of his mouth, and they were exceptionally sonorous and powerful. He raised his eyes to look at the piercing eyes of the Queen of Heaven, and his eyes were firm: "Your servant volunteers to die for the country, how dare you delay the princess's important event?"

As soon as this remark came out, the rest of Li Tang's descendants cheered for him: "Sacrificing one's life to go to the country's disaster, seeing death as if returning home, the king of Nan'an County is so courageous!"

On the contrary, Zhou Guogong Wu Chengsi said coolly: "It is because of the unrest in the country that you are asked to marry the princess, so that our dynasty and Xinluo can marry Qin and Jin. How can you refuse?"

Li Jing was about to argue, when she suddenly heard Lingling's crisp laughter, looking up, it turned out that Taiping was caressing her chest and smiling uncontrollably.

Wu Chengsi couldn't help asking: "May I ask why the princess is laughing?"

Only then did Taiping stop smiling, and looked at Wu Chengsi: "Dare to ask Duke Zhou, who won the battle of the Seventh City? Who won the battle of Buying Xiaocheng?"

Wu Chengsi said: "Of course it is my Tang Dynasty."

"If that's the case, how can we talk about marriage because of the country's unrest?" Taiping smiled and blinked his eyes. "Isn't it because Silla wanted to marry us in order to please peace?"

As soon as this remark came out, Wu Chengsi became untenable: "But the purpose of the marriage is for peace, and peace is beneficial to both parties."

"But Taiping doesn't think that peace is brought about by marriage." Although Taiping spoke to Wu Chengsi, his eyes were fixed on his mother, and seeing her smile full of encouragement, he continued.

"Peace is bought by the frontline soldiers with their bloody battles, and by countless Nan'an County Kings who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the country in exchange for their lives, not a wedding, a marriage can be exchanged. "

She paused for a moment, then changed the subject: "Naturally, the marriage is for the sake of maintaining peace between the two countries, but if it is said that Tang Dynasty needs marriage to stabilize the country, isn't it a bit presumptuous?"

Wu Chengsi was rendered speechless by her words, and could only stare anxiously at Tianhou to see what she meant.

Tian Hou looked at the two children, one big and one small, and she couldn't help feeling a little scrutiny in her heart. She was not surprised by Li Jing's intelligence, but Tai Ping's words gave her quite a surprise. The bearing and confidence that a princess of a country should have.

Looking back at her two nephews, one is too shrewd and the other is more than dull, they are not as good as her little princess.

"Since that's the case, I can't force you." The queen's eyes swept over the lost Jin Xiu'er, and she smiled slightly, "Princess, don't worry, there are some young talents in the clan who are even more outstanding than Jing'er." , Wait for me to pick a good one for you in a few days."

Jin Xiuer's face was ashen-colored by Taiping's words, but she could only bite her lips and say nothing, the princess of the defeated army, how can she talk about decency, this marriage selection is not up to her to decide.

"Thank you for your grace."

With the same thank you, Li Jing felt relieved, but Jin Xiuer seemed to have lost something.

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"This time, how can you thank me?"

Exiting from the boat banquet in Taiye Pool, Taiping walked around in front of Li Jing by the corner of his skirt, intending to ask for credit.

Li Jing pondered for a moment: "Well... how about twenty candied haws?"

"Jing'er is really stingy." Taiping twitched his nose and bargained with him, "Take me out of the palace for a while."

"That's not okay." Li Jing was not so bold as to be so bold. You must know that now Taiping is the most precious piece of meat in Tianhou's heart. If she made a mistake, he would not be able to apologize even if she ransacked all over the house.

"I knew it." Taiping and him sat side by side under the willows by the Taiye Pond, looking at the willow branches piercing the lake, feeling very disappointed, "No one will take me out except Brother Hong."

When Li Jing heard her mentioning honoring the emperor, she couldn't help being afraid that she would be sad, so she quickly changed the subject: "When you get married and have a son-in-law, you will naturally have a son-in-law to accompany you, what are you afraid of?"

"Then how long will we have to wait?" Taiping sighed, Zuo is just a little girl in her early ten years old, all she cares about is the prosperous life outside the palace walls, "Besides, the son-in-law may not be my ideal person , just like today, that Princess Jin is not your sweetheart, is she?"