At night, the Duke of Tang was in the backyard, and a small courtyard filled with the smell of herbs. Under the eaves, two maids were boiling medicine with small stoves. Coughs came from time to time in the room, and the coughing sounds were filled with phlegm.

In the room, a young child was lying on the couch, his eyes were closed, his cheeks were flushed unnaturally, and he coughed from time to time. Although he was covered with a quilt, he was still shaking slightly.

A maid kept applying her forehead to cool with a hand towel stained with ice water, but the young child was still saying something vaguely when he coughed, as if he was talking in a sleep. Dou, who was sitting next to him, looked at the doctor beside him, seeing his son like this.

The doctor who was taking the pulse of the young child shook his head. Seeing this, Dou wanted to speak but stopped.

She asked the maid to stay, and she and the doctor went to the outside room, and then asked, "How? This disease..."

The gray-haired doctor bowed and complained: "Mrs. My wife, I have limited medical skills, and I am really powerless."

Although Dou was prepared in his heart, he felt sad when he heard the doctor telling him the truth, and at least he held back his tears.

She asked the doctor to continue to treat her son, but she walked out of the hospital to relieve her mood.

The young child who lies on the couch and has a high fever is Li Shimin, the second son of Dou, who was born to Li Yuan. Some time ago, accidentally fell into the water and choked the water into the lungs and became infected with the disease.

Although Dou had asked a famous doctor to take the pulse, prescribe medicine, and take the second son on time, Li Shimin's condition did not improve, but instead worsened.

From the beginning of dry cough, dizziness, to the body's fever, coughing, weakness, sleepiness, and now the high fever does not subside, and starts to talk nonsense, and it is almost gone.

Thinking of his son's appearance just now, Dou's eyes heated up and tears rolled in his eyes.

She was separated from life and death, and was separated from joys and sorrows. She didn't expect that she would watch her son die, but she could do nothing.

Suddenly, she saw someone standing outside the yard gate. When she looked closely, it was her eldest son Li Jiancheng.

The young Li Jiancheng was standing alone at the gate of the yard without saying a word. When he saw his mother coming, he lowered his head and raised his hand to wipe his eyes.

"Vishaman, why haven't he rested yet?" Dou said as he walked forward, "It's late at night, hurry up and rest. It's not good to bite this mosquito."

"My mother..." Li Jiancheng said, crying in a low voice: "I'm sorry, it's all children..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Jiancheng burst into tears, wiped his tears with one hand, and his shoulders couldn't help but thrust. Dou patted his son's shoulder. Although he was sad, he couldn't help comforting the other party: "It's okay, this is an accident. My mother won't blame you."

"I...I...I'm sorry...Woooooo..."

Li Jiancheng just cried and felt guilty for his mistake that his younger brother fell into the water and became infected.

Li Jian became the prince of the Tang Dynasty and was over 17 years old this year. Like other powerful children, he was a guard in the palace as usual, and after a few years he went to the official career step by step.

Because he was a guard in the palace and was also a high-ranking Qianniu, Li Jiancheng often played with the princes, so he saw many novel "entertainment projects".

Every time he went home, he would talk about interesting things in the palace with his wife and his younger brother Li Shimin, so his younger brother also yearned for the palace.

However, the palace is not just anyone who wants to enter. Although Dou, as an alien woman, often comes to the palace to meet the queen, and sometimes takes her second son Li Shimin to the palace to play with the princes, the number of times is always limited.

Li Shimin witnessed all kinds of novel "entertainment projects" in the palace, and his soul was hooked. The toys in the mansion were boring to him, but Li Erlang was very sensible and did not make trouble in entering the palace. He just looked absent-minded all day long, which made Dou feel embarrassed.

She didn't know very well what toy her son was fascinated by, so she let Li Jiancheng, who had seen the "new toy", take time to take his younger brother to play when he was at home.

Not long ago, when the two brothers were playing with several "ship models" borrowed from the palace by the pool, Li Jiancheng saw his younger brother being too close to the water. He remembered that when he was in the palace, he heard from the princes that people who are not familiar with water tend to choke on water and become infected with serious diseases after falling into the water, so he hurried to pull Li Shimin.

Li Shimin, who was having fun, was in high spirits and his stubborn temper was offended. The two brothers started to tear each other. During the tear, Li Shimin suddenly bit his brother hard on the back of his brother's hand, which made Li Jiancheng shake his hand and accidentally knocked his brother into the water.

Although the pool was not deep, Li Shimin, who could not water, was young and short. After falling into the water, he was panicked and sank into the water. Although he was rescued by Li Jiancheng who jumped into the water, he had already choked a lot of water.

Then he fell ill.

Li Yuan and Dou asked clearly the whole story and did not blame the eldest son too much, but Li Jiancheng felt guilty about it.

Seeing his younger brother's condition getting worse, he realized a terrible possibility, so he was restless and depressed all day long, wandering outside the yard where his younger brother lived.

At this moment, Dou knew that his eldest son was feeling unwell, so he could only comfort him and then looked outside.

The doctor said that Li Shimin got sick because he choked water into his lungs and was caught in a cold. It was probably because of "pneumonia". This disease is extremely difficult to cure, and it all depends on personal fortune.

If the patient is healthy and takes decoctions, he still hopes to recover, but the body has the root cause of the disease, and his health is not as good as before, and there is even a possibility of recurrence.

If the patient is weak and sickly and suffers from "pneumonia", it is a bad situation.

Li Shimin was young, so it was difficult to get by.

The doctor Dou invited was a first-class famous doctor in Chang'an City. He had been practicing medicine for decades and had countless lives. He said this, so there would be no mistake. Even if the imperial doctor in the palace came, there would be no progress.

Li Yuan and his wife looked at their second son who was so sick that they were talking nonsense, and they were crying without tears. While they were crying, Dou suddenly thought of someone.

The emperor has always had mysterious and mysterious means. According to various rumors, it is said that on the battlefield, the emperor's personal guards can even drive the plague to kill the enemy. Therefore, Dou's family was like a drowning man who caught a straw and wanted to ask the emperor for help.

Maybe the emperor cannot cure the pneumonia, but it is hope after all.

Dou, who was in a hurry to seek medical treatment, wanted to enter the palace, but the queen is not in Chang'an now. It is difficult for her to come to the palace to meet you and ask for anything, so Li Yuan took on this responsibility.

Li Yuan left the door in the evening. Now the night is dark, and more than an hour has passed. I think there should be news.

Dou thought so, and suddenly saw a few figures appearing in the corridor ahead, hurried towards this side, and the first one was Li Yuan.

Dou just felt his breathing tighten. While he was expecting, he saw that Li Yuan was following him, and no outsider followed him.

Sure enough... Isn't the emperor not a good prescription...

Dou only felt that all the strength in her body had dissipated. Although she knew that hope was slim, she was still a little uncomfortable when the facts were in front of her.

The eldest son is still in front of her, so she cannot cry, so as not to aggravate her guilt. If this is true, I am afraid that Li Jiancheng will feel guilty in his life.

Li Yuan saw Dou from afar, walked quickly to him, heard Dou ask "How", and saw that his eldest son was also there, pretending to be nothing: "Well, the imperial doctor prescribed a few medicines, and it seems that it will work miraculously."

When Li Jiancheng heard this, his dim eyes lit up: "Aye, is it really? Will it really work?"

"I'm not sure, but I'm sure..." Li Yuan patted his eldest son's shoulder, "Visha, hurry up and go back to rest. My younger brother is taken care of by Yama. It's okay."

Li Jiancheng wanted to go and see his younger brother, so he insisted on letting him go back and rest, nodded, and turned around and left.

Dou waited for him to walk away and asked in a low voice: "Husband, is there really...is there really good medicine?"

"No... the emperor has no good prescription..." After Li Yuan said that, Dou covered his mouth and cried. The maids and followers around him were sad and sad when they heard this.

Erlangjun has been smart since childhood and has a good temper. Everyone likes to play with Erlangjun, but the result is...

The Duke of the State went to the palace to seek medicine, which was the last hope, but the emperor had no good prescription. It seemed that Erlangjun could not get through it.

Dou cried in a low voice, comforted by Li Yuan in his arms. As she cried, she suddenly realized something was wrong: My husband seemed to be... calm?

She was not sure what she was thinking was right, and she couldn't think too much. She calmed down and wiped her tears with a handkerchief. She was about to go see her second son, but she saw the housekeeper hurriedly reporting that several Taoist priests from outside the mansion, claiming that they had the opportunity to meet the Duke.

"Quickly, please come in!"

After Li Yuan said that, he explained a few words to Dou and went out.

Although there is a curfew at night in Chang'an City, some restrictions are appropriately relaxed, allowing doctors, monks, Taoists and other special identities to travel at night to benefit the people, to see a doctor in an emergency, do rituals, etc.

Therefore, suddenly, a Taoist priest came to visit at night, which was not too bizarre. A glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in Dou's heart: Opportunity? Could it be...

After a while, Li Yuan turned around and came back, following several Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes, each carrying backpacks. He looked like he was visiting halfway while traveling.

Li Yuan introduced several Taoist priests to Dou, and then said: "These Taoist priests are good at watching astrological signs at night and curing diseases. They said they saw disasters in the mansion... Alas, since they are all like this, I will let them show Erlang, what do you think?"

"Ah... OK. OK..."

Dou nodded in a slight manner, watching Li Yuan lead several Taoist priests to the courtyard, and then quickly followed.

She seemed to feel that her husband was a little panicked when he spoke just now, as if... he felt guilty?

What's going on? Am I thinking too much?

Several Taoist priests came to the room. The doctor was a little lost when he saw this, and then came back to his senses: I was afraid that it was because of Duke Tang who was ill and rushed to seek medical treatment, so even the Taoist priests were invited.

At this time, the doctor would not care about Li Yuan and his wife's actions, and stood aside with cognitive appearance.

The Taoists checked Li Shimin's condition, and then carefully asked the doctor about the patient's condition. They also used a thermometer to measure Li Shimin's body temperature. Then saluted Li Yuan and said, "Donald, I have some confidence in treating the son's illness. I wonder if I can allow me to give it a try?"

Li Yuan immediately replied: "Okay, let's give it a try."

"Since that's the case, please ask the donor and others to avoid it."

"Okay, I'm working on Taoist priest."

Seeing his husband's decision, Dou was stunned, but because he was worried about his son's condition, he didn't have to think too much about it.

After everyone else left the hospital, a Taoist priest kept the door outside the room. Other Taoist priests in the room put down their backpacks and took out various utensils from it.

These include several wooden boxes that emit cold air.

The Taoists took off their Taoist robes, exposed the white clothes inside, then put on small hats, gloves, masks, lit up dazzling calcium carbide lamps, and began to prepare.

The leader looked at his companion holding the record book, then looked at the others, and asked in a low voice: "Are you ready?"

Everyone replied, "It's ready."

"Very good, the 267th clinical trial began this year!"

"Fixed patients, syringe disinfection..."
Chapter completed!