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Chapter 4 The Entry Point of Changing Destiny

Seeing the 17-year-old third brother leaving, Li Yan couldn't help but sigh. Although he had just come into contact, he felt the brother's care for his younger brother from Li Ke. He was the only son in his previous life and had never felt this kind of flesh-and-blood brotherhood. However, Li Ke's brotherhood showed deeply touched him today, making Li Yan identify with the brother of the Tang Dynasty from the bottom of his heart. However, thinking of the ending of Yingguo's brother who died unjustly at a young age made Li Yan feel a little uncomfortable.

However, Li Yan thought again that since he had become King Liang Li Yan, the fate of King Liang in history has changed, and the fate of the people around him should also change accordingly. This is like the famous butterfly effect. The hurricane caused by his time-traveling little butterfly moves his wings is enough to mess up the original history. As his brother Li Ke, his fate has no reason not to change. As for whether it will become better or worse, it is impossible to say that it will be correct?

"Wen'er, go and find Gao Zhong. I have something to ask him!" Li Yan immediately ordered when he returned to the living room. He sat down and drank a sip of tea, but frowned and spit it out. The tea that the people in the Tang Dynasty drank was usually tea cakes. The so-called tea cakes mean that they picked the tea leaves, steamed them and mashed them into a paste, and then made them into tea cakes. When drinking, they knocked them down and put them in a teapot to cook. They usually had to add salt, and sometimes they even added green onions, ginger, dates, orange peels, etc., which made Li Yan, who was used to drinking the clear soup of tea in later generations, was very uncomfortable.

"It seems that there is time to let someone stir-fry some tea." Li Yan said to himself.

Not long after, a middle-aged fat eunuch wearing an eunuch costume walked in with Wen'er. This eunuch was Gao Chong who Li Yan was looking for. Gao Chong was the close servant beside Li Yan, and he was deeply trusted by Li Yan before. However, since Li Tian woke up from time travel, Li Tian, ​​who was later generations, saw a eunuch wandering in front of him every day, and felt very awkward. After Wen'er and Hua'er came, Gao Chong was promoted to the internal chief supervisor by Li Yan, allowing him to take charge of all the affairs of the Liang Palace and hand over his work to Wen'er and Hua'er.

"I...I will join Your Highness!" Gao Chong said in the unique sharp voice of the eunuch, his voice trembling slightly, and with a crying voice, as if he was very excited.

"Gao Chong, what's wrong with you? Someone dares to bully you?" Although Li Yan didn't like eunuchs, Gao Chong was one of the first people he came into contact with after coming to the Tang Dynasty, so he couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw him like this.

"No~ No one bullies me, but I have been with Your Highness for more than ten years and have been almost inseparable. A few days ago, Your Highness praised me as the general manager, but I can no longer follow Your Highness like before. When I saw Your Highness today, I was so excited that I couldn't think of myself. I hope Your Highness forgives me for being disrespectful." Gao Chong was excited when he said this, and simply crawled on the ground and cried.

However, Li Yan was frightened by Gao Chong's "true confession", which made him feel goose bumps all over his body. If the other party was a young girl, it would be very comfortable to say these words, but you, a half-old fat eunuch, also learned to confess, which was a bit unacceptable. However, they were also in true love. Li Yan could only pinch his nose and admit it, and he had to comfort him a few words. It was difficult for Gao Chong to stand up and reply.

"Great, you should be clear about the matter in the palace. Now tell me how my mother's illness is?" Li Yan said with a serious expression. Although Empress Changsun is not Li Yan's biological mother, she is the queen, and Li Yan also wants to call her mother. Li Ke said just now that Empress Changsun's condition worsened, which made Li Yan's inspiration flash. He thought of some things. If he seized this opportunity, he might be able to please the emperor's father. Maybe he would not have to run so far to be the governor of Yizhou.

"Yes!" Gao Chong didn't expect that Li Jing was asking about Empress Changsun. He thought for a moment before answering. "Report to Your Highness, since Empress Changsun and His Majesty Taizong went to Jiucheng Palace to escape the heat from the summer heat, he was infected with illness. Although he had been treated by the imperial physicians for many treatments, his condition has been getting better and worse. At the beginning of this year, the queen's condition suddenly worsened. I heard from the eunuchs in the palace... say..." Gao Chong said this, his tone became hesitant. He raised his head and looked at Li Jing secretly, and seemed not very daring to say it.

"It's okay, just say anything, this matter is very important!" Li Yan said. Gao Chong and he lived in the palace since they were young. They only left when he was named King Liang. They had many old acquaintances in the palace and were the most informed about the information in the palace, so Li Yan found him and asked about the situation of Empress Changsun.

"Yes! I heard that Empress Changsun is already terminally ill and cannot be kept by human resources. I am afraid it will be within a hundred days..." Gao Chong stopped here and looked up at Li Yan. Li Yan could understand the following words without saying.

Next, Li Yan asked Gao Chong some details, especially who had treated Queen Changsun. When he heard that there was no such person as the legend, he breathed a sigh of relief. But soon Li Yan fell into deep thought again:

Unexpectedly, Empress Changsun's condition was so serious. If I remember correctly, Empress Changsun would die in June this year. The death of Empress Changsun also represents the beginning of the princes' struggle for the throne. The most famous ones are Li Chengqian, Li Tai and Li You. Unfortunately, none of them have a good ending. Li Chengqian rebelled and was demoted, and Li Tai and Li Chengqian were demoted. Li You, the guy who was the most bold and unlucky, killed his Changshi Quan Wanji, and then failed to rebel and was sentenced to death, becoming the only son killed by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin. The other princes were also in danger. Later, Li Zhi was the lucky one became the crown prince. But after Li Zhi came to power, he was even more worried. First, Changsun Wuji took power, which directly led to Li Ke's unjust death, and then Wu Zetian came to power. Now Li Yan's brothers were even more miserable. The demoted and the ones killed were killed. Except for the Thirteenth Li Fu, there were almost no one who had a good death.

It can be said that it was precisely because of the early death of Empress Changsun that the princes fought for the throne, and the ninth prince Li Zhi came to power. In the end, the empress Wu Zetian usurped the throne, which also caused a catastrophe of the Li royal family. Most of the royal family died in misfortune, and the living was very miserable. For example, Li Ke's daughter, County Lord Xin'an, did not get married until she was in her forties. For example, in history, Li Yan was demoted to a commoner and then died in depression. Many of the descendants died during the Wu Zetian period. Other royal families were similar, either demoted or killed, and there was no good ending anyway.

So from Li Yan's perspective, curing Empress Changsun's illness can not only please his emperor's father, but also affect his own destiny. Maybe Empress Changsun can avoid the princes fighting for the throne after living for a few more years. Li Zhi can't be the emperor, and of course Wu Zetian is gone. As a royal family, Li Yan will not worry about the safety of himself and his children and grandchildren. It can be said that he kills two birds with one stone.

Of course, Li Yan also knew that his idea was a bit naive. Even if Empress Changsun lived for a few more years, it would not be guaranteed that things would not happen in the future. However, this was a attempt by Li Yan to change history. It doesn’t matter whether he succeeded or not. Anyway, there are many opportunities in the future, and he can always find a way to change history.

Thinking of this, Li Yan made up his mind that since he had changed Li Yan's fate through time, he might as well change the fate of the Tang Dynasty. At least he had to prevent Wu Zetian from coming to power. No matter what, he was also a member of the Li family, and he could not let himself and his children and grandchildren experience the catastrophe of the Li family.

"Gao Chong, go and do something for me immediately!" After figuring out these things, Li Jing immediately ordered Gao Chong with a serious look on his face, then waved to him and said a few words in his ear.

"This matter is extremely important. You are the person I trust the most. Don't let my expectations down!" After giving the order, Li Yan patted Gao Chong's shoulder intimately and said.

"Your Highness, I will definitely get things done even if I am crushed to pieces!" Gao Chong was excited again when he was patted by Li Yan, and knelt down and sobbed with tears in his eyes.

"Okay! Go!"

"I'm going to leave!" Gao Chong left the living room with an expression of pride of death. Now Gao Chong felt that he was carrying the heavy responsibility assigned by His Highness King Liang, and even a sea of ​​swords and mountains of fire could not stop his way forward.

Li Dao looked at this loyal fat eunuch speechlessly. Didn’t he just ask him to go to Zhongnan Mountain to find someone to come back? Is it necessary to be so tragic?

Of course, to cure Empress Changsun's disease, you must find a good doctor. Although Li Yan knows some medical knowledge, he is not a doctor after all, so he will definitely not be able to cure Empress Changsun's disease by himself. However, Li Yan's failure does not mean that others cannot. If all the famous doctors in history are ranked, there is a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty who can enter the top ten, which is respected by later generations as the King of Medicine - Sun Simiao.

Sun Simiao was born in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and died in the first year of Yongchun in the Tang Dynasty. He lived for more than 100 years. He devoted himself to medical research throughout his life. He wrote "Qianjin Prescriptions" and established the classification system for viscera and viscera disease, which made great contributions to the development of Chinese medicine. He was not only proficient in internal medicine, but also specialized in surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, enthalpy, ophthalmology, and researched in biologics, diet therapy, acupuncture, prevention, alchemy, etc. At the same time, he had extensive knowledge of pharmacology and superb acupuncture techniques. He could be said to be an amazing general medicine master.

Sun Simiao was honored as the King of Medicine in later generations, but now it is the tenth year of Zhenguan. Li Yan calculated the time and found that Old Man Sun was probably over 60 years old. He should still live in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain more than 200 miles south of Chang'an. He usually helps the residents around him to see a doctor. Because of his superb medical skills, he is very famous in the local area.

However, what Sun Simiao is truly famous after he was one hundred years old. Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, then the younger brother of Li Yan, praised Sun Simiao very much, which made Sun Simiao's reputation grow and become more and more popular, and it is not limited to the medical community. Lu Zhaolin, one of the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, was also his disciple, and his "Qianjin Fang", which was passed down from later generations, was also completed after he was over 100 years old.

Sun Simiao is actually quite famous now. When Li Yan's emperor father Li Shimin first ascended the throne, he sent someone to award Sun Simiao the title, but he refused. However, don't think that Li Shimin valued Sun Simiao because of this. In fact, they have never even seen each other. There is a reason for the award of title.

Everyone knows that Li Shimin's throne came from incorrectly. Killing his brother and killing his brother was a stain that Emperor Taizong of Tang could not erase in his life. When he first ascended the throne, public opinion among the people was very unfavorable to Li Shimin, so he asked someone to choose a local noble virtue to give him a title, hoping to change the people's view of him. However, this method was not very effective. Many people who were elected to give him a title rejected Li Shimin's kindness, and Sun Simiao was one of them. Therefore, Li Shimin may have an impression of Sun Simiao, but it would definitely not be too deep. Otherwise, Empress Changsun had been sick for almost two years, but had not invited Sun Simiao, a miracle doctor, to treat him, which is enough to explain the problem. As for the later generations about Sun Simiao's hanging silk pulse diagnosis and treatment of Empress Changsun, it was completely fabricated by later generations and was not trustworthy at all.

When Li Yan heard about Empress Changsun's condition, he immediately thought of Sun Simiao. The medicine king is best at internal medicine, and the Qi disease that Empress Changsun suffered from is internal medicine. So Li Yan believes that even if Sun Simiao cannot eradicate this disease, it will at least allow Empress Changsun to live a few more years, and of course it is best to cure it. Anyway, he will definitely be indispensable for this contribution. With the deep affection of the emperor's father towards Empress Changsun, he is afraid that he will not reward him seriously? At that time, Concubine Yang and his third brother Li Ke will say a few good words, so that he can reverse his impression in the emperor's father's mind, and then try harder to please him. I guess even an official who is out will not go to such a distant Yizhou again?

When Li Yan thought of his complacentness, he couldn't help laughing, especially when he thought that this was the first time he used the knowledge of later generations to influence the direction of history. This made Li Yan even more proud and couldn't stop laughing. Wen'er and Hua'er, who were standing next to him, were nervous, and they were thinking in their hearts: Could it be that His Royal Highness Liang's old illness has relapsed?
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