In the Da'an Palace, pavilions and pavilions are still there, and eunuchs and palace maids can be seen everywhere, but the entire palace is filled with an unspeakable desertion. Even in midsummer, you will still feel a little cold when you walk into the palace, not to mention that it is autumn now, and the leaves on the trees have begun to turn yellow and look even more desolate.

Li Xiu stepped through the corridor in the palace, and looked at the surrounding scenery while walking. As time went by, Li Yuan became more and more free. Not only could he send someone to inform others to see him at Da'an Palace, but he could even go out for fun sometimes. However, Li Yuan has become older in recent years and seems to be less and less likely to like moving. He usually spends most of his time in Da'an Palace.

After passing through the heavy palace in front, Li Xiu finally came to Li Yuan's bedroom. Without someone to report, he walked in directly. Unexpectedly, Pei Ji was also here and sat opposite Li Yuan. The two old men were playing chess. When he saw Li Xiu coming in, he just signaled to sit down and did not say hello.

Li Xiu was also very tactful. He then took a light step to sit next to the chessboard, then watched them play chess quietly, and looked at Li Yuan from time to time. Compared to a few years ago, Li Yuan became older, his hair and beard almost turned white, and the wrinkles on his face were more like a knife carving, and his face was also very white. It was not that kind of healthy white, but blue in white. It felt like he was seriously ill at first glance.

In fact, Li Yuan's health has not been very good in the past two years. For example, he suffered a serious illness some time ago. Although he was cured, his body became weaker than before. The imperial doctor even told him not to go out for a breath, so now Li Yuan and Pei Ji can only stay in the room to play chess.

Some time ago, Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang had just returned from the south and immediately came to visit Li Yuan and specially brought him some rare supplements from the south. However, after not seeing him for a few days, Li Yuan's complexion seemed not much better, which made Li Xiu sigh. Calculate the time, Li Yuan's death seemed to be in these two years.

After a long time, Pei Ji suddenly dropped the black chess in his hand and smiled helplessly: "The Supreme Emperor has superb chess skills, I lost this game!"

"Hahaha~, Pei Jian, you are so old. In the past, I lost more than I won, but I didn't expect that I finally had a chance to take revenge now!" Li Yuan couldn't help laughing and said, and he looked very happy when he saw Pei Ji admit defeat.

"Your Majesty is getting stronger and stronger, and it is not something that my subordinates can compare!" Pei Ji smiled as Li Yuan said at this time, and then looked at Li Xiu next to him and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, you are finally back. How about it, what's the scenery in the south?"

Li Xiu went out this time and claimed that he was temporarily living in Luoyang. In this era, traffic was blocked, so most people could not really go to Luoyang to check if Li Xiu was there, so most people thought that Li Xiu was really in Luoyang. However, Pei Ji was not an ordinary person after all, so he naturally knew that Li Xiu had actually gone to the south.

"The scenery in the south is beautiful, especially Suzhou not only has beautiful scenery, but also has a very comfortable environment. I have bought a house there and planned to move there to retire when I get old in the future." Li Xiu replied with a smile.

"Haha, you are still so young, it's a bit early to talk about retirement. However, Guan Pei and I are both old enough to bury our necks. Maybe one day when our legs are stretched out, we will lose our lives." As soon as Li Xiu finished speaking, Li Yuan smiled. However, at the end of the day, the loneliness that came out of his words made people feel inexplicably sad.

"Why did the Supreme Emperor say such an inauspicious statement? I am about the same age as the Supreme Emperor, but I have never felt that I was old. I had been hunting on horseback some time ago. The weather was not very good these days. When the weather gets better, I will accompany Your Majesty to go out to hunt. How about the archery skills?" Pei Ji said again, but at the end of the day, even Li Xiu could see that he was forcing him to smile.

"Haha~ Speaking of hunting, when you were young, you were no match for me. Now that you are old, you may not be even more of my opponent!" Li Yuan likes hunting very much, and immediately became interested and shouted loudly when he heard Pei Ji's words. Pei Ji obviously wanted to make Li Yuan happy, so he also talked about some interesting things when the two of them were hunting when they were young. In the end, Li Yuan laughed and his complexion improved a lot.

However, Pei Ji could also see that Li Yuan asked Li Xiulai to have something to say, and obviously didn't want him to listen, so he finally got up and said goodbye with great tact. However, when he left, he did not forget to ask Li Yuan to rest more, and Li Yuan personally sent him out of the hall. Until Pei Ji's figure disappeared from the palace gate, Li Yuan then returned to the hall with a lonely expression.

Li Xiu kept watching Li Yuan and Pei Ji say goodbye silently. After returning to the hall, Li Yuan sat down, then tasted the tea, and then asked Li Xiu: "Mr. Concubine, have you encountered any interesting things when you go to the south this time?"

"Uh? This..." Li Xiu was stunned when he heard Li Yuan's question. He couldn't understand what he meant. After a while, he reacted, "I have encountered many interesting things, such as meeting Turks who moved to the south on the canal. In addition, some counties on the beach actually had crabs flooded, and it was really surprising that people on the beach didn't like eating these crabs."

"Haha, it's really interesting!" Li Yuan said calmly when he heard Li Xiu's words, but it really made people unable to see that he was interested in these things. After a while, Li Yuan spoke again, "I heard that you went to Liangyi Hall again. Is there something big happening in the court?"

When Li Xiu heard this, he looked at Li Yuan in surprise. He really couldn't figure out what he was going to do when he asked the West. But in the end he answered honestly: "Report to the Supreme Emperor, the world is peaceful now, and there is no major event in the court. But some time ago, Persian envoys came to our Tang Dynasty. Speaking of Persian envoys, when I went out to sea in the south, I happened to encounter them in danger on the sea, so I rescued them and sent them to Chang'an. It was precisely because of this that His Majesty asked me to ask about Persian envoys."

"I have heard of Persian envoys, and I heard that two more came at one time. This is a strange thing. But maybe Persia is too far from our Tang Dynasty, so I was worried that one mission could not reach the Tang Dynasty, so I sent envoys from both water and land, but I didn't expect that both missions had arrived in the Tang Dynasty." Li Yuan immediately guessed with a smile that he did not leave the door in Da'an Palace and did not care much about the affairs in the court, so he didn't know much about the internal division of Persia, and he didn't know much about the internal division of Persia.

"This... the reason why Persia sent two missions was actually..."

Li Xiu was about to explain to Li Yuan the reason why Persia sent two missions, but he didn't expect that as soon as he said that he was interrupted by Li Yuan and said, "When it comes to Persia, I want to ask you something related to Persia!"

Seeing that Li Yuan was obviously not interested in Persia, but said that there was another Persian thing to ask him for advice, which made Li Xiu look puzzled, but in the end he still said, "Prince Emperor, please speak!"

Li Yuan pondered for a moment, then said again: "I heard that Persia is thousands of miles away from our Tang Dynasty. Whether it is from sea or land, it will take nearly a year to walk. I wonder if it is true or false?"

"It may be a bit exaggerating to be far away, but Persia is indeed very far away from us. There are too many risks both on sea and on land, and it is not uncommon to go through a year." Li Xiu replied immediately.

"So that's it!" Li Yuan nodded thoughtfully when he heard Li Xiu's words. After a while, he suddenly spoke to him again, "Mr. Concubine, do you know which Persia or America is farther away from our Tang Dynasty?"

"This..." Li Xiu finally understood when he heard Li Yuan's words. It turned out that Li Yuan's real purpose was actually to inquire about the situation in America from him. However, he should not know what he had met with Li Chengdao. After all, even Li Shimin didn't notice this matter, let alone Li Yuan who lived in seclusion in Da'an Palace.

"Your Majesty, although Persia is far away from our Tang Dynasty, it is always on one continent. In contrast, America is on another continent at the end of the sea, so naturally America is farther away from our Tang Dynasty!" Li Xiu thought for a moment and replied again. America and the Central Plains were just on both sides of the earth, so it was naturally much farther than Persia.

"It's true that America is even farther away from us than Persia. Poor my children and grandchildren have to live in such a faraway place. I'm afraid even if I die, they will have to wait a year to receive the news at the earliest." Li Yuan said sadly when he heard Li Xiu's answer.

Li Xiu shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard Li Yuan's words. He knew that Li Yuan would say this, but it was not surprising that Li Yuan was so old and in poor health. I am afraid that even he himself would feel that his life was not long. It is normal for him to miss his children and grandchildren at this time, especially those who are not around Li Yuanji and Li Chengdao, who are not around, will make Li Yuan worry.

"Mr. Prince Concubine, do you say that Chengdao they should have grown up? Yuan Ji has a bad temper and can't teach children. He just knows to beat and scold children. He doesn't know what these children will be like?" Li Yuan said again with a desolate expression. At this time, he no longer had an emperor's aura, and only the longing for his children and grandchildren by an old man in his twilight years.

"This... Chengdao and the others have indeed grown up, and they may even have started getting married. Although the King of Qi is irritable, after so many trials, his personality may become more mature. Moreover, Chengdao has always been steady and should often persuade the King of Qi." Li Xiu was a little soft-hearted when he saw Li Yuan's appearance, and comforted him again.
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