The Ganlu Hall of Tai Chi Palace is the emperor's bedroom. It is usually prohibited for anyone to enter. Except for the queen, other concubines in the harem must report in advance if they want to come here and only then can they enter after obtaining the emperor's permission.

The rising sun was rising. If it were before, Li Zhi might have been discussing matters with several important officials, but now Li Zhi has just sat up from the bed, holding his forehead with pain in his right hand. His wind glare and dizziness is getting worse and worse, especially when he wakes up in the morning, his mind is even more swollen and painful, as if it may explode at any time. Sometimes he is so dizzy that he can't even walk.

"Your Majesty, the medicine is here!" An old eunuch stepped forward and whispered.

"Medicine, medicine... I took medicine every day, and I had made medicine jars, but the disease did not even improve at all. The imperial doctors in the palace were all a bunch of waste!" Li Zhi was already tortured by wind dizziness, and now he was furious when he heard about taking medicine.

When the old eunuch saw Li Zhi angry, he was so scared that he knelt down and apologized. However, although Li Zhi was angry, he did not accuse others of this. He immediately waved his sleeves and ordered: "Down, don't disturb me again!"

When the old eunuch heard this, he felt like he was granted a general amnesty and immediately retreated from the Ganlu Hall. The other eunuchs and palace maids in the hall were all silent, and they didn't even dare to make a sound. The entire Ganlu Hall immediately became silent, and only Li Zhi's occasional moan echoed in the empty hall.

But at this moment, another sound of footsteps came from the hall, which made Li Zhi raise his head irritably, but found that the eunuch who had just returned, which made him very impatiently and scolded: "Didn't I say I won't take medicine? Why are you here again?"

"Qi...Qi...Qi reports to Your Majesty, Princess Chengyang is asking for a meeting!" The old eunuch was also frightened and trembled at this time, but he dared not not to report it, especially because Princess Chengyang is a special identity. Li Zhi had ordered before that whenever Princess Chengyang is asking for a meeting, she must report it.

When Li Zhi heard his own sister coming, he stood up all of a sudden. The illness that had just happened seemed to be thrown out of the nine clouds, and immediately shouted: "Come in quickly!"

When the old eunuch turned angry to joy, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and then left quickly. After a while, Princess Chengyang stepped into the hall. However, compared to Li Zhi's joy, the expression on her face was a little cold. In fact, after so many years, she still could not forgive Li Zhi. Although the culprit who killed Queen Wang and Li Zhong was Wu Meiniang, if it were not for Li Zhi's tacit approval, she would not dare to take action with Wu Meiniang's ten courage.

"See Your Majesty!" Princess Chengyang bowed to Li Zhi in a proper manner, without any kindness when she met her brother and sister.

"Eighteenth sister, don't have to be too polite, please take a seat!" Li Zhi felt sad when he saw his sister's cold appearance, but he still said enthusiastically. His mother, Empress Changsun, gave birth to four daughters and three sons, but most of them were not long-lived. Even the youngest Princess Xincheng passed away more than ten years ago. Now he has only one younger sister left.

"Thank you Your Majesty!" Princess Chengyang said calmly.

Li Shimin had many children, especially more than twenty daughters. In addition to those who died young, Princess Chengyang could only rank 18th.

"Last time Shao'er fell into the water, how are you doing now? How are you doing recently, Sister Eighteen?" Li Zhi seemed to have become accustomed to Princess Chengyang's coldness, and asked enthusiastically again.

"Shaoer's body has recovered, and I am also fine." Princess Chengyang replied very briefly.

"It's good that Shao'er is fine. Speaking of which, my mother gave birth to seven brothers and sisters. You are the most healthy. My father asked us to teach us martial arts. I lost every time the martial arts competition. Even my father praised you for being like him the most." Li Zhi said enthusiastically.

He is actually only two years older than Princess Chengyang. Compared with other brothers and sisters, the two have the smallest age difference, so they have been practicing martial arts together since childhood, which also makes the relationship between their brothers and sisters deeper.

Princess Chengyang heard Li Zhi mention what happened that year, and the expression on her face unconsciously eased a little, but this ease lasted only for a moment. Soon she saluted directly: "Your Majesty, I am here today to offer something to the court!"

Li Zhiben wanted to talk to Princess Chengyang about interesting things in childhood to ease the relationship between the two, but unexpectedly, Princess Chengyang didn't give him a chance at all and went directly to business, which disappointed him very much.

"What are you going to offer for the 18th sister?" Li Hong asked very kindly on the surface although disappointed.

"Rice seeds!" Princess Chengyang took out a bag of rice seeds from her sleeve and said, "This is the rice seeds I have been guided by someone to find from Linyi. Compared with the rice in the southern part of our Tang Dynasty, this Linyi rice is very drought-resistant. It is not picky about the land. It can survive by throwing it into the paddy fields. It grows very fast. It can be harvested in fifty days, and the yield is higher than that of ordinary rice!"

Li Hong was a little uneasy at first, but when he heard the back, he sat upright. As the emperor, no one knew the meaning of this rice better than him. However, he was the same as Princess Chengyang's reaction when she first heard the news, and soon asked with some doubt: "This kind of rice is really as you said?"

"It's true. I have a rice planting process collected from all over Linyi. There is absolutely no falsehood!" Princess Chengyang took out a record from her sleeve and presented it to Li Zhi with the rice seeds.

Li Zhi also stood up excitedly at this time and stepped forward to Princess Chengyang to take the records and rice seeds. He first read through the records of Linyi rice planting, and then opened the bag of rice seeds. Inside were a few cut rice ears, full and heavy in his hand.

"If this kind of rice can be introduced in the south of the Tang Dynasty, the local rice can be ripened twice or even three times a year, which will definitely increase the grain output of our Tang Dynasty. My sister also knew that this matter is of great importance, so she personally went to the palace to offer rice seeds!" Princess Chengyang added again at this time.

"Okay! With such a good seed, why don't I worry about insufficient food in the Tang Dynasty!" Li Zhi was also excited to go back and forth several times at this time. Although the Tang Dynasty entered a prosperous era under his governance, it was necessary to rule such a large empire, whether it was war or disaster relief. In addition, the population of the Tang Dynasty grew very fast, so for him, there was never enough food.

"Eighteenth sister, you have made such a great contribution. Just say whatever reward you want. As long as you speak, I will satisfy you any request!" Li Zhi, excited, suddenly stopped and shouted at Princess Chengyang.

"Any request?" Li Zhi's words seemed to hurt Princess Chengyang. She was originally as calm as water and smiled desolately, "Your Majesty did not agree to the request I made back then!"

Princess Chengyang's words were like a basin of ice water, which made Li Zhi who was excited and felt a little guilty on her face. When Princess Chengyang pleaded for Li Zhong, she asked him to ensure Li Zhong's safety even if he deposed Li Zhong's position as crown prince. However, he finally believed Wu Meiniang's words and personally issued an order to kill Li Zhong, the eldest son.

"You... are you still unwilling to forgive me for being my brother?" After a while, Li Zhi also whispered in pain.

"Forgive me? Your Majesty did not regret me. Why do I forgive you? What I want to forgive is the princess who was broken by someone's limbs, died tragically in the cold palace, and Zhonger who was exiled by his biological father, but was unable to escape death in the end!" Princess Chengyang burst into tears when she said this.

Does she hate Li Zhi? Yes, she hates Li Zhi's cold-bloodedness, Li Zhi's ruthlessness, and even more, this cold-blooded and ruthless person is her biological brother, her favorite brother since she was a child, and her sunny face and gentle personality. But I don't know when this brother has changed, and even makes her feel scared and afraid!

"I……"

Li Zhi looked at his sister who was crying and opened his mouth as if he wanted to defend himself, but as soon as he spoke, he was interrupted by Princess Chengyang and said, "The most innocent one is Zhong'er. He did nothing at all. He was first deposed as the crown prince, and then exiled to other places to imprison him. Even so, he still couldn't escape death. Why is Zhonger so unfair to him? Why is God so unfair to him!"

The grief-angry Princess Chengyang was almost hoarse at the end. As the princess of the royal family, she rarely lost control. The last time she accused others of sorrow and anger, the other party was also Li Zhi, and that was the day when Li Zhong was sentenced to death ten years ago.
Chapter completed!