Chang'an, Tang Dynasty.
After two months of travel, Li Chengqian had arrived at the imperial palace.
But the Tang Dynasty was now in a state of panic, hearing enemies in every gust of wind and cry of a crane.
For the Tang Emperor, Li Shimin, had suddenly fallen unconscious the night before, throwing the entire imperial palace into chaos.
Li Chengqian's mother, Zhangsun Wugou, had nearly cried herself into a faint beside Li Shimin's bed.
Li Shimin was her sky. How could she possibly bear something like this all at once?
Just then, a eunuch rushed in. "Your Majesty, the crown prince has returned!"
What?
At those words, Zhangsun Wugou froze in astonishment.
After all, Li Chengqian had been away from the Tang Dynasty for far too long. At first, she had shed silent tears every day, constantly missing her eldest son. Now, seventy or eighty years later, how could she not be overjoyed to hear that he had returned?
While Zhangsun Wugou was still pondering this, Li Chengqian had already strode into Qianqingkun. He knelt immediately and said, "Your son pays his respects, Mother."
"My child, all that matters is that you're back." Zhangsun Wugou embraced Li Chengqian, tears filling her eyes.
Li Chengqian hurried to comfort Zhangsun Wugou, then quickly said, "Don't be sad, Mother. Let me examine Father first."
Hearing this, Zhangsun Wugou hurriedly released him.
Li Chengqian then carefully examined Li Shimin, who lay on the bed, and his face instantly turned livid.
He had read Journey to the West, so of course he knew exactly what Li Shimin's condition meant.
At that thought, Li Chengqian wasted no more words and asked directly, "Mother, what did the imperial physicians say?"
Zhangsun Wugou was puzzled, but she still answered helplessly, "The imperial physicians don't know what illness