Datang: Longevity for Thousands of Years, Exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 10 Li Shimin is in a trance, an immortal wandering through the ages!
Just when Li Shimin was feeling lost, Fang Xuanling walked in.

"Your Majesty, I am here."

Fang Xuanling came this time as per an appointment he had made with Li Shimin.

He was in charge of a lot of government affairs, and he was needed to explain to Li Shimin their importance.

"Ah? Xuanling, you're here, sit down, sit down!"

Li Shimin quickly put away his complicated feelings and came to greet Fang Xuanling.

But his transformation
It cannot be hidden from Fang Xuanling, nor from this man... the old minister who has followed Li Shimin for almost half his life.

"Your Majesty, did something bad happen to you?"

Seeing that Li Shimin was not in good condition, Fang Xuanling asked.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "Xuanling, as expected... nothing can be hidden from you. You are worthy of being my Fangmou."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are too kind. I wonder what happened to make Your Majesty so depressed?"

Li Shimin sighed: "Little Sizi is gone."

"Little Sizi? What! Princess Jinyang, your highness is missing?"

After a brief moment of surprise, Fang Xuanling's eyes widened instantly.

Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, she entered the ancient tomb and was fine before, but she disappeared today."

"He disappeared under Li Junxian's watch. I have great confidence in Li Junxian's ability, but even he doesn't know how Xiao Sizi disappeared."

"This matter... is a bit strange."

Fang Xuanling frowned slightly: "Yes, anything related to that ancient tomb is extremely strange."

"Your Majesty, have you...never thought about it? The reason why the ancient tomb is called an ancient tomb is that it is used to bury human corpses, but there are no corpses in the ancient tomb. Could it be...there is another world?"

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Xuanling, are you saying... there is a secret passage?"

Fang Xuanling nodded: "Perhaps it is because of the existence of the secret passage that some people discovered but did not report it to the court, and took advantage of the secret passage to abduct His Highness today."

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly: "Who has such courage!"

Fang Xuanling sighed and shook his head, "I don't know yet, but regarding the ancient tomb, perhaps there have been strange noises there in recent days, so I have also visited and investigated privately, but... there are some folk rumors, I don't know if they can be taken seriously."

Li Shimin's eyes were filled with eagerness: "Xuanling, tell me quickly!"

"Yes." Fang Xuanling bowed and said, "Since Your Majesty has said so, I will report the matter truthfully."

"Legend has it that the ancient tomb existed beyond the Sui Dynasty. Even the Three Kingdoms period is not enough to prove that the tomb was created during that period."

"Some artifacts unearthed from the ancient tomb also verify this. We got some artifacts from the Qin Dynasty. It can be said that the history of the ancient tomb can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty."

Li Shimin nodded after hearing this.

There weren't many surprises.

He had heard of these things before. Because of the special nature of the ancient tomb, he had sent people to investigate it specifically, and those people then informed him of the news they had found.

One of them says that the ancient tomb may have been built in the Qin Dynasty.

Not new news.

"His Majesty."

At this time, Fang Xuanling continued: "I heard that the ancient tomb was only used to bury one person."

"One person?" Li Shimin frowned slightly. "Who has such a grand ceremony? That ancient tomb is large enough to accommodate the burial of 5,000 people. You should know that the tomb of the First Emperor is not as grand as this ancient tomb."

"Which ancestor of the Qin Dynasty could have a grander display than the First Emperor?"

Fang Xuanling said with emotion: "Yes, yes! I think so too, but according to what the people say, the person buried in this tomb is not an ordinary person." Li Shimin rolled his eyes: "Xuanling, anyone can see that, so how can the person buried here be an ordinary person?"

"No, Your Majesty, that's not what I meant." Fang Xuanling spoke quickly.

Then he seemed to think of something.
His eyes and expression were filled with awe.

It seems to be telling about an extremely mysterious and powerful existence.

"There, according to them, is the burial place of an... immortal!"

boom!
This statement came out.

It was like thunder in a clear sky, and Li Shimin's eyes widened instantly.

"The Immortal... the Immortal?"

His voice was trembling with disbelief.

Longevity, longevity….
This is what the world pursues, and some high-ranking people pursue it even more passionately and fiercely.

The meaning it represents is so extraordinary!

Fang Xuanling continued, "Your Majesty, I also thought it was incredible at first, but later I looked up ancient books."

"During the Shang Dynasty, there was a national teacher. He had no name or surname, and his name was erased from history. He seemed to have made great contributions to the Shang Dynasty, but his name was erased."

"During the Qin Dynasty, when the first emperor Ying Zheng was a child, the official history said that he followed his mother to the State of Zhao. However, I found some unofficial history that he and his mother were on the way to the State of Zhao with a young man [true unofficial history, made up by the author, can not be taken seriously]."

"According to the unofficial history, the young man looked almost identical to the imperial teacher during the Shang Dynasty."

"In the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms... in almost every dynasty, there was a person who traveled from dynasty to dynasty, participated in the events of that dynasty, but left no traces or information."

Li Shimin was stunned: "Xuanling, you mean that person is buried in the ancient tomb? Is he an immortal?"

Fang Xuanling thought about it and said seriously: "It could be, or it could be the delusion of the people and me. After all... immortality is really too illusory."

Li Shimin was extremely serious: "Indeed, it is very illusory, but sometimes it is better to believe it exists than to believe it does not exist."

"If there is such a person in the ancient tomb, and there is a secret passage, then it is possible that he took Little Sizi away."

After thinking about it,
Li Shimin was about to continue speaking, but at this time Empress Changsun walked in with dishes.

"Your Majesty, I heard from them that you haven't eaten yet, so I have to bring you one."

Empress Changsun walked in.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then said helplessly: "I'm not hungry."

Empress Changsun glanced at him, eyes full of sadness: "Your Majesty, I know Changle's illness, and it has made you lose your appetite, but people are made of iron and rice is made of steel."

"You are Changle's father, and you are also the ruler of the Tang Dynasty. You have to deal with many government affairs. Do you think you can have the energy to deal with these affairs if you don't eat?"

In fact, these days,

Li Shimin had been eating very little because of the Changle incident.

He was a daughter slave, and everyone knew it, and Empress Changsun knew it even better.

Therefore, Empress Changsun saw Li Shimin's transformation more clearly than anyone else.

So she instructed her servants that if Li Shimin didn't eat, they should tell her and ask her to deliver the meal.

This time,
This is the sixth time in recent days.

Six times in just a few days.

Empress Changsun could not imagine how sad and how much she would lose her appetite if her husband, Li Shimin, also the ruler of the Tang Dynasty, were to die one day.

(End of this chapter)