This part is essential, firstly for etiquette, and secondly for demonstrating strength.

At the same time, he also had to recruit and train soldiers. Sheng Jingyu only mentioned it to the emperor once, but then he began to interfere in the affairs of the Ministry of War, as well as the capital's garrison and the palace guards.

The emperor showed no anger whatsoever, and even seemed somewhat guilty.

Over the years, he has been bad at using people, only concerned with internal strife, and indecisive. He always thinks what others say is right, which has caused him to neglect many things.

Yasukawa's lack of troops was also due to his reasons.

The late emperor had specifically mentioned this matter when he was in power, but the current emperor has long forgotten about it.

There should have been a talent show this year, but no one in the government has mentioned it. What kind of time is this to be thinking about a talent show?

At this time, the harem was extremely quiet; those who loved to cause trouble were all dead.

Those who are alive can't cause any trouble.

The emperor rarely visited the harem; he seemed to have become obsessed with something...

Alchemy.

Su Wenyuan told Nian Huaizhong and the others to keep a low profile and not to make their actions too obvious, lest the Emperor notice something amiss, as the other imperial physicians had already noticed something was wrong.

If the emperor becomes suspicious, none of them will survive.

Nian Huai finally listened to this advice, and even Heng agreed to it.

When the news reached the palace, the two imperial physicians changed their methods of administering medicine. Previously, they had been using medicine haphazardly, not to the point of poisoning, but simply causing the emperor's health to fluctuate.

Taking the right medicine is good, taking the wrong medicine is bad.

The advantage of doing this is that there are no signs of poisoning, and you won't die anytime soon.

Since we've reminded them not to arouse the Emperor's suspicion, we should restrain ourselves and make sure the Emperor feels comfortable.

Regardless of whether the effect is immediate, as long as there is improvement, it will lessen any doubts about them.

Unexpectedly, this made the emperor trust them even more, and he even sought their advice on alchemy.

They insisted that the elixirs they made had obvious effects, more effective than any tonic they could take.

Then they began to refine elixirs for the Pope, practicing day and night.

The emperor no longer cares about the imperial court or the harem.

This greatly worried the concubines in the harem, who sent messengers to say they wanted to see Sheng Jingyu. However, Sheng Jingyu was too busy to have time.

They found Su Wenyuan again. Su Wenyuan originally wanted to go, but then another accident happened.

Su Yuan and Su Xian, who had been missing for a long time, suddenly appeared on the street.

He was completely naked, his body covered in blood and gore, with parts of his bones showing in some places, clearly indicating that he had been tortured.

When he was first discovered, he was still breathing, but his eyes were black holes and he was spitting blood.

He seemed to want to say something, but couldn't utter a sound.

There was a note next to them with their names on it, but nothing else.

The local people were terrified and quickly reported it to the authorities.

When the soldiers arrived, the two men had stopped breathing, but they didn't know what to do with the bodies.

There was no one left in the Su family mansion, so they could only ask Su Wenyuan for her opinion.

Su Wenyuan was also startled upon hearing this. A certain obsession in her heart vanished instantly, but it wasn't her obsession; it belonged to this body.