Chapter 241 Chapter 241 Toss

That night, the Imperial Master fell and had a bloody head, but due to his image, he did not dare to seek help from an imperial physician and could only apply medicine himself.

Fortunately, he knew something about pharmacology, otherwise he would have been so injured and it was unknown when he would recover. If the old emperor summoned him one day and saw that he was so injured and had no image at all, he would probably be suspicious of him.

What made the Imperial Master feel fortunate was that the only people who saw him in such a miserable state were two boys, who were young and easy to control.

But I didn’t expect that the “ghost” would come again the next night.

The imperial teacher was still in great pain and ended up with a dislocated arm.

On the third night, the "ghost" came again, and the imperial teacher broke his leg again, becoming unable to walk.

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For several nights in a row, the Imperial Master was exhausted and almost collapsed.

Even so, he did not dare to relax at all, let alone let anyone enter the hall. He only left the two fire-burning boys to serve in the hall.

The external image of the national teacher has always been that of a sage, not pursuing fame or wealth, and a person who lives in seclusion.

If anyone saw him like this, even the easily fooled old emperor would not believe him. So he naturally couldn't let anyone see him like this, and had to hide it desperately.

He even had some thoughts of giving up and thinking of leaving the capital to get away from that "ghost", but in his heart he couldn't bear to give up the glory and wealth of the capital.

It was not until the fourth night that he realized that the "ghost" did not come to bother him, and that his intention to retreat disappeared.

If possible, the Imperial Master would rather stay in the capital and be the Imperial Master, as this is the "identity" he inherited from his father. As long as he makes elixirs for the old emperor and pretends to be a hermit, the old emperor will take the initiative to give him countless benefits, and the wealth and glory that everyone dreams of will be within his reach.

For several nights in a row, the "ghost" did not appear again, and the imperial master finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He could finally rest and recuperate.

As for the two boys, they had actually begun to doubt. The National Master is an immortal master, so how could he be injured?

The person who is injured like this... is definitely not an immortal master.

However, even if they had doubts in their hearts, they were in the Imperial Master's Mansion. As boys chosen to serve the Imperial Master, their lives and property were in the hands of the Imperial Master, so they could only serve the Imperial Master respectfully.

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Fu Wenxiao knew that Yu Li went to the Imperial Master's Mansion every night to make trouble for the Imperial Master, but he didn't say anything about it.

The National Master cannot die for the time being, as he must be kept to continue refining elixirs for the old emperor. However, what the National Master did was indeed disgusting enough, so it would be good to let Yu Li torment him for a while.

I went to the Imperial Master's Mansion these past few nights and gained a lot.

First of all, Yu Li confirmed that the national teacher who was appointed by the old emperor was the father of the current national teacher. The former national teacher relied on his superb deception skills to deceive the old emperor and was appointed as the national teacher.

The reason why the old emperor has always trusted the imperial teacher is that his appearance has remained the same for decades, with white hair and an ageless face.

The truth is, the former national teacher also had a son who looked very similar to him.

As the former imperial teacher grew older, it was actually the former imperial teacher's son who appeared in front of the old emperor.

The father and son look alike, and the former national teacher was a smart man. He always used the excuse of seclusion to make elixirs and only appeared in public every few months to blur people's impression of them. The identity replacement between father and son was done without anyone noticing.

Therefore, in the eyes of the world, the national teacher has remained unchanged for decades and is still very young and convincing.

Secondly, it was the old emperor who first proposed giving Yu Li the elixir of fertility and using her bones and blood to refine the elixir.

Because the old emperor wanted to make an elixir of immortality.

When the Imperial Master knew that Yu Li was a talented person, he didn't take it seriously at first.

In the eyes of the imperial teacher, even if the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo was a talented person, she was just a woman in the harem. The old emperor did not grant her an official position, so it would not affect his status.

Until the old emperor was assassinated on Duanwu Day and later fell seriously ill, he obviously noticed that his health was deteriorating, so he asked the imperial teacher for the elixir of life.

The Imperial Master knew the old emperor's physical condition very well. Those elixirs had indeed been useful to him before, but he was old now and his body had been eroded by the elixirs over the years, causing the elixirs to have less and less effect on him.

As for the elixir of immortality, that is impossible. If there really was an elixir of immortality, the imperial master would have eaten it himself first.

He could only deceive the old emperor by saying that he was currently unable to make the elixir of immortality that the old emperor wanted due to the lack of an important medicine. However, he did not expect that the old emperor got the recipe for the elixir from somewhere and said that the elixir of immortality could be made by adding the bones and blood of talented people to the elixir.

What could the imperial master do? He had to refine the fertility pill and give it to the old emperor.

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Yu Li told Fu Wenxiao what he learned from the Imperial Master.

After hearing these things, he showed a look of enlightenment and said, "The recipe of this elixir of immortality should be something from the previous dynasty."

"Previous dynasty?" Yu Li seemed to be thinking, "Could it be possible that someone in the past could refine the elixir of immortality?"

Fu Wenxiao shook his head, "Definitely not."

There was a mocking look on his face. It was normal for an emperor to want immortality, so he was not surprised that the old emperor would do such a thing and actually believe in the so-called recipe of the elixir of immortality left by the previous dynasty.

Yu Li understood that the old emperor had been deceived again.

Not only was he deceived by the imperial teacher, but he was also deceived by the elixir recipe left over from the previous dynasty.

In other words, the old emperor did not want to die. He had everything, including the country and the beautiful women. As the ruler of the world, he naturally wanted to live for a long time and achieve immortality. He was willing to believe in these illusory things.

Fu Wenxiao's jaw tightened, and he whispered, "A-Li, the Saint knows your ability, and he won't do anything to you right now, so he wants you to give birth to a child, and use the child's blood to make the elixir..."

He knew the old emperor too well, and he only needed to grasp the details to unravel the mystery.

Yu Li was disgusted.

If the news that the old emperor was ill had not just happened to spread in the palace, she might have climbed over the wall into the palace that night and acted like a ghost to scare the old emperor, just like she did with the imperial teacher.

Since the old emperor believed that the imperial teacher could refine elixirs, he naturally believed in matters of ghosts and gods as well, and he was sure that he could scare everyone to death.

Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Fu Wenxiao took some time out to take her to eat medicinal food.

This medicinal food was what Yu Li had been talking about when he was in the South.

In order to nourish her body, Zhou made a lot of medicinal food for her, but she found it tasteless. When she learned that there was someone in the capital who could make delicious medicinal food, she kept thinking about it.

However, after arriving in Beijing, she never went to eat there.

It’s not that Fu Wenxiao forgot about this, but the chef who made the medicinal food was not in the capital. It was said that he was on a long journey.

It just so happened that the person came back recently, and Fu Wenxiao got the news and decided to take her over to eat medicinal food.

Sure enough, Yu Li's attention was quickly diverted, and he followed him out with great interest.

Arriving at the destination, Yu Li looked around and discovered that it was a villa. The name of the villa was called Yaoshentang, which was very simple and straightforward.

After they entered, a steward came to receive them and led them to a room to rest.

The environment of the wing room was elegant. A dignified and beautiful maid brought toiletries to help them wash their hands, and then brought over exquisite dishes one by one.

These dishes are very exquisite, with both cold and hot dishes, and each one looks delicious.

Fu Wenxiao did not ask the maids to serve him. After asking them to leave, he said to Yu Li, "There is only one chef in the herbal medicine hall. His name is Xu Shan. The herbal medicine he makes is top-notch..."

The Xu family was the imperial chef of the previous dynasty, specializing in preparing medicinal food for the nobles in the palace.

After the fall of the previous dynasty, the Xu family experienced ups and downs until now, and now it has fallen into decline. Now the only one in the Xu family who still insists on making medicinal food is Xu Shen.

Xu Shan did have a talent for making medicinal food, but unfortunately he had a strange temperament and never liked dealing with the powerful. He did not enter the palace to be a royal chef, but chose to open a medicinal food restaurant in the capital to make a living. He regarded making medicinal food as a pleasure, and would make it when he wanted to, and rest when he didn't.

Because the medicinal food he made was extremely delicious, many people came here to eat.

Anyone who wants to come to the herbal medicine hall has to make an appointment in advance, and most of the time it is impossible to make an appointment. Whether or not to receive guests depends on Xu Shan’s mood.

Yu Li was curious, "You actually need to make an appointment? How did you get the appointment?"

According to him, Xu Shan had just returned to the capital recently. In addition, he had a strange temperament and made medicinal food based on his personal preferences. At this time, he should not be willing to take business from the powerful, right?

Could it be that he was using his power to pressure others? That was possible.

Fu Wenxiao saw her looking at him, her eyes were clearly black and white, her eyes were moving, and she was very cute. He knew what she was thinking.

He smiled and said, "I saved him before."

Xu Shan makes medicinal food based on his own feelings, which can easily offend people.

At that time, Fu Wenxiao happened to see him being bullied and rescued him without taking it to heart. Later, those people thought that Xu Shan was protected by Fu Xiao, and no one dared to force Xu Shan anymore, so he was finally able to run the herbal medicine hall in peace.

So Fu Wenxiao didn't need to make an appointment to come here.

While Fu Wenxiao was explaining his relationship with Xu Shan, the last medicinal dish was finally served.

The person who personally brought the medicinal food was the head chef Xu Shan. He came specially to meet them, bowed to them respectfully, and then left with his people.

The medicinal food is indeed delicious. You can’t tell it is medicinal food at all. Instead, it is a rare delicacy.

Yu Li felt that Xu Shan was amazing, not only was his medicinal food delicious, but other dishes were also good, all of which were his own special dishes that he had researched.

"Delicious!" She ate very contentedly.

Fu Wenxiao poured her a cup of tea and said gently, "If you want to eat it in the future, send someone to let us know and let Xu Shan make it for you."

Yu Li took a sip of the tea and agreed happily.

"Xiao brother, thank you." She tilted her head and smiled at him.

Fu Wenxiao used a handkerchief to wipe the oil stains from the corners of her lips, his eyes were gentle, "Why thank me, as long as Ah Li is happy."

She nodded and said, "Well, I'm quite happy now."

Although the old emperor was disgusting, he was not in a hurry to do anything considering that he didn't have much time left to live.

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In the following days, whenever Yu Li felt hungry, she would go to the herbal medicine hall to eat, or Fu Wenxiao would come here to bring her some food when he came back from the yamen.

No matter what it is, it makes her happy and she never seems to get tired of it.

After returning from Zhuangzi, Yu Li received many invitations, all of which invited her to attend various banquets or wanted to visit someone.

This made her feel a little strange.

Since the Queen's birthday, most of the powerful people in the capital were in awe of her, knowing that she could scare away wild beasts and lift a tripod. They would never send her invitations or visit her unless necessary, so for a time, no one cared about her, the wife of the Duke.

Yu Li didn't care about this. She was not familiar with the people in the capital and didn't like those social interactions. She felt more comfortable when no one came to disturb her.

She didn't even realize that she was being excluded from the powerful circle in the capital.

When Fu Wenxiao came back, she showed all the invitations to him.

"Why are so many people posting to me all of a sudden?" she asked puzzledly.

Fu Wenxiao understood and said with a smile: "Li Niang, you forgot that the saint gave you a fertility pill a while ago. Many people must be curious about it."

Yu Li: "Are they all here for the fertility pill?"

He nodded with a smile, saying meaningfully, "There must be a lot of people in this capital who lack sons, and no one would complain that they have too few sons." Anyway, there is no shortage of food, and they can afford to raise them, so having ten or eight children would not be too many.

Those people were in a difficult situation to ask the old emperor for the elixir of fertility, and when they learned that the old emperor had rewarded them with one, they wanted to inquire about the news from them.

Yu Li finally understood that it was the fertility pill that caused the trouble.

She said, "But this fertility pill was given by the old emperor. We can't just give it away casually, right?"

Even if they asked, we couldn't give them the fertility pill.

"Isn't there a national master here?" Fu Wenxiao said, "Since the national master can refine it, he will definitely be able to continue refining it in the future."

Therefore, they first came to find out the details of the elixir so that they could ask the imperial master for it in the future.