After the emperor returned, the Taoist priest, as usual, took out elixirs and presented them to him.
Taoist Li said, "Your Majesty, this is a pill I just refined. One cycle requires taking it for forty-nine days. Taking it for ten cycles may result in immortality."
Normally, if the emperor heard that the elixirs they were making had the power to grant immortality, he would surely reward these Taoist priests handsomely.
The Taoist priests were also happily awaiting the emperor's reward.
Unexpectedly, the emperor picked up the elixir and said unhurriedly, "It must have cost a lot of money to refine this elixir, right?"
The Taoist priest Li said with a grin, "Everything used by His Majesty is the best, and naturally, the most expensive."
The Emperor: "Oh? Is that so? Why do I feel so much weaker than before after taking the elixirs you concocted?"
Li the Taoist priest felt a little flustered. Before, no matter what he said, the emperor always trusted him completely; he wondered why the emperor would say such things today.
The Taoist priest hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, that's the body's detoxification reaction. Once the toxins are eliminated, Your Majesty will be full of energy and live forever!"
The Emperor looked at the elixir quietly and said, "Is that so? Since it's such a good thing, it would be a waste for me to consume it all by myself. Why don't you take this course of treatment for me starting today?"
Taoist Li waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no! I dare not take Your Majesty's precious elixir."
The Emperor gave Eunuch Liu a wink.
With a wave of his hand, Eunuch Liu had two men restrain Li the Taoist priest.
Eunuch Liu pried open Taoist Li's mouth and stuffed all the pills into it.
Li the Taoist priest kept shouting and struggling, but Liu Gonggong still made him take the elixir.
Before long, Li Daoshi bled from all seven orifices and died suddenly.
The Emperor said, "This elixir is indeed problematic! Summon the imperial physicians and have them examine its ingredients!"
Eunuch Liu replied respectfully, "Yes!"
Soon after, the imperial physicians arrived and used various methods to analyze the ingredients of the elixir.
Imperial Physician: "Your Majesty, this elixir contains poison!"
The Emperor exclaimed, "Poison! How dare they! Taking advantage of my trust, they actually dared to poison me! This time, I was fortunate to have received guidance from a master; otherwise, I certainly wouldn't have lived past forty!"
The sage the Emperor mentioned is fast asleep.
As soon as it was light, her three older brothers couldn't wait to come and see her.
Xu Ruyun: "Everyone stayed up late today, that's good! From now on, you all need to go to bed early and get up early."
"As long as we can see our little sister when we wake up, we can get up early every day, right?" said Qi Junzhou, the third brother, in his clear, crisp voice.
Qi Junzhou glanced at his two older brothers and winked at them.
The two older brothers nodded and said in unison, "Yes, yes, yes."
Xu Ruyun smiled and said, "I really can't do anything with you guys."
Chirp stretched and woke up.
She looked around and saw her three older brothers grinning at her.
The mother looked at Qiuqiu with affection and said, "Qiuqiu, are you hungry? It's time for your milk!"
[Mommy, I'm so hungry, I want milk!]
Xu Ruyun asked her maid to feed Qiuqiu milk.
Before long, Chiu Chiu had finished drinking.
Xu Ruyun picked her up and patted her back.
Chirp let out a long burp.
The three older brothers couldn't help but laugh.
Qi Junzhou: "Her hiccups were so loud!"
Qi Junxian: "My little sister is so cute!"
Qi Junlin: "Little sister, you must grow up quickly! When you grow up, you can play with your brothers."
Chiu Chiu looked at Qi Junlin carefully.
She saw a wisp of black smoke rising from her elder brother's head.
[Oh no! Brother, disaster is coming your way today! Brother, my dear brother, you must stay away from women today and try not to go out.]
Qi Junlin heard his sister's thoughts and found it strange that his sister, who was so young, could tell that he was going to have a disaster today.
Just then, a sound came from outside.
"Young Master, Eldest Young Master, Miss Zhao has invited you to go out to admire the flowers. She's waiting outside right now!"
Qi Junlin was overjoyed and quickly agreed, "Okay! I'll go right away!"
Xu Ruyun heard Qiuqiu's thoughts and said, "You're not allowed to go!"
Qi Junlin said unhappily, "Why? Mother, please let me go! I beg you!"
Xu Ruyun: "I absolutely cannot go today!"
Qi Junlin left his mother's room dejectedly.
This Miss Zhao is a famous woman of both talent and beauty, and all the wealthy and noble men in the capital admire her greatly.
However, Miss Zhao is proud and arrogant, and is not interested in the pursuit of the young masters.
Qi Junlin had tried to win over Miss Zhao multiple times without success, but he never expected that she would take the initiative to come to him today.
At this point, Qi Junlin was completely blinded by love and could no longer remember his sister's instructions.
Qi Junlin walked to a deserted garden, leaped over the wall, and came outside.
He looked at the Qi residence with delight: "Haha! We've escaped!"
Qi Junlin happily ran towards Miss Zhao's carriage.
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