She poisoned His Majesty and gave the antidote to the Imperial Master, adding highly addictive drugs such as rice husks and cinnamon bark.
That's how the Imperial Master offered the detoxifying medicine, and the late emperor's temperament changed drastically, becoming increasingly obsessed with alchemy and seeking immortality."
Concubine Yu simply denied it, "Anyone can make up stories based on just a few words. Do you have any evidence?"
"Xinyu, do you know about this?" Pei Zhiyuan was stunned and took small steps forward, wanting to find out the truth.
But Shen Xu interrupted and said, “Don’t worry, let’s sort out the whole thing first.
When it comes to alchemy, we have to mention a recipe for immortality recorded in ancient books. It is a five-color powder made by mixing five kinds of minerals, which can make people feel excited and full of energy.
Most alchemists who know how to make elixirs know how to make Wu Shi San, and most of them have also been told that Wu Shi San is taboo.
In order to conceal her identity, the eldest daughter of the Yu family added three other medicines to the Wu Shi San: datura seeds, rice husks, and cinnamon bark. This increased the addictiveness of the drug and caused hallucinations in those who tried it.
Together, they made the mixture into an oval bead the size of a small winter melon, and gave it a gimmick: it was extracted from the blood of the mythical beast Qilin, and it could revive the dead and turn bones into flesh - the Blood Extract Dzi Bead.
In order to make this gimmick stand up to scrutiny, they asked the Queen Mother, who was a concubine at the time, to act out a scene where she was on the verge of death and was cured by Dzi beads.
With the reputation of Dzi beads, the national teacher has established a firm foothold in the capital.
In order to better control the imperial teacher, she poisoned the imperial teacher and disfigured his face, forcing him to get rid of the prince for her.
Finally, he instigated the Queen Mother and her son to kill the late Emperor, thus placing a puppet who was easier to control on the throne."
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