Chapter 172 Alchemist
When Fusu and Ziying returned from school, they heard that their grandmother had picked up a Pixiu from Shanglin Garden, so they hurried over to see it.
The two little guys gathered around the basket, looking at the fur-less cub curiously.
Ziying stretched out his hand and gestured, then exclaimed, "It's so small, not even as big as my arm."
He looked up and asked again, "Doesn't its mother want it anymore?"
Zhao Yuanxi explained to them the living habits of pandas.
Hearing that the mother panda abandoned the cub because it was too small, Fusu frowned and whispered, "Just because it's weak, it should be abandoned?"
Zhao Yuanxi touched Fusu's head and said, "The living environment of animals is very cruel. If they want to survive, they must ensure that the one left behind is the strongest."
"But it was saved by the Great Mother." Fusu said.
"Yes! So, it has a chance to survive, but it also has to work hard to survive on its own."
Zhao Yuanxi can only guarantee it enough food and a warm environment, but whether it can survive depends on the little guy's own life.
Fusu clutched the bamboo basket. "It looks healthy and will grow up safely."
"We can also help take care of it!" Ziying raised his hand and said excitedly.
Zhao Yuanxi said, "It's still too small. Once it grows up a bit, you can try to feed it. Now you can give it a name."
"Name?" Fusu and Ziying looked at each other and asked in unison.
Ziying: "It looks pink, why not call it Feifei?"
Fusu: "The book says that the Pixiu is white with a dark red mark, and when it grows up it will no longer be scarlet."
"Since it's so thin and small, why not call it Zhuangzhuang?" Ziying suggested again.
Zhao Yuanxi burst into laughter, what a strong guy!
Fusu was silent.
Ziying pouted and said angrily, "Do you dislike the name I gave you?"
"Like a tiger and a leopard, it is really strong, and being strong is very good." Fusu immediately added.
Zhao Yuanxi nodded in agreement. "Zhuangzhuang is indeed a great name. A little Pixiu should grow tall and strong! How about calling it Pizhuang and Zhuangzhuang?"
The name was passed unanimously, and the panda cub was renamed Zhuangzhuang.
Ganquan Palace has become more and more lively since the arrival of a panda.
Zhao Yuanxi wanted to spend more time with the little ones, but she had more important things to do now.
Although rubber grass has been found, how to extract rubber from its rhizomes remains a huge problem.
If it were in a modern laboratory, it could be dissolved and extracted through organic solvents, but in the Qin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, just making those organic solvents was an extremely difficult task.
Zhao Yuanxi summoned a group of alchemists, and it was very easy to find this group of people in Xianyang.
Ying Zheng does not have a hobby of taking elixirs at the moment, but there are many nobles who seek immortality and the way of Taoism. Those alchemists are the ones who specialize in refining various elixirs for the nobles.
When they heard that Queen Dowager Zhao was looking for an alchemist, they rushed to her house.
They held the pills in their hands and introduced them as if they were treasures. "Empress Dowager, this pill of mine can strengthen your body, strengthen your body, and replenish your vitality."
"Your Highness, the medicine I have here can make people feel like they are in a fairyland, and it has the effect of calming the mind and soul."
"My medicine can make people feel refreshed and youthful."
Zhao Yuanxi looked at the Taoist priest who looked very old despite being so young and couldn't help but hold his forehead.
Would you like to confirm whether this statement is credible?
You've gone crazy on drugs and are hallucinating, right?
Zhao Yuanxi now felt that calling them here was a sheer waste of effort, as these people were just a bunch of charlatans.
"Have you ever taken the medicine you made?" Zhao Yuanxi asked.
Under the long steps, people were whispering.
Someone explained, "The elixir is precious, and we really can't bear to take it."
Zhao Yuanxi propped up his head and said calmly, "Anyone who dares to take more than five of my own medicines now can stay."
Some people looked pale and hesitant, while others could not wait to drink the medicine in their hands.
Those who were unwilling to take the pills were dragged away by Zhao Yuanxi, beaten with twenty boards, and driven out of Ganquan Palace.
You deserve to be beaten for giving people poisonous medicine even though you know it is poisonous.
Seeing this, the alchemists who were still hesitating swallowed the medicine in a panic.
A stick of incense later, a group of people with strange postures appeared in Ganquan Palace.
Some were lying on the ground with their clothes off, some were foaming at the mouth and unconscious, and many were running around like crazy.
Upon hearing that the Queen Mother had summoned the alchemist, Ying Zheng, who was inexplicably invited to watch the fun, stopped in his tracks when he saw this, and a rare look of fear appeared in his eyes.
Someone rushed over, and Zhao Gao immediately stepped forward to block him, kicking the crazy man to the ground. The guards stepped forward and pinned him down.
The Taoist priest drooled all over the floor, still grinning foolishly, "Hey, hey, gold, lots of gold, all mine!"
Ying Zheng took a step forward, dodged the madman sideways, and asked with a dark face, "What are they doing?"
Zhao Yuanxi hadn't expected the situation to be even worse than she imagined. She frowned and said, "These are all famous alchemists in Xianyang City. I asked them to take more of the elixirs I made, and the result is what you see."
Ying Zheng frowned even deeper when he remembered that Fusu had mentioned many times in his letter that the elixir was poisonous.
"How dare this group of people go around scamming people? Is it possible that no one in Xianyang City has noticed their clumsy tricks?"
Zhao Yuanxi glanced at Ying Zheng silently, and complained in his heart, not only did others not notice it, but even you, the emperor, were deceived the most. When you finally realized that you were deceived, you became angry and killed these sorcerers.
How dare you laugh at their clumsy tricks!
Zhao Yuanxi rolled his eyes inwardly, but his expression remained unchanged as he said, "Your Majesty, do you think their deception is not very clever and that you will never be fooled?"
"How could I be so foolish that I couldn't even tell the truth from the false? Is this how the Queen Mother sees me?" Ying Zheng said angrily.
Zhao Yuanxi chuckled. "When you're caught in a trap, it's always hard to uncover the truth. Your Majesty is now healthy and in the prime of life, so naturally you don't seek immortality. But when you grow old, your limbs weaken, your eyes begin to blur, and your ears gradually lose hearing, won't you really want to return to the present?"
Zhao Yuanxi pointed at the chaotic group of people in front of him and said, "They might bring you hope. Don't you really want to give it a try?"
Ying Zheng's chest heaved up and down, clearly furious. "I would never do that!"
The Queen Mother was not teaching this group of alchemists a lesson, but was clearly taking the opportunity to teach him a lesson. If he really started to seek immortals and ask for the way that day, he would really become the foolish coward she described, who placed his hopes on this group of idiots out of fear of death and aging.
Zhao Yuanxi smiled even brighter, raised his hand and patted Ying Zheng's shoulder, comforting him, "I believe you, don't be angry."
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