Chapter 413 Hu Shanxiang 4
While the two were chatting, Shanxiang had already been invited over. When Zhu Di saw this girl again, his mood was very different.
He wanted to ask about the letter, but when he looked at the jade pendant hanging around her waist, he chose a gentle opening: "What's your name?"
"I, Hu Shanxiang, pay my respects to His Majesty."
Hu Shanxiang knelt on the ground, and her posture of saluting was not standard, but because of her calmness and composure, she had a unique temperament.
If she were a man, Zhu Di would probably give her an official position after a few inquiries, but if she were the Crown Prince's Consort...
He didn't really care whether Zhanji would like it or not, but he felt that his own child might not be able to handle such a person.
Of course, finding a wife for the grandson is not a big deal; what’s important is his grandfather’s life.
"Did your master tell you what these two pills are used for?"
"He is not my master." Shanxiang emphasized this point first, and then said: "White elixir brings back the dead, and red elixir prolongs life."
"How effective is it?"
"No one knows."
"No one knows?"
Zhu Di raised his eyebrows, "I don't know how it will work, but you just brought it to me like this?"
"There are only two pills in the world, so naturally, no one knows their effects except the person who takes them."
Zhu Di didn't believe it: "If it's true as you said, then how did Zhang Tong know that they can bring the dead back to life and prolong life?"
"I don't know about this. The old man accidentally refined two pills and was about to destroy them immediately, but unexpectedly, my adopted son A Tian gave them to me. So the old man asked me to deliver them to him."
Zhu Di frowned: "Damaged? Why, he doesn't want to give it to me?"
"Things that go against Heaven should not be born into this world."
"Ha, something that defies heaven."
Zhu Di stroked his beard, not sure if he was mocking the words or himself. He looked down at the two pills that had been safely placed in the jade box, and something no one could see rolled in his deep eyes.
"If this heaven-defying thing really works, do you know what the consequences will be?"
"The old man left a message before he died, asking me to tell the emperor in person." Hu Shanxiang raised her head and looked directly at Zhu Di: "If Heaven takes it, it must first give it."
"If Heaven takes something, it must first give it... This old man really knows how to give people problems."
Zhu Di snorted coldly, picked up the red pill, and examined it for a long time. Suddenly, he pulled out a small knife from his waist and cut a red bean-sized piece from the longan-sized pill. He handed the blade with the medicine stuck to it to Shanxiang, "Miss Hu, do you dare to test the medicine for me?"
Hu Shanxiang took the medicine without hesitation and fed it to her: "Shanxiang will come to visit again tomorrow."
After saying this, she bowed and followed the guards to the newly cleaned room. Even though her martial arts skills were mediocre, she could guess that there must be skilled Jinyiwei soldiers lying in ambush nearby.
After she left, Zhu Di sat back down and said to the old monk who had been watching from the sidelines on the futon, "This girl is really quite good. Judging from her courage and insight, she is a hundred times stronger than those parasites who just sit there and eat for free. It would be a pity to give her to Zhanji."
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too early to say that."
Yao Guangxiao chuckled and signaled the emperor not to think too much. The girl was so good, she might not marry your grandson.
Zhu Di was unhappy again: "My grandson is a dragon with great appearance and phoenix with graceful figure, so of course the girl is also beautiful; and he is the crown prince... Of course, those outsiders may not care."
"Okay, okay, let's take a look first. The monkey boy is still young, so there's no need to rush these things. After all, I, an old man, will help him keep an eye on it."
………
Early the next morning, just as the sky was getting light, Zhu Di, who had just woken up from a nightmare, couldn't wait to send someone to call Hu Shanxiang.
Yao Guangxiao laughed at the fact that he had grown old and had a worse temper, and he didn't know how to sympathize with young people who were lazy and sleepy.
The two argued for a while, and Zhu Di waved his hand, directly exerting his imperial privilege, saying that if he couldn't win, he would cheat: "Go and invite Miss Hu over, and say that I, an old man, invite her to have breakfast with me."
In the end, I found an excuse.
Before Little Nose could respond, a young eunuch walked over and whispered a few words. He quickly ran to Zhu Di and whispered, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is outside asking for an audience. The Crown Prince and the King of Han are also kneeling outside."
Zhu Di looked back at the tiger painting.
"Send him in."
Zhu Zhanji walked with great strides to the emperor and prostrated himself before him. Zhu Di, who was sitting at the top of the table, didn't even look at him and asked, "Who asked you to come here?"
Zhu Zhanji didn't hide anything: "It's my father and second uncle."
Zhu Di slowly stood up: "You are the one who proposed the poem. Grandpa loves you well."
After saying that, he walked out.
After hearing this, Zhu Zhanji also understood his grandfather's bias. Young people are frivolous after all, and he couldn't help feeling a little proud at this moment. He hurriedly followed him out and saw his grandfather holding his two sons in his hands and twisting them together. The two men and grandsons looked like children. He was worried about his father's health and felt sorry for his second uncle's big head.
After everyone was driven away, Zhu Di took the tea handed to him by his grandson and said with a smile: "How is it, isn't this good, Grandpa?"
Zhu Zhanji nodded quickly, and the old man and the child even smiled in the same way.
"Go, call the old monk to play chess with me."
"Okay~"
"Wait, wait, I almost forgot, you helped grandpa a lot this time, tell me what you want, and grandpa will grant it."
Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up. After much effort, he finally got the old man's permission to marry the one he liked. Then he walked out in high spirits.
He hurried to the old monk's residence, but couldn't find him. He hurriedly stopped a young monk and asked, "Brother, can you see where the master is?"
"Master is having tea with a guest in the pavilion."
"Guest? Who is it?"
"I don't know. He's a new face. He seems to be a traveling doctor."
Zhu Zhanji was now even more puzzled. How could a traveling doctor be personally entertained by an old monk?
Curious, Zhu Zhanji hurriedly walked along the winding stone road. As soon as he reached the outside of the pavilion, the old monk had already spotted him and waved to him.
Zhu Zhanji took two steps at a time up the stairs and saluted casually, but his eyes had already glanced at the figure sitting cross-legged on the cushion with his back to him.
"Old monk, my grandfather wants you to play chess with him."
"I have guests here, what should I do?"
Yao Guangxiao held the Buddhist beads in his hand, with a compassionate smile on his face. "Alas, I have no choice but to ask you to help me entertain this guest first."
The man finally spoke: "Master, there is no need to do this. I will go on my own."
As he spoke, he turned his head and when their eyes met, they were both stunned. Zhu Zhanji blurted out, "It's you?"
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