However, while the emperor's face darkened, a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes, and he valued those pills even more. Thus, those pills, which were jointly refined by Daoist Taixiao and Daoist Taiqing, must be extraordinary.
Although he was quite pleased, the emperor did not want to continue the topic, lest the messenger reveal exactly how he had scared away the Taoist priest Taixiao. He coughed and told everyone to eat and drink, and even inquired about the Minister of Works' life to change the subject.
The Minister of Works, who was named, was stunned and secretly lamented, "Your Majesty, you have no martial virtue! You can't drag an old minister out to attract fire just to prevent Chuanwen from exposing your secrets!"
When the Minister of Works replied, his expression remained unchanged, but his heart was filled with righteous indignation. This old minister was willing to devote himself to the Emperor until his dying breath!
However, Chuanwen was not drawn to the words "Minister of Works," but continued reading about the Qingfeng Temple incident, because she had seen some big news:
[Master Taiqing is dead!!]
Cough cough cough!!!
The emperor, who had just taken a sip of wine, choked.
The chief eunuch attending the emperor quickly poured water for him, while the ministers were stunned, especially the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, whose father-in-law hadn't mentioned this to him!
Inside, some of the women could hear Chuanwen's thoughts, while others couldn't. Some were talking, some looked slightly stunned, and some were picking up food; nothing seemed amiss.
The Empress, in particular, was already used to the surprise that the news brought. She only paused for a moment before returning to normal, chatting casually with the old lady of the Marquis of Changxing beside her.
The old lady of the Marquis of Changxing was also a shrewd person, and she chatted casually with the Empress.
Chuanwen, engrossed in reading gossip, didn't notice the slight pauses some people were making as he slowly ate his food while continuing to browse the gossip.
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