[Huh? Why did Old Lin go to Qingfeng Temple? Oh, he's going to find the elixir of immortality for the emperor...]
[Huh? Old Lin and Master Taiqing talked all night long, and the next day Master Taiqing was dead!]
[Huh? Old Lin has been detained by Qingfeng Temple; they're going to make him pay for murder with his life!]
The series of questions and exclamations from Chuanwen made the atmosphere outside a bit strange. The ministers were somewhat stiff. Could Lin Jinjun have killed someone to steal their elixir of immortality?!
But as long as it is said that the elixir of immortality is to be offered to the emperor, I suppose Master Taiqing would not refuse to give it to him, right?
How did it end up resulting in a death?!
The emperor was a little confused. Old Lin...who is that?
Besides the emperor, there was another person who was completely confused: the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. The elixir of immortality was given to him by his father-in-law and had nothing to do with the former Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies!
Uh... well... Old Lin does indeed bear some responsibility for the death of Master Taiqing...
[The person's eyes were already swollen and they were staggering, yet you still dragged them around complaining and asking them to comfort you, practically wearing them down to death. Who else can they blame but you?]
The article expresses genuine regret over the death of Master Taiqing, stating, "Master Taiqing was such a good person, and he's gone just like that, sigh..."
......
Silence fell outside. The Emperor asked, "So who exactly is this old Lin?"
However, Master Taiqing's death cannot be entirely blamed on Lao Lin. Even if Lao Lin hadn't made him stay up all night, he would have been near death anyway...
The emperor was even more puzzled. Two years ago, when he visited Qingfeng Temple, Master Taiqing, although he had a long white beard, walked with a brisk pace and seemed quite healthy. He even taught him a set of boxing techniques, saying that practicing them once a day could improve his health.
It's only been two years, and he's already gone? Could it be some kind of illness? But what kind of illness is so deadly? It took him away in just two years?
The emperor is a question mark after a question mark.
[Eating those elixirs of immortality every day will lead to metal poisoning; it's no wonder you'll die!]
Chuanwen sighed, once again feeling sorry for Master Taiqing.
[Meeting Master Taixiao and Old Lin was the worst luck Master Taiqing could have ever had in his life! One made him help refine and consume pills, while the other kept him up all night for a long talk, ultimately sending him to his death...]
[Actually, Old Lin was just the last straw that broke the camel's back. The main reason was Master Taixiao, um? No! The main reason was the Emperor! If he hadn't scared Master Taixiao away, Master Taixiao wouldn't have had Master Taiqing refine pills for him. And if Master Taiqing hadn't refined pills, he wouldn't have died! With his physical condition, he could easily have lived to be a hundred or two hundred years old!]
[A perfectly healthy person, and just like that, the feast begins!]
Chuanwen sighed with regret, saying he had eaten two fewer bites of food.
emperor:......
Is this my fault?
The emperor, who was excitedly preparing to take a pill upon returning home, couldn't help but glance at the gourd of pills that the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices had just presented. Alchemy is also called alchemy or stone refining. They knew that gold and some stones were poisonous, but wouldn't the toxins be removed by high-temperature refining? How come they are still poisonous?
The Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices trembled with fear. When he saw the emperor looking at the gourd of pills, he knelt down with a thud. "Your Majesty, please understand! I had no intention of harming you!"
The Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices was on the verge of tears.
The ministers exclaimed, "Oh dear! Isn't this a case of 'too much joy leads to sorrow'? To be honest, we can't help but laugh!"
The Vice Minister of Personnel suppressed a laugh; if he laughed out loud now, the Emperor would probably glare at him! Hehe!
However, the passing of Master Taiqing is quite regrettable.
The emperor still believed that the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices would not harm him, and with a dark face, he told him to get up, "Don't bother with these empty things anymore. You'd be better off doing your job well!"
The emperor, who longed for immortality, was very unhappy that the elixir produced by alchemy was poisonous. He said this to the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, and also to everyone else, to prevent them from causing him any more trouble.
However, Marquis Changxing breathed a sigh of relief, finally putting his mind at ease as he feared the emperor might die from taking elixirs.
The Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices trembled as he sat back down in his seat, not daring to utter another word.
The banquet continued, but the emperor was no longer in high spirits.
However, the gossip surrounding the story is not over yet.
Before his death, Master Taiqing gave Old Lin a gourd of pills he had refined. Old Lin was overjoyed, thinking he had a chance to regain his official position. But the next second, Master Taiqing suddenly passed away. Fortunately, before he was detained, he had someone send a message home for help...
However, the man secretly read his letter halfway there and discovered that the gourd Old Lin had asked him to deliver to his family contained an elixir of immortality refined by the Taoist Master Taiqing. So, instead of delivering the letter to Old Lin's family, he gave the elixir to his son-in-law, an official, to present to the emperor so he could be promoted!
The Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, whose cough had just subsided, started coughing again, and everyone looked at him.
So, you're the son-in-law of that official?
Seeing the questions in everyone's eyes, the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices knelt down again, inwardly cursing his father-in-law for ruining him. "Your Majesty, I...I know nothing..."
He genuinely didn't know that his father-in-law had returned from Qingfeng Temple; he had assumed that his father-in-law had asked Master Taiqing for it.
[Haha, the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices treated it like a priceless treasure, eagerly sending it to the Emperor!]
Chuanwen chuckled as he ate, while the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices outside was practically in tears. This year was his birth year, so he should have worn red underwear and red socks. It was all his wife's fault for not letting him wear them because she thought they were too ugly. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so unlucky today!
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