Sitting in the sedan chair returning to the palace, Lan Shuang stroked the cloak at hand, her eyes up and down.
888 asked curiously, "Since the eldest princess is capable of competing with the fifth prince, why doesn't the host just agree?"
Lan Shuang chuckled and retracted her hand. "If I agree directly, it will make me seem too easy to talk to, which will easily arouse suspicion. I'll keep him waiting for a few days before agreeing. It will make him more credible."
888: "So that's how it is."
"As the Fifth Prince's greatest rival in his later years, the eldest princess is far more complex than she appears. We must proceed with caution until we understand her temperament."
Although she was certain that this was her boyfriend's reincarnation, but... her boyfriend didn't have the same personality in every life. Only by treating the symptoms could she achieve twice the result with half the effort.
After thinking about the next plan, the sedan chair swayed to the palace gate.
Lan Shuang put on her cloak, opened the curtain of the sedan chair and looked out. She had no idea when the snow had started to fall. The snow was as big as goose feathers and in the blink of an eye, a layer of white covered the ground.
The eunuch accompanying him shouted, "Be careful, the road is slippery in the snow, don't let the Nine Thousand Years Old Man get bumped."
"yes."
The sedan chair immediately slowed down, and the palace maids all gave way wherever it passed. The grandeur and majesty of the sedan chair were unmatched by any ordinary prince.
Lan Shuang propped her chin up with one hand, feeling somewhat worried. "If you act so arrogantly, it would be strange if you weren't envied."
But she has to be so arrogant. What the emperor wants is for her to be arrogant and domineering and make countless enemies. In this way, in the end, she can only rely on the emperor and end up being controlled by the emperor.
The best way for an emperor to exercise power is to conquer his heart.
Lan Shuang thought for a moment and felt that there was no need to change. Changing her personality rashly would only arouse suspicion. So - just make do with it this way.
The sedan chair was carried to the emperor's bedroom. This was the emperor's exclusive favor. Ordinary people did not have this treatment. Lan Shuang was the only one.
After the sedan chair came to a stop, the young eunuch Sanxi came to lift the curtain and said flatteringly, "Godfather, we're here."
Lan Shuang: “…”
Eunuchs have no roots, so it is popular for them to adopt godchildren and godgrandchildren. Before she came, the original owner already had many godsons, and grandchildren were everywhere.
Suddenly she was called and Lan Shuang remembered, and her scalp felt tingling.
This can be considered a means for eunuchs to consolidate their power, but it can also be troublesome if these people become disloyal.
Countless relevant thoughts flashed through her mind, but her face remained expressionless. She stepped down from the sedan chair in her cloak, raised her eyes to look at the towering palace, and curled her lips slightly: "Go down."
"yes."
Sanxi waved her hand, and the sedan chair was immediately carried away. The palace maids in the corridor had seen Lan Shuang's sedan chair long ago and had taken out umbrellas in advance. When they saw her coming, they immediately stepped forward to hold the umbrella for her and said, "This servant greets the eunuch."
"Well, is His Majesty in the bedroom or the alchemy room?"
The little palace maid whispered, "I'm in the alchemy room. I just made a batch of pills with Taoist Shengxu. After taking them, I went to sleep in the alchemy room. It's almost time to get up."
Lan Shuang nodded: "I understand."
After going up the corridor, Lan Shuang strode towards the alchemy room. When she arrived at the door and was about to raise her hand to knock, the door was opened by the person inside.
Lan Shuang took a step back to make room for someone. A middle-aged man in a gray-white Taoist robe strode out, holding a whisk in his arm.
This is the so-called Taoist Master Shengxu, the second person the emperor trusts besides Lan Shuang.
Taoist Shengxu was not particularly respectful when he saw Lan Shuang. He simply nodded at her as a greeting and whispered, "His Majesty is asleep in there. What can I do for you, eunuch?"
"Nothing, I just came to see you. I thought I'd have any instructions for His Majesty when he wakes up, so I can serve him. Taoist Shengxu, it's time to go today, right?"
Sheng Xu looked her up and down. Although he didn't say anything, it was obvious that he didn't think much of Lan Shuang.
Lan Shuang didn't care. She raised her hand and said, "Come here, call the sedan chair and escort Taoist Sheng Xu out of the palace. The roads are slippery in the snow, so walk slowly."
"Yes." Sanxi turned around and gave a wink to the young eunuchs behind him, and the young eunuchs immediately responded and left.
Before Sheng Xu could say anything else, Lan Shuang had already walked past him and went straight into the alchemy room. Sheng Xu's face immediately darkened.
Sanxi could see clearly from behind and said with a smile: "Master Shengxu, please..."
Sheng Xu snorted coldly, picked up the whisk and swung it, with two big words written on his face - bad luck.
Sanxi silently clenched his back teeth.
…
The alchemy room is divided into inside and outside. Outside is the alchemy furnace and a room full of materials. Inside is a bedroom specially for the emperor to rest and take a nap, with a bed and everything he needs.
Lan Shuang took a quick glance as she walked over from the outside. There was a box of black pills the size of fingernails on the table. It should be the medicine they had just made.
"Xiao Baba, what's the ingredient?"
888 started a system scan and quickly came up with the results. "Hmm, these are all some tonic herbs. In addition, there is also a very small dose of cinnabar."
Lan Shuang retracted her gaze upon hearing this, her smile cold, "As expected, when a person wants to die, no one can stop him."
Cinnabar is indeed a medicine that can be taken internally or externally, but if taken for a long time or in excess, it is likely to cause mercury poisoning.
If he stops taking the medicine in time, it will be fine. He can live two more years if he takes good care of himself. But if he doesn't stop... Lan Shuang thought about it and walked into the inner room. The old emperor was lying on the couch, snoring softly.
She leaned in closer to take a closer look. The old emperor was so thin that he was just a bag of bones. Fortunately, he seldom attended court, otherwise if the ministers saw him, they would probably be even more anxious to find another buyer.
His face was yellow with a hint of blue, and his dark circles were deep and big. Anyone who saw him would say that he would not live long, but the old emperor himself was unaware of it.
Lan Shuang sighed softly and shook his head. As an emperor, he did not make progress and was obsessed with cultivating immortals and seeking the truth. In the end, he would only harm others and himself.
Perhaps it was time, but the old emperor slowly woke up, his cloudy eyes staring unfocused at the bed curtains above his head for a while.
Lan Shuang called softly, "Your Majesty?"
The old emperor's eyes moved slightly, and he noticed that there was another person in the room.
When he saw that it was Lan Shuang, the old emperor smiled and said, "You're back."
Lan Shuang helped him up and took the coat from the side and put it on him, "Your Majesty, be careful not to catch a cold."
"It's okay. I just took the elixir and my body is warm and comfortable. By the way, who did you go to see today?"
He sat on the edge of the bed, squinted his eyes, and asked casually.
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