Su Wenyuan asked him to explain in detail that the emperor and the two imperial physicians in the palace were things that no one else could see, let alone know the details of.
When the emperor was concocting medicine, even Eunuch Hu was not allowed to enter.
Nian Huai finally recounted the whole story.
Poisoning the emperor was a difficult task, as food and medicine were tested beforehand, and highly toxic substances could not be used because they would be detected.
They had spent over a decade trying to sneak into the palace, and they were afraid that their plan would fail and they would be the first to be exposed.
Unexpectedly, he was caught in a lucky time. The officials of the previous dynasty favored Sheng Jingyu, and there were no concubines in the harem who could make decisions.
This made them become increasingly daring in their actions.
This led many people to become suspicious, questioning their identities and motives.
Fortunately, Su Wenyuan intervened and stopped them.
After the prescription was changed, the emperor's health improved, and his spirits also improved significantly.
But they couldn't tell the emperor that there was a problem with the previous medicine, so they could only make up a story.
They attributed all the credit to those dubious elixirs, and importantly, the emperor believed them…
After the people around him died one by one, the emperor became extremely afraid of death.
With such a good elixir, he would definitely eat more of it to prolong his life.
Since the ministers of the previous dynasty wouldn't listen to him and the concubines in the harem were also quite boring, the emperor, unwilling to face them, began to study alchemy.
But those two imperial physicians had absolutely no idea how to make elixirs!
The pills they took out were actually just kneaded medicinal pills.
The emperor must not know the prescription, for knowing it will lead to their deaths, and the emperor must not be allowed to take too much of it.
But the emperor was convinced they knew alchemy and insisted they learn it.
This forced the two of them to spend their days helping the emperor refine elixirs and their nights studying how to do so.
The emperor believed they were truly skilled and humbly sought their advice. The two of them even had to pretend to be enlightened masters and comment on the things the emperor had refined.
They're just imperial physicians! And now they're doing this kind of thing.
Regardless of what others think, even the two of them found it unbelievable.
If they had known earlier that the Emperor liked this, they wouldn't have devoted themselves to studying medicine.
"The Emperor is very confident in the elixir he has refined and always wants to try it. The two of them tried to stop him, and the Emperor even wanted to find eunuchs to test the medicine. I suspect that the Emperor has already secretly taken it."
Su Wenyuan patted her head, feeling an unusual headache.
Isn't Your Majesty digging your own grave?
Nian Huai shrugged and said, "We have indeed toned it down; the rest is none of our business."
Su Wenyuan said with a sense of despair, "You're right, he might have gone crazy a long time ago, but we just found out."
"Then what should we do?" Nian Huai still preferred to kill him directly.
Su Wenyuan thought for a moment and said, "I have an idea, but I have to ask the Prince first. Why don't you come again tomorrow? Also, when do you plan to leave the capital?"
Nian Huai grinned and asked, "Who are you?"
“Those of you who have already been exposed, the prefect has noticed you. If you don’t leave now, you’ll be investigated,” Su Wenyuan warned.
On their very first day in Beijing, this group of people announced that they were all backed by the same boss.
Besides, there must be others who haven't stepped forward yet; it doesn't matter whether those people stay in the capital or not.
Anyway, nobody knows their identities.
But these people are clearly all in the same boat; if anything happens to one of them, the whole boat will capsize.
They should stay far away so no one will suspect them.
Nian Huai didn't show his predicament, but just nodded perfunctorily and said, "Some of them are going to leave to do business elsewhere. It's not easy to make money if everyone gathers in the capital."
He evaded the question, deliberately making excuses.
Seeing this, Su Wenyuan didn't say anything more, but simply reminded him to be careful.
Whether the emperor is confused or insane, he is still the emperor. The day he comes to his senses, things will definitely become very troublesome.
Nian Huai nodded at the end, as if he had taken it to heart.
Whether he actually listened or not is not important.
It's not that he doesn't want everyone to leave, it's that everyone doesn't want to leave.
In order to keep everyone's hatred for the emperor alive all these years, Lian Heng would bring up the past at the drop of a hat, making everyone's goal to kill the emperor until death.
The reason for making such a fuss when entering the capital was so that one day he could speak out about the injustice he had suffered and how incompetent and tyrannical the emperor was.
They were not afraid of death at all for this goal.
Over the years, Huai never told Su Wenyuan about it, fearing that Su Wenyuan would think they were biased and extreme.
If, as before, obstacles are obstructed, the two sides will definitely clash.
Nian Huai couldn't bear to see this scene, so he could only hide it from Su Wenyuan and think of another way.
That night, Su Wenyuan and Sheng Jingyu discussed an important matter that required the cooperation of the two imperial physicians.
Nian Huai finally delivered the order to the palace, and a day later, the emperor suddenly announced that he would be going into seclusion.
The Emperor has neglected state affairs for many days. Even the letters sent back by Sheng Ziyan and Sheng Zixi are handed directly to Sheng Jingyu, and the Emperor doesn't even look at them.
The civil and military officials had already accepted the matter, but they were still taken aback when they suddenly heard the emperor say that he was going into seclusion.
Is this something the Emperor could say?
If he doesn't believe in Buddhism or practice Taoism, what kind of seclusion is he going into?
When Grand Tutor Lu and others pressed the emperor for an explanation, he stammered and could not give a clear answer.
The truth is that the two men told him that the most effective way to refine good pills was to go into seclusion.
After meditating quietly each day, I would then go to refine elixirs.
The Emperor believed it once again. Su Wenyuan couldn't understand how those two had brainwashed the Emperor and made him trust them so much.
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