The emperor was immediately unhappy when he heard this: "That's because my health was not good some time ago. Now that I have taken the elixir sent by Master Zhang, my body is almost healed. There is no need to rest anymore."
“But Your Majesty…this elixir…” The chief eunuch Su Xi originally wanted to persuade the emperor again, but the emperor was obviously unhappy and his face was already gloomy.
"Suxi, aren't you in charge of too many things now? How about I let you take my place?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the eunuch immediately knelt on the ground in fear and dared not persuade him anymore.
Looking at the green-head cards of the concubines in the harem, the emperor selected them with great interest.
"I haven't been to Concubine Xian's place for a long time. I want to go and see how the prince is doing with his studies!"
The emperor found a reason that seemed very legitimate.
The eunuch sighed silently in his heart and could only say "Prepare your carriage".
It was already noon, but when Concubine Xian received the news that the Emperor was coming, she immediately got up, washed up, and adjusted her makeup.
He immediately waited respectfully in front of the palace gate.
As soon as the emperor arrived, he saw such a gentle beauty.
In fact, although Concubine Xian has given birth to a child, her face is young and she doesn't look old at all. She has a slim figure and is still a rare beauty.
When the emperor saw this beautiful woman under the moonlight, he became restless for a moment.
He had long forgotten about the duties of a prince.
After a night of passion, Concubine Xian never thought that the Emperor would have such physical strength now.
You should know that after the child was born, the emperor seldom came to see Concubine Xian. Even if he came occasionally, he just came to ask about the prince.
Like the situation last night, Concubine Xian thought about it carefully and realized that only when she first entered the palace and the emperor was still young did he have such energy.
Women who have just experienced moisturizing have rosy and delicate complexions.
When the emperor saw such a beautiful face in the morning, he almost became aroused. If it weren't for the morning court, I'm afraid the emperor would not want to leave the bed.
The virtuous concubine was satisfied, and her whole body exuded a lazy air.
Praise the emperor a lot.
The emperor was in a very high mood, and he knew very well that the reason for this situation was because he took the pills given to him by Master Zhang.
The emperor did not care about what Zhao Ji said about cultivators not liking gold, silver and jewelry. He got excited and directly rewarded Zhao Ji with several boxes of gold bars.
Master Zhang received these things in his Taoist temple and took them very calmly.
He turned around and put the gold bars on the ground. The young eunuch who was delivering the imperial gift was shocked when he saw this scene.
When he went back to study with the emperor, he directly said that Master Zhang was an immortal who regarded gold as dirt.
Since Master Zhang didn't like such gold, silver and jewelry, the emperor couldn't think of anything decent to reward Master Zhang with.
He simply went to reward the governor of Nanjun who had presented Zhang Zhenren.
The governor of Nanjun had mediocre political performance in the past few years, but because of the matter of Master Zhang, the emperor rewarded him with countless gold, silver and jewelry, and even wanted to promote the governor of Nanjun back to the capital.
The emperor thought carefully about his current position in the court and actually issued an order to promote the Governor of Nanjun to the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
The person in charge is the job of recommending and selecting people.
Judging from the time now, the Governor of Nanjun should be returning to the capital soon.
At this time, Zhao Ji also received the investigation materials secretly sent back by his subordinates.
It was none other than the Governor of Nanjun.
The governor of Nanjun County had his ancestral home in the capital, but his family fell into poverty in recent years, which is why he is no longer a prominent figure in the capital.
However, this governor of Nanjun was known as a genius. He won the top three places in the imperial examinations and came directly to the top through the imperial examinations.
Just looking at his resume, he is a very inspiring person.
But Zhao Ji's attention was focused on interpersonal communication.
Among the data obtained from the investigation, there were some that were specifically obtained from the neighbors of the former Nanjun Governor in the capital. According to the descriptions of these neighbors, the former Nanjun Governor did not have the money to take the imperial examinations.
It seemed that a kind-hearted official donated some silver, which allowed the governor of Nanjun to take part in the imperial examination smoothly.
Even the secret guards with such intelligence capabilities were unable to find out who the official behind this was.
"Very good, having no problem is the biggest problem." Zhao Ji knew very well what kind of people were in this court.
Even if it is said that it is free financial support for the sons of poor families, there is no official in the court who would do this.
No official would use his own money to do business that would not yield any return.
Even though he had no intention of colluding with the Governor of Nanjun at that time.
He must have been impressed by the talent of the Governor of Zhongnan County and wanted to take a chance on him.
In addition, the governor of Nanjun was originally unknown in the court, but inexplicably sent a man named Zhang to the court. This matter itself was full of strangeness.
"Go check the relationship between this governor and other people."
Zhao Ji sent out another subordinate who was good at gathering information.
The emperor was very happy these days because Master Zhang presented him with another twelve pills.
"These are the twelve golden pills I brought home. If you take all twelve of these pills, the emperor's dragon body will surely live longer!"
Master Zhang's words were so absolute that the emperor was particularly trustworthy.
The main reason is that the emperor tasted the sweetness of the elixirs he had taken several times before, and now he favors his concubines every night.
He even appointed a few new favorite palace maids.
All of a sudden, the open and secret struggles in the harem began again.
In order to compete for the opportunity to sleep with the eunuchs at night, many concubines began to give money to the eunuchs.
They were all stuffed in front of the chief eunuch Su Xi.
However, Su Xi is different from those short-sighted eunuchs. The emperor's personal eunuch Su Xi has never relaxed his brows during this period.
Although the emperor seemed to be much more powerful in bed, Su Xi could clearly find that the emperor always had nightmares when he was resting recently.
Every time the emperor woke up from a nightmare, he had no recollection of ever having had such an experience.
The chief eunuch Su Xi always noticed that the emperor frowned in his sleep and muttered nonsense from time to time.
There was even one night when I walked around the bedroom with my eyes closed in a terrifying way.
At that time, the chief eunuch Su Xi did not even dare to wake up the emperor, but just followed him quietly.
The emperor simply turned around, and finally returned the same way and lay down in bed.
Su Xi once tentatively asked the emperor about this situation during the day, but the emperor had no memory of it at all.
In addition, the emperor himself is very energetic during the day. Su Xi understands the emperor's temper and knows very well that even if she tells him something at this time, the emperor will not take it seriously and may even blame her for talking nonsense.
Therefore, the chief eunuch Su Xi only dared to tell this matter to Zhao Ji.
"These symptoms appeared after taking Master Zhang's elixir." The chief eunuch Su Xi frowned.