Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Visiting the Sick (Part 2)
"Tangyuan, Zhao Gao was present when I was refining the elixir before. I must have collected his luck. Please analyze it quickly!" Zhu Dan remembered something and immediately called for the cauldron.
Tang Yuan sensed his master's urgency and quickly spoke, but his response was, "He was there, but like everyone else present, his luck was absorbed into the material, making him essentially attributeless. I can't analyze it right now. Master, find a way to meet Zhao Gao and confront him, just like you confronted Fusu and Hu Hai."
Zhu Dan: “…”
A glance at the sky and the rising passion faded.
"Forget it, let's go to sleep first."
The next morning, Zhu Dan was washing up while thinking about what excuse she could find to meet Zhao Gao when Yun Qiu brought her breakfast.
"Why is it tofu pudding and corn porridge again?" Zhu Dan's face fell.
The first time I ate tofu pudding, I was simply amazed by it. Now... sorry, Zhu Dan is a person who gets bored easily.
Yun Qiu said, "How about asking the kitchen to prepare some scones?"
"Bunny?" Zhu Dan remembered what it was and shook his head.
This was also a breakfast she once loved. The chef of the Meng family was very skilled and baked it very crispy. Later, under her guidance, he stuffed it with meat filling and spread sauce on it. It tasted like the long-lost pot cake.
However, the chef at the Alchemist Temple has not been upgraded yet. Although the pancakes are made very thin and baked very crispy, the same old saying still applies: no matter how delicious the food is, you can’t eat it every day.
There are so many breakfast options in Greater China. Why should I suffer such injustice even though I have left the cultivation world? Zhu Dan immediately thought of the best partners for soy milk: fried dough sticks and steamed buns.
It is best to use an iron pan to make fried dough sticks, otherwise Zhu Dan is afraid that the clay pot will explode directly. But compared to flatbreads, the only thing missing from buns is yeast, so you can still give it a try.
Zhu Dan drank the corn porridge in big gulps and took note of this matter.
By the way, there are also various noodles, boiled, fried and mixed!
This doesn't require yeast.
Zhu Dan immediately told Yun Qiu how to make noodles.
Thinking about how many delicious dishes she had missed out on during this period, she felt extremely regretful. Fortunately, Yun Qiu comforted her: "This is easy. Just have someone tinker with it in the morning and you can have it ready for lunch."
Zhu Dan immediately became happy.
After breakfast, Yun Qiu brought her some mouthwash and asked, "Mr. Zhu, would you like to meet your former senior brother, Lu Linyong?"
This is what the king asked her to ask.
But the original intention was not Lu Linyong, but Lu Sheng.
The king hates those who betrayed her, but she has to consider Zhu Sheng's thoughts and wonders if she still has feelings for her former master.
Whether Yun Qiu was standing from Zhu Dan's perspective or the king's perspective, he did not want the two of them to have such a gap because of Lu Sheng.
"Lu Linyong?" Zhu Dan was stunned and thought for a moment, "I really should go meet him."
She knew very well that she was not the Princess of Zhao, so why was this person so sure that she was?
Now Zheng Ge has not issued an edict to disclose her identity as the national teacher. Even if the remnants of the Zhao State do not want her, a divine disciple, to help the Qin State, they don’t know.
Why set such a trap to provoke others?
Could it be that they have people in the Xianyang Palace?
He issued the seven-day military order in public, and the witnesses included slaves, guards and alchemists.
Zhu Dan frowned. Zheng Ge doted on alchemists and devoted himself to seeking immortality. The common people might not know this, but the remnants of the six kingdoms who were eyeing Daqin and wanted to assassinate Zheng Ge were definitely aware of it.
It is not impossible that they sent a Taoist priest to tamper with the matter, so the positions of Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng would be more suspicious.
They fled with a huge amount of money to survive. This can be said to be because they were greedy for fame and fortune, or because they were short of money.
The remnants of the six kingdoms also need money to rebel.
For example, Zhang Liang hired strong men to assassinate someone in Bolingsha.
Although the nobles of the six countries should be rich, who would complain about having more money?
Zhu Dan was thinking about a lot of things and for a moment he forgot about Zhao Gao.
Following Yun Qiu to see Lu Linyong, Zhu Dan recalled and asked Wu Tong: "Do you know how I fell into Lu Sheng's hands?"
There was no way out. At that time, most of her soul was sealed, and she was like a fool, with only the instincts of eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.
Wutong paused before saying, "I don't know."
"How could you not know?" Zhu Dan reprimanded, "I'm very good-looking. Aren't you afraid that I'll fall into the wrong hands?"
Wutong felt even more guilty and explained, "I fought a battle with the Heavenly Dao, and I only had a tiny bit of strength left. Your Dantian was shattered, making you almost like a mortal. You couldn't live without food and water like me. I used the last bit of my strength to repair it and put you into this world to sleep. Of course, I left a mark on you. If your life is in danger, you will definitely wake me up!"
"I will protect you." He said this firmly.
Zhu Dan rolled his eyes.
What would a weak and pretty woman who was weak and unable to even tie a chicken encounter in ancient times?
Although she could treat it as a dog bite, she couldn't respond no matter how she thought about it.
Realizing what Zhu Dan meant, Wu Tong said solemnly, "That wouldn't have happened. You were wearing quite a few accessories at the time. Even though your spiritual power was exhausted, it was obvious they weren't ordinary items..."
A monk's jewelry is not just for looks.
Zhu Dan's robes, hairband, ring... As an alchemist, she is not like the natives of the cultivation world who think that the realm of alchemy is everything. She has the awareness of a technician.
Moreover, the outlier Wutong Sword Master has set an example for many people and inspired quite a number of people - even if they do not have the talent of a pill master, they can find other ways to steal or rob treasures to improve themselves.
Even if one needs to master the elixir formula or even create one's own to advance to a higher realm, the more elixirs one can grab, the greater the chance of success.
So although Zhu Dan was not like Wutong, who tempered the alchemy furnace to make it indestructible, he almost maxed out his defense through other means.
Given the strict hierarchy between the nobles and the common people in the Qin Dynasty, ordinary people would not dare to offend the man in that attire.
Zhu Dan's expression softened a little.
Wutong noticed this and continued, "But the reason I was able to sleep peacefully at that time was because I fought with the Heavenly Dao and tore off a large piece of my luck. I gave most of it to you."
Yes, Wutong will not rely on external things or other people's ethics.
He has always been very cautious.
Even though this strange world has entered the Dharma Ending Age, the Heavenly Dao can do little to interfere, but with the protection of good fortune, everything can still go smoothly.
Zhu Dan was a little embarrassed. "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. But...is it because of this luck that I was mistaken for the Princess of Zhao?"
She found it a bit strange that good luck was a very mysterious concept, but it could not change people's cognition.
"Mr. Zhu, we're here." Yun Qiu reminded softly at this time.
Zhu Dan subconsciously looked up and glanced at the plaque above the palace.
Uh, she still didn't recognize it, but she knew it was the inner court.
The Tingwei was the central judicial institution of the Qin Dynasty, divided into internal and external departments.
Externally, it is a national affair, while internally, it is a family affair.
All mistakes made by concubines, palace maids and eunuchs in the harem were under the jurisdiction of the inner court.
Zhu Dan remembered reading somewhere that Zhao Gao seemed to be in charge of this place, and he was very well versed in the laws.
Lu Linyong, who was brought back by Zhao Gao, was naturally imprisoned here, but I don’t know whether he is here now.
Yun Qiu showed the sign, and soon someone took them to a prison where Lu Linyong was imprisoned.
Lu Linyong was wearing prison uniform, with disheveled hair and looking very disheveled. When he heard someone coming in, he raised his head slowly with an unfocused gaze.
Seeing him like this, Zhu Dan found it really hard to imagine that this was the elegant senior brother in his memory.
She waved her hand in front of him: "Do you still remember me?"
Lu Linyong's eyes slowly focused, and he finally recognized her: "It's you, Junior Sister."
When they abandoned their junior sister, they never thought that she would still be alive, and they never thought that one day their situation would be reversed. The junior sister did not get the King of Qin's anger, but became a guest of honor, but they themselves became prisoners.
Zhu Dan was straightforward: "Why do you say I am the Princess of Zhao?"
"You are the Princess of Zhao. Your brother personally handed you over to us."
Zhu Dan: “…”
The case has been solved. It was definitely this brother Wang's doing.
"What were you thinking, bringing the Princess of Zhao into the Xianyang Palace as an alchemist?"
Lu Linyong had first been tortured by Zhao Gao, and the arrogance he had felt during his heyday was long gone. He had also witnessed Zhu Dan refining the elixir in the hall with other ministers, and was convinced of her divine identity. He answered every question: "Master didn't tell me, but from my years of knowing him, I've guessed about 70%."
"He must have anticipated that our scam would eventually fail and made preparations in advance."
After saying that, he looked at Zhu Dan and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"What's wrong?" She didn't understand.
"He wants to emulate the Queen Mother of the West." Lu Linyong glanced at Zhu Dan again.
Zhu Dan still didn't understand.
Yun Qiu cleared his throat and reminded him, "Legend has it that Xuannv was the Yellow Emperor's teacher. She taught him the art of sex and allowed him to have sex with three thousand women and ascend to heaven."
Zhu Dan: “…”
She was so frightened that she almost jumped back: "What the hell?"
"If you want to use the beauty trap on Zheng Ge, why don't you just send the princess to marry him? I remember..." There is a description in Afang Palace of the luxurious scene of the six countries sending noble ladies to Zheng Ge's harem.
In this damn ancient time, women were born with a low status!
Women were regarded as resources and spoils of war when Zheng Ge conquered the six kingdoms. With his feudal thinking, he had no reason to refuse.
Zhu Dan was puzzled by this: "There are obviously legitimate channels, but why do they have to do this in secret? If Zheng Ge finds out, won't he be even more angry?"
"Do you still expect Brother Zheng to forgive your deception because of the honey trap?"
Lu Linyong smiled bitterly: "With the Qin King's temperament, no matter how beautiful a woman was, he wouldn't be moved in the slightest."
Zhu Dan agreed with this.
In fact, there are very few emperors who were so fascinated by beauty that they gave up their power.
The historical records about beautiful women bringing disaster to the country are all slander. It was the emperors themselves who were useless.
Brother Zheng will not indulge in lust. This thing is the lowest level. No matter whether it is a man or a woman, once career occupies a high position in their mind, they will get rid of low-level interests.
Therefore, the beauty trap that comes through legitimate channels is useless.
The alchemist did cater to Zheng Ge's interests, and there was also the legend of the Queen Mother of the West... Zhu Dan frowned, suddenly feeling that something was wrong.
At this time, Lu Linyong asked curiously: "Junior Sister, is there really a Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady in the Immortal World?"
He looked at Zhu Dan again.
Suddenly, as if struck by a bolt of lightning, Zhu Dan shuddered and finally reacted, his voice stammering. "Wait! Lu Sheng wants to do something about the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady. He will definitely whisper this to Brother Zheng. But I told Brother Zheng the other day that I had received divine instruction... Brother Zheng, are you thinking about me?"
Yun Qiu lowered her head suddenly. She knew that Zhu Sheng was straightforward, but she didn't expect that she would dare to say even this.
Lu Linyong didn't know what was going on in his mind. He suddenly said, "The King of Qin is the greatest hero of the time. Isn't it nice for Junior Sister to be admired by such a man?"
Yun Qiu suddenly looked up, his eyes were cold, like a sharp sword shooting towards Lu Linyong.
It has come to this point, and you still dare to set a trap for Zhu Sheng?
The death that the king arranged for him was too easy for him.
Yun Qiu glanced at Zhu Dan, thinking quickly about how to remind him, but Zhu Dan had already said with some displeasure: "That's different. Everyone admires great heroes, but Brother Zheng is an emperor of all ages. In the world two thousand years from now, I wonder how many fangirls will have stars in their eyes when they talk about him."
"Of course I like Brother Zheng, but this kind of liking doesn't mean we'll be husband and wife!"
"Although feelings can be cultivated, the person I want can only have eyes for me. Forget about taking a concubine openly and legitimately, even having any thoughts of infidelity is forbidden, otherwise I will not be polite."
"Secondly, he has to support me wholeheartedly. No matter what I want to do, as long as I don't want to hurt myself, he has to agree with it wholeheartedly. He can't lie to me, he has to do everything he promised me, and he has to be sincere in every word he says to me. He is not allowed to bully me or scold me... He has to see me in his dreams." As he spoke, Zhu Dan suddenly remembered a line.
She had never been in love, but she remembered the shock she felt when she heard these words.
Zhu Dan used to know that she would never be able to find a partner with such conditions, but now - she is already the Dan Emperor, why should she settle?
Zhu Dan doesn't plan to find someone as career-oriented as herself. If she is a good wife, isn't it normal for her to do these things?
Lu Linyong was stunned: "You, you are crazy!"
Yun Qiu was also incredulous, but upon hearing this, she spoke calmly, "Mr. Zhu is a disciple of a divine being. If a mortal can gain her favor, isn't it natural for him to do these things?"
Zhu Dan gave Yun Qiu an admiring look. "That's why I said a relationship between Brother Zheng and me is impossible. It has nothing to do with anyone's achievements; it's simply inappropriate. We are business partners, working together for the future of Daqin. This is much more noble and reliable than any kind of love between a man and a woman."
Zhu Dan clicked his tongue twice: "That's all you can see."
Lu Linyong: “…”
I was so angry that I almost burst into curses, but fortunately at the last moment I remembered who she was and who I was now.
Although he calls her Junior Sister, only he knows how much of it is out of confidence and how much of it is just a way to build relationships.
But obviously, Zhu Dan doesn't buy it.
"Forget it, you don't look like you know much." Zhu Dan waved at Yun Qiu, "Let's go. Once Brother Zheng captures Lu Sheng, everything will be clear."
Seeing this, Yun Qiu felt relieved. Zhu Sheng really had no feelings for this cheap master and senior brother.
She asked, "Mr. Zhu, are you going to visit Master Fusu? He fell into the water yesterday and has had a fever all night!"
"What? Fusu is sick?" Zhu Dan was shocked and complained, "Yunqiu, you should have told me earlier. Let's go see him right away."
Isn’t Fusu more important than that former senior brother?
"It's my fault." Hearing that Zhu Dan was not actually angry, Yun Qiu replied with a smile.
Although Fusu had already started a family, he still lived in the palace.
Zhu Dan followed Yun Qiu to the place and waited for a while before Fusu's wife Li Xueyao arrived.
At that time, Zhu Dan was taking a sip of tea brought by the palace maid, grinning slightly.
The Qin Dynasty had already started to use tea to entertain guests. Compared with the Tang Dynasty, which added everything into tea, the Qin Dynasty's drinking method was relatively simple. Tea leaves were boiled into soup and added with salt, ginger, cinnamon and other ingredients. It was both a drink and a medicine.
Zhu Dan, who could only taste salt and ginger, declined the offer.
She clearly likes salty food when eating and can't stand sweet food, but she still likes sweet drinks, such as milk tea.
Li Xueyao arrived just in time. Zhu Dan put down his teacup and looked at the newcomer.
Wow, what a beautiful and elegant beauty!
With willow-shaped eyebrows, phoenix eyes, and an oval face, she walked towards Zhu Dan with a slight smile, as if an ancient painting of a lady had come alive.
How could Fusu marry such a beautiful wife? He must have been born into a lucky family.
When they were on the road before, Yun Qiu knew that Zhu Dan didn't know much about the affairs in the palace, so she gave her a brief introduction.
When Zhu Dan learned that Fusu's wife was Li Si's daughter, his eyes widened in shock.
This, this...
She thought Zheng Ge would choose to marry into the Wang or Meng family.
How could it be Li Si?
Moreover, since Li Si was Fusu's father-in-law, he did not support him to ascend to the throne, but instead conspired with Zhao Gao to promote Hu Hai?
This is unreasonable!
Has he ever thought about what will happen to Fusu, the eldest prince who is highly expected, when the new emperor comes to the throne?
Once Fusu falls, his daughter, his grandson, his granddaughter...
However, after careful analysis, Zhu Dan felt that this was in line with Li Si's personality.
Li Si was an ambitious man.
He married his daughter to Fusu because Zhengge liked Fusu.
But Fusu advocated Confucianism, and was not of the same kind as his father-in-law, who was a legalist.
Once Fusu came to power, not only would he not be able to obtain the supreme status of the father-in-law of the emperor, but he would be suppressed instead. In comparison, Hu Hai was much easier to fool.
Hu Hai is stupid and doesn't care about anything, so his desire for power will be released unprecedentedly.
In such a favorable situation, what does a daughter who is pushed out for marriage mean?
So Zhu Dan looked at the beauty in front of him with a little more sympathy.
Li Xueyao: "..."
Not quite understanding what the newly appointed Imperial Master was thinking, Li Xueyao exchanged a few polite pleasantries. Seeing that Zhu Dan was impatient with this, she took the initiative to say, "My dear husband is awake right now. He heard that Mr. Zhu is coming to visit him and is very much looking forward to it. How about I take Mr. Zhu over now?"
"Okay." Zhu Dan stood up.
When the group walked into the inner room, Zhu Dan saw Fusu lying on the bed with a pale face.
Although he knew it was inappropriate, at this moment Zhu Dan strangely remembered the attributes attached to his luck: a weak and pretty boy, uh...
"Mr. Zhu." Fusu smiled slightly, and the feeling of a sick beauty became more obvious.
Zhu Dan kept her face tense, trying not to laugh. She was there to visit a patient, and mocking someone was unkind. "How are you? Are you still having a fever? Let me take a look at you."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Zhu."
Although he knew that he fell into the water because his luck was drained, Fusu did not have any resentment towards Zhu Dan.
On the contrary, he was very grateful to Zhu Dan.
If it weren't for Zhu Dan, he wouldn't have known that he could actually save his father. He was useful to his father and not completely useless.
It was just a fall into the water. As long as my father can live long, I would be willing to shorten his life by ten years.
Zhu Dan used his spiritual power to examine Fusu.
There's really nothing wrong with it.
It's a cold caused by wind and cold.
But the weather is not too cold, how could you get a fever just by falling into the water?
Fusu's body... Zhu Dan shook his head: "You should exercise more in the future. Some people can even swim in the river in the middle of winter."
Upon hearing this, Fusu's gentle smile froze, and he raised his voice a little: "Mr. Zhu, I'm not as weak as you think. It's just that I can't swim. I stayed in the river for too long and choked a few times."
"Oh." Zhu Dan didn't say whether he believed it or not. "Anyway, just take care of yourself and ask your wife to make you more chicken soup."
Fusu was defeated.
Li Xueyao curled her lips slightly: "Thank you Mr. Zhu for your advice."
Zhu Dan thought about Fusu's recent loss of luck and was a little worried about his fever returning. "Do you have any wine at home?"
"Yes, my wife makes wine, and we have quite a bit at home." Fusu was used to Zhu Sheng's changing topics. "Would you like some? I'll give you a few jars."
"It's not for drinking, it's for you. Rubbing strong liquor on your body can lower the temperature." This is a folk remedy that Zhu Dan heard. It is said that it cannot be used on children and there are some other risks.
But isn’t it true that there were no antipyretics in ancient times?
Adult Fusu can be of use as well.
"By the way, you're not allergic to alcohol, are you?"
With the tofu example in mind, Zhu Dan was indeed a little paranoid.
"What?" Fusu didn't understand.
"Can you drink alcohol? Will you get a rash and feel uncomfortable after drinking?"
"I can drink." Fusu blushed, embarrassed to say that he usually had a drink with his wife.
"That's good." Zhu Dan looked at Li Xueyao.
Li Xueyao understood: "I'll have someone send over a few jars of wine."
After a while, the wine arrived. Zhu Dan poured a bowl, tasted it, and shook his head: "This is not strong enough."
"Isn't this strong enough?" Fusu was surprised. "My wife brewed a wine that even General Meng said was strong enough after tasting it."
"Drinking alcohol is different from using it," Zhu Dan explained. "When alcohol evaporates, it dissipates into the air and absorbs the surrounding heat. Applying it to the skin can achieve a cooling effect. But remember to drink plenty of water, after all, when the human body is hot, it sweats easily."
Zhu Dan spoke excitedly, her face beaming with joy. "But the biggest benefit of alcohol is that it can kill bacteria and disinfect. When someone gets cut by a knife, many tiny, invisible bugs can crawl into the wound, causing a persistent high fever. This is called inflammation, and it's the body fighting these little bugs."
"Some were lucky enough to make it through, but many others couldn't. Many soldiers on the battlefield weren't killed instantly by the enemy, but died from inflammation or tetanus. If they had been disinfected with alcohol before bandaging them, they would have been much better..."
Fusu had not yet been exiled to the frontier to guard the Great Wall with Meng Tian, and he was unfamiliar with the military situation. He didn't react at first, until Zhu Dan pointed it out directly. Only then did he speak in disbelief, "Can this alcohol reduce casualties on the battlefield?"
Zhu Dan nodded confidently: "I can't say how much, but at least half of it is there."
Zhu Dan is not talking nonsense. She has read the blogger's popular science article.
Especially since the Qin Dynasty still mainly used bronze weapons, which were far less sharp than the iron weapons of later generations, and it was difficult to kill with one blow.
"Then how is alcohol produced?" Fusu asked impatiently. Without waiting for Zhu Dan's answer, he muttered to himself, "Alcohol, alcohol, is it the essence extracted from wine?"
"I guess so. It's a very strong liquor." Zhu Dan said directly, "I'll make you a jar of alcohol as a backup."
Zhu Dan glanced around. The room was not small, but he still went to the yard.
"I'm going too." Upon hearing this, Fusu also became interested and put on another thick coat.
The group left the room.
Zhu Dan walked to the center of the yard, put out the alchemy cauldron, poured jars of wine into it, and the fire ignited spontaneously.
As he let it slowly refine, Zhu Dan explained the extraction method to everyone: "Given the conditions in Daqin, we can only obtain alcohol through distillation. First, we need a stove to provide a source of fire, and then a bronze cauldron..."
Zhu Dan broke off a branch from a nearby tree and began to demonstrate on the ground. "The specific principle is to evaporate the alcohol through steam, and then collect it through condensation. As mentioned before, alcohol evaporates easily, but once the temperature drops, it also easily returns to a liquid state. So as long as we control the temperature, we can separate the alcohol and distill it layer by layer to increase the alcohol content."
Although Zhu Dan had told Fusu about the three forms of water and the importance of temperature, Fusu was still confused at this time.
Li Xueyao, who had brewed wine herself, looked thoughtful when she saw the pattern Zhu Dan had drawn on the ground. "Perhaps I can give it a try."
Zhu Dan gave an encouraging look: "Keep going. If you have any questions, just ask me. Of course, if I'm not in Xianyang, you can write to me and give it to Yun Qiu."
Yun Qiu, who had been standing behind Zhu Dan like an invisible man, took a step forward, bowed and smiled.
"So it's Yun Bazi. I'll take care of you then."
Li Xueyao did not refuse.
"Master, the alcohol is ready." At this time, the glutinous rice balls popped out from the mouth of the cauldron.
Although Li Xueyao had heard of Zhu Dan's magical powers and had seen her summon an alchemy cauldron out of thin air, the sight of a child-like head emerging from the cauldron's mouth was still beyond her tolerance.
Subconsciously, she took a step back.
Seeing this, Zhu Dan said, "Don't be afraid, Madam. This is the spirit of this cauldron. It won't hurt you. Tangyuan, you scared me."
Tang Yuan blinked his eyes and said hello: "Hello, Madam. My name is Tang Yuan. You are so pretty."
Zhu Dan really wants to cover her face, what a face control!
But to some extent, Tangyuan expressed her true feelings.
She really couldn't blame her for the moment.
Li Xueyao chuckled, and the fear in her heart dissipated: "Hello, Tangyuan, you are very cute too."
Tang Yuan held his cheeks, looking chubby and narcissistic: "Yeah, I think I'm pretty too."
Fusu couldn't help but glance at Zhu Dan: "They say things resemble their owners..."
"Tangyuan is an independent individual. This is her own personality and has nothing to do with me." Zhu Dan quickly brushed it off.
Tang Yuan pointed out coldly: "Master, I saw you looking at the basin of water for a long time again this morning."
"Go to sleep!" Zhu Dan took back the alchemy furnace with a dark face, letting you see what it means for a master to be so angry and embarrassed.
Because of this incident, Zhu Dan was a little embarrassed as he handed the jar of alcohol that had been tempered with the glutinous rice balls to Li Xueyao: "This is for you as a sample. The alcohol content in this jar is very high. It is highly unlikely that you can achieve the desired alcohol content using the method I just mentioned, so don't be discouraged."
Then he looked at Fusu and said bitterly: "As for you, you can squeeze others. I think it's already good."
Fusu: “…”
Seeing her lover's rare expression of being choked, and thinking that he was always the one who argued with others, Li Xueyao couldn't help but smile again. This national teacher was truly a wonderful person.
Li Xueyao asked the servants to put away the alcohol. "Are you tired, Mr. Zhu? Let's go to the pavilion and rest for a while. I made some cakes earlier. I wonder if you like them?"
"As long as it's something new to eat, I'm interested in trying it."
So the group went to a pavilion not far away.
The maid poured Zhu Dan a cup of tea. Zhu Dan didn't want to drink it at first, but when she saw that the color of the tea was different from last time, she took a sip out of curiosity and said, "Sweet? This doesn't look like malt sugar, but honey water?"
Li Xueyao nodded gently: "I usually like to drink honey water, and I thought Mr. Zhu didn't like salty tea..."
"Wow, you are so considerate!" Zhu Dan drank it in one gulp, then picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup.
It's not that she drinks too much, it's that the cup is too small.
Seeing Zhu Dan being so casual, Li Xueyao waved her hand and asked the nervous maid to go away.
Zhu Dan finished another glass and didn't pour another one: "In fact, boiled water is the best way to quench your thirst. Oh, and honey water tastes good, but don't drink too much."
If it were a commoner, she wouldn't say this, but Li Xueyao is obviously pampered and well-nourished, so she has to be careful about her blood sugar if she eats too much sweets.
Li Xueyao thought of the health-preserving secrets Fusu told her, and her heart moved.
At this time, Zhu Dan said to Fusu, "Since you are sick, the pesticide delivery will be delayed, right?"
He has great potential as a capitalist.
Fusu's face was bitter: "Don't worry, Master Zhu, it will just be a little slower, please give me more time."
"What I mean is, if you can't do it, you can ask your wife to come. I think your wife is also very attentive, and she might do a better job than you." Zhu Dan looked at Li Xueyao with a smile, "Is your wife interested? Researching pesticides and brewing wine can be put into the same category, and both are very interesting."
Fusu: “…”
Li Xueyao: "...Then I'll give it a try."
Unlike Fusu, the young and foolish man, Li Xueyao was very worried about her husband's frequent contradictions with the king, but Fusu was too stubborn and would not listen no matter how she tried to persuade him.
Now, facing the request made by the king's trusted national teacher, Li Xueyao dared not and would not refuse.
She would try her best to complete whatever the Imperial Master wanted her to do, and only hoped that he would speak well of Fusu in the future out of consideration for her.
Zhu Dan had just given Li Xueyao a brief introduction to the concepts of chemistry when a maid came over and said, "Madam, Master Hu Hai and Zhao Zhongche are here to visit."
Zhu Dan immediately sat up straight.
What a coincidence, she was just thinking of a reason to meet Zhao Gao.
"They are here. Are we treating them well?" Li Xueyao stood up and wanted to meet the guests, then looked at Zhu Dan.
Zhu Dan said without hesitation: "I want to meet Zhao Zhongche too. I have heard of your great name for a long time." He said the last four words with gritted teeth.
Li Xueyao's heart skipped a beat.
Naturally, she had no idea of the deep hatred between Zhu Dan and Zhao Gao. She only thought that it was Zhao Gao who brought Lu Linyong back, and Zhu Dan was impeached because she was suspected of being a princess of Zhao.
Although this did not prevent her from being appointed as the Imperial Master, it is easy to imagine that she had confronted those people head-on in court, and she must have hated Zhao Gao very much.
Li Xueyao was worried. Mr. Zhu didn't seem to be a soft-tempered person. Wouldn't the two sides start a quarrel?
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