Chapter 106 Taoist Liu appears
The next morning, the two men left on horseback. After all, they had to go to court today. Fortunately, they had asked Shitou to drive the carriage and wait at the city gate.
Shitou sent Shengxia to the palace gate, while Xia Yanjing led the horse back to the general's mansion. It was true that Xia Yanjing could not drive a carriage, otherwise he would definitely send Shengxia to court personally.
In the court, the prince and the prime minister jointly recommended a Taoist priest named Liu to the emperor. The emperor took the elixir presented by Taoist priest Liu with half belief and half doubt.
As expected, after taking the poison-tested elixir, the emperor felt that he instantly became several years younger. He immediately looked at Taoist Liu in front of him with admiration and treated him as a guest of honor.
The young man who knows medicine and was arranged by Wei Rong has now successfully entered the palace and has been named Ye Zhaorong. Wei Rong's people include eunuchs working in the Jingshifang. Whenever the emperor is ready to favor a handsome man, they will definitely recommend Ye Zhaorong first.
And today was the right opportunity. The emperor became full of energy after taking the elixir. That night he summoned Xiu Nan to favor him, and Ye Zhaorong successfully slept with him that night.
The elderly emperor soon lost his strength and fell into a deep sleep, while Ye Zhaorong beside him suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the emperor in the moonlight.
After Ye Zhaorong calmed the emperor's breathing, she sprinkled some sleeping powder on him. After finding nothing unusual, she tentatively placed her hand on the emperor's pulse. The emperor was unaware of the entire process.
Ye Zhaorong frowned as she took the emperor's pulse. The emperor's pulse showed that he was indeed poisoned, and it was a chronic poison. It seemed that she had to find an opportunity to pass the news back to her master.
After taking the pulse, Ye Zhaorong turned away with disgust and never looked at the emperor again.
The emperor was in a good mood the next day. He was in high spirits again, and his trust in Taoist Liu increased by three points. With Ye Zhaorong's service, he left with satisfaction.
Today was a day off, and the emperor went to Fengxiang Palace in a very good mood. After all, the prince and the prime minister had made the greatest contributions here, so he should go and see the queen.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." The Queen was very happy to see the Emperor coming. Since the Emperor vomited blood, she had thoroughly checked the people serving him. Most of his staff were gone, so she had to keep the Emperor here for dinner today.
"Your Majesty, please stand up. The Crown Prince and the Prime Minister have made great contributions in recommending talented people. I am very pleased." The emperor said in a very good mood. He felt that he could live another ten years.
"Then Your Majesty, why don't you stay for lunch today?" The Queen asked at the right time.
"Okay, I just want to try the cooking of the Queen's small kitchen." The emperor did not refuse. It was just a meal, so what was the difficulty?
In the afternoon, while attending to government affairs, the emperor felt his heart rate increase, and hurriedly asked Xiao Dezi to ask the head of the hospital to come and treat him. The head of the hospital had already received the order from the empress, and lied, saying, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you have lost too much money before, and you have consumed a lot of energy. You will be fine after replenishing your energy."
After hearing this, the emperor quickly asked Xiao Dezi to take out the pill presented by Taoist Liu and take one. Sure enough, the abnormality in his body quickly disappeared. The emperor's trust in Taoist Liu was almost 80%.
The head of the academy then passed the news to the king and queen, saying that if the trend continued, His Majesty might not survive more than a year.
At night, in order to prove that he was still strong, the emperor favored a new handsome man who had just entered the palace. After that, he took a pill and fell into a deep sleep.
After receiving the news, Wei Rong once again met with Shengxia and Master Zheng at Ruyi Restaurant.
"My people have brought news that His Majesty has been given a chronic poison. Logically, the head of the Imperial Hospital would definitely not be able to diagnose it. I guess he has already defected to the Queen." Wei Rong said concisely and clearly.
"How long can your Majesty's body last?" asked Taifu Zheng with a frown.
"If I don't eat anything indiscriminately and take good care of myself, I'll be fine for three years. But if I continue to be poisoned and take those so-called pills, I might not last more than a year."
"One year, it seems we need to prepare early." Master Zheng said seriously.
"Although I hold military power, if His Majesty is gone, the Crown Prince will be the first in line to the throne. Even if we send troops to seize the throne, it will not be legitimate. We still have to expose the Crown Prince's conspiracy. If the Crown Prince falls, the position will undoubtedly belong to Your Highness."
"General Sheng is right. Leave this matter to me. However, we must also be prepared to fight to the death with the princelings."
"Okay, then we'll wait for news from His Highness." Shengxia and Master Zheng responded in a deep voice.
As soon as Wei Rong and Master Zheng left, Ye Zi came to report, "Master, the prince is here and is in the top box."
"Xia Xia, since it's inconvenient for you to come out, I'll go." Xia Yanjing looked at Sheng Xia seriously and said.
"Let's go for a while, Your Highness."
When the two of them arrived at the door of the Tianzi box, they were stopped by the guards at the door. All the people serving in the box were driven out. "I am Xia Yanjing, requesting to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Let them in." The prince's voice came from the room.
After Xia Yanjing entered, he found that in addition to the prince, there was also Zhao Yu, the legitimate son of the Prime Minister's Mansion who wanted to kill Wei Yang.
"Your humble servant pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Lord Zhao." Xia Yanjing bowed respectfully with Ye Zi.
"Get up." The prince said casually, not taking Xia Yanjing seriously at all.
"The prince is visiting your restaurant today, why don't you invite Brother Mudan to serve him?" Zhao Yu said arrogantly.
Seeing that the prince didn't say anything, Xia Yanjing understood what he meant. It seemed that these two people came for Mudan. In that case, don't blame him.
"I'll go and invite them right away. Ye Zi, why don't you prepare some good wine and delicious food to entertain these two distinguished guests?"
"Yes, sir." Ye Zi received the order and retreated with Xia Yanjing.
Xia Yanjing came to Mudan's room in the backyard. Mudan was practicing dancing at the time. When she learned that Xia Yanjing had come, she stopped and asked, "Master, are you looking for me for something?"
"Just now, the Crown Prince and Zhao Yu from the Prime Minister's Mansion came and asked to see you. Are you willing to go?"
"Peony is willing."
"Mudan, maybe you can wait a while. I believe Xia Xia will help you get revenge."
"Boss, thank you very much, but I don't want to miss this opportunity." Mudan rejected Xia Yanjing's kindness. The image of his brother's death was still firmly imprinted in his mind.
"Forget it, it's up to you." Xia Yanjing knew that it was not right to persuade others to let go without knowing their experience. He respected Mudan's choice.
"Boss, it will take me some time to dress up, you go first."
"good."
Xia Yanjing came to the box and said with a smile, "Your Highness, Mudan is getting dressed. Please wait a moment."
"It's okay, beauty, we should always be more tolerant." The prince said frivolously.
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