Feng Lingchong smiled at the concubine and asked, "Ling'er wants to ask Niangniang a question, why did you treat me so kindly when you didn't know me in the past?"

The concubine smiled: "Because Ling'er is beautiful, this palace likes beauties." ”

Ling'er is ashamed, in front of Niangniang, all women are mortal. ”

The concubine covered her mouth and laughed for a while: "Hehe, Ling'er is really good at talking, and it makes the heart of this palace as sweet as honey." ”

The concubine whispered to Feng Ling: "This palace really doesn't know, maybe the prince knows the truth." ”

She had been thinking for a long time about what her father said when he brought his mother into the palace to meet her: Let Your Majesty think you want it. The Zhang family is very good now. What did my father mean by that?

After she gave birth to the sixth prince, she lay in bed for a day without anything and thought about it and finally figured it out. 's father didn't want her to be the most honorable person in the world, that is, he didn't want the fifth prince to become the crown prince.

This means that her father took her into the palace, not for the Zhang family and himself, but for another person: the crown prince.

When she figured this out, everything was clear. She just couldn't understand what kind of friendship the Zhang family had with the prince that could make her father so filial to him. She always remembered that if she didn't have her father, she wouldn't be where she is today. Therefore, she followed all her father's decisions.

Xiao Zhao walked in and saluted the two of them and said, "Concubine Shu and the princess are busy making winter clothes, and she can't come to play cards today." The lady concubine asked the slave to apologize to the concubine and the princess, and said that she would play again after making an appointment another day. ”

Feng Ling stood up after hearing this: "Since you can't play cards today, Ling'er will leave first, and come back tomorrow to disturb Niangniang." ”

The concubine said: "The palace is very boring, and Ling'er often comes to play together. ”

Feng Ling saluted and left Zhaoyang Palace with the kitten. She saw that there was no one left and right, and then said to the kitten: "Today, after the Dan furnace is opened, you go and take the Taoist priest out of the palace and send him back to the Taoist temple." ”

The kitten glanced at Feng Ling.

"Then you send another letter to the Zhenguo Mansion. The kitten glanced at it again.

Feng Ling's alchemy recipe for the Taoist priest, the elixir refined is not an elixir of immortality, but it has the effect of strengthening the body. After she heard that the queen's palace maid was on good terms with the medicine eunuch in the alchemy room, she knew what the queen was going to do.

What will happen to the emperor if he eats this pill now, Feng Ling doesn't know. When Feng Ling heard the concubine say that the emperor would let her also take the pill together, he gave the concubine a pill that would cure all kinds of poisons. This antidote pill was given to her by the dragon girl, and there were only a few in total.

The emperor dealt with government affairs with the two prime ministers in the council room, and after the discussion was over, the emperor said with joy: "The alchemy furnace will be opened tonight, and I will be able to eat the elixir of immortality." If it has an effect, we will eat it together and discuss state affairs for a long time in the future. Haha......"

Left and right hurriedly saluted and thanked: "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En." ”

The emperor nodded, he was very satisfied with the left and right ministers, he could share the burden for him, and he was not greedy for power. Zuo Xiang devoted himself to raising the five princes for him, and worked hard to train them to become qualified princes. The right minister manages affairs wholeheartedly, but is a little greedy for money. It's okay to use this way, and it's more reassuring to use.

The right minister said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the pill requires a large number of medicinal materials, and the cost is extremely high, and refining it into a piece is invaluable. Your Majesty can eat it yourself, and the ministers dare not enjoy it. ”

Zuo Xiang nodded: "Yes, the minister doesn't dare to enjoy it." Some medicinal herbs are not easy to buy in silver. For example, thousand-year-old ginseng, alpine snow lotus and reishi lucidum are all rare things in a hundred years. ”

The right minister continued: "There are also cinnabar and mercury, and they are rare. ”

When the emperor heard them say this, he asked, "How much does alchemy cost this time?"

The right minister was in charge of the household department, he took a step forward and said to the emperor: "This alchemy has a special expenditure, and the cost is fifty-six thousand two hundred silver. Cinnabar and mercury are 11,000 taels of silver, ginseng, snow lotus and Ganoderma lucidum are a total of 22,500 taels of silver, 10,000 taels of other medicinal materials, and then there are the daily expenses of the palace people......"

The emperor was shocked when he heard this: "I didn't expect the pill to cost so much silver, I thought it would be enough for only a little silver taels." ”

Zuo Xiang said: "Your Majesty is the king of a country, and this cost is nothing at all." ”

The right minister said to the left minister: "The left minister is easy to say, and now the battle ahead is like flowing water." ”

Zuo Xiang still wanted to speak, but the emperor waved his hand, and he asked: "How is the battle ahead?"

Both the left and right ministers shook their heads, and the left minister said, "No news is good news." Your Majesty, don't worry. ”

The emperor nodded, and he said to the two prime ministers: "I want to rest for a while, and taking the pill at midnight will delay the rest." ”

The two prime ministers hurriedly saluted: "The minister retires." After they withdrew, they looked at each other, and then went their separate ways and went their separate ways.

The great eunuch Da Linzi, who sent them out, came back and said to His Majesty: "The left and right ministers still ignore each other. ”

The emperor smiled silently, and he walked to the back room of the council chamber, where there was a bed for His Majesty's daily rest, and Da Linzi waited for him to lie down and rest.

At that time, a dark shadow jumped in from the wall of the Ruyi Palace, and he gently knocked on the window of the main hall. A moment later, Hongmei held a fist-sized night pearl in her hand, and she gently opened the front door. The black shadow flashed into the main hall, he stood in the room, and whispered to the people in the curtain: "The eldest princess ordered the assassination of the emperor by the next twelve people tomorrow night, and after the matter was completed, the fifth shadow was ordered to send a letter to the British duke, and let the British duke bring the army back to Chang'an." ”

"Got it, when the dust settles down, you can stay or take your brother with you. ”

Ying Eleven respectfully bowed his hands and said, "I want to follow the prince and become a black guard." "Heiwei is easy to make meritorious contributions, he wants to make meritorious contributions and build a stable home for his younger brother.

"This concubine can't be the prince in charge of this matter, if you can't become a black guard, you are also the concubine's guard, and the concubine you want can also be given to you. ”

Ying Eleven knelt down and kowtowed: "Crown Princess Xie, I will definitely smear my liver and brain in the next place, in order to repay your kindness to our brother for reinvention." ”

"Protect yourself, you go. ”

Shadow Eleven jumped out of the same way again.

Feng Ling asked the kitten to send a note to Fang Lin, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and on the note, she asked Hongmei to write: Twelve shadow guards will assassinate the emperor tomorrow night.

The kitten bit the brocade bag containing the note with its teeth, and disappeared with a single breath.

Hongmei said worriedly: "If this is the case, the palace will not be peaceful." ”

Feng Ling instructed her: "You and Mama Zhang take care of these people in Ruyi Palace, don't run around in the near future." ”

Hongmei answered. She made a bunk next to Feng Ling's bed, which was convenient for taking care of Feng Ling at night.

A moment later, the kitten jumped into the inner chamber of the Ruyi Palace, and she glanced at it lightly. Feng Ling asked, "Got it?" the kitten snapped.

"Very good, let's watch the play tomorrow night. ”

Bai Yue exhaled again in the middle of the night and disappeared, and it was not until the sky turned white that she returned from outside. Then she quietly lay down in a small nest arranged for her by Hongmei, and fell asleep.

Early in the morning, when the sun shone on the paper window, Feng Ling slowly got up. She woke up Bai Yue: "Little lazy cat, don't sleep, come and tell me about last night." ”

Bai Yue looked at Feng Ling with wide eyes, and saw that there was no one else in the room, so he said, "I started the furnace at midnight yesterday to take the pills, and I took a total of twelve pills. His Majesty asked a eunuch to try one and saw that it was not poisonous, so he ate one himself. Then he went to the concubine. ”

"I took the Taoist priest back to the Taoist temple, and he was a little frightened, and I threw him at the door of the Taoist temple. ”

"After returning to the city, I went to the Zhenguo Mansion and put the brocade bag containing the letter next to the pillow of the old grandfather. ”

"Hehe, I'm curious about what will happen to the emperor after taking the pill, and after returning to the palace, I went to Zhaoyang Palace again. The emperor served the spirit of Danhou Ryoma and had a night of joy with the concubine. The concubine told His Majesty to go elsewhere tonight......"

Feng Ling was amused and worried after hearing this.