"Brother Chen's got it." Si Yuanqiong arched his hand and continued: "However, it will take some effort and time to find someone here, and it will take your majesty to wait patiently for the good news of your brother. ”

"Okay, but, Yuan Qiong, you must keep this matter secret, don't let others know, especially Si Huazhen." Before Si Yuanqiong left, the emperor instructed uneasily.

Hearing this, Si Yuanqiong nodded with a smile, and after exiting the imperial study, the smile on Si Yuanqiong's face still did not fade, Liu Xiang greeted him and asked Si Yuanqiong with his eyes.

Si Yuanqiong smiled and said nothing, just turned around, glanced lightly at the half-open palace door of the imperial study, and then motioned for Liu Xiang to leave.

After returning to the Huai'an Palace, Liu Xiang congratulated him loudly: "Congratulations to the prince, there is no last resort, every move has gone to the place where we want it to fall." ”

Si Yuanqiong let out a meaningful "oh" and asked rhetorically, "How can you congratulate this king now?" Don't you worry that the emperor didn't say that? ”

"Although I don't know what the two of you are talking about, the appearance of Concubine Yan is enough to prove that the queen also intervened in it, these two people and we are grasshoppers tied to a rope, and it is not surprising that these many pushes are gathered in one place, and it is natural to move and tempt the emperor." Liu Xiang analyzed meticulously.

Si Yuanqiong hooked her lips with satisfaction and said, "You are smart, let's go, go with this king to meet that worldly master." ”

Liu Xiang answered "yes", followed behind Si Yuanqiong, and walked towards a courtyard in the southwest corner of the palace.

"Poor Dao see the prince, the prince Wan'an." A man wearing a Taoist robe who looked quite immortal stood up and saluted respectfully to Si Yuanqiong: "I don't know if the prince is here, but what eyebrows do you have?" ”

"There is progress, but there is no rush yet." Si Yuanqiong sat down at the top, as if chatting, and asked, "Jiushang, how is your ability to refine pills?" The newly refined elixir that this king commanded you to refine has been refined? ”

The warlock who was called "Jiushang" by Si Yuanqiong replied with a smile: "Almost, according to your instructions, two batches have been refined, this first batch is a medicine that can strengthen the body, and it can prolong life after taking it, and the second batch is the elixir that can confuse people's minds, and poppy powder is added to it." ”

"This poppy powder, can it be noticed by the imperial doctor or other people who understand medical skills?" The reason why the emperor was so obsessed with the elixir was due to the credit of this poppy powder, which was added to meals to lure people to eat, while the one used by Jiushang was the pure poppy powder that had been refined layer by layer.

"Absolutely not." As Jiu Shang spoke, he stood up and made a gesture of invitation to Si Yuanqiong, "The prince only needs to take a look at it in person to be able to understand why Poor Dao is so confident." ”

Si Yuanqiong raised her eyebrows with interest, and looked in the direction that Jiu Shang had pointed out, only to see that Jiu Shang had opened the door of the secret room, and when he looked inside, there was a huge alchemy furnace standing in it, and there was still a misty smoke lingering around it.

Jiu Shang handed the face towel to Si Yuanqiong and Liu Xiang to prevent them from inhaling the smoke by mistake, and then walked in with his feet raised first, and said: "Lord Wang, this smoke is the poppy powder mist made by Poor Dao, in the process of refining the pill, Poor Dao is smoked with this poppy powder on the side, and when the medicine is refined, it will be invisibly contaminated with this extremely high concentration of poppies, naturally it is unknown to the gods, and the ghosts are unaware." ”

"Very good." Si Yuanqiong covered her mouth and nose with a face towel in one hand, and approached the alchemy furnace again, only to see that the alchemy furnace was completely black, and under the light of the candlelight, she could vaguely see the strange patterns engraved on it.

"I don't know when the prince is going to take Poor Dao to meet Your Majesty." It wasn't until Si Yuanqiong walked out of the secret room that Jiu Shang asked out loud.

"Ten days later." Si Yuanqiong dropped this sentence and left directly, Liu Xiang saw that Jiushang seemed to have some doubts, and explained for Si Yuanqiong: "The prince has his own plans, we just need to do things according to the prince's orders, you will refine more pills in the next few days, as for the reward, you will definitely be indispensable afterwards." ”

Only then did Jiushang respond: "Poor Dao knows, thank you Mr. Liu." ”

Everything has been arranged on Si Yuanqiong's side, but the emperor in the palace is gradually a little uncontrollable, he frequently summoned Si Yuanqiong into the palace and asked how the progress of the search for the warlock was.

Si Yuanqiong made a look of doing her best every time, and said, "Your Majesty, wait a minute, there are already some signs now, don't worry." ”

Just when the emperor's patience was about to reach its limit, Si Yuanqiong took Jiushang into the palace.

"This is Yuan Qiong, the person you found for me?" When the emperor saw Jiushang following Si Yuanqiong's side, he was a little frightened by his appearance, and he looked very much like a master of the world who didn't care about mundane things.

"Exactly, this Taoist is called Jiushang, and he is the personal disciple of the master that the queen is looking for." Si Yuanqiong nodded and replied.

Jiushang made a timely gesture to the emperor, "The master of the poor road has ascended to heaven the day before yesterday, and now he has become a relic. ”

"Oh, that's right." The emperor was still a little disappointed that he couldn't personally invite the master mentioned in Si Yuanqiong's mouth, he looked at Jiushang suspiciously, and asked, "I want to see the ability of the Taoist chief, I don't know if it is convenient for the chief." ”

"Naturally convenient, this is the elixir specially refined for Your Majesty before entering the palace, and please taste it." Jiushang took out a porcelain vase from his wide sleeved robe and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor took the porcelain bottle, first asked Ning Hai to test the poison with a silver needle, and after confirming that it was not poisonous, he pinched one of the pills and put it in his mouth.

"How does Your Majesty feel now?" Jiu Shang naturally did not miss the change in the emperor's expression, and he asked meaningfully.

"Yes, it seems that the Nine Shang Dao Elders are really better than the blue! This medicine is really a good medicine," the emperor only felt that the pill refined by Jiu Shang was superior to the previous one, and even Long Yan said with great joy: "Yuan Qiong, the errand you did this time is really good, whatever reward you want, just say it, I will definitely satisfy you!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, this is what a courtier should do." After being polite, Si Yuanqiong continued: "It's just that the younger brother hasn't thought about it yet, and when the younger brother thinks about it, I will come to tell Your Majesty, but, Your Majesty, can you really agree to any request?" ”