Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was already in the palace, Ji Ruhuan planned to visit the Palace of Eternal Life at night.

That night, Ji Ruhuan refused Princess Xinyi's hospitality, and lived in a separate room on the grounds that she was too tired to travel and needed to rest.

After the third watch, in the dead of night in the palace, Ji Ruhuan got up lightly.

Xiaohua had already been instructed by Ji Ruhuan to find two night clothes, and when she heard the movement in her young lady's house, she followed up.

The two of them were dressed in black, and they took advantage of the night to quietly leave the Yiran Hall and touch the Hall of Eternal Life.

Ji Ruhuan, who often goes in and out of the palace, is quite familiar with the terrain in the palace, and the two of them smoothly touched the outside of the Palace of Eternal Life along the way.

Sure enough, outside the Hall of Eternal Life was the same as other places at this time, and it was so late that a team of guards could often be seen patrolling back and forth with torches.

The two of them hid behind a big tree in the distance, Ji Ruhuan looked at the direction of the Hall of Eternal Life, and whispered to Xiaohua on the side, "You just let off the wind here, if there is any movement inside, you can make a noise to attract their attention, but remember to ensure your own safety, you must not let people discover your identity, and you can't be caught, understand?"

Xiaohua responded, "Understand, Miss, be careful yourself. ”

Ji Ruhuan patted Xiaohua's arm soothingly, and seeing that the patrol guards had just left, Ji Ruhuan dodged and rushed towards the Hall of Eternal Life.

Ji Ruhuan was dressed in black, completely integrated with the night, and quickly shuttled behind various covers, moving towards the Hall of Eternal Life section by section without alerting the patrol guards.

Ji Ruhuan observed the current Palace of Eternal Life in the dark by the light of the torches in the hands of the guards who patrolled from time to time in the night.

The Hall of Eternal Life, which was originally used for royal banquets, has already changed into a different image by this time, with various yellow cloths hanging everywhere, or incense sticks for worship.

The entire Hall of Eternal Life was filled with a strange fragrance, Ji Ruhuan inhaled hard, only to feel that his mind was dizzy for a while, making people a little drowsy.

Ji Ruhuan hurriedly held her breath, picked up a porcelain bottle from her arms, put it on the wing of her nose and inhaled it, before continuing to lurk inside.

After looking around, Ji Ruhuan directly picked a brightly lit hall and sneaked over.

The closer she gets, the stronger the smell becomes, and it is especially easy to relax when you smell it, but Ji Ruhuan doesn't dare to relax at all, there are more guards patrolling around this hall, if she doesn't keep her emotions up and be vigilant at all times, it will be easy to expose herself.

Fortunately, she was very vigilant before she brought the medicine that her senior brother had prepared for her, so that she could always maintain a high degree of vigilance.

There were many palace guards at the entrance of the main hall, and Ji Ruhuan felt that she would definitely not be able to sneak in from the main entrance, so she took out the eagle claws that had been improved by Uncle Song many times from her arms and quietly climbed onto the roof.

Hiding his body on the beams of the room, Ji Ruhuan looked at the scene in the smoky hall in disbelief.

I saw that the emperor, who was originally strong, now had a thin and pale face on the soft collapse, and his eyes were slightly closed, looking intoxicated.

Two servants were waiting, one holding a long jade pipe in his hand, one end of the pipe was placed next to the emperor's mouth, and the other end of the pipe, the other was filling it with something and lighting a fire.

The stuff that was filled in was not tobacco, and every time the emperor took a puff, the fragrance that Ji Ruhuan smelled on the beam of the room was even stronger.

It is this fragrance that wafts in this hall of eternal life, and Ji Ruhuan is sure that the emperor's abnormality is related to that thing.

Looking at the other side of the main hall, I saw a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a yellow robe and a long beard, sitting cross-legged in front of a Ding furnace, which was burning under the fire, and there was smoke in the hole above the Ding furnace, which was also the same smell.

The Taoist priest sat there, his head kept moving little by little, probably dozing off.

Ji Ruhuan combined with the messy knowledge in his head, and he could almost guess that this Taoist priest must be using an alchemy furnace to make alchemy.

I'm afraid it's this thing that makes the emperor believe that it can make him immortal, and as for what this Dan is, she has to study it a little bit.

Ji Ruhuan squatted on the beam of the room and observed for a while, looking at the situation below, although the smoke was filling, the candlesticks everywhere in the hall were burning, and many people were waiting back and forth in the hall, it was really not easy to get that thing in his hands.

In the end, I can only give up for the time being, as for the matter of seeing His Majesty, not to mention that there are so many people below, with the emperor now being so drunk and dreaming of death, I am afraid that it is useless to see it.

No matter how much he stayed, it was useless, Ji Ruhuan quietly left the Hall of Eternal Life.

Converging with the little flower outside the hall, the two of them sneaked back to the Yiran Palace, and the little flower asked in a low voice, "Miss, can you see Your Majesty?"

Ji Ruhuan sighed, "I saw it, but it's not much different from not seeing it." ”

Xiaohua looked puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Ji Ruhuan thought about a little flower who had never known how to be flexible, and explained to her that she probably couldn't figure it out, so she answered, "It's not interesting, go back to sleep." ”

Early the next morning, Ji Ruhuan and Xinyi sat together and finished breakfast, waved off the subordinates, and Ji Ruhuan asked, "Xinyi, do you know what the immortality technique that Your Majesty cultivates is?"

Xin Yi responded, "I have broken in twice before for the sake of harmony, it seems that it is some kind of elixir of immortality refined by the teacher of that country, so that my father can live forever with the practice, especially the fragrance is very peculiar, and it makes people feel like a fairy when they smell it, which is very magical." ”

Ji Ruhuan continued to ask, "Does everyone in the court know?"

Xinyi shook her head, "I don't know about this, I don't think I should know much, because now the Immortal Palace is not allowed to be approached except for the people of the national teacher, I broke through twice before, and I provoked the anger of my father, and then I didn't dare anymore." ”

Ji Ruhuan frowned slightly, "Where did this national teacher come from?"

Xinyi replied angrily, "Needless to say, of course Dugu Qianjun's villain got it from outside." ”

Every time she talks about the four princes, Princess Xinyi no longer calls her brother, but calls him by her name, and she must hate the four princes very much.

Ji Ruhuan's face was slightly gloomy, as if some things had completely deviated from the original track, and this sudden change made her a little overwhelmed.

Where did this national teacher come from? And what kind of elixir of immortality, what is it?

Seeing that Ji Ruhuan lowered her head and fell into silence, Xinyi said, "Don't worry about this for now, let's think about it first, how to clean up those villains who occupy your house for a while?"