The Imperial Palace, the Imperial Study

The eunuch stood with his hands down, and the man in the yellow robe covered his mouth with his fist and coughed a few times, then dipped it in ink again and continued to give instructions.

Although it was daytime, the light in the hall was not good, especially the emperor's eyes were a little bad, and a bright lamp was lit on the table, and the glass lamp was shrouded, illuminating a small piece of the surrounding area brightly.

The emperor gave a few instructions, and his eyes were spent.

A small piece of yellow brocade was placed on a small mirror of local tribute, and the emperor used it to look at it, barely watching.

"I'm old. No matter how old he refuses, all kinds of physical manifestations remind him of this all the time, which makes it difficult for the emperor to be in the mood whenever he is in the mood.

Jealousy is also difficult to suppress, especially when he sees a young man in his prime, the feeling of his own aging makes him lose his temper more and more.

"Ahem!" After a while, his throat was itchy, and the emperor coughed heavily, and covered it with a handkerchief, and when the strength had passed a little, he spread it out and saw that there was no shocking blood on the handkerchief.

But can this prove to be good?

The emperor's heart sank, and he always felt that this situation was more serious than the occasional coughing up blood at the earliest, his fingers trembled slightly, he grabbed the white jade vial not far away, pulled out the stopper, poured out a pill, and ate it directly with his neck tilted on his neck.

The feeling of poor breathing was slowly relieved as this pill was taken.

The feeling of wanting to cough was also suppressed, and the emperor's face did not show the slightest joy, and he re-plugged the bottle and put it aside, sighing in his heart.

"The small Huan Dan is quite effective, and it feels slightly better, but the big Huan Dan has not been able to be refined, and how long can it last only by relying on the small Huandan?"

"This medicine is becoming less and less effective, the first one is a month, and now it needs to be taken once every three days. ”

Thinking about it more optimistically, as long as you are not stupid, you know that one day you will take this medicine as a meal, and you will not be able to keep your body to a certain extent.

The emperor panicked in his heart, and he was stronger than another day, but he was the son of heaven of a country, and he couldn't show this emotion obviously, so his temper became more and more eccentric.

"Your Majesty. Just when the emperor barely calmed down and planned to continue watching the twists and turns, Zhao Gonggong came in and reported: "Liu Zhan, there is a result." ”

The emperor's hand was stunned, and when he raised his eyes, the dark and heavy emotion in his eyes made Zhao Gonggong's heart sink.

I heard the emperor remove the smile on his face and look at the faint lights: "Say, what is the result, is there a problem with the acting king?"

The meeting between Liu Zhan and Yu Qianzhi was already known to the emperor through the people who were placed by Liu Zhan's side through the Imperial City Division.

In other words, it is too easy for the imperial court to install people.

Zhao's father-in-law had done things when he was young, and when he checked a minister, he directly met with the old servant, who was still an adopted son, but as soon as he said what he meant, this person immediately obeyed his orders.

He Ye, everyone has a net worth, and the court is still rich and noble.

The person on Liu Zhan's side was not inserted very early, as long as he had an appointment, he would have it.

Although what these two Daomen real people said in private, the people who placed them on Liu Zhan's side didn't know, but judging from the follow-up actions, Yu Qianzhi came to Liu Zhan and should be rushing to replace the king.

After a spy, Liu Zhan suspected that the acting king was carrying demon luck and as soon as the news came back, it attracted the attention of the Imperial City Division.

"The rise of the acting king is very fast, although it is all the grace given by the emperor, but it is too coincidental. ”

From the perspective of conspiracy theories, it is difficult not to wonder if the acting king did something in these things.

Zhao Gonggong lowered his head and said: "Jiasan replied to the news, saying that Liu Zhan used the technique of asking immortals with eight people, and finally determined that the acting king did not carry demon luck. ”

"No, I don't. The Emperor repeated the words, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The acting king really carries demon luck, even if it was originally held up to deal with the two sons of adult kings, he can't continue to tolerate the next acting king.

Once you get involved with demon luck, some things get complicated.

Not to mention, it is said that Taizu's death is related to demon luck, and the emperor's accession to the throne is secretly to clean up the smell of demons.

It's a matter of major politics, and no one can tolerate it.

King Qi colluded with the great demon Zhou Xuan, and this matter was a thorn, which made the emperor feel very uncomfortable.

King Qi was rebellious, in fact, although he had long made the emperor jealous, but it was not too painful, and colluded with the demon clan, just this one, the emperor could not understand.

"What else?" the emperor asked slowly: "Yesterday was crowned king, and today the palace was opened, but what else is there to do?"

Gonggong Zhao buried his head a few points lower: "Back to the emperor, the acting king had a conflict with the king of Qi at the banquet because of a guest who was looking for Peng with a famous ......"

Then the two confronted each other, word for word, and repeated them all.

"Is there a direct conflict between a king?" the emperor sighed with emotion after hearing this.

Of course, in addition to sighing, he was also somewhat satisfied, which was the main purpose of his holding up the acting king, if the acting king did not confront the two kings of Qi Shu for a long time, but only tore it in private, then he had to worry.

However, these are not the things that he cares about the most.

"With the entangled kings and my two uneasy sons, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The emperor thought silently, Dafan knows, it is threefold.

The so-called system, the so-called imperial court, is to make individuals as small as dust in it, whether it is a general or a prime minister, whether it is hatred or love, loyalty or treachery, it actually has little to do with it.

When he was young, the emperor also read several cities, and it was ridiculous to put the fate of the society on a few virtuous people in the previous dynasty.

But then again, the prince is not only the inheritance of Sheji, but also the key point of Sheji.

Which prince is really the emperor suspicious?

No, the prince himself is nothing, but he has the right of inheritance, and the ministers can support it, so it can make the emperor's monstrous authority temporarily neutral when it is critical.

"At the end of the world, blood spattered in five steps, overhead, coup, it is better than that. ”

The emperor didn't speak, and the imperial study suddenly fell silent, and after a long time, the emperor woke up from his thoughts and asked, "Yaozang, how is the situation of the recollection?"

Gonggong Zhao immediately replied: "The progress is very fast, Liu Zhan and Huo Wufu both sent people to collect the medicine storage, and the slaves and maids were all stared at by the people of the Imperial City Division." Among them, Huo Wu's sect went to Jingnan Mountain to kill a wolf demon, and killed a tiger demon in Huangsheng Mountain, the demon pills of the two demons can be used in medicine, as long as you kill a demon more than two hundred years old, you can make a precious medicine store. ”

"Liu Zhan's place, more than a dozen Taoists of the Yin Guan faction went to various places to collect medicinal herbs, and they have also collected three-flavor herb medicinal treasures. ”

Zhao Gonggong's report, the emperor listened to it, and was still relatively satisfied.

This speed is much faster than the first time I collected it, presumably because of my previous experience in collecting potions.

At this rate, it will probably not take more than two months for the medicine to be fully prepared, or maybe the Great Returning Pill will be able to be refined this summer.