The Heavens Begin with Detective Di Renjie

Chapter 252 The Elixir
june, summer
The scorching sun scorched the vast land, and the world seemed to have turned into a huge steamer, steaming the people inside from the inside to the outside.

Whether it's the merchants walking outside or the guys working in the house, everyone is sweating profusely.

Only those wealthy sons, generals and princes are eligible to lie comfortably on the mat and enjoy the fans of the maids and servants.

Although they can't completely relieve the summer heat, they are undoubtedly much more comfortable than the hardworking people outside who are running around for their livelihood.

The social resources in the feudal era were always tilted upwards, and the emperor, as the top of the feudal system, naturally enjoyed the best life.

For example, at this moment, the heat outside is fumigated, but the emperor's palace is as cold as early spring.

This is only because the room is full of cooling ice, and every once in a while, someone will fetch intact ice cubes and replace the melted ice cubes in the house.

These ice cubes stored in the copper furnace were chiseled out last winter by a special person, and they have been stored in the big inner ice cellar, in order to take them out in summer and use them to cool off the heat.

Generally speaking, only the emperor and the concubines who are deeply loved by the emperor are eligible to enjoy such ice mirrors.

In addition to the coolness that does not conform to the season, the sound of Yangchun Baixue lingering on the beams is naturally indispensable in the hall, and the graceful dancing posture is indispensable.

Beautiful ladies with graceful figures, dressed in colorful long skirts with long sleeves, compete for beauty, their postures are as light as floating clouds when they move, and their bodies are as delicate as stamens when dancing.

On both sides of the main hall, rows of actors sit on their knees, some playing the flute, some playing the zither, some playing the sheng, and occasionally there is the sound of "jingling bells".

With the beauty's wonderful dancing posture, supplemented by the elegant melody, coupled with the bursts of cold smoke floating from the ice mirror from time to time, the hall is really like a dreamy fairyland.

In the center of the main hall, sitting on a gold-plated dragon chair is a man in a yellow robe, who is the current emperor.

The emperor was about 50 years old, with long beards on his face, gray temples, and wrinkles spreading from the center of his forehead to the corners of his eyes.

At this moment, he was holding his head with his right hand, looking at the singing and dancing in the center of the hall with disinterest.

If he was ten years younger, he would definitely be full of enthusiasm, but now that he is close to hearing, he is already unable to do what he wants.

Before the singing and dancing were over, the emperor waved his hands impatiently.

"Go down! Go down!"

Being able to see and not eat is undoubtedly a kind of torture, and it is better to see nothing.

Seeing that the emperor had spoken, the attendants at the side quickly reprimanded the dancers and actors in the hall:

"Didn't you hear what Long Live Lord said? Hurry up and back down!"

"Yes." The dancers and actresses took orders in unison, bowing and exiting the hall.

For a moment, the originally bustling hall became exceptionally clean, except for the emperor sitting on the dragon chair, there were only a few personal eunuchs accompanying him.

"Fuquan"

Before the emperor finished speaking, the servants around him quickly bowed their heads and obeyed respectfully:
"Your Majesty, you said."

"What I asked you to do."

Although the emperor didn't say anything, the eunuch named "Fu Sheng" already knew what the Holy Majesty was referring to.

Don't look at him as just a eunuch, but he grew up with the emperor.

When the emperor was not yet the crown prince, he followed him around until now.

It can be said that there is no eunuch in the entire Douchi who has a higher status and more power than him.

Naturally, many of the emperor's private affairs will be entrusted to him.

This is not only due to the emperor's trust in him, but also because of his status as a "eunuch".

An inhumane eunuch would naturally have no heirs. All the power in his hands came from the emperor, and the emperor was all his reliance.

It can be said that he is the shadow of the emperor and an extension of the imperial power.

When the emperor was alive, he naturally followed the scenery, and even the civil and military officials in the court had to show some face.

But once the emperor died and the dynasty changed, he would completely lose its value, like an abandoned son who died.

Therefore, the most important thing in the eunuch Fusheng's heart is the emperor. He only hopes that he can live a long and healthy life, and live a few more years, so that he can enjoy a few more years of blessings.

As for the emperor's confession, it was nothing else but to ask him to look for those medicines for tigers and wolves that stimulate qi and blood.

This kind of thing is not uncommon. Basically, the emperors of all dynasties would do this when they were old.

After all, there are countless beauties in this palace, if you look at it every day but can't eat it, what's the point of being an emperor?

It's just that the current emperor seems to have gone too far.

As early as ten years ago, he often ordered the imperial hospital to dispense medicine for the pleasure of intercourse, and he never restrained himself, sometimes he didn't even get out of bed for three to five days.

Such indulgence will naturally lead to the loss of yang energy, and the bones of the body will also be weak.

As early as two years ago, the medicine from the Tai Hospital was no longer effective.

That's why the emperor arranged for his personal servants to look for more irritating medicines.

The medicine of the tiger and wolf is the most harmful to the body, and if it is not handled well, it will damage the lifespan. Everyone knows this kind of thing, and the eunuch Fusheng naturally knows it too.

But as a vassal of the emperor, how dare he disobey the will of the emperor?
If you do not obey the oracle, you will be punished immediately.

In the eyes of the emperor, "usefulness" is the only value.

If you can't share the emperor's worries, no matter how much affection you have in the past, it will not be able to offset the guilt.

Especially in this deep palace, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at his position below, thinking that if he falls, they can take the opportunity to climb up.

Under such circumstances, even though he knew the danger of the pill, the eunuch Fusheng had to try his best to find it.

Finding medicine is easy and simple to say, but difficult to say.

To put it simply, as long as the imperial decree is issued, people who seek fame and fortune will naturally come to reveal the list.

But with the current body of the emperor, even the people in the imperial hospital can't think of a way, how many people outside the palace can do it?

So the difficulty lies in how to select the truly capable people from these mixed people, so as to prevent the body of Long Live Lord from being harmed by mediocre medicine.

In order to prevent someone from murdering the emperor under the guise of offering medicine, the eunuch Fusheng naturally asked some people to test the medicine.

But he is a eunuch, and the people under him are all rootless people, no one can try the medicine of tiger and wolf, so they can only find someone outside the palace to test the medicine.

Arresting people for drug testing is a dishonorable thing. Of course, it can't be too publicized. It can only be carried out secretly, so it has been delayed for a long time.

Fortunately, a few days ago, the eunuch Fusheng found an expert who had an "elixir" handed down from the ancient pre-Qin period, which has a miraculous effect on helping the yang.

Not to mention normal people, even the old eunuchs in the palace would feel angry and itchy after eating it.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this slave has lived up to His grace and has indeed found an expert."

Eunuch Fu Sheng said happily:
"This person is a qi refiner who lives in a hermit's seclusion. He has a 'pill recipe' passed down from ancient times in his hand. The elixir he made has the miraculous effect of rejuvenating the old!"

"Oh?"

The emperor's turbid eyes suddenly shot out, and asked urgently:
"Is this true?"

"I dare not lie to my majesty." Eunuch Fu Sheng said hastily, "This matter is absolutely true."

"The servant even asked someone to test the medicine."

"Let's not talk about young and strong boys, even the old eunuchs in the palace can eat it, and their white hair will turn black and their faces will be radiant!"

(End of this chapter)