The experience of living in the cold palace

Chapter 77 Hanging Suicide (fourth update, please subscribe)
"Father."

Li Xuan looked at Eunuch Chen and cupped his fists.

He was a little strange in his heart, how could Eunuch Chen come to his yard so well.

You know, since he became a supervisor, the two of them have rarely communicated in private in order to avoid suspicion.

If Li Xuan hadn't occasionally made excuses to see Empress Duanmu and others, the two of them would have rarely seen each other once a month.

"Xiao Xuanzi, your energy is getting better and better. Looking at you, our family really feels old."

Eunuch Chen looked at the radiant Li Xuan and couldn't help but sigh.

He still vaguely remembered that a year ago, his adopted son was still an inconspicuous little eunuch.

Now he is on an equal footing with him!

Moreover, in just one year, his cultivation has also reached the bone-forging realm from the meat-refining realm.

This speed is much faster than what he used to do back then.

If his adopted son had shown such talent when he was in the prison yard, he probably wouldn't have been assigned to work in the cold palace.

Li Xuan complimented: "As for my adoptive father, you seem to be getting younger and younger as you live. I'm afraid it won't be long before you can be promoted to the innate realm."

talking.

He led Eunuch Chen into the house: "Father, please come in. I will make tea for you."

Eunuch Chen didn't show any politeness and sat down minding his own business.

His nose twitched and he said, "Xiao Xuanzi, how is the progress of your alchemy? We can smell the fragrance of the medicine here at home. I am afraid you have been refining a lot of alchemy in private, right?"

"Back to my adoptive father, my child's natural beauty is not good enough. At present, I can only refine sixth-grade elixirs, and the success rate is not high." Li Xuan said.

of course.

This is just the talent he has shown to the outside world. In fact, he can now refine fifth-grade elixirs.

Moreover, there is a high probability that high-quality elixirs with elixir patterns can be refined.

A fifth-grade fine elixir costs about 150 taels.

Excluding the cost of raw materials, Li Xuan can earn six to seventy taels from just one pill.

One furnace can produce about three or four.

Li Xuan now makes two to three furnaces every day, and can probably earn about 400 taels.

Li Xuan naturally sells these refined elixirs through the night market.

However, in order not to attract attention, he currently only disguised himself and changed his aura, and participated in a big night market that only Xiantian realm warriors could participate in.

Fortunately, this night market does not check identities, otherwise there is still a risk of exposure.

Of course, selling elixirs in a big night market can be done once or twice, but over time it will definitely attract the attention of interested people.

Therefore, Li Xuan decided to assume the identity of a non-staff member of the Dongchang first, and after accumulating a certain number of pills, he would take them out of the palace to sell them, so that the risk would be much smaller.

"The sixth-grade elixir is already very good. Even for Imperial Physician Hua, it is at this level. This is enough to prove that you still have the talent for alchemy." Eunuch Chen praised.

Li Xuan said modestly: "The small ones can only be refined occasionally by luck, and can barely break even."

"Learn slowly, practice slowly, the good days are still to come." Eunuch Chen encouraged him and finally started to talk about the topic, "Xiao Xuanzi, do you know that General Manager Lin has resigned from his position in the cold palace a few days ago? , I’m afraid that in a month or two, General Manager Zhang will be able to officially take over the position of General Manager.”

Li Xuan's eyes flashed when he heard this.

A few months ago, he heard from Eunuch Chen that General Manager Lin might leave the cold palace, and was secretly beaten by Eunuch Chen.

Now this matter is finally implemented.

"Father, can General Manager Zhang really take the position of General Manager? There won't be a General Manager parachuted in, right?" Li Xuan couldn't help but ask.

Although Leng Gong is at the end of the harem palaces, the position of Chief Manager is still considered a relatively important position.

One month's salary alone is 500 taels, so the superiors must take a closer look.

Maybe a trustworthy person will be sent to manage the cold palace.

All this needs to be decided by Queen Xia in the harem.

Eunuch Chen shook his head: "No, the Empress sent Eunuch Lin to manage the cold palace, which actually violated the rules of the harem. Then the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival happened. The imperial concubine joined some courtiers to accuse the Empress of pretending to be a public servant. As a result, the Queen's reputation has declined. At this time, it is impossible for the Queen to send another person to seize the position of the general manager."

"Moreover, our family has talked to General Manager Zhang several times recently. It seems that General Manager Zhang is determined to win the position of General Manager. I think he has reached an agreement with the Queen in private."

Li Xuan couldn't help but tighten his lips when he heard this.

It seems that the harem is not easy to mess with. If you are not careful, you will be tricked.

Although the empress is the eldest daughter of the Xia family, the head of the nine aristocratic families, the status of the other imperial concubines is also quite extraordinary.

These empresses all want to support their sons to ascend to the throne, and there will naturally be no shortage of overt and covert fights between them.

"Then let me first congratulate my adoptive father on his promotion to the position of general manager!" Li Xuan poured a cup of tea for Eunuch Chen.

Once promoted to general manager, not only will the authority be greatly enhanced, but the salary will also be increased from 100 taels per month to [-] taels.

This is another huge amount of income for Eunuch Chen.

The reason why Eunuch Chen came to find him was probably because he saw that he had been promoted to the Bone Forging Realm, which was enough to threaten him, so he came to beat him secretly.

"Xiao Xuanzi, you are still young, and you will have many opportunities in the future. Alas, my adoptive father is different. I am afraid that he will not be able to work for a few years, and he will have to leave the palace to take care of himself like Eunuch Xu. His adoptive father just wants to take advantage of these few years to Earn more pension money, Xiaoxuanzi, you should be considerate of your adoptive father, right?" Eunuch Chen sighed, and the sale was miserable.

"Don't worry, adoptive father. This time, the child will definitely not compete with his adoptive father for the position of general manager." Li Xuan said.

Although he also wanted to take the position of general manager, Eunuch Chen was really kind to him, so it was not easy for him to compete with Eunuch Chen.What's more, he can make money by making alchemy now, and he doesn't care about this mere 100 taels.

The only regret is that I can't get in touch with a few more useless concubines to increase my experience points!

At present, his experience value has been static for a long time. If he wants to improve it, he can only win by quantity.

'Forget it, Eunuch Chen is not much younger than Eunuch Xu. The worst I can do is wait a few more years. It's really not possible. I can also use my status as a manager to have a little contact with the abandoned concubines under Eunuch Chen. I want to come to Eunuch Chen. Won't care. 'Li Xuan thought.

He is not an ungrateful person who calls his adoptive father to others but asks his adoptive father to die behind his back. He cannot openly compete with Eunuch Chen for the position of general manager.

When Eunuch Chen heard what Li Xuan said, he couldn't help but smile, and then he drank the tea poured by Li Xuan in one gulp:

"Xiao Xuanzi, it seems that we haven't competed for a long time. How about we compete in your yard and let us see how much you have grown."

I'm afraid I'll beat you to death accidentally... Li Xuan knew that Eunuch Chen was still a little worried about him and wanted to test his strength, so he could only nod in agreement:

"Then I'll ask my adoptive father for advice."

The two quickly walked out of the house and came to the yard.

Eunuch Chen took up his posture, his muscles and bones mingled, his palms bent into eagle claws, and he grabbed Li Xuan with one palm.

"Xiao Xuanzi, be careful!"

Bang bang bang!
The power of this palm was so powerful that it made the air explode.

Before, Li Xuan would have thought that Eunuch Chen's skills were extraordinary. Now that he was already an early-stage warrior in the Xiantian realm, he could only say that he still had to practice for this level of skill.

Li Xuan did not dare to show too much strength, so he controlled his strength to the bone-forging realm, used the "Powerful Bull Demon Fist", and fought with Eunuch Chen.

In an instant.

The sounds of physical collisions suddenly resounded throughout the courtyard.

After a while.

Li Xuan showed his weakness and was beaten back by Eunuch Chen, and then he took the opportunity to admit defeat.

"Father, you will always be strong. Children are no match for you." Li Xuan gasped.

Eunuch Chen smiled: "You have just entered the Bone Forging Realm. It is not easy to have such skill. Besides, you are still young. If you practice hard in the future, you have a good chance of being promoted to the Innate Realm."

He roughly tested Li Xuan's strength and felt a little relieved.

As for breaking through the innate realm, those are purely words to comfort Li Xuan.

If it were really so easy to break through the Xiantian realm, he wouldn't be stuck in the Bone Forging realm for ten years, unable to make any progress!
With a foundation laid by an inferior martial art such as "Strong Bull Demon Fist", it will be much more difficult to break through to the innate realm than other intermediate and superior martial arts.

"Thank you for your foster father's advice. I will definitely work hard and not be lazy." Li Xuan looked sincere.

Eunuch Chen nodded with satisfaction, chatted with Li Xuan for a few more words, and then left slowly.

'It's so tiring to play fake punches. '

Li Xuan looked at the stone pier in front of him, his inner energy began to circulate, and he pointed out.

In an instant.

The powerful inner energy surged out along the fingertips, as if it turned into a sword energy.

Bang!
There is a thumb-sized depression in the middle of the huge stone pier, which is four to five inches deep.

'The inner Qi is released. The strength of my inner Qi now is comparable to that of the middle stage of the Xiantian Realm. This "Huangting Thunder Prison Sutra" is really extraordinary! Li Xuan was secretly happy when he saw this.

He has only opened two acupoints in the dragon's spine. When all the acupoints are opened, may his ability be as good as that of a grandmaster? !

thought here.

Li Xuan was in a good mood. After washing up and changing into clean clothes, he went straight to Manager Zhang's yard.

It was also time to ask Manager Zhang to help him ask Zhao Hao for a place as a non-staff member of the East Factory.

When I become a non-staff member of Dongchang, I no longer need to risk going to the big night market to sell elixirs.

In addition, the imperial guards rarely check the belongings of the eunuchs of Dongchang.

of course.

The only troublesome thing is that every time he leaves the palace, he has to give Zhao Hao 50 taels of silver.

If he leaves the palace frequently, it will inevitably arouse Zhao Hao's suspicion.

The best way is to wait for a certain amount of elixirs to be refined, then leave the palace again and sell them.

Then use the money from the sale to buy lightning strike wood!
However, lightning strike wood is rare, and it takes some effort to find a way to purchase it.

It would be better to ask brother and sister He Dazhuang to help inquire.

Li Xuan was thinking about it, and soon came to Manager Zhang's yard. He shouted a few times, and found that Manager Zhang was not there, so he was going to look elsewhere.

On the road.

But he suddenly heard a few idle eunuchs and maids discussing in low voices what happened today.

"Have you heard that Empress Zhao hanged herself just now?"

"Ah? Which Empress Zhao?"

"Who else could it be? Anyuanhou Zhao Feilong's daughter, Zhao Ying, Empress Zhao."

When Li Xuan heard this, he stopped immediately!
(End of this chapter)