If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 37

While Zhu Gaochi was dealing with the problems in the court, Zhu Zhanquan also set up an alchemy furnace in his small courtyard and prepared to start refining the Qianyuan Marrow Strengthening Ointment.

Refining elixirs and combining medicines was a job only Taoist priests could do in the Ming Dynasty, and they had to be highly skilled in spiritual practice. Ordinary Taoist priests really didn't know how to do this. People in the entire East Palace were very curious about how the Second Emperor's grandson would make elixirs. .

But after all, Zhu Zhanquan was the grandson of the Second Emperor, and the maids and eunuchs in the East Palace were definitely not qualified to watch. Apart from his eldest brother, the appointed coolie, the only people who could come over to watch him make alchemy were the Crown Princess Zhang and Zhu Gaochi. Concubines, and other children in the house.

However, even the concubines in the palace did not stay to watch for long. After all, among the materials used by Zhu Zhanchuan were tigers. The two butchers called by Zhu Zhanji had to disembowel the dead tigers and peel off their skins. This was not the case. What the concubines in the harem could see, even the few children who had brought some elixirs with them, were almost frightened and were hugged for a while.

Only Zhang herself and a little boy of about three or five years old beside her stayed, watching Zhu Zhanqun playing with the alchemy furnace with curiosity.

"Son, this is your third brother Zhan Yong. You were still asleep when you gave birth to him, so you didn't know him. Come back and get closer to each other before we get separated." Mrs. Zhang pulled Zhu Zhan Yong to Zhu Zhan Yun's side. Introducing this unfamiliar third brother to him.

Zhu Zhanju glanced at the third brother, smiled and shouted to Hu Shanxiang on the side: "Go to my room and get some candied fruits and the like for my third brother. A child of this age is very greedy."

After saying that, Zhu Zhanyong knelt down and touched the little head of Zhu Zhanyong, who looked a little scared: "Third brother, be good. Second brother will give you something good in a while. Just wait and see if second brother is refining alchemy." good?"

Zhu Zhanyong did have some understanding of this third brother. In the original history, Zhu Zhanyong was a concubine, so the Zhu Zhanyong in front of him was the legitimate second son. When he became an adult, he was named the King of Yue. Later, he was exterminated because he had no children. .

The sad thing about him is that he has been a spare tire all his life, because his fat father died ten months after he succeeded to the throne. The then crown prince Zhu Zhanji was far away in Nanjing, so the Zhang family at that time ordered Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanyong to The two supervised the country and waited for Zhu Zhanji to return to Beijing and succeed to the throne.

At that time, Zhu Zhanji did not have a son. Once an accident occurred, Zhu Zhanyong, as the second son, would have the opportunity to ascend to the throne and become the emperor.

However, Zhu Zhanji returned to Beijing safely and successfully succeeded to the throne, but Zhu Zhanyong just missed the throne.

After that, his life was very mediocre, and in the end he didn't even have a son. The only trace left behind was the white pagoda he built to pray for his mother in Tanzhe Temple in Beijing.

On the contrary, Zhu Zhanzhen was lucky. After Zhu Zhanji's death, the courtiers did not want nine-year-old Zhu Qizhen to ascend the throne, so they elected him as the new king, but he refused.

Later, Baozong went to study abroad, and the courtiers wanted him to succeed to the throne, but he still refused. Only then did Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu succeed to the throne.

It can be said that as long as Zhu Zhanzhen had the idea of ​​becoming emperor, the Ming Dynasty would not have made a joke about Baozong studying abroad and later seizing the throne.

But right now, the two future princes are just little kids, and they can't talk easily, so there's no need to talk about the future. After all, when Zhu Zhanquan travels through time, their fate will inevitably change. .

So Zhu Zhanchun didn't pay much attention to this younger brother. After asking Zhang to take him aside, he started playing with the alchemy furnace in front of him again.

"Second brother, where did you get this alchemy furnace? Why haven't you seen it before?" Zhu Zhanji stood next to Zhu Zhanchen, watching him play with the huge three-legged alchemy furnace in front of him, which was as tall as a person. Very curious.And when he saw that Zhu Zhanqun didn't seem to have prepared charcoal or firewood, he couldn't help but asked: "You didn't prepare charcoal, what will you use to start the fire later?"

Facing Zhu Zhanji who was like a curious baby, Zhu Zhanqi could only explain while working: "Refining alchemy does not require ordinary fire, and this alchemy furnace is naturally unusual. I brought it back from Penglai Immortal Island. Only with this kind of alchemy furnace can I open the furnace to refine the elixir I want."

The alchemy furnace in front of Zhu Zhanchun was naturally taken out of the cave gourd, but it was not the one he usually used in his alchemy room, but the one he had used when he first learned to make alchemy in the early years.

The alchemy furnace he used to use in the alchemy room of Dongtian Gourd is a magic weapon. Not only does it contain alchemy fire, but also because Zhu Zhanquan has been using various elixirs and spiritual objects to cultivate his aura for many years, and he has special blessings in alchemy.

Even if you just throw a weed in, you can make a magic elixir, let alone put in the heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

It’s just that the use of such an alchemy furnace also requires cultivation and blessing. In the past, Zhu Zhanquan was a real person in Jindan and didn’t have to worry too much about the consumption of mana. But now, although he relies on the Spiritual Snake Wrapping Fist to refine the energy and consume it every day. The food is converted into qi, blood and internal energy, but if this is used to make elixirs, just turning on the stove and igniting the fire is enough to dry him up.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanchun could only dig out this old alchemy furnace from the warehouse and use it.

This one is not that demanding. Just throw in the elixir-making materials, ignite the elixir fire, and slowly burn it until the elixir is ready.

Of course, this kind of alchemy furnace with low requirements has no additional functions. It is just an ordinary alchemy furnace that can be used to make elixirs, nothing more.

The imperial doctor who was called to help saw Zhu Zhanchun busy and hurriedly handed him the prepared medicinal materials, and watched with great concentration as Zhu Zhanchun put these medicinal materials into the elixir furnace one by one, and then placed them in the elixir furnace. The recesses outside the furnace are inlaid with several pieces of spar that look fiery red.

"Bring the tiger blood and tiger heart." After putting away the medicinal materials, Zhu Zhanquan looked aside and saw that two butchers had already processed a tiger, so he asked them to bring over all the processed materials.

Looking at the stale tiger heart and the dark and sticky tiger blood, Zhu Zhanqi sighed helplessly: "The dead tiger is not fresh, but it is still useful."

With that said, he poured the tiger's heart and blood into the alchemy furnace, then ordered someone to fill it with water and then put the lid on the furnace.

"Everyone, please stay away." Zhu Zhanquan shouted, and then slammed his palms on the alchemy furnace, using the power of Qi and blood to activate the fire spirit stone he had just embedded. His spiritual power ignited the elixir fire and began to refine the elixir.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanchun just patted the alchemy furnace and it ignited the flames, Zhu Zhanji's eyes widened in surprise and he wanted to take a few steps forward to take a closer look.

However, before he could take a step forward, he felt a wave of heat coming over him, causing him to take another step back.

Zhu Zhanjun, on the other hand, still stood beside the alchemy furnace without moving even half a step, even though the billowing heat waves emanating from the alchemy furnace almost scorched his clothes.

(End of this chapter)