Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 315 Leading the Snake Out of the Hole ([-])

The wild game was cooked by Du Xian himself, and it was unanimously praised by the young master and his wife. Everyone at the dinner table chatted and laughed happily, and emptied two jars of wine. Li Yuanqing is not good at drinking, and most of them were drunk by the young master alone. He is gentle, but he didn't expect to have such a good capacity for alcohol.

After dinner, seeing that the two of them had something to discuss, Du Xiaoyu and Tong Shi went for a walk in the backyard.

There are a pair of white deer, two tall horses, and dozens of good-quality rabbits in the backyard. The first time Tong came to their house, he immediately showed his childlike nature, and took the fodder to feed, very happy.

"I also like to raise these. There are two pairs of parrots in my natal family, as well as a dog and a cat. My mother-in-law doesn't like it after marrying the Hou Mansion, saying that the smell is not good." Tong Shi felt a little regretful, "Compared to Me, you are still much freer."

"Your mother-in-law is right. It does smell quite strong, especially in summer. It's because I grew up in the village. Otherwise, I might not be able to bear it." Du Xiaoyu laughed, "But wash the cats and dogs. It shouldn’t matter if they are gone, your mother-in-law probably never raised them, so she doesn’t know their benefits.”

"Yeah, I don't know how smart she is." Speaking of her beloved pet, Tong's eyebrows were beaming.

Both of them liked small animals, and they talked about their own children. When the young master came out of the study, they hadn't finished talking.

After seeing off the two distinguished guests, Li Yuanqing said with a smile, "You and Mrs. Zhong really hit it off."

"Birds of a feather flock together." Du Xiaoyu took his arm, "Aren't you and the young master, tell me quickly, what did you talk about, but about Taoist Xuanzhen?"

Li Yuanqing closed the door sideways, hugged her on his lap and said, "That's right, although Taoist Priest Xuanzhen is now deeply trusted by the Holy One, what he can rely on is nothing more than the word alchemy, the elixir of life, which has been sought by many emperors before." , but it’s just a legend, and it’s never really been refined. I heard from the young master that he has offered the holy medicine twice, but the holy..." There was a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, but his voice was very suppressed Low, "I didn't feel well a few days ago. If this medicine is really effective, how can I still get sick?"

Some things are inconvenient to say, the emperor has his own army and spies under his control, that's why they chose to cover up the hunting, so that the two of them can talk in secret.

Du Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, and then became excited. From this point of view, Taoist Xuanzhen's situation is not much better. Unless he can really make a good pill, otherwise, if he makes a mistake, he may lose his life .

Since ancient times, companionship with the king is like companionship with the tiger, withered glory is only a moment.

"Do you have any good ideas?"

"If he wants to keep his status, he can only find those rare medicinal materials, and maybe he will use the secret medicine he found in the Immortal Daomen last time." Li Yuanqing raised his eyebrows, "What we have to do now is to lure the snake out of the hole and wait for the rabbit."

As long as Daoist Xuanzhen felt that the Holy One had doubts about him, he would definitely take the risk.

They have also discussed this step. Many officials in the imperial court were quite critical of the Holy Majesty's indulgence of a Taoist priest, and the same was true in the palace.

Some disciples of the Immortal Dao Sect entered the palace to practice alchemy. Although Daoist Xuanzhen repeatedly warned, there will always be people who are greedy and rely on this ability to bully the low-ranking eunuchs and maids in the palace and ask for money. How did the sentence come from, not to mention that there is a special vengeance in it.

While the two were talking, Mrs. Zhao knocked on the door outside. To avoid disturbing Li Yuanqing's sleep, Li Jingxiu slept in the next room. Mrs. Zhao came to inform Li Jingxiu that he was sleepy.

Li Yuanqing stopped talking and went to the bathroom, while Du Xiaoyu went to take care of Li Jingxiu.

After a while, Zhong Yuan, who had been following Ling Cui, discovered that Ling Cuihuai's child turned out to be Mrs. Zhang's.The two have been sneaking around for a long time, and it has been a spring breeze for several times. Only Mr. Zhang's wife is a tigress, so they dare not leak the news at all. I don't know if Mr. Zhang dared to shake it up this time in order to please someone. When he came out, he wanted to harm Bai Yushi and get rid of one of Li Yuanqing's helpers.

But it's no wonder he wants to use this kind of trick. Bai Yushi has always kept himself clean and cautious in doing things, so he can't find any mistakes at all. If it wasn't for his unwillingness to separate from Du Huanghua, he wouldn't have fallen into this trap.

Since Li Yuanqing was still working, Zhong Yuan reported to Du Xiaoyu.

"One more thing. When I went to check on Mr. Zhang, I found that he had contacts with Cheng Pei. I remembered the incident that Master Biao's shop was disrupted, so I went to check on Cheng Pei again. He came out again in the past few days. Work hard, get on good terms with a maid in Ding's mansion, and bought a lot of good things yesterday to coax that maid."

Du Xiaoyu was naturally sensitive to Ding's residence, "The residence of Mr. Ding, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry?" Ruan Yu's husband, Mr. Ding, was demoted two levels last year, from supervisory censor to doctor of the Ministry of Industry.

"Yes."

Du Xiaoyu sneered, could it be that Ruan Yu was behind the design?She stretched her hands so long that she managed these things, not afraid that if she didn't eat the mutton, it would make her whole body smelly!

"Go and find out, who is the maid of Ding's mansion, and when did you meet Cheng Pei?"

Seeing her serious expression, Zhong Yuan hurriedly left.

Now the Empress Dowager is under house arrest. In the harem, the most favored by the Holy Majesty is the current crown prince’s biological mother, Concubine Yan Gui. .

Naturally, she also had trusted eunuchs and maids in front of her.

Although Daoist Xuanzhen was careful everywhere, he still missed one thing. He only knew how to please the Holy One, but he forgot about Concubine Yan Gui, and even belatedly planted a thorn in Concubine Yan Gui's heart.

Zhou Yan, the steward of the Qingkun Palace, walked into the palace at this moment, and after bowing down to Concubine Yan, he said helplessly, "I just saw that Empress Shuyi sent someone to get the elixir, empress, what should I do?" Is it good? Your Majesty’s health has just improved, if you take those strong medicines again, I’m afraid you won’t be able to bear it.”

Concubine Yan Gui was drinking tea, she threw the tea cup in her hand on the ground.

The ear-piercing sound of cracking sounded, all the maids in the palace changed their complexions, lowered their heads cautiously, occasionally a few bold ones started to exchange eyes.

"It's unreasonable! It's nothing more than refining the elixir of life for the Holy One, why are you making these things!" Concubine Yan was so angry that her cheeks turned red, and Empress Shuyi was only recently conferred by the Holy One, she was just a little Jieyu, The Holy Majesty took strong medicine that day, and she happened to be physically inconvenient, so it made others cheaper.

The Holy Majesty seemed to have tasted the sweetness of that person, and ran there every three days, and was sealed several times in less than two months, and now he is the empress of Shuyi.

Although Concubine Yangui is in power, but no matter her age or appearance, she can't compare with Empress Shuyi, so how can she not hate her?

But she couldn't hate the emperor, so she even hated Taoist Xuanzhen.

"That's right, I think Taoist Xuanzhen is not doing his job properly. The elixir of immortality has not been refined, but those who don't match are produced one after another." Zhou Yan was originally trusted by the emperor, but since Taoist Xuanzhen After coming, the emperor was willing to tell Taoist Priest Xuanzhen many things. He felt that his status was seriously threatened. What's more, some eunuchs under him complained, saying that Taoist Xuanzhen bullied others and would not give His brand of management has no face at all.

Just before someone came to message him, he thought it over and felt that it would be in his best interest to get rid of Taoist Xuanzhen. The emperor is in his prime, and he really wants to take medicine to ruin his body. Youdao is a gentleman. Courtiers, if you change a king, maybe his life will be difficult.

Seeing that Concubine Yan was so angry, Zhou Yan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, don't be angry, this Xuanzhen Taoist priest is now trusted by the Holy One, we can't touch him easily without evidence."

Concubine Yan Gui was able to sit where she is today, she naturally has her advantages, so she immediately calmed down upon hearing this.

She really wouldn't be so stupid as to directly arrest Empress Shuyi, nor would she directly accuse Taoist Priest Xuanzhen, the emperor announced that he came to the palace to make alchemy, wouldn't denying him be the same as denying the emperor?Without evidence, it is suicidal.

And these strong medicines add to the pleasure of the boudoir, and of course they cannot be used as evidence.

"It sounds like you have something to say." Concubine Yan Gui glanced around, and immediately several court ladies retreated.

Only then did Zhou Yan whisper something.

After a few days, Concubine Yan Gui took the opportunity to summon Taoist Xuanzhen.

When he came out of Ningxin Palace, Xuanzhendao was covered in cold sweat and his steps were unsteady, he almost fell down on the road, but luckily the personal disciples who followed him supported him.

"Master, what did the imperial concubine tell you?" Seeing that the master was so frightened, the two disciples looked at each other in blank dismay.

Priest Xuanzhen did not answer.

Concubine Yan Gui didn't ask him to question anything, but asked him some things with a worried expression on her face, saying that the sage was sick a few days ago, whether it was because of taking the elixir.

These words frightened Taoist Priest Xuanzhen to death, and he quickly denied it, saying that the effects of the previous two medicines were not ideal, but it definitely had nothing to do with the illness.

Concubine Yangui also said that the Holy Majesty has been having nightmares recently, waking up in the middle of the night and talking about the elixir of life, as if very anxious, and wanted to ask him when he would be able to make it, so as to calm the anxiety of the Holy Majesty, and also said that the emperor of the previous dynasty used to be the same In this way, I always couldn't ask for it, and my heart became more and more anxious, and then I killed the Taoist priest.

Daoist Xuanzhen's legs were weak when he heard this, but he didn't see that the emperor was so anxious, but Concubine Yan Gui was always kind, she never made enemies with others, and she really cared about the Holy Majesty, so it can be seen that he really should improve the prescription, be sure To satisfy the Holy One.

But how can it be refined in such a short period of time?
Taoist Xuanzhen's heart was on fire.

"Master, should we try..." One of the disciples guessed what the master was thinking, and suddenly whispered a few words.

Xuanzhen Daoist's face immediately sank, "Don't say such a thing a second time!"

The disciple was startled, and hurriedly promised not to speak again, and the three of them walked out of the Yimen of Ningxin Palace slowly.

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(End of this chapter)