The Journey of Immortality of the Peerless Medical Concubine

But the opium obviously did not start to spread at that time, otherwise it would not have spread to the palace so quickly, and even be on the dragon case in Donghuang today.

"Originally, I wanted you to handle this matter, but now that you have been implicated, you should just rest well in your Qianning Palace. During this time, I will be in charge of the government!"

After a moment, Tang Zongluan took a deep breath and looked at Tang Zhentian coldly.

According to Tang Zhentian, he has been taking this stuff for two days and is likely to have become addicted. It is obviously unrealistic to let him continue to manage the government.

However, after hearing Tang Zongluan's words, everyone was shocked. Having two emperors in one dynasty was a taboo. If Tang Zongluan was to take charge of the government this time, it would probably have a significant impact on Tang Zhentian's reputation.

"Father! This..."

"Humph! If I hadn't discovered it in time, I'm afraid the entire Eastern Wasteland Country would have fallen into your hands!"

"If you still want to run the government, wait until you get rid of your addiction!"

After saying that, Tang Zongluan waved his hand and walked away, leaving Tang Zhentian standing there in a mess.

He had just realized that this drug addiction was incurable and he could only rely on his own willpower to quit, otherwise it would stay with him for the rest of his life.

Just when the figures of Tang Zongluan and others disappeared from his sight, he collapsed to the ground as if exhausted, and his eyes lost their former luster.

"Ouch!"

After walking out of the imperial study, the group headed towards the Shengqian Palace. Along the way, no one spoke, they just quietly looked at the old man's back.

It’s not that they don’t want to say anything, it’s just that the old man is very angry right now, so who dares to say anything?

But just as they were about to reach Shengqian Palace, Tang Tianling suddenly stumbled and fell, lying on the ground.

"What are you thinking about, Lao Liu? You can't even walk carefully."

Seeing this, Wen Liuli frowned immediately. Tang Tianling didn't seem like such a reckless person in normal times. How could he fall while walking?

"Uh...I accidentally got distracted."

After getting up from the ground, Tang Tianling hurriedly brushed the dust off his body and said a little embarrassedly.

"I wonder if the vendor selling poppies is one of our own?"

"Ok?"

Hearing his words, Tang Zongluan, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and looked at Tang Tianling with some confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"Grandpa Emperor, the opium dealer certainly has bad intentions. But you also know that opium needs to be refined from poppy fruits, so why would anyone sell poppy fruits? Wouldn't it be more profitable to sell opium directly?"

"And it happened to be sold to Ling'er."

"And by such a coincidence, Wang's wife also saw it."

"So my grandson guessed that this was done intentionally by the merchant, in order to let us see the clues from it."

"After selling the silver to Ling'er, the merchant went into hiding. Otherwise, how could we not find any trace of him after searching for several days?"

Hearing Tang Tianling's words, Wen Liuli and Tang Zonglun were both stunned.

It seems that what he said is correct. If the other party wants to sell poppy fruits, he should publicize the method of extracting opium everywhere.

But he disappeared without a trace right after selling the poppy fruits. If this thing fell into the hands of others, as long as they didn't know the method of refining it, it would just be a basket of rotten fruits and could only be used as medicinal materials at best.

"Then what do you mean?"

"My grandson's idea is to not look for that dealer first, but to completely control the spread of opium to prevent it from causing a disaster."

"okay!"

Hearing this, Tang Zongluan nodded. The top priority now was indeed to curb the spread of opium. Otherwise, the more people were infected, the more difficult it would be to control the situation.

Immediately afterwards, a notice was issued to seal off all the tobacco dens in Donghuang City, and all the smokers who were smoking in the tobacco dens were arrested.

At the same time, all the shop owners, assistants and owners of the opium shops were taken to the Dali Temple.

The news spread quickly, and for a time, the whole imperial city was talking about what the court was going to do? Why did they suddenly close down the opium den?

How does the normal operation of the tobacco shop affect you?

The most indignant among them were the regular customers of the opium den, but anyone who dared to jump out was detained and awaiting trial.

Soon after, news spread that the retired emperor had resumed his control of government. People throughout the imperial city were in a panic, and they all began to speculate whether something big was about to happen.

Even the retired emperor who lived in Shengqian Palace was alarmed.

At the next morning court session, civil and military officials stood in the hall and talked among themselves. They were all uneasy about the retired emperor taking charge of government again, and they were all wondering whether he wanted to depose the emperor.

Since ancient times, the dethronement of the crown prince has often happened, but the dethronement of the emperor has never happened. Not to mention the dethronement of the emperor, even the phenomenon of having two emperors in one dynasty is rare.

The first imperial decree issued by the retired emperor after he resumed control of the government was to close down all the opium dens in the imperial city and detain all the smokers in the imperial city.

This is the most confusing thing. Now people in the imperial city are in panic. Everyone is worried that they will be the next to suffer, because no one knows what the purpose of the emperor doing this is.

The most crucial thing is that among those smokers who were arrested, some were officials appointed by the imperial court, and some even held high positions.

The discussion of the crowd stopped quietly until Tang Zongluan slowly walked into the hall and sat on the dragon throne. At the same time, everyone knelt down in silence.

"Long live the emperor..."

The resounding voice echoed throughout the entire palace. Civil and military officials all knelt in a row, paying homage to the retired emperor whom they had not seen for a long time.

"Everyone is safe!"

Tang Zongluan had not attended court for many years. Feeling this long-lost feeling, there was no fluctuation in his heart.

"If you have the documents, please report. If not, please leave the court!"

Then, Liu Chang slowly stood up, looked quietly at the officials in front of him, and said slowly.

Like the retired emperor, he had not been to the Taiji Hall for many years.

As the personal eunuch of the retired emperor, he has been serving the retired emperor since the day he ascended the throne. Naturally, he follows the retired emperor wherever he goes.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

No reason to retreat? How could there be nothing to discuss today? This East Emperor City is about to be turned upside down, and the emperor has disappeared without a trace, and there is no reason to retreat.

The person who stood up was the prime minister of the time, Su Zhengyang, who was also one of the few people in the court that Tang Zonglun knew.

After all, he has not been emperor for many years, and the turnover of civil and military officials in the court is very fast. Tang Zongluan does not know all of them.

On the contrary, Tang Zonglun did not know at least eighty of the one hundred people, as they were all new appointees after Tang Zhentian ascended the throne.

The old officials before them either died of old age or retired to their hometowns, or were dismissed, beheaded, or exiled to the frontier.

But this does not affect Tang Zonglun's ruling. I don't know you, but can't you introduce yourselves?

"I know what you want to ask. Now that I am here today, I will naturally give you and the people of the world an explanation!"

Glancing coldly at Su Zhengyang, Tang Zongluan glanced at everyone in the field, then spoke quietly.

"You just want to ask why I closed down the opium den and why I took over the government. And where the emperor is now, right?"

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Hearing Tang Zongluan's words, all the civil and military officials bowed and then pricked up their ears.

This is what they are most concerned about. It all happened too suddenly and without any preparation.

Of course, it was because the person sitting on the dragon throne was Tang Zongluan. If it were anyone else, he would have rebelled or fled long ago.

As the previous Eastern Emperor, even though Tang Zongluan has not been in charge of government for many years, his reputation is still incredibly high. In the hearts of the people of the world, he is still the supreme emperor.

"Let me talk about the opium den first!"

After taking a deep breath, Tang Zongluan spoke slowly.

"I believe you already know that all the opium dens in the Imperial City have been closed down by me, and all the people involved have been arrested. The reason for all this is just one thing that appeared in the Imperial City in recent days!"

"Bring the people up!"

As he spoke, Tang Zongluan shouted towards the outside of the hall.

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, and then turned their eyes to outside the hall.

At this time, Wu Che was escorting a man who looked to be about thirty years old slowly into the hall.

The man was dressed simply, and one could tell at a glance that he was an ordinary citizen.

If there is anything unusual about him, it is his face.

This man had deeply sunken eye sockets and dark circles under his eyes, as if he had not slept for several days. His expression was listless and his eyeballs were bloodshot. I don’t know if it was because he was pressed down by Wu Che, but he seemed to walk in an unsteady manner.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Please, please! Just give me a puff, just one puff! Just one puff will do!"

As the man entered the Tai Chi Hall, he suddenly broke free from Wu Che's restraints, rushed to the center of the hall, knelt on the ground and begged constantly, his head hitting the ground with a clanging sound as he kowtowed.

"this......"

"How is this going?"

Seeing this man's reaction, all the civil and military officials frowned, not understanding what he meant.

Why did the emperor bring this person up here? Is there any purpose?

"Bring me the opium!"

Seeing this person, Tang Zongluan narrowed his eyes slightly, then slowly spoke to Liu Chang beside him.

Liu Chang understood what he meant and quickly took out the opium and pipe he had prepared in advance and walked up to the man.

When the man saw what was in Liu Chang's hand, he immediately stopped kowtowing, suddenly got up from the ground, snatched the thing from Liu Chang's hand, and without caring where he was, he just lay on the ground and began to suck it frantically.

Seeing this scene, everyone's eyelids couldn't help but jump. What was going on?

They saw it very clearly just now. When this man saw the pipe, it was like he saw a life-saving straw. He was willing to give up his life just to take a puff.