faint [rebirth]

When Emperor Chengguang threw the handkerchief in front of the Taoist priest, the Taoist priest was taken aback for a moment, but hadn't recovered yet.

"Your Majesty, what's the meaning of this..." Daoist Priest was used to being treated with courtesy by Emperor Chengguang, and even the ritual of kneeling and worshiping was exempted early on, and he usually met with peers, so he saw Emperor Chengguang throwing a handkerchief Give it to him, the Taoist priest didn't immediately think of what was wrong, and said with a smile, "This veil, could it be that some lady brought it to ask for your mercy? After all, it is a veil stained with blood."

The personal servant next to Emperor Chengguang gave the Taoist priest a sympathetic look, and then quietly let the other people in the gymnasium leave in a hurry, leaving himself alone to guard Emperor Chengguang and the Taoist priest.

Emperor Chengguang kept looking at the priest coldly with dark eyes.

The Taoist reacted belatedly, and hurriedly picked up the handkerchief and took a closer look—although the handkerchief looked like it was for a woman's home, but if you looked closely, there was a golden dragon embroidered with gold thread on it, how could I ask? , who in this world would dare to use this kind of handkerchief with a golden dragon?

How dare concubines use them?

The cold sweat on the long forehead suddenly fell in big drops.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." The Taoist priest lay on the ground, wanting to explain, but suddenly, he couldn't speak a word.

Emperor Chengguang was not a good-tempered person.

His temperament has always been different from others. When he likes it, he can lift people up to the sky, and when he doesn't like him, he can trample them to the bottom of his feet. Is it okay to look at others?

He used to think that this priest was a person with some skills.Those who are capable should be respected.

Perhaps Emperor Chengguang knew in his heart that immortality was just a lie.He needs this priest only because this priest can indeed refine some pills that can make people healthy and live a little longer.

For Emperor Chengguang, people with such abilities are much better than those imperial doctors in imperial hospitals who can only prescribe mild and harmless but useless medicinal materials.

Because of this, Emperor Chengguang was willing to praise this Taoist leader highly, and even for this reason, Daxing Dynasty promoted Taoism, allowing more people to become Taoist priests, and reducing the number of people who paid taxes and served for Daxing Dynasty.

However, what did the Taoist priest reward him?

He only said that he really met a capable person, and he didn't ask for anything else, he just wanted to live to be 80 years old, and be as old as his father, but now, he is only in his sixties Have you started to cough and vomit blood frequently?

Emperor Chengguang is a wise emperor, and he is especially responsible for Daxing.However, he is also an ordinary person, and he also wants to pursue longevity, and he doesn't want to die.

In the past, this idea could not be realized. Emperor Chengguang loved the frail prince very much, lest this prince die before him.But now, he met the Taoist priest in front of him, mistakenly thinking that as long as he held this Taoist priest up high, he could really live another 20 years, or even 40 years. However, the veil on his veil Blood stains, what's going on?

"So, all those skills you mentioned before are all deceiving me?" Emperor Chengguang squinted his eyes, and his voice was as cold as ice, "So, what you call alchemy, the elixir you made is actually all Poison, is it bit by bit, slowly coming to really kill you?"

The Daoist was dripping with cold sweat, and hurriedly explained: "The old Taoist is wronged! The old Taoist is wronged! Your Majesty, you should know that the more expensive this precious medicine is, the harder it is to refine. The temperature of the medicine is slightly off, and those who weighed the medicinal materials have weighed the medicinal materials incorrectly, etc., all of which will make the medicinal effect of this elixir completely useless, and prevent His Majesty from being as healthy as a man in his sixties. Time. But, but, the Sanqing is above, no matter how confused the old Taoist is, he dare not take the charge of murdering His Majesty! The various medicinal materials and strange stones used by the old Taoist alchemy will not make the user feel uncomfortable. Even the old Taoist I have always been cautious, not only is the amount stipulated by the old Taoist is non-toxic, even if the amount is slightly exceeded, the elixir refined is also definitely non-toxic. It will definitely not harm Your Majesty's dragon body!"

The Taoist priest swore, as if everything he said was the truth.

However, Emperor Chengguang didn't fully believe him, he just stepped on the right palm of the priest.

"Ah—" Since entering the palace to make alchemy for the emperor, how has the Taoist suffered such hardships?With a scream, he hurriedly shut his mouth again, enduring the pain and not daring to make a sound.

Emperor Chengguang's voice did not fluctuate and said: "Non-toxic? If it is really non-toxic, where should we talk about this blood?"

The Taoist priest said: "This old Taoist doesn't know either. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can take the pills refined by the old Taoist to people for experimentation, or take them to the imperial physician to test one by one. The old Taoist can't guarantee that this thing It is non-toxic but true. As for the blood coughed up by Your Majesty..." The old Taoist hesitated for a moment, then said, "If His Majesty still believes in the old Tao, let the old Tao take His Majesty's pulse again, and then make a divination. The old Taoist said something If you dare to dare, the old Taoist has just seen His Majesty's complexion, His Majesty is brave and powerful, and there is no trace of vanity in his steps, his face is full of red, his eyes are bright, and he does not look like an ordinary old man who is dying of old age."

After the Taoist priest finished speaking, he realized that Emperor Chengguang took a step back and frowned to test his own strength.

The Daoist breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Most of the human body accumulates too many impurities due to the daily consumption of five grains. If these impurities want to be excreted from the body, one is through the body's sweat and the reincarnation of the five grains. It is extremely rare to spew out the accumulated blood in the body, so that the meridians of the body can be more unobstructed, which is beneficial to His Majesty's body, and why is His Majesty so anxious? You must know, this is a good thing, greatly Good thing!"

The more the Taoist spoke, the more he felt that everything he said was the truth, he knelt up straight, and his expression was quite righteous.

Emperor Chengguang looked at the priest with serious eyes.

Daoist Priest was not afraid of Emperor Chengguang's imperial aura at all, and began to explain it with confidence, which was more reasonable than the previous words.

At the end, he said: "If your majesty really doesn't believe it, why don't you find some concubines and try to see if your majesty is still strong, then you should know whether what the old Taoist said is true or not."

Emperor Chengguang continued to stare at the Taoist leader coldly for a while, seeing that the Taoist leader had no guilt on his face, he snorted coldly and lifted his foot to leave.

The servant next to Emperor Chengguang saw this, and hurriedly persuaded him: "The Taoist priest may really have some skills. However, the ruler is short and the inch is strong. The Taoist priest may be good at alchemy, but he must be good at seeing a doctor." It is not as good as the imperial physicians of the imperial hospital. Why don't your majesty send some imperial physicians to come and let them see if there is anything wrong with your majesty's body?"

This servant had followed Emperor Chengguang since he was a child, so he was the one who dared to mention the imperial physician to Emperor Chengguang.

However, if he said these words before meeting the Taoist priest, perhaps Emperor Chengguang really allowed the imperial physician to come.

However, after a long while with the mouth full of Huqin, Emperor Chengguang kept his expression on his face, but he felt a little bit of faith in his heart.

Therefore, when people around me said that they wanted to see an imperial physician for their "sickness", they immediately said angrily: "See a doctor? Who is sick? Who is sick? I have always been healthy and have no symptoms. What can I look at? Although you are by my side Old man, but you should also know how to be cautious in words and deeds. If there is a next time... I will never forgive you!"

The servant lay prone on the ground, daring not to get up for a long time.

He only thought that Emperor Chengguang's body was the most important, and he should be treated if he was sick, but he forgot that for the old emperor, sometimes even if he was sick, he couldn't be called sick.Because they are the people in the world who dare not get sick and avoid medical treatment.

When Xiao Wuchen heard about the affairs in the palace in Luoyang City, he had already been on the road for more than a month, and he was approaching Luoyang City very soon.

Originally, the journey was not too far, but Xiao Wuchen was in poor health, and he was concerned about the healed injury on Xiao Junye's shoulder, so he walked very slowly on the road, so he hadn't arrived at Luoyang City yet.

It's just that the weather is extremely hot this day.

A group of people were resting under the shade of a tree, when Xiao Wuchen saw Xiao Junye walking over with a serious face holding the letter.

Xiao Wuchen frowned slightly.

It was already scorching June, and it was too hot in the carriage, so he couldn't bear it, so naturally he rested outside under the shade of a tree.

And the bunch of affairs that he should handle are all handled by the emperor's uncle.

——If it was someone else, maybe he would have to worry about whether the emperor's uncle was loyal and whether he would betray him.But Xiao Wuchen has the memory of his previous life, but he completely trusts the emperor's uncle.Therefore, entrusting all affairs to the emperor's uncle, Xiao Wuchen was extremely relieved.

And Xiao Junye has always lived up to his entrustment, and handled everything very well.Xiao Wuchen also slowly handed over all the letters sent by his staff in Luoyang City to Xiao Junye to read.

Xiao Junye has always been used to dealing with these things, and he never showed any sadness on his face.But today, the seriousness on his face was unprecedented.

Xiao Wuchen frowned slightly.

Xiao Junye strode towards Xiao Wuchen, and when he was beside Xiao Wuchen, he said in a low voice: "Wuchen, come with the emperor."

Xiao Wuchen nodded lightly, and walked forward first - he is the crown prince after all, the emperor's uncle naturally waited for him to move forward, and then followed him a step behind.

The two quietly walked back to Xiao Wuchen's carriage, and only then did Xiao Junye hand over the letter in his hand to Xiao Wuchen.

After Xiao Wuchen finished reading the letter, Xiao Junye opened his mouth and said: "In ancient times, the First Emperor was an old man who spent huge sums of money to send boys and girls to the sea to seek the secret method of longevity. Now Your Majesty is so confused that he really believed that The long deceitful words, even began to hide illnesses and avoid doctors, never let the imperial doctor diagnose the pulse, only listened to the slander of the long, felt that he was still in good health, and even let the concubines sleep for it..."

Xiao Junye paused for a moment before continuing: "Your Majesty is so confused, I'm afraid it's... Even if Your Majesty could have lived longer, now he has no chance at all."

It's all for Xunxian to ask, Taoist alchemy, among the elixir, in addition to ordinary medicinal materials, there are also inedible stones and other things, how can those things be considered non-toxic?

Your Majesty regards those elixirs as treasures, at first he ate them every day, and later he ate them every meal, but now he remembered that he was about to take such a large pill, how could nothing happen?But something really happened, His Majesty really thought that his body was very "healthy" after hearing what the priest said, and he didn't need to be diagnosed and treated by the imperial physician at all.The Daoist he trusted was powerful enough.With this Daoist leader, why seek medical advice?

Stubbornly refused to do so.

After Xiao Junye finished speaking these words, he began to look at Xiao Wuchen seriously.

Xiao Wuchen's expression was extremely ugly.

In the previous life, the father was a wise king from the beginning to the end.

Even if Xiao Wuchen had heard about the five kings seizing the throne back then, he knew that his father had killed his own children.Xiao Wuchen also felt that it was his elder brothers and sister Huang who were confused and forced his father to kill them.

And whenever he was seriously ill, his father would take good care of him, wishing he could be with him all the time.

Even in order for him to inherit the throne, he did not hesitate to confront the important ministers of the court several times...

Xiao Wuchen clearly remembered all kinds of things in the previous life, but in this life, since his health became healthier, he also clearly remembered the indifference his father treated him.

Just because he is in good health, will he threaten the father?

But he has never done anything to covet the throne - after all, for him, the throne is already in his pocket, no matter whether it is him or the emperor's uncle, it is impossible to give this position to others .

It's just that he respects his father in his heart, and of course hopes that his father can live longer.

Seeing Xiao Wuchen startled, Xiao Junye sighed in his heart, but he grabbed Xiao Wuchen's hand and said, "Wuchen, we have to go back to Luoyang City soon. Your Majesty is so foolish that he continues to take pills. You know that if you take too much of that elixir, you will die. And you haven't returned to Luoyang yet... For some people, this is the best time."

Even if Emperor Chengguang died at this time, as long as the new successor emperor said that Emperor Chengguang died from taking pills, and that the emperor still shunned medical treatment before his death, and all the people sighed, it would be fine.

And Xiao Wuchen hadn't returned to Luoyang yet.

In the absence of the crown prince, Emperor Chengguang died suddenly.

The eldest son of the deposed prince, King Yuan, and the empress dowager's blood are all in Luoyang City.

The rest of the kings are also watching.

This time is the best time for them to rebel.

Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be princes.

How about mutiny?So what about forcing the palace?As long as they can really sit in that position, won't they be the ones who will rewrite their reputation in the future?

Therefore, now is the most dangerous time for Xiao Wuchen.

"Then go back immediately." Xiao Wuchen was distracted for a moment, and then he said, "When I rest at night, I changed my clothes and left immediately. Ah Yao is similar in size to me, so I stayed in the carriage until tomorrow I started to suffer from heat stroke Sick, stay for two days, and the carriage will move on."

And since Ah Yao fell ill due to heatstroke, it was not surprising that she couldn't get out after sitting in the carriage.

Xiao Junye grasped Xiao Wuchen's hand even tighter, as if he was afraid that Xiao Wuchen would leave.

Xiao Wuchen smiled slightly: "It's a pity that Uncle Huang can't go with me anymore."

It's fine for him to leave, but the emperor seldom sits in the carriage, if the emperor disappears, the people around will definitely find out immediately.

Be it Xiao Wuchen or Xiao Junye, none of them can take this risk.

"You..." Xiao Junye paused, suddenly grabbed Xiao Wuchen's hand, kissed it lightly, then let go suddenly, and said, "Be careful."

Then he turned around and got out of the carriage as if fleeing.

Xiao Wuchen even heard the sound of Xiao Junye's head hitting the wall of the carriage as he left in such a hurry.

Xiao Wuchen was startled, then laughed.

It's just that he laughed for a while, then read the letter for a while, frowned slightly, but couldn't laugh again.

And Xiao Junye, who left, walked for a while, feeling dizzy and joyful, with his forehead that had been knocked out of the bag, and then stopped.

Not right.

Everyone thought that the fourth princess supported her nephew King Yuan, and even spent a lot of effort on this, in order to let her nephew King Yuan inherit the throne.

But Xiao Junye has always been sensitive, because he started thinking about Xiao Wuchen relatively early, at that time he began to plot Xiao Wuchen's possible "enemies". At that time, Xiao Junye realized that the fourth princess's thoughts were not on Yuan Wang. .

Even though King Yuan is the nephew of the fourth princess's direct relative, there is not much affection between the fourth princess and King Yuan, and there is even more discord between the fourth princess and King Yuan's mother.

Xiao Junye didn't believe that the fourth princess would seek the throne for the sake of King Yuan.

Even if the fourth princess wants to plot the throne carefully, it must be for the deposed prince who was imprisoned.

Besides, has Emperor Chengguang's illness really reached the point where there is no cure?

Is Emperor Chengguang really unable to handle state affairs?

If this is the case, if he is replaced by the abolished prince or the king of Yuan...

Xiao Junye paused, and continued to walk forward, but at night, he broke into Xiao Wuchen's residence again, and saw Xiao Wuchen taking a bath inside the screen.

Xiao Junye: "..." He probably knew that he was wrong, but he couldn't stop walking towards the inside.

"Uncle?"

Xiao Junye stopped immediately, looked behind him, and saw his Xiao Wuchen, wearing the clothes of a little eunuch, with a pair of peach blossom eyes, looking at him playfully.

Those sparkling peach blossom eyes seem to be able to speak.

Xiao Junye blushed immediately.

Fortunately, he has not been willing to shave his big beard so far, but it happens to cover Xiao Junye's flushed face.

"Go to my room." Xiao Junye blushed for a while, and then suddenly realized that Xiao Wuchen was wearing a blue eunuch uniform, which was extraordinarily good-looking and... alluring.He felt all the blood in his body start to rush to him.

He wanted to hug this "little eunuch" who was so beautiful that people couldn't look at him, and then took off the "little eunuch"'s clothes, and carefully checked whether this "little eunuch" was real or not. Really little eunuch.

In the end, would she really serve him?

"Let's go." Thinking so, Xiao Junye couldn't help but stepped forward and held Xiao Wuchen's hand.

Then it was thrown away.

Xiao Junye felt a chill in his heart.

"Uncle Huang forgot, I am now Ah Yao, a little eunuch." Xiao Wuchen adjusted his hat awkwardly, tilted his head and looked at Xiao Junye, "Uncle Huang should be walking in front now, and I am walking in front of you." later."

Xiao Junye let out a "huh" before walking forward.

They lived on the third floor of the inn.

On the third floor, only Xiao Wuchen, him, and Ning Yanghou lived.

The reason why he and Xiao Wuchen were so cautious was to avoid Marquis Ningyang who was trusted by the Fourth Princess.

However, what was unexpected was that Ningyang Hou Suri always liked to visit the crown prince or King Zhao suddenly at such times, as if he was watching them, but today he was very honest and there was no movement.

Xiao Wuchen and Xiao Junye knew more and more.

The two walked into Xiao Junye's room one after the other.

In Ning Yanghou's room, the candles were all extinguished.

His people were also lying on the bed, but the servant who waited on him was lying on the side of the door. Hearing the movement outside, he ran to Ning Yang carefully, and told Ning Yanghou about the movement outside.

After hearing this, Ning Yanghou laughed.

"Okay! The idea of ​​the fourth princess is really brilliant!" Ning Yanghou sighed, "Since our highness the crown prince, in terms of background, he came from later generations, in terms of ability, has a photographic memory, is brilliant, and is strong , although he is not comparable to ordinary people, he has rarely been ill in the past two years. In terms of emperor's favor, although His Majesty has become more and more alienated from him, he has never let others slander the prince... Such a prince wants to get him out of that position , It's really too difficult. It can only be like what the fourth princess said, just let His Majesty suspect him, and get him down personally!"

Prince, prince, you only know that father and son love each other deeply. As your majesty, you dare to enter Luoyang city alone.But they don't know that our Majesty is naturally cautious and sensitive to the point of being stingy.Back then, he couldn't even tolerate the prince who was born by the empress Yuan who he personally taught, how can he tolerate him now?

If the crown prince is still sick, thinking that His Majesty has always pitied the weak, perhaps this weak crown prince can really be allowed to inherit the throne.

However, it is a pity that the prince's health is getting better and better.Even if the crown prince intentionally makes his personality unruly, even if the crown prince deliberately refuses to marry a wife and concubine and have children, even if the crown prince even goes far to the border to avoid His Majesty's alienation... His Majesty today has never given up on monitoring this crown prince.

Leaving aside what was going on in Ning Yanghou's mind, Xiao Wuchen and Xiao Junye realized something was wrong when they noticed that the candle in Ning Yanghou's room was extinguished.

Although earlier, the two felt that there was a difference in their hearts, but Ning Yanghou went to bed too early, so the two of them immediately understood that this matter was fraudulent.

But even so, the two only followed the plan and walked towards Xiao Junye's room.

In Xiao Junye's room, there were also attendants tidying up the room.

After Xiao Junye went in, he said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Everyone go out."

Xiao Junye's attendants felt strange, but thinking of the prince's usual temper, they all left obediently.

Xiao Wuchen stood Xiao Junyesheng with his head down, thinking about something, when Xiao Junye suddenly said: "Turn off the lights."

Xiao Wuchen was startled, and realized that he was a little eunuch, so he ran to blow out the candle.

Just as he wanted to ask in his heart, they didn't really have to extinguish the candles before talking about things, when he realized that the world was spinning and he was pressed against the door by his uncle.

"Uncle Emperor..."

"No, it's not this." Xu Shiming gave Xiao Junye great courage, his voice was hoarse and bewildering, "Chen'er, you are my little eunuch now, you should call me my master."

"Little eunuch" Xiao Wuchen blushed suddenly, even the tips of his ears were hot.