The emperor was clearly speaking with a hidden agenda. Chen Changli could tell, but he pretended not to understand and continued, "Your Majesty, the predecessor of 'Afurong' is just like Ma Fei San, which is indeed very effective in relieving pain and removing blood stasis."

"Doctors are kind-hearted. In order to help their patients get better as soon as possible, they will naturally use 'opium'. After that, they find that this medicine works very well and will continue to use it."

"But they are doctors. In the process of using 'Afurong', they will naturally slowly find out the disadvantages of this drug."

"So I believe that doctors will never use opium to do evil, nor will they continue to use it when they know that it is extremely harmful."

"Therefore, I believe that the fact that 'Afurong' was able to circulate among the nobles and was taken by many playboys as a magical medicine was entirely the work of someone with ulterior motives."

Having said this in a serious tone, Chen Changli folded his hands together and bowed solemnly to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I think this matter is of great importance. We must send someone to investigate as soon as possible and catch the real culprit behind it. Only in this way can we completely destroy 'Afurong'."

"Otherwise, when we find out how 'Ofurong' is circulated, the real culprit behind the scenes may turn the tables on us. Then, those whose wills are destroyed by 'Ofurong' may become their private soldiers, causing a bloody storm in Luoyang City."

Chen Changli's words were not alarmist, but the conclusion he came to after carefully thinking about the matter.

Moreover, Liu Yaoyao and Prince Rong were indeed plotting a rebellion, and "opium" was their weapon. If the emperor did not take it seriously, Chen Changli guessed that within less than half a month, Prince Rong and Liu Yaoyao would use "opium" to fight back.

"Your guess makes some sense." Listening to Chen Changli's sincere words, the emperor's mood became worse.

He bent his hands and tapped on the table, but his thoughts were turning rapidly.

'Ofurong' appeared in his sight three years ago, when the Queen guessed that Concubine De was using Princess Anqing to deliver poison to control officials and cultivate confidants for the Eighth Prince.

The Queen was annoyed at Defei's audacity and reported the matter to him immediately. She also volunteered to investigate who Defei had controlled with poison.

During this period, the Queen discovered "Opium". She was the first person to realize the huge benefits behind it and made a lot of money from it behind the Emperor's back.

Later, she used the money to express her love to the emperor, hoping that the emperor would pay attention to her all the time.

The emperor was very disgusted with the queen's little trick, because she did not tell him about the existence of "opium" at the first time, but made a lot of money by using "opium".

However, the queen truly loved the emperor and made a lot of money just to get the emperor's attention.

The emperor was filled with mixed emotions, but was unwilling to mend his relationship with the queen, because every time he saw the queen, he would think of how miserable he was in front of her.

So the emperor simply rejected the queen, and found some poison masters to try to imitate "Opium", and then kept the huge profits brought by "Opium" for himself.

Unfortunately, his poison master did not have that ability, and they could easily die from the poison.

The emperor knew at that time that the person who developed "Ophron" was an extremely talented poison master, and he must have done something to make it impossible for outsiders to imitate it.

The emperor was very angry, but he had no choice but to use the prince to ask for peace with the queen, and signaled the civil and military officials who were loyal to him to cooperate with the queen to make money by using "opium".

After three years, the emperor made a lot of money, and he was ambitious to use the money to buy medicinal materials and refine the Phoenix Gu.

The emperor originally thought that as long as the money continued to flow in, Phoenix Gu would produce results in two years at the latest. He did not expect that this "opium" would have such a big problem, and the matter was also discovered by Chen Changli.

He was a little worried that Chen Changli would investigate further and find out that he was the one, so he tried to wake him up with some words, asking him to hand the matter over to other people and not take it on himself.

The emperor never expected that Chen Changli would make such a shocking guess. His mind, which was full of calculations and weighings, seemed to be poured with ice water, and he became much more sober instantly.

"I will send someone to investigate this matter now." The emperor regained consciousness. Although he still wanted to use 'Ofurong' for his own benefit, he did not dare to try it easily. After all, this thing was hated by Chen Changli, which meant that its harm was more serious than Chen Changli said.

The emperor did not dare to take it lightly at this time. He immediately sent people to investigate in front of Chen Changli. Then he issued an order to let the imperial guards guard Luoyang City. Then he checked the clinics in Luoyang City one by one to see if there were any fish that had slipped through the net.

After he had made all these arrangements, all the civil and military officials arrived.

At this time, everyone should have been keeping vigil before the queen's coffin. However, when they heard the emperor summoning them, instead of feeling relieved, their hearts were in their throats.

Along the way, they couldn't help communicating with each other, trying to find out the purpose of the emperor's summons.

If the emperor wanted to attack them, what could they do to protect themselves?

As a result, after the discussion, no one knew the purpose of the emperor's summons. For a moment, everyone felt as if they were going to be executed by guillotine. They felt very heavy and their faces turned very ugly.

When they entered the main hall to pay homage to the emperor, they were more like prisoners awaiting trial. Their auras were very weak, but their eyes were filled with expectation, hoping that the emperor still had some humanity and would not arrest all of them today.

The expectation in the eyes of many officials was as real as reality. If it were usual, the emperor would definitely take this opportunity to free up some official positions and assign those people he had painstakingly supported to those positions.

But there were important things to do today, so the emperor suppressed his impulsive thoughts and handed the memorial to the Minister of Revenue, and then asked him to pass it on.

When the Minister of Revenue saw the memorial in front of him, he thought that something had happened with the Sixth Prince and the Ninth Prince and the Emperor needed to summon the ministers to deal with it.

He breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously, because the trouble caused by these two princes must be very big, and the emperor would spend a lot of time and energy on these two princes, so he would not have the energy to purge the officials who did not take action.

However, after seeing the contents of the memorial, he would rather the emperor purge the officials than to eradicate "opium" as stated in the memorial.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the content above is exaggerated."

After the Minister of Revenue handed the memorial to other people, he glared at Chen Changli coldly, feeling that this man could always do unexpected things quietly.

If he had known that he would set his sights on 'Afurong', he should have found a way to help the emperor get rid of him.

Although his heart was filled with regret, the Minister of Revenue's face did not show the slightest fluctuation. He only spoke to the emperor respectfully.

The emperor didn't react much, as if waiting for Chen Changli to respond.

Chen Changli immediately stepped forward and said, "Master Qin, the person I want to arrest will be here soon. You will soon find out whether 'Afurong' is good or bad."

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