The Lonely Family in the Red Chamber

☆、Chapter 81 (filling in gaps)

When Tu Jingnian got the news, he was in a bad mood. Hell, through the ages, many emperors thought of immortality, but who really lived forever!Golden elixir, golden elixir is purely to make you die faster!

As for whether those Taoist priests have supernatural powers, Tu Jingnian scoffed at it. If Taoist priests really have supernatural powers, they shouldn't have anything to do with the imperial power!Although Tu Jingnian doesn't know much about history, he also knows that once religion has something to do with imperial power, it will bring disaster to the country and the people!

What the Zhen family meant by introducing such a so-called expert, Tu Jingnian couldn't figure it out, what if he was like a few Taoist priests favored/fortunate by Emperor Jiajing, who specialized in making troubles and alienating the relationship between father and son? If you talk about nonsense such as dragons not meeting each other, then you will be in big trouble!Tu Jingnian couldn't just rush up and kill those masters. Didn't he tell Emperor Chengqing that he didn't want him to live forever?Moreover, who knows what kind of elixir they gave Emperor Chengqing, Tu Jingnian was not completely sure, thinking that it was made from cinnabar and mercury, even if it was, there would be trouble.If you feed some white mice, let me tell you, this thing should not be used too much at one time, it needs to be refined slowly, those chickens and ducks have no intelligence, don't know the method of refining, so naturally they can't bear it Wait for the medicine!At that time, I will have to eat at Emperor Chengqing's place!

Thinking of this, Tu Jingnian had a headache!For a while, he couldn't think of any way out, and he made a serious note of the Zhen family in his heart. When he came to power, none of the Zhen family could escape, and he had to deal with them properly. !

However, the most urgent task now is to prevent Emperor Chengqing from taking the elixir. Even though there are indeed some strange things in this world, Tu Jingnian still does not believe that there is any elixir. It's too late to tuck it in, and it's dedicated to the emperor. Isn't this looking for a draw!After a long time, the emperor will become self-willed and overjoyed. An immortal emperor is simply a nightmare!

No matter how crazy Tu Jingnian was, he couldn't stop Emperor Chengqing from taking the pills. Those pills were not made of anything. After taking them, Emperor Chengqing was really refreshed and energetic, and he didn't usually feel dizzy. Feeling dizzy and feeling tired and weak, that is called a dragon spirit and a tiger fierceness. Naturally, I have more trust in those Taoist priests, and they are often rewarded. I almost didn't make them heavenly masters.

Tu Jingnian was restless in his heart, but on the surface he couldn't be seen by others. He still communicated with Emperor Chengqing every day, talking about his family's complaints and A Ming's situation, and even drew a few small portraits of A Ming with charcoal for Cheng Qing. Emperor Qing sent it over, and expressed some concerns about Emperor Chengqing taking the elixir. As expected, Emperor Chengqing was not happy about it, and said impatiently that he had experienced it himself, and it was definitely an elixir. It is beneficial to the body, and he said enthusiastically that he would ask some immortal masters to refine some for his disciple Jingnian, and he was almost not stupid, sister, these people would not add □□ to kill him!But in the letter, he still expressed his expectation against his will, but when he turned around, he immediately found someone and learned some tricks. Even if it wasn’t a sugar pill, it’s better not to import such ambiguous things!

Although He Yu didn't get along day and night with Tu Jingnian, but Tu Jingnian always gave face to the Crown Princess, at least half a month a month was with the Crown Princess, not to mention there was A Ming in the middle, so He Yu naturally It can be seen that Tu Jingnian seems to be troubled by some things, and one day he put Amin to sleep, and asked: "Your Highness seems to be a little restless recently, what's bothering you?"

Although Tu Jingnian has no sense that the harem should not be involved in politics for the time being, it is really difficult to speak up about it, especially, even though Tu Jingnian thinks that the servants serving in the Eastern Palace are still very reliable, but how could he casually Tell my wife, my father is now obsessed with immortality, / pet / lucky a bunch of Taoist priests who came out of nowhere, maybe under their instigation, they will give me little shoes to wear!If you tell people about this kind of thing, maybe you will put a hat of resentment on it, and then you will have to be suspected by Emperor Chengqing whether you don't want your father to live longer.

Therefore, Tu Jingnian just said: "It's just that the father has been away and has not returned, and he is worried about it!"

After thinking about it, Tu Jingnian still said softly: "Father has been introduced to a few Taoist priests who don't know the background this time, and he has been honored as an immortal teacher by the father. It is estimated that he will be brought into the palace this time, even if it is A monk, after all, is still a foreigner, turn around and take care of the people in the palace, don't be bullied by them!"

He Yu covered her mouth in surprise. She has no political sensitivity anymore, and she also knows what the emperor/favor/lucky Taoist alchemist means. Even if she hasn't read any history books, she still knows that when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty What an absurd thing the immortal alchemist did. He used to think it was a joke, but it turned out that the joke was about to fall on his own head.She was about to say something, but saw Tu Jingnian shook his head slightly, and immediately kept silent.

No matter what happens, life has to go on. The prestige of Emperor Chengqing makes him/favor/lucky alchemists, few people dare to speak up, so he just put those very fairy fan Taoist priests brought back from the south of the Yangtze River, and opened a special palace in the palace, named Yishou Palace, for those Taoist priests to refine alchemy and nourish Qi.

Tu Jingnian also saw those Taoist priests, they were indeed very fairy-like, each of them was wearing luxurious Taoist robes, holding white jade or sapphire whisks, and wearing jade crowns on their heads , with a long beard, a ruddy complexion, and a strange appearance, the appearance is definitely first-class.This made Tu Jingnian even more uncertain. People like this, not to mention using supernatural powers that are not known to be true or not, even if they don't have supernatural powers and go out wearing a Taoist robe, everyone believes that they are living gods!

Emperor Chengqing said with a smile: "Come on, Ah Li, I have seen these immortal masters!"

Tu Jingnian felt depressed, but still bowed: "It turns out that the immortal masters are face to face, so here alone they are polite!"

Those Taoist priests accepted Tu Jingnian's gift as a matter of course, so that their spirits had been cultivated long ago, and Tu Jingnian, who was already upset, became even more upset, but the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "Father After the emperor has been here these days, he seems to be in good spirits, but it seems that it is the work of several immortal masters?"

A Taoist priest in a purple robe said with a smile: "That's also the Holy One, the blessings are equal to the sky, and I'm just waiting to obey the destiny!"

Emperor Chengqing was very happy to hear it, then he waved his hand and said with a smile: "Cao Anping, bring the elixir that the immortal master specially refined for the prince before, so that the prince can also feel the effect of the elixir!"

Cao Anping came over with a grinning jade plate, on which stood a medicine bottle of suet white jade, and a jade bowl filled with clear water. Cao Anping poured out a grain of bright red almost flashing from the jade bottle. With the golden light, a elixir the size of a little finger came out, and Tu Jingnian's heart skipped a beat immediately. If he took a few pills of this thing, he would be seriously poisoned by heavy metals!However, he still braced himself and took the elixir. Just as he was about to pretend to eat the elixir with the trick he had learned before, Cao Anping reminded softly: "Your Highness, this elixir cannot be swallowed directly, it must be swallowed with rootless water." Serve me!" As he said, he offered the jade bowl with both hands.

Tu Jingnian had no choice but to take a sip of clear water as a gesture, and then made a quick swallowing movement. In fact, the elixir had already fallen into the hidden pocket in his sleeve.

Emperor Chengqing asked, "How about this elixir?"

Tu Jingnian said with a bitter face: "Father always thinks of his son for every good thing. Naturally, the son is not very grateful, but this elixir, the son swallowed it all at once, and he really didn't taste it! Or, The father rewarded his son with a few more grains, and the son chewed it up this time to see?"

Emperor Chengqing clapped his palms and laughed: "You boy, you are used to making your father and I happy! This elixir is introverted, so what is the taste? You should be Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit! Oh, yes, I am in a hurry , this elixir has to go back to refine it for a few days before it can absorb its essence, and if you eat a few pills at a time, it will not be replenished!"

Tu Jingnian's heart sank, these Taoist priests had already made all kinds of preparations, it seemed that there was no way to expose them for a while, but he smiled and said: "Then please pass on to the son the alchemy first." The method of transformation, you can't ask your son to waste the medicinal power of that elixir!"

Emperor Chengqing naturally agreed, and enthusiastically taught Tu Jingnian some methods of breathing meditation, Tu Jingnian pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "Then the son will not disturb the father's cultivation, so I will leave now. Try it!"

Emperor Chengqing couldn't help laughing: "Well, this golden elixir takes one pill every three days, and I will ask Cao Anping to send you half a month's supply later, so that you can refine it slowly!"

Tu Jingnian was a little strange when he heard this: "What the father said, the son sees the father every day, and when the time comes, he eats at the father's side, and he can be with the father. Why bother Mr. Cao?" How about running one more time?"

On the other side, another Taoist said: "His Royal Highness, this is not appropriate! The medicinal pill that the Holy Majesty is taking now is called 'Chunyang Pill'. During the refining period, it is best to have a boy around to serve, so as not to mess with Chunyang. Qi, Your Highness is no longer a boy, but you can't refine medicine together with His Majesty!"

Tu Jingnian already had a killing intent in his heart, but suddenly realized on his face: "So that's the case, but I almost missed it!"

Tu Jingnian was thinking about how to kill these bastard Taoist priests, but he still talked to Emperor Chengqing for a while, and then went back to his study in the East Palace.Tu Jingnian didn't have the habit of throwing things to vent, so he just waved away the crowd, pulled a piece of paper, ground it by himself, and started to write. I don't know how long he wrote, but he felt that the depression in his heart had almost dissipated. Look at the words he wrote He couldn't help frowning, so he ordered Quanfu to come in: "These words are poorly written. Bring the brazier and burn them!"

Quan Fu quickly brought the brazier over, stared at the brazier with a good look, burned the words one by one into ashes, and then smashed the ashes, and then carried the brazier out to dispose of the ashes clean.

But Tu Jingnian lay down on the bed at the back of the study, put down the curtain, and then took out the so-called elixir from the secret pocket, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Ever since Emperor Chengqing brought a few Taoist priests back from the south of the Yangtze River, he has obviously begun to neglect his administration, leaving everything under the control of the cabinet and the East Palace. The problem is, this is also a hot potato. He ran at both ends and asked Emperor Chengqing for his opinion, but the evil results of taking the golden pill came out. Emperor Chengqing obviously became irritable and irritable, and even directly scolded Tu Jingnian.

Tu Jingnian was about to go crazy, He Yu suggested that Tu Jingnian send A Ming to Emperor Chengqing so as to ease the relationship between father and son. Not enough, I have to save my grandson once, and give that kind of bullshit elixir to A Ming. This child is still young, and his metabolism ability is not as good as that of an adult. What should I do if something goes wrong?Of course, you can’t say that to He Yu. It’s just that Emperor Chengqing’s personality has changed a lot recently. He is irritable and irritable. The people around him are always to blame. Amin is still young and ignorant. If Emperor Chengqing was killed, wouldn't even he be loathed by Emperor Chengqing?

He Yu was terrified when he heard this, and secretly scolded those Taoist priests for alienating the father and son of the Tian family, not doing human affairs, and setting a day for lightning strikes in the future, so that they will never be reborn forever.But in vain, Tu Jingnian was ruthless, no matter what, the current situation could not continue, he gritted his teeth, first made some preparations, and then decided to get sick first.

Tu Jingnian has taken good care of his body these years, insisted on exercising, and ate a very regular diet. It is not easy to make himself sick this time.Tu Jingnian went through a lot of tossing about this, drinking herbal tea, taking a bath until the water was cold before taking a cold bath, and even secretly making saltpeter to make a basin of ice, wearing a coat on purpose, and blowing it with the window open. The cold wind all night, as expected, the next day he already had a headache and fever, and couldn't get up!

Quanfu was the first to find out that something was wrong with Tu Jingnian. He helped Tu Jingnian get up early every day. Tu Jingnian had a good living habit and his biological clock was very punctual. The usual point waited outside for a while, and called Tu Jingnian softly a few times, but when he heard Tu Jingnian's dull and hoarse voice, he couldn't help being startled, he couldn't care about others, and hurried to the head of the bed, Pulling back the curtain, Tu Jingnian's face was flushed with fever, and he immediately exclaimed: "Your Highness is ill, send the imperial physician!"

The prince, who has always been in good health and seemed to be invincible, actually called the imperial doctor, and the news quickly spread throughout the harem. The left and right courtyards of the imperial hospital were running over to give Tu Jingnian his pulse. Yu listened impatiently to Yuanzheng still dropping the book bag, and said angrily, "Please tell me clearly about the health of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

The two of them didn't dare to quote the scriptures any more, and quickly replied: "Your Highness, it's just wind evil entering the body, it's not serious, just take a few doses of medicine and you'll be fine!"

Obviously, Tu Jingnian, who deliberately tormented himself, did not recover so quickly. After drinking a bowl of medicine, he vomited and had diarrhea. Out of balance, quickly adjust the prescription.

The news of Tu Jingnian's illness quickly spread to Emperor Chengqing, but some people wanted to stop him, saying that he should not interfere with the Holy One's Qingxiu, but who would dare to hide this kind of thing, Cao Anping almost groveled to those ordinary people The immortal master immediately got angry, and then rushed in to report to Emperor Chengqing.

Sure enough, Emperor Chengqing didn't care about adjusting his breath to refine the medicinal power, so he stopped immediately and asked nervously, "What's going on?"

Cao Anping said with a bitter face: "Your Highness accidentally caught a cold at night, and wind evil entered the body. The imperial doctor ordered someone to decoct the medicine, but His Highness was not satisfied with the stomach, took the medicine and vomited it out again. Now the fever is almost confused! "

Emperor Chengqing couldn't sit still immediately, and waved directly: "Prepare the chariot, I'm going to the East Palace!" Several Taoist priests who were almost scolded by Cao Anping before pointing their noses couldn't help being dumbfounded. They simply underestimated the relationship between Emperor Chengqing and the prince. Feelings are too hasty now!

When he arrived at the East Palace, Emperor Chengqing saw that He Yu and A Ming were both there, he was relieved at first, and then put on a straight face: "Why did you bring A Ming here, A Ming is still young, so he can't get over his illness! "

He Yu didn't know that Emperor Chengqing entered the door, and the palace people might notify him. He Yu didn't know that Emperor Chengqing was coming when he heard the voice, and he quickly bowed his knees and saluted: "My daughter-in-law has seen the father, and the father is safe!" Then he explained: "Originally I didn't bring Amin here, it's just that the child is stubborn and cries if I don't bring him here, the daughter-in-law can't help it, so she wants to let him meet the prince and then send him back!"

And A Ming also saw Emperor Cheng Qing, because the weather was a bit cold, he was dressed like a ball and rolled in front of Emperor Cheng Qing like a ball, and said cheerfully: "Grandfather, A Ming misses you so much!"

Emperor Chengqing's expression softened, he bent down and hugged A Ming, and said kindly, "Is A Ming here to see your father?"

A Ming nodded, and then said disappointedly: "Daddy has been sleeping, ignore A Ming!"

Emperor Chengqing said softly: "Daddy is tired recently, he needs to rest for a while, A Ming will go play first, don't disturb Daddy's rest, okay?"

"Okay then!" A Ming agreed unhappily, and He Yu and the nurse at the side were relieved, and He Yu asked the nurse to take A Ming to leave first.

Emperor Chengqing looked at Tu Jingnian, who was lying on the bed, and was surprised to find that his son seemed to have lost a lot of weight, and his expression was more haggard. Coupled with the fact that he had a fever, his lips were a little chapped, which made Emperor Chengqing feel even more distressed. shocked.Emperor Chengqing touched Tu Jingnian's forehead, it was burning hot, and at the same time, Quan Fu brought over the decocted medicine, Tu Jingnian was in a coma and couldn't wake up for a while, Quan Fu just didn't know what to do Yes, but Emperor Chengqing took the medicine bowl and tasted it himself, He Yu was about to stop it, but Emperor Chengqing shook his head.Tu Jingnian was vaccinated for pox when he was a child, and he also had a fever, and he refused to take the medicine, but Emperor Chengqing personally poured it on him, and now his actions are very familiar.First, he carefully pried open Tu Jingnian's teeth with a spoon, and then slowly poured down the slightly cooled medicine with a silver pot. Although Tu Jingnian swallowed subconsciously, a lot of it still flowed out from the corner of his lips. , Quan Fu hurried forward to wipe it off, but saw that Emperor Chengqing wiped off the medicine flowing out with his sleeve.

"Emperor physician, what is the matter with the prince's illness?" After finishing the medicine, Emperor Chengqing asked with a gloomy face again.

The left and right courtyards hurriedly knelt down on the ground, and then carefully described Tu Jingnian's illness in very simple terms. In short, it was days of worry and fatigue, depression in the heart, and wind and evil entering the body. The combination of these made the illness so severe.

"Worried and toiled for days, depressed in heart?" Emperor Chengqing frowned suddenly, and then asked He Yu, "Is there anything unusual about the prince recently?"

He Yu was also worried, and said: "His Highness has been resting in the study recently, but every day, he only rests at midnight, and his daughter-in-law asked the people who served His Highness, but said that His Highness seemed to have something on his mind, but he refused to tell others! "

Emperor Chengqing wanted to call all the people who served around Tu Jingnian over for interrogation, but Tu Jingnian snorted softly at this moment and woke up.

When Emperor Chengqing saw him, he couldn't help being pleasantly surprised, and hurried over. When Tu Jingnian saw him, he wanted to force himself to get up and salute, but was pushed down by Emperor Chengqing: "I'm awake, what are you messing around with? I'm sick. Take a good rest!"

A weak smile appeared on Tu Jingnian's face: "My son is unfilial, Father Lao is worried!"

Emperor Chengqing frowned and said, "It's really unfilial. Is there anything you can't tell your father that you've fallen into depression?"

Tu Jingnian was taken aback for a moment, although the fever was severe, but others were not confused, he gritted his teeth and cried out.

Emperor Chengqing was shocked, and he heard Tu Jingnian crying: "Father, son, son, I really don't know where to start!"

"Start from the beginning!" Emperor Chengqing was also a little flustered, and gritted his teeth.

Tu Jingnian lay on the bed, first asked He Yu to retreat, and then sorted out his thoughts, and said: "Father can prolong his life, son is naturally happy, even thinking in his own heart, he can also be with father Immortal, so that I can be filial to my father for the rest of my life! However, I saw that my father has changed his personality a lot these days, ignoring the affairs of the court, becoming increasingly irritable, and I can't help but have some doubts in my heart. Naturally, I dare not doubt that there is something wrong with the pill! That day, the father scolded the son for being indecisive, and the son was ashamed, so he went to the back garden to relax. Unexpectedly, the medicine bottle that he had been carrying with him fell to the ground and broke directly. , the elixir inside was sprinkled all over the ground, there were some rare birds raised in the back garden, and my servants often teased and fed them with Amin, so after the elixir was sprinkled, a peacock that was already nearby came to peck at it, Before the son could stop him, the peacock ate up the elixir. As a result, the peacock died not long after! The son was terrified that someone would poison the elixir and try to kill him. The father hurriedly wanted to stop the father from continuing to take it, but he was stopped by those Taoist priests and did not allow the son to enter. The son was afraid that the father would be hijacked, so he did not dare to go in rashly, so he had to come back and find a way. What's going on with the emperor, who knows, the son's body is so unbearable, he is actually sick, but seeing that the father is fine, the son is relieved!"

Emperor Chengqing's face turned blue and red, and suddenly ordered the left and right courtyards who happened to be here to ask for his pulse.In fact, it stands to reason that the emperor fixed the Ping'an pulse once every three days, but these days, Emperor Chengqing felt that he was in good spirits, and he was addicted to nourishing Qi Fu Dan, so he directly canceled the Ping'an pulse. This time, I heard from Tu Jingnian , I naturally had doubts in my heart, so I simply asked for a pulse first.

There have been a lot of people taking elixirs in the past, so the Imperial Hospital can tell. Right now, the left and right hospitals are taking their pulses respectively. After hesitating for a while, they still said, "May the Holy Majesty show the elixir to my servant!"

Emperor Chengqing's face darkened, and he said, "Let's talk about my appearance first, one by one?"

Zuo Yuanzheng had no choice but to open his mouth first, and after talking about a bunch of terminology, he said: "The Holy Majesty has been taking the elixir for a long time, and the erysipelas has entered the body and has accumulated. The saint is now irritable and irritable, which is a sign of rising anger and imbalance of yin and yang! The Holy Majesty recently Do you often sweat profusely, feel hot and dry, and don't feel cold even wearing single clothes?"

Emperor Chengqing nodded, and the Taoist priests said that this was a sign of a small success in cultivation, and that in the future, the cold and heat would not invade.He has subconsciously believed that pills are not a good thing, so he doesn't talk about immortal masters, only priests.

Zuo Yuan was boldly saying: "This is the symptom of erysipelas entering the body. There are roughly two types of elixirs in the world, one is the pills made by doctors from various medicinal materials, and the other is the golden elixir of Taoism. , but it is refined with lead sand, sulfur, mercury, etc. I have seen the pulse case left by the Tang Dynasty. Tang Taizong, Gaozong, and Wuzong all took this kind of elixir in large quantities, but later... ..." He didn't dare to say more.

Emperor Chengqing's face was extremely gloomy: "Then why is the prince safe?"