The Ming Dynasty started with caution

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In a side courtyard of Liangxiang, Wang Shouren had a big pot burning in front of him, and he was holding a corn in his hand.

Unity of knowledge and action.

After cooking it, you will know whether you can make an elixir. He read some books on alchemy last night. He bought the cinnabar, sulfur, copper, etc. needed to make the elixir.

"According to the "Instructions for the Alchemy Room", alchemy requires the selection of friends, location, alchemy room, prohibition of filth, etc. I don't know when to put the golden fruit in."

He understood the principle of the unity of knowledge and action, and wanted to find something to try. The big eater said it was a golden fruit, which could be used to refine elixirs.

But there is nothing like this in the world despite being well-read.

"Put it down as a whole, or piece by piece?"

Wang Shouren was worried. He only bought one golden fruit.

While he was thinking, there was a bang, and the courtyard door was kicked open, and a group of government officials rushed in.

"Why are you here, Brother Gao?"

Yan Chengjin saw a large furnace boiling and boiling, and he didn't know what was cooking in it. The smell was extremely unpleasant, and he quickly covered his mouth and nose for fear of heavy metal poisoning.

"Where's the corn?"

Wang Shouren wondered: "Brother Gao, are you talking about golden fruit?"

His cuffs slid back, revealing his palms, which were holding corn.

"Brother Gao, does he know whether this thing is put in one by one or whole?"

Yan Chengjin took a closer look at the furnace: "Brother Bo'an is so rich, where did the gold come from?"

Wang Shouren was a little ashamed: "It belongs to my father."

"..."

Raising such a son is really burning money. No wonder Wang Hua wants to beat Wang Shouren once for three days. He is still alive, and his father is like a mountain.

Two people were recovered, and there were still three people to go. Yan Chengjin said seriously: "Bo'an, can someone else buy it?"

"No."

After collecting Wang Shouren's corn, he returned to the Yamen and waited for an hour, but the other three were never found.

These people were most likely hiding because they were afraid of being caught by the authorities.

Yan Chengjin said to Zhang Xian: "Change the arrest to a reward, one hundred taels of silver for each gold fruit, and five taels of silver for reporting."

Everyone supervises and reports are rewarded.

After a while, a clerk came to report that his boss had bought a golden fruit.

Zhang Xian ordered people to arrest him and take him back to the Yamen. He refunded the money and recovered another one.

There was a Taoist priest and an unknown person left.

On the official roads of Liangxiang,

In order to come to Liangxiang to ride the Ferris wheel, Zhu Houzhao took advantage of Yang Yan and Mu Xiu's efforts to sneak out of the palace and drive a fast horse.

He was stopped at the checkpoint in Liangxiang. He saw that Wuyangwuyang was full of caravans and caravans, and they were stopped like a flood.

"What happened?" Zhu Houzhao wondered.

"Replying to your lord, we are searching for the prisoner." The official did not know Zhu Houzhao's identity, but he was in and out of the yamen all day long. Master Zhang also saluted when he saw him, so he guessed that Zhu Houzhao was also an official, not a young man.

"Move the crossbar."

Zhu Houzhao rushed into Liangxiang on horseback and came to Liangxiang Yamen. When he saw Yan Chengjin holding several golden objects in his hands, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Golden fruit?"

"Have you seen it before, Your Highness?"

Zhu Houzhao took out a corn from his arms.

"Where did your Highness come from?"

"When I left the palace, I saw Uncle Chang Ning entering the palace with an old man to give a gift to the Queen Mother. I deceived someone, Lao Gao, couldn't you have sold it to him?" Zhu Houzhao asked with a smile, Lao Gao also deceived Uncle Chang Ning. Not once or twice.

Shouldn't it really be given to the Queen Mother? Yan Chengjin said quickly: "Hurry and prepare your horses, I am about to enter the palace!"

…………

Renshou Palace,

Zhou Yu has not come to see the Queen Mother for two months. From the bottom of his heart, he hopes that his sister can live longer and continue to enjoy the grace of the Queen Mother.

Last night, I bought ten shops in Liangxiang Caoteng Market in a low-key manner.

Just as he was about to return home, he found a big man-eater selling golden fruits.

The surface is crystal clear, like gold and jade, which is rare to see. When I heard that it can be used to refine the elixir of longevity, I was fascinated.

He is already old and can't live any longer. It is useless to ask for more silver. The late emperor once asked someone to refine the golden elixir, but it didn't work. It must be because he didn't put the golden fruit?

I bought five of them, took them back to the capital, and asked experts from Lingji Palace to refine them overnight.

"Sister, how are you?"

"Aijia has a stomachache."

The Taoist priest looked panicked. He refined this golden fruit. According to the ancient books, he could neither live forever nor make mistakes.

Zhou Yu became anxious and kicked the old man: "What kind of elixir did you make!"

"Call the imperial doctor..." Empress Dowager Zhou felt uncomfortable in her stomach and lay down slightly.

The young eunuch ran to call the imperial doctor, and then went to Kunning Palace to report to Queen Zhang.

"My Lady, Uncle Chang Ning presented something to the Queen Mother. After taking it, I felt an unbearable pain in my stomach..."

Queen Zhang looked tense: "When did you offer it?"

"Just now!"

Empress Zhang stretched out her hand to the Crown Princess on the side: "You and I will go and have a look together."

When we arrived at Renshou Palace, everyone in the palace was in a hurry. The Queen Mother was pale and lying on the bed.

"What's going on!"

"Report to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has eaten this." Zhao Ji, the eunuch of Renshou Palace, was holding the tray.

The object was dark on the outside, but golden on the inside. It was not like the imperial dishes coming out of the imperial dining room, so Empress Zhang could not recognize what it was.

Zhou Yu and Lao Tao knelt on the ground, trembling, thankful that Emperor Hongzhi did not come.

"My queen, please spare my life."

"The Queen and the Crown Princess are here?" Queen Mother Zhou looked sluggish.

Empress Zhang sat beside the cave, holding her withered hand, with a face full of pity: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I have sent someone to invite your Majesty, and your Majesty will be here soon."

"There is no need to alarm the emperor. At Aijia's age, his body is weak, so there is no need to make a fuss..."

As soon as the words fell, Emperor Hongzhi strode in and saw his great-grandmother lying on the imperial couch. He felt an inexplicable pain and anger in his heart.

"The grandson is here."

Empress Zhang stood up and stepped aside.

After Emperor Hongzhi sat down, he turned around and asked the imperial physician Liu beside him: "How is the empress dowager's health?"

Imperial physician Liu looked embarrassed: "The empress dowager seems to be poisoned, but... I have never seen this thing, and I can't find a way to detoxify it for the time being."

This thing is black on the outside and golden on the inside. There is no record of such poisons in the medical classics.

I know nothing, let alone interpret it.

"Someone dared to poison the empress dowager?!" Emperor Hongzhi was furious.

"It's not poisoning!" Zhou Yu raised his head and said aggrievedly: "I bought this thing from a foreign merchant. I heard that it can be used as a medicine for the golden elixir. I ordered people to try it before I dared to present it to the empress dowager."

"If it is not poisonous, how could the empress dowager be like this!" Emperor Hongzhi shouted.

Zhou Yu wanted to cry but had no tears: "I can't find the reason. The damn foreign merchant dared to cheat me of my money..."

Empress Dowager Zhou sighed softly: "It's all fate. Maybe the late emperor was lonely and asked me to serve him. Now, I just want to see Prince Shou before I leave..."

Emperor Hongzhi looked embarrassed.

After Prince Shou became a vassal the year before last, he went to Shu.

According to the Ming Dynasty law, vassal kings cannot leave their fiefdoms after they become vassal kings.

If they leave their fiefdoms, they must obtain the imperial decree, and the imperial court will not easily recall vassal kings to the capital.

"Every time a vassal king travels, it will cost a lot of carriages and disturb the people along the way. As far as I know, Prince Shou is extremely extravagant and wasteful, and he is not a person who cares about the people." Emperor Hongzhi was in a dilemma.

The Queen Mother's face darkened, and Empress Zhang hurriedly advised: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, with His Majesty here, you will definitely get better, and there will be opportunities in the future."

Yan Chengjin saw that there were many eunuchs outside Renshou Palace, including Xiao Jing and Mou Bin, all with anxious faces.

Could it be... that the Queen Mother passed away?

"I want to see Lord Changning, please ask Eunuch Xiao to call him out."

Xiao Jing whispered: "Lord Changning has caused a big disaster. He gave foreign things to the Queen Mother to make elixir. After the Queen Mother took it, she became ill. Aren't you afraid of being implicated by seeing him now?"

"..."Yan Chengjin, did Zhou Yu really roast the corn and eat it?