It is impossible to punish adults

Chapter 455 The Elixir
Subconsciously, Mu Liuyun sat up a little more, not even daring to take a big breath, wishing he could hold his breath and listen to what Old Prince Yuan had to say.

"Everyone knows that the first emperor suffered from an emergency because of his poor health, and he went away not long after the onset of the disease." Yuan Huai lowered his voice solemnly, "but how did the first emperor get his emergency? But there are different words.”

"About the hidden guards around the late emperor, there are not any rumors inside and outside the palace, but those rumors are quite different from what I got from the late emperor." Yuan Huai said to the two people, "After the late emperor fell down due to an emergency, Some people inside the palace, and even outside the palace, privately said that the first emperor wanted eternal supremacy, so he was bewitched by alchemists, and wanted to ask immortals to make alchemy and find a way to live forever.

They said that the first emperor gathered a group of personal guards and asked them to search for elixir in various places, and sent alchemists to practice elixir outside. Some people even said that where the first emperor collected virgins born on a certain day in a certain year to sacrifice to heaven. Seek longevity.

It's just that those elixir and miraculous medicines failed to prolong the life of the first emperor and make him immortal. On the contrary, they ruined his body. That's why he couldn't get sick all of a sudden, and it got worse day by day, and he died after less than half a year ..."

"Father probably doesn't believe this kind of statement, right?" Yuan Mu made a guess based on what he knew about his father.

Yuan Huai nodded: "I really don't believe it. The experience of the first emperor back then can be said to be close to death, not much difference. Although he didn't tell me what the secret guard was doing outside under his order, but with him Most of his temperament is because he sits high in the temple, and he doesn't seem to be at ease with the people outside the palace wall.

During those years when the first emperor was in power, what he feared the most was someone accumulating power or showing extraordinary ambitions.

He himself suffered from this kind of thing back then, so he made up his mind not to allow the old things to repeat itself. Whether it is emphasizing civility over martial arts, or taking back some military power that was previously released, he is afraid that someone will want to repeat the same mistakes.

In those years, he treated me the most affectionately, and it was also because I had never had any great ambitions. I just wanted to live my life peacefully, without any competition from the world. The idea, and the fact that he saved his life in a critical moment in the early years, made him less afraid of me.

According to the nature of the first emperor, his hidden guards must also do this kind of thing for him outside to prevent the erroneous progress. It is absolutely impossible to ask for immortality and medicine, and to make alchemy to continue his life!

What's more, in those years, I was summoned by the late emperor from time to time to play chess and chat with him in the palace, but I never saw any alchemists in the palace. Only after the late emperor fell ill, I rarely went to the palace to meet him .

I didn't see him take any pills when he was in good health. It is possible that after he fell ill suddenly, instead of worrying about getting medical treatment quickly, he became obsessed with pills. It's absurd to say it!

They are all bedridden, even if they want to make alchemy to continue their lives, they have to have that energy! "

He slowed down, sighed, recalculated the time, and said to Mu Liuyun: "Reckoning, when your father disappeared, the late emperor's side was still safe, but from then on, he The number of times I was called into the palace was much less.

Although the number of times is less, I still go to the palace to meet him a few times throughout the year. Looking back now, during that period of time, the late emperor seemed to have some hidden worries, but I was never too careful to ask too many questions, for fear of knowing. The more it is, the more difficult it is to preserve it, so he pretended not to notice it, and he didn't take the initiative to mention half a word to me.

About a year before the death of the late emperor, there was a sudden news that the late emperor was suffering from a minor ailment. Although he was fine, he still needed to recuperate from time to time. After that, I never saw him again.

After a period of time, I heard that the late emperor had recovered, and because he had propped himself up to pray for blessings when he was sick, he got better after that. After recovering, in order to fulfill his wish, he was extra merciful and released many courtiers and maids from the palace.

Therefore, after a group of people were released from the palace that time, the people serving around the late emperor also changed a group one after another.

During that period of time, the late emperor's condition seemed to be much better, but the good times didn't last long, and he fell ill again not long after.

This time he was unable to pray for blessings again, and his health was getting worse day by day. The imperial physicians in the palace took turns to diagnose and treat him, but he never found out what was wrong. Know something about the late emperor's illness.

It's a pity that before they could find a miracle doctor to treat the late emperor, the late emperor passed away suddenly. "

Mu Liuyun listened earnestly to Old Prince Yuan's talk about what happened back then, and Yuan Mu also listened with a dignified expression.

When the first emperor died, he was still young, so he couldn't remember many things clearly, especially a child, even if he could remember everything clearly, how much could he know about the affairs of the palace!

Over the years, the old prince has been keeping secrets about the late emperor's affairs. If he could not mention it, he would not mention it, and if he could evade it, he would evade it. Therefore, not only Mu Liuyun, but even Yuan Mu heard these things for the first time.

Because Mu Liuyun was nervous, she clenched her fists subconsciously. The palms of her hands were covered with sweat, including her body. There was a thin layer of sweat, but she felt extremely cold, which made her unable to bear it. I want to shudder.

Because her father's identity seemed a little special, his disappearance must also be unusual, but it sounded like many things involved behind it were far beyond her ability to accept.

"After the death of the first emperor, the current sage ascended the throne. The sage is kind and diligent. After so many years, the country has been safe and peaceful, so some things from that year have not been remembered again, and they have gradually been forgotten." Yuan Huai sighed slowly. With a sigh of relief, "I hoped that many things were caused by me being too cautious, so I was worried, but after receiving the letter from home you sent back earlier, I also felt a little uneasy in my heart, and I have been inexplicably flustered for a long time in recent days. "

"Father, do you know where are the palace servants who served the late Emperor before his death?" Yuan Mu asked solemnly.

Yuan Huai looked at him: "Among those people, the palace servants who took care of the late emperor in the past died together when he was buried after the late emperor's death... I don't know where they went. People mentioned them again."

(End of this chapter)