My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 52: Fooling the Ghost

"Can you say that again?"

In the Prince's Palace, on a specially separated open space, many partitions were hung out to dry. Liu Ju was stroking a piece of tattered yellow paper in his hand, his brows furrowed.

It’s not that I’m dissatisfied with the paper, but with what I just heard…

It feels ridiculous!

Eunuch Wei followed behind the Crown Prince and repeated carefully, "According to the news from the Grand Chamberlain, His Majesty is summoning his spirit in the palace."

spiritualism?

Liu Ju crumpled the yellow paper into a ball and threw it on the ground. He stood there for a while, and then asked after he recovered, "Whose soul are you calling? Who is calling the soul? How?"

He asked three questions in a row, each one more nasty than the last.

"I heard that it was to summon the soul of Madam Wang, the mother of the second prince." Eunuch Wei stole a glance at Liu Ju, not knowing why the prince was angry, so he could only continue:
"The Taoist priest Shao Weng has been performing magic for Your Majesty, and it has been very effective. Your Majesty has already appointed him as General Wencheng. Shao Weng also advocated offering sacrifices to the Taiyi God, and Your Majesty has agreed."

Alchemist, Taiyi God.

Ah!
When Liu Ju heard these two pieces of information, he immediately sneered.

Before Confucianism became the only official ideology, alchemists should be called by another name - the Yin-Yang sorcerers of the Yin-Yang School, and the Taiyi God is Donghuang Taiyi!

"Hmph, after bringing disaster to the First Emperor, it's the turn of today's emperor, right?" Liu Ju's comment was unusually sharp.

Upon hearing this, Young Eunuch Wei looked around hurriedly to make sure that no one was around, then he whispered, "Your Highness, you can't say that. Cursing the king is a serious crime."

"Moreover."

"Disrespecting the gods, always...always..."

He had to swallow the "always bad" that he was about to say, because Liu Ju was already staring at him with a murderous look, "Do you think summoning spirits is real!?"

"How can it be false?"

The expression on Wei Xiaogong's face at this moment was as firm as if he believed that the sky was round and the earth was square. "It's not just Your Majesty who has seen Madam Wang's spirit in the palace. There are many eunuchs as well."

“There are many people who have seen it with their own eyes!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Ju couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

So mysterious?

If only the emperor saw it, it could be understood that he was drugged, but a group of people saw it with their own eyes... Was it really a ghost, or was it a trick?
Liu Ju walked towards the workshop while thinking.

Young Eunuch Wei followed behind, and seeing that the Crown Prince's attitude had improved a little, he continued to report: "Young Master is also preparing to present an auspicious gift to Your Majesty, which is said to be a rare treasure from heaven and earth."

Enter the workshop.

There were many craftsmen inside, so the young eunuch kept quiet.

Liu Ju looked at the wood pulp being pounded in the pool and thought to himself: "Auspicious sign? These days, auspicious signs are so worthless?"

"Is it the double ears of corn, or the sweet springs from the ground?"

neither.

It has nothing to do with rice, nor with the earth, but with the sky!
……

……

"After 49 days, when the elixir was completed, there was a sudden flash of lightning, thunder and howling of winds. After a moment, the sky was clear and the waves were blue again!"

"There were thousands of rays of light and auspicious colors. A rich purple aura came from the east. The purple aura surged and leaped, and when it fled to the cauldron, it turned into a purple-winged crane!"

"After entering the cauldron, the sound of cranes rose up into the sky!"

"After nurturing for an hour and three quarters, the cauldron will be opened and the elixir will be ready. The elixir will turn from purple to red, and the elixir pattern will resemble a crane, but it is not a crane!"

Weiyang Palace, inside Chengming Hall.

The young man with a ruddy face and a wisp of beard said to the emperor in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, this elixir is no longer an ordinary thing. It is a rare treasure from heaven and earth. It is a good omen!"

"is it?"

On the dragon couch, Liu Che was holding a red pill the size of a quail egg, with a disapproving look on his face. He didn't believe in the nonsense about the thousands of rays of light and auspicious colors.

"How does your pill compare to the one made by the King of Huainan?"

amount……

What the emperor is asking now is the truth.

Although King Huainan is dead, his deeds are still being sung in the world.

Everyone knows that King Huainan Liu An was fond of gathering followers during his lifetime. He must have had a purpose for recruiting so many people. Of course, rebellion was one of them, but only one of them.

The second is to write books.

The third is alchemy. The miscellaneous classic Huainanzi was written by the King of Huainan and his many guests. There are also the Middle Chapter and Huainan Wanbishu, which talk about alchemy for longevity and transformation.

Because of Liu An's hobby and experience, an allusion was evolved in later generations, which is called: If one person succeeds, the whole family will prosper!

That’s true.

When Liu An's rebellion failed, he swallowed the elixir and ascended to heaven with the Eight Lords. The remaining elixir was swallowed by chickens and dogs, and ascended to heaven with them...

The above is just a myth, don’t take it seriously.

But it is true that King Huainan Liu An made elixirs!
The emperor now asked Shao Weng how the elixir he made compared to that made by the Prince of Huainan, which was a real comparison.

The young man stroked his beard and said calmly, "The elixir that Liu An refines seeks to ascend to heaven, neglects the present world, and emphasizes nothingness and weakens the body. It runs counter to the elixir I refine."

Liu Che stared at the pill and turned it around twice, "Just tell me what effect it has!"

"Yes."

Sensing that His Majesty's patience was about to run out, the young man stopped pretending to be profound and said, "This pill can prolong life, help with sexual intercourse, and produce offspring."

Hear this.

Liu Che finally showed interest on his face.

He is still young and strong, so he doesn't care about prolonging his life, but helping to have offspring does scratch his itch.

When thinking of his offspring, Liu Che remembered his frail and sickly second son.

He had originally planned to take the pill to Changning Palace, but at this moment he was not in the mood for it and threw the pill to the eunuch Ling beside him.

The emperor waved his hand.

The young man standing below understood what he meant, and immediately an unfathomable smile appeared on his face, and he bowed.

Not long after.

Curtains were set up on all four sides of the hall. The tent was made of gauze, and the shadows inside could be seen vaguely. At this time, there was only one figure there, that of the young man.

Saw this scene.

The palace maids immediately extinguished the candles in the hall, held their breath, and concentrated their attention.

jingle.

Jingle Bell.

Through the only light source in the gauze, I could vaguely see the young man's arm shaking. A sudden bell sounded in the hall, followed by an unrecognizable low spell.

Jingle Bell.

Jingle Bell!
The ringing of the bells became louder and louder, the whispered incantations became more and more rapid, and in a trance, wisps of smoke began to appear in the tent, as if in a dream.

The atmosphere in the dark hall suddenly became stagnant.

next moment.

There was only one person's shadow on the veil, and then a second figure suddenly appeared. She walked out from the young man's shadow... It was a woman's figure!

She was actually twisting her body as the bell rang!
Jingle Bell!
The young man's shadow seemed to be under tremendous pressure, and the woman's body began to tremble, as if she would be pulled back to the underworld in the next moment.

"Don't stop!"

The emperor shouted loudly.

Although it was not the first time he had seen it, Liu Che was still shocked.

There was deep doubt in his eyes, but as he looked at the swaying woman, he couldn't say the words to order the guards to charge into the tent with swords in hand!
That's a ghost!?
At this moment, everyone in the hall was terrified and dared not make a sound.

Jingle Bell!
Jingle Bell!
Ding!
The sound of bells and incantations stopped abruptly, the woman's figure disappeared without a trace, and the young man's shadow seemed to have exhausted his mind and collapsed to the ground.

After an unknown amount of silence, the weak voice of the young man was heard from inside the tent, "Tai...Tai...Taiyi God's mighty power has dissipated."

call!
As the voice came out, the palace servants in the hall seemed to come alive. They hurried forward and carried the young man out from behind the curtain, only to find that he had collapsed into a pile of mud.

Liu Che did not go to see him, but just waved his hand, indicating that he should be sent out of the palace.

Wait until people leave.

Liu Che sat alone on the dragon couch for a while. Suddenly, he stood up abruptly, drew out the emperor's sword hanging on the left, and ran straight to the veil in the hall.

"His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, you cannot go!"

The eunuch was so frightened that he screamed, "The evil spirit is harmful to human life, don't touch it, don't touch it!"

"Quick, stop His Majesty..."

(End of this chapter)