Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 226
A few days later, the Royal Study Room.

The emperor was asking Baili Jingqi about his homework, and Baili Jingqi was able to answer a few questions, so he nodded in satisfaction: "The prince is not bad."

"Thank you, Royal Father, it is due to Royal Father's kindness that Jing Qi can achieve such success in his homework."

"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at Baili Jingqi. He couldn't imagine what he had done that could affect the prince's study.

Baili Jingqi said: "Returning to my father, my father allowed Jing Qi to choose Miss Huo's family as an accompanying student. Miss Huo originally wanted to make Mrs. Huo stronger, so she went to the Wuliang Taoist Temple to learn the art of medicine and stones. When she returned to Beijing, she had already finished her studies, and her master, Taoist Baimei, also came back together. At this moment, she was a guest at the General's Mansion. Miss Huo brought Jing Qi a solid pill for strengthening her body. After Jing Qi took it, she felt that the memory was clear. Quite a lot, so this homework is even better."

When the emperor heard this, a gleam of light flashed in those sharp eyes, but he was good at calculating, of course he would not show the slightest in front of the prince, even if this was his own son.

"Oh? Medicinal pills still have such effects? The daughter of the Huo family is the first one."

"Returning to my father, Jing Qi has been taking it for several days, and I don't feel any discomfort. Only this memory is getting better and better. Therefore, Jing Qi thought that it was indeed a first-time achievement, so he rewarded Mingzhu with a lot of things. "Baili Jingqi looked elated.

"Miss Huo's boudoir name is Mingzhu, um, a good name." The emperor praised Huo Mingzhu for the first time.

But Baili Jingqi said: "Originally, Taoist Baimei also practiced a furnace of golden elixir, which was refined by the father, which can strengthen the father's dragon body, but there are very few golden elixirs. Two pills, and the white-browed Taoist said that this pill needs to be taken two pills to have the effect of strengthening the body and prolonging life. However, this pill has never been tried by others, so Jing Qi dared not present it. "

"Whatever it is, you just present it." The emperor obviously couldn't wait.

"Jing Qi was afraid of losing it, so he took it with him. The next batch of pills would not be released until a few days later. Jing Qi thought, if he waits for the two pills to be released by then, he will choose one of them and let others try it. It can only be given to the emperor if it is harmless." Baili Jingqi said while handing over an exquisite brocade box respectfully.

The emperor nodded: "The prince has a heart."

"Father's dragon body is important, and Jing Qi dare not be careless." Baili Jingqi watched the emperor open the box and saw the two thumb-sized pills that exuded a fragrance, and thought again. The emperor admired this medicine and stone technique on weekdays, so he knew that this pill would probably enter his father's mouth in the next moment.

Sure enough, as Baili Jingqi thought, the emperor picked up one of them and said: "I have never seen such a good pill, and smelling this fragrance can make me feel refreshed. The prince doesn't need to bother to let people try the medicine." Now, Huo Mingzhu is in the palace at the moment, I will take this pill directly."

This is to involve Huo Mingzhu, and even the entire General's Mansion and Pingyang Marquis Mansion, and take risks for this elixir.If there is really a problem with the elixir, the emperor will go directly to Huo Mingzhu, and then ransack the General's Mansion and Pingyanghou Mansion. By that time, Taoist Baimei will not be able to escape.

Due to the relationship between the General's Mansion and Pingyanghou Mansion, the emperor also appraised that Huo Mingzhu did not dare to present the harmful pill.

Another point is that the emperor himself also knows how to judge the quality of the pill. Although he can only see the surface, it is already very remarkable, which confirms the saying that a long illness becomes a cure.

In this room, the emperor already knew about the existence of the Taoist Baimei, and he also ate the first golden pill that the Taoist Baimei practiced. This golden pill was the only one that the Taoist Baimei had. It is still being refined at this moment, and it is not yet time to open the furnace.

However, on this day, Baili Zonglu went to the General's Mansion and asked Taoist Baimei for a pill.

Of course he heard rumors from the palace that the emperor got the golden elixir, which came from the prince. After Baili Zonglu thought about it, he knew that Huo Mingzhu must have given it to the prince. Presented directly, it is said that after the emperor ate it, his face was radiant.

As soon as the news came out, Baili Zonglu appeared in the General's Mansion.

Taoist Baimei knelt on the ground and greeted the slightly angry Baili Zonglu.

"The Taoist priest thinks this king can be safe?" Baili Zonglu sneered at the Taoist Baimei.

The white-browed Taoist didn't raise his head, but asked respectfully: "I don't know what the lord is talking about?"

"As a cultivator of Taoism, the Taoist priest can break his promise at any time when he promises to others. Could it be that the Taoist priest's status as a Taoist priest is not real?" Baili Zonglu looked at the white-browed Taoist coldly. He was really angry this time. If it weren't for the fact that Taoist Baimei was still useful, I really wanted to kill him directly.

Taoist Baimei didn't expect that Baili Zonglu would actually say his identity as a Taoist priest in front of him, and he immediately became annoyed in his heart, but because of Baili Zonglu's status, it was not easy to explode directly, it was just this tone It's getting worse: "Pindao's status as a Taoist priest is genuine, and I ask the lord to learn from him. I don't know how Pindao violated Ruoyan?"

Baili Zonglu saw that the white-browed Taoist did not admit it to this point, so he laughed, but the temperature in his eyes did not rise: "If this king hadn't seen the golden pill in the hands of the emperor, he would not have known that the general promised to give it to me. The king's golden pill has been handed over to the emperor."

"It turns out that the prince just arrived at the general's mansion because of this matter, and the alchemy furnace has just been purchased. It is unknown whether the elixir obtained is feasible. If the elixir is handed over to the prince rashly, wouldn't the poor be disrespectful?" Be responsible, Pindao handed over this batch of elixir to Mingzhu, but he didn't know that Mingzhu presented the elixir to the emperor."

In fact, Taoist Baimei opened his eyes and said nonsense, Taoist Baimei knew about the fact that he presented the elixir to the emperor, and the elixir was also top grade, not the inferior one he said.

Baili Zonglu narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the white-browed Taoist and said, "Since this batch of elixir has been refined, when will the second batch be released?"

"It will be released soon."

"Very good, this king wants that batch of pills."

"Pin Dao obeys."

Taoist Baimei had planned well in the first place. Let Baili Zonglu deal with this incident, so as to ease Baili Zonglu's anger towards him and prevent Baili Zonglu from attacking him.

The previous elixir has already entered the emperor's stomach, presumably the emperor has felt its benefits, and his goal has been achieved.

If he still wants to enter the palace safe and sound to be the national teacher, he must take good care of his own life before the emperor orders him to enter the palace.

But he didn't know that when the elixir was refined, Fang Tieyi stole it and handed it to Huo Mingzhu who was in the womb of the crown prince, and then presented it to the emperor with the hand of the crown prince.

Speaking of the emperor taking this elixir, not only did he feel that his aura became more stable, but his body became much stronger.

After getting the elixir again, the emperor was overjoyed, and drew up an imperial decree to reward the white-browed Taoist.

But Taoist Baimei is not doing well at the moment.

When he found out that the elixir was missing, he knew that he was afraid that a catastrophe was imminent. On that day, Baili Zonglu came to ask for the golden elixir from Taoist Baimei. Baili Zonglu was also notified of the date of release, so Baili Zonglu counted the time to pass.

In the end, he could only get the golden elixir, which could not be handed over.

Baili Zonglu narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Taoist Baimei and said: "Since the refinement is broken, then forget it, and it will be the same to give it to the king after refining it in the future."

It's just such an understatement. After finishing speaking, he left from Taoist Baimei. After leaving, he didn't leave the general's mansion directly, but was entangled by Huo Huaiyu. It is said that the guest at Yuge is to taste tea and enjoy flowers.

Taoist Baimei was not sure about Baili Zonglu's attitude at first, he didn't know what Baili Zonglu's behavior meant, and seeing that Baili Zonglu still wanted to have a romantic relationship with the second lady of the Huo family, so he felt relieved .

That night, when Taoist Baimei was going to bed, he always felt uneasy, as if something big was about to happen. When he was tossing and turning, a hidden weapon shot in from the window and hit Taoist Baimei with the speed of thunder. past.

The white-browed Taoist hadn't slept peacefully, so he immediately noticed the sound, turned over hastily, barely dodged it, but this shock made him sweat profusely.

So he knew in his heart that this assassination was the feeling of uneasiness that he felt all day today.

Immediately, he shouted: "Come on, there are assassins, help."

The guards of the General's Mansion are excellent, and after hearing the shout of the Taoist with white eyebrows, they quickly gathered towards them, but after the Taoist with white eyebrows shouted, there was no sound, the guards They also looked at each other in blank dismay, could it be that this white-browed Taoist is playing with others.

Huo Zhengde also heard the sound, and rushed over at this time. Seeing these guards looking at each other, he suddenly felt that these guards were shameless and shouted: "Where are the assassins? If there are assassins, you are still here?"

"Returning to the general, the last general has never seen the assassin. The one who called the assassin was the Taoist chief, but there is no movement in the Taoist house at the moment." A young soldier under Huo Zhengde was on duty today, so he came out to answer.

They also know that this white-browed Taoist is a distinguished guest of the general's mansion, so they have never dared to neglect him. If they rushed up so hastily, nothing would happen here, but they wonder if this white-browed Taoist will be angry. .

As soon as the young soldier's words fell, Huo Zhengde smelled the sweet smell of blood in the air, so his expression changed, and he pushed open the door of Taoist Baimei.

Seeing this, Huo Zhengde's face turned completely black.

I saw the white-browed Taoist lying on the ground covered in blood, and his hand was still about to open the door to go out. The blood kept flowing from his back showed that the white-browed Taoist died not long ago.

The murderer's strike was extremely nimble, and this blow hit the place where the heart was. Therefore, Taoist Baimei only had time to shout when he realized that someone wanted his life, but before he died, he didn't even snort.

Before the news of the death of Taoist Baimei had been sent to the uterus to Huo Mingzhu, the General’s Mansion received the imperial decree to let the Taoist Baimei enter the palace to face the saint. In the end, the eunuch who read out the imperial decree could only bring it back to the The news that Taoist Baimei was assassinated and died.

(End of this chapter)