I was favored by the evil god, and I became a white-bone bodhisattva.

The commander of the imperial guards' expression froze for a moment, and then he prostrated himself on the ground, wishing he had an extra pair of ears.

"Grandpa Emperor--"

There was a faint sound of mournful cries coming from outside. Yongchu thought it was the voice of the crown prince.

The prince's wild laughter came to an abrupt halt, and he strode out with a sneer and resentment.

"Father, the Emperor, he left us behind."

The name of the Grandson of the Jin Dynasty was very auspicious, Yin Tai'an, which meant peace and prosperity for the country and the people.

Yin Taian is twenty-five years old this year. He has an older brother who died in a horse-riding accident, an older sister who married far away in the frontier, and two younger brothers who are only seven or eight years old and have not achieved anything.

Ten years ago, he was personally appointed as the Crown Prince by the Emperor and began to be trained as the successor.

Yin Taian did not have a deep relationship with his father, but was particularly close to his grandfather, so his grief at this moment was by no means fake.

.....

After not hearing his father's words for a long time, Yin Taian wiped his tears and looked at the prince in confusion.

When he saw this, he was horrified!

The man, whose hair was mostly gray, was looking at him with hatred, mockery, and a superior gaze, as if he were a winner.

"Father..."

Yin Taian's voice trembled a little. In his impression, his father always looked timid and submissive, and had never been so disturbing.

“A country cannot be without a ruler for a day”

The prince finally spoke, and he said to his son gloomily, "Please let the crown prince take the throne."

"Father, you are the crown prince. How can you let the crown prince succeed to the throne without the crown prince?"

Yin Taian knelt hurriedly on the ground: "Son, I respectfully invite my father to ascend the throne--"

The old emperor would not allow anyone to have the power to threaten him, and there has been a pattern of checks and balances in the court for many years.

Under such circumstances, the old emperor's authority was truly supreme, and he could allow Yin Taian to succeed to the throne with just a decree before his death.

Unfortunately, he passed away suddenly this time and had no time to arrange his funeral.

Without an imperial decree and Yin Taian not in charge of the imperial guards, everything had to be done according to the rules.

The crown prince's succession to the throne is a foregone conclusion, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

As for why the prince just said "Please let the crown prince succeed to the throne", only he himself knows.

"If I ascend the throne, wouldn't the Crown Prince be very unwilling?"

"Why does Father say that?"

Yin Taian kowtowed and said, "You are my father. It is natural for my father to ascend the throne. Why would a son be unwilling?"

The prince looked down at Yin Taian, and only helped him up when his forehead was bleeding.

"It's good that the Crown Prince has no complaints. Let's go! Let's go and see your grandfather for the last time."

.....

The prince ascended the throne very smoothly. It is hard to say whether his majesty is the popular choice, but under the existing power structure, after the death of the previous emperor, no one can challenge his position.

The first thing he did after ascending the throne was to promote his trusted eunuch to the position of chief steward.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Eunuch Gao said happily.

Logically speaking, the late emperor's body was still warm, so he shouldn't be too obviously happy.

But this man had served the prince for many years and knew how to please the latter.

as predicted!

As soon as the prince, ah, the emperor, saw the smiling face of Eunuch Gao, he immediately laughed as well.

"You slave, how come you please me so much? Haha, what's on the tray in your hand?"

"Your Majesty, it is the Great Rejuvenation Pill."

Eunuch Gao was about to tell the emperor how miraculous the Dahuan Pill was, but he was surprised to find that the emperor's face had fallen.

"Is this the Great Rejuvenating Pill that my father had been dreaming about? I feel so sick just looking at it!"

Chapter 057: One Emperor and One Courtier

Eunuch Gao had served the new emperor for many years and knew that he hated the previous emperor very much.

But when he saw the emperor's nauseous expression towards the Dahuan Dan, he realized that he had underestimated some things.

This is the Great Huan Dan, which can prolong life and strengthen the body.

But just because of the hatred for the late emperor, even the sight of such a good thing makes you sick?

“Old slave deserves to die!”

Eunuch Gao didn't just shout "damn it", he quickly threw the Dahuandan on the ground and kept stepping on it.

Seeing this, the emperor's expression softened a lot.

He suddenly seemed to think of something and asked, "Is this thing made by Ling Huanzhen?"

"Your Majesty, that's right!"

"Give Death"

There is no reason, the emperor said coldly.

Eunuch Gao responded loudly. After he cleaned up all the broken pieces of the Dahuandan, he backed out of the bedroom.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, the eunuch felt a chill on his back.

He felt regretful and annoyed, and thinking of His Majesty's order, he immediately led a few guards to the Taoist temple next to Yujing.

"It's actually Eunuch Gao himself? I'm really sorry for not welcoming you in person."

As the saying goes, a new emperor chooses his own ministers. The emperor who favored Ling Huanzhen is already dead, and he really has no control over this newly promoted tall steward.

Besides, Ling Haozhen had a hidden worry in his heart - it was he who first proposed to hold the Nuo opera!

Even though it was raised during a private audience, if we continue to investigate like this, there is no guarantee that we won't find him.

Ling Huanzhen's only reliance now is still his own alchemy skills.

After all, the new emperor is already over sixty years old, it is impossible for him not to be tempted by the Dahuan Pill.

Look, Manager Gao is rushing over here.

Thinking of this, Ling Huanzhen smiled and handed over a piece of gold, but unexpectedly the other party threw it to the ground.

"You are so bold and clever. You are still smiling in front of us when the time comes!"

Seeing Ling Huanzhen was stunned for a moment, Eunuch Gao sneered and asked the guards to bring poisoned wine.

"Your Majesty's order: Death! Do you want to drink it yourself or have someone feed you?"

Impossible, the new emperor doesn't want me to make elixirs anymore? Impossible!

"I don't believe it. I want to see His Majesty—"

"Humph, I don't know how to appreciate it."

Eunuch Gao took a few steps back. One of the burly guards held Ling Huanzhen down, one pried open his mouth, and the other poured all the poisoned wine into his mouth.

The once-honored and lavishly favored [Immortal Feathered Scholar] was poisoned to death in his own Taoist temple on the first day of the new emperor's accession to the throne.

.....

Yizhou, Jiangyuan County.

It has been several days since Tangtang left Kelai Village, but Yizhou is so vast that she has only just walked out of Wanli County and arrived in the nearby Jiangyuan County.

"Xiaoqing, do you feel that the weather has suddenly become hot?"

Tangtang has a basic physique that is immune to cold and heat, and is actually not very sensitive to temperature changes.

But when she looked up at the scorching sun in the sky, she knew that something was wrong with the weather.

"It must be autumn now. The sun is so hot."

The green dragon listlessly poked half of its head out from the little girl's sleeve. It looked at the sun bitterly and immediately shrank back.

"Who says it isn't?"

A few big men happened to pass by Tangtang, and one of them naturally took over the conversation: "This kind of weird weather is the first time I have seen it in my thirty-plus years of life. Oh, I hope it's not another bad omen."

As soon as he finished speaking, his companion behind him immediately pulled him hard.

While the crown prince was busy ascending the throne, the Tianshi Sect had already secretly spread the news that the auspicious beast had died in Qilin Mountain and that Qingzhou was in a dark cloud.

In addition, the late emperor died of illness very soon. Anyone with a little common sense would know that the current situation is sensitive and some things cannot be said carelessly.

"Ha, hahahahaha, let's go drink in this horrible weather!"

Although he was a little careless, after being reminded by his companions, the man realized that he had said the wrong thing.

After a dry laugh, he invited everyone to drink.

"your treat?"

"Of course I'll treat you!"

A few people noisily passed the little girl and came to a famous wine shop in the county town.

"Lao Cao, five bowls of fruit wine."

The owner of the wine shop was named Cao, and his only clerk was his son.

Several of them were regular customers, so they simply addressed him as Lao Cao.

.....

"Oh, please forgive me, I don't sell fruit wine anymore." Lao Cao said with a smile.

Not for sale?

"The fruit wine here is a specialty, why are you not selling it anymore?"

"Yeah, yeah, what will we drink without fruit wine!"

Seeing several regular customers shouting, Lao Cao quickly pointed to the large wine jar inside and said, "Although there is no fruit wine, I still have ordinary wine. One penny for a large bowl. Would you like to try it?"

The most ordinary wine costs four cents a bowl, but here it only costs one cent?

Several people looked at each other and immediately ordered ten bowls.

"How about my wine?" Lao Cao asked a little nervously after everyone had tasted it.

"The wine tastes pretty light, but fortunately it's cheap."

"Yes, it's cheap!"

It’s good as long as you can accept it. It turns out that these people care most about the price.

"Lao Cao, your son is not enough for you to command, do you want to recruit more people?"

After a few gulps of wine, someone started asking, smacking his lips.

He saw some notice posted in the wine shop, but he couldn't read, so he guessed and asked.

"We're hiring people, but we're not hiring guys, we're hiring thugs."

Seeing that several people were staring at him with strange eyes, Lao Cao quickly explained: "I don't hire thugs to beat people, but to beat monkeys."

"Which monkey offended you?" everyone became curious.

"Ugh"

Lao Cao sighed and said that his son was kind-hearted and would usually bring some food to the nearby mountains to feed the monkeys.

Although he felt it was a waste, he could not resist his son's begging and just turned a blind eye.

result......

"Because we didn't bring much food yesterday, the monkeys went crazy. When they were escaping, my son accidentally killed a monkey."

Lao Cao frowned and said, "Those monkeys hold grudges very well. Who knows, they might come here to seek revenge someday. That's why I thought of recruiting some thugs in advance."

After hearing this, several people cursed the bunch of beasts for being ungrateful, and asked Lao Cao how much money he was willing to pay to protect his home.