On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month in the tenth year of Xianfeng, today we worship the stove.
Today's Yanjing City is more lively than in the past. After today, vegetable sellers will no longer enter the city. Therefore, everyone from princes and ministers to ordinary people often go to the morning market at the entrance of the city to buy cabbage, radish, kohlrabi and other vegetables that are only available in winter.
Some vegetables will not be available in the market again for half a month after buying them today.
Because the winter is long, relatives and friends come to visit before and after the New Year to pay their respects and have feasts. Even the poor people want to take advantage of the New Year to eat some oil and water, so they cut meat and boil it in oil, fry fruits, pickles, steam buns, etc.
Preparing for New Year’s Eve food begins around the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.
Not only were the people in Shengdou busy celebrating the New Year, but the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers of the Forbidden City and the Emperor also went on holiday three days ago.
According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, everyone will have a month's rest during the Chinese New Year. If there is no urgent military and political emergency, printing and services can only be done on the twentieth day of the first lunar month.
However, unlike ordinary people in the capital, the princes and ministers were very interested in the Quanzhen Taoist Lin Qingxuan, who suddenly became famous and became a guest of Prince Su and Prince Gong's Palace, because they heard that this Taoist could figure things out and predict things.
He is like a god, and he also possesses immortal magic. What is even more incredible is that he can refine elixirs that prolong life.
All the princes and civil and military ministers of the Eight Banners did not want to ask for a pill. It is said that even Emperor Xianfeng wanted to do this. However, Lin Zhenren often retreated in seclusion and did not see outsiders. Therefore, the magic of "Yuzhen Rejuvenation Pill" was not known.
Most people have only heard about it and never seen it.
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The palace was as joyful as the outside, but the Xianfeng Emperor Yi Chi, who had just established his new age, was walking around the Yangxin Hall nervously.
After a while, two princes and ministers wearing red hats and court beads came in.
"I see your Majesty, your Majesty is safe..."
After seeing the ceremony, Xianfeng waved his hand to signal them to get up, then looked at the two leading princes and asked: "Lao Liu, Hua Feng, that Zhenren Lin is willing to accept the imperial edict?"
Prince Gong, Aixinjueluo Yixin, was Xianfeng's younger brother, the sixth oldest. Prince Su, Hua Feng, had a much more distant relationship than Yixin, but in Xianfeng's eyes, the two closest to him were the two in front of him.
Two months ago, Hua Feng received a pill of Yuzhen Rejuvenation Pill as a gift from Lin Qingxuan and took it. Within half a month, he became strong and healthy, and all his ailments disappeared, so he entered the palace happily.
I asked to see the Long Live Master and reported the news that the Quanzhen Sect Yinxian Lin Zhenren, who was comparable to the Sanfeng Patriarch, was in the Huiyou Escort Bureau, and also told the situation about the Yuzhen Rejuvenation Pill.
As an emperor, Xianfeng was naturally suspicious and did not fully believe what Hua Feng said, so he immediately sent his sixth brother Yi Xin and Hua Feng to visit Zhenren Lin.
Then in recent months, Yi Xin also received a pill of elixir. After taking it, she clearly felt the benefits, so she was convinced that Lin Zhenren was a land immortal.
After going back and forth to the Huiyou Escort Bureau and the palace several times, Emperor Xianfeng, who had always been weak and sick, finally became enthusiastic and believed 70% to 80% of the legendary land man Lin Zhenren, so he asked Yi Xin and Hua Feng to invite Lin Qingxuan to visit him.
He went to the palace to pray for the Qing Dynasty years ago.
At this time, Prince Gong and Prince Su went into the Yangxin Hall to pay their respects. Xianfeng knew that it was Zhenren Lin who had responded.
Prince Su glanced at Prince Gong, and Yi Xin took a step forward, bowed and said: "Brother, Master Lin did not follow the imperial edict, but asked us to send you three Jade True Rejuvenation Pills..."
Xianfeng's face changed. He frowned at first, then became gloomy for a moment, and said: "I am the emperor. Didn't Master Lin come to the capital just to help me? Why don't you want to enter the palace? Could it be that he is the traitor of the White Lotus Sect and the Long-haired Thief? Did you disturb him?"
At this time, Hua Feng had already regarded Lin Qingxuan as a real immortal, and he hurriedly bowed and said: "Long live my lord, Dong Haichuan, the leader of the eunuchs in the slave mansion, has outstanding martial arts. I have already sent him to guard Lin Qingxuan. Since the real person entered the capital, there have been no thieves." It's a nuisance, and besides, the real person has great magical powers, who can hurt him?"
"If that's the case, then why is the real person unwilling to obey the imperial edict?"
Hua Feng hesitated and said nothing, while Yi Xin secretly gritted her teeth and whispered: "The real person said that Long Live Lord, you are not pious, so you only want to give medicine instead of entering the palace to pray for blessings."
"Be bold!"
Xianfeng was furious when he heard this. As the emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the co-lord of the world, since the Holy Patriarch unified the world, his servants and ministers have not dared to rebel at all. Today, a little Taoist dares to resist the imperial decree. Not only does he resist the imperial decree , and dared to say that the emperor was ungrateful.
Xianfeng subconsciously wanted to order someone to arrest Lin Qingxuan into the palace, but he was worried that he was a true immortal. If he offended him, he would be punished. In the end, he could only look at the two princes coldly and asked: "Yixin, Huafeng, tell me, what exactly does Master Lin think? How can I make him be used by me?"
Yi Xin and Hua Feng looked at each other and thought for a moment. Hua Feng said cautiously: "Since the real person has come here on his own initiative, he must still be willing to pray for our Qing Dynasty and His Majesty. It's just that he is a real immortal alive and can do calculations. Let's The Qing Dynasty has always worshiped Buddhism, and it is understandable that he has concerns. It is better for me to invite you again. If you are sincere, the real person will definitely agree."
Yi Xin recalled what she had seen and heard, and firmly believed that Lin Qingxuan was a land immortal. She was also worried that Xianfeng would be angry and blame Lin Qingxuan for not obeying the edict, which would lead to disaster, so she followed Hua Feng's words to persuade him.
Xianfeng was not as strong-willed as his father Daoguang and great-grandfather Qianlong. He had always been frail and sick, and he also liked to take Fushou ointment. In recent years, his physical energy had declined more and more. He was worried that he would not live long, so for Prince Su and Prince Gong After everyone was sure that Lin Qingxuan was a real immortal with magical power and had refined the elixir, Xianfeng still suppressed his anger and asked the eunuch to take the elixir brought by Prince Gong. He got closer and smelled the elixir, then smiled and said: " This elixir is really good, Xiaoweizi, let’s try the medicine.”
A eunuch in his twenties took the pill and first pierced it with a silver needle. After checking that the silver needle had not changed color, he used a knife to scrape off the surface of the pill and put it into a silver spoon. Then he mixed the powder with water and drank it.
After burning the incense stick, the young eunuch's face glowed red, and he bowed and said: "Your Majesty, after taking this pill, I feel light and healthy. I seem to have endless energy..."
Xianfeng was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Wait for me to take the medicine."
After a while, Xianfeng took the Yuzhen Rejuvenation Pill, and then rinsed his mouth with water. However, within a few breaths, his sallow face became rosy, and fine beads of sweat began to appear on the tip of his nose and forehead.
"Okay, this medicine is really miraculous. I seem to be back ten years ago!"
Xianfeng happily walked around the Yangxin Hall, and then ordered: "Draft a decree to confer Lin Qingxuan the title of 'Mr. Duanhua' and give him a jade belt..."
After talking about a series of rewards, Xianfeng paused, looked at Prince Su and Prince Gong solemnly, and said: "You go and invite Master Lin again. He is from the Immortal Family. Since he is here, how can I not ask him to give me some advice?" ?”
Yi Xin and Hua Feng both knelt down and agreed, then stood up and left.
In a blink of an eye, it was the family banquet at the Dauchi Palace on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Xianfeng, who was drinking with the queen and concubines to celebrate the New Year in the Zhongcui Palace in the east of Kunning Palace, always looked a little restless. After an unknown period of time, a eunuch walked in quickly. He knelt down in front of him and said a few words. Xianfeng was immediately overjoyed and stood up and said: "I have important matters and will return to Qianqing Palace temporarily."
Under the leadership of the queen, the concubines knelt down to see the emperor off. Xianfeng took the banquet all the way back to Qianqing Palace. As soon as he got off the sedan chair, he saw Prince Gong and Prince Su, as well as a young man with a handsome face and an indifferent expression standing between them. Taoist.
Seeing this young Taoist with a temperament as deep as the sea, Xianfeng couldn't help but admire: "He is really a great scholar, no one but a real person can have such a demeanor!"