"Your Majesty, the imperial doctor once said you should not take too much of this elixir."
Shouquan held the jade box and handed it out very slowly, "Your Majesty has taken pills too many times recently."
Even if it is a pill that can prolong life and nourish energy and energy, it is still medicine. If you take too much, you may cause problems.
Zhao Qian paused slightly as he took the elixir, and his expression showed some hesitation.
In the past few days, his frequency of taking it has indeed increased a lot.
While hesitating, Zhao Qian glanced at the memorials piled up on Long's case. He had only finished reviewing half of them, and there were still many memorials waiting for him to review.
But in his current state, it is impossible to finish reviewing the memorial today.
no!
At least the state affairs must be handled well.
Every day there was a court official recording the emperor's deeds. If he could not finish reviewing the memorials every day, he might end up being judged as mediocre and inactive in his later years.
Zhao Gan's cheek muscles twitched, he opened the jade box in Shouquan's hand, picked up the elixir inside, and swallowed it.
He cannot leave a stigma for himself at this time.
He wants to prove to the world that he is more suitable for this position than King Liang, and it is the most appropriate thing for him to inherit the throne!
Shou Quan, who was standing next to him, saw Zhao Qian picking up the elixir. In a hurry, he let go of the jade box with his right hand and held it only with his left hand. He wanted to reach out to stop it, but he stretched out half of it. He regained his composure and quickly retracted his hand.
In the end, he could only watch helplessly as Zhao Qian swallowed the elixir.
He pursed his lips vigorously several times and sighed heavily helplessly.
Zhao Qian waved his hand. After taking the elixir, the dizziness obviously faded away, and he regained a lot of energy and strength.
"I'm fine."
Zhao Qian walked towards the dragon case above. Except for the fact that his lips were still a little white, he no longer looked as weak as before.
Sitting down in front of Long's case, Zhao Qian picked up a memorial and prepared to continue reviewing it.
"Your Majesty, Taoist Priest Tang is here." A eunuch waiting outside the palace came in quietly to announce.
Zhao Qian froze in mid-air while holding the memorial. Soon, he continued to take the memorial and spread it out in front of him, "Let him come in."
"yes."
The Taoist priest who walked in from the outside was the same Taoist priest who had presented the elixir before. Different from his original shyness, Tang Mei's face was now radiant.
The hairpin on the head is no longer a wooden hairpin, but a gorgeous jade hairpin that holds up all the black and white hair.
The style of the Taoist robe is similar to before, it is still a white Taoist robe, but the previous one was a plain white Taoist robe that cost more than ten taels of silver, and now the Taoist robe is a set of more than ten taels of silver.
Many exquisite and beautiful patterns were embroidered with silver thread, and the material was changed from linen to fine silk and satin.
Tang Mei held a whisk in his right hand, with the top of the handle pointed diagonally at the ground. The fine rosewood was coated with a layer of paint and had many lines carved on it. A long white beard hung down from the crook of his arm.
At first glance, it looks like he is an immortal.
"I have met Your Majesty," Tang Mei said to Zhao Qian.
Zhao Qian raised his head and said in a gentle tone, "Get back on your feet."
After Tang Mei stood up straight, his nose wrinkled and his brows furrowed, "Your Majesty, have you been using more pills lately?"
Hearing this, Zhao Qian froze while holding the imperial pen, and his eyes became a little colder, "How did Taoist Tang know?"
The gentle tone disappeared instantly and became a bit colder.
As if Tang Mei didn't notice Zhao Qian's vigilance, he took a breath and deepened the wrinkles between his brows, "The fragrance of elixir on Your Majesty's body has become much stronger."
"Your Majesty, although that elixir is very effective, if you take it too much and too frequently, its effectiveness will diminish."
"Crack."
Zhao Qian put down the imperial pen in his hand and stopped paying attention to the memorial on the Long Case. He asked with some urgency and hope: "What can the Taoist priest do?"
When he took the elixir recently, Zhao Qian could indeed clearly feel that the usefulness of the elixir was not as obvious as it was at first.
But it won’t work if you don’t take it.
Zhao Qian is unwilling to decentralize power and does not take pills. With his current body, he simply cannot handle all state affairs every day.
(This chapter is not finished yet!)
Chapter 483 Side Effects
Leaving these things to others will undoubtedly strengthen a powerful official. Zhao Qian does not want to see someone competing with him in the court.
If you take elixirs, if things go on like this, the effectiveness of the elixirs will continue to be reduced, and one day, they will be useless.
"Your Majesty, please stop taking the elixir for a period of time and let it recover."
Zhao Qian's face darkened and he was a little displeased, "Taoist Master Tang, I called you here to ask you to come up with a perfect plan."
If he just stopped using the elixir, why did Zhao Qian need to summon Tang Mei?
"This..." Tang Meifeng's calm and calm expression cracked, revealing a look of embarrassment, "Your Majesty, is there such a perfect plan in this world?"
Zhao Qian frowned and expressed his thoughts, "What I mean is that Taoist Tang will refine another elixir to replace this one."
After hearing this, Tang Mei did not directly agree or reject Zhao Qian, but lowered his head slightly, as if thinking about Zhao Qian's proposal.
Zhao Qian did not interrupt the other party directly, but asked Tang Mei to think about it carefully.
"As long as Taoist Tang can solve my troubles, I will definitely reward you generously."
Tang Mei's brows twitched. Even if he tried his best to cover it up, he couldn't hide his greedy eyes.
All of this fell into Zhao Qian's eyes.
Instead of being disgusted, the emperor felt happy and relieved.
It's a good thing to have a capable person at his disposal, but if Tang Mei really has no desires or desires, Zhao Qian can't rest assured no matter what.
How can there be people in the world who act without purpose and desire? Tang Mei is unmoved by gold, silver, jewelry, glory and wealth, which can only mean that he has a deeper plan.
Tang Mei's greed for money made Zhao Qian very satisfied.
Only when you ask for something can you have weaknesses and be truly under his control.
For a while, Tang Mei didn't say a word, but Zhao Qian, who was sitting on the dragon chair, could not calmly read the memorial. The imperial pen in his hand could not be moved for a long time.
Zhao Qian was a little impatient, and was about to urge him a few words, when he suddenly heard Tang Mei's voice, "Your Majesty, I have thought of a pill that can cure the problem once and for all."
"Your Majesty can truly return to the time when his energy and blood were at its peak."
Zhao Qian couldn't help but tighten his grip on the imperial pen, and he leaned forward, "What are you saying, is it true? Is there really such a kind of elixir?".
"Your Majesty, how can I dare to say this? There is indeed such a pill that can make people look young again and make them twenty years younger."
Twenty years...
Zhao Qian's pupils shrank. If he could be twenty years younger, why would he need to work so hard to check and balance all forces to stabilize his rule?
He can completely monopolize power without relying on the so-called balance.