Summary of the previous chapter: Emperor Taichang Zhu Changluo is dying soon, but he still places his hope in Li Kezhuo of Honglu Temple, thinking that he has a magical elixir... Ma Xiaoquan followed Mrs. Ma to the palace and met Li Kezhuo
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Li Kezhuo did not dare to neglect at all and hurriedly said that he had a panacea, but this medicine needed to be diagnosed by himself before he could judge whether it was suitable for medicine.
Zhu Changluo couldn't wait any longer and hurriedly asked Li Kezhuo to step forward and take his pulse.
Behind the ministers, Ma Xiaoquan looked at Zhu Changluo and Li Kezhuo with a sneer. Unexpectedly, his smile was caught by Lu Zhan who turned around and looked at him.
Lu Zhan was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around and looked at the emperor nervously.
Li Kezhuo just took Emperor Taichang's pulse, nodded and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty can take the elixir refined by this humble minister..."
Just as Zhu Changluo was about to ask Li Kezhuo to take the medicine, Fang Congzhe stepped forward and said, "Wait a minute, Li Kezhuo, can you tell me the ingredients in your so-called fairy medicine?"
Li Kezhuo squinted at Fang Congzhe and said unhurriedly: "My finished elixir is a red pill, with red lead as the main ingredient and ginseng antler as the supplement. It is soaked in the menstrual blood of a virgin.
day, add other precious medicinal materials, put them into the furnace and refine them, and then refine them for another seven or forty-nine days before the elixir can be made..."
"Then has anyone ever taken this pill of yours?" Fang Congzhe asked again.
Just as Li Kezhuo was about to reply, Zhu Changluo said impatiently: "I'll take it as I say. You don't need to say anything. Li Aiqing, quickly get the red pill you mentioned."
Li Kezhuo glared at Fang Congzhe and said respectfully to Emperor Taichang: "Please be safe, your Majesty. I will go to Honglu Temple to get the elixir."
Li Kezhuo happily went to Honglu Temple to get medicine. Emperor Taichang needed to rest, so the ministers withdrew from the palace again.
Lu Zhan walked up to Ma Xiaoquan, patted Ma Xiaoquan's shoulder gently, and asked, "Why did Master Ma sneer just now?"
Ma Xiaoquan was shocked and thought that this old guy Lu Zhan had such a nice look in his eyes.
"How can I sneer? Mr. Lu, don't you just accuse people casually?"
Lu Zhan said with a smile: "Master Ma Si, I, Lu Zhan, dare not say anything else, but you did smile just now, and it happened to be when Li Kezhuo felt the emperor's pulse... you...
What does it have to do with Li Kezhuo?"
Lu Zhan said the last half of his sentence very loudly, attracting all the ministers to gather over.
Ma Xiaoquan secretly resented that this Lu Zhan was simply a guy who was afraid of chaos in the world.
The first assistant, Fang Congzhe, was originally very suspicious of Li Kezhuo's so-called "red pill". Now that Lu Zhan was shouting about it, Fang Congzhe took the opportunity to attack Ma Xiaoquan.
"Young Master Ma Si, you are just a commoner, you came to the palace, you didn't stay there honestly, you actually sneered at the emperor, what crime should you...have done?"
Mrs. Ma stood in front of Ma Xiao's face, holding her cane horizontally: "Soufu Fang, please stop slandering others. None of my children sneered at all. That was made up by Lu Zhan."
Lu Zhan snorted coldly: "Mrs. Ma, did I make it up? Did your eye see that I made it up?"
"Lu Zhan, you"
Lu Zhan shook his head, looking like a villain who had succeeded.
Ma Xiaoquan grabbed Mrs. Ma and shook his head at her. Then the other party said from Zhezhe: "Master Chief Assistant, if you think I am an eyesore to a commoner, I can leave." After Ma Xiaoquan said this, he turned to leave.
"Stop! Who told you to leave?" Lu Zhan stopped him.
Ma Xiaoquan glared at Lu Zhan with sideways eyes: "Old man Lu, you are deliberately trying to make things difficult for me, right?"
Lu Zhan waved his hand: "What's the difference between me, a senior, and you, a junior? I'm just discussing the matter!"
"Quack" Ma Xiaoquan secretly clenched his fists and thought to himself that if this were not the imperial palace, I would have let Xiao Shuang burn this grandson Lu Zhan to ashes.
Just when Lu Zhan and Fang Congzhe were making things difficult for Ma Xiaoquan, Prince Zhu Youxiao suddenly appeared.
Zhu Youxiao saw Ma Xiaoquan surrounded by people from a distance, and happily waved to Ma Xiaoquan: "Hey, Ma Xiaoquan"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw that it was His Highness the Crown Prince, and they all made way for His Highness.
Zhu Youxiao stepped forward, patted Ma Xiaoquan's chest enthusiastically, and said, "Why are you here?"
Ma Xiaoquan was secretly happy and complained to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Highness, Lu Zhan insisted on unjustly accusing me."
"I have wronged you?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Lu Zhan with an unhappy look on his face.
How could Lu Zhan dare to make a mistake? Although Emperor Taichang is still alive at the moment, his face is as pale as dirt, and he must not live long. Lu Zhan knows very well that the prince in front of him is probably the future emperor, so without saying a word, poof
He fell to his knees with a sound.
"His Royal Highness, I..."
"Okay, stop talking," Zhu Youxiao shouted to Lu Zhan, "Father is still resting. If you want to wait, just wait obediently, otherwise go back."
Ministers, look at me and I look at you. No one dares to leave. My dear, the Emperor is ill. If he leaves at this time, if something happens to the Emperor, he will be held responsible.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, walked closer to Zhu Youxiao, and whispered: "Your Highness, how is your carpentry study going?"
Listening to the carpentry work, Zhu Youxiao's face was full of excitement.
Ma Xiaoquan teased Zhu Youxiao, but His Highness the Crown Prince was smart enough to stop getting excited when seeing many people.
"Let's go to Cining Palace. We'll come back at noon," Zhu Youxiao said, pulling Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan hummed, nodded to Mrs. Ma, and then left with Zhu Youxiao.
Seeing Ma Xiaoquan's retreating figure, Lu Zhan gritted his teeth in hatred. Fang Congzhe lightly poked Lu Zhan. Then Lu Zhan suppressed his unwillingness and continued to wait with the officials.
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On the way to Cining Palace, Ma Xiaoquan thanked Zhu Youxiao and said: "Your Highness, thank you very much just now."
Zhu Youxiao chuckled: "It's okay, it's okay. It's rare for me to have a friend like you, so of course I have to protect you."
Ma Xiaoquan sighed.
Zhu Youxiao looked at Ma Xiaoquan in confusion: "What's wrong, Ma Xiaoquan? What's on your mind?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and said: "Lu Zhan suppressed me because of his status and beat me to death. It's a pity that I am not an official of the imperial court. Otherwise, I would not be so speechless by Lu Zhan..."
After all, Zhu Youxiao was young. As soon as he heard Ma Xiaoquan's words, his loyalty to his friends immediately began to rise.
"Oh, that's it. It's nothing. When I get the chance, I'll give you an official position. A bigger official should be fine, right? Third rank, um, that's about it. Then you can find me to study carpentry.