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The Taoist idiot was having tea when he heard Lu Bing's treacherous words and almost burst into tears. He looked strangely and said: "Your Highness...could you tell?"
It's not that I believe that the prince has such "eyesight", but I think about the servants around the prince. Not to mention the younger ones, the older ones have all started serving the prince in the palace. To say something about it
It is not uncommon for the "method of meeting people" in the palace.
Daoist idiots are surprised that the prince would care about this.
Lu Bing shook his head and said: "How could Your Highness see this? It's news from outside. It is said that Mr. Chen bought a small courtyard in Guanqian Street a few months ago and took in two maids. I heard that they are all beautiful and beautiful.
, haven’t you seen that Mr. Chen’s clothes are getting more and more polished, and the purse around his waist is becoming more and more delicate.”
Dao Chi laughed twice and didn't take this to heart.
In this era, although etiquette is respected, "rituals" are also divided into people. The more officials and gentry families pay attention to the distinction between inside and outside. Father-in-law and daughter-in-law, uncle and younger brother and sister will not meet easily. Ordinary people's homes have two or three rooms.
It's a place where generations of people have lived, and you can't avoid it even if you want. No matter how much you talk about the rules, it's just a joke.
As for slaves and servants, if you talk to them about etiquette, it is absurd in the eyes of the world.
It was nothing in this era for a good-looking maid to warm the bed casually. Pan Jinlian in "Jin Ping Mei" was sold by Zhang Dahu's wife after being surrounded by Zhang Dahu.
Wang Ning's refusal to buy a maid for her family was too straightforward, perhaps because Dao Chi was young and feared that he would not be able to control it.
Even if the prince was unhappy with Chen Chizhong's move, it was because he had a "turbid air" and was not suitable to accompany him in refining elixirs. He would not find fault with his moral character or anything like that.
Thinking of this, Dao Chi felt a little confused.
This is fate. Originally, among the six companions, Chen Chizhong was the only one who understood morality. Although I don't know why the prince didn't like him at first. But he persisted. Considering the prince's interest in Taoism, he might not have no chance of gaining the prince's respect.
But because of fame and fortune, he put aside Taoism and began to learn to work with power, and his advantage was gone.
Now that the Crown Prince wants to make alchemy, if he still behaves like he did two years ago, the Crown Prince will definitely choose him as his companion...
The next day, after the Fu Xue class was over, the Crown Prince signaled Dao Chi and Lu Bing to follow him and took them directly to the Qiyun Hall.
"Master Gu Tonglu said that starting today, you two will suspend your afternoon classes and accompany Gu to refine elixirs." The prince said with great interest.
Lu Bing's face was full of excitement, and Dao Chi's face was also suitably curious. Seeing their reactions, the prince was very satisfied and said: "Hot water and clothes are prepared in the side hall. You go and take a shower and change clothes first."
Although they had doubts after hearing this, Dao Chi and Lu Bing still didn't hesitate, they responded and followed Huang Jin and Gao Kang to the side hall.
When they saw the clothes, they understood that they had to change their robes.
When the two of them came out of the side hall, they looked like two little Taoist boys.
Huang Jin and Gao Kang were both familiar with each other, and they couldn't help but smile when they saw this. However, when everyone returned to the main hall, both of them held their breath and condensed their voices. Therefore, the prince also changed out of his python robe and put on a new one.
Navy blue robe.
The prince smiled and looked at Dao Chi and Lu Bing, obviously very satisfied.
Regardless of how Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty looked, after six or seven generations, the prince's appearance was quite good. He had a slender figure, a long face, and red-phoenix eyes.
The prince is not only good-looking, but he also picks up on looks when looking at people.
King Xing knew his son's preferences, and the companions he chose were all handsome and handsome. Well, Wang Qi, who was obese at the time, was an exception. But now that Wang Qi has lost weight, he is no longer what he used to be.
"I want you to open your eyes first!" The prince did not take the two of them to the alchemy room immediately, but said with a hint of pride.
After he finished speaking, he saw Lu Fang bringing several young eunuchs and carrying food boxes over.
Lu Bing's eyes lit up and he said, "Your Highness, is it delicious?"
The prince knocked on his forehead and said: "With wine bags and rice bags, besides food, can't you think of something else?"
Lu Bing touched his forehead with an aggrieved look on his face. Isn't it normal to have food in the food box? It would be unusual if it wasn't food.
The prince ordered someone to put the food box on the table, and without letting anyone else touch it, he personally took out a foot-high celadon jar, along with several three-inch-high small jars, a spoon, and several spoons.
One of the small jars was filled with liquid, while the others were empty. The large porcelain jar was filled with white flowers and smelled of beans.
The corner of Dao Chi's mouth twitched, this was clearly soy milk.
The Crown Prince picked up the spoon and poured out the soy milk from the large porcelain jar with concentration. He filled the three empty small jars to 80% full, and then called to the two of them: "Come forward and follow me carefully."
When the two came forward, the prince first handed them a spoon. The next step was to mix a spoon of the previous liquid into each small porcelain jar, then stir it gently with a jar, and motioned to the two at the same time.
Learn from it.
The Taoist idiot has already guessed what this liquid is. Since it is "bitten tofu with brine", it is probably the "brine".
Sure enough, after Shizi mixed the brine into the soy milk, the soy milk in the small porcelain jar changed visibly to the naked eye.
When counting at this time, one hour is divided into eight quarters of an hour, and a quarter of an hour is equivalent to fifteen minutes in later generations. A quarter of an hour is the time it takes for two cups of tea, and the time it takes for one cup of tea is seven or eight minutes.
After stirring the soy milk in the jar for a moment, the soy milk began to liquefy, and the prince stopped stirring. After half a cup of tea, the soy milk had solidified.
"Douhua?" Lu Bing said excitedly.
The prince glanced at him helplessly and said, "This is called Liu An's Pill!"
Lu Bing held the small jar in front of him and couldn't put it down and said: "Your Highness is so powerful, is this magic?"
In his opinion, the mutton-fat white jade-like thing in the jar was not the same as the tofu on the dinner table. He ignored the fact that tofu shops among ordinary people could order tofu.
Dao Chi looked at the few empty small porcelain jars of Fuyu, with a look of eagerness on his face, and said: "Your Highness, such a miraculous creation, let's take a look at it again."
The prince smiled and nodded, and told Dao Chi to do it himself.
How is it so strange to order tofu with brine? I am curious about this tofu curd and brine, and I think I can always keep it in my kitchen in the future. Wang Ning is a vegetarian, so he can use this to supplement protein.
When Lu Bing saw Dao Chi taking action, he was not willing to lag behind, so he also poured out a can.
When he watched the soy milk turn into tofu pudding, Lu Bing could not help but admire it again.
"The road to alchemy is unpredictable. Even if I tell you two too much, you still don't understand. It's amazing how you know it." The prince said.
After talking for a while, the prince asked someone to prepare a vegetarian meal for Tao Chi and Lu Bing. Fang led the two of them out of Qiyun Hall and through Qingyun Gate to the inner palace.
When we arrived at the northwest corner of the palace, we passed through a deserted courtyard and found an inner garden. Even though it was early winter, there were still many green plants and trees.
The Taoist idiot came here for the first time, and he was filled with admiration. Although the garden was only two or three acres, there was a pond in the garden, a mountain beside the pond, and a house on the mountain.
Gao Kang, Huang Jin and other chamberlains only followed him down the mountain.
The so-called mountain is only two or three feet high. From the foot of the mountain to the house, there are thirty-six bluestone steps.
The three rooms are divided into three parts. Except for the small hall in the middle, the east side is the alchemy room and the west side is the storage room.
The prince first took the two of them to the storage room. The four walls were like a Chinese medicine shop, with cabinets on top of the ceiling, and various small drawers. Papers were posted on the outside with various alchemy materials written on them.
The more the Taoist idiot looked at it, the more frightened he became. Damn it, is this alchemy, or is it life-threatening?
The part of traditional Chinese medicine, such as human body, tiger bones, deer antler, purple river car, etc., is not scary. Biological agents, even if they are in the stomach, can be excreted and decomposed.
The rest are divided into two categories: metals and ores.
Metals, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, mercury, etc., minerals such as cinnabar, mica, sulfur, saltpeter, etc.
Is this Taoist alchemy? It's more like a metal ore laboratory.
How can the things that are really made be good if they are put into the stomach? What can be decomposed is fine. What can’t be decomposed is just adsorbed in the internal organs. How can a person be cured?
Lu Bing was full of novelty, looking at this and that, his eyes were shining. He didn't care about the metal ores, he only saw so many precious medicinal materials, and said: "Is the elixir made by His Highness a cure-all for all diseases?"
This, you no longer need to drink bitter medicinal soup when you get sick in the future?"
The prince snorted softly and said: "This is an alchemy room, not a pharmacy!"
"But these are all good things. If you don't refine the pills, they will be wasted." Lu Bing said.
Hearing what Lu Bing said, Dao Chi's heart moved and said: "Yes, Your Highness, Taoism's practice of elixirs is to maintain health. Treating and preventing diseases is also the way to maintain health."
When the prince heard this, he was a little moved.
This alchemy room was originally left by Prince Xing, and the prince often came here with him in the past and practiced several furnaces of elixirs.
Yesterday, he thought of refining alchemy on a whim. He has not yet decided on the specific recipe.
However, when the Taoist idiot mentioned that "curing and preventing diseases is also a way to maintain health", the prince thought of the princess who was a little depressed after the winter, so he picked up two elixirs and searched inside, and found a recipe for replenishing qi.
Dan recipe, the main ingredients are ginseng, cinnabar, and several others.
"I will practice this today." The prince picked up the elixir recipe and handed it to Dao Chi: "I will go to the alchemy room first. You two will prepare two furnaces according to the preparation of the elixir recipe."
Dao Chi accepted the offer, and the prince turned around and went to the alchemy room.
At the door of the storage room, there is a cupboard with a sterling silver scale, a few silver spoons, and a few bundles of fine tissue paper on it.
Dao Chi and Lu Bing, according to the prescription, measured the portions of each item and made two portions, respectively, wrapped in fine tissue paper.
After everything was done, the two looked at each other and smiled. Lu Bing whispered: "Second brother, I still feel like this place is like a pharmacy!"
Dao Chi whispered: "It's better to go to the pharmacy."
He was already thinking about how to lure the prince from alchemy to medicine refining. According to unofficial history, Jiajing was obsessed with alchemy for decades. The reason why Yan Song and his son were so relied upon was because they tested elixirs for the emperor.
Such honor and favor are not rare for Taoist idiots.
He wanted to be among the emperor's ministers, so he naturally wanted to change the crown prince's preference for alchemy. It's better for you and me to be good for everyone, otherwise he would be cheating...
ps: In the previous chapter, the old monk’s death sacrifice was changed to a life sacrifice.