Chapter One Hundred and Twenty One: The Queen's Anger
Chapter 121
The princess became angry after observing her whereabouts
As soon as Dao Chi entered Lequn Courtyard, he saw Jing Zhe coming forward to greet him. When Dao Chi entered the room, Jing Zhe said: "Young Master, the Seventh Young Master has left some food for Young Master, and he is heating it on the stove in the water room."
Because I had a bowl of tofu pudding at noon, I ate less food. Now that Jingzhe has mentioned dinner, the Taoist idiot is really hungry.
Thinking about spending the whole afternoon smoking in the alchemy room, he felt uneasy, so he ordered Jingzhe to take a bath with water first, and even washed his hair, and then he felt that the metallic smell in his nose was gone.
As soon as the food was set, Wang Qi walked in. Looking at Dao Chi's disheveled hair, he asked strangely: "Why are you taking a bath at this time?"
The Taoist Chi said, "I'm a little tired. I want to take a bath to soothe myself."
Wang Qi sat down and said with some curiosity: "What on earth did the prince take you and Lu Bing to do? He just came back tonight. Although they didn't ask each other, they all looked into your room during dinner. .”
Dao Chi stood outside the door and glanced into the yard. Seeing that the doors of several other people's rooms were closed, he whispered to Wang Qi about the prince's alchemy and showed him the pills in his purse.
"It turned out to be alchemy?" Wang Qi heard this, but was not interested. Instead, he frowned: "The princess hates alchemy the most. If she knew about this, why not blame you and Lu Bing?"
Dao Chi thought about the long-lasting charcoal fire in the alchemy room, and said, "When the prince was alive, the princess also stopped him from making alchemy?"
Wang Qi shook his head and said: "The princess is the most virtuous, how could she do such an inappropriate thing? It's just that the prince has always respected the princess, and knowing that she doesn't like her, he spends less time refining elixirs."
The Taoist idiot still felt a little baffled, so he thought for a moment and said, "Is there anyone who has had a bad experience after taking pill pills?"
Wherever there is love and hate without reason in this world, there must be a reason for the princess's attitude.
Wang Qi gave the Taoist idiot a thumbs up and said: "Erlang is still smart, he got to the point right away." At this point, he lowered his voice and said: "In the early years, there was some news that Uncle Yutian died of erysipelas."
The title "Uncle Yutian" sounds familiar... Dao Chi's eyes widened and he remembered who this Uncle Yutian was. He was the father of the princess and the grandfather of the prince.
"What's going on? Why hasn't the palace heard anything about it?" Dao Chi asked curiously.
Based on the virtues of the Jiang brothers and sisters, if they had known about this matter, they would never have been kicked out of the house so easily, and they might have made trouble long ago.
Wang Qi said: "The princess controls the palace like an iron tube. If she can't suppress this bit of news, she is no longer the princess. I also got a warning from my aunt, saying that I can accompany the prince to study. If the prince makes elixirs to the Tao, etc., Let me stay out of the way and avoid being angered by the princess."
Dao Chi frowned and said, "Does Your Highness know about this?"
Wang Qi shook his head and said: "Who knows. Regardless of estimation, you don't know. Otherwise, it would be too late to avoid refining the elixir. Why do you think of this again? The prince has a reputation for benevolence and filial piety. Although I don't know whether this is true or not, it doesn't sound good after all. It has an impact. The prince’s reputation is so great that the princess did not inform His Highness of the matter because of this.”
The Taoist Chi said: "That's a good thing. Seeing what His Highness means, he is very interested. It's not like he can stop thinking once or twice." At this point, thinking of Wang Qi's previous words, he said: " I'm afraid the princess will know about it now."
When Wang Qi heard the Taoist idiot mention it, he also thought about it. He couldn't help but worry in his heart. Then he straightened his brows and said, "No need to worry. You grew up in the temple and are proficient in Buddhism. The princess knows that. Even if you accompany me, Even if the prince makes elixirs, he won't be able to vent his anger on you. He will probably vent his anger on that kid Lu Bing. With His Highness protecting that kid, he will always get over it."
The Taoist Chi thought for a moment and said, "Can you think of a way to inform His Highness about this? His Highness knows the harmful effects of erysipelas, so he should be less interested in alchemy."
Wang Qi heard the words and hurriedly waved her hands and said: "Don't think about this for now. Even if His Highness knows about this in the future, he can't spread it from our mouths, otherwise he will trick his aunt? Besides, this involves the Jiang family, so we'd better avoid suspicion.
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No matter what, Dao Chi feels a little more at ease.
Maybe it will be more beneficial if this matter about Uncle Yutian is revealed in a critical moment in the future...
In Fengxiang Palace, there is a turbulent undercurrent between the princess and the prince.
The crown prince's face was flushed, and he looked at the princess with anger and disappointment. The princess felt cold in her heart and said with a cold face: "Are you blaming me?"
The prince took out a long breath and said: "Mother, my son, let me say it again, alchemy is the son's rise, and it is also the son's intention to drag Lu Bing and Wang Jin to follow him."
The princess frowned and said: "Even if it is Cong'er's intention, Lu Bing and Wang Qi should not be submissive. When you are studying, you don't even have time to read serious books, so where can you think about them."
The prince felt his temples twitching, and said angrily: "What do you want to do with the two of them?"
The princess snorted coldly: "How to deal with it? Since you don't understand the rules, of course I can't stay by your side. Wang Jin will return to the Wang family, and Lu Bing will leave the house with the Lu family."
The prince clenched his fists, feeling extremely angry. He held it back and gritted his teeth and said: "Mother, my son is wrong... My son will not make elixirs anymore..."
The princess couldn't tell that her son was angry, but there were some things she couldn't say to him.
My father's death was really ignominious. Even if he did die of erysipelas, he could not blame the prince. Because it was his father who secretly went to the alchemy room and stole the elixirs there. And because of greed, he took too much at once, and he was poisoned.
Death from erysipelas.
The prince blamed himself, but he didn't think it was the pills that had harmed people. Instead, he felt that his father-in-law's death was due to "a deficiency that cannot be supplemented" and that he took too many pills at once and could not digest them.
The Jiang family was really unseemly, and the person the son respected the most was the late Uncle Yutian. The princess really didn't want to break the last layer of fig leaf and spread the misfortune of her mother's family so that her son could look down on her.
No matter what, she was a daughter of the Jiang family, and she felt uncomfortable having her family relegated to dust.
But she couldn't do it while she watched her son refining elixirs. She knew that her son had a good idea, and if he didn't be tougher, he would fool her, so she threatened the Lu family. As for Taoist idiots, it was just incidental.
Seeing her son say this, the princess stopped forcing him and said: "I won't do this again!"
The prince responded, said a stiff farewell, and left Fengxiang Palace in large strides.
Aunt Zhou, who was beside the princess, said with some disapproval: "The princess knows that your highness cares about you, so why bother to use that to stab your highness? Even if they are biological mother and son, it is easy for them to have resentment."
The princess said gloomily: "Do I feel good? I'm afraid that in Cong'er's eyes, the Lu family is his family. With such a stubborn temper, he always has good intentions, but when he heard that the Lu family would be moved out, he immediately admitted his mistake."
Aunt Zhou knew that the princess was upset, but the prince was the future master of the palace, so she did not dare to add fuel to the fire. She comforted her: "The princess also wants to be more open-minded. After all, she is nurturing her kindness. Your Highness is just a lover."
The princess was so depressed that she regretted countless times. She should not have agreed to the prince's arrangement and used an official's wife as his wet nurse. But now it is pointless to say this, and she can only watch her son treat Fan's family favorably...
The prince who left the Fengxiang Palace held the few pills in his hand and walked out of the Qingyun Gate with a gloomy expression and returned to the Qiyun Palace.
Huang Jin and Lu Fang hunched their bodies and followed the prince with breathless concentration.
The dispute between mother and son just now fell into their eyes. Looking at the princess, she was really annoyed. Thinking about it, you can understand that your highness is the only one in the palace. If your highness is addicted to alchemy and asks attentively,
If you have the desire to transcend this world, what will the palace do?
Originally, the prince did not allow them to enter the elixir room and brought Lu Bing and Dao Chi with him. The young eunuchs who often served the prince around him were unhappy.
Seeing the princess's anger, everyone began to rejoice.
Fortunately, they were not the ones accompanying the prince to make alchemy. Otherwise, with the princess's anger, she might have been beaten to death with dozens of boards...
Dao Chi didn't know that his name had been mentioned several times by the princess, but he quickly noticed that the situation had changed, because the next day the Crown Prince privately told him and Lu Bing to stop making alchemy, and asked them to go to the school to practice martial arts in the afternoon.
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Dao Chi knew in his heart that it was probably the princess who spoke. But he didn't expect the prince to be so well-behaved. He originally thought that the prince would be rebellious for a while.
Lu Bing couldn't help but asked directly: "Why did you stop? I still want to see alchemy with His Highness."
When the prince heard this, his eyes flashed, and then he lowered his eyes and whispered: "Let's talk about it when we have a chance in the future."
Seeing that the prince was not in a high mood, Lu Bing stopped talking to him. He took out a few books prepared in his bag, handed them to Dao Chi and said, "Brother Wang, I helped you find the books."
Dao Chi hurriedly took it and solemnly said: "Thank you, Dalang."
"What book?" The prince was a little curious when he saw this.
The Taoist idiot said with a bit of embarrassment: "It's a Taoist book. I asked Dalang to help find it."
The prince raised his chin and said, "Take it and look at it."
The Taoist idiot handed it over after hearing the words. The prince flipped through it, but it was just the "Book of Changes", "Tao Te Ching", "Chongxu Zhen Jing" and other basic Taoist classics.
The prince looked at the Taoist idiot thoughtfully, and after a while he said, "Erlang is determined to learn Taoism?"
The Taoist idiot nodded and said: "Yesterday I worked with His Highness to refine elixirs, and I realized that my knowledge is shallow. I want to read some books first."
The prince put down the books and said: "But these books are too simple, and there is no point in reading them. If you want to read books in the future, just tell me. The study room in the side hall of Qingyun Palace is very likely*
*They are all Taoist classics."
Hearing this, Dao Chi showed some surprise and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
The prince's expression softened slightly, and he thought for a while and said: "If you have any questions, you can ask Gu, and I will explain it to you..." At this point, he remembered the fascinating alchemy technique, and said: "The path of alchemy,
If you are interested and know it, I can teach you."
Lu Bing listened and couldn't help laughing.
The prince rolled his eyes at him and said, "Okay, why are you looking so weird?"
Lu Bing stuck out his tongue and said with a smile: "I'm so surprised. His Highness is doing this because he wants to accept Brother Wang as his apprentice...