After the dance, Emperor Chunde brought the wine and said, "The day before yesterday, the emperor's fourth son was blessed with a pair of twins, a dragon and a phoenix. I am very happy. I am inviting all the ministers to a banquet to congratulate the royal family on their heir."

Everyone raised their glasses to thank the emperor for his kindness.

Just as he put down his wine glass, the Qintian Supervisor, Tao Miao, the real Miao Miao, suddenly stood up and walked to the center of the hall. He held a brocade box and knelt down and said: "I have been ordered to refine the Yijie Longevity Pill. After seven or forty-nine days of refining, it finally turned into three elixirs. May my emperor be as blessed as heaven and be blessed with eternal blessings."

Xiao Chengjun looked at Tao Miao, who was wearing a Taoist robe, and his eyes darkened. In the Taishan incident, the evil Taoist tried to harm him but failed, and he was granted the title of Qintian Supervisor. What kind of elixir could he use now? He really thought that the court was not chaotic enough. .

Emperor Chunde seemed very happy. Obviously he knew about the elixir refining. He waved his hand for Huaizhong to take the elixir and said, "Tao Aiqing has made merit in refining the elixir. I will reward you."

"This elixir should be swallowed with strong wine." Tao Miao thanked him for the reward, pretending not to be surprised, but Xiao Chengjun could clearly see the proud look that could not be concealed from the side.

Lou Jing was close and saw three dark pills in the brocade box. He resisted the urge to curl his lips. Who can say this about the longevity of life? He could also scoop up a box of hawthorn pills and say this. It's the elixir of immortality. Anyway, when the emperor dies, he won't ask why the pill failed to make him live ten thousand years.

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, there was nothing special, but the Yulin Army had to prepare for the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices to heaven the next day. The ceremonial guards, horses, and chariots all had to be prepared in advance. Lou Jing and Commander You, along with two men holding ceremonial guards, The fourteen Yulin soldiers had to go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple first, and they could only rest in the prison cells in the palace at night.

Xiao Chengjun was alone in his mansion, making arrangements for the New Year.

"Every family's New Year's gifts have been delivered before the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month," the housekeeper scooped up each family's gift list and showed it to Xiao Chengjun, "All the return gifts are also here."

Xiao Chengjun took a quick look and found that these were all done as usual and there would be no mistakes. Suddenly he saw a name called "Prince Jing's Mansion" and couldn't help but paused. "Is there any news from Prince Jing in the past two days?"

In November, Lou Jing coaxed and coaxed a doctor from Jinzhou City to come to the capital to diagnose Xiao Chengjin's pulse.

The doctor was a barefoot doctor who had been passed down from generation to generation and was very famous in the northwest area. However, he only used earthen medicine and was not popular, so dignitaries rarely came to him for treatment.

Xiao Chengjun looked at the scruffy, skinny old man and couldn't help but frown slightly, but he believed that Lou Jing would not mess around, so he asked the doctor to check his brother's pulse.

The local doctor didn't know Xiao Chengjin's identity, so he treated him generously.

"Hey, you rich people are just messing around." The old man shook his head after checking his pulse, "Quickly stop living in this humid place."

According to this local doctor, living in hot springs in his early years was good for Xiao Chengjin's health. However, if he lived for a long time, moisture would enter his body, which would be detrimental to his health. Moreover, eating too fine food on weekdays would be bad for his health. It's time to eat some.

According to what the imperial doctor said, his younger brother would not survive the winter, so a dead horse was treated as a living horse. Xiao Chengjun immediately went to the palace and informed the queen. Empress Ji made an exception and ordered someone to build an earth dragon in Prince Jing's palace and let Xiao Chengjin move back to the palace.

It has been a month since I moved here at the end of November. Although King Jing's health has not improved much, it is no longer getting worse. Xiao Chengjun has rarely felt relaxed for a few days.

"This morning I went to deliver the reward for the palace banquet. I heard that the prince has not coughed much in the past two days, and the pain in several joints has also improved a lot." The butler said with a smile on his face.

"That's good." Xiao Chengjun also showed a bit of a smile on his face,

"Your Majesty, there is a man who claims to be the Supervisor of Qin Tian Jian. He wants to see you." The guard came to report, but the man didn't have a name tag, so he came so rashly. The concierge didn't let the person in, but just came in first to report.

Xiao Chengjun suppressed his smile. Yesterday, Tao Miao Palace held a banquet to offer elixirs, and he had just come out in the limelight. What was the point of coming to look for him today? "Let him wait in the side hall." According to his temperament, he was unwilling.

I saw this nonsense talker, but now that this person has gained the favor and trust of Emperor Chunde, he can't do anything too extreme.

"The old Taoist has met His Royal Highness the King of Fujian." Tao Miao was still wearing a gray Taoist robe, scooping up a foot-long fly whisk, looking like an immortal.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Chengjun sat down on the main seat and looked at him coldly.

Tao Miao was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that His Highness the King of Fujian was so impressive. He just sat there casually. He felt like a dragon walking on Mount Tai, which made people respect him. It was unlike anything he had ever seen.

The third prince and the fourth prince are more than a little noble.

Secretly suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, Tao Miao put on a smile and said: "It's really a seasoned thing to come to bother me during the Chinese New Year, but it is of great importance..." After saying this, he deliberately stopped and looked up at the King of Fujian.

face.

Xiao Chengjun was unmoved. Seeing that he didn't speak, he picked up the tea cup.

Unless you sit down and chat, usually the host serves tea as a farewell to the guests. At this moment, Xiao Chengjun meant that since you have nothing to say, you should leave quickly.

Tao Miao suddenly panicked and pretended not to see King Min serving tea, and then said: "This matter is related to King Jing."

Xiao Chengjun's hand holding the tea stopped, his expression remained unchanged, but there was a cold light in his eyes, "Say."

"The old Taoist heard that Prince Jing was poisoned when he was a child and has never recovered," Tao Miao said, taking out a small box from his sleeve, "This is a pill refined by the old Taoist. It can cure hundreds of poisons. As long as the second prince uses it,

With this medicine, you can live."

Xiao Chengjun closed his eyes. Only a few members of the royal family knew that the second prince would not survive this winter. Now this wild man who came out of nowhere dared to say such things to him, and said in a deep voice: "Here comes someone."

As soon as he finished speaking, four tall guards walked in from outside the door.

"Give this pill to the prisoner and take one. If nothing happens within seven days, come back and negotiate terms with me." Xiao Chengjun knew what Tao Miao was going to say without him opening his mouth.

This man is just a pawn of the right prime minister. Whether it is to help him make concessions in the court, or to use his hand to kill Xiao Chengjin, it is unforgivable!

"Well... Your Highness..." Before Tao Miao could react, the guard had already pinched his chin, stuffed a pill into his mouth, and threw it straight into his throat, "Ahem, cough, cough..."

"Send off the guest." Xiao Chengjun waved his hand and asked the guards to hold the frightened Tao Miao and throw him out the door. His younger brother is his reverse scale and no one can touch him! Not even his father!

Before Tao Miao could recover from the shock of swallowing the pill, he was thrown into the snowdrift outside the door with a "pop".

From that day on, Tao Miao was listed on the list of people who must be killed by Xiao Chengjun.

Because early the next morning, they had to ride in front of the Meridian Gate and go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to worship heaven. On the evening of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the princes who had already left the palace to build their mansions also entered the palace, paid greetings to the queen, and rested there.

In the palace, avoid having to run in both directions.

The princes lived in the Chonghua Hall in the outer palace, which was reserved for the princes and nobles who stayed in the palace temporarily. Xiao Chengjun had the highest status, so he lived in the main hall, while the third prince and the fourth prince each chose a side hall.

Lou Jing turned over several times on the hard bed in the squad room, but finally couldn't fall asleep. He and Xiao Chengjun hadn't slept together for three days. Originally, one was in the palace and the other was in the palace. It was just a matter of not thinking about it. Now in Chonghua Hall

It wasn't far from the squad room of the Yulin Army. He knew all about the palace's defenses when he was a lieutenant general, so it was not impossible to get through.

With these thoughts, she couldn't sleep any more. Lou Jing simply got up and climbed out of the back window of the prison room.

Counting the time for the guards to patrol, Lou Jing counted in the dark. After three breaths, he quickly jumped up to the wall and lay down on the glazed tiles. After another three breaths, when the guards in Chonghua Hall passed by, he turned over and jumped down, quickly walking along the back wall.

Walk closer to the main hall.

"Tao Miao, this loser, didn't let him accept the pill?" In the brightly lit side hall, the angry voice of the third prince Xiao Chengduo came.

"Your Highness, it is a good thing that the King of Fujian did not accept the elixir. This matter is too obvious..."

"What do you know?" Xiao Chengduo said dissatisfied, "This is a plan that kills two birds with one stone. Doesn't Xiao Chengjun care about that waste the most? Why today..."

"Your Highness, be careful what you say." The people around him quickly warned, and Xiao Chengduo stopped talking, cursed Tao Miao a few times angrily, and then stopped talking.

Lou Jing squinted her eyes and didn't stay any longer. She jumped over the corridor and entered the main hall.

"Why are you here?" Xiao Chengjun was looking at the ceremony at the Ancestral Temple when he suddenly heard the sound of the window lattice turning. When he looked up, he saw a familiar figure squatting under the window and closing the window gently. He couldn't help but feel

Showed a smile.

"I miss you so much..." Lou Jing squatted on the spot and did not move closer. He only looked at His Highness the King of Fujian with aggrieved eyes.

Xiao Chengjun laughed, walked over, pulled the man up, and brushed the water droplets off his body. The snow had stopped long ago. The snow must have been due to the snow on the wall. "The palace is heavily guarded. You should go back quickly, right?" Ming Zaoyu

Lin Jun got up earlier than the royal family. Lou Jing would definitely not be able to sleep for two hours with running around like this.

"I'll sit with you for a while and then leave." Lou Jing also knew that no messing around was allowed in the palace, so she took His Royal Highness the Prince of Fujian to sit on the soft couch and nestled into his arms for a while.

Xiao Chengjun smiled and let him rub by. The two of them said nothing. Chonghua Hall was not a place they could control. Who knew how many ears there would be when they saw the partition wall, so they hugged each other quietly for a moment, each thinking about their own thoughts.

Then, Lou Jing raised her head and asked for a long kiss, then reluctantly climbed out of the window and left again.

On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor led hundreds of officials to offer sacrifices to heaven to report the merits and demerits of the ancestors this year and pray for good weather in the coming year.

Lou Jing rode a tall horse and led the ceremonial guard in front of the emperor. In the dim light of the morning, he looked even more heroic.
Chapter completed!