Li Jin immediately answered, "According to Daozhang Chen, wouldn't it take him several years to refine these hundreds of elixirs?
In this way, Taoist Chen clearly has a lot of elixirs, but he is unwilling to give them to the emperor. He is clearly playing tricks on the emperor!"
As soon as these words were said, Chen Changqing and Prince Rui's faces turned dark!
Chen Changqing had just reported Chu Xuanchen for stealing his elixirs, and now he could not deny that these elixirs were not his.
He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I have told you a long time ago that my alchemy refining technology has made great progress, that's why I have refined so many."
And Emperor Hongyuan's face turned black. He was not a fool. He could tell at a glance that Chen Changqing was lying.
Chen Changqing said before that his alchemy technology has improved and he can make one pill a day.
There are at least hundreds of them here. How could he refine them in such a short time?
So as Li Jin said, Chen Changqing was just playing tricks on him.
But he still had to rely on Chen Changqing, so he spoke out to defend him, "Xuanchen, Grand Master Li, you don't know that Master Chen's alchemy technology has indeed made great progress recently.
But Xuanchen, you said before that these are not elixirs, but poisonous pills, what is your basis?"
When Chen Changqing heard this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please don't listen to his nonsense. The elixir refined by Pindao for you can prolong your life and make the Emperor youthful and immortal. This is definitely not a poisonous elixir."
Chu Xuanchen sneered, "Really?
Daozhang Chen, since you praise this elixir so well, why don't you take one and give it to us to try?"
"..." Chen Changqing was stunned. He quickly rolled his eyes and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, this is the emperor's elixir. How can a poor man dare to take it?"
"Can't you make hundreds of them at once?
What are you afraid of?
Come on, since your elixir is a good thing, you can eat it and show it to us."
As Chu Xuanchen said this, he had already taken out a pill and handed it to Chen Changqing.
Chen Changqing's eyes flickered and he quickly looked at Emperor Hongyuan, "Your Majesty..."
"Daozhang Chen, there are a lot of elixirs anyway, it doesn't matter if you take one."
Chen Changqing could only say: "Yes, that poor Taoist will eat it."
After saying that, he took the elixir and put it in his mouth.
Anyway, if it's okay to eat one, then he'll eat one.
At this time, Chu Xuanchen suddenly took out a few more elixirs and said, "Daozhang Chen, since this is a good thing, you might as well eat more of it to keep your youth forever and how about immortality?"
Chen Changqing immediately waved his hand, "Only the emperor is worthy of immortality, how dare a poor Taoist?"
"Don't you dare to eat?
Are you afraid of being poisoned?"
Chu Xuanchen sneered.
Chen Changqing immediately said: "How is it possible? Pindao's elixir is not poisonous, so why wouldn't Pindao dare?
It’s just that Pindao made it with great difficulty, so giving it to Pindao to eat... is such a waste!"
"Don't be afraid, it's just a few pills, so they won't be wasted.
If you need materials for alchemy, I can provide them."
Chu Xuanchen said.
"My lord, if he hesitates like this, doesn't he dare to eat?
Is this elixir really so poisonous that even he himself doesn’t dare to eat it?”
Li Jin said immediately.
Dong Changfeng also said: "That is, if I don't dare to eat what I refine, how can others dare to eat it?
Besides, who doesn’t want to live forever?
I don’t believe he doesn’t want to.”
After hearing what the two people said, Chen Changqing suddenly burst into tears.
He was afraid of being suspected by Emperor Hongyuan, so he quickly said: "Okay, okay, I'll eat it. Isn't it okay for me to eat it?"
As he spoke, he swallowed all the elixirs like a juicy pill.
Anyway, it’s okay to take a few more pills, he’ll take them as he pleases.
At this time, Chu Xuanchen suddenly placed the white porcelain bottle in front of Chen Changqing and said: "Master Chen, you have eaten so much anyway, so you might as well eat some more.
Come, I'll give you all to eat. If I don't tell you to stop, you will keep eating."
"Ah..." Chen Changqing immediately grimaced, and he hurriedly begged to Emperor Hongyuan, "Your Majesty, these are all your elixirs. I can't eat them anymore, otherwise you will have none!"
Emperor Hongyuan also said anxiously: "King Daring Li, this elixir is very precious, how can you waste it like this?"
Chu Xuanchen said seriously: "Your Majesty, every time you have a headache, you have to take this elixir to relieve it. Have you never doubted that this elixir is addictive?
Ruoyue once said that this elixir is made of cinnabar and mercury, and contains a lot of highly toxic substances that can cause addiction.
It can only give people temporary pleasure, but long-term use will cause the body to get worse and worse, and even endanger life."
"What?"
Emperor Hongyuan was horrified when he heard this.
Chu Xuanchen struck while the iron was hot, "Your Majesty, when you took the elixir, did you hallucinate and feel as if you were in a fairyland?
But this happiness is short-lived, because this happiness needs to be exchanged for health.
Chen Changqing and Prince Rui knew that this elixir was poisonous, but they still let you take it. They clearly wanted this elixir to control you and gain benefits from it.
If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can ask Chen Changqing to continue taking it to see if this elixir is poisonous!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Hongyuan felt a chill running down his back.
He suddenly looked at Chen Changqing and said angrily: "Chen Changqing, if you don't have any ghosts in your heart, why don't you dare to eat it?"
"Your Majesty, poor Taoist..."
"That's enough! I order you to eat immediately and eat up all these elixirs!"
Emperor Hongyuan shouted angrily.
He wanted to see if these elixirs were poisonous or not.
When Chen Changqing heard this, he was trembling with fear, and Prince Rui next to him was also so frightened that his hair stood on end and his scalp was numb.
Seeing Chen Changqing's hesitation, Emperor Hongyuan increasingly felt that there was something wrong with these elixirs.
He shouted again: "I count one, two, three, if you still don't eat, I will kill you right now!"
"No, Your Majesty, I'll eat it, I'll eat it now..." Chen Changqing said, quickly grabbed the elixir in the porcelain bottle and stuffed it into his mouth.
When everyone saw this scene, they were all frightened.
After a while, Chen Changqing took dozens of elixirs. As he ate, his nose and ears began to bleed. Gradually, a string of black blood flowed out from his eyes, mouth and other seven orifices.
"Look, he's bleeding from all his orifices!"
someone exclaimed.
"Ah..." At this time, Chen Changqing suddenly clutched his chest and screamed in pain. Then, his eyes widened, he straightened up, and fell to the ground suddenly.
Everyone was so frightened that they quickly retreated, and they were all horrified.
Emperor Hongyuan was frightened when he saw this scene.
He stood up in disbelief and said tremblingly: "Come...someone, come up and see what's wrong with him."
"yes."
Immediately, a guard stepped forward and checked Chen Changqing's breathing.
Then, he said: "Your Majesty, Daozhang Chen has run out of energy!"
"What?"
When Emperor Hongyuan heard this, he trembled violently.
The ministers began to whisper.
"No wonder Chen Changqing never dared to eat it before. It turns out that this elixir is really poisonous."