Chapter 1,150 Prince Zhongshuns Mansion, Xiaolu Ming Banquet
Inside the Hall of Rongxi.
Before Su Mingzhe entered the door, he heard the sharp voice of a eunuch coming from behind.
When Jia Zheng saw his son showing up, he waved to him and introduced him:
"Ying'er is here. This is Manager Xie of Prince Zhongshun's Mansion. Come and pay homage!"
When Su Mingzhe heard this, he bowed and said:
"Jia Ying pays your respects to the manager!"
"It is said that the second young master was born with a jade in his mouth and is the reincarnation of an immortal god. Now that I see him, his appearance is indeed extraordinary. No wonder he can refine a miraculous medicine like Peiyuan Pill!"
Manager Xie opened his mouth, which first surprised Jia Zheng and his son, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The Rongning and Ningfus were very loyal to the Supreme Emperor.
Prince Zhongshun was the brother and confidant of Emperor Longqing.
The two sides had a hostile relationship in the court.
Manager Xie made a sudden visit and asked to see Su Mingzhe by name. Jia Zhengxin was always on tenterhooks.
Now, I know that the purpose of his coming is related to Peiyuan Dan.
Jia Zheng and Su Mingzhe relaxed their guard.
After all, the Supreme Emperor is still here, and even if Prince Zhongshun dislikes the four bastards, he will not break up with him at this time.
The three of them chatted for a while, and then Manager Xie began to ask about the contraindications for taking Peiyuan Dan.
Su Mingzhe didn't hide anything, and immediately told everything.
Manager Xie waited for him to finish speaking and then asked:
"Then what happens if someone does not use spring water to open the Peiyuan Pill, but takes it directly, and takes two pills in a row?"
Su Mingzhe and Jia Zheng were both stunned when they heard this.
Since Manager Xie said this, it is obvious that someone did it.
Su Mingzhe thought for a moment and then said:
"Things have to be divided into several situations. If it is a better quality Peiyuan Dan, it will probably cause headaches and brain fever for about half a month. After the effect of the medicine wears off, the body will recover on its own."
"If the Peiyuan Pill is of average quality, you may suffer some consequences. Not only will you have headaches and brain fever, you may even have diarrhea and red rashes..."
“If it’s of poor quality, it could be life-threatening!”
After hearing this, Manager Xie immediately smiled and held up his hands. He thanked Su Mingzhe for clarifying his doubts, and then asked how to distinguish the quality of Peiyuan Dan.
Su Mingzhe didn't hide anything. He took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket, poured out a Peiyuan Pill, and explained to Manager Xie:
"Although this Peiyuan Pill is made from heavenly materials and earthly treasures and refined, it still cannot avoid erysipelas."
"The alchemy technique I created can remove erysipelas from the pills. If 10% of the erysipelas can be removed during the refining process, a pill pattern will appear on the Peiyuan Pill. In theory, 90% of the pills can be eliminated. Pattern."
"Like mine, there are five kinds of lines on it, which is considered to be of high quality. If there is no pill pattern, it is of poor quality. If there are only one, two or three kinds of pill patterns, it is of average quality. As for those with more than six kinds The texture is of the highest quality and cannot be seen normally..."
As Su Mingzhe said this, he handed the Peiyuan Pill to Manager Xie and asked him to check it.
Manager Xie counted and found that there were five kinds of patterns on a small pill, which was really strange.
In fact, Su Mingzhe once told Xia Shouzhong about the refining of Peiyuan Pill.
Now, the manager of Prince Zhongshun's family came to ask again. Because the matter had no beginning and no end, Su Mingzhe and Jia Zheng could not guess what happened.
The three of them chatted for a few more words.
Because there was a bad relationship between Prince Zhongshun and the Rongning Household, General Manager Xie returned the Peiyuan Pill and left.
Return to Prince Zhongshun's Mansion.
Manager Xie came to the study and reported the question and answer between him and Su Mingzhe to Prince Zhongshun who had been waiting for a long time.
Prince Zhongshun is a strong middle-aged man. Every move he makes brings great pressure to others:
"You said that there will be several kinds of pill patterns on this small pill? Then look at how many pill patterns there are in these pills given by the emperor brother?"
Manager Xie came to the desk and opened a jade box. There were ten grooves in it. Four of them were empty at the moment. The remaining six pills were wrapped in gold foil.
"Your Majesty, there is no such thing, there is no such thing, there is no such thing either..."
Manager Xie took apart all six pills in one breath, and finally said categorically:
"My lord, of these six faces, only one has elixir patterns, and it's still the smallest pattern!"
Prince Zhongshun took the one-line Peiyuan Pill handed over by Manager Xie, carefully looked at the pill lines on it, then picked up the other five pills and looked at them, his face slowly became solemn and gloomy:
"Brother Imperial gave me ten Pei Yuan Pills. I was promised to be rewarded with high-grade Pei Yuan Pills. Even if it's not five or six lines, it should be three or four lines. These slaves are using this... to prevaricate. With me! This is really unreasonable!"
Seeing that his master was angry, Manager Xie could only advise:
"Your Majesty, the royal treasury is still in the hands of Dai Quan, so we can only tolerate it for the time being!"
"Patience, I will continue to be patient!"
Prince Zhongshun was furious when he thought of the big loss he had suffered, but when he thought of the Jinyi Tiqi in charge of Dai Quan, he had to lower his voice to avoid being heard by outsiders.
After a while.
Prince Zhongshun threw the pill pill back into the jade box in disgust:
"However, I have kept this account in mind!"
Manager Xie silently rewrapped the pills, put them back into the jade box, and then asked:
"My lord, where are the princes and grandsons..."
Prince Zhongshun felt heartbroken when he thought of his prince and grandson who had been weak since childhood:
"Go prepare a heavy gift and send it to Rongguo Mansion tomorrow. Find this Jia Ying and ask him to help refine a furnace of Peiyuan Dan!"
"Here!"
Manager Xie waited for a while, and when he saw that his master had no new instructions, he silently exited the study.
February 15th.
Chang'an County releases results.
Fifty candidates successfully entered the ranks of literati.
From now on, these fifty people can call themselves scholars and can also wear scarves.
Manager Xie had already picked out a heavy gift and was preparing to pay him a visit.
As a result, the boy he sent to deliver the invitation quickly reported back, saying that the second young master of Rongguo Mansion had passed the county examination and was going to attend the county government's Xiaolu Ming Banquet, so he could not entertain guests for the time being.
At noon.
Fifty scholars from Chang'an County who passed the county examination came to the county government office for a banquet.
The county examination was only the smallest examination among the imperial examinations, so the banquet was also the smallest, also known as the "Little Deer Ming Banquet".
At the banquet, in order to show that his admissions were fair, the county magistrate took out the first examination papers of fifty people so that everyone could learn from each other.
The county examiner originally thought that he had won first place and deserved it, and he wanted to comment on other people's examination papers with the momentum of pointing out the country.
As a result, when he saw Su Mingzhe's test paper, he immediately felt ashamed.
Whether it’s fonts or articles.
There is a big gap between the two.
At this time, the head of the case saw Su Mingzhe dressed in luxurious clothes, and suddenly guessed the reason why he was able to take the head of the case.
Seven hundred years ago, during the Northern Song Dynasty.
Su Shi, a literary giant of the generation, participated in the imperial examination.
The other examiners looked at Su Shi's paper and were all impressed by it, and decided that Su Shi would be ranked first.
As a result, the examiner Ouyang Xiu mistakenly thought that the paper was written by his student Zeng Bu, so Ouyang Xiu moved Su Shi's paper one place back to avoid suspicion.
Su Shi, a literary giant of the generation, missed the top spot because of this.
Now, Su Mingzhe just lost the top spot in the county examination.
All I can say is that this is fate.
After thinking through these reasons, the county clerk suddenly raised his chest and began to accept the compliments and compliments of others with peace of mind.