Baili Xixi and the others walked to the door of the study. The eunuch went in to report. Baili Xixi straightened her clothes. In fact, she had already thought of Rong Qian's cunningness.
Which of the princes who survived the palace fight was a fool?
Soon the little eunuch notified Baili Xixi and Rong Qian to go in. After the salute, the emperor ignored Baili Xixi. He first asked Rong Qian if he had heard about the reason why King Xirong did not attend the wedding of King Dongrong yesterday.
, not because of illness, but because of the rumor that he overslept on the concubine’s bed?
Rong Qian still looked gentle and elegant, "Father, I have never heard of this matter."
The emperor kept staring at Rong Qian, but Rong Qian still did not change his words.
Rong Qian asked: "Father, I don't know where this rumor came from. We five brothers have a deep love for each other. How could the third emperor brother not attend the wedding of the eldest emperor brother because of something like that?"
The emperor did not tell Rong Qian where he heard about it. He only said: "Since you haven't heard of it, forget it."
After saying that, the emperor added: "Although it is a rumor, it is also because of King Xirong's imprudence. King Xirong is a prince, and his every move is watched by everyone in the country.
I got sick the night before my brother’s wedding. It’s really…”
The emperor shook his head and said helplessly: "Qian'er, go to Prince Xirong's Mansion and tell your Third Emperor Brother that since he is sick, he should rest more. I will allow him not to go to court for a month."
One month to go to court was to change the direction and expel King Xirong from the court. Although it was only one month, it was enough to do something.
Baili Xixi glanced at the emperor on the dragon throne. The sixty-five-year-old emperor, as Yiduo said, looked only fifty years old on the surface, but he was very energetic and his hair was only half white.
Baili Xixi just glanced at the emperor's appearance. What she cared about was the emperor's slightly trembling hands.
The frequency of the emperor's hands trembling was very slight, and because the emperor put his hands in his wide sleeves, most people would not notice it at all.
The reason why Baili Xixi noticed that the emperor's hands were shaking was because she smelled the smell of lead and mercury from the emperor's body. The smell of lead and mercury was not strong, and it was also mixed with a medicinal smell. Baili Xixi also smelled it at first.
She was not sure that it was the smell of lead or mercury, but when she saw the emperor's slightly trembling hands, she confirmed that it was lead and mercury.
Lead and mercury are poisonous. Those who take them regularly will have their hands shaking like an emperor if they are mildly poisoned, and they will die if they are severely poisoned.
Baili Xixi had the first idea - someone poisoned the emperor, but the next second Baili Xixi abandoned this idea. The cosmetics used by women in Rong State contained a small amount of lead and mercury, and some porcelain also contained it. Here
We are not in the 21st century with advanced technology. They do not know that lead and mercury are poisonous, and they do not have sophisticated instruments to extract lead and mercury.
Baili Xixi couldn't help but think that ancient Chinese emperors would consume some elixirs in order to live forever. These elixirs would make the drinkers feel energetic and restore their youthful vitality in a short period of time. However, without exception, the elixirs containing lead and mercury would
Consume the life of the eater.
Some people counted that there were as many as fourteen emperors in Chinese history who died after refining or taking elixirs. Baili Xixi remembered that Yiduo said that the emperor of Rong State believed in Taoism and pursued immortality.
Baili Xixi secretly glanced at the emperor. With sharp eyes, she saw the jade pendant carved in the shape of a Buddha around the emperor's waist.
Baili Xixi has confirmed that the emperor is taking elixirs in pursuit of immortality.