Yue Jinghua figured it out. She had used Pu Zhishun and Xiaoyun Zongbu along the way, so she should have been able to make it in time for the drug test. How could she be late for no reason?
"Prince Fa asked someone to calculate the time. He said that noon was auspicious, so he moved the medicine test a quarter of an hour earlier." Yue Jinghua spent a gold coin and asked about the cause of the matter. After further questioning,
I learned that the people who came to select the royal alchemist today are the current prince Fa Xiaoyi, Tianwei General Qin Gang, and Mrs. Yao from the Dingchang.
Yue Jinghua scolded her for being a liar, saying that she had chosen someone who had a close relationship with her. This alchemy test was obviously very unfavorable to her.
This competition hadn't even started yet, but he had already lost to Renhe, and even a calm person like Yue Jinghua could not help but have a headache.
But Yue Jinghua is Yue Jinghua after all. She has seen situations that are a thousand times more dangerous. She sneered and said: "Brother, although I am late, there is a reason. Concubine Sha sent someone to kill me yesterday.
Refining the elixir, if I am not careful, I will be late. See if you can be accommodating."
When the soldier heard this, his expression immediately softened.
"The elixir Sha Fei asked me to refine can calm the nerves and nourish the fetus, and is of great benefit to the prince in her belly. If it is good for your highness, it will be good for the entire Shang State. If the Shang State is good, you guys
Just follow him, Bingwei," Yue Jinghua said in a persuasive way.
When the soldier heard this, he said, "My enemy, someone had seen Empress Sha Fei's concubine earlier and sent Yue Jinghua out."
Bingwei was still hesitating.
"Master Yue," a palace lady dressed in beautiful clothes came from the inner hall.
When those soldiers and guards saw Gong'e, they respectfully called out: "Auntie Xiu."
The elegantly dressed palace concubine was the valet of the concubine who had given the jade gourd to Yue Jinghua earlier.
After Yue Jinghua received the gift from Concubine Sha, she must have gone into seclusion to refine elixirs. When we saw her today, she saw that Yue Jinghua's eyes were shining, her complexion was better than before, and her words were full of energy. It seemed that the effect of seclusion was very good.
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I don't know what grade Aunt Xiu is as a female official, but her status is obviously not low. When several guards saw her, they all nodded and bowed, with fawning expressions on their faces.
Aunt Xiu ignored the guards and only nodded to Yue Jinghua, "Concubine Sha asked earlier why you haven't entered the palace yet. It turns out you were stopped by these servants."
The soldiers and guards were all silent, not wanting to stop Yue Jinghua anymore, so Aunt Xiu took the opportunity to drag Yue Jinghua to the inner palace.
"Alchemist Yue is a smart person. He knew how to borrow the name of His Highness. In this way, you support Concubine Sha." Aunt Xiu also followed Concubine Sha's order and went to see the selection of the royal alchemist.
Unexpectedly, there was no sign of Yue Jinghua among the crowd. Only then did he find Yue Jinghua, who came out of the palace and rescued Yue Jinghua from the siege.
However, just now Yue Jinghua's overt threats and covert attacks, as well as the tricks used by the carrot and cannon, made Aunt Xiu take notice.
"As a citizen of the Shang Kingdom, it is necessary to support the Imperial Concubine," Yue Jinghua said. The situation in the Shang Kingdom was unclear. It was impossible for her to state her position directly. What's more, what happened to the Imperial Concubine Sha?
Which force it is is currently unknown. She is not in a hurry to take sides.
Aunt Xiu stopped asking Yue Jinghua to express her position. The two of them walked to the inner hall and heard a low sound of bells, indicating that the previous drug test was over.
Today's competition was held in the Izumo Palace of Xiaoshang Palace. Participants included senior alchemists selected from all over the Shang Kingdom, as well as rising stars in the domestic alchemy world in recent years, and even some alchemists from other countries who came from abroad.
division.
At a rough count, there are more than a hundred people.
At this moment, the first round of medicine testing has ended. More than a hundred alchemy masters have handed in their papers and are waiting for the next round of medicine testing to begin.
Among all the alchemists, 80% were men, and among the remaining 20% female alchemists, Lie Sisi stood out in fluttering white clothes.
There were several young alchemists standing next to her, flattering her.
Fa Xiaoyi, Qin Gang, and Mrs. Yao, who were the examiners, all sat on the Grand Master's chair in the middle of the hall.
When Fa Xiaoyi saw Yue Jinghua, a vein immediately popped out from his forehead, and he glared at Yue Jinghua.
"Miss Yue, you're late. This is already the second round of assessment. If you just participate like this, wouldn't it be unfair to other alchemists?" Mrs. Yao recognized Aunt Xiu and knew that she was Princess Sha's wife.
Man, she and Yue Jinghua have had a feud for a long time, and it is even more impossible to be accommodating at this moment. "What do you think, Prince Faxiao, General Qin?"
She deliberately spoke loudly, deliberately making things difficult for Yue Jinghua, with a smile on her face. Her words fell into the ears of more than a hundred alchemists, causing a buzzing discussion.
"My king and Miss Yue are old acquaintances. In order to avoid suspicion, it is better not to comment. I can just ask General Qin to handle this matter according to the regulations," Fa Xiaoyi replied in a weird manner.
Qin Gang understood the idea and was about to get up when he heard the eunuchs reporting outside the palace: "The Emperor has arrived---Concubine Sha has arrived--"
I saw Fa Xiaoyun and Empress Sha Fei walking in. Empress Sha Fei saw the situation in the palace and said softly: "Hey, didn't you say that the medicine test will only start at noon? How come the test has already been completed?"
Fa Xiaoyun laughed loudly and said: "My dear concubine, what is interesting about the medicine test? The alchemist is naturally the best one."
Upon hearing this, all the ministers understood what Sha Fei meant. The implication was that she was specifically here to support someone.
It's different when there's a backstage.
All the alchemists looked at Yue Jinghua with jealousy and envy.
Fortunately, Yue Jinghua has never been a shy person. Not only was she not embarrassed, her spine straightened up a bit.
Qin Gang, who was about to condemn Yue Jinghua, immediately said: "The emperor and the imperial concubine are right. Just now, Yue Jinghua, Miss Yue, was late due to trivial matters. The ministers were discussing, but then I thought, Miss Yue is already late."
I am already a junior alchemist in Danlu, so I don’t need any medicine test, so I can just skip it."
Mrs. Yao's expression froze, Fa Xiaoyi's face darkened, and she secretly despised Qin Gang for taking advantage of the situation.
"Sister, it's true, it's such an urgent matter, why is it so late? Why don't you quickly choose an alchemy cauldron and start refining the pills," Lie Sisi, who was also able to adapt to the situation, immediately walked out of the crowd and said enthusiastically
Reminding Yue Jinghua.
A few days earlier, when Yue Jinghua accidentally entered Senluohai, there was also a scene of people jumping on their backs in Liejia Fort.
After Li Sisi sent out Bizhi that night, she thought she would catch Yue Chen back soon, so that she could threaten Jingxin Yard and the others.
Unexpectedly, there was no news about Bizhi and the few Lieyiwei who went out that night.
There is no news about Bizhi and others inside and outside Boluo City, just like the dew in the morning disappearing when it sees the sun. And Yuechen has stayed in the Jingxin Courtyard these past few days and has not gone out.
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That was all. But then, another thing happened, which completely made Lie Sisi no longer interested in refining alchemy.
Rumors spread all over the city that Yue Jinghua gave Fa Xiaoyi a letter of termination of engagement.
If an unmarried girl breaks off her engagement and divorces her husband, such a big thing would be no less powerful than a mysterious beast riot in the small Shang Kingdom.
When the news came to the elders of Lie Rou and Liejiabao, the three people had different reactions.
Lierou was relieved. After what happened in Cuiweihu, she didn't have the slightest fondness for Fa Xiaoyi, and she was even less willing to marry her daughter to such a person.
Lie Chang'an, on the other hand, had an old face, and Lie Chang'an even accused Yue Jinghua of being lawless and not even understanding basic etiquette.
However, Lie Changshun did not blame Yue Jinghua, but instead summoned Lie Sisi urgently.
Although the three brothers in Liejiabao are from the same mother, they are both good and bad.
Lie Changgong, who went crazy because of his love for his wife, was a good man who was devoted to his love and sex, but his two younger brothers, Lie Changshun and Lie Chang'an, were selfish and cunning.
Lie Changshun called Lie Sisi over just to appease his granddaughter's heart.
"Sisi, I heard that you have always been careless in refining alchemy these days. If you continue like this, how can you pass the examination of the imperial alchemist?" Lie Changshun looked at his granddaughter's expression carefully, his face was pale and his eyes were flickering.
, obviously feeling restless.
The most taboo thing for alchemists is to be impatient. Now Lie Sisi has already lost half the battle before even taking the elixir test.
"Grandpa, that little bitch actually proposed to break off the engagement. Why should she be the one to break off the engagement?" Lie Sisi was unhappy and didn't bother to beat around the bush with Lie Changshun, so she directly made her feelings clear.
Lie Changshun's expression remained unchanged. How could she not understand her granddaughter's thoughts? He stood up, hating that iron cannot make steel, "Sisi, among the younger generation of our Liejiabao, you have the most talent.
Okay. Grandpa has always thought that you will definitely inherit Liejia Fort in the future, but look at you, with your current appearance, how can you talk about inheriting Liejia Fort, or even becoming the mother of a country in the future?"
Lie Changshun's stern rebuke was like a thunder, which made Lie Sisi's face change immediately.
She looked at Lie Changshun in surprise, "Grandpa, what do you mean?"
"How could grandpa not know about your little tricks," Lie Changshun stroked his beard, "You can't forget your feelings for Prince Fa, and Prince Fa wants to compete in the world. Compared with Fa Xiaoyun, he only knows how to be peaceful.
Your narrow mind is much better. Grandpa has decided on your wish. From now on, Liejiabao will cooperate with Prince Fa."
In the past few years, Liejiabao's development situation in the country has been excellent, but people are not satisfied with it, and Lie Changshun's greed has also expanded. He is not satisfied with Yongchundang's mere development of cities in the Shang Kingdom, and wants to go further.
Expand to other scattered tribes and small neutral countries outside the two major kingdoms.
But for such an expansion, the territory of those countries must be captured. He secretly borrowed the name of the minister of the DPRK and China and proposed it to Fa Xiaoyun several times, but he refused on the grounds that the treasury was insufficient and the war wasted people and money.
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But Fa Xiaoyi was different. A few days ago, he paid a visit in person. Not only did he express his feelings for Lie Sisi, but he also expressed his intention to expand his territory and support Liejiabao in the future.
This discrepancy made Lie Changshun, an old man who was only interested in profit, immediately become greedy.
"Grandpa, you really love Sisi, what about this alchemy test?" Lie Sisi was originally confident of winning in the assessment of the royal alchemist, but with the emergence of Yue Jinghua's talent, especially in
After secretly requesting a Nvwu Pill, but unable to analyze the ingredients of the pill, Li Sisi became a little less confident.
"Second Grandpa has told you many times that you have to be calm when doing things. This incident with Prince Fa is the best example. If you had known how to be patient at the banquet that day, you would have let Yue Jinghua go out first in front of everyone.
Ugly, the concubine and the prince will come forward to ruin this marriage, how can it be like now, you can only pick up the man Yue Jinghua doesn't want." Lie Changshun had a look of pain on his face, as if he hated iron.
Lie Sisi was unwilling to give up and defended: "It's all because of Yue Jinghua's treacherous nature. That woman is by no means as simple as she seems on the surface. Not only did she frame me in the Xuanji Pavilion, she also designed
She found out about Cuiwei Lake, and both Xiaoyi and I were framed by her."
"Sisi, you and Yue Jinghua grew up together. Unless she is not Yue Jinghua, there is no way she would have such scheming intentions." Lie Changshun no longer paid attention to Li Sisi's excuse: "Then
The Kou Wu Ding was indeed left behind by Feng Wanwan, but that Kou Wu Ding has been unable to refine elixirs since Feng Wanwan died."
"Hmph, look at you, the bigger you get, the more useless you are. You can't even take a month's worth of jinghua. I heard that the medicine shop in the north of the city is also run by her. The most worrying thing right now is that she really inherited the disease.
Feng Wanwan's talent in alchemy, or maybe she has an expert behind her to help her." After finding out some of Yue Jinghua's recent actions, Lie Changshun couldn't sit still.
He could not have imagined that Yue Jinghua would learn how to make alchemy within a few months. Not only that, she would also be recognized by Dan Lu and quietly become a certified alchemist by Dan Lu. Even Li Sisi’s own junior alchemy
Teachers are not recognized by Dan Lu personally.
Comparing these two, it is as if Yue Jinghua is a professional and Lie Sisi is an amateur.
"Forget it, fortunately I have a treasure here. I spent a lot of money to buy it. As long as you use this alchemy cauldron to make elixirs, you will be more comfortable," Lie Changshun smiled, but deep down he was already
I hated Yue Jinghua so much that since the medicine store in the north of the city opened, the business of Yongchundang has dropped by 30% to 40%.
Half a month ago, Lie Changshun unexpectedly bought a tripod at an auction.
The cauldron is called the Golden Toad Cauldron. This cauldron is used to control fire. It can evenly distribute the fire element to every part of the elixir body, retain the spirituality of the medicinal materials to the maximum extent, and increase the rate of elixir formation.
This is Lie Changshun's killer move, and he will never use it when absolutely necessary.
He stood up, walked to the bookshelf, moved a secret cabinet on the bookshelf, and took out a slightly heavy square box from it.
Lie Sisi's brows suddenly glowed with joy, "Second Grandpa, this cauldron?"
"There is a formula for using a cauldron in it. If you understand it first, you will definitely be able to make a big splash," Lie Changshun said with a smile.
Recalling this point, Lie Sisi couldn't help but show a somewhat proud expression on her face. She would definitely win this time in the imperial alchemist assessment.