Great changes occurred in Xiling, Luo King Fu Jingchao became more and more powerful, Kyoto was still prosperous, and dignitaries were still drunk and dreaming.
There was still music and singing every night in the palace, and the emperor's temper became more and more unstable. He was addicted to wine and sex as well as religious practice. While he was seeking immortality and asking questions, he was not taboo on meat and vegetables.
The emperor leaned on the couch tiredly, while the newly promoted concubine waited on him.
"Is today's elixir ready?" the emperor asked.
Lin Zheng bent down and said, "Old slave, I've already sent someone to urge you."
After a while, urgent footsteps sounded.
Behind the eunuch was an eleven or twelve-year-old boy, holding a big purple gourd in his hand. The boy knelt down and said, "I have seen your majesty. This is the elixir newly refined by the Taoist priest. Please take it."
The emperor suddenly became interested and sat up, "Bring the elixir to me."
Lin Zheng personally took the gourd from the Taoist boy's hand, walked up to the emperor, and poured one of the medicine in the gourd into the emperor's hand.
A strange fragrance hit his face, and the emperor moved his nose, showing an expression of obsession.
"Bring me the dew..." the emperor said happily,
With a look from Lin Zheng, a palace maid immediately brought a bowl of sweet dew, and the emperor immediately took three elixirs.
As the power of the medicine came into play, the originally depressed emperor soon became energetic. At night, the sound of silk and bamboo, singing and dancing spread throughout the palace.
Lin Zheng exhaled as she walked out of the ceremony and warned, "Cheer up and serve the emperor well at night."
The emperor had a vicious personality, and those who served him closely were the most frightened. In the past six months, the emperor had killed several eunuchs and maids, which made people panic.
As the imperial eunuch, Lin Zheng became more and more cautious, and this job became increasingly difficult.
Lin Zheng returned to her room, where a young eunuch was waiting on her. He had ironed his feet and was about to fall asleep.
His confidant knocked on the door and said, "Master, a message has come from the Queen's Palace, saying that the Queen wants to see you."
Lin Zheng squinted his eyes and thought for a while before saying, "Go and make arrangements. I'll be there in a moment."
Because of the chaos in the palace last time, he and the Queen joined forces, and the two parties had a tacit understanding and would exchange information on some matters.
When the sky darkened completely, Lin Zheng led his confidants around to the queen's palace. He was immediately welcomed in by the guests.
"I have met the Queen." Lin Zheng saluted.
"Get up and sit down." The queen told the maid, "serve tea to Eunuch Lin."
The majesty on Tao Mingran's body became more and more serious, his whole person became calm, and there was a bit of sadness between his beautiful eyebrows.
Although the previous dynasty was in chaos, under her management and Lin Zheng's willingness to cooperate, the harem had always been calm and well managed.
Tao Mingran's eyes were spread all over the harem. She naturally knew the inside story about the emperor's obsession with immortality.
She was afraid that the emperor would follow in the footsteps of the Immortal Emperor, and that she, the queen, would be hard-pressed to escape unscathed.
She didn't want to lose her life in the harem in this way, and she was unwilling to do so.
"What's happened to Your Majesty recently?" the queen asked.
Although the emperor always trusted her, he had no love for her. In addition, she could not let go of her figure in those matters and was unwilling to follow the emperor's mischief. There were many young concubines in the palace, so the emperor naturally did not get close to her. Tao Mingranle was pure.
Lin Zheng took a sip of tea, considered it and said, "The Taoist Master presented a new elixir today. Your Majesty feels much better after taking it."
The queen said tiredly, "I have seen your majesty's pulse check by the imperial physician this month. There is no major problem with his body."
But she felt more and more uneasy. The Tao family was a family of poets and writers, and Tao Mingran was also a famous talented woman. She not only read history books, but also loved all kinds of unofficial history, and she was considered to be well-read.
In the past dynasties, including the unofficial history, there were emperors who were obsessed with seeking immortality and seeking immortality. In the end, none of them died well.
Lin Zheng's eyes flashed, "Your Majesty has great faith in the Taoist priest and believes that the elixir can cure his hidden illness."
Because the late emperor died of womanizing, the emperor was relatively restrained in this regard at first and paid great attention to maintaining his body.
After it was confirmed that I would not have children, my whole temperament changed drastically, and I couldn't help but indulge in the nihilistic fairyland.
The emperor's spirit had long since disappeared, but Tao Mingran still hoped that he would live, at least until the day when King Luo entered the city.
As a queen, she has done nothing wrong. If King Luo comes to the city in the future, she will still have a way to survive.
If someone else, especially Yan Chu, comes to power, the harem may be purged, and innocent lives may be lost.
Lin Zheng also had the same idea. His great eunuch would definitely be liquidated when the new emperor came to power.
If it was King Luo who came, he would be sure to find a way out from Shen Xingwan.
Therefore, he and the Queen were the ones who most wanted the Emperor to live.
"Master Yan is entering the palace more and more frequently." Lin Zheng said in a calm tone, "And the Immortal Palace has been repaired. Your Majesty wants to choose a good day to move in."
The queen's face suddenly turned cold, "Oh, you are really good at planning."
The rest of the harem is basically under her control. Even if there is a situation, she is still able to maintain it.
She had newly built the Immortal Palace, but she had been strictly guarding her people from the beginning, and was completely out of the control of her, the queen.
Once the emperor moves in, no one knows what will happen inside.
"My father-in-law will definitely follow me in when the time comes." Tao Mingran quickly calmed down and gave a subtle hint.
Lin Zheng has also been upset about this matter recently. If something happens to the emperor, he will be the first to run away. He lowered his eyes and said softly, "The queen is the master of the harem. No matter how big or small the matter is, I should inform the queen in advance."
The two finally reached an agreement, and the queen slowly exhaled, "It's late at night, please go back, Eunuch Lin."
Lin Zheng left quickly, and Tao Mingran chuckled coldly, "The emperor thinks he didn't die quickly enough, and he is so confused."
While she was leaning on her back, grandma said in a low voice, "He has lost his mentality, so he placed his hope on the path to immortality."
It is difficult to bring people back from this situation. Once addicted to some things, it is almost difficult to wake up.
"Da Qi is at the end of his power." Tao Mingran said sternly, "But it's not his turn to be the leader of Yan Chu."
Yan Chu's wolfish ambition has become more and more undisguised recently. Unfortunately, the old ministers are not vegetarians, so they can't let Yan Chu speak out.
Unfortunately, the emperor failed to live up to expectations, so under the prosperity of Shengjing, there was already an undercurrent surging secretly.
Tao Mingran even directly asserted, "The emperor is confused, and Yan Chu is not necessarily sober. He is not qualified for this dragon chair."
King Luo is what the people want. Once he enters the capital, the chair will definitely belong to him.
Although the Zhennan Palace was defeated, the reputation he had accumulated over the years was enough for him to ascend to that position.
"Those old ministers who are holding on might not have any intention of waiting for him to come to Beijing." Tao Mingran understood clearly.
She even hoped that he would come as soon as possible. She was enough of being the queen.
