The charming empress is too good at fishing, and the ruthless emperor has fallen

After Cui Huazhang left, Lu Zan kept staring at the two lines of poetry, his expression deep in thought.

According to what Cui Huazhang and Concubine Ning said, there should be two reasons why Jingshu faked his death and left the palace.

First, she concealed her identity, fearing death if he found out, so she had to flee in order to save herself and the life of the dragonborn in her belly.

The second is that she wants to get rid of the fate of a chess piece and get freedom from the palace.

Lu Zan analyzed these two points carefully and found that there was still an unknown blank in his understanding of Jing Shu's life experience.

Now, what he already knows is that Jingshu is the daughter of Princess Love, and her biological father is most likely Yingtian, the governor of the northwest. Later, Jingwei took over her identity, pushed her out of the carriage, and fell into the crowd of refugees... Then, She became a secret guard of the Supervision Department and was placed in the Taifu Mansion by King Xian. Later, she replaced Jing Wei and married into the East Palace.

Lu Zan knew about it in the future.

So, what was Jing Shu’s identity during this period of time from being pushed out of the carriage by Jing Wei to becoming a secret guard of the Supervision Department?

A child who was only a few years old at the time fell into a pile of hungry refugees. If no one came to save her, she would die. But Jingshu did not die, but was saved. So, who saved her?

Lu Zan suddenly felt that perhaps the most important reason why Jing Shu decided to escape from the palace to protect herself was related to the person who rescued her.

After all, she had no choice but to replace Jingwei in the palace, so he didn't have to worry about it.

She was sent to the Taifu Mansion by King Xian. As a secret guard of the Supervision Department, she could only complete the tasks assigned by her superiors. Although the Supervision Department was in the hands of King Xian, it was actually subordinate to the imperial court. During the reign of the late emperor, she was directly under the supervision of the late emperor. Afterwards, the late emperor was obsessed with the way of immortality, so he handed it over to the Xian Wang to control it on his behalf. So really speaking, Jing Shu was doing things for the court, and he could exempt her from the blame.

Lu Zan put himself in Jingshu's shoes and thought that if he were in Jingshu's position, Taifu Jing, Mrs. Li, and the wise kings could all get rid of them slowly to protect his identity.

However, what Jing Shu did was to flee directly.

This can only show that she has another identity, which she cannot get rid of in the palace. Once exposed, she will definitely die, so she can only escape and escape.

Lu Zan couldn't figure out what this last layer of her identity was.

The only thing that is certain is that all questions will be solved after he goes to Saibei to see her.

Now the cabinet has been established and is running in an orderly manner.

Lu Zan was about to leave the palace, so there were only two final things left to arrange.

"Your Majesty, the Ningshou Palace is ready. You can move there at any time." At this time, Wang Zhong came in to report.

"Ah."

Lu Zan responded lightly, then got up and headed to Ningshou Palace.

Ningshou Palace is located on the east side of Qianqing Palace. It is in a separate courtyard. There is a main hall, Huangji Hall, which was the residence of the Supreme Emperor in the past dynasties. However, there has never been a Supreme Emperor, so it has always been vacant.

When Lu Zan arrived, in the outer hall of Huangji Hall, there was a man dressed like a Taoist priest, followed by several Taoist boys also wearing Taoist robes.

"I am a poor Taoist, please see the Emperor." The Taoist priest was about fifty years old and had a thin appearance. As soon as he saw Lu Zan, he immediately shook his fly whisk and bowed in salute. His aura seemed to be quite immortal and transcendent from the ordinary world.

"Master Wuchen, please get up." Lu Zan glanced at him, and then walked towards the alchemy furnace in the center of the hall.

Taoist Master Wuchen quickly straightened up and followed behind him.

"Your Majesty, the elixirs in this alchemy furnace can protect your Majesty and prolong his life. The dragons are powerful and the tigers are fierce..." Seeing Lu Zan staring at the alchemy furnace in trance, Taoist Priest Wuchen introduced it quickly.

"Whether it's about prolonging life or killing people, Taoist Wuchen should know better than me." However, before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Lu Zan.

Lu Zan looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile, "My imperial grandfather only ascended the throne when he was forty years old. He wanted to prolong his life and took the immortality pill refined by Master Wuchen. As a result, he died after only ten years in power. .

"The late emperor also ascended the throne at the age of forty, ate the Immortality Pill refined by Taoist Wuchen, and died after reigning for only ten years.

"How come Taoist Master Wuchen wants me to take your immortality pill, and then he dies after just ten years in office?

"Priest Wuchen, do you want to ruin the foundation of the Great Xia Dynasty on your immortality pill? Do you want your disciples to replace it and become the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty?"

As soon as Lu Zan finished speaking these sarcastic words.

Taoist Master Wuchen was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, forgive me! I never meant this! I beg Your Majesty to see clearly!"

"What are you afraid of?" Lu Zan looked at him with evil eyes, "Am I saying this to punish you? If I kill your head, I will directly ask someone to drag you down and kill you, and I will not fight with you. So much to say.”

Upon hearing this, Taoist Priest Wuchen felt cold sweat dripping from his forehead. He was filled with doubts and speculations in his heart, but he still could not figure out what the young but deep-minded emperor wanted to do when he summoned him from outside the palace. for.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank you. If it weren't for you and your master's immortality pill, how could I have ascended to the throne of God at the age of twenty-six? Maybe like my grandfather and the late emperor, I would have waited until I was forty. Just became the emperor."

Lu Zan said this again in an unclear tone.

Taoist priest Wuchen knelt on the ground, never daring to make a sound. After all, he really couldn't understand what Lu Zan meant by his words. Was he really thanking him, or did he actually have some other murderous intention...

Soon, he heard Lu Zan say in a low tone: "Now, I am obsessed with the way of immortality and need to retreat for a period of time to seek immortality. During my retreat, I really need the elixir you refined.

"In the next few months, you will stay in Huangji Palace to refine elixirs for me, and you are not allowed to go anywhere.

"If you dare to take a step out of Huangji Palace, your head will fall to the ground."

Upon hearing this, Taoist Priest Wuchen subconsciously glanced back.

I saw a group of imperial guards with swords surrounding the entrance of Huangji Palace. They surrounded the place so much that even a fly couldn't fly in, so naturally they couldn't get out either.

"Your Majesty, don't worry! I understand! I will definitely guard the Huangji Palace! Make the Immortality Pill for the Emperor!" Taoist Master Wuchen said quickly and respectfully.

"Very good." Lu Zan lowered his eyes and looked at him, "Only those who obey can live longer, otherwise..."

"I understand! Even I understand! Your Majesty, please rest assured!" Taoist Wuchen shrank his neck and assured him again and again.

Seeing this, Lu Zan seemed to be finally satisfied.

He walked towards the inner hall, sat on the futon, and began to retreat.

As soon as the palace door closed, Lu Zan's sharp eyes instantly raised, flashing a cold light.

On this day, two imperial edicts were transmitted from Ningshou Palace through Wang Zhong.

The first imperial edict was passed to Wenyuan Pavilion and handed over to Wu Wenju, the chief minister of the cabinet: "The Holy Sage said that he will retreat in seclusion to seek the way to immortality. How long the retreat will take depends on how long it takes for the Holy Sage to realize the Tao. It can be as short as two or three months, or as long as Then for half a year, during this period, all government affairs will be discussed and decided by the cabinet as usual. After the decision is made, it will be handed over to our family, and our family will be handed over to the hands of the Holy Emperor, who will make the final decision."