An Lingrong's Rebirth: The Lock of Qingqiu

An Lingrong couldn't understand the matter, and Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang couldn't understand it either. Zhen Huan gave her an embroidered bag containing black rice and copper coins, and told her to keep it around her waist every day to ward off evil spirits; Shen Meizhuang also gave her an embroidered bag, There was a small square bronze mirror inside. Most of the mirrors in the palace were round. She was asked to wear it with her to ward off ghosts.

Qin Sanyue gave An Lingrong a wooden sword carved with a magpie. An Lingrong rolled his eyes at her and said, "Qin Sanyue, the task of exorcising ghosts and demons will be left to you. You can give me this wooden sword." , this wooden sword is too slow for me to cut meat, how can I deal with the danger?" Qin Sanyue gently twisted the handle of the wooden sword, and then the wooden blade cracked, revealing a sharp iron blade, which broke the hair and was sharp. Incomparable.

An Lingrong took the sword with satisfaction and put it in her arms to defend herself. She slept until midnight, tossing and turning on the bed, her nerves feeling so subtle that she heard the wind blowing outside the window, low roars, insects, and some inexplicable sounds, intermittently. The ground rang. Qin Sanyue frowned slightly, raised his body and jumped onto the wall. What is strange is that as soon as Qin Sanyue squatted on the top of the hall, all the various sounds in An Lingrong's ears disappeared without a trace.

In the hazy state, she muttered to herself: "There are probably ghosts in this Yikun Palace. Maybe they are living ghosts!" She didn't dare to sleep peacefully. Just when she was half asleep and half awake, she suddenly felt like an earthquake. , the wide gold soft quilt suddenly vibrated, waking her up all of a sudden.

She turned over and climbed up, took out the short arrow on her body, and looked at the place where she had just moved her body without blinking. The quilt spread under her was raised. She was shocked and jumped up from the bed. , was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He backed away from the wooden cabinet frequently, looked at the bed board with wary eyes and said: "What is it? Concubine Hua, what do you want to do? You shouldn't be looking for me if you want to kill me!"

"If I'm not looking for you, then who should I look for?" A majestic voice came through the bed board. An Lingrong felt that this voice was very familiar. Isn't this the emperor's voice? She was startled and quickly threw the short wooden sword in her hand to the corner. She stepped forward and slowly opened the golden quilt on the bed. She saw that the bed board underneath had been pushed open by the emperor, revealing his human head. He quickly climbed up from the hole.

An Lingrong closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She looked at the emperor in confusion and asked, "Your Majesty, is there a tunnel under this bed? I remembered that there are three tunnels under the Emperor's Yangxin Palace. One of them leads to the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace, the other leads to the exit of Yusha Palace, and the other one leads to the Yikun Palace."

An Lingrong helped the emperor sit down on the head of the bed, then spread the gold quilt and covered the bed as it was.

The emperor nodded and said: "That's right, you come with me, I will take you to see something." The emperor pushed open the row of large wardrobes against the wall. Inside was a secret door, with him in front and An Lingrong behind. , he held her hand and walked in the darkness. After walking for about as long as touching a cup of tea, he suddenly came to a door. The emperor unlocked the door and the scene inside shocked An Lingrong.

The emperor let go of her hand and said: "You have been going to the Imperial Pharmacy Department for a while, and the technology of making medicine and poisoning must have improved, so I brought you here today. I have not brought Concubine Hua to this door, but I have She found this place by herself, but she couldn't break in without the key. She asked me many times what was inside the door, and tried to steal the key while I was sleeping so that she could explore the door. The secret of the harem, but I didn’t put the real key on my body, so she didn’t know that you were the first harem concubine I brought here.”

An Lingrong asked curiously: "Then, Your Majesty, what is in this?"

The emperor smiled slightly and said, "Master Li, go in and take a look. Then you will know."

The heavy iron door in front of her opened slowly. An Lingrong first smelled a strong smell of medicine, which made her nose feel a little uncomfortable. It was more like the smell of the Royal Pharmacy Department, but the smell was more special. What was special about it, she also She couldn't tell, but she had never smelled this kind of medicine.

In the large palace, there are various types of cauldrons, about thirty of them large and small. There is a person guarding each furnace, who looks like someone from the Imperial Medicine Department. The flames in the furnace are jumping and flashing. The scorching red light made her involuntarily think of an ancient mythology book she borrowed from Hui Bin. The book talked about the elixir of fire.

Although this is a secret room, the ventilation device is well designed. The air is not dirty, but moist and fresh. Walking in this unique atmosphere, An Lingrong became excited. Unknowingly, he felt that his body was also Became lighter.

She felt that she was extremely honored to be able to enter the Imperial Medicine Department. She never thought that one day there would be such a large medicine refining field for her to refine medicine. After working in the Imperial Medicine Department for such a long time, she was already familiar with it. The medicinal properties of various medicinal materials.

She seemed to have forgotten about the emperor. She walked towards the largest cauldron in the center of the palace. This bronze cauldron was about twice the size of the others. The fire was raging inside. A young man wearing the clothes of the Imperial Medicine Commissioner , was checking the intensity of the fire, surrounded by smoke. Gray-white smoke surrounded the entire palace. The smell of medicine in the air became stronger and stronger. The emperor coughed slightly. An Lingrong felt no discomfort. She was filled with joy.

Various medicinal materials are also placed beside the cauldron, including thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, velvet antlers, cordyceps and other extremely precious medicinal materials, as well as common daily flowers and plants, including lilies, roses, crabapples, jasmine, peonies, osmanthus, narcissus and so on.

An Lingrong took a closer look at the copper cauldron. The cauldron was covered with various inscriptions and symbols, like a prescription. However, the combination of the prescription was very strange. It did not look like a prescription for treating diseases. It was passed down from the furnace body. The heat flowing out made An Lingrong feel that her body was getting hotter and hotter. Thin beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She looked at the busy crowds running around. They were all men, and their clothes were soaked with sweat, but everyone The individual's face is full of unique joy and happiness.

"Your Majesty, this is the first time I have seen such a grand medicine refining ground. I have stayed in the Royal Medicine Department for such a long time and have never seen it before. I am really excited. Your Majesty can tell me that these cauldrons are What kind of medicine are they used to make?"

As far as she knew, the medicines in the Royal Pharmacy Department's pharmacy were all supplied from external sources, and there was no need to arrange manpower and supplies in the palace to refine the medicines.

The emperor smiled softly and said: "Lord Li, what do you think is the most important thing in this world?"

An Lingrong tentatively said: "I think the most important thing in this world is the emperor. Only when the emperor is here, the country is here, and the people are here, can the concubines in the harem live freely."

The emperor took her body and said: "I am very important. What you said is right, so I have to protect myself first before I can protect the Qing Dynasty forever. So this medicine is very important to me, and it is also very important to the Qing Dynasty." Important, this is why I took a fancy to your talent and included you in the Imperial Medicine Department."