Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

"Really? Empress Xiaociren hasn't forgotten me?" The consequence of the twenty years of estrangement and coldness between mother and son was that Emperor Yongzheng could not accept the death of his biological mother!

"Empress Xiaociren was gentle, kind, and amiable. Whenever I recall the past, her voice, appearance, and smile are still vivid in my mind..."

After the monologue, Yinzhen felt satisfied for his biological mother and finally had the mind to continue dealing with the memorials that had been placed aside.

As for Honghui, whose ears were still itching, he just said "Ah, oh..." and hurried over to help deal with the unimportant memorials.

Yes, the past cannot be changed, but the future can still be pursued. People must always look forward!

By the second half of the twelfth year, the former court and the harem seemed to have agreed on something. For six months there were no funerals, but many happy events.

First, there was some movement from the concubine Liu in the harem, which made Yinzhen, who felt that he was not young anymore, feel very happy.

Secondly, the Qing fleet that went out to sea for trade returned again, bringing with it a huge profit comparable to a mountain of gold and silver, enriching the national treasury and the inner treasury;

Third, the Qing navy fought a war with England and other countries in a place called America, and won a great victory. They also brought back many local specialties, such as longan fruits that can be used to extract oil, and pumpkins that yield thousands of pumpkins per acre.

The fourth is that the publication of the Collected Works of Emperor Kangxi barely soothed the pain of Emperor Yongzheng for missing his family.

After these happy events, Yinzhen's spirit gradually recovered, and his face was visibly much softer, which showed that he had finally forgiven.

Honghui was happy for a moment, and then he quickly took over the longan, pumpkin and other crops and arranged for trial planting in the direction of Huangzhuang. After all, agriculture is the foundation and no negligence is allowed!

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Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the end of the year. In a few days, it will be the new year.

The closer it got to the thirteenth year of Yongzheng's reign, the more Yinzhen's right eyelid twitched. He didn't know why or why. Under such circumstances, someone with ulterior motives recommended several famous Taoists to him.

"Your Majesty, some of these Taoist masters are quite good at divination and can predict the future, and some even know the art of longevity. How about you take a look and make your decision?"

Yinzhen glanced at the man and said indifferently, "Send him in to see me."

Master Huiren back then was quite knowledgeable in divination, and his physiognomy skills still amaze him today. There are still some extraordinary people among the people. As for the art of longevity, it is unlikely to be accurate. After all, even such wise and capable kings as Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Taizong of Tang did not achieve longevity, so how could he achieve that?

Afterwards, there was indeed one Taoist priest among the group who was good at divination. After hearing a few words, Yinzhen nodded secretly and spontaneously compared them one by one.

Some Taoists even pointed out that he was possessed by evil spirits and needed to get rid of the evil spirit from the inside out. As for externally, he didn't need to do anything else but practice the Five Animal Exercises every day, and as for internally, he had to take elixirs.

Yinzhen certainly didn't believe it, but several Taoists confidently performed the pear planting technique from "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" in front of him. Then within five days, they performed the famous technique of growing lotus instantly in front of the whole room, which attracted everyone's surprise and attention.

Yinzhen was a suspicious person by nature, and because he saw it with his own eyes and saw his right eyelid return to normal, he couldn't help but become skeptical.

Of course, Prince Zhao Honghui was definitely not one of those who believed it. At this moment, he looked at the Taoists standing in the hall with a sullen face, his fists clenched, and a rage suppressed in his heart that had no way of venting.

How dare this villain deceive the Emperor? Others don't know whether the magic is real or not, but doesn't he know?

But let us see what these people intend!

Then the Taoists brought up the matter of taking elixirs again, and mentioned the art of immortality many times, saying that they could definitely refine an elixir of immortality for His Majesty.

The elixir of immortality? The elixir of immortality that brought disaster to countless emperors and generals? The elixir of immortality made with cinnabar and mercury and other highly poisonous substances?

This villain has gone too far and dared to murder the king of an entire country. It is not too much to punish him by cutting him into pieces!

Honghui took a deep breath and told himself: The Emperor is not so easy to fool, these people's plans will soon fail.

However, on the contrary, Yinzhen was so gullible. It took less than a month for him to go from not believing to being half-believing and half-doubting and then to paying money and giving materials to let the Taoists try to refine the medicine. It seemed that if he didn't stop it, the poisonous elixir would be imported.

Yes, he asked the Taoists to refine two kinds of elixirs, one for exorcising evil spirits and the other for immortality. The recipes were different, but cinnabar was a must.

Honghui endured it for a month, thinking that he could dispel the emperor's thoughts in one fell swoop, and exposed the Taoist's fraud just when the elixir was ready.

On the eighth day of the second lunar month, in the Yangxin Palace, Honghui personally presented a book that he had copied and written, "Father, I have something to give you."

Why are you doing something so secretive?

Before Yinzhen could ask, he saw six large characters on the cover of the book - A Collection of Scams from Past Dynasties.

A trick? Why did you give me this? He suddenly felt something was wrong!

"Show it to me."

One page, two pages, three pages, and when the method of growing pears appeared on more than ten pages, Yinzhen's face suddenly turned gloomy.

"Is this true?" He wanted to ask, but there was no need to ask anymore. The eldest son had gone through great pains to write such a thick book, and he deliberately presented it in a low-key manner, just because he didn't want his royal father to lose face in front of everyone!

When he turned to the next page, it was indeed the technique of growing lotus in an instant. The short few hundred words made Yinzhen's face turn pale and blue, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.

There was no need to read the rest. He closed the book in his hand and after a long while he squeezed out a few words, "Have you tried everything?"

Honghui lowered his eyebrows and replied, "Yes, I copied it down after trying it in the palace and it worked. In addition, the immortality elixir made by these Taoists contains cinnabar, mercury, black lead and other ingredients that are highly toxic. If you take it, you will get sick at best, or even die at worst..."

"What did you say??"

After hearing the shocking secret, Yinzhen didn't care about being upset. He stood up and went to the palace. "How can the elixir be poisonous? Why didn't the Taoist priest say anything? Yes, there have been some people who died from taking elixirs for thousands of years, but I always thought it was a problem with the ratio. It turns out that I was wrong from the beginning."

Honghui did not press his case any further, but took a step back, "What I said cannot be taken as real evidence, you still have to give it a try. If the pill is really poisonous, then what is the intention of this person?"

To murder the ruler of a country is a crime of treason!