The Road of the Queen

The vermilion palace wall separates the world into two worlds.

The sky outside the wall is cloudless and blue like the sea, and the sky inside the wall is cloudy and rainy, as if there will be a heavy rain at any time.

The autumn wind blows down a leaf, Deokshou Neijian carries a green-roofed sedan chair all the way to Chuyuan Palace.Arriving at the Chuyuan Palace, the narrow red arches inside are scattered with pavilions and terraces.This Chuyuan Palace is divided into three halls, each hall is separated by a garden, Deshou Inspector carried Yin Yuting to the last hall, as soon as he got out of the sedan chair, he saw the wide house courtyard, and the yellow chrysanthemums planted in front of the court were in full bloom , The aroma of chrysanthemums is tangy, flowing gracefully under the sun.

Inspector Deshou led Yin Yuting into the apse, which was divided into two rooms on the left and right. Inspector Deshou pointed to the one on the left and said, "From now on, Mr. Yin will live in the East Pavilion."

Yin Yuting nodded, and couldn't help looking at the opposite room.

Inspector Deshou followed his eyes and explained: "A son will come to live in the West Pavilion later."

Yin Yuting nodded and said, "Thank you, Eunuch De."

The inner eunuch Deshou winked at the back, and immediately a small eunuch knelt at the foot of Yin Yuting, and the inner eunuch Deshou said: "This old slave is proud to serve Mr. Yin, if you have anything to tell him in the future."

Yin Yuting glanced at the little inner eunuch's stiff back, and said indifferently, "Thank you, Eunuch De."

Deshou Inspector said again: "This old slave still has some trivial matters, so I won't disturb Mr. Yin's rest."

Yin Yuting: "Eunuch De, please let me go."

After Deshou Inspector led the people away, Yin Yuting turned around and entered the East Pavilion.The east pavilion is not big, the windows are clean and bright, the mahogany carved tables and chairs, the wide bed embroidered with peonies in satin, the mica windows and vermilion gauze curtains are all very elegant.

The little eunuch's name is Xi'er, a very lovable name, but he is a bit dull, but very obedient.

After a cup of tea, another sedan chair was brought in.A young man in red came out of the sedan chair.About sixteen or seventeen years old, with round cheeks, bright round eyes, and slightly thick red lips.This young man's name is Xia Yuzhan, and he is a young man from a middle-class family in Chang'an City. According to the fairy doctor, he is very suitable for being a "human stove", so he was selected by the prince to send him in.This Mr. Xia is also the one who lives in the West Pavilion of the back hall of the Chuyuan Palace according to Deshou Inspector.

At night, Chuyuan Palace was full of people.

There are seven in total.

Three women lived in the front hall, two men lived in the middle hall, and two men lived in the back hall.Because of the difference between men and women, the originally connected front hall and nave were sealed with mud walls, and people in the nave and apse could only enter and exit through the back door of Chuyuan Palace.

Yin Yuting learned that those who could be carried into the Chuyuan Palace all had their own origins.Aside from being personally appointed by the emperor, Xia Yuzhan was chosen by the crown prince, and the two in the nave were personally chosen by the fourth prince. It is said that the fourth prince specially went to Wudang Mountain for this purpose, and chose two young Taoist priests with considerable skill.One of the women in the front hall is a dancer from his own house sent by Zheng Guogong. It is said that this girl dances like a fire burning;

Yin Yuting sneered, Li Chunqiu once said that the medicine prescribed by the fairy doctor was "children and virgins". Looking at the people who live in this Chuyuan Palace, just thinking about what Li Chunqiu did to him last night, he knew that the emperor Sure enough, Lao Tzu pretended to be sick to search for beauties. —— Li Chunqiu really knew his father very well.

Yin Yuting turned his face away, the cinnabar mole between his eyebrows was dim.

The door opened slightly, and there was a person standing at the door.In a fiery red gown, she held a fan in her hand.

"Young master, can you make a friend?" Xia Yuzhan stood at the door and asked sincerely.

Yin Yuting raised his eyes to look at him, he was tall and thin, with a round baby face, his whole body was still full of childishness.Yin Yuting's heart is not here, he doesn't want to make friends in the palace at all, he just looks at him and doesn't speak.

But Xia Yuzhan looked indomitable, quietly waiting for Yin Yuting's answer.

The atmosphere was awkward for a while, but finally Yin Yuting compromised and said indifferently: "Sorry, I don't want to make friends."

Xia Yuzhan was slightly taken aback, as if he didn't expect others to answer like this, but soon he said: "Why don't you want to make friends? Before I entered the palace, my father told me to make more friends when I entered the palace. Your father never told you ?”

Yin Yuting said: "My father passed away a year ago."

Xia Yuzhan quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I don't know. By the way, what's your name."

"Yin Yuting."

When Xia Yuzhan heard this name, his round eyes immediately widened: "Ah, you have a red mole on your forehead. Your name is Yin Yuting?"

Yin Yuting stared at his expression suspiciously, and nodded after a while.

"Yin, Yin, Mr. Yin, hello, I, my name is Xia Yuzhan." Xia Yuzhan actually started to stammer.

Yin Yuting was amused by him, his eyes slightly curved: "I know, I just heard from Xi'er."

Xia Yuzhan blushed, turned around and went back to the west pavilion opposite.

Just after you time and the setting sun, segments of fiery clouds appeared in the sky, like ten miles of red lotuses filling half of the sky.

Deshou Neijian led a female Taoist priest into Chuyuan Palace.

Yin Yuting's wrist felt hot, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered.Seeing Xi'er, she quickly found a handkerchief to wipe Yin Yuting's hands, and squatted on the ground to pick up broken porcelain.Yin Yuting watched him keep busy, feeling very uneasy.

Deshou Inspector raised his whisk and made a gesture of invitation with a smile on his face: "Those two young masters live here, please take a look at the fairy doctor."

Yin Yuting and Xia Yuzhan were called to the yard.When Yin Yuting saw this fairy doctor, he was immediately speechless in fright. ——It’s really a narrow road to the enemy, this is not a fairy doctor, it is Yinchan, the senior sister of the demon Dao Yinchen!

Yin Yuting stroked the Chiyaozi bracelet on his wrist, and stared at Yinchan in horror.Xia Yuzhan next to him had a calm face, standing there unhurriedly.

Yinchan took a sweeping look and saw Yin Yuting, raised her short, thick, almost non-existent eyebrows, and a icy smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.Seeing Yinchan looking at Yin Yuting, Deshou Inspector greeted Yinchan, "His name is Yin Yuting, and he was sent by Prince Cheng's residence." Yinchan's eyes did not linger on Yin Yuting's face, but stared at After visiting Xia Yuzhan for a long time, Deshou Inspector greeted him again and said, "His name is Xia Yuzhan, and he was sent by the Prince's residence."

Yinchan nodded with a smile, and said to Deshou Neijian: "I see that this boy surnamed Xia is full of energy, and he is a good material for the furnace. I will send him there tonight and I will prescribe the medicine tomorrow. Your Majesty." The disease will be cured soon."

Deshou's inner prisoner smiled all over his face: "Okay, okay, fairy doctor, please go."

After Yin Chan finished saying this, she shifted her eyes to Yin Yuting's face again. The oversized eyes on her pale face were faintly scarlet. Turning around, the long silver and white priestly robe was dragged on the ground.

The Inspector Deshou saluted Xia Yuzhan and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Xia, I'll be the first one to serve His Majesty." After saying this, he waved his whisk, and a small inner eunuch came over with a tray.Inside the tray is a shallow white porcelain bowl with very little water in it.This bowl of water was obviously for Xia Yuzhan, Xia Yuzhan didn't ask much, just reached out to take the bowl and drank all the water in the bowl.Yin Yuting stared at the empty bowl that was put back on the tray, if he read it correctly, there was a faint silver light in the water in the bowl.

In the evening, Xia Yuzhan was indeed carried away in a small sedan chair with a green roof. Yin Yuting looked at each other through the window, and saw that Xia Yuzhan's originally rosy cheeks were a little pale when he was carried away.

The second day of entering the palace.

Yin Yuting had already guessed what Xia Yuzhan was carried away for, so he asked Xi'er to ask about the furnace, and Xi'er said that this furnace was to pour virgins and virgins into the emperor's bed, so that the emperor could sleep in the palace. The combination of the elixir and the essence was sent into the emperor's body, and any intractable disease could be cured.This statement coincides with his guess.

When Xia Yuzhan was carried back in the morning, his complexion had recovered, but it was unnaturally red, his lips were a little swollen, his eyes were half-open, and he looked a little unconscious.The inner eunuch Deshou sent him to the bed in the west pavilion, praising Xia Yuzhan for taking good care of him, and left two small inner eunuchs to wait on the left and right.

Yin Yuting watched the two small inner eunuchs coming in and out through the window, carrying water basins and towels for a while, very busy.At this time, Xi'er stepped into the East Pavilion and said to Yin Yuting: "Young Master Yin, Eunuch De asked me to tell you that His Majesty the Emperor wants you tonight." The lips responded.What should come is still coming, and in the end it cannot be avoided.

Xi'er timidly walked into Yin Yuting, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Yin, what's wrong with you?"

Yin Yuting pinched his eyebrows with one hand, and said calmly: "I'm fine, you can go out."

"Master Yin, this." Xi'er suddenly stuffed a small ball of paper into Yin Yuting's other hand, turned around and ran out.Startled, Yin Yuting raised his eyes to look around, and opened the ball of paper in his hand only after making sure that the surroundings were absolutely safe.

'There is silver in the water, it burns after reading'

Could it be—mercury?Yin Yuting immediately thought of the scene of Xia Yuzhan boarding the sedan chair with a pale complexion after drinking the water in the bowl last night.If he guessed correctly, "silver in the water" refers to mercury, that is, mercury.Mercury is a poison, and a very small amount can cause people to be slightly poisoned. However, in ancient methods, mercury is indeed used as a prescription. In addition, there is also a secret method of drinking mercury water for cultivation in Taoism.

There were footsteps outside the door again, probably from the two eunuchs in the West Pavilion.Yin Yuting picked up the tongue of fire and set the ball of paper on fire.He was puzzled by the handwriting that was swallowed inch by inch when it was burned.This handwriting is thin and strong, not like Li Chunqiu's handwriting, nor Liu Zihuan's handwriting, so who is helping him secretly?

You need to know the end, and I will break it down next time.

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