After the palace examination, all the Gongsheng students went home to relax.
The four hundred test papers they made were handed over to a sealed file after being handed over, palmed, sealed and sealed. Theoretically speaking, Emperor Jiajing should be the one to mark these palace examination papers. The palace examination had three days to mark, but Emperor Jiajing was busy How can I have time to read so many test papers when cultivating immortals and refining alchemy? Therefore, according to the usual practice, Emperor Jiajing appointed Yan Song and other eight examiners early on. They will review the examination papers from the next day. The eight of them will take turns to read each examination paper, and then they will select the ten best examination papers. The test papers were handed over to the emperor for review, and the emperor decided the rankings of number one, number two, and third overall.
The Gong students were in a good mood after the exam, and Emperor Jiajing was in a good mood too, because the elixir he had been eyeing for a month was finally made tonight.
This elixir is not an ordinary elixir. It was obtained by Master Tao Zhongwen and Tao Tian from an overseas ruins after fighting several feet of guardian demon snake. This prescription not only requires ninety-nine and eighty-one precious medicinal materials, but also requires hundreds of ingredients. The first monthly letter of a pure girl and the 19 "Hanzhen Panzi" are used as a guide (Hanzhen Panzi: the coagulated blood in the mouth of the baby when the baby is born), supplemented by 19 kinds of materials such as Longdanxiang, Tianwai meteorites, etc., are put into the fire, and the secret method is used. It took 30 days and nights to refine it.
After the medicine was refined, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky, and mist swept across Xiyuan in an instant. According to Tao Tianshi, this medicine can not only prolong life, but also strengthen the body and strengthen the body, and increase the number of descendants. If you take it for three days, you can control the number of women at night without leaving the essence.
The two dragons opened the medicine cauldron with pearls and took the medicine into the jade plate. The nine pills were as colored as cinnabar and round as the size of quail eggs, exuding a mysterious atmosphere.
Because he was in a hurry to take the elixir, Emperor Jiajing didn't care whether it was late or late. As usual, he sent a eunuch to summon Yan Song, Yan Shoufu, who was on duty in the Xiyuan boardroom, and gave Yan Song a elixir, which moved Yan Song. Crying bitterly.
"The taste is slightly bitter, but the aftertaste in the mouth is slightly sweet, and the heart and lungs are hot. I feel that I am several years younger, and I seem to have the urge to be young again. It is difficult for me to repay the kindness of the real person who gave me the medicine if my body is broken into pieces." An hour later, Yan Song was about to take the pill. , reported with tears of gratitude.
"I am very pleased with the sincerity."
Emperor Jiajing was very satisfied with Yan Song's actions. During these days, Yan Song had been working overtime in the Xiyuan boardroom writing Qing Ci, arranging palace examinations and handling other government affairs. Hearing from the young eunuch on duty that Yan Song had not taken a shower for seven or eight days, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but turn to Huang Jin who was serving at the side and said, "Huang Ban, go and tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs to build a piece of it." The silver note of 'Loyalty, Diligence and Mindfulness' will be sent to Wei Zhong's house on an auspicious day."
Loyal and diligent!
These four words are almost the highest praise for a minister!
At this moment, Yan Song and Yan Shoufu lost their composure due to these four words. A big old man suddenly became like an emotional little girl. Regardless of the fact that his hair and beard were all white, he knelt down on the ground with a plop. , kowtowed hard, and when he raised his face again, tears were already streaming down his face.
"Old minister, I thank the Lord for your kindness. I have dedicated my whole life. Even if I die, I will never be able to repay Your Majesty for your kindness." Yan Song raised his old face. Tears were streaming down my face, and my nose was filled with runny nose.
Yan Song's attitude of dying for his confidant made Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but shake his head and smile, "Weizhong, what are you doing? You're so old and you're still crying. Get up, go back and have a good rest." The papers will be reviewed tomorrow, but if you win, don’t let me down."
"The kindness of the king is as deep as the sea, and the loyalty of the minister is as heavy as the mountain. I should do my best, and I will read this palace examination paper impartially and with all my heart." Yan Song kowtowed heavily again.
Emperor Jiajing nodded with satisfaction, and then focused on the elixir in the jade plate, as if he couldn't wait to take the elixir. Yan Song is a discerning person. Seeing Emperor Jiajing's actions, he didn't know what Jiajing meant, so he knelt down and retreated very wisely.
After Yan Song knelt down and retreated, Emperor Jiajing couldn't wait to start taking the elixir. Emperor Jiajing took the elixir extremely solemnly and changed into Taoist robes. I burned three sticks of incense religiously and "operated" on the Tai Chi Bagua mat according to the "Tao method" recommended by Tao Zhongwen for a week before I started taking elixirs.
A green-faced palace maid in Taoist robes pinched an elixir with her green-white slender jade fingers, and held up a crystal clear jade cup in her other jade hand, filled with dew collected in the morning. She knelt down respectfully in front of Emperor Jiajing, please. Emperor Jiajing took pills.
Emperor Jiajing took the red elixir handed by the palace maid, put it into his mouth without hesitation, and then carried the elixir into his throat under the morning dew.
If it is as described by Yan Song, Emperor Jiajing felt a little bitter after taking the elixir, but after entering his stomach, the aftertaste was sweet and sweet. A hot current rose from the Dantian and merged into the four meridians and eight meridians, and then there was a surge. A surging impulse arose spontaneously.
"Xuanlu Concubine, An Guiren, Xi Meiren Yuxi Palace Cheng'en Palace." Emperor Jiajing blushed, stood up from the Tai Chi Bagua cushion, and ordered the eunuchs serving beside him.
There are pure bunches of white grass, and there are women like jade.
Feeling comfortable and free, I don’t feel like I’m coquettish.
Even if you don't make a sound, you will bark.
Lanling was full of joy and had a good night's sleep. The concubines Lu, An Guiren and Xi Mei who had been summoned last night were sent back to their respective palaces in the middle of the night. Emperor Jiajing was happy and rested alone in the Cheng'en Hall until dawn.
After waking up in the morning, Emperor Jiajing couldn't wait to send someone to inform Master Tao. It wasn't that there was something wrong with yesterday's elixir, but that Emperor Jiajing rested so well after having fun last night that he even dreamed. And it was precisely because of this In the dream, Emperor Jiajing sent someone to pass on Tao Zhongwen.
Tao Zhongwen was recommended by the previous Heavenly Master Shao Yuanjie. When he first entered the palace, Tao Zhongwen used his superb talisman sword to eliminate evildoers and gained the trust of Emperor Jiajing. Especially when there was a severe drought in the Gyeonggi area in the 29th year of Jiajing last year, Tao Zhongwen He was ordered to pray for rain and practiced at the Dharma Altar for three days, but the heavy rain continued for three days. Emperor Jiajing was so pleased that he decreed that he be awarded the title of "Uncle Gongcheng" with a salary of 2,000 dan per year.
Tao Zhongwen is an old Taoist priest with a pale beard and a boyish face. He wears a gray Bagua Taoist robe and has white hair, but there is not a single wrinkle on his face, giving people a feeling of reverse growth. Just looking at this face can make people... I couldn't help but want to call out to the old god.
Tao Zhongwen did not dare to neglect after receiving the imperial edict, and followed the message to Xiaohuangmen all the way to Emperor Jiajing's palace.
After Tao Zhongwen saw the ceremony, Emperor Jiajing informed Tao Zhongwen of his dream last night.
"I took Dango last night, and I felt refreshed and slept soundly all night. But when I was about to wake up, I had a dream. In my dream, I dreamed of Emperor Taizu Gao, his old man. He stood on a bed full of green duckweeds. The bank of the river has been looking at me like that for a long time..."
"I am afraid that I have not been able to heal the country that Taizu left behind, and I claim that my descendants are unworthy of paying homage to Taizu."
"Taizu still looked at me like that, without saying a word, and finally pointed at his feet, then transformed into a flying immortal and left."
"This dream of mine can be reconciled?" (To be continued.)
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