Chapter 1306: The Second Buddha Statue in the Buddha Hall

"Master, there's something wrong with this sandalwood!" Qi Jue picked up a stick of incense in his hand and pulled it out of the incense burner.

Chu Liuchen took it and frowned, "What's the problem?"

"There are some things added in it. If it is used for a long time, it will make the heart and mind exhausted, and then it will lose strength and vomit blood. At this time, if you add another medicine to the medicine, it is very likely to cause sudden death." Qi Jue said with a serious expression.

On the dragon couch, the emperor leaned against Concubine Lan Gui, his face was pale, just now he vomited blood again, his whole body was very uncomfortable.

Concubine Lan Gui stroked him vigorously, raised her red eyes to look at Chu Liuchen, but said nothing.

"Add what?" Chu Liuchen said sharply. He was really worried about the imperial physician in the palace, so he brought Qi Jue into the palace. Sure enough, the problem was found.

He didn't know that there were some problems with sandalwood and other sandalwood. It was Shao Wanru who smelled it from him, so he asked Qi Jue to investigate.

Shao Wanru, who has been in Yuhui Nunnery for so many years, is very sensitive to sandalwood. Chu Liuchen has been in the emperor's palace for a long time, and his body has been contaminated with this smell.

It's really nothing if this smell falls into someone else's nose.

Imperial physicians understand pharmacology, but not sandalwood. No one has discovered the problem in this sandalwood, so no one will pay attention to the problem of mutual generation and mutual restraint in medicinal materials.

Same as Shao Wanru, Mrs. Mingqiu also did some research on sandalwood. Knowing that Qi Jue was going to the palace to investigate, she specially called Qi Jue to explain it. matter.

"Evergreen Grass!" Qi Jue said affirmatively.

"Changxingcao... didn't it make the horse go crazy...?" The emperor asked weakly. He didn't ask about Changxingcao once or twice, so he naturally knew the effect of Changxingcao.

"It's from Changxing grass. The envoy from the country of Ji mentioned one of the effects of Changxing grass, which is to scare horses, but he didn't mention another more subtle effect. If Changxing grass is used together with another medicinal material from the country of Ji , can poison people silently, and if the dose is large, it will cause sudden death!"

Qi Jue said affirmatively, and reported to the emperor respectfully.

"The Changxing grass that appeared several times before must have accidentally fallen into our eyes. There is also a possibility that these Changxing grasses planted poisonous roots on Uncle's body." Slowly.

So many things happened in the past, everyone is investigating the cause of the incident, and sent the Changxing grass they found to the imperial study several times. Others may not respond, but the emperor has been poisoned here! Together with sandalwood, poison was buried in the emperor's body.

"That should be the meaning!" Qi Jue nodded, "In the earliest days, the amount of Changxing grass was not small, and the whole root was sent to the emperor, so that the emperor could touch and smell it, and then it would be effective. Now there is no need Yes, you can put a little Changxingcao powder in the medicinal materials, so that no one will find out if the amount is small."

The reason why he knew so clearly was Princess Yutao’s help. He asked Princess Yutao about these things through the prince’s people. Speak up.

"Your majesty..." Concubine Lan Gui gritted her teeth and looked at the emperor.

The emperor's eyes fell on Chu Liuchen, and his voice was hoarse: "Let the prince handle this matter!"

After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes, opened them again, and looked at Concubine Lan with a happy smile: "From now on, he will rule the world. If you can't manage even such trivial matters, how can you govern the country?"

"But..." Concubine Lan Gui said worriedly, in her heart, Chu Liuchen had always been that sick child, she was really worried.

The emperor stretched out his hand and patted her hand, signaling her not to worry, and raised his head: "If you want me to ask Derong 1"

After speaking, she leaned back and landed on the high soft pillow behind her. Concubine Lan Gui hurriedly supported him and carefully covered him with the quilt.

Chu Liuchen looked at the emperor with dark eyes, turned around and walked out of the bedroom, with Qi Jue following behind him.

His Highness Derong stood at the door, saw Chu Liuchen approaching, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Your Highness, how is the Emperor?"

Chu Liuchen looked him up and down, and suddenly asked, "Have you been with Uncle Huang for a long time?"

Derong was taken aback for a moment, but then said respectfully: "This servant has been with the emperor for decades."

"Are you loyal to Uncle Huang?" Chu Liuchen asked coldly.

Derong couldn't stand up this time, and knelt down with a "plop": "Your Highness, the loyalty of this servant to the emperor can only be shown by God."

Chu Liuchen looked at De Rong who was kneeling on the ground with heavy eyes, and after a while he said slowly: "Get up!"

Xiao Xuanzi rushed over from behind him, smiled and helped Derong up, and patted his knees to remove the dust before standing aside.

Chu Liuchen turned around and went to the side hall, Qi Jue followed, Xiao Xuanzi pulled La Derong's sleeve, and the two followed behind to the side hall.

"Where did this sandalwood come from?" After staying inside, Chu Liuchen didn't go around and said straight to the point.

"The sandalwood is self-made in the palace, and the emperor has been using it all the time. Is there something wrong with it?" De Rong broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, and looked at the half-burned sandalwood in front of him in amazement.

There are craftsmen in the palace, and those used by the emperor should not be ignored. Derong has been very careful, and those craftsmen have been checked very clearly, there is no possibility that something will happen.

"There should be some incense in the sandalwood, right? Where did it come from?" Chu Liuchen looked at him with deep eyes, and asked again.

Hearing what he asked, Derong's face looked better, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, Your Highness, these Buddhist incenses are also very safe. They are used in the Buddhist hall in the palace, not outside. I found it, and there is nothing wrong with the Buddhist temple being lit all the time."

"Buddhist hall?" Chu Liuchen frowned.

"That's right, it's the Buddha Hall. After the presiding teacher in the Buddha Hall left, now it's being taken care of by Mrs. Pushan. Compared with the previous presiding teacher, Mrs. Pushan takes care of it better." Derong said.

In the past, the presiding teachers often prepared Buddha incense when they asked for it. Buddha incense is the main material of sandalwood, but it is different from ordinary Buddha incense. It's very light, but the effect is obvious. Ever since Master Pushan entered the palace, the Buddhist incense here has been prepared early, and it can be used directly every time you go to ask for it.

"researched?"

"The slave checked it, every time." Derong nodded.

"Have you checked Mrs. Pushan?" Chu Liuchen said coldly.

"What is there to investigate about Mrs. Pushan?" Derong was puzzled. Mrs. Pushan had been in Yuhui Temple for so many years.

In fact, there is no need to check.

"Check it out, and find out where she has been since entering the palace, and her two apprentices!" Chu Liuchen ordered, and reached out to take out a scroll of paintings from his sleeve, "Have you seen this?"

Derong took two steps forward and took it respectfully. After seeing the Buddha statue on it clearly, his expression changed drastically: "This...this is..."

"What is this?" Chu Liuchen asked, Shao Wanru gave it to him before he entered the palace, and asked him to find someone to ask, saying that it was a good Buddha statue at Master Pushan's place, a remote place in Lian Yuhui nunnery. There are also such Buddha statues in other places.

"This... this is from the previous dynasty... from the previous dynasty..." Derong said with a terrified expression, and knelt down, "His Royal Highness, this is the Buddha statue from the previous dynasty, and it is the second one that was enshrined in the Buddhist hall of the harem at that time." The main image."

Although this incident has passed for a long time, Derong still remembers it very clearly. When he entered the capital, the former imperial palace was in chaos, concubines fled, maids and eunuchs were busy robbing things. A young eunuch in the palace, the kind who just entered the palace, also ran around in a panic.

The palace was in chaos, there were still killings, a little eunuch had nowhere to run, and happened to run to the Buddha Hall, sneaked to the Buddha Hall to hide, under the hanging veil, what he saw was such a Buddha statue, the Buddha statue looked hideous , Derong was very frightened, but he didn't dare to move, and stayed motionless.

In this palace change, Derong survived the catastrophe, not only did he not die, but he also followed the right master.

But even after so many years, he can still vividly remember the scene at that time. The Buddha statue was really big for him at that time, and that position was in the second place. Later, the Buddha statue was broken into The soldiers smashed into pieces and took Derong away at the same time.

When the emperor ascended the throne, Derong followed into the palace as the chief steward, and subconsciously asked some old people who survived in the palace at that time. Someone once said that this was the favorite Buddha statue of the former empress. It is said that it was a The story of sacrificing one's life to fight evil, but Derong doesn't know exactly how.

"Have you seen it?" Derong's reaction Chu Liuchen was also very surprised. Originally, he wanted to ask the old man in the palace to ask him, but he didn't expect to ask the old man in the palace.

"The servant was hiding in the Buddhist temple at that time. When he saw this Buddha statue, it was very big, and it was ranked second. Later, the servant also inquired about it and said that this statue was the favorite of the former queens at that time. All the concubines and princesses paid homage to this Buddha statue together, and they were very respectful to this Buddha statue... and even made many small Buddha statues and distributed them to several favored concubines and princesses."

Derong made up his mind that he must not be the little eunuch back then, so he answered without any leaks.

"You send someone to watch Mrs. Pushan!" Chu Liuchen said lazily with his handsome face slightly condensed.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Derong nodded, thought for a while and said again, "Could it be that Master Pushan has something to ask? The empress dowager has always praised her, so what if the empress dowager is alarmed?"

"Don't let her and her two apprentices go to the imperial grandmother." Chu Liuchen thought for a while.

"But recently, the empress dowager is very convinced of Mrs. Pushan, and will always go to the Palace of Compassion and Peace. If she doesn't go suddenly, will she..." Derong said hesitantly.

"The emperor's grandmother's place, this king will arrange it for himself. If the emperor's grandmother's place must have people, you can just let them go." Chu Liuchen pondered for a while, and said lazily, his eyes were cold!

It turned out to be a person from the previous dynasty, no wonder...