"Meet the Emperor!" Bai Yuanze bowed slightly, but did not kneel down.
He was an expert specially invited by the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother treated him with great courtesy, and everyone in the palace called him "White Immortal Master". The Queen Mother issued an edict to prevent him from kneeling down.
"Give me a seat!" the emperor said with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Bai Yuanze thanked him, sat on the stool brought by Cui Jingyu, and stretched out his hand to feel the Emperor's pulse.
After two years of recuperation, the emperor's health is much better than before.
Just because he was too deeply poisoned at the beginning, the imperial doctors at the Imperial Hospital, under the hint of the Queen Mother, did not try their best to help him detoxify and recuperate his body, resulting in the remaining poison in his body not being completely eliminated.
This is also the root cause of the emperor's frail health in recent years.
I think back then, he was also a young man with both civil and military skills. He was also a high-spirited young man who could race horses and shoot eagles. He was a prince praised by everyone.
And all of this was destroyed when he was ten years old.
At that time, he was still a prince. He accompanied his father and mother to the suburbs of Beijing for summer vacation. On his way back, he encountered an assassin.
In order to protect his mother, he was shot in the right chest by an arrow. Although he was lucky enough to save his life, he was poisoned by a strange poison.
He did not hesitate when he blocked the arrow for his mother, but those assassins were deliberately arranged by his mother, and his target was originally him.
But when he was panicking, an arrow missed his target and flew towards the queen mother.
But his good mother was not only not grateful to him for saving her, but also told the imperial doctor not to try her best when saving him.
If it weren't for his stubbornness, he would have died in that disaster long ago.
My father's body and bones were already in bad condition, but because he was worried about him, his condition worsened.
In those two years, one song was about the mother handling the affairs of state.
It has been six years since he ascended the throne. In addition to the two years when his father was seriously ill, his mother has been in control of the government for eight years.
"The emperor has been taking prescriptions prescribed by Dr. Jiang for the past two years, and his body and bones have gradually improved. Two months ago, he started taking the detoxifying elixir refined by Pindao. There is not a trace of residual poison in the body, but... in the end... That little bit of residual poison is the hardest to remove." Bai Yuanze frowned slightly.
"I have been trying to mobilize my internal energy these days. Whenever I return to a critical moment, I feel blood boiling, my chest feels tight, and my internal energy cannot circulate throughout my body. If I exercise forcefully, I will vomit blood. I think this is the reason why the remaining poison has not been cleared away." It’s also quite helpless.
His body has been delayed for too long.
If his body and bones are not good, even if he finally defeats the Queen Mother and King Wei, he will not have many years to live.
"I remember that Master Bai Xian once said that the antidote elixir you refined can only be taken for three months at most. Now it has been two months, and only the last month is left." I don't know if it can be used in the last few days. Remove all remaining poison from his body.
The remaining poison was unclear, and he would not live past thirty.
Jiang Liyuan, the director of Taiyuan Hospital, is also very skilled in medicine, but the medical skills passed down by the Jiang family are mainly focused on treating diseases and maintaining health, and detoxification is not what they are best at.
Because of this, the emperor ordered people to find Bai Yuanze secretly.
On the surface, Bai Yuanze was invited to the palace by the Queen Mother, but in fact he was the emperor's man.
"The emperor's poisoning is too deep, and the remaining poison is difficult to remove. Just relying on this detoxification pill cannot completely detoxify the emperor." Bai Yuanze said respectfully.
"Does the immortal master have any other ideas?" the emperor asked.
"Yes, Pindao came here today for this matter." Bai Yuanze showed a smile on his face.
He volunteered in front of the Queen Mother and came to Taiqian Palace to check the emperor's pulse just for this purpose.
"Pindao's master once developed a special set of acupuncture techniques based on the golden needle skills left by his ancestors, specializing in treating difficult and complicated diseases, and is especially good at detoxifying."
The emperor smiled when he heard this.
However, looking at Bai Yuanze's gloved right hand, the emperor's expression froze slightly.
"Pindao's hand was seriously injured when he was making alchemy when he was young. Although it was saved, the meridians and flesh and blood were severely damaged and stuck together. It's okay to do simple work, but he can't control the golden needles." Bai Yuanze shook his head and said .
His hands were barely able to write, let alone prick acupuncture points with acupuncture.
When using the golden needle technique, it is not only necessary to regulate the internal energy, but also to take into account the internal and external aspects. The golden needle is used to guide the internal energy into the body to treat people's diseases. Moreover, the needle must be applied quickly and accurately. If there is a slight deviation, the person will be killed.
Because of this, he never dared to use the golden needle technique with his right hand in the past twenty or thirty years.
As for the left hand?
It's okay to treat people with acupuncture, but as for detoxifying the Nine-Five Supreme Being? Forget it, if there is a slight deviation, the consequences will be disastrous.
"Is there anyone in the Immortal Master's Taoist temple who knows this technique?" the emperor asked quickly.
This matter was related to his life and future, and the emperor certainly cared about it.
"Back to the emperor, Pindao's master passed away eleven years ago. Pindao still has a younger brother who knows the Nine Turns Golden Needle Technique. It's a pity... that he left Dazhou after the master's death and never returned." His junior brother was very casual, and Bai Yuanze hadn't seen him for many years.
When the emperor heard this, he felt it was a pity, but then he heard Bai Yuanze say: "Those disciples of Pindao are stupid in nature. They have learned the Nine-turn Golden Needle Technique for more than ten years, but they have only learned the superficial knowledge without getting the essence. Pindao originally thought that this The Golden Needle Technique is about to be lost. Unexpectedly, I accepted a lay disciple eight years ago, but he turned out to be a genius and learned the Nine Turns Golden Needle Technique."
Speaking of his little apprentice, Bai Yuanze's face was full of pride.
That little girl only learned the Nine-Turn Golden Needle Technique for a few months under his own guidance, and then she completely mastered it.
Bai Yuanze felt quite at a loss when he thought that he had spent more than ten years cultivating those disciples but had achieved nothing.
Fortunately, Meng Shu learned the Nine-turn Golden Needle Technique and did not let this unique skill be lost, otherwise he would have been the sinner of his sect.
Bai Yuanze looked at the emperor with a smile on his face: "I have made arrangements, but it is not easy for the emperor to leave the palace. I am afraid that the use of golden needles to detoxify must be postponed."
But the emperor couldn't wait any longer: "Can't the immortal master bring your disciple into the palace?"
The Queen Mother sent people to keep an eye on him every day. It was really troublesome for him to leave the palace.
Moreover, detoxification cannot be accomplished in one or two days.
"Your Majesty, this disciple, Pindao, is a lay disciple and a woman. She cannot be brought into the palace, otherwise it will be unreasonable and people will suspect her. Moreover, given her status, she cannot be with Pindao."
For a lady like Meng Shu, whose reputation is the most important thing, how could she stay in the palace with a Taoist priest like herself?
"Who is this Taoist disciple?" the emperor asked.
No matter who it is, it is much easier to get people into the palace than it is for the emperor himself to leave the palace.
"Meng Shu, the eldest daughter of the British Duke!" Bai Yuanze said.
He has sent someone to deliver a message to his disciple, asking her to sit in his house tomorrow and talk about the matter.
However, Bai Yuanze felt that this was inappropriate and planned to meet Meng Shu in an inconspicuous teahouse.
He would send someone to the British government office to inform Meng Shu early tomorrow morning.
"Meng Shu!" After hearing this, the emperor's eyes moved slightly.
This name was not unfamiliar to him. After all, he had disturbed his marriage to Wei Qingyun just yesterday.
