After some discussion, the Empress Dowager and Emperor Xia decided that this time the competition of court alchemists will adopt a two-out-of-three system, with the Empress Dowager and Emperor Xia presiding over it respectively. Each has one point, and the winner in the end can become a court alchemist.
"This first round of competition is hosted by the Ai family. Concubine Ye, Princess Ye, you come with the Ai family." The queen mother took the two daughters to the medicine storehouse of the summer palace.
The medicine storehouse is divided into two parts: the pharmacy and the elixir room. The elixir room was the one that the Queen Mother brought Ye Lingyue and concubine into.
Medicine bottles of different sizes are stored in the pill room, and some commonly used third to fourth grade pills are displayed inside.
Concubines, princes, and princesses in the palace can receive a certain amount of pills every month according to their grades.
Pills above the fifth rank must have the Queen Mother's order before they can be received. As for the pills above the sixth rank, it is even rarer. Only princes and daughters who have made great achievements or are particularly favored are on the verge of breaking through. The emperor will personally decree rewards.
Looking at the dazzling array of pill bottles, Ye Lingyue and my concubine both looked solemn, wondering how the Queen Mother would test them.
As soon as the queen mother raised her hand, two eunuchs came forward and covered their eyes with two black scarves.
"As a court alchemist, the first priority is to be able to identify all kinds of elixirs, so as to prevent some poor quality or even poisons from entering the court. There are ten kinds of elixirs in front of you, and none of them have names marked. In the time of a stick of incense, I can identify the grade and name of these pills just by hand and sense of smell." After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she ordered ten bottles of pills to be delivered to Ye Lingyue and Concubine Yao respectively. before.
You must know that alchemists identify pills by their color, aroma, and taste. Blindfolding greatly limits the accuracy of pill identification, and the difficulty is undoubtedly increased a lot.
Emperor Xia and Master Longyu waited anxiously at the side.
Fortunately, both Ye Lingyue and Yaobi were calm-minded people, after a moment of stupefaction, they quickly came back to their senses.
After half a stick of incense, both of them wrote down the names of ten kinds of elixirs almost at the same time.
The queen mother ordered someone to collect the paper with the name of the elixir, and took a look at it.
"The result has come out. In the first round of the competition to identify the elixir, Princess Ye won." When the queen mother opened her golden mouth, the concubine's complexion changed, and she bit her lip with her white teeth.
My concubine was taught by a famous family, and she was blindfolded to identify the elixir, which couldn't help her at all.
She has absolute confidence that the pills she wrote down are all correct.
Even the little four tripod alchemist Ye Junzhu guessed all the pills, the two can only be a tie at most, and it is absolutely impossible for the other party to win.
The queen mother is clearly partial to the other party.
But my concubine is just a concubine, so naturally it is not good to question the Queen Mother's decision, she can't, but Xia Di can, my concubine looked at Emperor Xia very aggrieved.
That look, even a seven-foot tough guy, can instantly turn into soft fingers.
How could Emperor Xia let Concubine Yao be wronged
"Mother, you are obviously unfair. The pills written by my concubine and Princess Ye are clearly the same. Even if there is a real competition, it should be a tie." Emperor Xia also took a peek at it just now. If the two women's papers are not mistaken, the names of the pills guessed by the two should be almost the same.
"Oh? Your Majesty is questioning Aijia's decision. My concubine and Princess Ye, you all come forward to see each other's answers." The queen mother glared at Emperor Xia angrily.
Master Longyu shook his head secretly at the side, Emperor Xia was really bewitched by the concubine, as the empress dowager's own flesh and blood, he didn't know the empress dowager at all.
Although the Empress Dowager did not like my concubine, she was definitely not the kind of person who would turn right and wrong into black and white. The more Emperor Xia protected her, the more the Empress Dowager hated her.
Both Ye Lingyue and my concubine stepped forward, writing in black and white, their answers were vividly written on the paper, and at a glance, their answers were exactly the same.
The first kind of elixir, the elixir of concentration, the second kind of elixir... But seeing the last elixir, my wife's eyes suddenly widened.
"My dear, you still have something to say."
The last one is the elixir, the blood-dissolving and stagnant pill written by my concubine, but the one written by Ye Lingyue is the blue-striped blood-activating stasis pill.
My concubine's cultivation as an alchemist is beyond doubt, and she also accurately recognized the fourth-grade elixir to transform blood and activate stasis, but she did not expect that the elixir given by the queen mother was the blue-striped elixir.
After all, in terms of smell and feel, there is no difference between ordinary pills and blue-striped pills.
Ye Lingyue wins because as long as the pill falls into her hands, she can use her breath to distinguish the composition and grade of the pill.
Although it was only a difference of two words, my concubine still lost.
"So this round, the Ai family judged Princess Ye to win, but does anyone still have objections?" The Queen Mother was annoyed.
Xia Di was embarrassed, not daring to say anything, Master Longyu nodded in relief.
My concubine glanced at Ye Lingyue, and there was a flash of rhinoceros in her eyes.
If it is said that my concubine did not take Ye Lingyue seriously earlier, after this first round of competition, my concubine has already become wary of Ye Lingyue.
The second round of competition was presided over by Emperor Xia. This time, no matter what, the little alchemist could not be allowed to win.
"Since Concubine Ye and Princess Ye have already compared the identification of pills, this second round is better than trying alchemy. After all, the most important thing for court alchemists is alchemy." Also secretly worried.
After thinking about it, he already had an idea in his mind.
"I have also prepared more than a dozen kinds of elixirs. My concubine and Ye Junzhu went forward to extract one kind of elixir. The time limit is one hour. Whoever can refine more and better elixirs will be considered the winner." As Emperor Xia said, he ordered the eunuch to prepare paper and ink, wrote down more than a dozen prescriptions, and then turned the paper over for Ye Lingyue and Concubine Yao to choose.
Xia Di's actions seemed fair, but in fact, they were unfair.
My concubine is deeply loved by him, and she often grinds ink and lays paper for Emperor Xia in the palace. My concubine has already figured out Emperor Xia's habit of handling pens, and she can see through what Xiadi wrote at a glance. .
My concubine was not in a hurry, picked a piece of paper, opened it, and there was a fourth-grade elixir written on it.
When it was Ye Lingyue's turn, she also stepped forward, and under the watchful eyes of my concubine, she opened a prescription.
On that page, Qixindan was written impressively.
When seeing Qixindan, the queen mother's eyes sank slightly.
This kind of Qixin Dan is a fifth-grade elixir, and it is also one of the more difficult to refine among the fifth-grade elixir.
Only alchemists with six cauldrons or above can refine the fifth-grade elixir in the imperial palace.
Its refining difficulty is much more difficult than Yaofei's fourth-grade elixir.
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