HCB Chapter 1134 The Antidote to Hallucinations
Chapter 1134 The Antidote to Hallucinations
This morning at court, Liang Chongyue sat on the dragon throne and looked down at the officials below. Many of them lowered their heads, their faces beaming with relief.
Liang Chongyue glanced over and couldn't see who was missing; at most, someone was just late.
"I was unwell a few days ago, and I know you were worried about me. I am well now, so let's go to court."
Although Liang Chongyue had reviewed memorials and missed seven days of court sessions, some matters still piled up in the court.
In the rapidly changing court, Chai Shuo's promotion was already a thing of the past.
Now approaching Liang Chongyue is the continuous torrential rain of Jiangnan.
When Liang Chongyue returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation after the morning court session, there were already piles of memorials on the table.
"How come I remember there weren't this many just two days ago?"
Liang Chongyue pointed to the pile of memorials in front of him and turned to look at Ping An.
Ping An chuckled awkwardly, "Perhaps the adults want to emulate His Majesty's diligence, which has led to an increase in government affairs."
Liang Chongyue resignedly sat on the dragon throne reviewing memorials, and by the time he finished, it was already past lunchtime.
After eating a light meal in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Liang Chongyue took a nap.
When he woke up, he went straight to the side hall of the council chamber to check on the progress of the two geomancers.
As soon as you enter, you are greeted by blueprints covering the floor and tables.
"Your Majesty has arrived."
Ping An's sharp voice rang out at the door, and the two geomancers looked up from the pile of papers in front of them as if waking from a dream.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live your Majesty."
"Get up, let me see how your efforts have been these past few days."
Liang Chongyue's gaze swept over the drawings on the floor and the table.
The two geomancers immediately stood up, picked up all the blueprints on the ground, and made way for His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, we were unaware of Your Majesty's arrival and did not prepare in advance. Please forgive us."
Liang Chongyue waved her hand; she could tell from the dark circles under their eyes that they hadn't had much rest these past few days.
"It's alright, show me your results."
A stack of blueprints was handed to Liang Chongyue, who sat down at the table and began to look at them.
A professional geomancer's drawings are much simpler and clearer than the sketches she and the system draw.
"How much is left?"
Liang Chongyue looked at the blueprints while asking about the progress.
The two men waiting beside His Majesty exchanged a glance, and then one of them spoke:
"Your Majesty, everything will be completed before dusk today."
Liang Chongyue glanced at the incense burner in the room that recorded the time.
There's still an hour and a half left, it'll be quick.
"Alright, I'll wait for you in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Bring the blueprints to me together at 5 PM."
Liang Chongyue seemed to have only come to inspect the situation; after looking at the blueprints for a while, he left.
She wasn't in a hurry to return to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Instead, she locked herself in the hall for several days. Liang Chongyue felt that the air outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation was fresh.
Liang Chongyue took a detour to the Imperial Hospital.
Before even entering, you can already smell the wonderful aroma of herbs.
Liang Chongyue didn't take it seriously at first, but after taking a few more steps inside...
They happened to run into the imperial physician who was wearing a veil and coming out of there.
"Your Majesty, please do not go in yet. Medicine is being made inside."
Liang Chongyue frowned and looked at the Imperial Physician, who then disregarded all rules and regulations.
They first led His Majesty away from the Imperial Medical Academy's medicine room before beginning their explanation.
"The prescription His Majesty gave us has been studied by the pharmacists. It does have anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects, just as His Majesty said. The only downside is that during the preparation process, those special hallucinogenic herbs will emit a hallucinogenic fragrance. It is not strong, but it will affect people's consciousness to some extent. Therefore, we can only make the medicine while wearing a mask."
Liang Chongyue's furrowed brows never left his face.
Items from a typical system store shouldn't be like this.
"Bring a few for me."
Upon hearing this, the Imperial Physician put his mask back on and prepared to go to the medicine room.
Liang Chongyue raised his hand to stop him.
"Never mind, I'll go myself."
The imperial physician wanted to stop it, but it was too late.
Liang Chongyue strode toward the medicine room. On the way, he saw that all the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital were wearing masks.
Liang Chongyue made a direct call to the system.
The system had just spent the whole afternoon playing with Xiang Yu and was about to take a nap while the child was reading.
The host then called.
"What's wrong with the host?"
Liang Chongyue went to the medicine room, picked up the pills she had made, and transmitted them to the system's identification machine from an angle where no one could see them.
"Investigate for me to see if there's anything wrong with this."
When everyone saw His Majesty arrive, they all stopped what they were doing.
Liang Chongyue smelled the rich medicinal aroma in the medicine room.
"The smell of this medicine is so strong, why didn't you report it to me?"
After asking the questions, Liang Chongyue understood that the imperial physicians could not be blamed for this.
She was well aware that the medicinal herbs in this place were hallucinogenic.
She just hadn't expected the hallucinogenic effects to be so severe.
The imperial physician who had followed him in escorted His Majesty out, poured him some tea, and then knelt down to say:
"Your Majesty, we have conducted experiments, and the pills are indeed remarkably effective at relieving pain and reducing inflammation. This slight risk of hallucinations is therefore negligible. After the pills were made, the hallucinogenic effect was greatly reduced, so we did not continue to report to Your Majesty."
Liang Chongyue was waiting for a message from the system.
"You all do what you're supposed to do, don't worry about me."
Liang Chongyue raised her hand to signal the imperial physician to leave. She was immune to all poisons, and these hallucinogenic incense had no effect on her whatsoever.
The imperial physician kept looking back, still worried. Liang Chongyue sat outside the medicine room waiting, enjoying the pleasant aroma of the medicine.
"Your Majesty, this servant can't hold on any longer. This servant will take his leave now."
Liang Chongyue was sitting when Ping An's anxious voice sounded behind her.
Before Liang Chongyue could respond, Ping An had only run a few steps before lying down.
Liang Chongyue followed, watching Ping An, who was being helped up by the eunuchs, sleeping soundly.
Several other younger eunuchs were also somewhat dizzy.
Liang Chongyue ordered them all to leave.
With his eyes fixed on the fragrant medicine room, a new idea came to mind.
Before the system data came out, Liang Chongyue went to see the imperial physicians' solutions for dealing with the hallucinogenic herbs.
The Imperial Physician felt somewhat relieved when he saw that His Majesty was finally willing to leave the entrance of the medicine room.
They actively introduced their solution to His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, look, these are all medicinal soups made from licorice, honeysuckle and other herbs. Soak the mask in these soups before wearing it to make it immune to the hallucinogenic fragrance."
Liang Chongyue leaned closer and took a sniff; the smell of licorice and honeysuckle was indeed strong.
"Good. Prepare more of these herbs for me, as I will need them in a few days."
The imperial physician guessed that this might be related to those hallucinogenic pills, and quickly agreed.
At this moment, the system's voice rang in Liang Chongyue's mind.