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Chapter 327 The First Emperor's Wrath

The few people ate and chatted, drank six bottles of Qinghe wine, and ate all the beef, mutton and vegetables prepared. It was already half over the Youth hour.

"Thank you for your hospitality today. Fu has returned to your house. I will invite you to the house for a banquet another day!" Xu Fu blushed and walked a little staggeringly. When he got in the car, he not only carried a stack of drafts of Materia Medica brought to him by Chen Xu from Qinghe Town, but also carried two roasted rabbits in his hand, preparing to take them back to the house to taste with his wife and concubines.

The carriage was bumpy all the way, and Xu Fu was also dizzy. Before he could reach the door, he was stopped by two eunuchs.

"Doctor Xu, Your Majesty suddenly loses appetite. Mrs. Jiang and Concubine Shu call you to enter the palace quickly!" An eunuch said anxiously.

Uh~, Xu Fu looked at the roast rabbit in his arms, "Wait, I'll go home first and put down the food for the time being!"

"Doctor Xu can't wait. We have been out for almost half an hour. If we ask our wife to wait for urgent needs, we will be unable to save our lives!" Another eunuch said anxiously.

"Then let's go!" Xu Fu had no choice but to let the groom turn his horse's head and go straight to the palace.

Qin Shihuang was in a bad mood today.

During dinner, he suddenly became furious and swept the dishes to the ground with a clang. The Imperial Chef and the eunuchs were so scared that they knelt all over the floor. Fortunately, the eldest prince Fusu came to pay his respects. Qin Shihuang seemed to have to calm down his emotions in front of his son in order to maintain his majesty. Then, he started eating again under the persuasion of the two concubines who rushed over when they heard the news, but he couldn't eat it at all. He barely drank half a bowl of rice porridge and returned to the bedroom, and then the sound of throwing things came from the bedroom.

This behavior of the First Emperor can be said to be rarely seen.

He rarely appears since he officially ascended the throne and became the King of Qin. The most furious time he heard was that he learned that Lao Ai claimed to be a fake father and was not a eunuch, and that his mother committed adultery and gave birth to two sons, he almost went crazy.

However, he was underage at that time and was regent by Lu Buwei.

When Qin Shihuang borrowed the Guanle ceremony in Yongcheng, he secretly ordered Wang Jian to secretly lead elite troops to protect him. Lao Ai also took the opportunity to steal Zhao Ji's seal and Emperor Shi's jade seal to launch a rebellion. However, this seriously threatened Lu Buwei's status. Therefore, Lu Buwei colluded with Changping Jun and Chang Wenjun to lead his servants and disciples to fight with Lao Ai's subordinates in Xianyang. After Lao Ai's coup failed, he fled from Xianyang with his subordinates.

Qin Shihuang was furious and ordered the whole country to be ordered: "Those who capture Lao Ai alive will be given a million yuan, and those who kill Lao Ai will be given a half million yuan." Lao Ai and his best friends were quickly beaten up in one go. The Qin emperor's carriage broke Lao Ai and destroyed his three tribes. Lao Ai's best friends, Wei Jie, Nei Shi Si, Zuo Ge, Zhongdafu Ling Qi and other twenty people were beheaded. The guests who followed Lao Ai's house were punished by the minor crimes to be the ones who were serving the ancestral temples - ghost money. The more than 4,000 people who were seriously punished were seized and moved to Shu, and moved to the throne for three years.

After quelling this rebellion, the first thing Qin Shihuang did was to dismiss Lu Buwei's position as prime minister, and then he let go and began to govern Qin.

Since taking power, Qin Shihuang has rarely gotten angry for no reason. Although he doesn't like to laugh and look majestic, he is generally a calm emperor.

But today Qin Shihuang's emotions suddenly broke out, so he scared everyone in the palace to the point of being possessed.

Under the leadership of two eunuchs, Xu Fu had already sobered up most of the wine when he passed through the overlapping palace gates and came to the First Emperor's bedroom.

At this time, in addition to the Xuanwu Imperial Guard, the inner historian and eunuch who were kneeling all over the ground were also tremblingly. Two beautiful women in gorgeous clothes were already standing on tiptoe at the door.

"Hurry up, Doctor Xu is here!" The two eunuchs trotted Xu Fu all the way.

"Xu Fu has met Mrs. Jiang and Concubine Shu..."

Before Xu Fu could salute, the older woman said anxiously: "Doctor Xu was exempted from the gift. His Majesty suddenly got angry for some reason and only ate half a bowl of rice porridge. What should I do? Your Majesty is closest to you on weekdays. Please persuade Your Majesty to eat some food, otherwise you may be hungry!"

Xu Fu had no choice but to persuade and comfort him: "Madam and Concubine Shu, don't be anxious. Your Majesty may be in a bad mood and cannot eat. I will go in and visit him now."

"Okay, Doctor Xu please give me a gift!" Both women were anxious and their eyes turned red.

Xu Fu was holding a stack of books in his hand and carrying two roasted rabbits. However, in a hurry, he didn't know where to put them, so he had to hold them in his hand and gently knocked on the half-open palace gate a few times and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Xu Fu is asking for a meeting!"

After a long time of silence in the room, Qin Shihuang's voice came out: "It's Doctor Xu, come in!"

“Yes~”

Xu Fu raised his legs and stepped into the gate of the bedroom. At this time, several palace maids and eunuchs were lying on the ground inside, all of whom were trembling.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Mrs. Jiang and Concubine Shu said that Your Majesty had eaten very little at dinner, so I came to check it out. It is already the cold winter season, and I am afraid that I will not sleep well if I don't have enough food. Please take care of your health!"

"I can't eat it. I'm still tired after so late. I'm going to the palace. Well, since you're here, let's talk to me. You all go back!" Qin Shihuang sat on the chair. Although oil candles were lit around, the bedroom looked quite dark and deserted.

"Here~" The palace maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground were as if they were pardoned, and they got up one by one and carefully left the room.

"What is Doctor Xu holding in his hand?" Qin Shihuang's eyes fell on Xu Fu's hand.

"This... Your Majesty forgives me. I have just returned from the Qinghe Hou Mansion. These are some medical books brought to me by Qinghe Hou. These two... are roasted rabbits!" Xu Fu answered embarrassedly.

"Medical books? Take them to me and take a look!" Qin Shihuang seemed to be interested.

Xu Fu did not dare to neglect, so he quickly placed the unfinished compendium of Materia Medica respectfully on the desk in front of Qin Shihuang.

"Compendium of Materia Medica?" Qin Shihuang picked up a book casually, saw the words on the cover, and then opened it. The home page reads a few big words about the doctor's parents' hearts. Looking back, they all recorded the medicinal properties and medicinal methods of some medicinal materials.

Qin Shihuang still had some research on medicinal materials, mainly because there were many medical sorcerers in the palace, and he also knew a lot about the properties and pharmacology after daily communication.

Qin Shihuang roughly read all the five compendium meditations, and seemed to have calmed down a lot.

"Is this what you wrote?" Qin Shihuang asked after closing the booklet.

"Go back to your Majesty, this was when I was in Qinghe Town last year. I was inspired to compile the medical treatment after he explained and exchanged medicine with me. However, later the General's old illness recurred, so I came to Xianyang and stayed in Qinghe Town. I was going to take the time to finish the later ones. I want to compile a book that includes common treatment methods such as medicine, treatment, prescriptions, midwifery, internal and surgical treatment, which is used as a standard to guide medical and nurses in the health center. If it can be promoted, it can also cure diseases and treat diseases among the people!"

"Dr. Xu is worthy of being a famous doctor in the Qin Dynasty! This medical book is released, and if it surpasses Shennong's herbs to become a medical treasure, it is a blessing for the people of the Qin Dynasty!" Qin Shihuang nodded and praised after hearing this.

"I am afraid that these are written under the guidance of Qinghe Hou. I dare not be greedy for me!" Xu Fu said quickly.

"Qinghe Hou is such a strange man. It is indeed a great fate to meet him!" Qin Shihuang sighed slightly, then pointed to the two rabbits in Xu Fu's hand, "You and Qinghe Hou are old acquaintances. Could it be that you will give you two rabbits when you go to his house for a banquet?"

"No, Qinghe Hou invited me to have a hot pot at night. These two rabbits are..." Xu Fu said suddenly, and sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead.

"Doctor Xu, why do you only say half of the words? What is hot pot? Where does this rabbit come from?" Qin Shihuang waited for a while, and saw that Xu Fu seemed not to be planning to say it, and he couldn't help asking.

"When I go back to your majesty, the hot pot is to mix all kinds of vegetables and spices together to cook them, and get a large pot of delicious soup, then cut the beef and mutton into thin slices, and when eating, it is directly taken into the soup, and then rinsed into the soup, and then it can be eaten. The taste is extremely delicious... Hiss..." Xu Fu said, and he couldn't help but turn on the sliding screen mode, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

"There is also such a way to eat?" Qin Shihuang had not eaten enough for dinner. After calming down, he heard Xu Fu talk about how to eat hot pot, and he felt hungry all over.

"These two rabbits smell quite fragrant. What kind of method is they made? Is it delicious?" Qin Shihuang knew that Chen Xu was good at making delicious food. The first yam poria cake, later rice cake and biscuits, some people have bought them from the Qinghe store in Wancheng and tried them. The most delicious one is of course Qinghe wine. Yesterday, Chen Xu first entered Xianyang and sent him a large cart of 200 bottles, as well as tea tree fruit oil, Qinghe beautiful vinegar, and porcelain. Each of them has fifty tubes of Ziyunxian tea. According to the price of the Qinghe store, it is worth millions of yuan, but for Chen Xu, it is estimated that it is less than five thousand yuan at the cost.

"Your Majesty, these are two roasted rabbits with sauces roasted by Qinghehou himself. They are crispy and delicious. Before I could take them home, I followed the eunuch into the palace..."

"Since it is delicious, try it with me!" Qin Shihuang interrupted Xu Fu's words.

"Your Majesty, you can't. The roasted rabbit is delicious, but you must not eat it rashly without the permission of the Imperial Doctor Order and the Imperial Official Order!" Xu Fu started sweating again on his forehead, and he regretted not throwing the rabbit halfway.

"It's okay, you are the Imperial Doctor. Since it's delicious, why do you need the Imperial Doctor Order and the Imperial Doctor Order to give it to me!" Qin Shihuang refused to give in, and seemed a little impatient.

Xu Fu had no choice but to hand a rabbit respectfully to Qin Shihuang.

"Well, the roasted golden and crispy, with a strong fragrance..." Qin Shihuang took a look and then teared off a small piece and put it in his mouth. After chewing, he couldn't help but praise it. Then he completely gave up the emperor's arrogance. He held the rabbit legs in one hand, and kept tearing off the rabbit meat with the other hand and stuffed it into his mouth. He also ate it faster and faster, and even the crispy bones roasted inside were bitten and swallowed.

Xu Fu stood beside him in amazement. After almost a stick of incense, Qin Shihuang had already eaten half of the rabbit, and his speed slowed down.

"Your Majesty, although the roasted rabbit tastes good, it is made of roasted charcoal fire, and it is a little spicy. If you eat too much, you will get angry. So please be more cautious and eat less, otherwise you will be afraid of sleeping and restless!"

"It's okay, I'll drink some soup to clear heat and quench the heat in a while!" Qin Shihuang ate a few more pieces, and then he stopped satisfied and wiped his mouth with his sleeves.

At this time, Qin Shihuang's emotions had completely calmed down, no different from usual, Xu Fu also breathed a sigh of relief and bowed: "Your Majesty, it's too late, please sleep early, I'll come to visit Your Majesty tomorrow!"

"Why did you say half of the words just now? What did you want to hide from me?" Qin Shihuang did not forget what happened just now.

"This..." Xu Fu's forehead sweated again, and after hesitating slightly, he said: "Your Majesty, I heard a strange thing today while having a banquet at Qinghe Hou Mansion!"

"What's the matter?"

"When I was having a banquet and chatting, I heard that yesterday and today, many rabbits and foxes were found in Qinghe Hou's mansion that were tied to the bushes with hemp ropes. There were more than ten, but I don't know who did it. Qinghe Hou made these captured rabbits into roasted rabbits..."

After hearing this, Qin Shihuang remained silent. After a long time, he waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work. It's too late. Let's go out of the palace to rest earlier. Don't show off this matter!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Qinghe Hou was also reminding me in this way, but Your Majesty asked me that I dare not lie and hide it! I will leave!" Xu Fu quickly bowed and then picked up the draft of the Materia Medica, and took the remaining rabbit out of the room.

At this time, the eunuchs and palace maids who were still kneeling outside the bedroom, while Mrs. Jiang and Concubine Shu were still waiting outside anxiously.

"Doctor Xu, what about Your Majesty?" The two concubines quickly surrounded him and asked.

"Mrs. Jiang and Concubine Shu are so worried. Your Majesty has no worries. After eating half a roast rabbit, please ask the imperial chef to make some tremella bean soup to let His Majesty eat some so that he will not be hot and cold when he sleeps at night!"

"Okay, thank you Doctor Xu!" The two concubines quickly saluted Xu Fu together and ordered the eunuch to send Xu Fu out of the palace.

In the bedroom, Qin Shihuang's mood had calmed down at this time. He sat alone on a big chair, and his face gradually became extremely cold.

He suddenly became angry today because of the reward for Chen Xu in the court.

This was also the first time he was blocked and opposed by almost all officials in the court, especially Shangqing Meng Yi, who was the first to stand up. Did the Meng family also begin to be disloyal to me?

Now from Xu Fu's mouth, he learned about this strange thing that happened in Chen Xu's mansion. After thinking about it, he felt that all the civil and military officials in the court did not seem to welcome Chen Xu. However, after Chen Xu gave him the letter and the list of gods, he repeatedly reminded him that the secrets of heaven should not be revealed. Once it was revealed, the Qin Dynasty might be in trouble, which made him feel bored. In addition, he was withdrawn and suspicious in his daily life, so he began to suspect that all the civil and military officials in the court seemed to be against him.

It’s not that Qin Shihuang thought so, but what happened during this tour shocked him so much that it had completely shaken his mind.

Could it be that I have neglected something in the past two years after I pacified the six kingdoms?
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