Chapter 21

This was the calm before the storm.

It was possible that because of the Young Master's words, everyone accompanying them would have to endure the Emperor's wrath.

He felt the surrounding air being suppressed by the aura radiating from Qin Shi Huang, becoming stifling.

Ying Ying Zi Ye saw Brother Zheng's gloomy expression and thought to himself that it was not good.

He had touched the reverse scale.

Since things had reached this point, what else could he do but continue?

Meeting Brother Zheng's gaze, Ying Ying Zi Ye went all out.

If Brother Zheng continued to court death, the National Destiny Manifestation would not be able to save him.

And he would be buried with him!

"Father Emperor, I know the consequences, but I truly cannot bear to see you continue to be obsessed; please listen to me first."

"The so-called immortal pills are refined from stone medicines and other heavy metals; they contain various chronic poisons!"

"After consuming this kind of pill, the body will have adverse reactions; at first, there will be abdominal pain and diarrhea."

"If taken long-term, there will also be hair loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and occasional difficulty breathing!"

Ying Ying Zi Ye listed the symptoms that would appear after taking the pills.

He simply described the pills containing heavy metals as chronic poisons.

In this era, there was no concept of heavy metals, so this was easier to understand.

One must know that the immortal pills refined by the ancients contained various chemical elements.

Among them were lead, aluminum, gold, silver, mercury, and other heavy metals.

The ancients believed that pills refined from the most precious things in the world had miraculous effects.

So they began adding various types of metal elements.

Precious items like gold and silver were naturally things people cherished.

And even more terrifying was that these immortal pills also contained mercury.

Mercury is highly toxic, and combined with the various metals used in refining, as well as wood ash and other strange things.

This small thing called an immortal pill was a genuine poison.

Upon hearing this, Qin Shi Huang's originally gloomy expression froze.

Could it be that Ying Zi Ye had also taken these pills?

Impossible!

This was his exclusive supply.

In all of Great Qin, only he had the opportunity to consume these life-prolonging immortal pills.

If anyone else dared to covet them, they would die upon touching them!

"How do you know this?"

Qin Shi Huang was full of surprise and a hint of disbelief.

The symptoms Ying Zi Ye described were almost exactly the same as what he had experienced.

At first, there was nothing when he started taking the pills.

But after taking them for a long time, he began to have abdominal pain and diarrhea.

He also occasionally had difficulty breathing, but he did not take it to heart.

He thought it was a normal phenomenon, perhaps his body was not digesting the pills fast enough.

But as he consumed more pills, he even started losing his hair.

His body was also getting worse by the day, and he could not figure out the reason.

He had also consulted imperial physicians, but they had not found anything wrong with his body.

They only thought it was caused by overwork recently.

But now, hearing Ying Zi Ye say this.

It was as if he had suddenly realized something.

These symptoms only started appearing after he began consuming the immortal pills.

He did not have these symptoms before consuming the pills.

And when he was about to 'die' at Outside Sucheng.

It was also after eating an 'immortal pill' that he immediately had difficulty breathing and stopped breathing.

Fortunately, he was saved by the immortal's means.

Could it be that there was truly a problem with these pills?

"I discovered this secretly."

"I had long suspected that alchemists like Xu Fu and Lu Sheng were plotting something."

"But Father Emperor trusted them too much, and I did not dare to speak recklessly before I had investigated the matter clearly."

"This time at Outside Sucheng, I received a secret report and investigated these matters clearly, which is why I decided to inform Father Emperor."

Ying Ying Zi Ye made up an excuse.

Originally, he wanted to say that an immortal had told him in a dream.

But considering that it would be bad if Brother Zheng became obsessed with the immortal quagmire again.

As long as Brother Zheng could live, the national destiny would slowly flourish.

The benefits to him were self-evident.

If he died prematurely, then Great Qin would have nothing to do with him.

Unfortunately, Xu Fu had already run away.

He also did not have the ability to stop him.

After all, at that time, Brother Zheng would not have listened to his words; saying it would have been in vain.

Qin Shi Huang looked at this sincere son and could not help but believe him a little.

He could not help but doubt the effects of the 'Jin Dan'.

Could it be that he had been eating poison all along?

He looked at Ying Ying Zi Ye up and down, as if seeing this son for the first time.

He suddenly suspected, had this son been biding his time all along?

In fact, his son was not the waste people claimed.

Not a playboy, not idle, but someone who knew how to endure?

Was the reason he did this to hide his light and wait to amaze everyone?

Otherwise, how could he have secretly investigated this matter?

"Do you have proof of this?"

Qin Shi Huang would not easily believe this either.

If there was no proof, he would not give up these immortal pills just because of a few words.

Although, after hearing these words, he also became suspicious.

"Father Emperor, this is easy to handle."

Ying Ying Zi Ye also breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as there was room for discussion, he had a way to persuade this cheap old man.

After all, his thinking was advanced.

It was very different from the thinking and knowledge of the ancients.

Leaving this matter to people of this era would not be easy to solve.

But if it were left to him, it would be relatively easy to solve. ===== CHAPTER 23 =====