"Gold is not poisonous at first, but the lead and mercury used in alchemy are all highly toxic substances, especially lead. This thing can make people suffer from chronic poisoning. Your Majesty's mind is sometimes clear and sometimes confused. It is probably because there is too much lead eaten!" Li Zhang sighed at this time.

Chronic lead poisoning is a non-communicable chronic disease. In later generations, due to the abuse of some lead-containing products, this disease is not uncommon in hospitals, especially for children. This disease is even more harmful. Miaoyuan's current situation is an example, and Miaoyuan's situation is quite mild. If it is a little more serious, it will even make children irritable, and there will be cognitive and reading and writing disorders, and it is impossible to correct it at that time.

"This...this..." Zhao Zhen believed that Li Zhang would definitely not lie to him, but thinking that his father and sister were poisoned by golden tableware, which led to his current illness. This made him panic for a moment. He asked again, "Will there be danger when both the father and Miaoyuan use this kind of tableware?"

"Don't worry about this for now. To put it bluntly, Your Majesty has been using it for so long, and it's not a big deal for two meals. We are two young, so it's better to spit out the things we just ate as soon as possible. Although the impact of one or two meals may not be great, we should not be careless!" Li Zhang advised again at this time.

Zhao Zhen also woke up at this time, hesitated for a while, and finally began to twitch his throat as Li Zhang. Perhaps because Li Zhang had almost disgusted him just now, Zhao Zhen vomited it out quickly.

Finally, Zhao Zhen couldn't vomit anymore, so he held Zhuzi and said weakly: "What should I do now? Since I know that the golden meal is poisonous, I definitely can't let my father use it again. Should we go in and persuade him now?"

"Do you think you will listen to us as your Majesty now?" Li Zhang said helplessly again. Zhao Heng is so confused now that he doesn't even have basic judgment. Moreover, even if Zhao Heng is a normal person, he probably won't believe Li Zhang's words as easily as Zhao Zhen. After all, although he knows that lead is toxic, he can't come up with any effective proof, unless he uses a death row prisoner to perform human experiments, it will take time.

"This..." Zhao Zhen also showed a hesitant expression when he heard Li Zhang's words, and then he smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly. After a moment, he still asked again unwillingly, "What should I do? I didn't know it before, but now I know that the golden meal is poisonous, so I can't let my father use it all the time, right?"

"Actually, it's easy to deal with. We can't control your Majesty, but there are people in the palace who can control it!" Li Zhang blinked at Zhao Zhen at this time.

"Empress! I understand!" Zhao Zhen immediately understood what Li Zhang meant, and shouted excitedly. There was no one else in the entire palace who could control Zhao Heng except Liu E.

"Go back, it's not good for us to stay outside for too long, but don't use that set of tableware anymore!" Li Zhang finally recovered a little bit of strength at this time, patted Zhao Zhen on the shoulder and said, and the other party nodded, so the two of them returned to the hall one by one and the other.

At this time, Zhao Heng was already drunk. When he saw Li Zhang coming in and shouting to let him drink with him, Li Zhang pretended to deal with it. Li Yonghe didn't drink much, but he ate a lot. He almost ate all the dishes on the big table in front of him. He probably felt that it would be a pity not to eat it.

Zhao Heng was soon drunk and was helped, and the banquet ended. After saying goodbye to Zhao Zhen, Li Zhang left the palace in a carriage with Li Yonghe. As for how Zhao Zhen talked about this matter to Liu E, it was nothing to do with him.

After returning home, Li Yonghe was about to go back to sleep, but at this time Li Zhang called him and said, "Peat out the things he had eaten just now!"

"What?" Li Yonghe was stunned when he heard Li Zhang's words, not understanding what he meant?

"Let me say that, although what Your Majesty invites us today is all good delicacies, it is not good for the body, so the prince and I spit out the food we ate just now." Li Zhang didn't want Li Yonghe to know too much, so he could only remind him tactfully.

"Will someone die?" Li Yonghe was stunned for a moment and asked again.

"It's not true for a dead person, but it's definitely not good for the body!" Li Zhang said with great certainty. Chronic lead poisoning is a long-term process, and the lead precipitated from the golden tableware is also very small. The effect of eating occasionally is not great. However, Li Zhang knew that after the lead was absorbed, most of it settled on the bones. He is now in a period of growth and development, so he can't be careless at all, so he vomited it out.

"It's all right if you don't die. After all, it's too wasteful to spit out such expensive things!" Li Yonghe shook his head and refused. It was the first time in his life that he had eaten such a luxurious dish. As long as he couldn't kill people, he wouldn't be willing to spit out again. This is like some old people in later generations. Although their children and grandchildren advised them not to eat leftovers, they still did not miss it for fear of wasting.

Li Zhang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. He knew that Li Yonghe would say this, and in the end he could only say helplessly: "Forget it, I'll ask Xiuxiu to buy you some soy milk tomorrow morning. If you drink more, it will be good for your health!"

Before dawn the next day, Li Zhang was sleeping in a daze, but was woken up by Lao Dao. Because the carriage that was picked up by him in the palace came early. He probably guessed the reason. He put on his clothes and washed up, got on the carriage and entered the palace.

It was still early at this time, and the carriage did not go to Zishan Hall, but came to the Jingfu Hall, Zhao Zhen's bedroom. However, except for Zhao Zhen, Liu E was here without any surprise. When she saw Li Zhang coming in, she immediately waved her left and right and asked, "Dalang, are you sure that Your Majesty's golden meal is poisonous?"

"Gold was originally not poisonous, but lead is a highly toxic substance. Your Majesty has had trouble with his offspring over the years. It is likely that it is because he has eaten too much lead. Even Your Majesty is becoming more and more confused now, it is likely to be related to lead!" Li Zhang replied immediately.

Lead poisoning is easy to affect the nerves, brain and other parts of the human body. Li Zhang always thought that Zhao Heng had Alzheimer's disease. Now it seems that it should be brain damage caused by lead poisoning. Moreover, people with lead poisoning are more likely to give birth to deformed children or children with various congenital diseases. This explains why Zhao Heng's children die one by one. It is so lucky that Zhao Zhen and Miaoyuan can survive.

Hearing Li Zhang's answer, although Liu E's face was calm at this time, Li Zhang found that her hands hidden in her sleeves were trembling slightly, and a bone-bending coldness burst out in her eyes. Standing in her position, she was considering more comprehensively than Li Zhang, and she even suspected that this was a big conspiracy against the royal family.

"Empress, is the Taoist priest who presented the gold tableware still there?" Li Zhang suddenly asked again. He was not aware of this problem at the banquet yesterday, but when he was about to go to bed after going back, he suddenly had some more terrifying guesses, especially the origin of the Taoist priest, which must be carefully checked.

"Die!" Liu E suddenly sighed lightly at this time, and her hands slowly relaxed.

"Die? Why did you die?" Li Zhang immediately asked again. This Taoist priest offered such a set of tableware that was cut off from his sons and grandchildren to Zhao Heng, and now he is dead again. It can be said that he is innocent of death. Even if Liu E wants to investigate, she may not be able to find it.

"The Taoist priest is named Shui Yuanzi, who is a famous alchemy master in Shandong. When His Majesty went to Mount Tai for the Fengshan period, he happened to meet Shui Yuanzi with elixirs to save a person who had been dead for a long time. Moreover, Shui Yuanzi has a unique skill, and His Majesty also favored him very much and brought him back to Tokyo and allowed him to go to the palace often. Later, he refined two sets of golden tableware and gave it to His Majesty..."

"Your Majesty's diet is so important. No matter how much you favor this Taoist priest, you probably won't use the tableware presented by outsiders easily?" Before Liu E finished speaking, Li Zhang raised his question again. He didn't believe that there was any elixir for resurrection in this world, and it happened to be met by Zhao Heng. This was obviously a plan set by Shui Yuanzi to attract Zhao Heng's attention.

"That's because you haven't seen this Shui Yuanzi. Didn't I just say that he possessed a strange technique? I didn't believe in any ghosts or gods, but this Shui Yuanzi is known to have practiced Taoism for a hundred years, and then he has achieved magical art. Not only is the magical power amazing, but he can also see things at night, especially the water nature is extremely amazing. He can stay underwater for half an hour without getting out of the water to breathe."

Liu E paused here and then said, "When the Bian River flowed through the east of the city, there was a deep pool in the river. There was a fish at the bottom of the pool that was extremely delicious. Because the water in the pool was too deep, the fisherman could only put a special cage on the bait, and then sink it under the water to lure the fish into the cage. He could only try his luck every time, but this Shui Yuanzi could dive into the bottom of the water in one breath and catch this fish to present it to His Majesty. For this reason, His Majesty also regarded him as a god."

"Stunning power? Look at things at night?" Li Zhang showed a shocked expression when he heard this. This tm is not the ability of a wild dog. Could it be that what does this Shui Yuanzi have to do with a wild dog?

"What happened later? Since this person is so powerful, how could he die?" Li Zhang then woke up and asked again.

"Just shortly after Shui Yuanzi presented golden tableware, a crocodile disaster suddenly broke out in the Bian River..."

"This is impossible. Crocodiles usually live in southern waters. How could they suddenly appear in the Bian River?" Li Zhang interrupted again when he heard Liu E's words. The crocodile was recorded in the Han Dynasty. It was commonly known as Zhu Polong, mainly referring to the Yangtze River crocodile living in the Yangtze River Basin. However, it is rarely heard of crocodiles in the Yellow River Basin.
Chapter completed!