"Emperor, this seems to be unfair; Yao Concubine has chosen a fourth-grade elixir, while Princess Ye is working on a fifth-grade elixir. The difficulty of alchemy is entirely different," the Empress Dowager frowned.
Facing the Empress Dowager's questioning, Emperor Xia had already prepared his response.
"Mother, the Imperial Alchemist not only bears heavy responsibilities, but also represents the face of Daxia's Alchemists. Just now, I wrote down several kinds of Elixir Pills, half of them fourth-grade and half fifth-grade. The chances that Yao Concubine and Princess Ye picked were each half. I have not favored anyone. Or is it that Princess Ye is unable to refine even a fifth-grade elixir? If she, as Daxia's Imperial Alchemist, can't even refine fifth-grade elixirs, wouldn't she be laughed at by Alchemists from other countries?" Emperor Xia explained calmly.
In fact, he had written only one fourth-grade elixir recipe, the one Yao Concubine had drawn.
