After Empress Xie learned about the existence of the Divine Pill, she asked her brother, now the Duke Zhen, to secretly buy some for her. She thought obtaining a single pill would be difficult, but surprisingly, Duke Zhen acquired them easily.
When the seller learned that the Duke Zhen Country Mansion wanted the Divine Pill, they proactively delivered a bottle to him, suggesting he try them out. If he found them effective, he could come back to purchase more.
Because Empress Xie instructed that it should not be revealed who wanted to consume the Divine Pill, the Duke had to pretend he was the buyer. He personally wasn't interested in the elixir; besides, he felt young and vigorous, not needing pills to become younger or stronger. In fact, the main reason he didn't take the Divine Pill was because of its cost. A single Divine Pill was worth a fortune, and this wasn't an exaggeration, but a truth.
