The night banquet was just two days later, and the concubines in the palace were carefully prepared, hoping to shine at this night banquet. Only the Guangyang Hall was as silent as ever, and the palace people in the palace were leisurely, and they rested after finishing their own work. Yifang claimed to be sick to the outside world, and the doctor also prescribed some warm medicines, so she really raised herself as a patient, and didn't get out of bed all day, only called Zili and Tengling to the dormitory to talk to her.

However, although the Yifang plan is good, there is one step that is missing. Although Liu Heng said to the outside world that this night banquet was held because he was free, in fact, he was not idle, so he could only hurry up to finish the political affairs and squeeze out some time to share it with the night banquet. Therefore, for some matters related to the night banquet, he left it to his subordinates to handle, and he had no time to ask. Naturally, those rumors that Yifang wanted to deliberately spread to his ears through the discussions of the palace people were not listened to by Liu Heng.

The period of the night banquet is coming soon, and Liu Heng has finished all the political affairs of the day during the day, just waiting for the evening to be able to relax at the night banquet. It's just that when the night banquet started for a while, there was still no one in the seat on the edge of the corner.

Liu Heng's eyes glanced over there from time to time, and even his mood became irritable, and the singing and dancing in front of him seemed to have turned into noise. Empress Dowager Bo also seemed to see Liu Heng's absent-mindedness, thinking that he was too tired during the day, so she led the concubines to toast him.

But this was also to no avail, Liu Heng just responded lightly, disapproving the concubines' colorful toasts. At a glance, the banquet was full of costumed concubines, and even the palace maids seemed to be dressed brightly, making people look dazzled. Liu Heng subconsciously remembered the day he first met Yifang, she was dressed in plain white clothes, and the feeling of being like a fairy from the Nine Heavens came down to earth was incomparable to ordinary rouge fans.

Liu Heng recently got news of Ziqian, Wen Jiayi had more contact with the outside family, and in order to find out more information, he often went to her palace. The palace people felt that Wen Jiayi was favored, and moved her seat directly to the vicinity of Liu Heng, so that he could see it at a glance, and he was annoyed.

"This night banquet is the king's sympathy for the family members who came from afar in Chang'an, how can someone be so late for so long on this occasion?" Liu Heng finally couldn't help but ask, he deliberately put on a dissatisfied look, so as not to be seen through his thoughts.

"Your Majesty, this night banquet is a family banquet, only the Queen Mother and the concubines came over, and no one else? No one was late. Wu Ping whispered beside him.

Liu Heng pretended to point casually: "Over there, why is there still an empty seat?" ”

"Your Majesty, that's a plain beauty." Wen Jiayi hurriedly replied, "Su Mei said that she was infected with the wind and cold, and she didn't get better for a long time, so it was inconvenient to come to the night banquet, so she stayed in the palace to rest." ”

"Really?" Liu Heng raised his eyes and looked at Wu Ping.

"Back to the king, what Yue Liangren said is that Su Mei is indeed resting because of the wind cold!" Wu Ping saw that Liu Heng's face was vaguely displeased, so he explained, "The king was busy with official business before, so the servants thought that there was no need to disturb this little bit. ”

Liu Heng looked at the empty seat, and knew in her heart that the so-called wind chill was just a pretext, she must have known that her seat was moved to the back, so she pretended to be sick in order to avoid being ugly.

"Have you called a doctor to take a look?" It was inconvenient to ask more questions at the night banquet, so Liu Heng only mentioned it in a low voice.

"I've seen it, the doctor said that Su Mei is fine, as long as you use some medicine, you won't see the wind for a long time, and you will be fine for a few days."

"Is she really sick?" Liu Heng still didn't believe it.

"That's what the doctor said."

"When the feast is over, call the doctor who treated her, and the king will see her." Liu Heng gave an order, and continued to enjoy those songs and dances absentmindedly.

It was originally a night banquet for relaxation, but it was also boring for Liu Heng at this time. But it was held in the name of the Queen Mother, and under the guise of picking up the wind and washing the dust for the family, it naturally had to continue. Liu Heng was patient, said some innocuous things to the concubines, and stayed up until the end of the night banquet.

Back in the dormitory, the doctor had been waiting for him for a while. As soon as Liu Heng sat down on the main seat, he asked anxiously: "I heard that Su Meiren is infected with the cold?" ”

"Back to the king, it is true."

"Seriously?"

"It's not a big deal, Su Mei only has some mild symptoms, and the minister prescribed some medicine, just drink it on time, and it has no effect on your activities on weekdays."

"No impact?" Liu Heng suddenly caught the point of his words, "That means she could have attended tonight's night banquet?" ”

"Yes, but Su Meiren insisted that she was not feeling well and wanted to rest in bed, so she felt that it was okay to rest more."

Liu Heng confirmed her conjecture, she really couldn't go to the night banquet. I haven't seen him for more than a month, and she doesn't even want to show her face in front of him at all, so that he remembers that there is such a person, which makes Liu Heng angry when he thinks about it. If it was another concubine, who had not been pampered for so long, she would have thought of coming to her to hang around, why didn't she open her mind!

"Among the herbs for curing wind and cold, which ones have an extremely bitter taste?"

The doctor was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know why Liu Heng suddenly asked like this, but he still answered truthfully: "There are astragalus, coptis, and sophora ginseng......

"I used these to exchange the medicine used by Su Mei, and it is said that the effect is better." Liu Heng deliberately tossed Yifang, and then called Wu Ping again, "Send someone to keep an eye on her, and you must stare at her every time to finish the medicine." ”

"No." Wu Ping answered the call and went to do something, but he was confused, he really couldn't remember how Su Meiren offended the king, and let the king trouble her again and again.

It was late at night, and the Guangyang Hall was still brightly lit. Originally, Yifang had already fallen asleep, but when Wu Ping arrived with a doctor, she had to get up again.

"Su Meiren, the king is worried about your illness, and specially asked the doctor to re-prescribe some more effective medicines for you, you can drink it while it's hot!" Wu Ping motioned to the palace maid behind him to bring the medicine.

Yifang always felt that this medicine was unusual, so he shirked and said: "Thank you king, let's put it here first, I'll drink it in a while." ”

"Beauty, the king has explained that the minions must watch you drink all before you can go back to your life." Wu Ping's face was also a little embarrassed.

Yifang felt even more bad, there must be something wrong with this medicine. It's just that if you think about it seriously, if the acting king wants to give poison, he will definitely not let Wu Ping and the doctor come over, and he will not do it so obviously. She looked at the eyes of the two people in front of her who were staring at her, thinking that she couldn't hide, so she picked up the bowl and tasted it.

This taste almost didn't make her spit it out directly, and an indescribable bitter taste ran down the tip of her tongue and into her throat, choking her throat, and even tears could not help falling out.

"Beauty, this is the king's order, you better swallow it! Bitterness is a little bitter, but it is also good for your illness. Wu Ping really couldn't bear it, so he said bitterly, "Beauty, you are very bitter and can't get along with the king!" I went to the banquet that night, although the seat was a little lower, so I wouldn't offend the king! ”

"That's what Mr. Wu said." Yi Fang replied in a dumb voice, clenched his fists again, and drank the bowl of medicine in one go, and the tears that kept pouring out.

Wu Ping couldn't bear to look at it, glanced to the side and said, "Beauty, you still have to drink this medicine for four or five days, and someone will come over every day to watch you drink it." This is the king's order, and the slaves can't help it! ”

"It's okay, thank you Mr. Wu."

Wu Ping walked out of the door and heard the coughing sound of Yifang in the hall, and he was still a little unbearable. He originally saw that Yifang was well-behaved, so he was quite partial to her, and later his apprentice was sent to Guangyang Hall to monitor her, and he also took back a lot of mung bean cakes, saying that they were sent by Su Meiren, and Wu Ping felt that Yifang was very good. What's more, the mung bean cake tasted very good, if it weren't for the fact that the king didn't eat it and got angry and didn't let him do it, he would have wanted to ask for some more! However, this matter must not be known to the king, if the king hears that he has eaten mung bean cake made by a vegetarian beauty, he is afraid that he will break his legs.

After drinking the bitter medicine for two days, Liu Heng finally asked Wu Ping again: "The one in Guangyang Palace, is your illness cured?" ”

"Alright, it's all good." Wu Ping hurriedly responded.

"She's still drinking the medicine?"

"Here, it's still watched and drunk three times a day." Wu Ping felt uncomfortable when he mentioned it.

Liu Hengqi said: "Did she really drink it?" Didn't cry or make a fuss? Didn't pour it out secretly? ”

Wu Ping shook his head: "No, Su Meiren drinks it cleanly every time, but her expression is very painful when she drinks the medicine." ”

"She can bear it, this king once drank the medicine with Coptis chinensis, and felt that the whole throat was sore. With so many bitter pills mixed together, she was able to drink it for so many days. Liu Heng's tone was a little admiring.

"I can't bear it, I can't help it, it's hard to disobey, it's going to lose my head, it's better to drink bitter medicine, at least I can save my life." Wu Ping muttered in a low voice.

"Okay, this king is free now, and tonight's medicine hasn't been delivered yet, right? The king brought her some candied fruit. Liu Heng finally compromised a step.

Wu Ping immediately became happy when he heard this: "Just sent it out, the slave will go to prepare the candied fruit, and when the king goes over, Su Mei should have just finished drinking the medicine." ”

I have been drinking this bitter medicine for a long time, and I seem to have gotten used to it, and Yifang doesn't feel how bitter it is when I drink it. As long as you are ready, take another sip, and it will be a matter of moments. It's just that Zili and Tengling stood aside and felt distressed, but they could only watch, and they couldn't do anything, so they were even more distressed.

"Squire Zhao, how long will you have to drink this medicine?" Teng Ling finally couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Yan was the eunuch sent by Liu Heng to Guangyang Hall to monitor Yifang, and now he is also responsible for watching Yifang drink medicine. During his time in Guangyang Palace, he was taken care of by Yifang, and it was very sad to watch Yifang suffer.

"I'll have to drink for two days!" Zhao Yan also had a bitter face.