In the evening, Yifang was rubbing her sore legs in Guangyang Palace, and Tengling helped her prepare ointment, but she didn't want to use it at this time. Although Fang just knelt on the ground and separated a layer of clothing, it took too long, and his knees were not sharpened, and it hurt a lot when he moved slightly. She looked at the scars on her legs, hoping that this kneeling would get the result she wanted.

At this time, in the Empress Dowager's Palace, Liu Heng had already taken his seat. Wen Jiayi hadn't seen Liu Heng for several days, even in front of the Queen Mother, he still couldn't hide his courtesy.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager and the concubine are saying that you have been working hard lately, and you need to prepare all kinds of food in the dining room!" Wen Jiayi stared at Liu Heng and spoke.

"The queen mother, my son has been busy with affairs recently, and he hasn't been able to spare much time to visit his mother, which is really not my son's." Liu Heng ignored Wen Jiayi's words, and said directly to the Empress Dowager Bo, "How are the Queen Mother?" ”

"It's right that you're busy with political affairs, the queen mother won't blame you for this, everything has been fine lately, you don't have to worry about it." When Empress Dowager Bo saw her son, the expression on her face was also a little overjoyed.

"That's good, the son knows that the queen mother likes to be quiet, and no one usually comes here to disturb him. If someone disturbs your peace, you can just drive them away. Liu Heng glanced at Wen Jiayi next to him, and there was something in what he said.

"It's been a bit noisy lately, but your concubines are filial, and they all love to run to the queen mother, and it's hard for the queen mother to not want to see her!" Empress Dowager Bo also meant something.

"Queen Mother, Su Mei has just come." Liu Heng knew that Empress Dowager Bo was deliberately hanging her, but he still deliberately mentioned it.

Empress Dowager Bo understood in her heart, but she still pretended to be surprised: "Really? Since the plain beauty is here, why don't you come in? ”

"This is the residence of the queen mother, naturally the queen mother will not be able to come in if she does not pass it on."

"That's a sad family, isn't it?"

"The son didn't have this intention, but Yue Liangren often stayed with the queen mother, and the son thought that the queen mother was willing to be closer to them, and Su Meiren probably thought the same, so he came to visit." Liu Heng turned around and said good things to Yifang.

"It's an oversight of the mourning family." Empress Dowager Bo is a smart person, she didn't want to be at odds with Liu Heng's mother and son for such a trivial matter, so she compromised and said, "The new pair of glass earrings from the mourning family looks very beautiful, since Heng'er is here, then bring it to her!" ”

"Son, thank you to the queen mother." Liu Heng finally smiled comfortably.

The mother and son of them said a word to each other, completely ignoring Wen Jiayi next to her, she was really embarrassed to sit here. I wanted to take advantage of this time to behave in front of Liu Heng, but she couldn't find a chance to speak. After waiting for a while, she still didn't speak, and she sat here like a transparent person.

Wen Jiayi finally couldn't stand it, got up and saluted: "When the queen mother speaks, the concubine won't bother much, and the concubine will retire." ”

When Wen Jiayi walked out, Liu Heng also stood up: "Queen Mother, it's getting late, Su Meiren knelt and injured her knee today, and her son should also go to see her, so he also retreated first." ”

"Go ahead, bring those glass earrings."

After Wen Jiayi and Liu Heng left, Rong Yang, who was beside the Empress Dowager Bo, approached and said: "The Queen Mother, the slave maid really saw it today, that plain beauty did kneel at the door for three hours, but she was cruel to herself." ”

"Since ancient times, who can get the king's favor, which one is not a ruthless character?" Empress Dowager Bo smiled knowingly, "She wants to get Heng'er's love and the approval of the mourning family, how can there be such a good thing in the world?" ”

"The Queen Mother doesn't like plain beauties?"

"They are all daughters-in-law of the mourning family, how can they like it or not? It's just that Heng'er can come according to his own preferences, and the mourning family has to take care of it for him, after all, not all women will stand behind him with peace of mind. Empress Dowager Bo sighed, "Heng'er loves the Dou family so much, she always has some skills, if these skills are beneficial to Heng'er, the mourning family will naturally rest assured that she will stay by Heng'er's side." It's just that if she just wants to use these skills in exchange for glory and wealth, or ask for something that shouldn't belong to her, then the mourning family can't ignore it. ”

"What does the Queen Mother mean is that the Dou clan will be the Empress Dowager Lu's person?" Rong Yang knew that Empress Dowager Bo had always been suspicious, and among these family members, there must be one or two who were the eyes of Empress Dowager Lu.

"I can't be sure of this mourning family, but after all, she is Heng'er's favorite person, just keep an eye on it, if she has no problem, it will be good." Empress Dowager Bo thought in her heart.

"But the Queen Mother, what did Yue Liangren say......?"

Empress Dowager Bo waved her hand: "It's just some rumors, and the mourning family won't believe anything if you listen to what she says." However, the rumors in the palace are a bit exaggerated, but there is still some credibility in them. ”

"Then the Queen Mother is skeptical of Yue Liangren's words?"

"A villain like the Wen family who loves to tell right and wrong, the mourning family can learn about some rumors in the palace through her, but this kind of person is not good to stay by Heng'er's side after all." Empress Dowager Bo took a sip of tea and said, "Compared with the Wen family, the mourning family feels that the Dou family is more suitable for Heng'er, if she has no other thoughts, it is still good to stay by Heng'er's side and serve." ”

"Slave maid, the king seems to be very protective of Su Mei!" Rong Yang saw everything in his eyes just now, and Liu Heng's protection of Yifang was clearly visible.

"Yes, such feelings are precious." Empress Dowager Bo sighed, "It's a pity that the mourning family has never received such affection from the first emperor." ”

Rong Yang wanted to say something more, but Empress Dowager Bo had already waved her hand: "Rong Yang, the mourning family is tired, rest for a while!" ”

Looking at the other side, Liu Heng walked out of the door and stopped Wen Jiayi. Wen Jiayi originally didn't hold out any hope, but he was suddenly stopped by Liu Heng, and his heart suddenly burst into joy, and he quickly turned around and ran in front of him.

"The concubine is the king." Wen Jiayi couldn't hide the smile on his face.

"I heard that you have been coming to the Empress Dowager's palace a lot lately?" Liu Heng asked solemnly.

Wen Jiayi nodded again and again: "When the concubine came to see the Queen Mother for the first time, she felt very close to her, and she looked forward to visiting the Queen Mother more in the future, so as to spend her weeklife." ”

"Is it really just to pass the time?" Liu Heng squinted slightly, and looked straight at her with distrustful eyes.

Wen Jiayi suddenly felt a panic in his heart for no reason: "Your Majesty, the concubine is indeed just here to chat with the Queen Mother." ”

"Since it's just a chat, what are you doing so nervous?" Liu Heng sneered.

"Concubine, concubine is worried that the king will misunderstand the concubine, so I will explain a little." Wen Jiayi knelt down suddenly, his eyes wandering.

"This king also said just now, the queen mother likes to be quiet, you go back and forth so often to the queen mother's palace, don't you disturb her tranquility?" Liu Hengyu just looked at him, "Besides, this king heard that you often tell the queen mother about those little things in the palace, and even the anecdotes rumored by the palace people are said to the queen mother, which makes the queen mother very annoyed, can you be guilty?" ”

"Concubine, concubine just wanted to make the queen mother happy, she didn't think of this, and asked the emperor to forgive her sins." Wen Jiayi bowed his head deeply.

"I didn't think of this before, but now that I know, I will come to the Queen Mother's palace less often, so as not to disturb her tranquility, do you understand?"

"No."

After explaining a few words to Wen Jiayi, Liu Heng hurried to Guangyang Palace. But before he reached the door of the dormitory, he heard a voice from inside.

"Tengling, these are just minor injuries, no need to take medicine, it will be fine after a while." Yi Fang felt that the medicine was spilled on the wound, and it seemed to hurt more than before.

"How's that going to work! Even if the injury is not serious, it must be taken care of, if it is careless, the wound has an abscess, and the beauty will inevitably have to suffer some hardships. Tengling insisted on helping Yifang with medicine.

"Teng Ling is right, minor injuries should also be medicated." Liu Heng pushed open the door and walked in.

"Your Majesty, why are you here? No one outside heard it. Yifang struggled to get up and salute, but Liu Heng hurriedly walked over and pressed back to the bed.

"You don't have to be polite, it's the king who let them not have to pass it on." Liu Heng sat on the edge of the bed in Yifang, and took the medicine from Tengling's hand, "It's not okay to rub the wound on your leg without rubbing the medicine." ”

Seeing Liu Heng like this, Teng Ling quietly retreated and closed the door, leaving room for them to speak.

"Your Majesty, this medicine hurts even more when rubbed, if you don't rub it, maybe it will get better faster!" Yifang reached out and pushed the medicine away.

"Nonsense, how can it be good if you don't rub the medicine?" Liu Heng pinched her leg involuntarily, and the fine and dense scars on it were all over the place, and at a glance, he knew that it was scraped on the ground at the entrance of the Queen Mother's Palace.

Liu Heng caressed those wounds distressedly, and the strength was heavier, which caused Yifang to scream. He hurriedly withdrew his hand: "This king hurt you?" ”

"It's a little painful, but these are minor injuries that don't get in the way."

Liu Heng personally helped her with medicine: "No matter what you say, this injury must be medicated, this is something you can't escape." ”

Yifang knew that it was useless to struggle, so she sat down in a proper manner and let Liu Heng help her with medicine. Looking at her expression of trying her best to forbear, Liu Heng became more and more unsure in his heart, so he couldn't help but say it again.

"Don't be so stupid in the future, if the queen mother doesn't want to see you, she will go back to the palace early."

"The concubine knows that those rumors in the former palace have reached the ears of the Queen Mother, and this time she wants to be recognized by the Queen Mother, so she can't give up halfway! If the concubine is willful, the queen mother's impression of the concubine may be even worse. Yifang pursed his lips aggrievedly.

"Don't worry, the Queen Mother has a good impression of you." Liu Heng asked Wu Ping to bring in the pair of glass earrings, "Look, this is a special reward from the Queen Mother, let this king help bring it over!" It's not that the Queen Mother doesn't want to see you, it's just that her old man has always loved quietness and doesn't want to be bothered too much by non-concubines. ”

"The concubine also knew, but when she saw Yue Liangren going, she felt that the Queen Mother might want to be lively, so she went over to meet on her own initiative."

"That's what you think?"

Yifang lowered his head for a while before shaking Liu Heng's arm: "It's not all like this, concubines are favored by the king, which will always cause dissatisfaction among other concubines." The concubine is also a little worried that Yue Liangren will say that the concubine is not in front of the queen mother, and those rumors in the past are still spreading intermittently, and the concubine is really worried that the queen mother will be bewitched. ”

"This king knows that this is what you are talking about." Liu Heng scratched Yifang's nose, "But your worries are also what this king cares about, so there are indeed people who are dissatisfied with you these days." However, this king has already warned the Wen family, so that she will not go to the queen mother to hang out in front of the queen mother again if she has nothing to do in the future, and you can rest assured a little. ”

"Really? Thank you, Your Majesty. Yi Fang pretended to be surprised, it seemed that her purpose of kneeling had been achieved.

However, even if Liu Heng said this, Yifang was still a little uneasy, and when the injury on his leg was healed, he specially brought pastries to meet the Queen Mother. This time, the Queen Mother was willing to see her, but her attitude was still not very good.

Yifang made a big salute according to the rules: "The concubine visits the Queen Mother." ”

"Last time, you knelt outside the door to force the mourning family to see you, what tricks do you want to play this time?" The Queen Mother didn't let her get up, so she kept her kneeling posture and asked.

"The Queen Mother misunderstood, the concubine did not mean to persecute the Queen Mother. The concubine is just doing her duty as a courtier and filial piety to the queen mother. "Yifang is neither humble nor arrogant even if he kneels.

"It's a nice word, no wonder you can coax Heng'er to favor you alone." The Queen Mother's words were full of thorns.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the king can favor the concubine, which is a blessing for the concubine for several generations." Yifang quietly moved his kneeling legs before he said, "Besides, the emperor knows right from wrong, after all, it is not something that the concubine can coax by saying a few nice words." ”

Empress Dowager Bo caught this small movement of her legs, and finally waved her hand and said, "That's it, you can get up and sit down!" ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Yifang glanced at Tengling together, and then said to the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, these are some pastries made by the concubine herself, although they are not as good as the craftsmanship of the dining room, but they are also a piece of the concubine's heart." ”

Teng Ling presented the pastry, and Rong Yang stepped forward to take it.

"You still have a heart, so the mourning family will open it and taste it." The Queen Mother was very face-saving, so she opened the food box on the spot, took out a small and delicate green pastry and tasted it, "It's very good, it's indeed the taste of Chang'an." ”

"It's good if the Queen Mother likes it."

"You have such craftsmanship, Heng'er must be very happy. He has loved to eat all kinds of pastries since he was a child, and he is very picky, and when the troublesome emperor comes back from a private visit to Weifu, he always has to bring him a few boxes of pastries outside. Then he stopped abruptly, as if realizing that he had said too much.

"The love between the queen mother and the emperor is commendable, and the emperor naturally favors the king." Yifang didn't know much about the affairs of the emperor, so he just responded casually.

But the Empress Dowager Bo shook her head dismally: "The so-called love is just a mirror, and the red face is broken before the old grace." ”

Yifang keenly felt that maybe there was a sad story between the Empress Dowager Bo and the former emperor, so he didn't say more, and it was annoying to make mistakes.