Hearing the Queen Mother's words, Liu Heng finally smiled, he was also making a dangerous move in this matter. In order to make the Queen Mother accept Yifang, he took out this method. When he was a child, the Queen Mother had told him about it, but too much time had passed, and he was not sure if this jade wine could still affect the Queen Mother's mood. Now it seems that his worries are completely unnecessary, and the Queen Mother is still thinking about his ungrateful father in her heart.

With this bottle of wine, the Queen Mother's eyes were completely blind to the singing and dancing in front of her, which just added a bit of excitement. Her thoughts had already drifted to many years ago, when Liu Bang took her hand and carefully taught her how to make jade wine, which was the best period of her life, and the only good time, and she has been remembering it until now.

Everyone seemed to have noticed that the Queen Mother was unusual, but no one objected, including Liu Heng. The Queen Mother drank it cup by cup, until the bottle of wine bottomed out, and her eyes began to blur.

Originally, after the banquet, everyone was going to visit the garden together, but the Queen Mother didn't want too many people to follow. She stood up with the table, condescendingly looking down at the people below, her eyes circled around everyone, and finally stopped at the Yifang.

"Su Meiren, you come with the mourning family." The Queen Mother came out of the banquet and walked slowly to the small garden, Rong Yang wanted to follow, but she waved her hand to stop, "No one is allowed to follow, the mourning family wants to talk to Su Mei alone." ”

Although the Queen Mother looked a little drunk, no one dared to disobey her order no matter what. Rong Yang and Teng Ling both looked at Liu Heng with eyes as if asking for help, and he raised his head slightly: "You guys are following from afar." ”

The two of them got the order, and finally followed. The moonlight is very bright tonight, and it is rare for the Queen Mother to walk side by side with Yifang, their shadows form a long line behind them, obviously they are two people, but the shadows overlap together, looking very lonely.

"What does the Queen Mother want to say to the concubine?" Yifang wanted to see if the Queen Mother was drunk or sober.

"Heng'er told you about this ethereal wine, right?" Yifang guessed correctly, the Queen Mother was really not really drunk.

"Yes, but the king just wants to make the Queen Mother happy." Yifang replied bluntly. She was not worried that the Queen Mother would be punished, since she pretended to be drunk and left the table, she naturally did not plan to lock up a person in a prison cell again, and she was safe at this time.

"Heng'er not only wants to make the mourning family happy, he wants you and the mourning family to be happy." The Queen Mother said it.

"That's what the Queen Mother said."

In the middle of a sentence, the two walked to the Qingfeng Terrace, and the Queen Mother stopped here, and Yifang naturally stopped. The breeze is very cool on the platform, and the night breeze mixed with the cool air on the high platform blows on the face, which can make the drunk person sober up instantly, and make the person who is not drunk even more intoxicated here.

"Did Heng'er tell you the story of the mourning family and this ethereal jade wine?" The Queen Mother suddenly opened her mouth.

Yifang was stunned for a moment, and immediately shook his head again: "The king didn't talk to the concubine in detail, but only mentioned it slightly. ”

"Since you can make this ethereal jade wine exactly like the taste that the mourning family hoped for before, then the mourning family will tell you the story of this ethereal jade wine." The Queen Mother pulled Yifang and sat down in the Qingfeng Terrace.

Yifang originally wanted to win over the Queen Mother, so that in this palace, in addition to Liu Heng's favor, he could have another thing to rely on. At this time, the Queen Mother was willing to talk to her, of course, it was an excellent opportunity, so she stood beside the Queen Mother with low eyebrows.

"Sit down, too!" The Queen Mother pulled Yifang to sit beside her as she spoke, and Yifang did not shirk at this time, and sat down, just quietly listening to what she was going to say next.

"The mourning family and the former emperor met in a spring, when the mourning family was still very young, and lived a carefree life every day, and every time they had leisure, they would always carry a flower basket to pick flowers. It was on the way to pick flowers from the mourning family that he met the emperor riding a high-headed horse. At that time, there was a snake hovering among the flowers picked by the mourning family, the snake was highly poisonous, and if it was a second late, the mourning family would definitely die on the spot. When the Queen Mother said this, a girl-like smile appeared on her face.

"Was it the emperor who saved the queen mother?" Yifang asked casually.

The Queen Mother nodded: "It was at that moment that the emperor fled from the flower bush with his mourning family. It is precisely because of this that the mourning family fell in love with the former emperor at first sight, and the mourning family thought that the former emperor was the same. ”

The Queen Mother's expression suddenly became sad at this moment, and Yi Fang also clearly felt this change on the side, she knew that something unpleasant would happen next, so she waited for the Queen Mother's next words.

So of course, the mourning family followed the emperor into the palace and became his concubine. He always called the mourning family Bo Ji, except for the first night of his favor, he called the mourning family 'Chu Qiao', and never called the name of the mourning family again. The queen mother's smile became a little miserable, "The first three months in the palace are the happiest days for the mourning family, when the emperor always likes to take his beloved family to enjoy the flowers and make wine, all kinds of flowers bloom brightly, and the wine is delicious." At that time, the mourning family thought that they would have to live like this in this life, immersed in happiness forever. But three months later, a woman who was named Mrs. Qi entered the palace. ”

Yifang once heard Liu Ying mention this Mrs. Qi, and heard that her appearance was beautiful, and the emperor was very favored when he was alive, and even took his son Liu Ruyi to almost rob Liu Ying of the crown prince. But as soon as the emperor died, Empress Lü persecuted her and her son in extremely cruel ways. Unexpectedly, this Mrs. Qi was too favored, not only offended the Empress Dowager Lu, but also offended the Empress Dowager Bo.

"Half a month before she entered the palace, the former emperor had obtained a precious jade wine production method. The mourning family still remembers that the emperor came to the mourning family in a hurry, saying that he wanted to make this jade wine for the mourning family with his own hands, and wait until the spring to enjoy the flowers and drink at the same time, what a wonderful scene! The Queen Mother lowered her eyes, as if the wind had blown the sand into her eyes, "It's a pity that spring has come many times, but none of them have brought jade wine to the mourning family." Just ten days after the emperor's promise, Qi Ji entered the palace, she was really beautiful, so beautiful that the mourning family was jealous. At that time, the former emperor only had Qi Ji's figure in his eyes, where did he remember the promise he had made, and he never remembered that there was another person waiting for him in the palace. ”

"Queen Mother......" Yifang is usually sharp-tongued, but at this time he didn't know what to say, so he just called dryly.

"The mourning family has waited for so many years, after so many springs, and when the emperor has died, he still hasn't gotten it. The mourning family is not as greedy as Empress Lu, and wants power and the favor of her husband. All the mourners wanted from beginning to end was a pot of wine. Empress Dowager Bo said that in the past, she shed tears in front of Yifang, she suddenly looked up at Yifang, "I didn't expect that the jade wine that the mourning family has been waiting for for so many years will be brewed by you for the mourning family." ”

"The concubine didn't know the story of this wine, but she was planning with the king, wanting the queen mother to smile." Yifang said truthfully. She really didn't expect that there was such a story behind this wine, she thought that it was just the Queen Mother who liked this kind of taste, so she took great pains to brew it to please her.

"You have a heart." The Queen Mother had already sorted out her face at this time, and restored the face of the high-ranking Queen Mother in the past, "The mourning family knows that Heng'er likes you, but it has always been bad for the king to favor alone." If the other concubines are left to dry for a long time, if they are not jealous, they will empathize elsewhere, and any of these will be a disaster for the harem. You're a smart kid and you should be able to figure it out. ”

Yifang nodded, she has always understood this truth, but now Liu Heng is on the rise of her, and she is very persuasive, which is counterproductive. Yi Fang frowned, lowered her head and pondered, if there was a way to make Liu Heng rain and dew evenly, she would still be very happy to do it. In this way, he will have more time to pass on the news to Empress Lu, and he will also be able to make his younger brother live better.

But Yifang's performance seemed to the Queen Mother to be reluctant. The Queen Mother persuaded her bitterly: "The mourning family told you just now, the former emperor's favored Mrs. Qi, do you know what happened to her?" ”

Yifang was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "When the concubine was still in the Chang'an Palace, I heard some discussions from the palace maids and eunuchs, saying that Mrs. Qi had a very miserable life after the death of the first emperor. ”

"It's not just miserable, it's worse than death." The Queen Mother sighed again, "Empress Lu is a jealous woman, after the death of the first emperor, she will naturally not let go of Mrs. Qi, who had fought with her for a bloody head." Even if the mourning family's face is not ruthless at that time, I am afraid that it will end up with the same fate as Qi Ji. ”

The mourner brushed away the hair on the left cheek, revealing a hideous wound, as if it had been scratched with a hairpin. The force is so great that you can see clearly from the size of the wound. Yifang was shocked, she felt more and more that Empress Dowager Bo was also a ruthless character, and if she dared to treat her face like this, she could be regarded as a heroine among women in the deep palace.

"What the concubine understands, it's just that the king ......" Yifang paused before continuing, "Queen Mother, maybe the king is just a whim for the concubine, and after this period of time, it will gradually fade away." ”

What Yifang said was exactly what she wanted. Although Liu Heng was very good to her, so good that she was a little moved, the guilt and guilt in her heart were also growing. The more he treated her, the more she resented herself when she helped Empress Lu deliver the news. But the younger brother is still in the hands of Empress Lu, and this matter has to be done. Therefore, she didn't want Liu Heng to be alienated from her, just keep her in a state of imminent separation, so that she could have the opportunity to find out the news, and she didn't have to carry such a heavy sense of guilt.