"It's okay, I'm used to the smell of this medicine, it doesn't matter how long I drink it." Yifang put down the empty bowl, and Zhao Yan actually took out a small bag of things from his arms.

"Beauty, this is the halva that the slave specially asked for from the dining room, and eating it can dissipate the bitterness of the medicine."

"You have a heart." Yifang smiled softly at him, took the halva and took a bite, it was really sweet, and the bitterness in his mouth was diluted a lot, "Yes, this halva is very delicious." ”

"It's good if the beauty likes it." Zhao Yan scratched his head a little embarrassed, "The slave is often taken care of by the beauty in the Guangyang Palace, and there is nothing to repay, as long as the beauty likes it, the slave will often bring halva over in the future." ”

"Okay, but you can't eat too much halva, you will get tired if you eat too much, just a little bit." Yifang gave some of the remaining halva to Zili and Tengling, and handed it back to Zhao Yan, and everyone ate it together, regardless of the master and servant, like an ordinary person.

But inside it was so happy, but outside it was a low pressure. When Liu Heng rushed to Guangyang Hall with the candied fruit, he saw Yifang drink the medicine in one go, and when he was about to go in, he saw Zhao Yan take out the halva. Originally, it was just a scene where the slave felt sorry for his master, but in Liu Heng's eyes, he was very dissatisfied, and suddenly a nameless fire came up.

"Your Majesty, the minions are now going in and passing the word?" Wu Ping asked tentatively.

"Spread what to say! Have you ever seen someone eat halva before eating preserves? I can't get tired of you! Get back! Liu Heng turned around angrily and threw the wrapped candied fruit into Wu Ping's hand, "I've rewarded you for this thing." ”

"Thank you, minion, Your Majesty." Wu Ping was apprehensive, but he was holding a candied fruit in his hand, and he didn't dare to move. This is specially prepared by the king for Su Meiren, even if he is rewarded, he will not dare to eat it!

"Call your apprentice to this king." As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Liu Heng asked Wu Ping to call someone.

"Apprentice? Your Majesty, the minions have many apprentices, I wonder which one you are talking about? ”

"The one who watched the woman in Guangyang Hall drinking medicine." Liu Heng reprimanded dissatisfiedly, as if he was disgusted with Wu Ping's unintelligent appearance.

Wu Ping answered and went out to call someone, although he didn't know what happened to Liu Heng when he saw Zhao Yan, but he subconsciously felt that this apprentice of his was going to be unlucky.

"You are Zhao Yan? It was you who gave halva to the plain beauty...... Ahem, the medicine deliverer? Liu Heng covered his slip of mouth with a cough.

"If you go back to the king, you are a minion." Zhao Yan didn't know why, so he could only ask what to answer.

"Do you see that tea over there? Go and bring it to the king. Liu Heng pointed to the teacup not far away.

"No." Zhao Yan brought the tea to Liu Heng, he pretended to reach out to get it, but the moment he was about to get it, he suddenly let go, and the tea cup fell to the ground all of a sudden.

"Minions deserve to die, minions deserve to die." Zhao Yan was taken aback, it was obvious that Liu Heng did it on purpose, and at this time he could only kneel down and beg for mercy.

"You're damned, go down and get the penalty, twenty boards." Liu Heng looked at him condescendingly, thinking in his heart that if the 20th board was played, he should be able to rest for more than ten days to get better, and he wouldn't be able to go to Guangyang Hall for a while and a half, and he wouldn't be able to send halva.

"The king is angry, the king is angry, the slave apprentice is unstable, the slave will teach him a lesson when he goes down, and please spare him this time!" Wu Ping also saw Liu Heng's intention on the side, but Zhao Yan was his most proud apprentice, and he really couldn't bear to beat twenty boards.

"One more word, and you'll be next to him!"

As soon as these words came out, Wu Ping stopped talking, but just looked at Zhao Yan with sympathetic and sad eyes. After the twenty boards were played, Liu Heng also fell asleep, and Wu Ping finally had time to go to see Zhao Yan.

"Master, that teacup really wasn't broken in vain, it was the king himself who didn't hold it steady." Zhao Yan said aggrievedly, "The apprentice really let go when he saw that Wang Shang had already taken it." ”

Wu Ping patted Zhao Yan's head helplessly: "My fool, what kind of tea cup is this, the king is annoying you!" ”

"The king is annoyed? Why? The disciples have never had a chance to serve the king, and they have never made any great mistakes! Zhao Yan looked dazed.

"Didn't make a big mistake? You made a big mistake and you don't know it! Wu Ping nodded his forehead with hatred, "You said you were good, why did you send that halva to Su Meiren!" The plain beauty is happy to eat, don't you put yourself in it! ”

"The apprentice gave halva to the vegetarian beauty, so the king was angry?" Zhao Yan was puzzled, "Isn't the king not waiting to see a plain beauty?" ”

"We can guess what the king is thinking, pay attention to it when we go to Guangyang Hall in the future, but don't bring halva over." Wu Ping instructed him.

But Zhao Yan shook his head: "Su Mei loves to eat the halva I brought, I have no father or mother since I was a child, I have always been bullied, no one has ever been good to me, and it is the same when I go to the palace, only you and Su Mei are good to me, Master." Even if the king wants to kill me, I will give it to the beauties who are happy to eat. ”

Wu Ping touched his head and sighed: "What a stupid boy, don't be seen by the king again in the future." ”

"I see, Master."

After this incident, Liu Heng stopped the medicine in Yifang, but he was still the same as before, and he never stepped into the Guangyang Palace. As the days passed, rumors spread in the palace, saying that the acting king was extremely disgusted with the plain beauty of Guangyang Palace, because she was a monster and would come out to suck people's blood at night.

"Wu Ping, there have been some rumors in the palace recently, have you heard them?" On this day, Liu Heng was free, so he thought about going to the small garden for a stroll, just remembered the rumors he had heard in the past few days, and asked Wu Ping casually.

"This ...... I heard a few words, but the minions didn't dare to say it. Wu Ping opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

"If you don't dare to say it, just change someone else, and change your position as the head of the house to someone else." Liu Heng said with a half-threatening word.

Wu Ping immediately stopped hesitating, and said everything he knew: "Your Majesty, I don't know where these rumors came from, they all say that Su Mei is a monster, and she will come out to suck people's blood at night. He also said that the king put her aside because of this, saying that the Guangyang Palace was a place dedicated to suppressing evil spirits, and the people in the palace were panicked, and the palace people did not dare to go to the Guangyang Palace. ”

"What about the woman in Guangyang Palace? Did she hear these rumors? Is there any reaction? ”

"These rumors are so powerful in the palace, it stands to reason that Su Meiren should have heard about it, but she is closed in Guangyang Hall every day, and the servants don't know how she reacts."

"These palace people are really full and have nothing to do, so they go to add some work to those who are rumored to be fierce, and they are not allowed to eat if they don't finish every day." As soon as Liu Heng finished speaking, he suddenly heard some intermittent laughter not far away, and he was a little curious, so he followed the laughter and rushed over there.

In the past few days, the rumors in the palace are naturally known, and she has made people pay attention to them, and the rumors seem to have come from the Linhua Palace. It seems that they are so silent, Wen Jiayi can't help but start, after all, you don't offend people, but people don't necessarily offend you.

Yifang stayed in the palace for a long time, listening to these rumors, but he thought about going out for a walk. I have long heard that the small garden of the palace is beautiful, and it is not worse than the imperial garden in the Chang'an Palace. Yifang brought Zili and Tengling on this day, and went to the small garden early to flutter butterflies.

She held a fan, looked at the pink butterfly, and fluttered happily. In the past, when she was in Qinghe County, she often played like this, and occasionally pulled her two younger brothers together, and she was really happy during that time. Although things are no longer human, the fun of fluttering butterflies can still evoke the only trace of heartfelt joy left in Yifang's heart.

Yifang was so happy that she couldn't pay attention to the road under her feet, she patronized and chased up, stepped on a loose stone and slipped it, and fell backwards involuntarily. Zili and Tengling were a little far away, and there was no way to go over and hold her all at once. Yifang reflexively closed his eyes, but fell into a warm embrace.

"Slaves and maids see the king." Hearing the sound of Zili and Teng Ling saluting behind him, Yi Fang opened his eyes suddenly, and what caught his eye was Liu Heng's close face.

Yifang was startled, and quickly pushed him away and took a few steps back: "The minister sees the king." ”

If everything in the past had been designed by Yifang, then today's events would be completely unexpected. Originally, she just wanted to come out to see how far those rumors had spread, and by the way, she could also take a break, but she didn't expect to meet Liu Heng here.

"The rumors in the palace have spread like that, and Su Mei still has the heart to come out to play?" Liu Heng looked at her with a smile on his face.

"Saying that the concubine is a monster and can suck human blood?" Yi Fang raised his head and asked without humility or arrogance, "Does the king believe it?" ”

"This king doesn't believe such a strange force and chaos in the gods."

"That's right, since it is a rumor, it will lose its freshness after a few days, and it will naturally disperse, and the king doesn't have to pay attention to it." Yifang saluted again, "The concubine disturbed the king, so she retreated." ”

"Wait, did this king let you go?" Liu Heng hurriedly stepped forward.

Yi Fang took a step back with his movements: "What else does the king command?" ”

"Since you're here, let's enjoy the flowers with this king!" Liu Heng was originally reluctant to take the initiative to go to Guangyang Hall to save face, but now that he saw her by chance, her posture of fluttering butterflies has been lingering in his mind, and he can't help but want to stay with her for a while.

It's a pity that Yifang's face didn't have the joy of ordinary concubines seeing the acting king, and she even frowned slightly: "The concubine doesn't know anything about flowers, I heard that Wan Bazi and Qi Shao are both people who love flowers, so the king still let them come over to accompany them!" The concubine retired. ”

Yifang was about to leave again after speaking, but was stopped by Liu Heng again: "What are you doing in this small garden if you don't like flowers?" ”

"The concubine just stayed in the palace for a long time, wanted to come out to breathe, and walked here indiscriminately." Yifang replied casually.

Liu Heng took a few steps closer to her, but she retreated again, always trying to distance herself from him. The anger in Liu Heng's heart came out again: "Can you just meet this king?" You inquired about the whereabouts of this king in advance, and you came here to wait to meet this king, right? ”

What Liu Heng said was complete nonsense, he knew very well that it was his temporary decision to visit the small garden, and it was not decided in advance, so naturally there was no way to inquire. But looking at Yifang's calm look, and even seeing him wanting to escape, he just wanted to make some trouble for her.

"The king misunderstood, if the concubine had known that the king would come here, she would definitely not have come out." Yifang still had a flat face, "Now that it is in the way of the king's eyes, the concubine knows that she is guilty, so she will retire first." ”

"Okay, since you want to go back in such a hurry, then don't come out in the future." Liu Heng said ruthlessly, "Guangyang Hall is a beautiful woman, rushing into this king, it is really hateful, punish Guangyang Palace for grounding, and you are not allowed to step out of the palace door without the order of this king." ”

"No." Even so, the expression on Yifang's face did not change, she bowed obediently, and left with Zili and Tengling.

"What kind of attitude does this woman have!" After Yifang left, Liu Heng was so angry that he kicked the tree next to him.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to grounding Su Mei?" Wu Ping couldn't help but ask.

"Forbidden! Forbidden, of course! She is the one who is forbidden by this king! Liu Heng yelled almost angrily.

Wu Ping saw that Liu Heng was furious, and he didn't dare to say anything more, so he lowered his head and stood aside, until he finally retracted his temper, and the group continued to move forward. But now, Liu Heng was no longer in the mood to continue shopping, so he turned around and returned to the study. As soon as I entered, a eunuch came to report that Ziqian was waiting outside.

"Why are you here at this time? Did you find out the news of that stupid woman in Guangyang Palace? Liu Heng asked casually, but Ziqian raised his head in surprise. In just a few days, the king's title for Su Meiren has changed from "Dou's" to "the woman in Guangyang Palace", and then from "the woman in Guangyang Palace" to "the stupid woman in Guangyang Palace", which is really interesting.

However, Ziqian didn't come to report the news of Yifang today, he raised his head and said: "The minister has sent additional people to Chang'an, but there is no news for the time being. However, on the side of Yue Liangren, there was movement again. ”

"Oh? Yue Liangren contacted people outside the palace again? Liu Heng squinted and asked, his expression a little more serious.

"Yes, the person arranged by the minister intercepted a note sent by Yue Liang to the outside of the palace, but the content of this note is very strange." Ziqian handed over the note, "Your Majesty, look at it." ”

"Help me get some chicken blood and long hair that can be faked." Liu Heng read out the contents of the note.

This sentence immediately reminded him of the rumors in the palace recently, if you want to make the rumors more powerful, it is naturally best for someone to see them with their own eyes. And to do this, chicken blood and long hair are essential. It's just that these two things can also be obtained in the palace, so why take such a big risk to find someone outside the palace to send them in? There must be something strange about this.

"Ziqian, where did you intercept this note, is it the same place as last time? What about messengers? Liu Heng asked cautiously.

Ziqian shook his head: "I didn't see anyone this time, but I found this note in the crack in the wall of that place last time, and it was mixed in the crack of the wall." ”