Half an hour has passed since the makeup was finished, Yifang looked at his face in the mirror, it seemed to be more ruddy than before, maybe it was Liu Heng's extra care of her these days to raise such a ruddy complexion. She smiled in the mirror, not knowing how long it would last.

"Beauty, Young Envoy Qi is here." The eunuch guarding the door outside suddenly came to report.

"Young Envoy Qi?" Yifang subconsciously glanced at Teng Ling, "Why did she suddenly come to visit me?" ”

Yi Fang carefully recalled Qi Zhi's appearance in his mind, they had only met twice on the way to Daiguo and when they went to meet the king together, and they were not deeply impressed. Besides, Qi Zhi is not favored, although he always likes to say a few more words when he encounters things, but his nature does not seem to have any scheming, and he is now idle in the palace.

"Go and call her in!" Yifang gave an order to the eunuch. Since it was a low-ranking concubine who came to visit, there was naturally no reason not to see it. Besides, she was also a little curious, what happened when this Qi Zhi suddenly came to see her?

"The concubine meets the plain beauty." Qi Zhi saluted, and Yifang asked her to sit down and talk.

At this time, if you look carefully at this person's face, she is still a beautiful woman, but her appearance is not top-notch, and she is not amazing. If it is placed in the people, it is considered to be a gentle face, and it is estimated that it will be the object of pursuit by the sons of many ordinary people. It's just that when I got to this palace, I was buried like a speck of dust.

"Why did Young Envoy Qi come to my Guangyang Palace?" Yifang asked directly and clearly.

Qi Zhi originally planned to be polite first, but when she saw that she was straightforward, she simply replied: "The concubine and the beauty came from Chang'an together, and now they have been in the palace for some time, and they haven't been able to find a chance to visit the beauty." I had free time today, so I thought I would come and see him. ”

"Really?" Yifang knew when she heard that she was not honest.

"Of course, the concubine also saw that the beauty was deeply favored by the king, and thought that if she came to the beauty palace, she might be able to meet the king by chance." Qi Zhi lowered his head, his face full of sadness, "Please also ask the beauty not to resent the concubine's careful thoughts, the beauty is naturally favored, but the concubine is only favored once, and she has never seen the king in the future, so she can only come to the beauty, even if she just looks at the king from afar." ”

Yi Fang was also a little unbearable in his heart, but he didn't believe all of her words. She stared straight into Qi Zhi's eyes: "If you really came to see the king, then it's nothing, if you come to see the king for something else, I won't welcome it here." ”

Qi Zhi's eyes subconsciously glanced into the courtyard outside, and Yifang keenly caught her small movement, so he glanced at Tengling next to him. She changed to a palace maid to stay by the side of Yifang, and she quietly slipped out to see what was going on in the courtyard.

"What the concubine said is true, she really just wants to see the king." What Qi Zhi said was indeed true feelings, and Yi Fang also felt that it was true in his eyes. But having true feelings does not mean that there is only true feelings, which is also mixed with the swelling desires in her heart.

"In that case, if the king is not with me today, you should go back." Yifang didn't bother to deal with her anymore, so he directly issued an eviction order.

Qi Zhi's gaze glanced out again: "The concubine Fei admits that she is here for the king, but she also wants to talk to the beauty to relieve her worries in this deep palace." Isn't it true that the beauty dislikes the concubine's low status and is not favored by the king, so she doesn't want to gossip with the concubine? ”

"Since you want to talk to me, tell me what kind of tricks you're playing outside the yard?" Yi Fang simply asked directly. She felt that this person's eyes were unsettled, and it reflected the panic in her heart, wanting to do something secret, and with this virtue on her face, this person was not to be afraid.

Qi Zhi really shook: "What is the beauty talking about?" The concubine didn't understand at all. ”

"Don't you understand?" Yifang raised his head outside the door, "Tengling, bring it in." ”

Under this order, Teng Ling and Zili walked in with a little palace maid and closed the palace door with their hands. The moment Qi Zhi saw the little palace maid again, his brows tightened, and the panic in his eyes became even more obvious.

"Did you make it clear? What does she want to do? ”

"Beauty, as soon as the slave maid went out, she saw this little palace maid, she asked around in the yard, and asked the beauty what she was doing recently." Teng Ling grabbed the little palace maid by the collar and dragged her to the ground, "The slave stopped her and asked for a while before she made it clear that she was here for Young Envoy Qi to find out what gifts the beauty was preparing for the Queen Mother." ”

"Why didn't Qi Shao prepare a birthday gift for the Queen Mother, and wanted to pick up the ready-made?" Yifang felt a little funny, the Queen Mother had never liked her, this Young Envoy Qi also came to listen to the birthday gift she prepared, didn't she want to be disgusted by the Queen Mother like her?

"Concubine, concubine didn't mean this, but I didn't know what the Queen Mother liked, so I came to see what the beauty prepared, so I could go back and make a reference."

Yifang saw her eyes dodging left and right, and felt that something was wrong in her heart. She thought about it carefully, and remembered the jade wine that Liu Heng told her, could it be that this method was known to her, and she wanted to come to hear the truth? But judging from Qi Zhi's performance, it is obvious that she was just used as a gun.

"Then why did you just come to see what I had prepared?" Yi Fang smiled and asked, "If you want to please the Queen Mother, go to the queen's place to have a look, or go to Mrs. Cao's place to have a look, even if it is Du Bazi and Yuan Bazi, isn't it much better than coming to me?" They are the most senior concubines in the palace, and they should know more about the queen mother's preferences. ”

"This ...... The concubine is to inquire that the beauty has prepared a gift that the queen mother will definitely like. ”

"Then why are you the only one coming? What about the beloved? Won't she come and take a look? In order to find the person who told her the news, Yifang first said the most likely way to deceive her.

But Qi Zhi looked dazed: "Yue Liangren? What does this have to do with the delightful person? ”

"Didn't she tell you the news?" Yifang asked tentatively.

"Of course not, I heard the news from Wan Bazi, and she told me not to tell ......" Qi Zhi almost blurted out, and only realized it halfway through the words, so he quickly stopped.

"Everyone is the king's concubine, and of course honoring the queen mother is also what we should do. If Young Envoy Qi wants to know what kind of birthday gift to give to the Queen Mother in the future, just come and ask me directly, you don't have to be so sneaky. Yifang changed into a kind smile.

"Is what the beauty said true?" Qi Zhi was a little flattered.

Yi Fang nodded seriously: "We have just come to the palace not long ago, even if the gifts we prepare are not in line with the queen mother's wishes, it will not cause criticism, and Young Envoy Qi doesn't have to worry." ”

"The concubine knows, thank you for the beauty's instructions, the concubine will go back and prepare for life." Qi Zhi's heart is quite simple, but it is a bad habit to trust other people's words too much.

After bringing the little palace maid back to Qi Zhi, Zili and Tengling sat next to Yifang as before. Yifang actually likes this feeling very much, everyone sits together as equals, and they are happy as if they are a family, not a master and servant.

"Yifang, you just let them go?"

"If you don't let go, will you detain people here and make a big deal about this little thing?" Yifang spread his hands.

"But I don't see that what the young envoy Qi said doesn't seem to be true, at least not completely." Zili's eyes were full of doubt.

"Don't worry, she looks so timid, she can't make any waves, but I'm a little worried about Yue Liang and Wan Bazi." Yi Fang sighed, "Originally, I only thought that Yue Liangren would take this opportunity to do something, but I didn't expect Wan Bazi to be a worry-free person." ”

"yes, now there's one more one eyeing us." Zili propped his head and said, "But looking at Wan Bazi's usual silence, he picked up Young Envoy Qi, and turned out to be a good hand." ”

"You're right, she was unknown in the past, and I always felt that she was peaceful, but I didn't expect that as long as people in this deep palace were inevitably involved in the struggle."

"Beauty, it seems that they are all aiming at the birthday of the Queen Mother, do you know if someone will sabotage it, or something else?" Teng Ling pondered on the side, but he didn't have a clue.

"Young Envoy Qi should simply want to know what gift I will give to the Queen Mother, and then draw a scoop with a gourd to win the love of the Queen Mother." Yi Fang continued to analyze, "Wan Bazi instigated Young Envoy Qi to come to me to inquire, maybe he heard about the jade wine that the king said, but he only knew a little bit about it, but he couldn't fully figure it out, so he used Young Envoy Qi to explore the truth. ”

"If that's the case, then if she can't make a plan, she will give birth to two plans, the enemy is in the dark, I'm in the light, we can't prevent it!" Zili looked worried again.

Yifang patted her hand: "Don't be so nervous, be cautious in all aspects these days, don't worry too much." ”

The three masters and servants couldn't discuss a result, but they just thought that the palace had to strengthen its guards recently, so as not to let those outsiders take advantage of the loopholes.

About three or two days later, Liu Heng came to Guangyang Hall with the recipe of the jade wine with great interest.

This is worthy of the Queen Mother's heart for a long time, the production process is really complicated, and several of the raw materials are also rare. Fortunately, Liu Heng had already prepared the materials needed for making wine for Yifang in advance, so she didn't have to bother looking for them.

"Ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, snow lotus......" Yi Fang looked at the things in front of him, and was a little apprehensive in his heart, "Your Majesty, these raw materials are so precious, if the concubine is careless and the wine-making fails, won't it all be wasted." ”

"If it succeeds, it will make the Queen Mother happy, which is also the wish of this king. In that case, why not? Liu Heng looked at her with a smile.

Yi Fang nodded, thinking that he must not live up to his trust.