For a month and a half, Liu Heng pampered three family members except Yifang one after another, Empress Dowager Bo was very happy, she always advocated that Liu Heng should have a few lovely people around him, and now Liu Heng has come to the harem more, she is naturally pleased. But those people are all from Chang'an, and they are always a little worried while they are happy.

Today is another busy day for the government, Liu Heng finished discussing politics with the minister in the evening, and as soon as he returned to the dormitory, Ziqian came to ask for a meeting. Recently, there haven't been too many things to be done by Ziqian, Liu Heng thought about it for a while, and knew that it was related to several family members from Chang'an.

"The ministers see the king."

"Ziqian doesn't have to be polite, is it that the matter that this king asked you to check has a result?" Liu Heng was anxious to know the situation.

Ziqian bowed: "Yes, the investigation of the four family members has begun to take shape, and the minister has come to report to the king." ”

"How?"

"Wan Bazi and Young Envoy Qi have no problem, they are both peasant girls from Chang'an, who were palace maids in the Chang'an Palace before, and were later selected by Empress Lu to be sent to the country." After Ziqian finished speaking, he paused first, and then said, "Yueliang is from Xicheng, and his family was originally engaged in quarrying business. Yue Liang has been in the palace for many years, but when he entered the palace, he somehow got in touch with his family, and secretly had secret contacts. The Wen family's jade business is thriving again, but it doesn't seem to be wrong. ”

Liu Heng nodded: "What about Su Meiren?" ”

Ziqian glanced up at Liu Heng's expression, opened his mouth, but there was a look of embarrassment in his eyebrows: "Your Majesty, please forgive the ministers for their incompetence, about Su Meiren......"

"How?" Liu Heng heard him stop talking like this, and he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart.

"Plain beauty...... No such person was found. ”

"No such person?" Liu Hengqi said.

Ziqian nodded seriously: "Yes, the spies sent by the minister to Chang'an came to report, and the entire palace was inquired all over the palace, and there was no palace maid with the same name as Su Meiren." And not only the palace maids, in order to be cautious, the minister asked the spies to check all the women in the palace, dancing girls, medical girls, imperial chefs, female prisoners, including all the maidens, all inquired, none of them. ”

"Maybe it's not a woman in the palace, but from the people?" Liu Heng guessed.

But Ziqian shook his head: "The minister also guessed, so he asked the spies to investigate in Chang'an City, but there was not a single family surnamed Dou in the entire Chang'an City." Even so, the minister still drew a portrait of a plain beauty, and asked them to take the portrait and secretly inquire about it, but they still found nothing, as if the pixel beauty fell from the sky. ”

"What about the maidservants who came with them from Chang'an? They are close to each other, so they can always know a little bit, right? ”

The ministers also inquired secretly, and the maidservants said that they had never seen the family before they set off. If you know, you can only be the personal maid by Su Meiren's own side, but if you ask the personal maid, won't you startle the snake? ”

"There is no such person, no such person." Liu Heng read it silently a few times, and suddenly smiled, "It's good to find no such person!" ”

"Your Majesty?" Ziqian was puzzled.

"It's just that there is no such person, isn't it much better than being sure that she is Empress Lu's fine work?"

"Speaking of fine work, the minister feels that Yue Liangren seems to be more like." Ziqian hesitated, but still spoke.

"Oh? Why? ”

During the investigation, the minister accidentally intercepted a note of contact between Yue Liang and her family, and Yue Liang seemed to want her family to train a group of dead soldiers, and mentioned that she had already met with her family. It's just that the minister thought that his family members came all the way from Chang'an, and they were sent directly to the palace, where would they have the opportunity to meet? ”

"There is indeed a problem." Liu Heng responded, and he suddenly remembered the assassin who inexplicably appeared in the Guangyang Hall that day.

"Your Majesty, what are you going to do next?"

Liu Heng waved his hand: "It's not necessary for the time being, this king has already disposed of a Xia clan before, if he does it again, I'm afraid it will attract the attention of Empress Lu's side, so let's talk about it after a while." You continue to check the details of Su Meiren, and Yue Liangren will also send someone to keep an eye on it. ”

"No."

After Ziqian left, Liu Heng summoned Wu Ping: "This king asked you to keep an eye on Guangyang Palace, how are you doing these days?" ”

In the past half a month, although Liu Heng has never set foot in Guangyang Palace, he has privately made people pay attention to Yifang's every move. After all, seeing that the other family members who entered the palace with him were all pampered, but she was the only one who was left aside, and she would always be angry in her heart.

But Liu Heng's conjecture was completely wrong, Wu Ping replied truthfully: "Back to the king, the Sumei people have been closed these days, and the minions have only stayed outside and watched, and they can't understand it." ”

"She must be upset." Liu Heng said and hooked the corners of his mouth.

"This ...... It doesn't seem to be. Wu Ping hesitated, "Although Su Meiren is closed, her two personal maids have been busy in the yard, planting flowers and grass every day." Su Mei occasionally comes out to water the flowers and plants, but the slave listens to Su Mei who likes the sun during the day, so he doesn't go out often. Although I couldn't see it in the hall, there was often some laughter, and I thought that Su Mei was not too sad and sad. ”

"Planting flowers and grass?" Liu Heng's blood surged all of a sudden, "This king hasn't been to her Guangyang Hall for more than half a month, she doesn't want to coax this king, but she still has the heart to plant flowers and grass?!" ”

"Your Majesty, if you don't go to Guangyang Palace, Sumei can't force you to go, and she has nothing to do if she doesn't plant flowers and grass!" Wu Ping whispered a sentence of defense for Yifang.

Liu Heng glanced at him with a murderous gaze: "If this king doesn't go, won't she come by herself?" ”

"If you don't summon you, how dare Su Mei come rashly? If she comes to make you angry, wouldn't it be ......" Wu Ping still wanted to argue a few words for Yifang, but when he caught a glimpse of Liu Heng's increasingly ugly face, he quickly shut up.

"Your Majesty, dinner is useless yet, why don't you send you dinner first?" Wu Ping found a topic to prevaricate.

Liu Heng waved his hand irritably: "Don't eat it, this king has no appetite." ”

"Your Majesty, you've been losing your appetite for several days, do you want to call a doctor over and take a look?"

"No...... It's okay to call the doctor over, and make a lot of noise, so that everyone in the palace knows that the king is sick. Liu Heng intends to create an opportunity.

"No, the slave must have let someone inadvertently spread the news to the Guangyang Palace." Wu Ping knew this, so he hurriedly withdrew and went to the doctor.

At this time, in the Guangyang Palace, Yifang and Zili, Teng Ling sat at the table, and the two were looking at her worriedly. The acting king favored the other three family members, especially Yue Liangren, who were now arrogant in everything he did, and he didn't take them seriously at all.

"Yifang, aren't you really in a hurry at all?" Zili asked with a frown.

Yifang cut the flower branches on the table, and replied: "Once in the Huanning Hall in Chang'an, Xu Meiren told me that the emperor doted on her very much, but there was no love in her eyes. The emperor's favor is very common in the palace, and after a while, it will turn from prosperity to decline, at most a year or two, and that pitiful freshness will pass. If you want to gain a foothold in the palace for a long time, in addition to competing for favor, you must also win love, have the love of the emperor, and hold some power, so that you can live longer in this deep palace. ”

Zili and Tengling both nodded as if they didn't understand: "It's just that we're just waiting?" If you don't do something, how can you win the love of the king? ”

"It's time to do something." Yifang said with a smile, "There is news today that it is said that the acting king has lost his appetite recently, and he has announced that the doctor has gone over to take a look." ”

"What does the beauty mean, we can start with this?" Tengling's eyes lit up.

Yi Fang said noncommittally: "In the past, Xu Meiren often lost her appetite, so I would make some pastries for her in different ways, even if she had a bad appetite, she could always eat some." ”

"The slave and maid understood, and the slave and maid went down to prepare the ingredients for the pastry." Tengling was overjoyed, and always felt that the day of turning over was just around the corner.

Yifang grabbed her: "You and Zili go to buy ingredients together, remember, we must let the matter of our large-scale purchase of ingredients reach the ears of the king, but don't spread it too obviously." ”

"No."

Three or two days later, the news of Guangyang Palace's large-scale purchase of ingredients spread far and wide, and naturally it accurately reached the ears of the acting king.

A few days ago, the doctor came to take a look, and the acting king's body was fine, but it was just a little hot and unbearable, so he lost his appetite. The acting king does not like to take medicine, so he has to eat some warm and hot food under the doctor's instructions, and most of the ingredients purchased in the Guangyang Palace are also warm and hot.

"She really began to lose her temper, you see, as soon as the news of this king came out, she began to think of ways to cook food for this king." When Liu Heng heard the news, he almost burst into laughter.

"Yes, Su Meiren has finally opened her mind, and it is not in vain that the king has carefully designed it." Wu Ping doesn't know what happened these days, he always patted the horse's legs, and this time was no exception.

"What is the king's elaborate design!" Liu Heng glanced at him, "As a concubine, shouldn't you think about this king?" ”

"Yes, yes, of course it should be." Wu Ping nodded again and again, "Congratulations to the king, you will be able to hold the beauty soon." ”

It's a pity that things are not as Liu Heng expected, four or five days have passed, and it stands to reason that the pastries should have been made a long time ago, but Yifang never sent them to him. Liu Heng was puzzled in his heart, and sent someone to Guangyang Hall to see what was going on, but the ingredients were still being sent in, and the palace people in Guangyang Hall were still processing the ingredients, but he just didn't see Yifang appear in front of him. Liu Heng was really strange, and finally couldn't help but run towards Guangyang Palace.

At the same time, looking at the busy palace people in Guangyang Palace, Zili and Tengling were also very puzzled.

Yifang specially made mung bean cake to clear away heat and relieve heat, but it didn't seem to mean to send it to the king. She stood quietly by the door, looking at everyone's busy figures with satisfaction, and didn't say much.

"Beauty, there's enough mung bean cake, let's send it to the king quickly!" Teng Ling couldn't help but remind.

"Send it to the king?" Yifang put on a puzzled face, "Who said I was going to give it to the acting king?" ”

"Isn't it going to be given to the king? So why are you doing this? Teng Ling looked puzzled.

Yifang raised his eyebrows and smiled: "The weather has been hot and dry recently, and I saw that the palace people in our palace were tired, so I made some mung bean cakes and distributed them to them, which can be regarded as relieving the heat." ”

"That'...... The king? ”

"The acting king is noble, naturally there is a dining room to change the way to cook food for him to relieve the heat, so we don't need to worry about it." Yifang glanced at the eunuchs who were eavesdropping nearby, and deliberately said in a loud voice, "We just need to take care of ourselves, and the acting king doesn't often come to our Guangyang Palace, so there is no need to prepare his share, and give it all to the palace people!" ”

Watching the eunuchs outside tiptoe away, Yifang laughed clearly. She knew that the Acting King would meet their family members who had come from afar and would not be at ease, and would inevitably send someone to secretly watch their every move. In that case, it's not a bad idea to make use of these eyes and ears.

Sure enough, when the eunuch rushed to report to the acting king, he happened to meet the acting king who was going to Guangyang Hall on the way.

"Slaves see the king."

"Didn't this king tell you to keep an eye on the movements of Guangyang Palace? Why did you run out in a hurry? The acting king recognized at a glance the eunuch he had sent.

"Back to the king, you asked the minions to keep an eye on when the plain beauty's pastries were ready, and the minions were about to report to you."

"Oh? It's been a few days, and the pastry hasn't been made yet? Liu Heng asked as if unintentionally.

The eunuch shook his head tremblingly: "The mung bean cake of the plain beauty was made a few days ago, and it tastes really good, even better than what is made in the dining room!" ”

"Really?" Liu Heng asked rhetorically, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, "How do you know that the mung bean cake tastes good?" ”

"It was the plain beauty who remembered the summer heat of the minions, so they distributed all the mung bean cakes to the minions to eat to relieve the heat." The eunuch secretly glanced at Liu Heng's face, and replied stubbornly, "Su Meiren said, the king is noble, and his own dining room has changed the way to cook food for you to relieve the heat, so she doesn't need to worry about it." He also said that you don't often go to Guangyang Palace, so you don't have to prepare your share, just take care of yourself. ”

"That's what she said?" Liu Heng clenched his fists.

The eunuch faintly felt Liu Heng's anger, but he could only reply: "It's true, what the slave heard with his own ears will never be false." ”

"Good, good." Liu Heng glared at Wu Ping, who was standing innocently next to him, "From today on, you are not allowed to provide ingredients to Guangyang Palace, making pastries is a matter of the dining room, what kind of excitement is she coming to make around!" ”

After Liu Heng finished speaking, he glanced at the direction of Guangyang Hall from afar, snorted coldly and turned around and left.

"Your Majesty, the Guangyang Palace is over there!" Wu Ping reminded carefully.

"Do you still need to say it? This king doesn't know? Liu Heng glared at Wu Ping again, "Go to Yue Liangren." ”

"No." Wu Ping responded apprehensively. He sighed silently in his heart, deliberately trying to create some opportunities for Su Meiren, why was he so uncompromising! Wu Ping wiped the sweat on his head, and according to the temperament of the acting king, he was afraid that he would not go to Guangyang Hall for another ten days and half a month.