The emperor shook the glass in his hand, and the pink liquor in the cup was particularly beautiful in the light of the candlelight.

In front of everyone, the little emperor took a sip, "Huh? ”

The little emperor thought about it for a while, and with a somewhat strange expression, he picked up the Qionghua brew on the table and poured a cup out. The colors of the two wines are very similar, but this Mu Zilan is brighter, and the aroma is more mellow.

"These two are not only similar in color, but even the taste is similar!"

"Is there such a thing? Aren't all of them unique? The Queen Mother was puzzled.

The little emperor pushed two glasses of wine in front of the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, come and see, my son is wrong." ”

The Queen Mother was not pretentious, she took a sip of both cups directly, she raised her eyebrows, and asked, "Miss Mu, are you famous for this wine?"

Facing the Queen Mother Mu Zilan was still very nervous, she subconsciously glanced at Hua Qingyan who was sitting on the side, and saw her winking at herself, so she relieved herself and said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the people's daughter's wine is called Qionghua Brew, which is the ancestral wine recipe of my Mu family."

Ho! What is this wine called? Qionghua Brew? Isn't that the name of the merchant's royal wine?

The eyes of the ministers couldn't help but look at the merchants, and they even moved on Mu Zilan and the merchants!

The merchant has only been around for more than ten years, and he is not a native of Yongjing City. These ministers still remember that this Qionghua brew was inexplicably popular in Yongjing City, and later Emperor Qiyuan went out of the palace to pay a private visit, and by chance drank this Qionghua brew, and I liked it in a cup, and it was sealed as imperial wine without saying a word! Since then, the merchant has become a famous family in Yongjing City, although it is not as good as the heritage of the family, but compared to many other families, it is infinitely beautiful!

The merchant started by relying on this Qionghua brew, and many people looked at the merchant at the beginning, and they also deliberately investigated, and they wanted to get the wine recipe from the merchant. But the merchants are also stubborn, and they refuse to hand over the wine recipe no matter what, let alone say that the wine recipe is their ancestral heirloom.

But now, another girl has come forward and said that Qionghua brewing is their family's ancestral secret recipe. If the two surnames figure it out, it would be fine, but one of them has the surname Shang, and the other has the surname Mu.

For a while, the ministers did not know who to believe.

The emperor and the empress dowager were equally surprised, and the emperor frowned and said, "Miss Mu, do you know what the crime of this deceitful is?"

Mu Zilan gritted her teeth, "The folk girl knows, but even if you give the folk girl 10,000 guts, the folk girl won't dare to bully the king!" What the folk girl said is true! Saying that, Mu Zilan knelt on the ground, her thin body was straight, and her little face was even more resolute.

The imperial power is supreme, and the common people don't even dare to offend the government on weekdays, so how can they know that it is a big crime to kill their heads and bully the king. If you want to soar, you also have to live and enjoy, don't you?

Therefore, the ministers did not suspect that this thin little girl was lying, after all, she could be accepted as a righteous daughter by the Marquis of Zhongyong, which also reflected the girl's character from the side.

So since it wasn't Mu Zilan who lied, the person who lied was self-evident.

"Your Majesty." Hua Qingying said suddenly, "Your Majesty, Wechen's story hasn't been finished yet, I wonder if Your Majesty and all the ladies are still interested in listening to Wechen's story?" ”

"You go on." The little emperor squinted his eyes and stared gloomily at the merchant in the corner.

When Mu Zilan said the name of the wine, the only glimmer of hope in the merchant's heart was also shattered. How can there be two identical wines in this world, there must be no absolute coincidence in this world!

At this moment, Emperor Qiyuan, who had been acting carelessly, also became serious. The imperial wine was sealed by him, if there is a mistake in it, then he was also deceived by others, he is an emperor, and it should be humiliating to be deceived by others!

Hua Qingying didn't sell Guan Zi this time, and then continued to talk about what she hadn't finished talking about before. If it weren't for Mu Zilan's insistence, he was actually unwilling to pick up Mu Zilan's hardships over the years in front of so many people, after all, those days were too dark for Mu Zilan.

The more I listen to this story, the more sad it becomes, and the faces of the royal family become more and more difficult to see. The context of Hua Qingying's story couldn't be clearer, isn't it that wolf-hearted person who took away his friend's family heirloom wine recipe and caused others to collapse, but he is soaring!

This wolf-hearted wicked man is still on the scene!

The little emperor looked at Emperor Qiyuan, at this time, his father was also gloomy, and the ins and outs of the matter were clear, although Hua Qingying did not name him, but the big guys knew it in their hearts.

"Father, what do you think about this matter?" The little emperor has the intention of letting Emperor Qiyuan call the shots, after all, this Qionghua brew is the imperial wine he sealed, and he doesn't know people clearly.

"What to do? Scold. Emperor Qiyuan snorted coldly, "Although the widow is no longer the emperor now, some people still commit the crime of bullying the king, why, the matter has come to this, do you still want to continue to hide it!" Shang Liu! ”

Shang Liu, who was named by the Emperor Taishang, had weak legs, fell to his knees, and the whole person fell to the ground trembling. The merchants also knelt down one after another, their faces like gold paper.

Merchants have always been complacent about being the emperor's businessmen, and the merchants are even more at ease, feeling that no one will shake the status of their merchants in this life, no one will pull the merchants down from the position of the emperor's merchants, and no one will know the secret of this Qionghua brew.

But Shang Liu didn't expect that what he did back then would be exposed so quickly, and it was in front of everyone's eyes, under the nose of this son of heaven! All this came so suddenly that Shang Liu couldn't think of any way to deal with it, let alone quibble.

Shang Liu lay on the ground and closed his eyes tremblingly, without saying a word.

"Shang Liu, let's talk about it, do you know this Mu girl, do you know her father, do you know this Qionghua Brew!" A bottle of wine smashed at Shang Liu's feet, the delicate wine bottle shattered in response, the wine splashed on the ground, and some fragments of the porcelain bottle actually hit Shang Liu's face, scratching blood marks. Shang Liu lay motionless on his stomach, and didn't dare to snort even if it hurt.

Seeing Shang Liu's appearance, Emperor Qiyuan became even more angry, as if there was a fire burning in his heart, wanting to burn his reason to the ground!

Emperor Qiyuan slapped the table fiercely: "Shang Liu raised his head and looked at the widow!" ”

Shang Liu raised his head tremblingly, his eyes full of despair. He moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but he shrunk his neck at Mu Zilan's hateful gaze on the side, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

"What else do you have to say?"

Shang Liu shook his head, but he didn't speak.

Emperor Qiyuan wanted to lose his temper again, but was interrupted by Concubine Mi: "Your Majesty, today is Prince Rui's birthday, it's not right for you to lose your temper." She gently stroked Emperor Qiyuan's chest to soothe his emotions, "Besides, I don't know which one of these Qionghua brews is the most authentic, the merchant has been an imperial merchant for so many years, and has brewed wine for us for so many years, you see that they will let them go first in their hard work, and it will not be too late to make a decision after finding out that they are really bullying the king!" ”

was appeased by such a gentle and petty concubine, and Emperor Qiyuan also calmed down a lot. He glared at Shang Liu fiercely, waved his hand and said, "Prince Rui's birthday, according to the custom, the widow wants to give amnesty to the world." But now that such a thing has happened, this amnesty is still forgotten by the world. Come on, Shang Liu's detention will be taken, and at the same time, the matter will be thoroughly investigated by the Criminal Department! And this Mu girl. ”

Emperor Qiyuan's eyes fell on Mu Zilan's body, and Mu Zilan subconsciously leaned towards Hua Qingying's side, but she still had the courage to look at Emperor Qiyuan.

Emperor Qiyuan chuckled and said: "It's a very courageous girl, until the truth is found out, Mu Zilan, you will stay in Yongjing, and you will not be allowed to step out of Yongjing without the order of the widow and the emperor!" ”

Mu Zilan nodded: "Yes, the people's daughter obeys the order!" ”

With the order of the Emperor Taishang, the palace guards soon rushed up and took down Shang Liu, who was paralyzed on the ground. The head of the family was taken away, but the merchants had no reason to stay, and left the palace one by one with pale faces. However, they did not have an easy walk, and there was a team of guards around them, and it was not until they were sure that they had completely left the palace that they relaxed their surveillance!

Out of the Xuanwu Gate, Shang Youyang's tense face completely collapsed, he quickly supported his mother who fell softly, looked at his mother's bloodless face, and said with concern: "Mother, how are you?" ”

"Yang'er, what should we do? What to do? How did things come to this? How did it come to this! Mrs. Shang cried out in pain, desperate and powerless.

Shang Youyang was also extremely powerless now, he didn't expect that his proud wine recipe would become the source of destruction. I didn't expect that the wine recipe was obtained by my father by such means, what New Year's greetings, what winemaking family, but it's just a lie!

It's all a dream that Shang Liu's forcible seizure and careful weaving!

And now this dream has been slapped and smashed by reality, revealing the plague inside!

"Yang'er, you have to think of a way to save your father, you have to think of a way, we can't live without your father!" Mrs. Shang grabbed Shang's melodious arm and begged, as if she was holding on to a life-saving straw.

But there is no way to do this life-saving straw, Shang Liu has been taken into custody by the Criminal Department, although he can't listen to Hua Qingying and Mu Zilan's words, but the wine in Mu Zilan's hand is the key!

Shang Youyang didn't know how far the wine had been brewed, if it was better than their merchants, Shang Youyang felt that their merchants were hopeless in their lives. What's more, don't look at the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion is still standing on the side of the Mu family, according to the emperor's love for the Hua family, Prince Yirui's love for Hua Qingyan, this battle, the merchant will not win!

Shang Youyang bit his lip, he couldn't bear to tell his mother what he thought, so he could only comfort softly: "Mother, my son will not give up, he will definitely think of a way, you can rest assured, don't be very bad." ”

When Mrs. Shang heard him say this, her mood finally improved, and she suddenly seemed to remember something, and grabbed Shang melodiously and said, "You go to find Hua Qingyan, go to her." Isn't she your fiancée, if you ask her, she'll agree to help us!" ”