Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Taizong suddenly took out a small box from his sleeve, opened it to reveal a pill and said, "My nephew must be very tired after rushing back to the capital. I brought a pill, which can replenish Qi. Take it, my nephew."

Defang was startled, and the concubine Di next to her was very nervous. At this time, Taizong asked those words, and suddenly took out the pills, while everyone else retreated outside the hall. This kind of scene made Defang feel at a loss, but It's impossible to show this kind of panic. At this moment, Defang thought a lot in his mind, does the emperor want to harm me?No, I didn't do anything, so why did he take out the pill?Is it really for invigorating Qi?Defang looked at the pill, gritted his teeth, took the pill and said "Thank you, Your Majesty", then put it in his mouth without thinking, and served it with wine.

Concubine Di next to her almost didn't jump up, but Taizong was present, Concubine Di clenched her hands tightly and kept looking at Defang, afraid that it was really poison.

"How does the nephew feel?" Taizong asked

Defang replied, "I don't feel anything yet."

"Isn't my nephew afraid that this pill is poisonous?" Taizong asked suddenly

When Defang heard what Taizong said, she felt relieved, and proved that the pills just now were not poisonous at all, so she said, "No matter what your majesty bestows, it is a grace. What's more, the life of the minister belongs to the emperor. If your majesty wants the life of the minister , just one sentence, how can I give the pill to the minister to take face to face."

Taizong looked at Defang for a while, then laughed and said: "Hahaha, well, I did not misunderstand, the emperor's nephew is someone I can trust, the pill just now is only for replenishing qi, and will not harm the emperor's blood." nephew's body."

"My lord, thank you Your Majesty for giving me the medicine" Defang bowed

After Emperor Taizong left after eating, Concubine Di hurriedly asked, "My lord, are you really all right? Why did you just eat?"

"Ma'am, I'm fine. If I didn't eat just now, something will really happen." Defang smiled, "Don't worry, everything is fine now."

At this time, a person came to the door, "See you, my lord"

"Isn't this a drunk monkey? Is there something wrong?"

Drunk Monkey's original name was Cui Houyi, and he was the manager of the wine storehouse of Nanqing Palace. His father was originally the manager of the wine storehouse in the palace. Drunk Monkey had been working with his father in the wine storehouse since he was a child. At the age of 15, he took over the position of sommelier, but he was drunk every day, so others gave him the nickname Drunken Monkey. He is lazy every day, always doing nothing, so he is very unpopular. Later, Defang went out to live in Nanqing Palace, and there was a lack of a small wine officer. No one else wanted to leave the palace to work in Nanqing Palace, so he was put here Now, the drunk monkey came to Nanqing Palace and was still drunk every day as before. Some people went to Defang to say that the drunk monkey was lazy, but Defang felt that it was unnecessary to be so strict with a small wine official, so she didn't blame it at all, and gave it back. The wine store allocated more money, saying that he was told to buy as much wine as he wanted, and he could drink as much as he wanted, and promoted Drunk Monkey, and asked people in the mansion to treat him with courtesy, saying that anyone who understands wine must respect him. Love, human love is like wine, the longer it goes, the more mellow it will be, the drunk monkey is very grateful for Defang Ende, so he changed his old habits, devoted himself to making wine, and often went to find good wine, so Defang drank a lot of good wine, gradually Drunken Monkey was also famous, Taizong wanted to call him back to the palace, but Drunken Monkey was unwilling, pretending to be sick and drunk as mud, Taizong had no choice but to order him to send a jar of good wine to the palace every month. For the emperor to drink.

Now he stood at the door with the wine jar in his arms, looked at Defang and said, "My lord, I just want to ask, is the wine made by Yujiu Guoshou really better than the one made by the villain?"

Hearing this, Defang laughed and said, "Is that why you care?"

"Of course." Drunk Monkey put down the wine jar and poured a bowl for Defang. "Don't talk about it, try this first. This is the villain's new brew."

Defang took it and sniffed it, then took a sip, the drunk monkey looked at Defang, "My lord, how is it?"

Defang pursed her lips, took another sip, paused, and finished her drink in one gulp, "Oh!"

The drunk monkey was taken aback, "My lord, could it be that...the wine is not as good as the wine of the national player of Yujiu?"

Defang looked at the drunk monkey seriously, "You guy's wine is really..."

"My lord, what is it really?"

"It's getting better and better! Hahahaha" Defang laughed and looked at Concubine Di, "Ma'am, the national champion of imperial wine should be our Drunken Monkey Chief Manager!"

"Thank you, my lord!" Drunk Monkey was very happy. "My lord's praise is much better than the plaque of Yujiu Guoshou."

"You drunk monkey, your mouth is not only good at tasting wine, but also quite good at talking." Defang nodded. "The Royal Wine Kingdom has a plaque and official position and rewards. The king will also reward you. What do you want?"

"You must always follow the prince and stay in Nanqing Palace."

Defang looked at Concubine Di and smiled, "Yes! Hahaha"

On the second day, Emperor Taizong issued an order to reward Defang, bestow Defang with guards to walk in the forbidden palace, give food to two cities, 20 pieces of jade, [-] yuan, add the title of guard Song Jiajun, and guard Chongming Shangen.