Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"There is no wine in General Huyan's mansion, so I dragged the subordinate officials to your Nanqing Palace."

"Huh?" Defang looked at Hu Yanzan, "No wine? I said General Hu Yan, where is your wine?"

"Drink it all."

"Drink it all?! Didn't the lonely king just give you fifty jars of wine ten days ago?"

"No, I drank it all."

Defang rubbed his forehead, "The lonely king really admires you, if I give you a hundred altars, I think you will be gone."

"My lord, then you can give the old minister a few more altars."

"No! Buy it yourself!"

"The wine I bought is not as delicious as the one you gave me. Who doesn't know that the wine made by the chief drunk monkey of Nanqing Palace is the best."

"What the hell! They're all drunks!"

"My lord, the old minister and Mr. Kou are here, why don't you get some food and wine and have a few drinks."

"Didn't you two have lunch? Besides, it's so hot that you can't break a sweat from drinking."

"The old minister didn't come here for nothing?"

"Why, come to the lonely king just for wine?"

"no..."

"what is that?"

"Yes..." Hu Yanzan scratched his head, Kou Zhun said, "My lord, we are celebrating for my lord."

"Celebrate? Celebrate what?"

"The third prince's wife is going to give birth in a few days, and the prince and empress are going to have grandchildren again. Isn't this worth celebrating?"

Hu Yanzan patted the table, "That's right! My lord and empress, this is worth celebrating, let's have a drink!"

Defang knocked on the table, "Keep your voice down! You're bluffing! If you want to drink the birthday wine of the lonely king's grandson, let's talk about it after he is born."

"My lord, let's drink first, maybe your grandson will come out as soon as he smells the aroma of this wine." Hu Yanzan looked at Defang with a smile

"You think the grandson of the lonely king is as addicted to alcohol as you are. If he really smells the wine, the lonely king will give you a hundred jars of wine."

"Okay! My lord, the old minister will take a bet with you. If the king and grandson smell the wine, you will give the old minister a hundred jars of wine."

"What if he doesn't come out today?"

"The old minister asked you to hit a hundred boards!"

"He is willing to be punished for drinking, the lonely king really convinced you, General Huyan." De Fang turned to look at Concubine Di, "Ma'am, do you want to bet with him?"

"My lord, you are all ministers of the imperial court. If you say that you don't gamble, you will lose your dignity. For the sake of your grandson who is about to be born, please invite General Huyan and Master Kou to have a drink to celebrate."

"Okay." Defang smiled, "Since we want to celebrate the lonely king's grandson, we must drink good wine, Xiaopeng."

"My lord, what are your orders?"

"Go to the wine storehouse, let the drunk monkey take the altar of good wine, and say that we want to celebrate the lonely king's grandson."

"Yes, my lord."

After a while, the drunk monkey came to the main hall with a jar of wine in his arms, "Humble duty to pay respects to the prince and empress."

Seeing him, Defang asked, "Drunk monkey? Aren't you not going out of the wine cellar except when you're looking for wine?"

"No, my lord, when there is a happy event in the Nanqing Palace, the humble officials will come out." The drunk monkey put the wine jar on the table, "When His Highness the eldest grandson and His Highness Sun were born, the lowly officials took good wine. My lord, the wife of the third highness has already given birth. Is it? His Highness Sun or the young master?"

"It's not born yet." De Fang smiled, "General Hu Yan said, the grandson of the lonely king will run out of greed when he smells your wine."

"If this is the case, then the humble job has made a great contribution." Drunk Monkey set up the cup, slowly opened the oiled paper cover of the wine jar, and immediately a mellow aroma came to his nostrils, and Hu Yanzan's saliva almost flowed out when he smelled it." It smells so good! Serve a bowl for Ben Jiang to taste!"