Chapter 79.3 - To Not Want Face When Given (3)
Chapter 79.3 – To Not Want Face When Given (3)
After Du Xiao Li finished pouring everyone wine, she finally returned to her own seat and said, “Who said only the
Li family’s winery has this grape wine?”
“It’s something everyone all knows, what is there for you to deny?” Fan Nuo’er glanced to Du Xiao Li and said in
disdain.
“Since everyone all knows this grape wine is produced by the Li family winery, then do you know where the recipe
for this grape wine came from?” Du Xiao Li asked.
“Don’t tell me it’s yours?” Fan Nuo’er said with a scoff.
Du Xiao Li didn’t reply and continued asking, “Do you know where this grape came from? And who’s the first
person that planted it”
“How would I know?!” Fan Nuo’er said.
“This grape I discovered six years ago in the mountains behind Du village. Afterwards, they were transplanted out
of the mountains and grown in mass, rapidly developing in these last six years. They’ve spread all over in both the
north and south. Since the grapes were discovered by me, then for me to know the recipe for fermenting grape wine
is only a logical thing, right?” Du Xiao Li slowly said.
“You say grapes are discovered by you, so it is?” Fan Nuo’er said with a skeptical look, “I can even say it’s
discovered by me!”
“This grape is indeed first discovered by little junior sister. At that time, when she gave us some, we didn’t even
know!” Niu Jing said, “That’s right, the first time we drank grape wine, it was even personally fermented by you,
right? At the time, young general Ji drank half a jar at once!”
“I also heard Leng Er say this before, said big brother Liu Feng drank a lot all at once. In the end, it was big brother
Yi that stopped him, else everyone else wouldn’t have drank any.” Du Xiao Li recalled back to that time and also
found it funny.
“Ha, I hear someone talking bad things about me.” Ji Liu Feng’s voice suddenly came in from outside, startling
everyone in the room. Following which, Ji Liu Feng in ivory white robes walked in from outside.
“Big brother Liu Feng, what are you doing here?” Du Xiao Li said as she got up.
“Haha, I naturally came to catch you red-handed! See, just happened to let me hear you say bad things about me!” Ji
Liu Feng said and then bowed towards the Grand Empress Dowager.
“Liu Feng, you’ve come, haven’t seen you since mid-autumn!” The Grand Empress Dowager waved her hand at Ji
Liu Feng.
“Liu Feng has been handling matters at the army barracks this whole time, and heard that Du Xiao Li has an estate
here. This is also my first time coming!” Ji Liu Feng replied, then seeing there was poured grape wine on the table,
he very consciously lifted the bowl and began drinking.
“Where was I saying bad things about you? I was just describing what happened that time.” Du Xiao Li let Qiao
Zhu add a stool for Ji Liu Feng and then continued their conversation just now.
“Wasn’t that because the grape wine you made back then was too tasty, so I unconsciously drank more than half a
jar!” Ji Liu Feng argued back, “At that time, when I heard you say the Li family winery wanted to buy your recipe, I
even thought you were joking. Never thought that in the end, you really gave them the recipe.”
“I didn’t give it to them alright, that was a partnership.” Du Xiao Li said.
“Alright, partnership. Anyways, it’s just you working together with them, right?” Ji Liu Feng said, and then
strangely looked to Du Xiao Li, “Say, what is that head of yours made of? At the time, how old were you only, to
already know how to ferment grape wine!?”
Du Xiao Li saw Wang Ze and Fan Nuo’er’s faces turning somewhat unsightly and secretly laughed to herself inside.
Ji Liu Feng really was too generous. On the surface, he pretends to be criticizing her for making fun of what he did
in the past, yet in his words, he revealed that she was actually the fruit wine’s creator. This was much more effective
than directly just saying that grape wine was created by her! Slapped Fan Nuo’er’s face, yet on the surface didn’t
even harm their faces.
“Enough you, what my head is like, why don’t you pry it open and see?” Du Xiao Li slyly shot a glare at Ji Liu
Feng, “You still haven’t eaten, right? Xia Yuan, bring big brother Liu Feng a set of bowl and chopsticks.”
When Qiao Zhu had gone to add a seat for Ji Liu Feng, Xia Yuan had already went and prepared Ji Liu Feng’s bowl.
Hearing Du Xiao Li’s words, she had the bowl and chopsticks brought over.
“Haha, then I’ll help myself.” Ji Liu Feng took the bowl and chopsticks and began eating with everyone.
As for the matter regarding the grape wine, they also didn’t continue down that line any longer, because continuing
would only make Fan Nuo’er lose face. For better or worse, she was still a guest, and also someone of the Medicine
King Valley, it’s not like they can completely disregard this.
With Ji Liu Feng, this living treasure, present, the atmosphere in the dining hall livened up again. After learning that
he and Han Ming Yi, as well as Du Xiao Li, were all acquainted in the past, Meng Jiang Zhuo had him talk about
things in the past.
Meng Jiang Zhuo’s suggestion received everyone else’s approval. The Grand Empress Dowager was also somewhat
curious as to what happened back then to have made this somewhat cold grandson of hers become this dead set on
her.
Thus, this evening meal became Ji Liu Feng’s personal talk show. He had Du Xiao Li’s matters back then all
recounted once, like Du Xiao Li saving Han Ming Yi and getting kicked by him, and then also kicking him back. He
talked about when she went into the mountains and picked up a wolf, naming it Silver, talked about when she
studied how to distinguish medical ingredients with Niu Jing, digging up medical herbs to sell, and also talked about
when she planted grapes, fermented grape wine, and bought a mountain to plant fruit trees, especially at the time,
many guards of the imperial family went to become farmers to help her plant tangerine trees. That was really a sight
to behold. He even mentioned talking about the kiddy engagement back then.
“Oh? Turns out, you two already had an oral agreement back then!” Meng Jiang Zhuo and the others happily
listened to Ji Liu Feng talk about their days back in the Du village, and upon hearing about the kiddy engagement,
she teased with a laugh.
“Hehe, so the Emperor bestowing the marriage can be considered realizing the oral agreement back then.” The
Grand Empress Dowager contently looked to Du Xiao Li.
Although Han Ming Ze was the Emperor, her favorite was still Han Ming Yi. He was also the grandson she
heartached over the most. Seeing Han Ming Yi continuously unwilling to take a consort, they once also thought of
bestowing him women and whatnot, but in the end, were all refused by him. It was also because of this that the
rumor of him not touching women spread.
Afterwards, she had Han Ming Yi called to the forbidden palace alone to ask him. And Han Ming Yi told her, he had
a girl in his heart, and was waiting for her to enter the capital. He didn’t want to have any other women before her,
else she would disdain him.
At the time, the Grand Empress Dowager was quite angered. A dignified wangye, never mind wanting three
thousand beauties, instead, for the sake of one woman, refused all other women. But Han Ming Yi was resolute in
his stance, not willing to yield a single step. Afterwards, he said something that made her chose to respect his
decision.
He said: “Imperial grandmother, for the sake of Feng Ming’s peace, I can give up those things, and can also fight till
my death on the battlefield, as long as I can protect Feng Ming, and defend these rivers and mountains for the
Emperor and for my Han family. As a member of the imperial family, giving up those things, I don’t mind. But
imperial grandmother, this is the only thing I want to insist on.”
Hearing Han Ming Yi’s words, the Grand Empress Dowager fell silent for a long time. Seeing the firm and upright
figure kneeling before her, she ultimately let out a long sigh. From then on, she no longer involved herself in this
matter of his. Once the Grand Empress Dowager yielded, the others didn’t push this matter either.