Chapter 079.3 – To Not Want Face When Given (3)
After Du Xiao Li nished pouring everyone wine, she nally 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
“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 sco.
Du Xiao Li didn’t reply and continued asking, “Do you know where this grape came from? And who’s
the rst 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
“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 rst 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 rst 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
“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
“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 rst 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 eective 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
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
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 dignied 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 ght till my death on the battleeld, 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 rm
and upright gure 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.