After entering the courtyard, Ning Que deliberately chose the darkest and most unobtrusive corner. However, he did not expect that no matter how low-key he was, the sound of Sangsang drinking behind him still exposed his position like a firefly in the middle of the night.
Facing dozens of complicated and shocked gazes, he was extremely uncomfortable. Especially when he saw the fiery gaze of the princess in the distance, he felt that something was wrong. He thought to himself, "Li Yu, you idiot, please don't drag me into this mess. Facing a fierce existence like Prince Long Qing, no matter how talented I am, I can only be a fool."
Ideals were always full, but reality was always harsh. There was always a gap between the two. The more you were afraid of something, the more it would come to you. The next moment, Ning Que heard Princess Li Yu's deliberately cold question.
"Ning Que, have you finished the four jars of wine beside you?"
Ning Que glanced at the four small jars beside the table, scratched his head and replied, "I think so."
Li Yu smiled and said, "Although they are small jars, four jars of wine is more than a dozen bowls of wine. How can you drink such strong wine? You are really a good-for-nothing. "
Ning Que glanced at her from afar and thought, "Although I know that you like me very much even though you are scolding me on the surface, don't blame me for turning against you and taking Sangsang away if you continue to say such words in front of so many people." Even though he thought so, he still answered honestly, "Sangsang drank all of it."
"Sangsang is only thirteen years old. It is really beyond my expectation that she can drink so much strong wine."
Li Yu gently turned the small wine cup between her fingers and said with a faint smile. She did not look at Prince Long Qing, nor did she say a word to him, but everyone present knew the hidden meaning in her words.
— Only those who are good at fighting can fight? Only those who are good at drinking can drink? That little girl drank more than a dozen bowls of strong wine without collapsing. Is that considered a good drinker? Prince, are you going to lower yourself to drink a cup of wine with her?
Priest Moli looked at Xiang Luo. With his strong eyesight, he could naturally see Sangsang hiding behind Ning Que wearing a handmaiden uniform. He asked unhappily, "Is that little girl also a student of the Academy?"
This matter could not be faked. The relationship between the Academy students and Ning Que was indifferent, even vaguely hostile. Someone answered, "That is Ning Que's little handmaiden."
Priest Moli flew into a rage and said, "Today's banquet is to send off the Crown Prince of Yan. is so important. It is not easy for the Academy students to attend. How can you let a little handmaiden mingle with you?"
This anger was not pretentious, but was his real emotion. The West-Hill Divine Kingdom had always been strict and valued. The West-Hill Divine officials had always paid attention to the hierarchy and order. It was indeed a great insult for them to drink with a lowly little handmaiden.
However, this was Chang 'an, not the West-Hill Divine Palace. Lee Yu glanced at the Deputy Headmaster of the Revelation Institute and said, "That little girl is familiar with me. She is a young friend."
"The royal family of the Tang Empire is so generous that they can ignore the rules of etiquette. But Your Highness, there are two members of the royal family of the Yan Kingdom and I, the West-Hill Divine Priest. Don't you need to consider our feelings?"
Priest Moli said angrily, "Is this the way the Tang Empire treats its guests?"
Lee Yu's face darkened when she saw the aggressiveness of the other party. She said, "Today's banquet is for me to bid farewell to my old friends. Who would have thought that someone would come uninvited? Is this the way the West-Hill treats its guests? There are good and bad guests. If anyone thinks that the Tang Empire does not treat its guests well, you might as well reflect on which type you belong to. If you still don't know, then see where the door is. "
This was the source of the Tang Empire's strength. Previously, when they were at a disadvantage in the battle of reason, Li Yu and the others could tolerate it and wait quietly. But when it came to the momentum after being reasonable or being unreasonable after being forced, who in the world could be a match for the Tang Empire? Priest Moli's face turned red with anger at Lee Yu's words. However, facing the Tang Princess who was about to lose her temper, what could he do or dare to do?
It was not a battle of words, but more like a one-sided argument. Some people noticed a change in the table and gradually stopped talking. Because they saw that Prince Long Qing did not seem to hear the anger of Priest Moli, nor did he feel the strength of the Tang Princess. He just quietly looked at the table in the dark corner, suddenly smiled, raised the wine bowl in his hand, and drank it up.
The banquet suddenly became quiet and everyone looked at the corner again. After a while, Sangsang poked half of her face out from behind Ning Que and asked in confusion, "Young master, what do you mean?"
Ning Que looked down at his small wine cup and the rice wine bowl for Sangsang. He quietly tapped the table with his fingers and after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked, "Is the wine good?"
Sangsang nodded and said, "Yes."
"Do you want more?"
"… Yes."
Ning Que looked up and turned to look at her with a smile. He said, "Then continue."
Sangsang was a little embarrassed and said, "How can I steal the wine when there are so many people watching?"
"You don't have to steal the wine."
Ning Que looked up and smiled. The dimple on his left cheek seemed to be able to hold countless wine. He pulled Sangsang out from behind and said, "Sit beside me and drink openly. Drink as much as you want until you don't want to drink anymore."
After being pulled out, Sangsang hurriedly sat beside him and smoothed the front of her clothes. She lowered her head and did not want to meet those inexplicable gazes. She murmured in a very low voice, "How can I do that?"
Ning Que looked at Lee Yu who was at the top of the courtyard and spread out his hands to show his helplessness. Lee Yu smiled slightly and looked at the Academy students present. She asked, "I wonder who is going to enter the course of magic skills on the Second floor of the Academy this time? I wonder how your preparations are going. "
Her Highness had asked a question, so they naturally had to respond. Moreover, the students present had vaguely guessed the princess's good intentions. Therefore, no matter how shocked and curious they were, they could only look away from the corner.
Sangsang did not know what this meant. She only knew that no one was looking at her like that anymore. She became much more relaxed, and once she relaxed, the enchanting aroma of the wine from the wine jar became even more alluring.
Looking at the full wine bowl in front of her and making sure that no one was paying attention, she hurriedly brought it to her lips with her two small hands and drank it in one gulp. Then, she wiped the wine stains on her lips with her sleeves and put her hands on her knees to show that she had done nothing.
Prince Long Qing, who was seated in the distance, did not seem to see this scene. His gaze fell on the floor not far in front of him, but for some reason, he laughed and drank the wine in one gulp.
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This was a strange banquet.
It was a banquet to see off the Crown Prince of Yan, but the Crown Prince of Yan, who had been smiling gently and saying nothing, was forgotten. Her Highness and the Academy students seemed to be enthusiastically discussing the life of the Academy and the events of the day after tomorrow, but in fact, no one cared about the content of the conversation. Everyone's thoughts or glances fell on two places.
The handsome Prince Long Qing, who was as graceful as the Son of God, kept drinking the wine in his bowl in silence and thoughtfully. The tanned little handmaiden, who was as quiet as a little rabbit, kept drinking the wine in her bowl with her head down.
It seemed that they were drinking to drown their sorrows, but the more Prince Long Qing drank, the more solemn his expression became, and the more Sangsang's eyes became brighter. The words and fragments of gazes floating in the air seemed to be intoxicated by the wine, quietly falling on these two places. No one seemed to notice, but in fact, everyone was paying attention.
Because of the secret order, the boss of the Victory House personally moved more than 30 jars of double-distilled spirits from the Gushan Commandery to the backyard, and then placed them at the top and the corner respectively.
Sangsang had been soaked in the corpses and rainwater for too long when she was a baby, so her body was congenitally cold. Sometimes when the disease broke out, she could only rely on the strong wine to stimulate the heat in her body to survive, so Ning Que habitually carried a wine bag with him.
Since childhood, she had been relying on strong wine to sustain her life. She gradually fell in love with drinking, and gradually found that it was difficult for her to get drunk. It was just that the master and the handmaiden were too poor when they were young. Even the cheapest burnt grain wine in Min Mountain, or the worst horse milk wine in the grassland, could not be infinitely drunk. Especially she liked strong wine, and the stronger the wine, the more expensive it was. Even in Chang 'an City, after the two suddenly became rich, they had never drunk as much as they did today.
The wine was the Gushan Commandery Jiujiang double-distilled wine, the strongest wine in the world. Moreover, they could drink it all the time without spending money. For a poor girl like Sangsang, this was undoubtedly the happiest enjoyment in the world.
The wine jars beside the table were emptied one by one. She had completely forgotten that the purpose of her young master bringing her here today was to see that annoying prince. She had also forgotten what kind of occasion she was in, and how many people had stared at her before. She just felt happier and happier, and her willowy eyes became brighter and brighter.
Prince Long Qing was not slower than her in drinking. After a slight dignified look on his unparalleled handsome face, it gradually turned into some kind of interest and puzzlement, as well as a kind of hidden excitement and fervor that he had finally met his match.
More than 30 jars of double-distilled spirits were finally drunk.
Everyone in the field looked at those empty wine jars and thought that the spirits that were enough to make several horses drunk were actually drunk by these two people. They could not help but feel that it was extremely inconceivable.
Prince Long Qing did not use his cultivation to detoxify the wine. More than 10 jars of spirits finally made his inviolable cheeks, which were as awe-inspiring as the son of God, loosen a little. His eyes were somewhat blurred and confused.
But Sangsang, who was sitting in the corner, only blushed a little, her abdomen slightly bulged, and her eyes became countless times brighter than usual. Other than that, she was as calm as usual, without a trace of drunkenness.
Ning Que glanced at Prince Long Qing in the distance and glanced at Sangsang beside him. He laughed and picked up his chopsticks to heavily knock on the wine jar. With a clear and crisp sound, it was the sound of victory.
For a moment, the whole room was silent.
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The drunkenness in Prince Long Qing's eyes gradually dissipated. He looked at the corner and expressionlessly asked, "Young man, are you Ning Que?"
Ning Que stood up and answered, "Yes."
"Is that your little handmaiden?"
"Yes."
"Reward."
Ning Que and Sangsang looked at each other and saw no hesitation in each other's eyes. He smiled and respectfully replied, "Thank you for the reward, Your Highness."
Prince Long Qing calmly said a few words to the Taoist child behind him.
The Taoist child from West-Hill came forward and looked at Ning Que standing in the corner with a gentle expression on his face. He said loudly in a tone as if he was bestowing a gift, "The Prince is studying in Chang 'an and is about to recruit people in his mansion. Today, Haotian gives you the honor and gives you the opportunity to offer your little handmaiden to serve His Highness. Hurry up and thank him. "
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