Chapter 145: Do you want to express your gratitude after paying the gold?
After Ning Que entered the courtyard, he deliberately chose the darkest corner and the least noticeable location. However, he did not expect that no matter how low-key he was, the sound of Sangsang drinking happily behind him would still be like fireflies in the night.
thus revealing his position.
Facing dozens of complex, confused and shocked looks, he was extremely uncomfortable, especially after seeing the fiery gaze cast by Her Royal Highness from afar, he even shouted in his heart that something was wrong, thinking to himself, Li Yu, you idiot.
Please don't drag me into this muddy water. When faced with such a fierce existence as Prince Longqing, no matter how talented I am, I can only get free rewards.
Ideals are always plump, reality is always skinny, and there is always a gap between the two. The more you fear something, the more it will come to you. The next moment, Ning Que heard that Princess Li Yu deliberately
Cold question.
"Ning Que, have you drank all the four cans of wine around you?"
Ning Que glanced at the four small wine cans beside the table, scratched his head, and replied: "It seems to be empty."
Li Yu smiled and said: "Although it is a small wine jar, four jars of wine can contain more than ten bowls of wine. How can you drink such a strong wine? It is really a wine sack."
Ning Que glanced at her from afar and thought to himself, although I know that you are scolding this little lady on the surface, but secretly she likes her very much, but in front of so many people, if you say that again, don't blame me for turning against you.
, took Sang Sang and fled away. Thinking this way, he still could only answer honestly: "Sang Sang drank it all."
"Sang Sang, a thirteen-year-old girl, can drink so much strong liquor, it is really beyond my expectation."
Li Yu gently turned the small wine glass between his fingers and looked at the audience with a faint smile. She did not look at Prince Longqing, nor did she say a word to him, but everyone in the audience knew the hidden meaning of His Highness's words.
——Only those who are good at fighting are worthy of fighting? Only those who are good at drinking are worthy of drinking? Is that little girl a good drinker after drinking more than ten bowls of strong wine without pouring it out? Prince, do you want to condescend to have a drink with her?
Priest Mo Li looked at Xiang Luo. With his eyesight focused at the moment, he could naturally see Sangsang wearing a maid uniform hiding behind Ning Que. He asked displeasedly: "Is that little girl also a student of the academy?"
This matter cannot be lied about. The relationship between the academy students and Ning Que is indifferent, it can even be said that they are vaguely hostile, and they would not think of hiding it for him, so someone answered: "That is Ning Que's little maid."
Priest Mo Li said angrily: "Today's banquet is to see off Prince Yan. How important it is. It is not easy for you and other academy students to attend the meeting. How can you let a little maid wander in at will?"
This anger is not a show, but a real emotion. Xiling Divine Kingdom has always been very particular about strict hierarchy and order. For the priests who have lived there for many years, let them drink at the same table with a lowly maid.
It is indeed a great insult.
However, this is Chang'an City, not the Xiling Temple. Li Yu glanced at the vice president of the Tianyu Academy and said, "That little girl is familiar with me and is a little friend."
"The royal family of the Tang Dynasty is indeed so lenient that they can ignore the etiquette and rules. However, Your Royal Highness, there are two royal family members of the Yan Kingdom having a banquet today, and I, the priest of Xiling, do not need to consider our feelings."
Priest Mo Li said angrily: "Could this be the way of hospitality in the Tang Empire?"
Seeing the aggressive attitude of the other party, Li Yu said with a serious expression: "Today's banquet was supposed to be a farewell party for me and my old friends. How could I have thought that someone would come uninvited? Is this the way to treat guests in Xiling? There are good guests and bad ones. If someone
If you feel that we in the Tang Dynasty do not treat guests well, you might as well reflect on which category you belong to. If you don't know yet, then look at where the door is."
This is where the Tang Empire's strongest confidence lies. When the reasoning behind the momentum was at a disadvantage, both Li Yu and others could tolerate it and wait.
It's unreasonable. Who in this world can be the opponent of the Tang Dynasty? Priest Mo Li's face turned red with anger at Li Yu's words. However, facing the Princess of the Tang Dynasty who was about to go berserk, what could he do or dare to do?
What?
During this argument, which was more like a one-sided and bitter argument than a quarrel, some people noticed a certain change in the table and gradually stopped talking because they saw that Prince Long Qing didn't seem to hear Priest Mo Li's words at all.
She was angry and did not feel the strength of Princess Tang. She just looked at the plan in the dark corner quietly, suddenly smiled, raised the wine bowl in her hand and drank it all in one gulp.
There was a sudden silence in the place, and everyone's eyes turned to that corner again. After a while, Sang Sang poked out half of her face from behind Ning Que, and asked doubtfully: "Master, what does this mean?"
Ning Que looked down at his own small wine glass and the rice wine bowl for Sangsang on the table. His fingers silently tapped the table. After a moment of silence, he suddenly asked, "Is this wine good?"
Sangsang nodded: "It tastes good."
"Do you still want to drink?"
"...Want to drink."
Ning Que raised his head, turned to look at her and said with a smile, "Then keep drinking."
Sangsang was a little embarrassed and said: "With so many people watching, how can you steal wine?"
"No need to steal wine."
Ning Que raised his head and smiled. The dimple on his left cheek seemed to be able to hold countless fine wines. He pulled Sangsang out from behind and said, "Sit next to me and drink openly. Drink as much as you want until you don't want to."
Drink until you finish."
After being pulled out by him, Sang Sang hurriedly sat down with her knees beside him, smoothed the clothes in front of her, lowered her head and refused to meet those inexplicable eyes, and murmured in a very small voice: "How can this be so embarrassing?"
Ning Que looked at Li Yu at the top across the extremely long distance in the courtyard, spreading his hands to show his helplessness. Li Yu smiled slightly, looked at the students in the academy and asked: "I don't know if the academy is going to enter the second semester this time."
Who are the technicians on the floor? I wonder how prepared you are."
When His Highness asked questions, they naturally had to respond, not to mention that everyone in the room vaguely guessed the good intentions of Her Highness the Princess's questions, so no matter how shocked and curious they were, they could only withdraw their gazes towards the corner.
Sangsang didn't know what this meant. She only knew that no one was looking at her like that anymore, and she became a lot more relaxed. Once she became relaxed, the charming aroma of spirits emanating from the wine jar became particularly charming.
Looking at the full wine bowl in front of her, she made sure that no one was paying attention. She hurriedly held it with her two small hands and brought it to her lips to drink it down. Then she wiped the wine stains on her lips with her sleeves and put her hands on her knees to show what she had done before.
Never done it either.
Prince Longqing, who was sitting at the table in the distance, didn't seem to see this scene. His eyes fell on the floor not far in front of him, but for some reason he laughed, picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
This is a strange party.
At the farewell banquet for Prince Yan, the gentle and silent Prince Yan himself was forgotten. Her Royal Highness and the students of the academy seemed to be discussing the life of the academy and major events in the future, but in fact no one cared.
As for the content of the conversation, everyone’s thoughts or peripheral vision fell on two places.
The handsome Prince Longqing, who had the grace of a son of God, was silent and thoughtful as he drank the strong wine from the bowl. The little maid, who had a dark face and was as quiet as a rabbit, lowered her head and held the wine bowl.
Drinking.
It seemed as if he was drinking alcohol, but Prince Longqing's expression became more serious the more he drank, and Sangsang's eyes became brighter and brighter as he drank, and the fragments of words and glances floating in the air seemed to be intoxicated by strong alcohol.
It fell silently in these two places. It seemed that no one was paying attention, but in fact everyone was paying attention.
Because of the secret instructions, the boss of Deshengju personally moved all the more than thirty cans of double-distilled spirits shipped from Gushan County to the backyard, and then placed them at the top and the corner.
As a baby, Sang Sang was soaked in the rain for too long among corpses, and her constitution was congenitally weak and cold. Sometimes when she got sick, she could only survive by stimulating the heat in her body with strong alcohol, so Ning Que habitually carried a wine bag with him.
.
She has relied on strong liquor to survive since she was a child. She gradually fell in love with drinking and gradually found that it was difficult to get drunk. It was just that the master and servant were too poor when they were young. Even the cheapest grain wine in Minshan had a burnt smell.
, or the worst-quality kumiss on the grassland, there is no way to drink unlimited amounts of it, especially since she likes strong liquor, and the stronger the liquor, the more expensive it is. Even in Chang'an City, after the two became poor and became rich, they were not like they are today.
I drank like this.
The wine is Gushan County Jiujiang Shuangzhuang, the strongest wine in the world, and you can drink it all the time without spending any money. For this poor girl Sang Sang, this is undoubtedly the happiest enjoyment in the world.
The wine cans next to the desk were empty one after another. She completely forgot that the purpose of the young master bringing her here today was to see the Prince Laoshi. She also forgot what kind of occasion she was in and how many people were staring at her before.
Looking at herself, she just felt happier and happier, and her willow-leaf eyes were getting brighter and brighter.
Prince Longqing drank no slower than her. His handsome and unparalleled face, after a slight look of solemnity, gradually turned into a kind of interest and confusion, as well as a hidden excitement and passion that he had finally met his opponent.
Thirty cans of double-distilled spirits were finally consumed.
Everyone in the venue looked at the empty wine cans and thought that the liquor, which was enough to kill several horses, was actually drunk by these two people. They couldn't help but feel extremely incredible.
Prince Longqing did not use his cultivation to relieve his hangover. More than ten bottles of strong liquor finally made Ruo Shenzi's awe-inspiring and inviolable cheeks loosen up a little, and there was some confusion and confusion in his eyes.
Sang Sang, who was sitting in the corner, only had a slightly redder face, a slightly bulging belly, and eyes that were countless times brighter than usual. Other than that, she was calm as usual and not even a trace of drunkenness.
Ning Que glanced at Prince Longqing in the distance, glanced at Sangsang beside him, laughed, picked up the chopsticks and knocked the wine can hard, with a clear and crisp sound, which was the sound of returning from victory.
For a moment, the whole room was silent.
The drunkenness in Prince Longqing's eyes gradually dissipated. He looked towards the corner and asked expressionlessly: "Young man, your name is Ning Que?"
Ning Que stood up and replied: "Exactly."
"Is that your little maid?"
"yes."
"reward."
Ning Que and Sang Sang looked at each other and saw the hesitation in each other's eyes. They smiled and responded respectfully: "Thank you, Prince, for the reward."
Prince Longqing said a few words calmly to the Taoist attendant behind him.
The Taoist boy from Xiling came forward, looked at Ning Que who was standing in the corner with a gentle expression, and said loudly in a patronizing tone: "The prince is studying in Chang'an and is about to recruit people from the mansion. Today Haotianci
Your honor gives you the opportunity to dedicate your little maid to serve His Highness, why don't you thank me quickly?"