He glanced beside him, and just then the palace maid brought up a plate of snacks. Ji Yujin saw that the back end was on his side, and Chu Fengqing looked at him with confusion.
Ji Yujin was so angry that he laughed. He looked at him and said, “Why are you guarding me like a thief? I don’t need your food. This is made of peanuts. Don’t you dislike peanuts?”
Chu Fengqing blinked and let out an “en” softly. He was just a little surprised that he only said that he didn’t like peanuts once, but he actually remembered it.
Then he chuckled, but because of the veil, Ji Yujin did not see the smile.
Perhaps it was because of this little bit of goodwill that Chu Fengqing suddenly felt a little reluctant to believe that Ji Yujin was the one who did this.
Chu Fengqing was thinking, and when he looked up, he saw Ji Yujin pouring another glass of wine into the cup. He frowned and reached out to take his cup away. “You are not suitable for drinking alcohol due to your poison and injuries. Two cups is the limit. If you drink too much alcohol for the poison you have been poisoned with, it will become more troublesome. Even if you have the antidote, you will still suffer.”
Ji Yujin looked at the cup in his hand and was about to open his mouth when the emperor suddenly raised the cup towards Ji Yujin from a distance. Ji Yujin raised his eyebrows and spread his hands to Chu Fengqing, as if to say, “You see, there’s no way.” He couldn’t even refuse to drink the emperor’s wine.
He raised his head and drank the wine in the cup. With the emperor taking the lead, all the civil and military officials and princes began to toast Ji Yujin, fearing that they would fall behind.
Chu Fengqing: “……”
The emperor left after drinking a few glasses of wine. As soon as he left, the ministers became even more presumptuous.
Ji Yujin drank another glass, and at this moment the glass in his hand was suddenly taken away. Chu Fengqing lifted a corner of his veil, tilted his head back, and drank the rest of the wine in the glass very generously. Those who know, this wine is very strong, and usually only military generals can drink it.
Ji Yujin: “……”
He was a little slow to react, and his fox eyes widened a little.
After Chu Fengqing put down the cup, he wiped the wine off his lips and said in a cold voice, “I’m sorry, everyone. He can’t drink for the time being. Can I do it for him?”
The hall was suddenly silent. Li Yu opened his mouth and looked at the brothers around him. He suppressed his crazy voice but didn’t dare to shout loudly for others to hear. “Damn, don’t stop me! How can Ji Yujin have such a good wife? Why?!”
These brothers were also from Ji Yujin’s faction. Upon hearing this, they all let go of their hands and said, “Go! Help us vent our anger!”
Li Yu: “……”
He glanced at Ji Yujin and swallowed his saliva. “How about you guys just pull me back? You guys are embarrassing me like this.”
Brothers: “Coward, disperse, disperse.”
Li Yu: “……”
Chu Fengqing blocked several glasses of wine for Ji Yujin in a row, and everyone praised him.
“Madam Governor is really a big drinker.”
“A female hero ah.”
When the wine jug on the table was empty, the maid next to him brought another jug. He drank just one glass from this jug when Ji Yujin stopped him. He put his hand on the top of the cup and said, “Alright, you can’t drink anymore.”
Ji Yujin glanced at the people who gathered around him and wanted to toast him, and they immediately scattered like fish and birds after seeing his look.
After everyone left, Ji Yujin smiled and said, “It’s just a few glasses of wine. I can still handle it. No need to replace me.”
After all, he still cares too much about him.
Chu Fengqing glanced at him. He was embarrassed to say it clearly, but according to his understanding, because eunuchs lack roots, most of them have weaker bodies than normal men. Although Ji Yujin seems to be an exception, he is a patient after all, with sword wounds and poisoning. He was afraid that if something happened to Ji Yujin, he would be left with the identity of a “widow”, which did not seem very good but should be a lot quieter.
Ji Yujin thought that “she” was worried about him and cared about him, but he didn’t know that that person was already thinking about how to make a living after his death.
The Second Prince, Zhao Yiyu, glanced at Chu Fengqing. His eyes seemed to smile. He was truly a jade-like gentleman. “Madam Ji is as brave as a man.”
As he spoke, he raised the glass towards Chu Fengqing. Chu Fengqing nodded slightly and drank the glass of wine. Ji Yujin frowned but did not stop him.
Neither of them noticed the deep meaning that flashed across Zhao Yiyu’s eyes. He had been engaged to Chu Yinyin. Although the two had never met, he could hear about some of Chu Yinyin’s habits from Mother and Father Chu when they occasionally visited each other. One of them was “She doesn’t drink a drop of alcohol and will get drunk after just one glass of alcohol.”
Zhao Yiyu rubbed the cup with his fingers, so who is this “Chu Yinyin” in front of him?
After the second prince left, Ji Yujin glanced at Chu Fengqing. How could he act like nothing happened when the wine was so strong?
Chu Fengqing noticed his gaze and smiled, imitating Ji Yujin’s tone, “Don’t worry, it’s just a little bit of wine, I can still handle it.”
“Uh…” Ji Yujin was half-believing and half-doubting. He couldn’t help but ask in a low voice after holding it in for a while: “You’re not going crazy because of the alcohol, are you?”
He thought about the scene and suddenly became interested. What would it be like if someone like Chu Fengqing got drunk? He thought about it and poured some more wine into Chu Fengqing’s glass. He smiled lazily and said, “How about you drink some more?”
Chu Fengqing: “Ji Yujin, are you a three-year-old child?”
Ji Yujin laughed twice and poured the wine in Chu Fengqing’s cup into his own cup. Suddenly he realized that Chu Fengqing was drinking from his cup just now.
He glanced at his cup. Today, because he was going to the palace to meet the emperor, the maid helped Chu Fengqing put some lip balm on him, so there was a faint lip mark on the cup.
Ji Yujin’s hand holding the cup paused for a moment, and Chu Fengqing saw him staring at the cup, so he also looked over. He almost immediately understood what Ji Yujin was looking at. He was also stunned for a moment, and their eyes met. The next moment, they both turned their heads away.
Chu Fengqing pursed his lips and said softly, “Men don’t mind trivial matters.”
Ji Yujin was still a little agitated but was brought back to reality by his words. When he heard “her” say this, he turned to look at him and said, “What man? Are you a man?”
He paused and said, “Strictly speaking, I’m not a man, so how can I be so casual about this?”
Chu Fengqing: “……”
He couldn’t even respond to that.
The two chatted casually, but because of the previous incident, neither of them drank. They just picked up some food occasionally and watched the performance.
Ji Yujin took a few bites and put them aside, saying, “There aren’t many edible dishes at the palace banquet except for the cakes. Just eat a few bites and then eat when we go back.”
Chu Fengqing let out an “en”, staring at the hand holding the chopsticks. He felt like he was not using enough strength, so he frowned.
What was going on? Could it be that he hadn’t drunk for a long time and was drunk? But how could he get drunk with just a few glasses of wine?
As time passed, this feeling of powerlessness became more and more obvious. After a while, he started to feel dizzy. There was a lot of coal burning all around the hall, which was why it was so warm in the hall.
Chu Fengqing originally felt that the warm wind was comfortable, but the hot wind made him feel even more dizzy, and it felt like there was a fire burning in his heart. Chu Fengqing did not think much of it and just thought that this wine was different from other wines and was exceptionally strong.
Ji Yujin glanced at Chu Fengqing, and seeing that he looked uncomfortable, he asked, “What’s wrong? Are you drunk?”
Chu Fengqing shook his head. How could he admit that he was drunk because of a few glasses of wine after just saying such a big thing? Wouldn’t that mean he would never raise his head in front of Ji Yujin again? He pursed his dry lips and said, “Maybe the charcoal fire in the hall is too strong, it’s a bit stuffy.”
Ji Yujin: “Squeamish, do you want to go out for some fresh air?”
Chu Fengqing was about to speak when a palace maid brought another dish. However, for some reason, the little palace maid clumsily knocked over the wine on the table, and the full pot of wine spilled in the direction of Chu Fengqing. Although Ji Yujin was quick to pick up the wine cup, Chu Fengqing’s clothes were still not spared.
The maid kneeled down hurriedly and said, “Please spare my life, my lord. I didn’t mean it.”
Chu Fengqing glanced at the trembling palace maid and said softly, “It’s fine, it’s just a little bit of wine, you can leave.”
The maid was busy thanking him, and Ji Yujin used a handkerchief to wipe him dry. However, winter clothes are thick and heavy, mostly made of cotton, which absorbs water well, so it is impossible to wipe them dry with a handkerchief. “There are spare clothes in the carriage. I’ll send someone to get them for you.”
Chu Fengqing nodded, and the maid wiped her face and said to Chu Fengqing, “The noble, please follow the servant. The servant will take you to the changing room.”
“Alright.”
Ji Yujin handed him the cloak behind him and said, “Put it on.”
Chu Fengqing took the cloak and followed the maid out. He just wanted to go out for some fresh air.
The maid held up a lantern and led Chu Fengqing through a small path. Chu Fengqing walked a few steps and then stopped, asking, “Why is it so far to just change clothes?”
The maid lowered her head and said, “Because there are male guests in Hualin Palace, we are afraid of offending the nobles, so we moved the place where the female guests change clothes to the palace next door.”
This sounded quite reasonable, but Chu Fengqing didn’t believe it, because he thought he was just drunk, but when the cold wind blew, he found that his head was getting more and more dizzy, and most importantly, his body seemed to be on fire, and a desire rose from the bottom of his heart.
If he still didn’t know that he was tricked, then Chu Fengqing’s job as a physician physician was in vain. He didn’t stop, trying his best to stay calm and suppress his increasingly heavy breathing.
While the palace maid wasn’t noticing, he quietly took out a bottle of pills from his arms and fed one into his mouth.
As soon as he took the pill, he felt the hotness and dryness were much better. It turned out to be that kind of dirty medicine.
Chu Fengqing frowned and stopped. The medicine he took could only suppress the effect temporarily. There was no antidote for this medicine.
On the other side, Ji Yujin always felt something was wrong. Ever since Chu Fengqing left, he felt his heart beating faster, as if something was about to happen.
