Su Lixia smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." Then she picked up the wine cup and took a small sip. The wine tasted delicious at first, but after the second sip, it didn't taste the same.

Wait, is this plum blossom wine?

Su Lixia looked at Xue Yurou and was stunned to see that she was also drinking happily.

"If the story is written according to the plot, she likes plum blossom wine, and Miss Zhang has also noticed that..."

"Your Majesty." Before Su Lixia could finish her thought, Miss Zhang's voice rang out.

"You bad guy, they didn't do anything to you!" Su Lixia slapped her thigh.

Upon hearing this, the Empress looked at Miss Zhang and said, "Miss Zhang, please speak your mind."

"This plum blossom wine is indeed quite good. I noticed that the princess and Miss Xue both seem to enjoy it. Perhaps Your Majesty could send us another pot, so we can all have some while we chat later."

The Empress nodded and smiled, "That's fine then. Fortunately, I brewed plenty, enough for you to drink. This wine doesn't have much of a kick, so you won't get drunk even if you drink a lot. Then take two jugs."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Su Lixia lowered her head, winked, and gritted her teeth, saying, "No way! You're going to include me in this too!"

Seeing this, Yi Zexuan couldn't help but wonder: "Your Majesty just said that this wine doesn't make people drunk, so how come the princess is drunk?"

Upon hearing this, Su Lixia slightly raised her head, turned her head to look at him, licked her gums with her tongue, clicked her tongue, and said, "Remember to have Miss Xue take care of this princess. This princess does not trust anyone else in the palace." After saying that, Su Lixia collapsed.

Yi Zexuan frowned slightly: "Weren't you supposed to be a good drinker? How come you just collapsed like that?"

"What's wrong with her?" Lin Ziwen stood up abruptly and ran towards Su Lixia.

Xiao Lian, who was waiting in the distance, covered her mouth and quickly ran over after realizing what was happening.

Yi Zexuan scooped Su Lixia up in his arms and replied, "I don't know what happened either; I just collapsed suddenly."

The Empress frowned, exchanged a glance with the palace maid, unsure of what to do. She had collapsed after drinking her own plum blossom wine.

"Go and fetch the imperial physician. Bring the person to my bedchamber first."

Yi Zexuan hummed in agreement, then carried the person away, not forgetting to say to Xue Yurou, who was at a loss, "Come with me."

"good."

Then the group followed Yi Zexuan.

"Huh?" Miss Zhang asked in confusion, unsure whether to follow.

The imperial physician came over to take Su Lixia's pulse, then shook his head with a furrowed brow.

"What exactly happened?" Lin Ziwen asked.

The imperial physician looked at him, stood up and said, "This is strange. Her pulse is steady and she is very healthy. I really can't figure out what's wrong with the princess."

Upon hearing this, the Empress asked in confusion, "How could that be? Then take another look at this plum blossom wine. The princess fainted after drinking this plum blossom wine."

The imperial physician brought it over, first sniffed it at the tip of his nose, then took a sip and savored the taste.

He shook his head and said, "There's nothing wrong with that. Could it be that the princess is allergic to this stuff, which is why she's like this?"

"Don't be like that. If there really is a problem, can you take responsibility?" Yi Zexuan said coldly.

The imperial physician trembled and said, "Your Highness, my medical skills are not good enough, and I really cannot determine what is wrong with the princess. Perhaps we could call another imperial physician to come and take her pulse."

"Alright, who in this palace has medical skills as good as yours? Since you say there's no problem, let's wait for the princess to rest for a while. Maybe the princess really can't drink any alcohol, which is why she fainted."

"Yes. Then this humble official will go and prepare a hangover soup for the princess." With that, the imperial physician withdrew.

Yi Zexuan then looked at the Empress and said, “Your Majesty, there are too many people in this room, which may disturb the princess’s rest. Besides, there are so many young ladies from official families outside. Why don’t you go and take charge of things first? I can manage here.”

"That's fine then. If the princess encounters any further problems, Your Highness can send someone to find me."

"Um."

Then only Yi Zexuan and his group remained in the palace.

"Ziwen, take Rou'er outside and wait for me. Lian'er, you may also leave."

"What are you going to do?" Lin Ziwen asked.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything. I'll call you in in a little while."

Xue Yurou stepped forward and said, "His Highness will have his own reasons. Let's go out first."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ziwen looked at her, then at Su Lixia lying on the couch, and said, "Then you should hurry up too."

After saying they were leaving, the three of them turned back to look at each other every three steps until they were out the door.

After they had all left, Yi Zexuan said, "Now that everyone's gone, you should wake up. I know you were faking it."

Hearing the sound, Su Lixia opened her eyes, looked around, patted her chest to calm herself down, and then looked at Yi Zexuan with surprise and said, "Hey! You actually knew I was faking it!"

"You fell so deliberately. Luckily, it was only I who saw it. If anyone else in the palace had seen it, that would be a different story. So tell me, why did you pretend to faint? Before you fainted, you specifically instructed Rou'er to take care of you."

Su Lixia chuckled and explained, "There's no particular reason, it's just that this princess doesn't want to participate in their gossip anymore."

Yi Zexuan frowned, a little angry: "So, just because of the princess's selfishness, so many people have been delayed?"

Su Lixia pouted: "I didn't mean to do it this way."

Yi Zexuan sighed softly, then stood up and said with a hint of anger, "I hope the princess doesn't think she's still in the Central Plains. This isn't the Central Plains, and no one will tolerate the princess's bad temper here." After saying that, he left without looking back.

"Oh? Please don't let Miss Xue go to the garden party. She should go home as soon as possible."