"Shh!" Su Ruxue put her finger to her lips, signaling Su Ruyan not to give anyone a hint.
Su Ruyan didn't say anything more.
Juan'er, standing nearby, said, "Miss already said it herself; you've given the answer, so it must be the number 'one'."
Su Zhi Qiu said, "Alright, there will be a reward!"
After saying that, he called Juan'er over and gave her a silver ingot.
"Thank you, sir." Juan'er looked very happy.
Yuan'er just smiled inwardly. She had received an unknown amount of silver from Qin Chuan, so naturally she looked down on this. She secretly laughed at Juan'er for being so naive...
At this moment, Qin Chuan's expression was somewhat stunned. He thought to himself, "Walking from west to east, what character is that? Ancient calligraphy emphasizes horizontal and vertical strokes, and geographical orientation follows the rules of north at the top, south at the bottom, west on the left, and east on the right. Writing from left to right can only result in the character '一' (one). The answer is indeed right in the question."
He couldn't even guess the answer to such a simple question...
"Whose turn is it to set the questions?"
Su Ruxue asked a question, and the little princess stood up. "I'll give you the question: Three people ride a hornless ox together."
Without giving others a chance to drink, Su Ruyan answered directly, "It's the character '奉' (fèng)."
Everyone admired her quick wit.
"Fifth Sister, give me a question!" Su Ruyu said.
Su Ruyan thought for a moment, then slowly said, "One month after another, two months make half a day, above is arable land, below is a flowing river, a family of six, two of them don't need to be together. What character is this?"
Upon hearing her ask such a difficult question, Qin Chuan felt a headache coming on, especially when she looked at him. He quickly waved his hand, indicating that he didn't know the answer and shouldn't ask him.
"My husband..."
Seeing Su Ruyan looking at him with a smile, Qin Chuan immediately felt like he was back in his school days when he was called on by the teacher...
Qin Chuan coughed lightly, as if he wanted to give an answer, and everyone was eagerly anticipating it.
"I won't."
When he uttered those three words, everyone was immediately disappointed.
Su Ruyan couldn't help but glance at him, as if to say, "Judging from your pretentious tone, I thought you actually knew the answer..."
"I'll punish myself with a drink."
After Qin Chuan finished speaking, he picked up his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Everyone saw that after he finished the drink, his face was flushed. He blushed easily after drinking alcohol, which clearly showed that he couldn't hold his liquor.
Su Ruyan called on a few more people to answer, but none of them knew the answer.
Finally, Su Ruyan herself gave the answer: "It's the character '用' (yòng)."
Qin Chuan murmured to himself, "Month after month, two months make half, the answer is given in the first line. I was about to say it was the word 'use,' but then I thought my wife wouldn't give such a simple answer, otherwise the following four lines would be useless. It seems she has been misled by the question setter..."
After a few drinks, Qin Chuan was slightly tipsy, his vision becoming somewhat blurred, as if people were swaying...
The word puzzle game continues.
Xu Mu posed the question: "Surrounded by mountains on all sides, and all the mountains are connected."
The answer is the character "田".
Su Ruyu posed the question: "Each person has one mouth and one hand."
The answer is the word "take".
Qin Chuan was getting tipsy and vaguely heard the young princess pose another four-line poem question, but his head was buzzing and he couldn't hear it clearly at all.
Su Ruyan was the first to notice his slightly drunk state, so she quickly left her seat and helped him to sit in a round-backed pear wood chair. Everyone hurriedly asked, "Are you alright?"
Su Ruyan smiled and said, "My husband can't hold his liquor. It's happened before. He gets drunk after just a little bit of wine. It's alright, you two continue playing. Yuan'er, bring some tea."
Qin Chuan was dizzy and his face was as red as a monkey's bottom, but he still retained some consciousness. He slightly opened his eyes, looked at the blurry figures, and said, "I'm fine, you guys continue, you guys continue..."
Everyone laughed when they saw how red his face was.
Su Ruyan took the tea from Yuan'er and fed Qin Chuan a few sips.
Yuan'er whispered, "Young Master, please drink less..."
Su Ruyan smiled and said, "It's my fault. I was thinking of playing a trick on him."
Qin Chuan thought to himself, "How dare you say that..."
As the laughter and voices around him grew louder and louder, Qin Chuan's head started to buzz, and the noise made his head throb. He whispered to Su Ruyan, "Wife, I'm feeling a little unwell..."
Su Ruyan instructed Yuan'er and Juan'er: "Take the young master to his room to rest for a while."
Yuan'er and Juan'er helped Qin Chuan out and brought him to the room where Su Ruyan was staying. After helping him lie down, Juan'er said, "Young Master's alcohol tolerance is really too low."
Yuan'er didn't take it to heart: "Everyone's alcohol tolerance is different, and besides, tonight's wine is all aged vintage..."
Seeing Juan'er standing, Yuan'er sat down on the edge of the bed and said, "Juan'er, you go to the banquet hall to serve. I'll stay here and keep the young master company."
Juan'er said, "That works too."
After saying that, he walked out of the room.
With a guilty conscience, Yuan'er closed the door and returned to the bedside. She stared at Qin Chuan, whose face was flushed and who seemed to be asleep, for a long time…
Her bright, intelligent eyes blinked, and she glanced cautiously at the door before turning back as if she had finally made up her mind.
She slowly extended her fair right hand to Qin Chuan's face, gently caressing it...
"Young master, young master..."
She called out softly, wanting to wake Qin Chuan but also afraid he would hear her; she was conflicted.
Seeing that Qin Chuan hadn't woken up, she boldly ran her hand down Qin Chuan's face and neck, closing her eyes and carefully savoring each spot...
It was as if she was reliving that night of self-sacrifice...
Her dignified and beautiful face flushed crimson, revealing a hint of lewdness.
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