A few sips of wine were enough to make her sleep for an entire afternoon; she dared not imagine how drunk she would become if she drank this glass.
Madam Luo's tone was unusually firm, yet tinged with sadness: "Sheng'er, you have to drink too. This wine is what I buried in the courtyard during my time in the south. I was thinking that if the Luo family could be exonerated, we should use this jar of wine to celebrate properly."
Now our family is truly safe and sound, everything is going smoothly, the children are healthy, and you and Sheng'er have officially become husband and wife. As their mother, I am overjoyed.
I know you can't hold your liquor, so just drink a little, just to keep this old woman company.
Those days in the south were the days when I was hiding from being hunted down.
Speaking of this, Xiao Yunying's mood became heavy.
Mrs. Luo had never spoken to herself or her children about how dangerous and difficult that period was. The fact that she brought it up today was probably an opportunity to vent the various emotions that had been building up during that time.
Xiao Yunying didn't want to spoil Madam Luo's mood or interrupt her venting, so she couldn't refuse again and could only drink a little with Madam Luo.
But once something starts, it's not easy to stop it.
Just like this glass of wine, once you've taken the first sip, you can't refuse halfway through, otherwise it will not only spoil the fun, but also make the person venting their emotions feel stifled.
Xiao Yunying was ready to listen to Madam Luo recount how difficult those days had been for her.
Madam Luo didn't say much, just drank her wine cup by cup, occasionally remarking to Xiao Yunying that the Emperor was wise and hadn't let the Luo family suffer injustice—things that were of little consequence.
In short, she didn't say a word about her life on the run from assassins, and spent most of her time drinking.
In this situation, Xiao Yunying felt embarrassed not to keep him company, so she could only drink along with him, taking small sips at a time. By the end of the meal, she had drunk five or six cups.
She was certain that the alcohol content of this liquor was higher than that of wine. By the time she was almost finished eating, her head was already a little foggy, and she only managed to stay upright by sheer willpower.
Helpless, Luo Sheng supported his wife's back with his hands. He had tried to persuade her twice, but neither his mother nor his wife listened to him.
His wife clenched her hands under the table, signaling with her eyes not to interrupt her mother's outburst.
Luo Sheng sighed inwardly, realizing how shrewd and intelligent his wife usually was, yet she couldn't detect when someone close to her used emotions to manipulate things. This was her weakness.
Thinking back to the past few days when her mother asked her if she had slept in the same room with Yunying, she clearly said that she didn't need her mother's interference in this matter, and she would not agree to her bad idea.
He had tried to dissuade his mother from doing this, and thought she had given up on the idea, but unexpectedly, she still asked Wei Xun to buy wine today.
He knew what was going on, but he couldn't say it out loud in front of everyone, so he could only try to dissuade them.
However, because his mother acted so well, his wife was moved by his kindness, which led to a complete failure of his attempts to dissuade her.
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