Chapter 259: Mission Completed
It is said that if you sleep drunk you will have a headache when you wake up.
Shen Yuexi didn't have this feeling after waking up. She just felt like there were a group of little people talking in her head, chattering and chattering, making her dizzy.
"Madam, you are finally awake. I will pour you some tea right away."
Just as he opened his eyes a little, Xia Lan's happy voice came from the side.
Shen Yuexi opened her eyes and realized she had returned to the carriage without realizing it. The lights were on inside the carriage, and the sky was dark outside the window. The clatter of horse hooves and the rolling of wheels mixed together. Xia Lan was pouring tea for her with her back to her.
"Why am I here?" She sat up suddenly. "Am I not negotiating with Zhao Mu?"
Her only memory was seeing Song Zhen drunk, and she had no recollection of what happened afterwards.
I won’t get drunk too, will I?
She lowered her head and rummaged through the document bag at her waist, pulling out the letter Xiao Zhuo had given her. "Oh my God, I'm in trouble. I didn't even give my husband's letter to Zhao Mu!"
I had originally planned to give Xiao Zhuo's letter to Zhao Mu, but I didn't expect that he would bring it back intact.
"Don't panic, Madam. It's all done." Xia Lan brought over a cup of tea. "Have a cup of tea first to sober up."
Shen Yuexi didn't bother to take the teacup, she just opened the car window and shouted, "Where's Qiang Lin, Qiang Lin?"
Qiang Lin rode up to the carriage window and said to her, "Don't be alarmed, Madam. We have won a great victory and are almost home."
Even Qiang Lin, her confidant, said so, and Shen Yuexi finally felt relieved.
But she had no idea how it was done.
She rolled down the car window and turned to Xia Lan and asked, "Why do you all say that the matter is settled?"
Xia Lan smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, take a look at the document bag. General Zhao's reply is still inside. It's stamped with his seal, so it's absolutely genuine."
Shen Yuexi went to look through the document bag again, and sure enough, there was an extra document inside.
She took the document out and unfolded it. The writing was densely packed and sloppily written. There were two spots smudged by water stains, and there was a faint smell of alcohol. At the end of the document was the seal of the commander.
She couldn't recognize the words at all, so she took it back to show Xiao Zhuo.
"What did I do?" She carefully put the documents back into the bag and reached out to take the teacup from Xia Lan. "I don't remember anything."
Xia Lan said, "Zhao Shuai and the mistress were both drunk. You two... one of you started talking about your military service and talked for half an hour. At the end, Zhao Shuai started crying. Then the mistress started talking for another half an hour. When she got to the fight with the pheasant, she started crying too."
Shen Yuexi was drinking tea and almost spit out a mouthful of tea when she heard this. Fortunately, she swallowed it first and only coughed twice.
"I...I said I had a fight with a pheasant?"
Xia Lan said, "It's absolutely true. This servant and I were standing behind you and heard it all clearly. You said that the chicken was incredibly strong and pecked at your hand. General Zhao burst into tears, saying it was so difficult, so difficult..."
Shen Yuexi covered her face: "Don't say anything more, then what else did I say?"
It's so embarrassing that it's even embarrassing to my grandma.
"Then you started drinking again... I don't know if General Wei was being kind, but he replaced the wine jar with water at some point, and you two drank several bowls of it. Then General Zhao burst into tears, saying he'd never been so happy in his life and that he insisted on becoming sworn brothers with you and recognizing you as his sworn sister... We were afraid of causing trouble, so we joined General Wei in stopping them."
Shen Yuexi held her forehead in her hand and was speechless.
No wonder they say drunkenness can lead to mistakes; once drunk, people are simply utterly disgraceful. Zhao Shuai is old enough to be her father. If they were to become sworn brothers, wouldn't it be a joke to have a forty-something brother for no apparent reason?
"I... I didn't make a fool of myself, did I?" she asked Xia Lan cautiously.
Xia Lan's eyes lit up. "Madam, this is what I admire most about you. You were clearly drunk, but apart from crying, you behaved perfectly. Moreover, you actually remembered what Madam instructed you to do and even spoke to Zhao Shuai about it. Zhao Shuai agreed without hesitation and even wrote a letter in reply to reassure you."
"What about Song Zhen?"
"From the beginning to the end, the gentleman still didn't wake up. Zhao Shuai had him carried out and sent away."
When Shen Yuexi heard this, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Song Zhen was more cunning than she was. If he were to use his eloquence to persuade Zhao Mu to change his mind, that would be disastrous. Fortunately, she had knocked him out with a large bowl of 90% alcohol. He would probably be unconscious for a whole day before he could sober up.
"After receiving the reply, you stood up to leave, but General Zhao had General Wei carry you, insisting on seeing you off personally. I carried you to the carriage, and you fell asleep as soon as we were there," Xia Lan opened the window behind her and looked in. "Now we've returned to the main camp."
Shen Yuexi looked out from the car window that Xia Lan had opened.
The sun peeked out from the dark mountaintops in the distance, casting a shadow on a few fiery red clouds in the sky. Off to the side was Xiao Zhuo's camp, where a bonfire illuminated the tent roofs and the towering watchtower.
The soldiers on the watchtower saw Shen Yuexi's convoy, and waved and shouted to the soldiers guarding the camp gate below.
"The princess has returned to camp."
The gatekeeper opened the camp gate, and the convoy entered the camp and stopped in an open space.
Shen Yuexi hurriedly got out of the carriage, put on the cloak Xia Lan had prepared for her, took the documents out of her document bag, and jumped out of the carriage as usual. Now there was no need to pretend anymore, she still liked to be her original self.
As soon as her feet touched the ground, she felt her legs go weak and she fell to the ground involuntarily.
I didn't expect that he was still drunk.
Xia Lan screamed behind her and she fell into someone's arms.
Her nose was filled with Xiao Zhuo's soothing fragrance, and she felt the warmth of his hand behind her. She suddenly softened and obediently let him pick her up.
"My dear husband, I have fulfilled your mission."
She closed her eyes and leaned her head on Xiao Zhuo's chest, raised the document in her hand, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Isn't this the document I gave you?" Xiao Zhuo's voice sounded above her. "Didn't you give it to Zhao Shuai?"
Shen Yuexi opened her eyes and looked at it, feeling a little embarrassed: "Haha, husband, what I mean is...look at how powerful your wife is, she didn't even need this letter."
"Oh? Then how did Madam convince General Zhao?" Xiao Zhuo carried her horizontally towards the tent.
"Ninety-proof alcohol."
"Nine...ten percent alcohol, that's a strange name. Is it the name of a certain kind of wine?"
"Haha, my husband, if you want to drink, just tell me. I'll make you a bowl of 75-degree alcohol, which can also disinfect it." Shen Yuexi closed her eyes and raised a finger. "But my husband still has to lead the troops to fight. Drinking will cause trouble, drinking will cause trouble. Fortunately... burp."
Although she drank a lot of water, there was still a faint smell of alcohol in her breath.
"Yuexi, did you also drink that 90% alcohol?"
"No. If I really drink, I'll definitely get alcohol poisoning."
Back in the back tent, Xiao Zhuo helped her untie her cloak and just as he laid her on the bed, a soldier outside the tent said, "My lord, General Qiu has military intelligence to report."
Xiao Zhuo held Shen Yuexi's hand and shook it: "I'll come back to accompany you later."
"Go ahead, my husband," Shen Yuexi smiled and waved to Xiao Zhuo, "I'll lie down for a while."
Xiao Zhuo left the back tent. Shen Yuexi heard the sound of armor clashing in the front tent, followed by Qiu Liming's voice:
"My lord, the 10,000-man vanguard of the King of Qi's army has passed Dongji Town. They are expected to set up camp around three o'clock tonight. The King of Qi's central army will arrive at noon tomorrow."
"Very good, I'm waiting for them," Xiao Zhuo's cold voice sounded, "This is where they will be buried."
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