Chapter 365: Horseback Riding at Night! Old Stories Revisited
Shao Shang was too curious about whether He Zhaojun had changed now, but he didn't want to ask her to take off her mask, so he could only pour bowl after bowl of yogurt for He Zhaojun.
This is a wine that has been distilled and purified according to the method she taught. Not to mention He Zhaojun, who has an average alcohol tolerance, even Zi Sheng, who can drink the most, would lose consciousness after two cups.
As expected, after one drink, He Zhaojun's cheeks flushed red and she began to stagger, clearly drunk. She propped her chin up with her hand and, without realizing it, pushed the mask open a little.
“…” Shao Shang quietly reached out and took off her mask.
The noisy banquet hall fell silent again in an instant, and Wen Ziduan on the opposite side had already stood up. Emperor Wen and Concubine Yue also stretched their necks to look. Everyone knew that this was He Zhaojun, but seeing it with their own eyes was a different story.
"You're really something." Huo Buyi complained and lowered his head to continue drinking his tea.
After the crane mask was removed, He Zhaojun's face remained hidden. Her skin was covered in a thin veil embroidered with golden patterns. Only He Zhaojun would have thought of adding a skin-hugging veil beneath the mask. Everyone's expectations were dashed, yet they felt this gesture was a testament to He Zhaojun's name.
While everyone wanted to send He Zhaojun back to the Nanyue Princess's Mansion that had been prepared for her long ago, she insisted on riding a horse. Sitting on the horse's back, she let the horse run free and strolled around the streets in the night.
It was already curfew, and the streets were lit only by lights and patrolling soldiers, with no civilians. Fearing that she might fall off her horse after being drunk, Wen Ziduan personally led the horse for her and walked slowly.
"You come up too. This sheep is very big." He Zhaojun patted the horse's neck and signaled Wen Zi to bring it up.
Wen Ziduan turned around when he heard the sound: "What? Sheep? This is a horse. Are you drunk?"
"I said it's a sheep! Haven't you ridden one? When I was climbing mountains in Lingnan, I always rode sheep." She pretended to be angry. Wen Ziduan couldn't argue with her and could only admit that it was a relatively large sheep. He sat behind He Zhaojun again, put his arms around her, and wrapped her cloak tightly.
"Have you and He Zhaojun ever ridden a sheep together on a night like this?" After getting drunk, He Zhaojun asked some questions that she had never asked during the day.
Wen Ziduan raised the corner of her mouth. It turned out that she didn't completely not care. She was still asking indirectly about the story of He Zhaojun, who was a great threat to her.
He carefully placed his head on He Zhaojun's shoulder. "It was also on this street that she was about to be engaged to Lou Yao. I used some rather unkind methods to discourage the man, and he subsequently called off the engagement. You and He Zhaojun resented me for this."
"It seems that what you did was not wrong. A person who can be defeated by difficulties and cannot be firm in his choice of love is not a good person. He will have doubts before the engagement and will do so afterward." He Zhaojun didn't even think that there was anything wrong with his intimate behavior. She turned her head, found a comfortable position, and leaned on him.
"Yes, but she might have deliberately wanted to irritate me at that time, saying that she would treat me to a few more drinks at her wedding." Wen Ziduan still remembered what He Zhaojun said at that time, and it sounded sour when he said it now.
The soldiers guarding the city who were passing by saw He Zhaojun and Wen Ziduan riding horses and strolling on the street in the middle of the night, walking slower than a normal person. They did not dare to ask and could only walk around them, leaving them with the quiet night.
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