Mingmei left with the tray, looking utterly dejected. There was simply no way to proceed at the banquet, and the private deal couldn't be delayed any longer. Sigh!
However, Mingmei quickly came up with a solution. Before leaving, she looked in the direction of Charlie and the others, only to find that they were also looking in her direction.
Bright eyes darted left and right again, making sure no one was watching, before winking at the other person, signaling them to slip away.
...
The moon was bright and the stars were few. A gentle evening breeze was blowing. Mingmei, who had just returned with the wine, stood in the night and watched the two men walk towards her. They only glanced at each other briefly, as if it were an unintentional glance, and then looked away again.
As the three of them passed each other, she slightly opened her mouth and whispered to them that the boxed lunches were placed behind the haystacks in the southwest corner outside the banquet area, before quickly leaving...
"Wow, this lunchbox really works!"
The moment I received the lunchbox, its function was immediately displayed in my game's backend.
One could understand the Chu Rong language, and the other could speak it!
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Julian and Charlie squatted down behind the haystack and hurriedly began to wolf down their food. Halfway through, Charlie couldn't help but speak out even with food in his mouth.
"God knows, those NPCs next door were talking in some kind of gibberish I couldn't understand a word of, it was so frustrating! I couldn't make sense of the information right in front of me, it was so annoying. But now I can finally understand them!"
"It probably wasn't anything nice. Lord Cui's expression hasn't been good since they spoke. I heard them say that Lord Cui knows some Chu Rong language."
Lord Cui was the same official who had served them tea at noon. He was also the one who took them back after they were released. He was a very kind uncle.
Their flawed and absurd acting throughout the journey would have been a disaster if Lord Cui hadn't covered for them.
To be honest, Charlie had initially scoffed when he heard that their training was in collaboration with a game company, but after experiencing it all in the game, they were completely proven wrong.
Hilarious! Not only are their IQs lower than NPCs, but their EQs are also inferior!
Having been completely outmatched by NPCs in the starting village, and then experiencing the storyline they went through in the Hua Liang capital in the "Assassin Emperor" dungeon, it was enough to shock them from the very beginning.
The moment they opened their eyes, they saw the young Emperor Hua Liang, who had recently ascended the throne, kneeling before them and pleading.
In this ancient world where imperial power was supreme, the sight of the emperor kneeling before someone was a huge surprise to those who had just entered the game!
Even now, the royal family of an interstellar empire, which is considered a mascot, wouldn't do something like this!
In the game, the emperor is a good one. As a young new ruler, he has not yet been able to fully consolidate his power due to court intrigues, and there are also powerful enemies invading from the outside, giving him no chance to "develop". The Hua Liang dynasty is already in a precarious situation.
Having no one he could rely on, he had to entrust a few of his trusted confidants to find assassins from the common people to help him carry out his plan...
And they were the chosen assassins.
“That’s perfect. After eating this noodle, if I understand what they dare to say to me, I’ll give them a piece of my mind! Anyway, Lord Cui said I’m not steady, so I’ll be steady and help him curse.”
After Charlie finished speaking, he continued to eat with his head down. Julian glanced at Charlie's reaction, shook his head helplessly, and sighed almost imperceptibly.
How could the crumbling Hua Liang dynasty be preserved simply because of the death of a tyrant?
After the tyrant's death, could the crumbling Hua Liang still survive their wrath?
Julian scoffed, inwardly cursing the game.
The new emperor was never as simple and naive as they imagined.
Moreover, this game starts to trick people from the moment it releases its quests!
[Player Mission: Assassinate the Tyrant and Save Hua Liang.]
When Mingmei returned to the banquet with the wine, she felt the tyrant's gaze upon her.
Those dark, deep eyes, like a bottomless pool, were staring at me intently, making Mingmei feel incredibly pressured!
Mingmei, her face taut, slowly stepped forward. As she stood before the tyrant, before she could even pick up the wine jug and fill his cup, a large hand snatched the jug away.
Mingmei looked up and saw the other person staring straight at her, as if she were being watched by a wild beast, and couldn't help but shiver.
Immediately afterwards, Mingmei saw the other person take the wine pot in their hand, pour a glass of wine, and hand it directly to her.
I don't know if it was just my imagination, but when the tyrant made this gesture, the people below seemed to fall silent for a moment.
Just as Mingmei was staring intently at the wine glass that was handed to her, the tyrant suddenly looked up and dispelled all the peeping eyes.
For a time, the banquet continued with singing and dancing, and it seemed that Mingmei's earlier feeling that the atmosphere was not right was just her imagination.
"Drink it, to test for poison."
It seemed that because Mingmei refused to accept the wine glass, the tyrant reluctantly offered two words of explanation.
There was nothing Mingmei could do about it. She took the glass and drank it all in one gulp. It was just a game, but the burning sensation after drinking the liquor felt so real!
A blush crept onto her bright cheeks, and when she looked up, she could clearly see a slight smile curving at the corners of the tyrant's lips.
It looks pretty good, doesn't it?
For a moment, Mingmei felt a little dazed.
The tyrant then took the wine glass from her hand and began to pour himself a drink, making no attempt to conceal the fact that the glass had once been used by Mingmei.
It's both arousing and dangerous!
Mingmei's mind was starting to wander, but she was a good drinker and, even though she was a little drunk, she stood there quietly as if nothing had happened.
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