Chapter 1007 Confession (3)
When Fang went out, he saw several plates of exquisite dishes and snacks placed in the middle of the room.
Xie Jingxing frowned: "Tie Yi." He was not used to eating in the house. He was a very clean person and was very well-organized in private. The bedroom was a place to sleep, and he had to eat in the living room.
After calling a few times but getting no response, the door suddenly creaked open, and it was Shen Miao who came in holding a wine jar.
The wine jar was so huge that she was wobbling as she held it. Xie Jingxing stepped forward to catch it, placed it on the table, and asked, "What are you doing?"
Shen Miao said, "I searched your storeroom for a long time and found this jar. I smelled it and it seemed to be Shizhou incense. I guess it's quite old, so I brought it out."
Xie Jingxing paused, then opened the wine jar. Sure enough, a rich, sweet aroma of wine hit him. He smiled and said, "Remarkable! You also know Shizhouxiang. Uncle Tang didn't even stop you?"
Shizhouxiang is a fine wine, so expensive that it's hard to buy even with a fortune. There are only three jars of it in the entire Prince Rui's mansion, and Shen Miao holds one, which happens to be fifty years old. Uncle Tang is probably heartbroken and crying silently.
Shen Miao smiled: “I’ve even drunk it.”
Xie Jingxing was suspicious: "Did you drink it?"
Shen Miao fell silent. When she was the Empress, she had tasted all kinds of fine wines at palace banquets. Although a jar of Shizhouxiang was precious, it was not something that made her look at it differently. However, she did not know that she had been the Empress and was dazzled by the dazzling array of things in the palace. Now she looked at these things and did not care much. However, ordinary people, even officials, would spend their entire lives without the opportunity to drink a sip of Shizhouxiang.
Shen Miao patted her head: "I seem to have forgotten to bring the wine glass." She glanced at the bowls used to serve rice and simply scooped up two and filled two bowls.
Xie Jingxing looked at her in disbelief and asked, “Chen Miao, are you an alcoholic?”
"I'll come and have dinner with you," Shen Miao said, "How can we have food without wine?"
Xie Jingxing crossed his arms and looked at her for a while, then suddenly remembered something from before, and said, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. That day at Bixiao Tower, you drank a bowl of wine in front of so many people... Chen Jiaojiao, you should be more careful in the future."
When she drank, she was charming, elegant, and generous. That moment of charm made people unable to take their eyes off her. Many men in Bixiao Building had their eyes glued to her. At that time, Xie Jingxing was furious. If he had to consider his status, he would have carried Shen Miao on his body and left.
He taught his young wife earnestly and kindly: "Don't drink outside in the future. If you want to drink, I must be present. Even if I am around, you can't drink too much, especially not in front of other people... Shen Jiaojiao, did you listen to me?"
Shen Miao put down the bowl. She had just swallowed a large mouthful of Shizhouxiang. The aroma was sweet and refreshing, but it hit her throat with a pungent spiciness, so spicy that it almost brought tears to her eyes. The first mouthful she took, warm and refreshing, she exclaimed in admiration, "It's indeed worthy of being called Shizhouxiang."
Xie Jingxing asked: "Are you ignoring me now?"
Shen Miao glanced at him and asked, "You don't want to drink?" She picked up the wine bowl and took a sip.
Xie Jingxing said, "Hey, you're not going to get drunk here like a drunkard tonight, are you? Ten States Incense isn't meant to be drunk the way you do. You're like a cow chewing a peony."
Shen Miao glanced at him sideways: "No one has ever dared to say that I am a cow chewing a peony."
Xie Jingxing: “…”
He always felt that Shen Miao was a different person every time she drank, like when the Shen family left Dingjing many years ago and he was about to leave for Northern Xinjiang. Could it be that there was another person living in Shen Miao's belly, and drinking would release that person? Xie Jingxing was really puzzled. On a normal day, she seemed like a restrained and cautious person, but once she got drunk, she was really good. Not only did she lose her rationality, but she also did incredible things.
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