An San returned to the palace to report, and Emperor Yuan learned that Gu Ling'er had already arrived in Beijing. He immediately couldn't wait to summon her into the palace.
But the Queen stopped him before he could give the order.
"Your Majesty, people like them who are hermits do not like the red tape of the palace, nor do they like to be summoned and dismissed at will.
If I rashly issue an order to summon them, I am afraid that not only will they not come, but they will also be annoyed."
When faced with the emperor's edict, capable people can often choose to obey or not.
Gu Ling'er was not an official appointed by the imperial court, and had not committed any crime. Even if he did not respond to the summons, Emperor Yuan could do nothing about it.
You can't just kill people, right? That would make you a real tyrant.
Emperor Yuan frowned, "Then what do you think we should do? I want her to show you and the baby in your belly."
"Didn't Director Guo say that? The child is healthy now."
"I am worried about him."
The Queen smiled and shook her head, "Jiang Yueyang also said that the child is healthy. Your Majesty doesn't believe Guo Yuanzheng, so does he not believe Jiang Yueyang either?"
Emperor Yuan curled his lips and said, "What does a little girl who has never had any experience with men and has never been a mother know?"
The Empress opened her mouth to respond, but Emperor Yuan spoke first, "She can tell whether the child is healthy or not, but can she deliver the baby for you?
You are pregnant with twins now. I dare not even think about the dangers of childbirth. When Lipin gave birth to Xiaoba and Xiaojiu... I just want you to be fine."
Emperor Yuan has a pair of twins, who are fifteen years old this year. They went out to study some time ago and will probably be back before the New Year.
The Queen Mother reached out and held his hand, "Your Majesty, this is Lipin's first baby, so the delivery will be difficult.
I have already given birth to three children, so it will definitely not be that dangerous. Besides, it is too early to say this now."
"I don't care. From now on, you must take good care of yourself. If there is any problem, you will not have the baby."
"Your Majesty." The Queen was slightly angry.
"Alright, alright." Emperor Yuan gently embraced her in his arms, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's first find a way to summon that girl into the palace."
The Queen snorted, "If Your Majesty says that again in the future, I will ignore you."
Emperor Yuan did not respond.
The Queen knew that he would not agree, so she said to herself, "Your Majesty, shall we go meet the girl?"
"Shall we go see her?"
"Well, we have something to ask of her, so we should go and visit her in person. However, we should still ask the girl's opinion before we go."
"Okay, I'll ask Lu Yunting to give that girl a message tomorrow."
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On the other side, Jiang Yueyang's carriage stopped outside the gate of Zuixianju.
Jiang Yueyang and the other three got off the carriage one by one, and they all looked up at the plaque above.
"This is my first time here." Qiao Xi spoke first.
Qiao Xi would usually have a drink with her father, and occasionally have a drink herself, but she had never been to the winery to drink.
"This font is so special." Wen Shuyan also said.
"Really?" Jiang Yueyang smiled lightly, "When I first came here, I was also attracted by this font."
“I wonder who wrote it?”
"You'll know if you ask later."
"I'll knock on the door." Gu Ruo walked up and knocked on the door. "Is anyone inside? We want to buy some wine."
Li Yan, who was sitting under a tree and preparing to enjoy his meal, pretended not to hear the sound and picked up a piece of chicken with his chopsticks.
He put the chicken in his mouth and chewed it, his eyes gradually brightened. Then he poured himself a glass of wine.
Fine wine and delicious food, everyone's face is full of enjoyment.
Outside, seeing no one responded, Gu Ruo knocked on the door and shouted a few more times, but Li Yan still ignored her.
She turned around to look at the three people and said uncertainly, "It seems that we came at a bad time. There seems to be no one inside."
At this time, a voice with a hint of anger came from inside, "Li Yan, why didn't you call me for dinner?"
"Aren't you full just by looking at your Seven Star Flower?"
Jiang Yueyang recognized these two voices, they were Gu Lan and Li Yan. They were pretending not to hear.
Wen Shuyan suggested: "How about we change places? They don't seem to want to do business."
"It would be fine if we didn't come here, but now that I'm here I really want to drink the wine." Gu Ruo didn't want to change places.
Seeing this, Jiang Yueyang took two steps forward and knocked on the door, "Mr. Li, are you in there?"
Hearing Jiang Yueyang's voice, the two people who were eating paused and looked at each other at the same time.
"I seemed to hear Miss Jiang's voice just now."
"I seem to have heard it too." Gu Lan echoed.
Jiang Yueyang's voice came again, "Mr. Li, Mr. Li."
"It's her." Gu Lan suddenly asked, "Why did she only call you and not me?"
Li Yan: "...Is this the time to worry about this?"
He stood up and said, "I'll go open the door for her. Ziyue might be outside now."
Just as Jiang Yueyang opened her mouth again, the door opened.
Li Yan took a quick look and when he didn't see Lu Yunting, he asked, "Miss Jiang, why are you here?"
"We wanted to find a private place to get drunk, and we thought of your place."
"You want to drink?" Li Yan was shocked. "No, you can't drink. Ziyue will beat me up!"
"She only drinks a little, it's mainly us who drink." Gu Ruo found the right time to interrupt.
"Don't you know how much she can drink? She can't drink at all! And after drinking, she will..."
"Mr. Li!" Jiang Yueyang interrupted him, "I brought the hangover medicine that Ah Yue gave me, so those things won't happen."
"Even if that's the case, I can't bear that responsibility."
"Mr. Li, my friend is in a bad mood and would like to drink your wine. Please."
Qiao Xi also said: "I heard that Zuixianju has a kind of wine that is very easy to get drunk, and so far no one can drink more than three cups.
Although I am a woman, I can drink as much as a man. I wonder if the wine can make me drunk? If not, then my reputation is in vain. "
Li Yan was provoked, "My wine lives up to its reputation!"
"I haven't drunk it. I don't believe it."
"Then I will convince you today!"
After saying that, he opened the door wide and stepped aside to let them in.
Qiao Xi secretly raised his eyebrows at the three of them, and his eyes seemed to say, aren't we going in now?
Li Yan led them under the tree, and then went into the house to get some wine.
Jiang Yueyang saw the dishes on the table and asked curiously, "Why do you have Ye Wuhen's chili sauce?"
"What chili sauce? Are you talking about this?" Gu Lan pointed to the open chili sauce on the table.
Jiang Yueyang nodded.
"This is what Ziyue told me not to give to Li Yan."
At this time, Li Yan ran over with a small jar of wine and placed the wine in front of Qiao Xi.
"The wine you just mentioned is this Yaoguangzui. Drink it, I bet you'll get drunk after just one glass!"
Hearing this, Qiao Xi curled her lips and looked at him straight, "What if I'm not drunk? What will you do?"
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