A spring bird was flying around and finally it got tired and decided to stop for a while to rest.
It stopped on the high wall of a courtyard with a wide flat land and a beautiful garden with clusters of flowers. Its small eyes reflected several people moving in the pavilion in the garden. Their smiles were so strange, revealing conspiracy in their embarrassment.
Humans are so complicated! The little bird flew away...
The people in the courtyard were Feng Ming and others who were in Hao Zhangming's mansion. In order to find out what was going on with Feng Xiyun and what was specifically wrong with Hao Zhangming, they naturally stayed.
Soon, the maids in the mansion brought new tableware and cups. Hao Zhangming was extremely enthusiastic and invited them to drink his collection of fine wine. Feng Ming, Tu Nan and Su Wei, the three smart people, naturally did not dare to drink casually. Only Feng Yuyun, who was extremely curious, picked up the wine and drank it all before the three of them could stop her.
And then... nothing happened!
The three people, who thought that there was some drug in the wine, picked up the wine glass and took a small sip, just to save face, but they felt embarrassed to let Feng Yuyun inadvertently become a guinea pig for the drug test.
"How is it, Princess? This wine of yours is good, isn't it?"
"Well, Lord Hao's wine is really good, but it doesn't quite resemble the wine from Daqing. It's more like..."
Fengming dragged out his words a little, and Tunan naturally took over the conversation.
"Master Hao's wine is more like the taste of South Vietnam, and the color is also more similar. It is suitable for drinking with a luminous cup at night. Fine grape wine in a luminous cup, beautiful!"
"Oh, Master Tu is indeed worthy of being the world's most talented scholar. He even has research on South Vietnamese wines. It was indeed my negligence. I only wanted to invite the young prince to taste the wine and forgot to buy the matching cups."
"I heard that Madam Hao is from South Vietnam. How could Master Hao's family have such fine wine without any drinking glasses?"
What Hao Zhangming prepared was indeed wine. All the wine in the Daqing Dynasty was specially supplied by South Vietnam, so there was very little of it on the market and ordinary people had hardly ever seen it.
Even a military general like Hao Zhangming couldn't just get it whenever he wanted. I guess this bottle was brought by Mrs. Hao back then.
Hao Zhangming, however, showed an expression of grief and sorrow, picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, and then the wine glass fell heavily on the table.
He sighed deeply: "Alas!"
"You may not know, but my wife suddenly ran away from home with our two children the other day. She took most of our belongings with her. Sigh..."
Hao Zhangming drank another glass of wine, looking heartbroken.
"Everyone in the capital knows that my wife and I have a deep affection for each other. I treat her like a treasure every day, even more than my own children. Alas, I never expected that she would have such a big quarrel with me and run away from home. I wonder where she can go in Daqing!"
Fengming and the others looked at each other, wondering what was going on and why they were complaining.
"Um, General Hao, why are you arguing with your wife?"
But after he said so much, it seemed not right for everyone to join in the conversation, and he still had to talk about Bai Wanshuang.
"well!"
Hao Zhangming sighed and drank again.
"I'm sure everyone knows that a few days ago I rescued... and brought a girl back to my mansion on East Street. This matter has something to do with the young prince."
"Yeah, that's right. It has something to do with me."
As Hao Zhangming spoke, he glanced at Feng Xiyun, but he was still eating and drinking happily. Fengming was sure that something was wrong with him. Even if he was as ignorant as a child in normal times, he still had some eyesight in this situation and it was impossible for him to concentrate on eating and drinking.
"Alas, I brought that girl back home simply because I felt sorry for her and she looked a lot like an old friend from my hometown. But I never thought that Madam would be jealous and think that I had improper thoughts about Miss Bai. In the name of Qingtian, Miss Bai is the same age as my daughter Yingying'er. I could be her father, so how could she have such dirty thoughts? Sigh."
What a pure and innocent lotus! The information I collected clearly stated that Mrs. Hao was also enthusiastic about Bai Wanshuang at the beginning. The strange harmony in their family must have been because she believed the reason of the old friend.
But later they fell out because he stayed at Bai Wanshuang's Zhijinyuan every night. Which woman would believe that her husband slept with a young and beautiful girl every day because she looked like an old friend?
"Everyone, I really don't have any thoughts about Wan Shuang. I just treat her as my daughter. How could my lady think of me like this?"
Hao Zhangming complained while drinking, and soon he was drunk, muttering "Why don't you believe me, don't believe me, don't believe me, don't believe me, don't..."
Faced with a host who suddenly got drunk, everyone looked at each other. What should they do? Just sit back and do nothing?
"General, General, what's wrong with you? Wake up and take a look at Wan Shuang."
Just when Fengming and the others didn't know what to do, an angel in white suddenly rushed out, no, a woman in white rescued them.
This must be Bai Wanshuang!
"Dear noble gentlemen and ladies, please save my general. Please save him."
Bai Wanshuang didn't know what was wrong with her, but she suddenly turned around and kowtowed to Fengming and the others, as if Hao Zhangming was about to be killed.
Miss, you should sober up a little. Your general is just drunk!
"Um, young lady, General Hao just drank too much and is drunk, that's all. Just help him go back and have a good rest."
Alas, as the person with the highest status in this group, Feng Ming had no choice but to act as a spokesperson to comfort this woman who seemed to have mental problems.
"Then please help me, gentlemen and ladies, and help my general back to the inner chamber. I beg you."
…
Madam, are there any servants in the Wuwei General’s Mansion?
Seeing that they didn't move, Bai Wanshuang actually knelt a few steps to Fengming's feet and cried, "Wanshuang knows that I am troubling you. Wanshuang also knows that I should have asked the servants to help support the general. But you don't know that Wanshuang has no one to call upon in this general's mansion. I have no choice but to ask for your help. Please help support the general to the flower hall. It's just outside the garden, very close. Please!"
If Fengming still couldn't see that Bai Wanshuang was pretending and was just trying to lure them to the flower hall, he would be sorry for the novels he read in his previous life.
But it's no use even if I know it. I'm going to that place even though I know there's a tiger there. In order to see what she's up to, I have no choice but to follow her.
Feng Ming could only let Tu Nan and Su Wei help Hao Zhangming up and follow Bai Wanshuang to the flower hall.
Seeing Tunan supporting Hao Zhangming, Fengming felt annoyed. I have never been half-hugged like that!
The flower hall was indeed not far from the garden. They arrived there after a few steps. Bai Wanshuang was attentive and led the way and opened the door. But the strange thing was that they had not seen any servants from the Hao Mansion since they set out.
When the last Feng Xiyun crossed the threshold of the flower hall, the door creaked shut, and Fengming felt dizzy...
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