"Blue is a bit silly, but mushroom is not silly at all."
"You absolutely mustn't call them stupid in front of them, or Blue and Mushroom will be heartbroken!"
Yun Yishu remained noncommittal, wondering what those two silly birds could possibly understand, but he still nodded.
“This time, I brought them here to broaden their horizons. After all, the birds I, Jin Zhuangzhuang, raise must improve year by year.”
Jin Zhuangzhuang spoke very seriously and took the box containing the insects from Yun Yishu's hand.
Yun Yishu was hearing this theory for the first time and found it quite novel.
...
On the roof of the Left Prime Minister's residence, a couple passionately kissed, reluctant to part.
Jin Jinzhi reluctantly let go of Yun Duoduo, tidied the stray hairs by her ears and her slightly disheveled clothes, "Alright, let's go down, the Left Prime Minister's banquet is about to begin."
The clouds gasped for breath, inhaling the cool, fresh air from the rooftop.
"Um."
Jin Jinzhi lifted Yun Duoduo up by the waist, and the two landed steadily on the ground. He then took Yun Duoduo's hand and walked towards the garden where the banquet was being held.
The banquet was still very lively, with both the male and female seats filled with people.
Seeing that it was almost time, Left Chancellor Xue Guangjin took his seat in the main seat. The guests gradually stopped talking and went to their seats.
"Thank you all for attending my birthday banquet."
Xue Guangjin raised his glass.
"I hope you all enjoy today's dishes!"
"You're too kind, Prime Minister. I heard you even specially invited a chef from Jiangnan!"
A young military officer shouted from the male guests' section.
"Yes, we must thank the Prime Minister for allowing us country folk to taste such delicious dishes!"
"Haha, you're too kind, everyone!"
The group chatted amongst themselves, and Yun Duoduo listened to their Mandarin in a half-hearted manner.
She kept glancing at Jin Jinzhi. Sitting in the women's section, she felt her throat was extremely dry.
She saw a bottle of fruit drink on the table and poured herself a glass.
"What a refreshing fruit drink!"
This fruit drink is very sweet and flavorful, and its icy-cold texture is refreshing and pleasant.
Yun Duoduo finished the fruit drink in her cup in one gulp. After drinking one bottle, she felt it wasn't enough, so she snatched the fruit drink from Jin Zhuangzhuang's table and drank it too. Seeing that Yun Duoduo liked the fruit drink, Xun Beirui, as if presenting a treasure, also gave Yun Duoduo the fruit drink from her own table.
"Princess, Princess, please drink this bottle from my bottle."
Seeing Xun Beirui's smiling face, Yun Duoduo smiled back at her.
Xun Beirui was grateful to Yun Duoduo. She had been so disrespectful to Yun Duoduo, but Yun Duoduo did not punish her or implicate her family and clansmen.
Neither Jin Zhuangzhuang nor Xun Beirui drank the fruit drink, so they naturally didn't know it was fruit wine, and they never expected that Yun Duoduo would get drunk in less than a quarter of an hour.
Jin Zhuangzhuang's attention was entirely focused on the two birds in her cage. Seeing that the birds' attention was not on the banquet, and that the quail was even a little sleepy with its head bobbing on the ground, she began to scold them with some dissatisfaction.
Yun Duoduo suddenly felt a little dizzy, and Jin Zhuangzhuang's incessant scolding in her ears made her feel even more agitated.
"It's so hot!"
"Did Uncle Xue add a few more braziers because he was worried we'd be cold?"
She looked around, searching for a place to put the brazier.
"No, Sister Duo, are you wearing too many clothes?"
Jin Zhuangzhuang touched Yun Duoduo's face; it was burning hot.
"Sister Duo, why is your face so hot?"
Jin Zhuangzhuang quickly placed his fingers on Yun Duoduo's wrist: "Thank goodness it's not poisoning, but why is her pulse beating so fast?"
Yun Duoduo felt unbearably hot, so she reached out to pull at her collar, wanting to take off her outer robe.
Jin Jinzhi noticed Yun Duoduo's unusual behavior. He quickly walked around the men's section and went to Yun Duoduo's side.
As soon as I approached, I smelled a faint aroma of wine with a fruity scent.
"Brother, Sister Duo is burning up." Jin Zhuangzhuang handed Yun Duoduo over to Jin Jinzhi with peace of mind when he saw him arrive.
Jin Jinzhi glanced at the three empty white jade bottles lying haphazardly on the table, picked them up and smelled them, then touched Yun Duoduo's forehead.
"Duoduo, how are you?"
Jin Jinzhi looked at her with concern.
"Ah? Brother Sumire, what brings you here? This is the women's section!"
Yun Duoduo's breath reeked of alcohol.
[Why are such strong drinks served at the Left Prime Minister's residence, especially at the women's seating area?]
Jin Jinzhi searched for Xue Deyi's figure.
He glared angrily at Xue Deyi, who was drinking and chatting happily with the little girl. "Xue Deyi, how could you give Duoduo alcohol?!"
Xue Deyi was supposed to sit in the men's section, but he had to help his grandfather entertain the guests, so he walked back and forth in the garden.
He paused, looking at Jin Jinzhi in surprise, "Where's the wine?!"
The dishes and drinks prepared for the female and male guests were slightly different, and no drinks were prepared for them.
“Isn’t this it?” Jin Jinzhi pointed to the white jade bottle on the table.
"Oh, you mean that one!"
Xue retorted dismissively, "That's just fruit wine, can you even call that wine?!"
For these military officers, the fruit drink was like water, and most of those attending the Left Prime Minister's banquet were daughters of military officers, who had a high tolerance for alcohol.
"Do you know that the princess can't hold her liquor? If she drinks this much, she'll feel terrible!"
"Oh dear, stop worrying about it. Didn't she drink the fruit drinks from the Prime Minister's residence when she was little?!"
When Xue Deyi was still a guard, he once brought fruit and drinks from the Left Prime Minister's residence to Fushuang Palace. However, he did not know that the food and drinks he brought were disposed of by Aunt Xiang.
At that time, Yun Duoduo was still young. When she was one year old, she had her spleen and stomach damaged by Huangguo powder. Naturally, A Xiang could not let Yun Duoduo drink that fruit wine.
"Isn't it perfectly normal for me to be looking at the princess?"
Jin Jinzhi was arguing with Xue Deyi when she suddenly felt a pair of small hands wrap around her waist and hug her.
His body stiffened as he looked at Yun Duoduo, whose eyes were already beaming with laughter.
Yun Duoduo's cheeks were flushed, and she rubbed her head against her back.
Jin Jin glared at Xue Deyi, then quickly left with Yun Duoduo in her arms.
He searched for Cao Canjun's figure during the banquet and found him sitting in his seat eating and drinking heartily. He held Yun Duoduo in one arm and picked up a pebble from the ground, throwing it at Cao Canjun.
The pebble hit Cao Canjun right on the forehead. He angrily raised his head, about to curse, when he saw Jin Jinzhi holding the princess.
Yun Duoduo hooked her arms around Jin Jinzhi's neck, her lips repeatedly pressing against it. Jin Jinzhi held Yun Duoduo's waist and legs tightly with both hands.
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