The girl's face was flushed, as if she had applied the finest rouge, making her extremely beautiful. Her smooth skin brushed against his palm, causing a slight tickle. The hot breath she exhaled from her nose hit his hand, and he suddenly felt a burning sensation there.
Seeing the girl's unguarded state, Gu Linchao didn't even realize that a hint of doting had appeared in his eyes.
After a long while, he came to his senses, bent down and picked Wen Nong Nong up in his arms, and walked into the house.
As if waking from a dream, Lü Qiao and the others quickly followed.
After settling Wen Nong Nong on the bed, Gu Linchao turned to Lü Qiao and instructed her, "Prepare a hangover soup. Once the princess wakes up, have her drink it."
"I'll go right away." Lü Qiao nodded and turned to leave.
Looking at the sleeping girl on the bed, Gu Linchao hesitated for a moment, then ordered Wang Houde, "Move the files from my desk over here."
Wang Houde glanced at him in surprise. Was his master planning to handle government affairs here? He dared not be negligent and replied, "Yes," before hurriedly going to fetch it.
After the room quieted down, Gu Linchao couldn't help but let his gaze fall on the girl on the bed.
After thinking for a moment, he raised his hand and lowered the curtain.
Before long, Wang Houde brought the files he needed to process.
Gu Linchao did not expect that Wen Nongnong would sleep until evening without waking up.
He finally realized something was wrong, got up to check her forehead, and saw that her cheeks were burning hot and her face was flushed, with no sign of waking up. He then called for Lü Qiao.
"Bring me the hangover soup."
Green Fairy quickly brought over the hangover soup, "Your Highness."
Seeing Wen Nong Nong asleep, Gu Linchao had no choice but to sit down by the bed, help her sit up, and let her lean against him. Then he called to Lü Qiao, "Bring it over."
Lü Qiao stepped forward, holding the bowl.
Gu Linchao held Wen Nongnong's shoulder with one hand and took a spoon with the other, scooping up some hangover soup and feeding it to her.
However, it wouldn't go in at all, and a lot of it spilled out.
"What kind of wine did the Duke of Jingguo give her to drink?" He asked in a deep voice, his brow furrowed with displeasure.
“What do you mean, ‘Hundred Flowers Brew’?” Green Fairy replied immediately.
Gu Linchao didn't understand the properties of this wine, so he had to send someone to invite Steward Chen.
But when Steward Chen heard that it was Baihua Qingniang (a type of liquor), his expression changed drastically.
"Why would the Duke of Jingguo serve the Princess Consort this kind of wine?"
Wang Houde quickly asked, "What's wrong with this wine?"
"You used to be stationed at the border, so you may not know this. This Baihua Qingniang, also known as Sanri Zui or Qianjin Jiu, is extremely rare and therefore very expensive. But what makes Baihua Qingniang most famous is its sweet taste, which has a strong aftereffect. If you drink too much or too quickly, you will get drunk and need to sleep for three days and three nights before you sober up."
On the contrary, if you drink slowly, you won't get drunk easily. Judging from the way the Empress looks now, she's probably drunk quite a bit, and very quickly at that." Steward Chen said anxiously towards the end.
"So, the princess needs to sleep for three days and three nights before she wakes up?" Wang Houde exclaimed in astonishment.
Butler Chen sighed, "Hmm."
"How can there be such strange wine?" Wang Houde wondered in disbelief.
"Go and fetch Physician Lin immediately," Gu Linchao ordered in a deep voice, his gloomy expression instantly silencing the others.
"Yes." Wang Houde quickly retreated.
"Si Yi, go and bring the Duke of Jingguo here by force," Gu Linchao then ordered.
"Yes," Si Yi replied from outside the door and quickly left.
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