"Lord Brown is absolutely right. This place is indeed not as good as other hunting grounds, but it has its own unique charm," Ning Yao said slowly, her tone full of respect.
"The hygiene isn't even right. There's such a strong smell of blood. Did the hunters bring their prey into the room last time?" Shen Beian pouted and lazily slumped in Gu Nanyan's arms.
There is a large armchair in the room, big enough for two people to sit together.
Shen Bei'an suspected that the people here knew a young couple was coming and specially arranged for these chairs.
Indeed, when you're feeling excited, you always need to do something to release your excess energy.
Ning Yao was taken aback, smelled something, and instantly realized, "Lord Brown must have misunderstood. This private room is reserved for the Supreme Loulan. Normally, if no one from the Supreme Loulan comes, no one else is qualified to enter this private room."
"Furthermore, according to the rules of the hunting grounds, prey that has bled excessively cannot be brought into the private room. Prey that is brought into the private room must already be free of wounds and pose no danger."
"The bloody smell you mentioned should be the deer blood wine that the hunting grounds prepare for every guest."
As she spoke, Ning Yao stepped forward and opened a wine pot, and the strong smell of blood instantly filled the entire private room!
Shen Beian covered her nose, "Cover it up!" Her stunning face was full of disgust. Ordinary deer blood wine would never have such a strong bloody smell!
Deer blood wine is a medicinal food made primarily from deer blood. It has multiple functions, including beautifying the complexion, treating anemia, regulating immunity, delaying aging, improving memory, fighting fatigue, and improving sexual function.
In ancient times, emperors would drink deer blood wine during hunts, and some high-ranking officials and nobles would also drink it to delay aging, maintain their appearance, and improve their sexual function.
Some people even drink deer blood directly!
Shen Bei'an was certain that this so-called deer blood wine contained more deer blood than wine, and that it was made from very fresh deer!
The people at this hunting ground might be directly involved!
Ning Yao quickly covered it up. She didn't know much about Shen Bei'an, only that this man didn't care where he was when he got angry.
At banquets among the wealthy families of the imperial capital, even at the home of Old Master Shen's friend, if Shen Bei'an didn't want to go, he simply wouldn't.
In any situation, if Master Shen is unhappy, everyone has to make way for him.
But strangely enough, Shen Bei'an would receive invitations to any banquet, even those of wealthy and noble families in Western Europe and the Americas.
If Master Shen were to generously participate, the banquet would undoubtedly be elevated to a whole new level.
The things used for Master Shen must be the best; anything that Master Shen doesn't like will never appear at the banquet.
She was now afraid that this man would lose his temper on the spot because he was dissatisfied with the deer blood wine and turn the entire hunting ground upside down.
"Take it away." Shen Bei'an buried himself in Gu Nan'an's arms, tightly holding the sachet in his hand, and brought it to his nose to smell the tea and osmanthus fragrance inside.
Because he needed to conceal his identity, Gu Nanyan did not have the familiar scent of white agarwood on him.
Few people can afford to use century-old white agarwood; most are people from the empire. And those who use it every day are only the eldest son of the capital, Gu Nanyan, the head of the Gu family.
Since he wanted to conceal his identity, Gu Nanyan naturally wouldn't let his scent give him away.
So they all followed Shen Bei'an and used sachets.
Ning Yao quickly took the deer blood wine away, saying, "Yes, yes, yes."
Everyone says that Fifth Master Shen is delicate, but Ning Yao thinks that Fifth Master Shen can be quite terrifying when he gets angry.
I feel like I'm about to be splattered with blood any second now!
"Uncle, are you alright?" Shen Juanqing hadn't been to this place for a long time and had forgotten that they would prepare deer blood wine to celebrate.
Shen Beian nestled in Gu Nanyan's arms, her eyes closed, and tugged at Gu Nanyan's robes.
Gu Nanyan answered on his behalf, "It's nothing."
Then, with one hand supporting Shen Bei'an's waist and the other gently stroking his back, she said, "I'm sorry, it was my oversight."
Occasionally consuming deer blood wine can be beneficial to health, but the concentration of deer blood in this particular deer blood wine is too high.
It had almost no smell of alcohol, only the smell of blood.
Shen Beian casually tossed the sachet aside, grabbed Gu Nanyan by the collar, and kissed him, disregarding the fact that Shen Juanqing and Xie Yunyu were still present.
Shen Juanqing and Xie Yunyu were naturally surprised by Shen Bei'an's reaction and turned away from the two of them.
Gu Nanyan went along with Shen Bei'an's words and let Shen Bei'an vent his anger.
After the kiss, Shen Beian bit Gu Nanyan's lip hard and continued to lie in Gu Nanyan's arms.
The eldest son would certainly scout out the places that Master Shen would pass through beforehand, and there would definitely be nothing that Master Shen would dislike.
Shen Xiaoyan is spoiled and will subconsciously vent her dissatisfaction with Gu Nanyan whenever she encounters something she doesn't like in any situation.
Gu Nanyan always coaxed her gently, so such incidents didn't happen often.
It's happened; Shen Xiao, the troublemaker, is bound to cause a huge scene.
The last time they appeared was when the two went to the hunting grounds in Shuozhou to listen to the wind. They prepared ten sets of riding clothes for Master Shen, all kinds of styles. But that day, Master Shen wanted to wear riding clothes with lotus petal patterns. Among those ten sets were Master Shen's favorite crane and auspicious cloud patterns, as well as round flower patterns, eight treasures patterns, meander patterns, ruyi patterns, honeysuckle patterns, and so on.
Lotus petal patterns are among the least worn, or even almost never worn, by Master Shen Wu.
But on that particular day, Master Shen suddenly decided to wear it, without any prior preparation.
The mischievous Shen Xiao immediately started clamoring to either return to the capital or have a set of riding clothes with lotus petal patterns made for him.
Gu Nanyan contacted Shen Xiaozuojing's private tailors and embroiderers to work overnight to make him a riding outfit with lotus petal patterns that met all of Shen Xiaozuojing's requirements.
Gu Nanyan always booked the entire venue to ensure Shen Bei'an had a comfortable time, and the two of them would usually stay for about a week or two. However, because Shen Bei'an was unhappy with her riding outfit and missed the day, Gu Nanyan ended up spending an extra 600 million.
To compensate Shen Xiaozuojing afterwards, he bought her a yacht and a custom-made helicopter with a cover designed by Shen Beian himself.
Not only that, the eldest son also stayed in the study for a whole week, cooking three meals a day for the entire week.
Forget about kissing, they won't even let me hug them.
Now that he'd only taken one bite, the eldest son actually felt somewhat fortunate.
When Ning Yao returned, the atmosphere was a little awkward. "There was still a bit of a bloody smell in the room, so Yao took out a diffuser and some air freshener."
Shen Bei'an didn't even glance at her; the little devil Shen ignored her, and Gu Nan'an naturally wouldn't say a word either.
He sighed wearily; what could he do when his junior was the one to blame?
"Thank you for your trouble, Young Master Ning. Please put it there."
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During the Song and Yuan dynasties, it was fashionable for nobles to drink deer blood, and the medicinal properties of deer blood wine were indeed real.
However, we still don't recommend drinking it for the average person.
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