Chapter 2592: Drinking (5)
Chapter 2592: Chapter 2592: Drinking (5)
"Sister Ruxin!" As soon as she left the palace gate, a little girl rushed over, "I’ve finally waited for you." Although she hadn’t formally apprenticed, she regarded Yang Ruxin as her master.
"Ziyue, you haven’t been waiting here all this time, have you?" Yang Ruxin frowned.
"I don’t have an invitation to the palace, so naturally I can’t just go in." Hen Ziyue laughed Heihei, "I haven’t waited long."
"It’s so cold, silly girl, why didn’t you wait at home?" Yang Ruxin touched Hen Ziyue’s icy little face, "Don’t do such silly things anymore." She actually quite liked this little girl.
Hen Ziyue nodded vigorously, then followed her onto the carriage.
Just as Yang Ruxin was about to get on the carriage, she saw Qi Jingyun standing not far away. After nodding slightly, she got on the carriage.
Qi Jingyun watched the departing carriage, his eyes squinting slightly, but he didn’t move. No one knows how long he stood there, but it lasted until the sky began to darken, and only then were there footsteps behind him, prompting him to turn around.
"Prince." Gu Qingheng bowed with a fist.
"Let’s have a drink." Qi Jingyun looked at Gu Qingheng. The Crown Prince of Jin Country was arriving tomorrow, and the Crown Prince was responsible for hosting, while he and Gu Qingheng were to assist with the security in Beijing, so they would be busy for a while. Tonight, he suddenly felt like having a drink.
Gu Qingheng wanted to refuse, but seeing Qi Jingyun’s persistent gaze, he nodded.
At Night Bar, Yun Xiu led them into a private room, his face full of worry. He had been by the Prince’s side for so long, naturally understood the Prince’s thoughts, but knowing didn’t change anything. That woman was someone else’s wife; the Prince couldn’t act forcibly.
"Leave us." Qi Jingyun waved his hand at Yun Xiu, then picked up a wine jar to pour two bowls. "Gu Qingheng, let’s get drunk tonight." He had ambition, wanted to defeat the Crown Prince. The Jin princess as his consort was most suitable, at least he would have strong external support, but why did he feel so miserable?
Gu Qingheng nodded, picking up his bowl first and drinking it all.
Qi Jingyun smiled slightly and also drank his bowl in one gulp.
Afterward, the two said nothing, just drank bowl after bowl, until all four jars were empty.
"Gu Qingheng, why am I so jealous of you?" Qi Jingyun, though sitting firmly, was now somewhat drunk.
"Many people are jealous of me." Gu Qingheng’s ears were slightly reddened, but he remained clear-headed, "One more won’t make a difference."
"Heh," Qi Jingyun chuckled, "Do you think if I met Xinxin first, she would have chosen me?"
"There’s no ’if’. I met her first and made her fall in love with me, isn’t that right?" Gu Qingheng’s lips slightly curved upwards.
"I sometimes wonder if I could just snatch her away."
Gu Qingheng laughed: "You can’t snatch her away." Then he picked up another bowl, "Drink."
After the two drank two more jars, they both laid on the table. This was high-proof white liquor distilled at the tavern, and after six jars, no alcohol tolerance could withstand it.
Yet after lying down for a while, Gu Qingheng sat up, glanced at Qi Jingyun opposite him, and sighed slightly: "Prince, I hope we don’t become enemies." With that, he stood up to leave without any signs of drunkenness.
Once Gu Qingheng left, Qi Jingyun also sat up, his fingers brushing the wine jar on the table: "Enemies? Let’s hope not."