Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 956: Drinking to Express Emotions
As they were talking, Shangguan Chu came in with two jars of wine. Hearing this, he snorted, "Everyone says this girl is outgoing, and it's true. Before coming to Yanjing City, the little girl who only asked 'Where's my brother?' Now she can only ask 'Where's the Third Master? Where's my Third Brother?' It's a good thing that I got two jars of good wine and came here eagerly to let you taste it... It's really chilling to hear about it."

Ji Wuyan's nose twitched slightly, his eyes lit up, and he stood up to greet him with a smile, "Brother, what are you talking about? It's mainly because you are busy, and I'm afraid that if I always look for you to eat and drink, I will delay your work."

The little girl held his arm and coaxed him with soft words. Even though he knew she was just a sweet-mouthed person who would say nonsense, it was still very pleasing to the eye. His cold face could no longer be cold, and he scolded Cen Yan in a rough voice, "Hurry up and serve the food! Ask the kitchen to make two more dishes to go with the wine. Xi Yu, where is Ning Xiuyuan? Didn't he move to this courtyard to live? He is still hiding from his brother-in-law? Call him, I will drink him to death today!"

Even his master had to follow the orders of his "willful brother-in-law". Xi Yu naturally did not dare to disobey or offend him. He smiled awkwardly and said, "The Third Master has gone out for something. He said he would try to come back before dinner. If he can't make it, the young lady doesn't have to wait for him. How about I wait at the door?"

"Go ahead." Ji Wuyan nodded, then laughed, "Since brother wants to compete in drinking with third brother, it would be a pity to waste these two jars of good wine... I'll ask Ziqiu to prepare wine for you. It would be better if I can savor this wine slowly." After saying that, he grinned and laughed like a cunning fox.

The abacus beads were all on his face - Shangguan Chu shook his head, raised his hand and patted the little girl on the head, and handed over the wine jar, "Take it!"

After all, she was a little heartless, only thinking about the wine, as if she had never tasted good wine. As for what she said about "drinking Ning Xiuyuan to death", she was not worried at all, and even feared that the world would prepare "not so good, even if they drink more, they won't feel bad". For a moment, Shangguan Chu didn't know whether she should gloat over the fact that Ning Xiuyuan was treated like this, or feel that her treatment was not much better...

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However, whether it was gloating or empathy, it was useless in the end. Because Ning Xiuyuan didn't have time to come back for dinner, he only sent Xi An back to say that he was going to the palace to see His Majesty.

"Has grandpa come out of the palace?" Ji Wuyan asked.

Xi Yu said not yet.

In this case, it seems that the two of them met in the palace. Ji Wuyan felt relieved. With Ning Xiuyuan around, her grandfather would not suffer any great loss. She nodded and ordered the kitchen to prepare another dinner for them to eat when they returned.

Since Ning Xiuyuan was not coming back, Shangguan Chu's plan of "drinking him to death" had to be shelved. The two of them drank from the two jars of wine that Shangguan Chu brought, one cup after another. Soon they drank from the house to the yard, and from the yard to the roof.

At this time, Shangguan Chu was already drunk.

This was the first time Ji Wuyan saw Shangguan Chu drunk in all these years.

After getting drunk, Shangguan Chu insisted on going up to the roof to look at the stars. He said that this was his dream since he was a child. Obviously, his dream since he was a child was just to make money, make more money, and make all the money in the world. It is said that it was with this sentence that he pissed off the first gentleman in the family, and also successfully made his grandfather, who wanted him to take the imperial examination, so angry that he didn't sleep well for three days.

But at this moment, the drunk Shangguan Chu forgot his dream of making money. He insisted that his dream since childhood was to climb up to the roof and take off the tiles, oh no, to climb up to the roof and look at the stars. He dragged Ji Wuyan around the yard to find a ladder, but he seemed to be very drunk, and he couldn't climb up even after finding the ladder. He staggered and almost fell several times. In the end, Qingshan couldn't stand it anymore, and he lifted the brother and sister up directly with one hand each. Ji Wuyan just quietly accompanied him and looked at him from beginning to end, with gentle and compassionate eyes, as if she was looking at Ji Feng who was crying in front of her for the first time.

Her brother, has he ever really been drunk in all these years?

Ji Wuyan was lying on his back on the roof.

The wind in the twelfth lunar month was whistling like a knife, making her cheeks hurt. The few traces of alcohol she had felt were blown away instantly. Ji Wuyan rubbed her stiff cheeks, turned around to look at Shangguan Chu, who was not sure if he was asleep or not, and called out in a low voice, "Hey. This lady's face is so precious. Tomorrow, ask the rouge shop to send some of the best rouge... It's your gift to thank me for accompanying you in the cold wind tonight."

"Hmm..." Shangguan Chu responded softly with his eyes closed, with a nasal tone.

The man who insisted on coming up to look at the stars had his eyes closed, and no one knew what he was looking at... Ji Wuyan complained in his heart while turning his head to look at the night sky above his head again.

She knew what Shangguan Chu was doing. At dawn today, Shen's father took Xu Si Niang's coffin, Shen Luoxin and his aunt, and left Yanjing City with his family.

This news was sent by Luo Xin last night. She asked Xinyue to bring a letter back. The letter said that she left early this morning and that she didn't like to say goodbye, so there was no need to see her off when she left. She said that she had cried too much recently and didn't want to cry anymore. If she met again, she would always cry. It would be better to say goodbye like this. If we are destined to meet again, we will meet again.

Very cool.

Although Ji Wuyan sighed for a long time in her heart, she did not interfere with the other party's decision after all. In the end, she just asked someone to send a reply letter. The letter was concise and said "take care" and nothing else. Thinking of it now, she still sighed softly.

The man beside him suddenly opened his eyes. In the night, his eyes were clear and there was no sign of alcohol. He tilted his head to look at Ji Wuyan, and imitated her and called out softly, "Hey..." After a long while, he said, "She left. Did she tell you?"

"Yeah." Ji Wuyan responded, his voice low, as if he was afraid of disturbing the quiet night.

"Then why don't you ask her to stay? If you ask her to stay...if you ask her to stay, she will definitely stay..."

"That's her mother... She said she wanted to accompany Xu Si Niang in the next few years. Maybe she didn't even realize how gentle and yearning her expression was when she said these words." Ji Wuyan rested his head on his hands, squinted his eyes and looked at the vast night sky, and said gently, "I knew that was what she really wanted to do. Brother, I have no right to stop her..."

Shangguan Chu was slightly stunned, and sighed for a long while, "Yeah... I don't have it either."