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Chapter 358 It’s not swordsmanship that can protect you

Li Beichen waved his hand and asked everyone serving him to leave.

There were only the two of them left in the house.

It was so quiet at this time that you could even hear the breathing and heartbeats of the two people.

Jiang Yuebai felt very nervous. Was he going to face what he had always been afraid of tonight?

She didn't dare to raise her eyes and her body became stiff.

Li Beichen took a sip of wine, stood up, and walked slowly towards Jiang Yuebai.

She is very beautiful and elegant in rouge-colored clothes, although it is not a formal red dress.

Jiang Yuebai knelt down quickly and said, "I am here to see the Emperor."

As a result, her legs weakened and she almost fell, but fortunately, Li Beichen quickly held her up.

Li Beichen stared into her eyes with a smile on his lips.

She was a master of etiquette and rules, so why did she lose her composure like this?

Jiang Yuebai shifted his gaze, feeling his cheeks slightly hot, and said with a guilty conscience, "I have lost my decency in front of my Majesty."

Li Beichen asked with a smile, "What should I do if I disobey the emperor?"

Jiang Yuebai's heart was beating wildly, and she answered cautiously, "Let... let the emperor punish you."

The heroic feeling of Jiang Yue, white wind, and Yi Shuihan made Li Beichen smile softly.

"I will punish you by drinking three cups."

Jiang Yuebai's heart was in her throat just now, almost bursting out of her chest.At this time, it suddenly fell back to its original position, which was thrilling.

She opened her eyes in disbelief.

"Why don't you sit down next to me? Don't let me change my mind."

Jiang Yuebai raised his eyes and met Li Beichen's eyes.Catching the playful smile in the other person's eyes, he felt dazed for a moment and breathed a sigh of relief.

Could it be that the emperor was not angry and was just teasing himself deliberately?

The two tables are placed like a figure of eight, with some distance between them.

The arrangement was quite satisfactory, but it was no longer as charming and ambiguous as before.

Jiang Yuebai avoided Li Beichen's eyes and sat down at the wine table.

Li Beichen chuckled, "Are you afraid of me?"

Jiang Yuebai nodded without hesitation.

Li Beichen looked at Jiang Yuebai, suppressed his smile, stared into Jiang Yuebai's eyes, and remained silent.

After a while, he lowered his head, poured himself a glass of wine, and asked casually, "Are you pouring it yourself, or should I pour it for you?"

"I will do it myself."

She picked up the jug, filled a glass of wine, raised the glass and said with a smile: "I have misbehaved before the emperor and deserved to be punished. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

After that, he drank three glasses of wine happily.

The strong alcohol flowed down the throat and into the body, a warm feeling immediately spread, and a heat quickly climbed up the cheeks.

In her previous life, she often went to official occasions, and socializing was a common thing.

In many provinces, before eating with chopsticks, you have to drink three glasses of white wine.It’s just that modern wine glasses are much larger than what meets the eye.Such three small cups are nothing to worry about.

Li Beichen smiled and joked, "Aren't you afraid that there is medicine in it? You drank it so fast."

Jiang Yuebai knew that no matter how he answered such a question, he would not be pleased.She simply used morality to lift him up.

"The Emperor is an upright gentleman, so naturally he disdains such despicable methods."

His words were full of trust and respect for Li Beichen.

"Don't underestimate this wine. Legend has it that one drink can knock someone down." Li Beichen stood up and walked over to Jiang Yuebai and sat down side by side.

He turned his face sideways, looked at his sweetheart, and asked jokingly, "You drank three glasses in a row, do you have a good drinking capacity?"

Wine is not necessarily intoxicating, but it can be relaxing.Jiang Yuebai smiled and said, "It is precisely because I have a poor drinking tolerance that I can only drink these three drinks with the emperor tonight. Getting drunk at the apprenticeship banquet is too disrespectful to the master."

"The first thing to test when becoming an apprentice is the amount of alcohol you drink. The quality of your wine reflects your character."

"My concubine's wine is fine, but her drinking capacity is not. Master, do you still want to accept it?"

Li Beichen's theory is similar to the theory of graduate tutor and college dean in his previous life. "Graduate students" are "smoking and drinking students", and those who can't drink or smoke are not good students.

At the first apprenticeship banquet at the beginning of the school year, the instructor drank all his students down by himself. He even made an Excel table of each person’s alcohol consumption afterwards, and proposed quarterly goals, annual goals, and overall goals.

The drinking capacity of everyone in the division has been improved over the past three years, and they have continued to improve through dinner parties, surveys, and meetings.

Later, after graduating and starting a job, Jiang Yuebai understood what his instructor said about the importance of being able to drink and being able to drink, to get things done; and the importance of knowing how many kilograms of alcohol one has for women to protect themselves.

Li Beichen sighed slightly, "You are just too sober, even more sober than me. People say that it is rare to be confused, and the more confused you are, the happier you are. There may be some truth to this. Come, have a drink first. Then you can become my disciple."

Jiang Yuebai poured the wine and chuckled: "There are some people in this world who can only feel at ease if they stay awake. A moment of vague joy often brings more disappointment and pain afterwards."

Li Beichen raised his cup and said, "Could it be that you are this kind of person?"

"I don't know." Jiang Yuebai raised his cup and touched it with Li Beichen, "Happiness in this world is always short-lived. The more sober you are, the more so."

Li Beichen held up the cup, "It seems that I am the kind of person you said."

Jiang Yuebai also raised his glass and touched it with Li Beichen, "In life, there are gains and losses!"

Li Beichen smiled and did it first as a sign of respect.

Jiang Yuebai drank it, and this time the wine touched his tongue. He felt that it was so spicy that it smoked, and he couldn't help but gasp.

This scene made Li Beichen couldn't help but laugh, but there was a hint of bitterness in his heart.

Jiang Yuebai understood him.

Understand his unspoken helplessness and pain.

But people who are too sensible are destined not to be too happy.

"Then let's have a drink for our unhappiness." Li Beichen carried the wine bottle and filled Jiang Yuebai's glass.

The two of them took a swig in silence, as if all their unhappiness disappeared after drinking the wine.

After a few glasses of wine, Jiang Yuebai relaxed, and his big eyes always glanced at Li Beichen.

"Is the emperor trying to get my concubine drunk?"

Li Beichen looked at her with a smile, looking at her with inquiry and doting, squeezing the wine glass in his hand, "I really want to see how much you weigh."

He stood up, put his hands behind his back, turned his head and looked at Jiang Yuebai, "Follow me. Become a disciple first."

After being stunned for a moment, she followed Li Beichen obediently.

I thought the emperor was just joking, but who knew he was serious.

They walked through the corridor and entered a small room.

The room was lit with candles and a portrait hung on the wall.The man in the painting is very majestic. He is riding a horse and looks like a general.

Li Beichen picked up three incense sticks from the table, lit them on the candles, and respectfully inserted them into the incense burner.

He took out three more sticks of incense and handed them to Jiang Yuebai, "Come here and put some incense sticks on Master."

Jiang Yuebai respectfully kowtowed incense and waited quietly for the emperor to tell her about the life story of her ancestor.

"This is my master, General Hong, my master. He is a mighty general personally appointed by the late emperor. He taught me all my martial arts. On the battlefield, my master once saved my life. In the end, he died in battle with me. In a Tatar war, thousands of arrows pierced his heart and died, and he was given the posthumous title of 'Zhongyong'."

There were only a few sentences, but Li Beichen spoke very slowly.Scenes about Master flashed through his mind quickly.

Jiang Yuebai was in awe of the person in the portrait. Such a person who has the righteousness of his family and country is admirable at any time.

The person in this portrait is extremely strict and cold-hearted at first glance. No wonder the emperor's swordsmanship is so superb, and he carries the murderous aura of Ling Ran on the battlefield.

Li Beichen stood in front of the portrait, solemnly introduced Jiang Yuebai to his master, and explained the reasons for accepting her as his disciple.

Then he told Jiang Yuebai the rules and requirements for learning swordsmanship, and ordered Jiang Yuebai to kowtow three times and swear a poisonous oath, and the ceremony would be completed.

(End of this chapter)