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Qu Ling forcefully swallowed his saliva, "To drink on the first day of our journey, is that not good?"

She wasn't an alcoholic, and would occasionally have a few drinks on a whim.

However, her alcohol tolerance was not good, it had nothing to do with a gentleman like Murong Yan.

Xiao Jingyue's brows drooped, and he said lightly: "Little Drinking Alone, no harm done."

She gritted her teeth and firmly refused. "My alcohol capacity is not good. Drinking would cause trouble."

Xiao Jingyue no longer tried to persuade him. Calmly and calmly, he raised his wine cup and finished it in one gulp in front of Qu Ling.

In the end, he even commented with an expression as if he was not satisfied with the wine yet, "The taste of this wine is not bad at all."

Hearing this, the sharp-eared messenger immediately said with a shy face, "This is a lowly, inner-brewed osmanthus wine, there's no other place like this."

Hearing that there was nothing else, Qu Ling became even more greedy, and stared at the man in front of him with deep bitterness and hatred.

Although she was not a drinker, she could not bear to see others drink in front of her, especially when the things that were good to her were not to be drunk elsewhere.

Xiao Jingyue pretended not to see Qu Ling's gaze, and said indifferently: "Reward."

With a smile, Cheng Yun took the silver from the Xiao Er's hands, thanked him profusely and left.

Qu Ling looked at the man drinking one cup after the other, with an expression that said he still wanted to continue drinking, but in the end, he could not help but feel hungry. With a reluctant expression, he opened his mouth and said, "Alright, let's drink two cups!"

Xiao Jingyue's brows twitched, and silently helped her pour the wine.

They had agreed to only drink two cups, but with that, four or five cups were poured down Qu Ling's stomach.

After drinking the fifth cup with three cups of drunken Qu Ling, his consciousness had already become completely muddled, and he was unable to tell what day it was.

Shaking her head, she reached for the jug of wine and placed a large hand on the back of her hand.

She frowned slightly as she looked at the person who had stopped her with slight displeasure.

"Madame has already drunk five cups." Xiao Jingyue said softly.

She didn't care. She still wanted to drink.

"Let go."

Hearing the commotion, all of the Dark Guard s at the table next to them quietly looked over, one with two ears perked up.

Xiao Jingyue put down his cup that was still dripping with wine, stood up and walked to Qu Ling's side, without saying a word, he snatched the cup from her hands and held her horizontally.

After that, the surrounding Dark Guard quietly watched their master as they carried their mistress upstairs.

The drunk Qu Ling was stubborn and his limbs were still very docile.

Not only did she not push him away, she even unconsciously grabbed onto the front of his shirt with her small hands.

Returning to the guest room, Xiao Jingyue did not throw Qu Ling aside and gently placed her on a chair, then gently brushed away the strands of hair on her forehead.

She stared at Xiao Jingyue for a long time before suddenly saying, "Actually, I used to be rather familiar with Zhao Yu. He often came to the Prime Minister Mansion to look for me to play, and once wanted me to become his princess consort."

Xiao Jingyue stopped moving, her eyes became slightly cold, "What happened next?"

"I don't like him. I secretly put two worms on his head, scaring him so much that he hasn't come back to look for me for a long time." As Qu Ling spoke, he seemed to recall the scene at that time and could not help but laugh.

Xiao Jingyue was startled, he shook his head and laughed, supporting her body that was swaying from laughing, he spoke with a tone of helplessness and indulgence: "He is the crown prince, aren't you afraid that he will cut off your head when he gets angry?"

Qu Ling said seriously: "He wouldn't dare, he used to be afraid of me."

Xiao Jingyue frowned, he did not want to talk about other men with her, so he took out the silver hairpin from his chest and asked: "Do you recognize this hairpin?"

Qu Ling looked at the hairpin, and after a long while, he slowly answered: "I do."

Without waiting for him to ask, she continued, "My mother left it for me."

With that, she closed her mouth.

His eyes looked left and right, revealing a clear guilty conscience.

In the guest room, after Qu Ling finished his sentence, it was instantly silent.

Millions of rays of light instantly blossomed in the man's eyes. His eyes were unfathomably beautiful.

After a short while, he tightly held onto her shoulder, and angrily and grudgingly asked: "Why do you want to leave, why don't you admit it?"

When she was sober, Qu Ling kept on spouting nonsense, but when she was drunk, she was extremely straight, asking whatever she wanted.

"I've already kicked you off the cliff. If you don't hurry up and leave, are you still waiting for your ghost to climb up to take revenge on me?"

"…"

"What's more, I don't plan on letting you take responsibility. I'll just treat it as bad luck and get bitten by a dog."

"…"

The woman's tone was soft and gentle, but every word was heart-piercing.

It hit his heart and hurt so much he almost couldn't breathe.

He suddenly recalled what she said when she was drunk the last time, and his entire face instantly turned green.

Gritting his teeth and glaring at her for a long time, he tried his best to hold back his anger as he asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you hate me?"

Qu Ling blinked his eyes, and honestly replied: "I did, but I saw that you were rather pitiful later on, so I didn't hate you."

A glimmer appeared in his eyes. He was about to say something when he heard her say, "We're going to leave each other sooner or later anyway. Let's get back together."

Xiao Jingyue, "..."

So why did he get drunk with her to listen to such a vile conversation?

The exhausted General Xiao didn't even want to say a word as he carried Qu Ling back to the bed and slept while hugging her.

The woman in his arms frowned, and just as she was about to say something, she heard a slightly cold voice from above her, "Shut up and go to sleep!"

The woman had to give up.

That night, there was nothing else to say.

Qu Ling once again realized that he had calmed down a lot when he woke up in Xiao Jingyue's arms.

After checking his clothes and making sure that he was unharmed, he turned around and reached for Xiao Jingyue's neck.

When he opened his eyes, she had a fierce expression on her face. Gritting her teeth, she asked, "Say, did you take advantage of me while I was drunk?"

Xiao Jingyue looked at her with a strange expression. Then, he suddenly revealed a gentle smile, pressed on the back of her head and lightly pecked her on the lips.

Without waiting for Qu Ling to lose his temper, he released her and said unhurriedly: "This general wants to take advantage of this lady, why should I wait for this lady to get drunk?"

"…" This guy was playing rogue and acted so brazenly, Qu Ling realised that he had no way to refute, and could only kick him to vent the anger in his heart.

When she went downstairs for dinner, she turned around and asked, "What did I do when I was drunk last night?"

Xiao Jingyue said meaningfully, "Does Madam really want to hear it?"

Qu Ling's eyelids jumped, he suddenly had a bad feeling about this.

After a moment of silence, she gritted her teeth and said, "Forget it, I'm not listening!"

In the worst case, she could control herself in the future and never drink with this pervert!

There was still half a month before Old Manor Lord's birthday banquet, so time was of the essence. Since the next day was 15, they decided to stay in the inn for another two days.

After breakfast, Xiao Jingyue brought Xiao Er and the other nameless Dark Guard out.

Qu Ling was still angry at him. Without asking a single question, she went upstairs to her room, opened the bundle she brought with her from the Prime Minister Mansion, and flipped it upside down.

The following lunch and dinner were brought in by Xiao Yi. She didn't step out of the room even half a step.

Time passed unknowingly, and night came quietly.

With much difficulty, Qu Ling managed to hold the pill in his hand tightly, he rubbed the back of his neck and raised his head, then looked out the window at the night sky, and realized that Xiao Jingyue had not returned yet.