C38

Are you going to drink it?

After knowing that Huai Jin had come to tidy up Ping Yang's things under the orders of the empress dowager and was planning to stay in the Grand Princess Mansion for a period of time, Ruan Qinghe hurriedly rushed back from the Mianan Temple.

Therefore, he was naturally grateful for Huai Jin's actions. Thus, he personally arranged Huai Jin's residence, and since he was avoiding suspicion, he did not personally go thank him, but rather had someone to pass a message to on his behalf to, and then returned to his own courtyard to rest.

Seeing that, Huai Jin was afraid that she would not be able to find the jade pendant, she turned and was about to leave, but just as she took a step, she was stopped by someone from behind.

"Since Princess Anping is here, why not have a drink with me too." Yuwen Fei's frivolous voice came from behind him.

Huai Jin took a deep breath, she secretly rolled her eyes at Yuwen Fei, and walked out from the corner, but did not go in.

Because of the alcohol, Yuwen Fei's face was still a little flushed, he squinted his eyes slightly with his left hand supporting his head, looking at Huai Jin who was standing at the entrance of the courtyard, the dim yellow candlelight shone on his face, for a moment, he really looked like a dissolute young master.

Ruan Qinghe also looked towards Huai Jin. He had clearly drunk more than Yuwen Fei, but his eyes were incomparably clear.

"Since the Princess Anping is here, let's drink a cup together. It just so happens that Qing He is also offering a toast to the princess, treating it as an answer to today's matters in the manor."

Only then did Huai Jin walk in, and after entering the pavilion, she did not sit down, but looked for a wine cup to pour for herself. She lifted it up towards Ruan Qinghe and downed the wine, before placing it down and leaving.

Yuwen Fei grabbed Huai Jin's hand and pulled him into the pavilion.

Huai Jin flung Yuwen Fei's hands away and said angrily: "You're drunk."

Yuwen Fei seemed to be really drunk, he reached out and grabbed Huai Jin, and suddenly laughed, his smile carrying a bit of drunkenness, causing Huai Jin to be a little absent-minded.

Ruan Qinghe looked at the two of them, laughed, and shook his head. He filled his cup with wine and started drinking.

Huai Jin was unable to get away from Huai Jin so she could only sit down and watch as the two of them drank their wine cup after cup. It was understandable for Ruan Qinghe's wife to be depressed but why was Yuwen Fei even more drunk than Ruan Qinghe.

Seeing that Yuwen Fei was almost drunk, Huai Jin grabbed the cup in her hands and gulped down the wine inside.

Yuwen Fei reached out his hands to snatch it, then grabbed the entire bottle of wine from his hands before smashing it to the ground. The wine bottle fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. The fragrance of the wine filled the air.

The crisp sound of the wine bottle hitting the ground pulled Ruan Qinghe back from his thoughts, and also woke Yuwen Fei up from his stupor. He looked at Huai Jin, half drunk, and grabbed onto Huai Jin's hand, then took the bottle from Ruan Qinghe's side, smiling as he said: "Come and drink with me."

Huai Jin's face turned cold, she did not take the alcohol from Yuwen Fei, but stared straight at him. She sensed that the Yuwen Fei tonight was a little strange, she did not pretend to be drunk just now, but he was truly drunk.

"You don't drink? "Then I'll drink it all." Yuwen Fei was about to take back the cup when he said that.

"I'll drink!"

Huai Jin did not accept the wine cup, but raised the entire bottle of wine and gulped down the contents directly.

Ruan Qinghe cleared his throat and laughed: "I never thought that Princess Anping was also a wine hero."

Huai Jin wiped off the wine from the corner of her mouth and looked at Yuwen Fei with his pair of eyes that were like obsidian in the dark night: "Do you still want to drink?"

Yuwen Fei snatched the wine bottle from Huai Jin's hand, raised his head and drank the rest of the wine, then waved his sleeves, imitating Huai Jin's actions. He wiped off the wine at the corner of his mouth, swung the bottle, and laughed towards the sky: "Drink!"

With that, he grabbed Huai Jin, stepped lightly over the Princess Mansion's wall, and after using his movement technique for a while, he disappeared into the darkness.

Seeing the two of them leaving immediately, Ruan Qinghe shook his head, he had always known of Yuwen Fei's character, the two of them often drank late into the night, but Ruan Qinghe had never seen someone act so rashly tonight, even though he was in Princess Anping tonight, he had never heard of such a thing.

Although he did not have any companions, Ruan Qinghe's interest in drinking wine did not decrease in the slightest. He called for people to bring another jar of wine from the wine cellar and sat alone in the pavilion in Purple Bamboo Courtyard, drinking one cup after another.

On the roof of the pavilion in the Mianan Temple's Scripture Pavilion, Huai Jin looked at Yuwen Fei who was beside him who was holding onto the jar of wine without caring about his life, and took a gulp after gulp of it. With a deep frown, she snatched the jar of wine and said coldly: "Yuwen Fei! What the hell are you drinking for! "

Yuwen Fei did not return her, and took out another jar to take the seal, raising his head to drink the wine down his throat, a spiciness surging from his throat, being forced down his throat, his throat rolling quickly, and he immediately ran through the entire jar of wine.

There were already five to six empty altars in the surroundings, but the people beside him were still drinking nonstop. Huai Jin also picked up a jar and drank lightly. The two of them sat on the roof of the pavilion, silently drinking until the sky turned white.

The view from the top of the pavilion in the Ancient Texts Depository of the Mianan Temple was extremely good. From the top of the pavilion to the outside, the entire view of the capital could be seen, as close to the temple's inner courtyard as as possible to the outskirts of the city.

Outside the city gate, before the sky brightened, the hawkers had already begun guarding the gate. They were waiting to catch up with the morning market in the city. Some of them even set up stalls in front of the gate, making the place bustling with noise and excitement.

When it was morning, the guards yawned and straightened their clothes before opening the gates to the city. The hawkers lined up at the gates to wait for them to enter the city, and as the crowd surged, the entire capital seemed to come to life.

Huai Jin was admiring the sunrise on the bright red horizon. In the past, every time they completed a mission, Chu Feng and the others would climb up to the highest point of the horizon to watch the sunrise. Huai Jin could not deny this, they were mercenaries that came and left all their lives, some things could never be touched by them.

The warm sunlight shone onto his body, and Huai Jin once again lowered his head to look at the capital at his feet.

"Look over there."

Yuwen Fei touched Huai Jin, and pointed towards the city gate.

Huai Jin retracted her thoughts, and looked towards the direction with his hand. A woman was carrying a load, one hand holding the load on her shoulders, the other holding a boy, the boy holding a girl.

The woman stopped in front of the door of a restaurant. She put down the burden on her body and began setting up a stall. The two children obediently stood on one side.

Huai Jin retracted her gaze, and was about to say something, but when she turned her head, he saw Yuwen Fei's serious expression and shouted: Look!