Chapter 39 (1/2)

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At last, the banquet officially began The fa up thirty tables There are two main tables located at the east and west; the one to the east is shots fro, while the western one haswith relatives both distant and close, all headed by Shao Min

I'm seated at the eastern table, naturally, but I', qith several other seats between us Li Minguo, Gu Yunzhi, Zhou Zizhu, and my Godson are all here There's also several other Ministers froher officials of all three ranks, the Imperial Censor, and so on Zhou Zizhu has the lowest rank out of all, so he sits at Shao Qing's side

When Shao Qing finally caood prayers and ishes engulfed everything, and when he took his seat, the the big festival coratulations and flatteries ceaselessly falling on the ears one after the other Shao Qing is sinning to end

But so feels off about hiht in these brief several days and looks a bit haggard, his chin sharper and face a bit pale Even if his sentle as it always is, I find it always has a soeneral right now, and more like an unrestrained, down-and-out rich family's son

He didn't look at azes sometimes met, he consciously lowered his

As he's the birthday boy, it's natural that everyone wants to offer him wine (aside from Gu Yunzhi the teetotaler) This bloke went so far as to turn no one away and accept all the alcohol like he was a non-injured person He drinks every cup clean in exchange for cheers

The hter his eyes are and the paler his face gets, his figure finally getting a little unsteady – a bit of a deliberate intention to get drunk, inspectacle, I secretly pull on Gao Yushu's sleeve to prevent hi another toast

Shao Min was at the table over yonder, looking anxious He repeatedly focused his gaze onthat I should mediate I didn't want to interfere at first, but later on also felt like I couldn't take it anymore I finally spoke up when he took another cup, “Minzhi, you were ill a few days before Your health isn't good, so don't drink any this, the people around expressed their surprise and concern towards his health one after the other Shao Qing laughed loudly, gulping down the whole cup “A realto be buried in a horse's hide This trifling little sickness, how could it hinder my passion for spirits?”

There are , as well as other e of the arrogant here, and they erupt into applause

Even Gu Yunzhi praised hiood mettle” Zhou Zizhu i stuff like “General Shao's a man's man, the true fortune of the land, the luck of the state, the admiration of lower officials” and so forth, which is less like Zhou Zizhu's penmanshi+p and more like my Godson's

As a result, another wave of toasts arose, Shao Qing's cup being constantly refreshed I shot Shao Min a look to say that I had no power in this He taps his feet in anxiety, also unable to think anything up Even so, after Shao Qing was rapidly getting drunker, I stealthily blocked a few cups for hiet fully intoxicated, he was helped by a childto arouse the excitean to get animated, the fireworks and firecrackers were taken out, and the Shao family was unusually lively now

I also are that I had slightly too much to drink, so I returned toin hot water, helped me bathe ht of Shao Qing's extremely bizarre mannerisms, not knohat to think of them as I tossed and turned, unable to sleep

The exceedingly vigorous noise of radually could not be heard anymore, and all that time I haven't felt a bit of drowsiness Now I can only here the occasional loud calls and soft cries of early-arriving summer insects here and there

After about three hours, there hadn't been any hu ti near sleep when I suddenly heard a so by what vaguely sounds like blades colliding

So an assassin, but it fully far away and I couldn't hear it clearly Bewildered, I sat up, when the door was unexpectedly bust open and a figure staggeringly fell in

As I stared, I could see the figure was a particularly tall wo fallen back with her long dark hair scattered about She covered the left side of her ribcage with her hand, blood seeping froers She swiftly swiveled her head up, startling me That face has a deathly pallor from blood loss, but its shape is profound, and it has two beautiful black pupils with fla inside them I remember this

The assassin is the Huihu Princess from that day

I openedsword eainst my neck

“Hideisn't her ed, but her lightly hoarse mezzo-soprano voice is very pleasant to the ears If this were the modern era, she's very er, and the conetisetting closer