I was in a good mood and drank a few more glasses of spring wine at dinner. But I was addicted to wine and my cheeks turned red before I finished the meal. I was so excited that I kept talking to the people around me.

"The princess is drunk, please take the spring wine away." Wan Tao turned around and poured the hangover tea.

Wan Ning hugged the wine pot with one hand, and with the other hand grabbed the wrist of Zhu Ying who came to clean up, and praised with a smile: "Zhu Ying, you are the god who manages the kitchen in Xiang Wanxuan, you should open a restaurant in Nanye to let others know how great you are!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Princess. No matter how good the wine is, you should not drink too much. It's harmful to your health." Zhu Ying advised, reaching out to take the wine jug in Wan Ning's arms.

"I'm really not drunk, don't worry." Wan Ning had been on guard for a long time. She smiled smugly and danced with joy. She took out the wine pot and shook it, saying, "This newly brewed wine is sweet. Isn't it just rice wine? What alcohol content can rice wine have? It's just a little sweet water."

Hearing her say this, everyone else started laughing. Zhu Ying also made a rare joke: "Look, the princess actually said that my wine is sweet water. Today, this sweet water must make the princess drunk!"

The atmosphere in Xiang Wanxuan was very good. Wan Ning picked up the wine glass and stood up: "When you meet wine, just laugh. Life is so short. What's the big deal even if you get drunk?"

After saying that, he drank the wine in the glass. Just when everyone relaxed their vigilance, there was a sudden "clang" sound followed by the crisp sound of the glass breaking. Everyone turned around and saw Wan Ning slumped in the chair. The glass in her hand had fallen to the ground and shattered. She closed her eyes and fell asleep with steady breathing, but the wine jug in her other hand was still tightly clenched.

It was a false alarm, and everyone smiled at each other.

"Zhu Ying, accompany me to send the princess back to her room to rest. Shui Yue, Zhu Zi, please take care of cleaning the table."

"Yes."

At this time, the sun outside the house had not completely set yet. Wan Tao and Zhu Ying supported each other and looked at each other tacitly, talking in a low voice: "This is the first time for the princess, a night owl, to go to bed so early."

"Yes, I'm just afraid that I'll wake up hungry at night, so I'll put some food in the room later."

Zhu Ying recalled the winter night when Wan Ning went to the kitchen to "steal food" because she was hungry. When she came back, she passed by the room and found herself blaming herself for the mess she had caused by accepting the quilt. It was she who patiently persuaded her. She was grateful in her heart and nodded and said, "Okay, Miss Wan Tao is thoughtful. I will make some new food later."

Although Wan Ning was slender, she was drunk after all. The two equally slender girls still took great pains to send her back to the room. She was sometimes quiet and sometimes noisy while drunk. She tossed and turned on the bed. Zhu Ying held her arm and Wan Tao took the opportunity to cover her with the quilt. Perhaps she accidentally touched Wan Ning's cheek, which was itchy. She muttered in a daze: "Don't do this..."

The mumbling in the dream was unclear. Zhu Ying thought the princess wanted to tell her something, so she leaned closer.

"Ziheng... Ziheng..."

Although the voice was unclear, it was clear and distinct. Zhu Ying's smile froze on her face instantly, and she thought she had heard it wrongly.

Wan Tao noticed the change in Zhu Ying's expression and immediately asked with concern, "What did the princess say?"

"No, nothing." Zhu Ying helped cover the quilt, stood up and smiled stiffly, saying absentmindedly, "He said the wine today tastes good and sweet."

Fortunately, Zhu Ying recovered quickly and left with Wan Tao. Not many people knew about the relationship between Wan Ning and Zi Heng. People around Wan Xuan only knew that she had a good relationship with the emperor, but they never thought about anything else. But the eldest princess could call the emperor's name in her sleep, which could not be cleared no matter what. The fewer people who knew about this, the better.

As Wan Tao expected, Wan Ning, who slept early, woke up in the early morning. There was already the rustling of insects in the grass outside the house. Wan Ning got up and leaned against the bed, thinking about what happened last night. Suddenly, she felt very annoyed and slapped her head and said, "Oh, I really lost the watermelon and picked up sesame seeds. I was only concerned about drinking a few more cups of spring wine last night and didn't eat much of the food. I only touched a chopstick of the big plate of pork elbows. What a waste! What a waste."

Having woken up early and feeling hungry, Wan Ning lifted the quilt and planned to go to the kitchen to look for any fish that had slipped through the net. As soon as she walked to the table, she immediately noticed the food box on the table. In fact, it was hard not to notice it, because Zhu Ying's packaging was too conspicuous. The outer layer of the food box was also wrapped with hot water and a small insulation quilt, and it was still steaming when she opened it.

"How thoughtful! I won't be polite then." So he had a full midnight snack. When he was about to put the plate into the lunch box, he suddenly found a small gourd at the bottom. He was so anxious that he didn't even see it.

Wan Ning took it out curiously and shook it close to her ear. It was full of liquid. Curious, she opened the cork of the gourd, and a sweet aroma of wine instantly hit her face, tightly wrapping her up. The taste was much richer and sweeter than the spring wine she drank last night. She took a sip tentatively, and her mouth was immediately filled with fruity aroma, which gradually progressed in rich layers. The wine taste faded, but the fruity aroma became more and more abundant, and her body also exuded a rich fruity aroma, as if she had turned into a big grape growing on a vine.

After two sips, the fragrance on her body became stronger, but unfortunately she could not sense it. Gradually, she could feel the heat from the inside out, her body was burning, and she was thirsty. Because of the thirst, she took a gulp of wine, and because of the heat in her body, she didn't know what was wrong with this wine, but she couldn't stop drinking.

Wan Ning stood up and stumbled to the window, and suddenly pushed it open. The cool breeze flowed into her body through her sleeves, temporarily relieving the heat. Not satisfied yet, she opened all the doors and simply unbuttoned her coat, leaving only the thin underwear inside, which made her feel better.

She leaned against the door frame and looked up to see the moon hanging on the eaves. It was as if she saw her good friend, so she took the wine gourd and climbed onto the roof. Just sitting there was not enough, so she pulled her skirt up to her knees and tied it up at her thighs. The wide trouser legs were enough to let in the cool breeze to cool herself down.

She marveled at the reasonable design of the roof, which seemed like an ergonomic chair. She simply lay on it to enjoy the quiet night view and take a sip of wine from time to time.

"Such a beautiful moon, such a beautiful night, but unfortunately they are not blessed!" Wan Ning took another sip of wine, looked up and asked: "Moon, moon, I will be gone in a few months, and I won't be able to see you here. But fortunately, where there is moonlight, there is you, you are much better than me."

Suddenly, Wan Ning heard hurried footsteps downstairs and opened the door. Maybe someone saw her and came to care about her. She naturally couldn't let anyone worry, so she crawled on the eaves and looked down. At this time, a tall figure came out of the house.

Wan Ning recognized him and simply lay there silently watching him anxiously looking for her. After a while, she took off the ribbon from her hair and tied one end in her hand, while the other end hung down from the edge of the eaves. The length of the ribbon just reached Ziheng's forehead. Almost subconsciously, Ziheng was worried about the possibility of an assassin and worried about Wan Ning's safety, so he immediately grabbed the other end of the ribbon.

But the difference in strength between the two was huge. Wan Ning was no match for him. She lost her balance and fell off the eaves before she could react. On the other side, Ziheng also saw clearly who the prankster was. He caught her steadily with just one hand and held her in his arms.

Red cheeks, rich fruity fragrance, and overjoyed after being frightened, Wan Ning lay in his arms like a little deer with a happy smile, and said in a daze: "You are so good, do it again."

Ziheng stared at her face lovingly, feeling relieved that it was a false alarm, and whispered, "Little drunkard."

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