After tasting it, the young eunuch waited a little while longer to make sure there was no problem, but he still dared not accept it.

The palace maid handed him a heavy purse. When the eunuch opened it, he saw that it was glittering with gold. He immediately smiled and agreed to let her pour the wine into the bottle.

The two then wiped the wine bottles on the tray clean, and the young eunuch took them in to replace the empty wine bottles for Qin Yan.

If it were a lowly eunuch in Qin Yan's Taiji Hall, even if he were offered a lot of gold, he wouldn't dare to accept the palace maid's wine.

Unfortunately, Su Yan had the system play a trick on all the eunuchs who were supposed to be serving at the Qin banquet, preventing them from attending for various reasons.

The chief eunuch could only choose one of his newly selected apprentices to take over.

The system then directed him to a greedy one, which allowed Zhang Shuyi's palace maid to successfully bribe her.

At the banquet, Qin Yan quickly signaled the chief eunuch to fill a wine cup, raised it to toast a minister, and drank it down in one gulp.

In the next fifteen minutes, Qin Yan drank ten more cups, finishing more than half of the wine in the bottle.

The system couldn't help but gasp: Hiss... With such a large dose of drugs in the villain's body, won't its host's weak body be torn apart?

Su Yan, who hadn't thought of this yet, saw Qin Yan fall for it and, after a while, also finished the cup of rose tea on the table.

She had just finished drinking when the palace maid serving her stepped forward and said, "Princess, your skirt is soiled. Would you like me to take you down to change?"

Su Yan turned her head and saw that the hem of her skirt, which was spread out outside the seats, had been stepped on and gotten dirty. She shook her head and said, "Never mind, the banquet is about to end. I'll change my clothes when I get back to the palace."

The palace maid didn't expect her to refuse, and moved her lips twice, wanting to persuade her.

Su Yan waved her hand dismissively, "You may leave."

The palace maid was anxious because she had not completed her task, but the princess had already spoken, and she was afraid that if she tried to persuade her further, she would anger her.

If the princess got angry and ordered her to be dragged away, she would have even less chance of taking the princess to that palace. After weighing the pros and cons, the palace maid bowed her head and retreated.

About fifteen minutes later, Qin Yan on the high platform felt his body getting hot and keenly realized that he might have been drugged.

His gaze darkened and he immediately swept it towards Zhang Shuyi.

Among the concubines in the harem, Chen Yilin has been demoted to the rank of Beauty. Now, only Zhang Shuyi is qualified to attend the New Year's Eve banquet, and only she can get close to him tonight.

Zhang Shuyi felt a little guilty under his sharp, penetrating gaze, and a hint of unease appeared on her face.

Qin Yan gripped his wine cup tightly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and instructed the chief eunuch to have someone keep an eye on Zhang Shuyi. He then stood up, staggering a couple of times before he managed to lean on the long table to keep from falling.

The ministers below assumed Qin Yan was drunk, and seeing that he left without saying a word, they didn't ask any further questions.

Seeing this, Su Yan also got up and left the Taiji Hall.

As they stepped out of the palace gates, Su Yan whispered a few words in Jingxia's ear. Jingxia quickly ran away, followed by Lingchun and the palace maid.

"Is Your Highness going to change your clothes? I know of a spare palace nearby. Shall I lead you there?" The palace maid kept speaking behind Su Yan, trying to persuade her to go with her.

Ignoring the palace maid's advice, Su Yan walked aimlessly until she reached a pavilion. There, she felt her body heat up and become weak, and a strong desire rose within her.

"System, this medicine is too strong! As soon as it started to take effect, I felt weak all over!"

"Chen Yilin was worried that the drug wouldn't be strong enough so that the villain could resist touching her, so she found a really strong aphrodisiac!"

Su Yan was longing for something both physically and mentally at that moment, so she stopped talking to the system.

On the other side, not long after Qin Yan left the front hall of Taiji Hall, Zhang Shuyi wanted to follow him.

But as soon as she stood up, Qin Yan, the chief eunuch, blocked her way and said, "Your Highness, His Majesty has instructed that you stay until the banquet is over before leaving."

Zhang Shuyi's face stiffened. If she stayed until the banquet ended, how could she possibly consummate her relationship with His Majesty?

By then, His Majesty would probably have been completely taken advantage of by that slut Chen Yilin!

"Your Majesty, I have a low alcohol tolerance and feel very dizzy. I would like to return to the palace to rest as soon as possible. Please do me this favor."

If Your Majesty is offended, I will apologize to Your Majesty tomorrow so as not to make things difficult for you, Eunuch. What do you say? Zhang Shuyi made an excuse to leave.

The head eunuch nodded with a smile, "Of course, Your Highness's health is the most important. Your Highness, please go. This old servant will escort you back to the palace and then have someone invite the imperial physician to prescribe a hangover remedy for you."

"No need to trouble yourself, Eunuch. I can go back by myself."

"No, His Majesty has repeatedly instructed me to take good care of Your Highness. If His Majesty asks about Your Highness tomorrow and I know nothing, I'm afraid I'll be punished. Please, Your Highness, consider my age and that I can't bear physical pain, and don't make things difficult for me."

Despite Zhang Shuyi's repeated pleading, threats, and inducements, the head eunuch refused to let her leave Taiji Hall on her own. In the end, she could only take the head eunuch to the Tangchi Palace, which was exclusively for Qin Yan's hot spring bath.

She knew that Chen Yilin had arrived there in advance to wait for her.

They all knew that His Majesty never touched the concubines in the harem, so they could guess that after His Majesty was drugged, he would not summon the concubines to serve him in bed, but would instead go to the hot springs in the Tangchi Palace to soak in the hot springs and use the temperature of the water to suppress the effects of the drug in his body.

Chen Yilin planned to hide in the hot spring and wait for His Majesty to become delirious before she could have her way with him.

Zhang Shuyi guessed Chen Yilin's plan correctly, but she did not expect that Su Yan would send someone to intercept Qin Yan!

Just as Qin Yan was hurrying towards Tangchi Palace, Jingxia suddenly rushed out from another road, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! My young lady has been drugged!"

Qin Yan was already on the verge of losing his mind, and given the dim light of the night, he didn't immediately recognize whose maid she was. "Who is your young lady?"

"Your Majesty, my young lady is without makeup, she is your Ayan!"

His Ayan?

Yes, Ayan is his!

"Ayan? What's wrong with Ayan?"

"Your Majesty, my young lady has been drugged, and she has also noticed that the palace maid assigned to her tonight keeps trying to take her somewhere. My young lady is feeling very unwell and is also very frightened, so she sent me to find Your Majesty."

Upon hearing that Su Yan was under the influence of traditional Chinese medicine and that the palace maid beside him was up to no good and wanted to take her to an unknown place, Qin Yan's rationality returned instantly. He disregarded his physical discomfort and had Jing Xia lead the way, traveling at a rapid pace.

At this point, Su Yan was already somewhat delirious. She placed her arm on the stone table, rested her head on her arm, and sometimes bit her lower lip to prevent herself from making any embarrassing sounds, and sometimes opened her red lips to pant.

Suddenly, a man approached the pavilion. Lingchun, who was outside the pavilion, immediately stopped him. "Halt! My princess is tired from walking and is currently using this pavilion to rest. Please find another place to rest, young master!"

"Is Princess Chang Le in the pavilion?"

Just as Lingchun nodded, the man suddenly threw a handful of powder at her, and she quickly fainted.

The man strode up the stone steps, gazing intently at Su Yan on the stone table. "Princess Chang Le... I'm finally going to have you!"

Chen Liyu, the second eldest brother of Chen Yilin, stared intently at Su Yan. His wicked gaze moved from Su Yan's watery eyes to her flushed cheeks, and then to her slightly parted red lips, as if inviting him to taste them.

"Princess, you must be feeling very unwell right now. Let me take you to a palace to relieve your body's desires!"

He took a deep breath, bent down, and wanted to taste the beauty's red lips first.

But as soon as he bent down, someone grabbed the back of his collar with such force that he was pulled to the ground.

Before he could even see who had pulled him down, a foot stomped hard between his legs.

"what---"

Happy New Year, everyone! Wishing you all good fortune, good health, and all the best in the new year.

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