Chapter Forty-Eight: The Elixir of Bliss
Fearing that the witch girl would be angry, the king and queen vied to persuade Liu Ye to listen to God's will, Liu Ye was unmoved, insisted on her own opinion, she always believed that faith is not a simple and casual thing, and what she follows from the heart after understanding and understanding is the real faith.
The atmosphere in the palace is becoming more and more tense, and it is true that the princess is a distinguished guest, but the status of the witch is unquestionable. Such is the state of the state of Qiuzi, no matter how honorable the guest, there is no doubt about the messenger of God. Not to mention that the king and queen, who have always been pious, can't see it, the other members of the royal family and the believers of the witch can't help but go crazy, they can't understand why Liu Ye refused the witch's instructions, isn't it what the world desires to receive the blessing of God!
Everyone stared at Liu Ye who did not change their faces in confusion, and because the king and queen were already persuading, they did not rush forward to accuse her of disrespecting the gods.
In the face of the bitter persuasion of the king of a country, Liu Ye still did not express her position, she had already made it very clear that she needed a little time to know God and understand God, if someone still wanted to force her to become a believer in God, this kind of blind belief would not be believed.
Just when everyone's patience was about to reach the limit, the witch who was watching coldly waved her wide sleeves, the king and queen looked at each other, and then quieted down, they didn't know if the witch wanted to punish Liu Ye instead of God, but the matter had come to this, and they didn't have to say anything, let alone offend the witch for outsiders.
Liu Ye raised her head fearlessly, she wanted to see how terrible it was for the witch who was the messenger of the gods to lose her temper. The witch's intoxicating jade eyes did not have a trace of waves, but a slight flush of annoyance appeared on her pale face, she looked at Liu Ye and said calmly.
"What Her Royal Highness the Princess said is very true, God does not need the blind worship of the world, and I believe that one day, Her Royal Highness the Princess will definitely sense the existence of God." A reluctant smile appeared on the witch's lips, in the eyes of her believers, it was God's tolerance, but in Liu Ye's eyes, it was extraordinary, insidious.
Liu Ye couldn't help but wonder, she didn't have any festivals with the witch before, but she didn't become a believer as she said, and it stands to reason that the messenger of God shouldn't be so stingy, let alone be serious with the guests she met for the first time. So, why did the shrine maiden target her everywhere?
Liu Ye looked at Tu Qitang with doubts, and found that he was looking at the witch faintly, his eyes were not admiring and respecting, but a little disgusted. However, he was obviously pious before, why is he dissatisfied with the witch now? Could it be that because the witch is difficult for himself, he has his heart towards his companion, so he hates her by the way?
No, it's not! Liu Ye abandoned this self-inflicted sentimental idea in the next second, Tu Qitang took good care of her, but he didn't go against the messenger of God because of this! Tu Qitang is religious, he has a fear of the gods, he does not dare to dislike the witch, perhaps, he hates the king who is submissive, perhaps, his eyes are not disgust but impatience.
If you don't eat at such a late hour, anyone has to be impatient, Tu Qitang has always loved himself very much, and he has to have the best food, clothing, housing and transportation, and he never lets himself settle. The king invited them to the palace for a feast, and after two hours before they drank a glass of wine, the table was full of food and could only be seen and could not be moved, and their stomachs were so hungry that they could only endure it for the sake of face.
The witch said that she didn't care, and the king and queen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly beckoned everyone to dinner. Sure enough, Tu Qitang's face looked better after eating, but he only cared about eating with his head buried in it, and he didn't even raise his head, let alone interact with anyone.
Liu Ye also wanted to have an Ansheng meal, too lazy to deal with the nervous king and queen, I don't know why, she didn't have a good impression of Qiuzi, and Bacheng was affected by the witch's late mother's face.
Unlike the customs of the Han Dynasty, singing and dancing are performances after dinner, and the royal family cannot be disturbed during meals. Liu Ye agrees with this approach, from a health point of view, chatting and watching performances while eating and drinking is not conducive to digestion, it is better to eat and drink enough and then have fun.
It turned out that this was just Liu Ye's wishful thinking, and this arrangement did not take into account the health aspect at all, but was intentional. After the attendants removed the dishes from the table, the king smiled mysteriously, "Ladies and gentlemen, in order to welcome the two distinguished guests, Prince of Rest and Princess Dahan, the witch has specially prepared the elixir of Bliss that has been refined for a long time. ”
The king's tone was very triumphant, and the crowd at the banquet exclaimed in great cooperation, and their eyes were full of longing. Only then did Liu Ye realize that the focus of the dinner party was not to eat and drink, but to this kind of thing called the elixir of bliss, and the dancing girl waiting outside the hall was originally for everyone to take the elixir to help them have fun.
The king gave his attendant a look, and the attendant walked up to the shrine maiden with the flask, who took the three-inch bottle on the table, opened the cap, and poured a few white pills into the jug. The attendant's eyes straightened when he looked at the pill, and when the witch put away the bottle, he carefully shook the jug, and when the pill was fully dissolved, he first filled the glasses for the king and queen.
"Okay, good, go and pour ...... for your guests," the king licked his lips with a smile on his eyebrows, and couldn't wait to taste the taste of the elixir.
Looking at the faintly floating lotus flower in the wine glass, Liu Ye lost the desire to drink this glass of wine, and her parents told her since she was a child that things of unknown origin cannot be entered, you must know that illness comes from the mouth, God knows what this elixir of bliss is made of. Liu Ye wanted to remind Tu Qitang to be careful, but seeing that he drank it all without hesitation, he went with him.
The attendants poured wine for everyone in turn, and except for Tu Qitang, who couldn't wait to drink it down, everyone else raised their glasses, waiting to enjoy the wine with the king. Liu Ye deliberately glanced at the witch, there was no wine glass in front of her, it was obvious that she didn't plan to have a drink with everyone. I know what I make in my heart, and I don't want to touch it, who is fooled by saying that it is precious!
"Raise your glasses to our gods, and ask them to bless the health of the Qiuzi Dynasty for generations to come." Everyone raised their glasses with the king, chanting incantations that Liu Ye couldn't understand, to the effect that they were all praying for the blessings of the gods.
When everyone was drinking, Liu Ye held a silk handkerchief in his hand, raised his sleeves at the same time, poured the wine on the silk handkerchief, and then wiped his mouth, looking like he had drunk wine.
The music sounded, and the graceful dancers rushed in, dressed in moon-white gauze skirts, dancing the dance of worship, which won the hearts of everyone. The shrine maiden on top closed her eyes slightly, as if listening to beautiful music, and as if waiting for the right time.
Liu Ye paid attention to whether there were any changes in the people who had drunk the wine, and it was worth looking forward to what kind of medicinal effect that the Elixir of Bliss would play. At first, these people were all abnormal, and their expressions and words were the same as before, but after ten minutes, some people began to be abnormal.
Tu Qitang sat on Liu Ye's left hand, he was propping up the table with one hand and rubbing his temples with the other, looking like he was drunk. Tu Qitang's reaction was nothing, the blame was that he claimed to be a thousand cups and not drunk, and he didn't drink much just now, how could he get drunk so easily!
Looking at the minister on Liu Ye's right, he didn't smile at first glance, he was about forty years old, his official position was quite high, and his concept was extremely pedantic, if it was not necessary, he would not say a word to Liu Ye. But after a glass of medicinal wine, he seemed to be a different person, his eyes narrowed into slits with a smile, and he talked to Liu Ye with a smile.
"Princess Dahan, Mrs. Right, what do you like others to call you?" The minister burped and said to himself, "It is higher to call you the princess of the Great Han, after all, the Great Han is a strong country!" However, you should prefer to be called Mrs. Right, because you are already married! When a woman marries her husband, no matter what her husband's identity is, she must regard him as heaven, I think even a princess is the same, what woman doesn't want to be loved by her husband, you say yes? ”
This kind of remarks does not agree with women at all, and if you marry a husband, you have to see whether the husband is worth serving, Liu Ye reluctantly said perfunctorily: "This adult, you have drunk too much." ”
"Drinking too much? No, no, no......" The slutty minister said inarticulately with a smile on his face, and his mouth was close to Liu Ye again, "Mrs. Right, then I'll call you Mrs. Right, haha, you must be happy...... I have a question in my heart, I don't know when to say it, I am afraid that you will be unhappy, and I don't say that I feel uncomfortable in my heart......"
"Then there is no need to say it." Liu Ye poured him a glass of wine and changed the subject, "Since you haven't drunk much, let's drink another glass." ”
"Well, the wine poured by Mrs. Right must be drunk, you must drink it......" The minister raised his head and drank all the wine, the smile on his face gradually spread, and the words he said became more and more difficult to hear, "Hey, Mrs. Right, you have been married for more than a year, why haven't you conceived Kunmo's child yet?" I heard that the old guy is old enough, is he no longer good, or is the old husband and young wife uncoordinated together, and they can't have children? Tsk, pitiful, pitiful, Mrs. right, you are as young as a flower, and you want to marry an old man and be a widow, even if your status is noble, it is better to find an ordinary person to live! ”
"Mrs. Right, Mrs. Right......" Seeing that Liu Ye turned his head and ignored him, the minister hurried over, "Listen to me, I haven't finished talking yet, Mrs. Right, I know that you are bitter in your heart, it is useless to marry a man, there are still miles in this life, how can you live in the future...... If you don't say it, I understand, I won't tell you, the two mothers-in-law in my family have to pester me every night, or how to say that women are thirty like wolves and forty like tigers, in order to deal with the two of them, I take supplements every day, but this is a matter of no choice, who told me to marry two daughters-in-law, which ......"
As he spoke, the minister's hands rubbed his chest impatiently, and the dense chest hair scrambled to drill out of the placket to breathe, the minister pulled the chest hair and moaned, looked at Liu Ye drunkenly, and pouted slightly: "Mrs. Right, you are really a beauty, the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life except for Her Royal Highness the Witch is you, Your Highness the Witch I will never dare to touch, Mrs. Right, if you want, I will quench your thirst, don't look at me like this, my job is excellent, I don't believe you try it!" Come on, come on......"
The minister stretched out his hand to hug Liu Ye, but Liu Ye pushed him away angrily, but he actually ate the gall of the ambitious leopard, and he had to make a bully in public. Liu Ye was so angry that he wanted to complain to the king, only then did he see the king rolling on the throne with the queen in his arms, as for those royal family members, they were already hugging each other, and they were holding the delicate, panting dancing girls for fun, and there were men and women hugging each other and tearing clothes, and the whole hall turned into a wine pool and meat forest in a blink of an eye.
Liu Ye got up and was about to escape, but was pulled into his arms by Tu Qitang, and the minister, who was not afraid of death, chased after him and hugged Liu Ye's feet, and was knocked unconscious by Tu Qitang's punch.
Trapped in Tu Qitang's arms, looking at those swirling gray eyes, Liu Ye couldn't help but panic.