Chapter 40: The Royal Wine Cellar
Ever since he saw the 'Storm Order' on the dragon's bed that day, the emperor's temper has grown day by day. He would always look for the officials and attendants, and sometimes he would personally punch and kick these people, even though he knew in his heart that it had nothing to do with them. However, after that, there will always be some reason to reward these beatings with some gold and silver. But after all, he is an emperor, so there can be no mistake, and those who were beaten were rewarded, and it stands to reason that there is nothing wrong with that. As a result, the beatings were carried out as usual for no reason, and the rewards were also inexplicably rewarded as usual. This strange thing has been going on for months. The people on duty around the emperor were in danger and trembling and cautious, after all, it was not a joke to be beaten in the palace, and the reward had to be alive to be seen.
Since that day, the emperor has been fond of drinking. Of course, in order to be able to sit on the dragon chair in the court soberly, you can't drink too strong wine, and a drunken emperor is dizzy and listens to the courtiers' 'have a book to come up and retreat from the court'. So, he only drinks the kind of wine that doesn't seem to be drunk. The crimson water, which tastes sour and astringent but becomes more and more sweet, may have entered Middle-earth at that time. The emperor represented everything at that time, and naturally he could lead everything. As a result, this crimson water naturally began to become a luxury item to show dignity among the mansions of princes, nobles, merchants, and wealthy merchants. Perhaps 'glow-in-the-dark glass of grape wine' was also a phrase that was unique to that period.
When Gui Yunhe decided to take Ling Zitong to the palace to mess around, he didn't know that there was such wine, so naturally he wouldn't go for wine. When they sneaked into the cellar, they were fascinated by the sight of the huge wooden jars (oak barrels). Ling Zitong looked at the jar and then at Gui Yunhe, almost laughed, and whispered, "I don't believe you drank this in one go!"
Gui Yunhe finally saw her burst into tears and smiled, and said with relief in his heart: "How can this be, this can fit two or three of me! He lowered his head and searched, and in a moment he felt a plug that seemed to be pluckable. As soon as he exerted a little force, a stream of red water immediately squirted out, almost drenching Ling Zitong's body, and he quickly blocked it again. Smelling it, it seems to have some very light wine taste, and it doesn't feel good to taste sour and astringent in the mouth, and there is a sweet taste, which condenses the root of the tongue. "What can this girl drink, but what is it used for?" he said, scouring for utensils. The emperor's wine cellar will have an empty wine jar for him to use, he doesn't do anything, he picks up a jar of Fengyang Daqu and pats it to seal the mud is a booze, until his eyes see Ling Zitong's surprised expression, and he feels that he choked on Coke before giving up. The rest of his drink was poured on the floor, and a jar was filled. Only then did I find that this wine jar looked like it could hold more than ten catties, and I was really shocked. No wonder the girl was surprised, she really became an alcoholic after drinking it in one go.
"Hehe, this is right for your taste!" Gui Yunhe watched her drink this red water cup after cup, and his face was slightly flushed, and he said: "Let's drink less, if it's up, it's not good, and I'll have a headache when I get up tomorrow morning!"
"Well, listen to you, let's go back!"
After this trouble, the emperor naturally lost his temper again, making his cellar full of wine, and it was even more unreasonable that he was still secretly drinking. Naturally, another group of people waited for a violent beating. This cannot be exhaustive.
A young woman who has drunk alcohol is usually clingy, especially a beautiful young woman who has drunk and cried, but the person she sticks to must be the person she thinks she will make a lifelong promise.
"You see I've drunk so much wine, I'm still dizzy, I'm thirsty in the middle of the night, and no one pours me a cup of tea, you see how miserable I have to be......"
Ling Zitong's arm hung on Guiyunhe's neck, and the whole person was soft and close to his body, swaying and always unsteady. Raising his head, a pair of big eyes looked at Gui Yunhe like fire, unwilling to stagger for a moment. At this moment, she wants to be a woman, to be his woman, she no longer needs the master to be in charge, no matter what the matchmaker says, the orders of her parents are all out of the way! She slowly closed her big beautiful and bright eyes, because, seeing Gui Yunhe's mouth slowly approaching her cheek, she was waiting, waiting for him to kiss her, and her waiting heart seemed to jump out......
The dawn had penetrated in, and they snuggled up to each other, clutching as if they were afraid of being separated. After a long time, Ling Zitong smiled lightly and pointed to the wine jar and said, "If you really drink all this, you won't scare me to death! Seeing that you don't eat a lot, why do you have such a big belly?" She touched Gui Yunhe's belly, still curious about how much he had drunk.
"This is something that I have cultivated since I was a child, and my internal strength needs to drink water, and then when my internal breath is running, I will slowly force the water out. Later, when I got rich, I turned water into wine, and after a long time, the amount of alcohol seemed to be larger than that of ordinary people, but in fact, it was not really massive!"
"Oh, that's the case! Oh, you're not a lot!" she looked at the wine jar and the set of wine utensils, "Do you have to put this one up, and this wine glass, it seems a pity to ruin it so exquisitely...... "I have long cherished these as testimonies of my own love, but I don't really like the exquisiteness of the wine utensils."
She can understand the thoughts of a girl's family to Yunhe like this, and said casually: "If you like it, let's keep it, this wine jar should be hidden, after all, it is something in it, there is no one on the market, and people will be in trouble if they see it." It's a bit difficult to carry that set of cups with you...... "It's really hard to figure out how to carry these bits and pieces."
Ling Zitong suddenly said faintly: "I want to walk around alone, can you see it?"
Gui Yunhe responded casually again, "Let's go shopping, okay, then let's go shopping, we won't ...... anything these days."
"I mean myself, everywhere I go......"
"You can do it yourself...... How can you ......" Gui Yunhe suddenly heard the meaning of his words, grabbed Ling Zitong's hand, and his eyes were fixed on her pink face.
"Your agreement with your junior brother and sister, can I, a little girl, join in the fun?" she shook the hand that was grabbed by Gui Yunhe coquettishly, and turned her head sideways to prevent him from seeing the tears in her eyes.
Gui Yunhe's heart ached: My pupil is afraid that I will be embarrassed, if she is there, things will become more and more difficult in the future. Although she is reluctant to separate, there is no other way. Hey, it would be nice if the two Taoist priests of Sanqing Mountain were here......
His hand caressed Ling Zitong's hair, and her silky smooth hair was tied into a bun by her with a hosta, which was a symbol of a young daughter-in-law.