Dutch courage after drinking

  After understanding the trick behind it, she smiled and said: "Brother, you're so amazing! One stone, three birds! You're really high up there!"

  Responding with a hint of emotion, was a faint glance of knowing the truth, "In the poisoning incident at the Dai Wang Fu, my sister also explained it to me."

  As the emotions were stuck, she twisted her handkerchief and said with a sob: "Who knew that the princess was so ruthless, first using sable fur to intimidate me, then using the name of great disrespect to punish my crime, all of which I blocked back. After that, she actually poisoned my bowl and chopsticks. It's really a heavenly family girl, I don't dare to compliment her."

  "Keep watch outside. Don't let anyone in." The two hesitated, exchanged a worried glance, and retreated out the door, closing it behind them. One stood guard five steps away from the entrance, while the other kept watch under the window.

  Zhi Yi glanced at her twice and then withdrew his gaze, facing the ambiguous smile: "There's no outsider here now, sister still tell me the truth."

  With a bitter smile, she knew that this brother was not easy to fool, so she confessed her shameless plan one by one.

  She was so infuriated by the county princess's actions that she decided to teach her a lesson. However, as a lowly concubine-born daughter, she didn't dare confront her openly and could only resort to subtle schemes behind the scenes. After considering over ten ways to retaliate, she finally came up with a gentle yet covert plan. First, she secretly found a patch of green moss and wiped her handkerchief on it before dinner. Then, while pretending to wipe her bowl and chopsticks during the meal, she made a show of being timid and helpless, evoking sympathy from the other women at the table. Although only those sitting nearby could see that her bowl had been "poisoned", no woman could resist gossiping, and they would surely tell their husbands or close friends when they returned home. Thus, through word of mouth, the county princess's reputation for being ruthless and cunning would spread far and wide.

  Ru Xiang originally just wanted to ruin this person's reputation, a small revenge that was hardly worth mentioning. But heaven also helped her, and she coincidentally sat at the same table as Mrs. Hong, who happened to be the future mother-in-law of the county princess. This allowed the mother-in-law to see with her own eyes the arrogance, rudeness, willfulness, cruelty, and ruthlessness of the daughter-in-law-to-be, and it's likely that no intelligent mother-in-law would still want to arrange this marriage.

  Of course, Zhen didn't expect the Hong family and the county master to cancel the engagement. After all, what kind of status does the Dai Wang Fu have? Who would dare to cancel the county master's marriage? It's just that thinking about this county master marrying into the Hong family in the future, she will suffer some losses.

  But she didn't expect that her brother was also secretly plotting, and these two things collided with each other. Once it involved her own future, the Hong family would not hesitate to offend the Dai Wang Fu.

  After hearing this, Zhiyi's face showed no anger, only a strange expression, as if he was uneasy. At the age of 13, Zhiyi joined the army and has been in it for nine years now. He has achieved his current status through his own efforts, not to mention killing thousands of people, even if he didn't say so himself, he must have killed countless people. However, men and women think differently, don't they? When a man kills someone, it's called "for power" or "for fame", there are things that can be done and things that cannot be done. But for a woman, even if she doesn't kill anyone, just plotting to harm others will earn her the label of being "cunning" and "poisonous".

  Like a romantic seeing an older brother, one word was not spoken staring at oneself, with a strange expression, and couldn't help but feel flustered, and couldn't bear to explain: "Brother, I know that what I did was sinister, but that princess is really too detestable. My sister just wanted to take revenge on her a little. Who would have thought that brother also had a hidden plan?" Thinking of this, Like a romantic couldn't help but pout, why are men who are sinister and cunning only labeled as "腹黑" (cunning), while women can only be labeled as "阴毒" (sinister) and "心狠手辣" (ruthless)?

  It's unfair, really unfair!

  "Little sister is indeed sinister and shameless, despicable and depraved..."

  "...like a trapped bird, the two words 'injustice' kept swirling around his chest and face."

  "But I like it."

  "...". She was stunned and couldn't utter a word. After a long while, she finally found her voice and indignantly said: "Brother is so shameless, how can he plagiarize his sister's words?"

  Outside the door, Linglong couldn't help but have three black lines appear on her forehead as she thought to herself: "Miss, you're even more shameless, actually taking my words for your own."

  She thought for a moment and still felt resentful, so she grabbed the white porcelain Qinghua wine cup in front of Zhiyi that hadn't been finished drinking, held back the dryness in her throat, and downed it in one gulp. The strong liquor burned her throat and stomach instantly, and soon she became dizzy and disoriented. She clenched her fist and punched Zhiyi's shoulder, her blurry vision still able to see Zhiyi's raised eyebrows and his tongue sticking out as he explained with a "heh heh": "Can't blame me for this, it's called... being drunk..." Then she fell sideways and passed out in Zhiyi's arms.

  ……

  When she came to, the moon had risen to the treetops. Her head was splitting and her feet felt light as a feather, unable to shake off the lingering discomfort. Xianglan handed her a handkerchief to wipe her face while saying: "Miss, you're too bold. How could you raise your hand against Master? Fortunately, Master didn't make an issue of it with you; otherwise, he would have scolded you severely under the pretext of not distinguishing between superior and inferior."

  As she rubbed her temples and forehead, she secretly stuck out her tongue in her heart, smiling slyly to herself. It was precisely because she feared Zhī Yì would scold her that she drank the wine.

  While tidying up her hair, Chen Xiang said, "Besides, the master is the head of the household, how can you hit him? Even if he dotes on you, you can't be so willful."

  Like Qingmu Zhu, she just patted her brother's shoulder.

  At this time, Yuqin walked over to the screen with a picture of a lady in a cheongsam and said in a crisp voice: "Miss, Zhu's mother has already had someone bring in a basket of firecrackers. Do you want to set them off now?"

  As soon as Qing heard this, she came with enthusiasm, hastily putting on her shoes and saying: "Want to, definitely want!" Then she quickly got down from the bed, put on her socks and shoes, and pressed Xiang down onto the bed, unable to help but ask: "Miss, does your head not hurt anymore?"

  Ru Jing shook her head, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

  Chen Xiang's face sank, and he hastily said, "It still hurts a bit, but as long as I can shift my attention, it won't hurt." What she said was actually the truth.

  "No way, what if I fall?"

  Linglong took a step forward and said, "Miss, don't worry, I'll always be by your side. If you want to faint, just fall on me, I'm strong enough to catch you."

  Qing's eyes were brimming with tears as she gazed at Linglong. What is a loyal maid? This is it.

  Chen Xiang's forehead suddenly sprouted three black lines, and he couldn't help but scold: "You're bragging again. You're not even as tall as a girl, with your little bit of strength, don't make a fool of yourself."

  Linglong said, "No way, no way! During the Lunar New Year this year, I even helped the kitchen's mom catch a pig. That pig was so fat, who knows how much fatter it was than you? It jumped down from the fake mountain and landed on me, but I'm fine, aren't I?"

  Chén Xiāng: *silence*

  Ru Qing: "......"

  ……

  Digression

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