"Drink, drink!"

There were voices in the room urging people to drink.

Liu Honghua, the second wife of the Zhou family, sat next to Song Ruyue and kept persuading her. She said with envy on her face: "Sister Ruyue, I don't know how to maintain her skin and figure, but she is as tight, delicate, graceful and slender as a 28-year-old girl.

I really envy me to death."

The other women next to him were also exaggerated and envious.

Song Ruyue was modest, while drinking wine with a smile on her face, bragging about how awesome and filial her son-in-law was.

Outside the window.

Luo Qingzhou was not in the mood to eat and glanced inside from time to time.

Seeing that he didn't drink, Chu Xiaoxiao had no choice but to pick up the wine bottle again, pour a glass for Sister Dao, and said: "Senior Sister Dao, Senior Brother Chu doesn't drink, let's drink."

Sister Dao picked up the wine glass.

When the two of them were about to drink, Luo Qingzhou immediately said: "Don't drink."

Then he looked around and whispered: "There's something wrong with this wine. Don't drink it for now."

Sister Dao looked at the expression on his face and was startled. Her face suddenly became serious and she looked at the wine in the glass.

She knew that although this guy liked to joke sometimes, he would never dare to joke like this today.

Chu Xiaoxiao also put down the wine glass and whispered nervously: "Senior Brother Chu, is there poison in the wine? That Madam Zhou looked down on us and disliked us for losing her face, so she poisoned the wine to kill us?

"

Luo Qingzhou: "..."

Sister Dao frowned, thought for a while, and immediately took out the antidote pills from her storage bag, took two pills, then took out a pot of water and poured it into her mouth.

She actually drank the entire pot of water in one go.

Chu Xiaoxiao looked at it and said in shock: "Senior Sister Dao, you can drink better than a buffalo."

Sister Dao glared at her angrily, turned to look at someone and said, "Are you sure there is something wrong with this drink?"

Luo Qingzhou shook his head: "I'm not sure, I just smelled a strange floral aroma. Maybe it's like you said, it's just that some flower petals were added to enhance the aroma when making wine."

"belch……"

Sister Dao suddenly burped, water almost overflowed from her mouth, and glared at him angrily.

Chu Xiaoxiao, who was on the side, laughed and held his stomach.

"But it's better to be careful."

Luo Qingzhou whispered and looked into the room from the window.

At this time, a shy and pot-bellied middle-aged man, accompanied by Zhou Lan personally, came into the room from the hall with a wine pot and a wine glass, and toasted to the people in the room with a smile on his face.

Zhou Lan introduced enthusiastically: "Dear sisters, this is Mr. Zhou Qifeng from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he is also my brother. I am here to toast you all today."

When the women at the table heard that they were officials from the Ministry of Revenue, they all stood up, picked up their wine glasses, and said compliments reservedly and with smiles on their faces.

Song Ruyue held the wine glass and looked at Zhou Lan's proud look without saying anything. She secretly muttered in her heart: So what about the Hubu one? He's not a high-ranking official like the Minister of Hubu, the Minister of Hubu, but he's probably just a minor official.

What's so great about him? Besides, he's not your biological brother.

"Today is my girl's birthday. Everyone, eat well, drink well, and don't go home until you're drunk."

With a smile on his face, Zhou Qifeng drank a glass of wine first, then poured another glass of wine. He suddenly walked up to Song Ruyue, stretched out the wine bottle and said with a smile: "Mrs. Qin, I heard from Lan Mei that you are from Weiyuan Bo's Qin family."

, Disrespect, disrespect. The people I admire most in my life are those heroes who once fought for me, Dayan. Come, I would like to give you a drink, Madam."

Song Ruyue quickly held the cup with both hands and said with a reserved smile: "Thank you, sir."

Zhou Qifeng helped her fill up the wine and said with a smile: "Madam, please."

Song Ruyue put the wine glass on her red lips and took a sip.

Liu Honghua on the side immediately smiled and said: "Sister Ruyue, if you want to drink it all in one gulp, Mr. Zhou will come to pour you wine and toast you personally, so you have to give him face."

When Song Ruyue heard this, she had no choice but to drink whatever was left in the cup.

Zhou Qifeng smiled, poured another glass for her, and said, "Mrs. Qin, I just honored you as a hero of the Qin family. This time, I honor you, Mrs. Qin."

Seeing everyone looking at her, Song Ruyue had no choice but to drink another drink.

"My lady is a good drinker."

Zhou Qifeng laughed, raised his glass, and drank it all in one gulp. Then he looked at her pretty face with two blushes and a watery look, and said goodbye and left the room.

After the women saw him going out, they sat down one after another and started chatting again.

Liu Honghua touched Song Ruyue next to her with her elbow, smiled and whispered: "Sister Ruyue, in this big table, Mr. Zhou only toasted my sister alone, and even toasted her twice. It seems that Mr. Zhou is very fond of my sister.

It’s so favored.”

Song Ruyue frowned.

Liu Honghua whispered: "Sister, I don't know. Although Mr. Zhou is still just a head of the Household Department, he will be promoted soon. Moreover, our household registration, houses, etc. from other places are all managed by others, and our rights

But it’s so big.”

Song Ruyue said calmly: "Why are you telling me this?"

Liu Honghua smiled and said: "Just chatting. By the way, sister Ruyue, what is your master doing now? I heard that he has resigned. You have just come to Kyoto, so you should find something to do, right? There are many people in Kyoto, whether it is in the outer city

It’s still in the inner city, and things are hard to do. But sister, don’t worry, Mr. Zhou is very capable, all you have to do is tell him, no matter what you want to do, there will be no problem.”

Song Ruyue's face fell down and she said, "No need to worry, we are fine now."

Seeing her unhappy expression, Liu Honghua didn't dare to say anything more and said with a smile: "Eat the food, eat the food."

The sun sets quickly.

Lanterns have already been hung in the corridor.

The room is also brightly lit.

Zhou Lan dressed up beautifully, holding a wine flask, and entered the room again, toasting one by one.

All the women drank happily.

In the corridor, Sister Dao and Chu Xiaoxiao did not dare to drink anymore. After a few mouthfuls, they prepared to leave, but Zhou Boyue never came.

If they leave without saying goodbye, I'm afraid Uncle Zhou will miss the date too much.

Zhou Shumei came once and offered a toast to the three of them apologetically, but they all said they didn't know how to drink and only ate vegetables.

Zhou Shumei knew that she had neglected the three of them, so she did not dare to persuade them again. She quickly went to the kitchen and called her husband.

It's a pity that Zhou Boyue was busy in the kitchen at this time and had no time to come out to accompany his friends.

Zhou Shumei didn't dare to urge her anymore.

The night is getting darker.

Sister Dao couldn't sit still anymore, so she got up and went to the kitchen, ready to talk to Uncle Zhou.

Luo Qingzhou sat quietly on the chair, looking through the window into the room.

Mr. Zhou entered the room again carrying a wine flask and toasted one by one.

All the women at the table were a little drunk, but with the persuasion of Zhou Lan and Liu Honghua, they all had another drink.

At this time, Song Ruyue stood up and said goodbye.

Liu Honghua quickly pulled her and said: "Sister Ruyue, sit down for a while, finally come here, chat again, and have a few more drinks."

Song Ruyue's face was flushed with drunkenness, her head was dizzy, and she quickly said: "No, I can't drink anymore, I'm a little drunk. It's getting late, I should go back."

Zhou Lan on the side quickly smiled and said: "Ruyue, let's have a few more drinks. It doesn't matter if you get drunk. Let's go to my sister's place to sleep tonight, and we sisters can have a good chat."

Zhou Qifeng, who was next to him, also smiled and said: "Mrs. Qin, it's hard for you to come out once. If you want to drink, naturally you have to drink to your heart's content. Come on, I'll toast you with another drink."

Song Ruyue waved her hand, her eyes were hazy with drunkenness, and said: "I really can't drink anymore, I'm sorry, I'm leaving... Mei'er..."

She swayed and almost fell.

Just as Zhou Qifeng was about to help her, Meier immediately walked over from the side, supported her, and prepared to take her away.

Zhou Qifeng glanced at Liu Honghua.

Liu Honghua immediately put down the wine glass, supported the other side and said: "Sister Ruyue, look at you, you are so drunk that you can't even walk, why are you going back? Let's go and sleep in my room. Sister tonight

Sleep with you."

With that said, he couldn't help but help her out of the room.

Meier said anxiously from the side: "Madam..."

Song Ruyue struggled feebly and said: "No, I can't... I want to go back..."

Liu Honghua smiled and said: "Okay, okay, if you insist on going back, then I will send you back. But how can you go back when you are so drunk? Go to my place first, I will ask the maid to get you some sobering tea to drink, and wait for you to wake up.

Well, my sister will take you back personally."

With that said, he helped her out of the hall.

Zhou Qifeng put down his wine glass and said to Zhou Lan: "Mei Lan, you stay with the guest first, I'll go for a while."

Zhou Lan nodded, holding the wine glass, and prepared to serve others.

Zhou Qifeng followed the three of them out of the hall and into the corridor outside the house.

Song Ruyue's whole body was weak, her eyes were hazy from drunkenness, and she was still struggling: "Mei'er, take me back..."
To be continued...