Chapter 33 Probing

The cold wind was cold, and the snowflakes were swayed freely by the strong wind, flying in the air like dragons and snakes.

Standing outside the door, Wang Shijie almost froze to death. It was not until Ziyuan said, His Royal Highness declares you to enter, that Wang Shijie was granted amnesty.

Xiao Ming had already entered the study from the side hall at this time, and the secret of the side hall could not be revealed to him.

Your Highness, you are trying to freeze Yudi to death. Wang Shijie sneezed, looking extremely aggrieved, I don't know how Yudi's poor reception these days has angered His Highness.

Xiao Ming stretched out his hand and motioned for Wang Shijie to sit down on the opposite chair, and said with a smile: Brother Wang has been thinking too much, there are some important things to deal with just now, so I asked Brother Wang to wait for a while, but Brother Wang is not riding in a carriage on such a cold day. Are you here? Why is this all covered in snow?

His Royal Highness, I was in a hurry to find you this morning, and I didn't have time to prepare my carriage. Wang Shijie leaned over to the coal stove and set it on fire.

Xiao Ming asked knowingly, It's freezing cold today, so there must be something important for your brother to come to look for this king in such a hurry.

This... Wang Shijie hesitated for a while and then asked: I heard that His Highness gave the Qin family a kind of fine wine for sale a few days ago. I wonder if this is the case?

This is indeed the case. I also left a jar of this fine wine for Brother Wang. I was about to let the servants send it to Brother Wang to warm up his body. I didn't expect Brother Wang to come over at this time. Xiao Ming knew that Wang Shijie really The concern is how he made this fine wine, but he just doesn't say it.

Wang Shijie clasped his fists and said, Your Highness can still remember to send wine to Yudi, which really moved Yudi. Since it was brewed by His Royal Highness, Yudi said he had no choice but to drink a few glasses.

What's so difficult about this, Li San, go get the wine. Xiao Ming shouted.

Li San stood guard outside the door, agreed, and after a while came over with Zui Qingzhou and two porcelain bowls.

The manufacturing process of ceramics in Dayu Kingdom is very mature, but only the rich and powerful can afford the exquisite ceramics, and ordinary people still use ordinary ceramics.

Porcelains from Prince Qi’s mansion were brought from Chang’an, and came from the official kiln celadon of the Great Yu Kingdom. He has also studied these porcelains. Compared with the previous ceramics, the level is almost the same as that of modern porcelains.

Therefore, when looking for a bottle to hold perfume, he still chose a porcelain bottle, which is exquisite and real.

Zui Qingzhou, what a good name! I don't know who could come up with such a graceful name.

Wang Shijie picked up the wine jar and looked at it carefully. When he saw the red paper attached to the wine jar that said Drunk Qingzhou, he immediately flattered. He already knew that the name of the wine was obtained by Xiao Ming, but he pretended not to know it at this time.

Li San waited in the room and said proudly, This is what our Highness got.

It turned out to be Your Highness, ah, His Highness is a talented person. In the past, Wang, Qin Mu, Wei Qing, and Sun Dong claimed to be the four great talents in Qingzhou. Now, it seems that they are indeed the most talented. Wang Shijie exclaimed.

Xiao Ming felt a chill in his heart, the level of this flattery was too low, and it had no style. Although Xiao Ming was inexperienced in the past, he also knew that this drunk Qingzhou was nothing.

Brother Wang is wrong. Come on, Brother Wang must have been frozen just now. Let's warm up with a glass of wine first. Li San, give Wang Gongzi a warm glass of wine.

Li San placed the wine warmer on the stove, warmed the wine in the jar for a while, and poured a cup for Wang Shijie and Xiao Ming each.

In modern times, Xiao Ming doesn't like to drink, but when he came here, he gradually accepted it, especially in this cold winter and twelfth lunar month, drinking a glass of warm wine is more effective than blowing the air conditioner, and a few glasses of wine are enough to sweat.

After getting slightly drunk, I lay down on the bed, and the boring time of the night was over.

And now, with heavy snow and strong winds, it is inconvenient to go out, and you can spend this leisure time with a glass of wine.

His Royal Highness, please! Wang Shijie picked up the glass and licked his lips lightly.

Xiao Ming raised his glass, the two drank it together, and ate a cup of hot wine, Xiao Ming suddenly felt a fire slowly burning in his body.

Ah! Wang Shijie let out a moan provoked by the spirits, closed his eyes, bared his teeth, and slowly aftertaste for a while, he said, Your Highness, this wine is spicy and soft in the mouth. I have drunk His Highness's wine before. Those rice wines are like clear water, they are really good wines, but it’s a pity…”

It's a pity? I don't know what Brother Wang said? Xiao Ming motioned for Li San to fill Wang Shijie again.

The wine glasses in the palace are flaring glasses, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. A glass of wine is two taels at least. Just now, Wang Shijie drank it as usual.

Wang Shijie always kept the things that his father explained in his heart, and he mentioned it after a while, It's a pity that our Wang family has no luck to sell this wine.

Brother Wang, it makes sense for this wine to be given to the king of the Qin family. Although the Wang family has a horse team, but this horse team is not as good as water transport. It is also to make more money for the king of the Qin family. Xiao Ming said.

He gave the wine to the Qin family partly to support the Qin family, partly because of what he said. In this backward era, road transportation is not as good as water transportation. Although the speed of water transportation is not very fast, the volume is large and relatively speaking Still very safe.

So it is. Wang Shijie felt a little relieved, but he asked tentatively, When did Your Highness learn to make wine again, could it be the same book?

You know what I know. Xiao Ming prevaricates a sentence, and doesn't want to mention more. He picked up the glass and said, Come, drink and enjoy the snow today, don't mention these trivial things again.

The bowl of drinking was a bit violent just now, and Wang Shijie gradually became a little overwhelmed, and his head was dizzy. He thought that he should ask questions. Why don't you drink happily, he said, Yes, drink.

After all, he drank another bowl.

Brother Wang has a huge amount. Xiao Ming only took a small sip each time. He knew that this wine was powerful, but Wang Shijie was obviously used to drinking like this before.

His Royal Highness, the idiot brother is not drunk after a thousand cups. This amount of wine is nothing. He remembered that the main hall of Prince Qi's mansion was on the upper and lower floors, and said, Your Highness, drinking here is really boring, it is better to go to the attic and enjoy the snow scene of Qingzhou City. , how about drinking while drinking?

Brother Wang is absolutely right. Xiao Ming nodded and asked Li San to move the wine and stove to the attic on the third floor of the main hall, and the two followed.

In Qingzhou, the main hall of Xiao Ming's Qi Wangfu can be said to stand out from the crowd, because the three-storey main hall can have a panoramic view of Qingzhou from the main hall.

The two sat down beside the fence of the attic and drank again, and Wang Shijie drank two more drinks suddenly.

Your Highness... Your Highness, this wine is really good, come... come, fill it up again. After eight taels of wine, Wang Shijie was already dizzy, and his words became knotted.

Xiao Ming shook his head, this Wang Shijie still drank his wine as ordinary rice wine, he said: Brother Wang is drunk, why don't I ask the servants to send Brother Wang back.

Wang Shijie patted his chest and looked very angry, Your Highness, do you despise Wang's drinking capacity? I can still drink this wine.

It wasn't because he was afraid that Wang Shijie would drink himself to death in the Qi palace, and Xiao Ming didn't bother to care about him. He said, Then brother Wang drink two more bowls?

Pour the wine. Wang Shijie stood up, swayed left and right, and flicked his sleeves, Your Highness, take advantage of the delicious wine and heavy snow, today my foolish brother wrote a poem to relieve His Highness.