112. Drinking Wine to Soothe Your Sorrow and Make It More Sorrowful 1
Chen Rui woke up from a headache the next day, and Qing'er took the lead in serving a bowl of sobering tea.
After drinking the sober tea, Chen Rui looked around and found that he had returned to his room to sleep. He asked in a deep voice: "Qing'er, I remember that I was drunk in Lixiangyuan last night?"
Qing'er secretly called out badly, but she didn't dare to hide anything. She replied carefully: "Yes, master, you are drunk at the eldest lady. The eldest lady just sent a servant to help you back and rest..."
Qing'er answered while looking at Lord Shangshu's expression. Sure enough, he saw his face falling down quickly.
"Is it the eldest lady who asked you to help me leave?" Chen Rui's voice was hoarse as if he had just woken up, but his stern tone still made Qing'er, the servant who had been following Shen Rui, feel a little scared.
"Yes... it's the eldest lady who asked the servant to help you leave..." Qing'er stammered. Seeing Chen Rui's face look ugly, she had to add wisely: "The master is too drunk and even the person is unable to stand firm. , The eldest lady is worried that you will get cold, so she…”
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Chen Rui's wave.
"You don't have to say more. She doesn't want me to stay in her yard for the night!" Chen Rui said that, and got up and got out of bed, rubbed his temples, which were still a little dizzy, and his mood became even deeper than yesterday.
Seeing that the lie was exposed, Qing'er lowered her head with a smirk and hurriedly put on her clothes for Chen Rui. Seeing Chen Rui's gloomy face, she didn't know how to persuade her.
"Master, your body is important. The eldest lady actually cares about you. This sober tea was sent by the eldest lady..." Qing'er didn't know why she continued to lie, perhaps because she saw the unprecedented low appearance of Lord Shangshu. I couldn't help but try to persuade me.
Chen Rui glanced at Qing'er quietly and saw that he was just trying to lie and make him happy. He responded lightly, but his face still did not improve.
News of Chen Rui's bad mood soon spread all over the Shangshu Mansion. In order to avoid annoying the Shangshu Lord, the Shangshu Mansion was more careful in his words and deeds.
Wei Zijin also more or less guessed the reason why Chen Rui was in a bad mood, but did not take the initiative to comfort him. Instead, after hearing Qiaoxiang's report, he said coldly: "He always has a way to resolve it, you don't have to worry too much...even No matter how bad he is, he will not be angry with others!"
Qiaoxiang was so amused and laughed. She knew that her wife didn't want to care about whether Lord Shangshu was in good or bad mood. She was completely out of the matter!
However, this time, Chen Rui was unexpected to Wei Zijin and did not resolve it so quickly. He even got furious after the servant accidentally broke an inkstone in his study.
In the end, Kong Wen came forward and persuaded Chen Rui not to beat the servant who failed. The matter came to an end.
So the servants in the mansion became more cautious, fearing that they would touch the backshot of Lord Shangshu. Even Qing'er saw Lord Shangshu drinking to relieve his sorrow every night, he did not dare to persuade him openly.
However, when drinking to drown your sorrow, Chen Rui's mood did not improve because of this. Even because of poor sleep, dark circles appeared on his face.
Even the Emperor Xiao Heng and the ministers in the court found that something was wrong with the Shangshu Chen Rui and expressed concern, but Chen Rui refused to say more until he retired from the court and met Xiao Jingyao, the king of Luoyang, and he was willing to talk a few more.
The two went to the restaurant together. Chen Rui drank the so-called famous osmanthus wine, and suddenly remembered Wei Zijin's pear blossom wine and couldn't help but sigh.