After seeing off Hao Jianghua, Xu Xian picked up the lunch box and walked to the back hall. After a while, he arrived outside Bai Suzhen's boudoir. The door was closed and the room was silent, as if no one was there. Xu Xian hesitated, went forward and knocked on the door, and tentatively called out, "Miss Bai, are you there?"
"Xu Xian?" Bai Suzhen was meditating in the house. She was slightly surprised when she heard the knock on the door. Today was the Dragon Boat Festival. Baoan Hall was closed for a day. All the shop assistants had gone home to celebrate the festival. The Five Dragon Envoys were also out for fun. It was because no one was there to disturb them that Bai Suzhen was meditating in the house. She wanted to recover her mana as soon as possible because of the poison of the Crane's Beak Red. However, she did not expect Xu Xian, who was supposed to be in the Wu Mansion to celebrate the festival with Doctor Wu and his family, to come at this time. She had no choice but to stop practicing and get up to open the door.
"Miss Bai, so you are here." Xu Xian didn't hear anyone respond from inside the room for a long time. He thought Bai Suzhen was not in the room. He was feeling disappointed, but when he saw the door suddenly open and Bai Suzhen walked out, he was overjoyed.
Bai Suzhen wore a pink dress today, with her hair slightly tied up, looking casual yet dignified. Perhaps because of the hot weather, beads of sweat appeared on the wings of her nose. She glanced at Xu Xian and asked softly, "Mr. Xu, why are you here?"
Xu Xian said awkwardly, "Miss Bai, I, I'm here to give you some rice dumplings."
Bai Suzhen smiled and thanked him, "Mr. Xu, you are so thoughtful." She slightly turned aside, let Xu Xian into the house, and poured him a glass of water, "Drink some water, Mr. Xu."
"Thank you, Miss Bai." Xu Xian came here from Wu's house, which was not a short journey. It was noon and the sun was scorching. He was already sweating from the journey and was very thirsty at the moment. He raised his head and drank a few sips of water, then wiped the sweat from his forehead. Only then did he feel much better.
"Mr. Xu, actually you don't have to worry so much. Ziying and the others have already prepared food for the Dragon Boat Festival in the kitchen, and there is no shortage of rice dumplings." Bai Suzhen appreciated Xu Xian's kindness, but she felt very sorry that Xu Xian specially sent the rice dumplings to her in the scorching sun.
"Miss Bai, actually I would like to take this opportunity alone today to thank you very much." Xu Xian opened the food box he brought. In addition to the rice dumplings, there were also several exquisite dishes and a pot of fine wine. Xu Xian took out the dishes and put them on the table. He then took two wine glasses and filled them with wine. He raised his glass and said solemnly: "Miss Bai, you are the one who detoxified the poison of Hedinghong and saved the old woman and her grandchildren. You were the one who predicted that Mrs. Chen was pregnant with twins and helped her give birth smoothly. But Miss Bai, you attribute all the credit to me, Xu Xian, and let me have a seat in the medical field of Zhenjiang Prefecture. I, Xu Xian, will never forget the great kindness Miss Bai has given me. I would like to offer a glass to Miss Bai. Thank you very much, Miss Bai." After that, he drank the wine in his glass first.
"Why do you have to be so polite, Mr. Xu? Karma is cyclical. Everything you have today is the result of your good deeds in your previous life. You don't need to thank me." Bai Suzhen smiled, glanced at the wine glass on the table, frowned slightly, and finally drank it calmly.
Xu Xian filled the two wine glasses again. He looked at Bai Suzhen and said gratefully, "Miss Bai, you have taken a special look at me and allowed me to work as a doctor in Bao'an Hall. This second glass of wine is to thank you for your kindness." Then he drank another glass.
Bai Suzhen forced a smile and drank the second cup of wine. After two cups of wine, her face was slightly flushed.
"Miss Bai, today is the Dragon Boat Festival. I would like to offer you a toast and wish you a happy holiday." Seeing Xu Xian filling up his glass again, Bai Suzhen was about to stop him from toasting, but he had already drunk the third glass of wine. Bai Suzhen smiled helplessly, glanced at Xu Xian, and said, "Mr. Xu, I am not very good at drinking. This glass of wine will be the last one."
"Miss Bai, I just heard from Brother Hao that there will be a dragon boat race at Fengqiao in the afternoon. I... I was thinking that Sister Xiaoqing is not here, and everyone else has gone home to celebrate the festival. It would be boring for you, Miss Bai, to stay alone in the mansion. If... if Miss Bai doesn't mind, I can accompany you to see the excitement..." After three rounds of drinks, Xu Xian's fair face turned red, or perhaps the wine gave him courage. Although he hesitated and considered for a long time, he still couldn't help but tentatively proposed to Bai Suzhen.
Bai Suzhen put down her wine glass and was about to say no, but before she could finish her words, a cold voice suddenly came from the door.
"Sister, I have Xiaoqing to accompany you, so you don't need to worry about it!"
Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian were both shocked at the same time, one was happy, the other was surprised, both of them looked towards the door - there, leaning against the door, with her arms folded, looking coldly at Xu Xian, who else could it be but Xiaoqing. Xiaoqing stared at Xu Xian coldly, with a rather sarcastic expression on her face, she said unhappily: "Watching the dragon boat race? Humph, I think you'd better make an appointment with another beauty, sister doesn't have time to greet you." After saying that, she turned her eyes and looked at Bai Suzhen, her sharp eyes softened in an instant, she couldn't hide her joy, she shouted: "Sister..." and rushed towards Bai Suzhen quickly.
"Qing'er." Bai Suzhen was surprised and happy to see Xiaoqing returning. She stood up and was about to take a few steps towards her, but unexpectedly she felt dizzy, her body swayed, and she almost fell unable to stand.
"Sister, are you okay?" Xiaoqing rushed forward and held Bai Suzhen with her hand. She frowned and asked with concern, "Sister, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm fine..." Bai Suzhen shook her head, feeling confused. She thought, I just drank three glasses of wine, could I be drunk? She calmed down and was about to talk to Xiaoqing, but her stomach suddenly ached. She frowned and asked, "Why is this happening?" She looked at Xu Xian and asked, "Mr. Xu, what did you put in this wine?"
Xu Xian was stunned, thought for a moment, and quickly replied: "I... I only added some realgar..."
"Realgar?!" Bai Suzhen's face changed, and she said in a lost voice: "You added realgar to the wine?" Although she had practiced Taoism for thousands of years, she was still averse to realgar. Moreover, her magic power was damaged and had not yet recovered. At this moment, she suddenly drank three cups of realgar wine. She knew something was wrong. She held Xiaoqing's hand tightly and panted: "Qing'er, please see the guests off for me. I don't feel well and want to rest for a while."
"Miss Bai, are you okay? Did I do something wrong?" Xu Xian couldn't help but panic when he saw that Bai Suzhen looked upset.
Xiao Qing was furious and annoyed. She turned around and yelled at Xu Xian: "Didn't you hear what my sister said? Hurry up and leave. What are you doing here?"
Xu Xian opened his mouth and wanted to ask something, but seeing Bai Suzhen's painful face and Xiaoqing's anger, he had to keep quiet and left in a hurry.