After Kaia and Noren finished speaking, the envoys from Lingyun City panicked immediately.
Zipu was still holding the wine glass and pretending to be calm, but her heart seemed to be pressed down by a heavy iron block. She originally thought that the negotiation this time would be easy. After all, most of the conditions between the two parties have been clearly written in the previous correspondence. This time, it is enough to come over and sign for confirmation.
Moreover, they are in Huayue City, so they have no way to get news from Lingyun City. Li Yi also didn't tell them about this matter at all, so that when Kaya and Noren said it in a hurry, Zipu's head buzzed, and it went blank for a moment, unable to speak at all.
She only had one idea, to stabilize Kaia and Noren first, no matter what they said next, this cooperation must be achieved. She can see how much her young master Liyi hates Yuxi City. This time, it is a good thing to get help for Liyi. If it goes wrong, she, the consul of the envoy The position is estimated to be unstable.
So Zipu tentatively asked:
"Master Kaia and Lord Noren, we do not know about this matter, but I dare to swear with my life that Lord Liyi has absolutely no intention of betraying the two of you! Lord Liyi will definitely give the two adults an explanation for this matter. I don't know if the two adults can allow some more time..."
Noren sneered and said:
"Grace? More grace, who knows if your son of Yunyang will find a new partner? I figured it out. You didn't want to cooperate with us from the beginning, right? Li Yi can pamper himself today My younger brother will attack Yuxi City first, and he will kick us aside tomorrow. I think Li Yi is really arrogant, without the support of our two families, what is he worth?"
Zipu held the wine glass, smiled carefully, and said:
"Yes! Calm down, we did something wrong, if you have any requirements, just ask..."
Kaiya opened the fan with a "snap", squinted her eyes and said to Zipu while fanning the wind:
"Miss Zipu is from Yunyang, so she doesn't know the rules of our Huayue City. In our place, it is common sense to punish yourself with a few glasses of wine when apologizing. Brother Nuolun and I are very annoyed by this matter. If the negotiated rules are changed in a mess, it is tantamount to reaching out and hitting us in the face. If you want to be forgiven, you have to drink a few more drinks to get by."
With that said, Kaia clapped her hands and said:
"Serve the wine!"
A glamorous maid came up with a jug of fine wine, and Zipu glanced over there, only to feel that the hairs on her body stood on end. That is definitely not the amount of "self-punishment for a few glasses". Each maid is holding a jug of fine wine, and there are more than a dozen maids queuing up there! If you drink all of it, you will be so drunk that you will have a headache, and if it is serious, you may lose your life.
But Kaia and Noren didn't care at all. The smiles of the two were elegant and the other gloated, but at the moment they looked no different from evil spirits.
The smile on Zipu's face froze, and she said flatteringly:
"My lords, so much wine, a little girl like me can't drink it. Can you let us together..."
Kaiya shook her fan, smiled and said:
"Miss Zipu still needs to negotiate with us. Naturally, you have to stay awake, which is understandable. You can find someone to drink for you, but there is only one person, and if you can't finish the drink, we have nothing to talk about."
Zipu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and glanced at the faces of the girls in the messenger group. Everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to look at her at all, for fear that if they met their eyes, they would be chosen as the lucky one. After looking around, Zipu frowned, her eyes fell on the last girl who was a "newcomer", and she called her by name:
"Yunye, come on."
Yun Ye was staring at the jade ring scallops in a daze, thinking in her heart that this food must be delicious to eat, if only she could take it out and let her brothers and sisters taste it too. Suddenly hearing her own name, Yun Ye froze for a moment, raised her head, and said:
"Ah, I'm here."
Zipu said to her in an irrefutable tone:
"Drink some bars, it just so happens that you didn't have much chance to drink before. The wines here, Lord Kaiya, are all high-quality wines. Drinking more won't do you any harm. It's time to see the world."
Yun Ye let out an "oh" and said in a low voice:
"By the way, I just heard you talking, and I feel something is wrong..."
Zipu interrupted her and urged:
"Drink the wine first and then talk! If you want to talk at the wine table, you have to drink first. This is the rule everywhere. This is a job you have worked so hard to get. Don't let your family down."
Yun Ye looked at the maid who came over with the wine, frowned slightly, showing embarrassment, but still took it and drank it glass by glass. As soon as she took a sip, she was caught off guard by the spicy taste and coughed. Yun Ye blankly opened her eyes and looked at the cup. She felt that she had never been exposed to such a strong wine, but when she looked up, everyone was looking at her. , she still managed to raise the cup, and swallowed one mouthful at a time.
After drinking the first pot, Noren urged:
"How long do you have to drink like this? The food is cold! Just drink it from the spout."
Yun Ye could only take the wine jug held by the next maid, and the heavy feeling made her feel bitter. When the spirits entered the throat, it was as if they were slashing the throat with a rusty iron knife. What was even more uncomfortable was that after swallowing it in one gulp, the pungent taste rushed back to the brain. Only two jugs of wine made Yun Ye flushed.
Zipu was holding the wine glass, she didn't dare to look at it, she just thought it was great that she wasn't the one drinking there.
After the fourth jug of wine was drunk, everyone started to applaud her.
Even Noren, who called the most before, clapped his hands and shouted:
"Drink! Keep drinking!"
"Come on! Halfway through!"
"Good drinker, Zipu, your envoys are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Go ahead, have another pot!"
Zipu laughed along, looking at the miserable Yunye, her hand holding the cup trembled a little.
When she drank the eighth pot, Yun Ye felt as if her head was about to explode, the tears kept pouring out of her eyes, everything in front of her eyes became blurred, and the voices of other people slowly faded away , There is only the buzzing sound in the ear between the heaven and the earth. She was so hard to swallow that she wanted to fall down, but the two maids quickly supported her, and continued to stuff the spout into her mouth, pouring her wine.
After drinking more than ten jugs of wine, Yun Ye lay back on the chair, smelling of alcohol all over her body, not sure if she was alive or dead.
Kaiya glanced at her, ignored her, and said to Zipu:
"Since Liyi has expressed his sincerity here, we can continue to talk. Because of condoning Li Neng's unauthorized actions, our trust in Liyi has decreased. This is also human nature, right? I discussed it with Brother Nolen, and I feel that it is not impossible to support Li Yi according to the previous plan, but since Li Yi does not follow the rules, we have to put forward a new condition."
Zipu trembled and asked:
"What... conditions?"
Kaiya opened her eyes slightly, closed her fan, and said:
"We want twenty cities in the east of Yunyang."