Parents love their children, but for them to plan far-reaching.
When Li Yuanfang saw the three silkpants accompanying their parents, for some reason, this sentence appeared in his mind.
The three families greeted Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and the others respectfully.
The Great Tang did not like to kneel, and most of their salutations were bows.
Straightening his back, Chai Shao was trying to get close to Li Yuanfang and was also apologizing to him.
"I've already heard about it from the brat. It's my fault for not disciplining him properly.”
"Third Brother-in-law is too polite. Lingwu was also bewitched by others. Go back and reason with him. Your son still has to rely on you to teach him.”Li Yuanfang raised his eyebrows and happily expressed that he did not intend to argue with the younger generation.
"I know." Chai Shao heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this.
Coincidentally, Li Yuan Fang saw Chai Ling Wu put his palms together and bowed to him gratefully. The smile on his face deepened.
"Where's the wine you promised? You didn't manage to resist it?"
The three silkpants looked at each other and laughed proudly.
"Hehe, that tavern only sells five types of wine. We brought all of them.”
"You're getting cocky!"
Li Chongyi couldn't bear to see the silkpants being smug, so he teased them.
The three silkpants didn't mind and placed the wine bottles on the table one by one.
Li Yuanfang opened the wine bottles and took a sip from each bottle.
Was this wine? It wasn't sweet water that smelled of alcohol?
"What's the highest quality wine?"
"These wines are all turbid wine. Find some wine utensils to boil the wine. In the end, you will get a yellow and transparent wine liquid.”Fang Xuanling commented.
"That's right. This kind of wine has an astringent taste. All the winemakers said that it's a problem with the raw materials and that it's difficult to get rid of this taste.”Chai Shao also liked to drink and could not help but add.
"Uh…there's also a wine from the Western Regions that can be considered top-notch.”Du Ruhui said with some emotion, hoping that he could make up for his mistakes and not let the royal family hate his youngest son.
"You can also enter the palace to have a taste of all kinds of wine that are listed as tributes.”Li Yuan raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, I will arrange for Cheng Yaojin to come. Tomorrow, we will see if you can drink him down.”Li Shi Min smiled happily.
Everyone nodded their heads.
……
The next day, after the court session, Li Shiming left his trusted aides behind and headed straight to the royal study.
At this moment, there were already two people waiting inside the royal study.
One was Retired Emperor Li Yuan, and the other was Li Yuanfang. The father and son pair were fighting with black and white chess pieces across the chessboard.
Suddenly, a bold laughter came from outside the door.
"I, Old Cheng, have never been afraid of anyone when it comes to drinking!”
"Tsk, if you're drunk today, then return the glass ball to me. How about that?”Li Xiaogong deliberately provoked him.
"Of course, whoever drinks with me on your behalf is fine. If you win, I will return the glass ball to you. If that person loses, you will owe me 1000 strings.”Cheng Yaojin chuckled.
"It's just 1000 strings. I'll bet with you!”The corner of Li Xiaogong's mouth twitched. Cheng Yaojin, this old man, had finally been fooled.
When everyone arrived at the royal study today, Li Shiming bowed respectfully to Li Yuan and then gave Feng Le a look.
Feng Le immediately understood and immediately got busy with the little chamberlain.
The chamberlains worked together to carry a table with several empty bowls on it. On the side of the table, there were more than ten jars of wine.
Cheng Yaojin sat down beside the table and asked with a laugh.
"Who wants to compete with me on behalf of Xiaogong?”
"Me,"
Li Yuanfang pointed at himself and sat opposite Cheng Yaojin with a smile.
The little chamberlain was pouring wine into the empty bowls in front of the two, but Cheng Yaojin glared at Li Xiaogong.
"I say, aren't you cheating Prince Zhou?”
"Hehe, Old Cheng, you might not be able to beat him in drinking.”
"Tsk, I can make Prince Zhou collapse with 10,000 wine. His body can only withstand so much.”
"Hahaha, you're too confident. Yuan Fang, show him what you're made of.”
Li Xiaogong happily cheered Li Yuanfang on.
Li Yuanfang chuckled and clasped his hands.
"It's too troublesome to drink one bowl at a time. Why don't we drink three bowls of wine first?”
"Haha, no problem. I'm just afraid that you'll get drunk before you finish three bowls of wine.”
Cheng Yaojin laughed out loud, picked up a bowl of wine, and gulped it down.
Li Ji sat beside Li Xiaogong and asked him a question with a smile.
"You really didn't cheat Prince Zhou?"
"I'm waiting for little cousin to help me win back the glass ball.”
Li Xiaogong smiled proudly.
Cheng Yaojin finished a bowl of wine and turned the bowl upside down. There was not a drop of wine left.
"How is it?"
"No problem."
Li Yuanfang gulped down the wine, and in an instant, the wine in his bowl was empty. Similarly, there was no first place left.
The second bowl, the third bowl…
Both parties neatly filled three bowls of wine and looked at each other with burning eyes again.
"Hahaha, it's rare to meet an opponent. It's too tiring to drink one bowl after another. Why don't we just drink half a jar of wine?”
Cheng Yaojin pointed at the wine jar on the table and smiled provocatively.
Li Yuanfang was slightly surprised, but he readily agreed.
On the contrary, the onlookers were extremely shocked. Their eyes widened as they scanned the two of them back and forth.
"It's rare to find someone as interesting as Your Highness in this world.”
"Duke Lu's forthrightness is worth learning from.”
The two of them smiled slightly and picked up the wine jar almost at the same time.
Crack!
The two drinking moved boldly, but the spectators suddenly became silent and even their breathing was careful.
Only Retired Emperor Li Yuan couldn't help but whisper.
"I didn't expect that I would have a good son who could actually compete with Cheng Yaojin in wine.”
About fifteen minutes later…
Li Yuanfang was the first to finish his wine. After drinking so much wine, his face was slightly red.
Just from his clear eyes, everyone could tell that Li Yuanfang was not drunk at all.
After a while…
Cheng Yaojin finally put down the wine jar boldly. The wine jar smashed on the table with a crisp sound.
Comparing the two.
Cheng Yaojin's flushed cheeks, his swaying body, and his drunken eyes all showed that he was a little drunk.
"Tsk, I lost this time. Your Highness helped the Prince of Hejian win back the glass ball.”
A loss was a loss, and a win was a win!
Cheng Yaojin could naturally afford to lose.
After saying that, he collapsed on the ground drunk.
At the same time, the way everyone looked at Li Yuanfang also changed, becoming somewhat respectful.
Why?
In this era, alcohol was one of the standards to measure a person.
Usually, the more alcohol a person could drink, the more they would be respected by others.
Therefore, after Li Yuanfang had drunk Cheng Yaojin to the ground, he naturally received the respect of everyone present.
"Pa, pa, pa…"
"Good job, Little Jiu. I have three jars of chrysanthemum wine with me. I'll give them to you as a reward."”
"Thank you, Father." Li Yuanfang accepted it without hesitation.
"Zhen has carefully selected two wine makers. When we leave the palace, we will bring them back. We must win the competition in February.”Li Shi Min smiled and patted Li Yuan Fang's shoulder.
"Alright, no problem."
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