Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1378

Chapter 1378: Chapter 1373: Awakened with a Start

The feeling of drowsiness and confusion came over her, Bai Qingyan squinted her eyes, and Chun Tao stepped forward and whispered to Bai Qingyan, "Are you not able to handle your wine, Miss? Perhaps... I should help you take a rest?"

Although Chun Tao herself felt that it was extremely impolite to advise Bai Qingyan to leave the banquet early at this time, her concern for Bai Qingyan outweighed her apprehension, so she bravely stepped forward and spoke such a presumptuous remark.

Bai Qingyan glanced at Chun Tao, who looked worried, and waved her hand with a smile: "It’s alright, no need to worry..."

"The Emperor seems to be in a very good mood due to the alliance between Zhou and Yan." Sal Khan smiled at Bai Qingyan, picked up the wine glass in front of him, "I offer another toast to the Empress."

"Beg your pardon, Monarch, my body is not well to begin with and I’m already unable to handle more wine, so I’ll use tea in place of wine..." Bai Qingyan picked up the teacup, "I hope the Monarch would forgive me."

Bai Qingyan was already fair-skinned, and now her cheeks were a light red, making her claim of being unable to handle wine appear genuine, Sal Khan did not mind, and from a distance, raised his glass and drank it all.

The same night the palace banquet ended, the envoys from Tianfeng Kingdom personally visited Liu Rushi, presenting him with generous gifts, and handed over the document requesting Zhou to open mutual markets to Liu Rushi. They also made an unreasonable request, saying... originally, the jade cicada in Xiao Rongyan’s possession from Great Zhou was the national treasure of Tianfeng Kingdom, and they hoped Great Zhou would help them find the jade cicada so it could be returned to Tianfeng Kingdom to be worshipped before God.

Liu Rushi, like Bai Qingyan, said that the Emperor was also searching for the jade cicada, and if it was found... it might be the Emperor’s late husband’s relic, and it wouldn’t be easily relinquished.

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"Kid... Kid!" Mrs. Dong sat by the bedside, raised her hand to touch Bai Qingyan’s hot, pale red cheeks, and anxiously turned to ask the Imperial Physician, "What is going on?"

"Don’t worry, Empress Dowager!" Doctor Huang approached and respectfully greeted Mrs. Dong, "The Emperor is only drunk, Auntie Chuntao has already fed her the sobering soup, and once the alcohol dissipates, she will be fine, it’s not serious."

Mrs. Dong was worried that Bai Qingyan only focused on reviewing memorials and neglected her health, so she asked Nanny Qin to bring soup to check on Bai Qingyan, but upon arrival, she found the diligent Bai Qingyan had fallen asleep on the desk.

She originally wanted to cover Bai Qingyan with a robe but found Bai Qingyan’s cheeks flushed red, hot to the touch, and when she called out to Bai Qingyan, she foolishly smiled and called her mother.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Dong breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright... as long as it’s not an illness!" Mrs. Dong felt a weight on her lap, turned, and saw Bai Qingyan, like when she was young, resting her head on Mrs. Dong’s lap and hugging Mrs. Dong’s waist, softly calling out mother.

Mrs. Dong affectionately stroked Bai Qingyan’s head, feeling both angry and reluctant to scold her, she only whispered: "You know you can’t drink more than your own sister, yet with foreign guests present today, you didn’t even replace the wine with water and dared to drink for real?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Zhong hurriedly stepped forward to plead guilty: "I was thoughtless, Please punish the Empress Dowager!"

"Get up, no point in punishing you, it’s Kid’s own foolishness!" Mrs. Dong adjusted the blanket for Bai Qingyan, wrapping her daughter well, gently patting her daughter’s back, and after a while, softly said, "Alright, lie down properly... have a good sleep. Let’s take today as a rest, don’t get up to review memorials again!"

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