After thinking about this, Concubine Xin decided to help Shen Meimei block the wine.

Just as he was thinking about it, Concubine Duan raised her glass and congratulated him politely:

"Empress Hui, today is your big day, you must not leave until you are drunk! I toast you three cups!"

Concubine Duan has always been in poor health and rarely drinks at various banquets, but today she was out of character and picked up the wine glass and drank three glasses in a row before putting it down.

This series of operations left Shen Meimei confused.

Considering that the other party was the emperor's first woman and had more seniority than herself, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and prepare to drink.

Concubine Xin stood up and said with a smile:

"Sister Duan Fei, today is also my big day. How can you drink with Concubine Hui and not with me? Let me drink three cups first, and then I will toast Sister Duan Fei with three cups. Sister Duan must give me this honor!"

The scene became awkward for a moment, but Shen Meimei knew that Concubine Xin was trying to help her.

She pretended to be drunk, groggy and confused, "Your Majesty, I am drunk and feel very dizzy. I want to rest in Taohuawu first!"

The emperor saw that Shen Meimei's face turned red and it seemed that she had drunk too much.

He told Jinxi, "Go back and take good care of Concubine Hui. I will go see her after the banquet is over!"

"Yes, I'll obey your command!" Jin Xi helped Shen Meimei out of Jiuzhou Qingyan Palace.

Soon, Su Peisheng came over with the emperor's sedan chair, "Your Majesty, the emperor specifically told me to let you ride in the emperor's sedan chair back!"

When Shen Meimei heard this, she sobered up immediately. What was going on? It was too high-profile to let her ride in the emperor's sedan chair.

As the saying goes, show your affection and you will die quickly!

No matter how much the emperor favors her, she cannot be so high-profile. She waved her hand and said, "Eunuch Su, how can I ride in the emperor's sedan chair? Just prepare a small sedan chair. If I ride in this sedan chair today, won't I become a demon concubine in the eyes of the civil officials tomorrow?"

Su Peisheng felt that what Shen Meimei said made sense, so he no longer insisted and quickly prepared a sedan chair for concubines to send her back.

After returning to Taohuawu, Shen Meimei felt a little relieved. Since she came back under the pretext of being drunk, she felt that she had to act out the whole play and could not sober up as soon as she arrived at Taohuawu. It would be terrible if the emperor blamed her for pretending to be drunk so blatantly.

She lay on the bed pretending to sleep, while Caixing and Caiyue took a wet towel to wipe the sweat off her face.

After the two men left, Shen Meimei just wanted to take a breath, when suddenly she felt someone sneaking into the house.

She didn't say anything and continued to pretend to sleep. She only heard a girl's voice, "My Lady, are you awake? My Lady?"

When Shen Meimei heard Caiyun's voice, she just wanted to remember what was going on, but she heard Caiyun whisper to the outside world:

"Empress Hui is drunk, proceed according to the plan!"

What plan? Who is Caiyun? On that day, Shen Meimei was ordered to go to Ganlu Temple to worship. She rescued Caiyun on the way. Later, several people who looked like guards broke into Ganlu Temple privately. Could they be the same group of people?

Shen Meimei, who had just gotten ready, decided to take advantage of the situation and see what these people were up to.

She quietly opened her eyes a little and found Caiyun taking out medicine powder from her bag and putting it in a teapot. Just at this moment, Jinxi came in.

Caiyun had already put the white powder into the teapot and quickly hid the paper bag into her sleeve.

Jinxi did not notice anything different about Caiyun. She smiled and said:

"Cai Xing, Cai Yue, why are you asleep at this time? We haven't helped the queen to bathe and change clothes yet? Cai Yun, go and prepare some hot water, I'll serve the queen!"

"Aunt Jinxi, you must be thirsty after being busy for so long! I'll pour you a glass of water!" Caiyun was very enthusiastic.

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