Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 110 - 21: The Princess Who Refuses to Be Cannon Fodder (Part 21)
Murong Dun also tried to persuade her in a low voice.
"Have a good drink with your father. There’s no lingering feud between father and daughter. I can tell your father truly cares about you."
Both sides were urging them, and the father and daughter ended up emptying the entire jug of wine.
Jiang Xiong was very good at holding his liquor, but because he was in an exceptionally good mood today, he drank quite a lot with Jiang Lai and then with Qin Feng and Jiang Ling for a few jugs, and finally, he even drank when Murong Dun toasted him.
"You rascal... I’m telling you, if you dare treat my daughter poorly, I... I’ll chop off your head!"
Although Murong Dun was a prince, compared to the influential Jiang Xiong, he was like a cat encountering a tiger, having no status whatsoever.
Murong Dun wasn’t angered, he simply nodded seriously to guarantee that he would treat Jiang Lai well.
Jiang Xiong, who rarely got drunk, was surprisingly intoxicated today, and the two servant boys supporting him could barely keep him steady.
Qin Feng also drank quite a bit and was supported along to rest in his room.
As for Jiang Lai, she seemed quite normal, except when she spoke, you could tell from her thick alcohol fumes and her hazy eyes and unclear speech, as she cradled a wine jug, pouring it for herself.
"You’re drunk, let’s go rest in the room."
"No... I’m not sleeping, I’m not drunk."
Jiang Lai stood up, her steps a bit wobbly, but overall she seemed relatively normal, her speech still coherent.
"You go back and sleep first, I’m going to talk to my mother. I’ve been married to you for so long... and I haven’t properly talked to my mom."
Her tone carried a hint of grievance, and by the end, her voice softened, sounding gentle and awkward.
Murong Dun watched her, unable to stop feeling moved, but seeing Luoyang standing aside, he merely lowered his head, choosing not to look at Jiang Lai.
"Alright, go ahead. You and your mother haven’t seen each other for days, you can share a bed and chat a bit tonight. I am heading back to rest now."
When she reached Qin Feng’s room, having not been able to hold her liquor and drinking too much, Qin Feng soon fell asleep.
Jiang Lai sat beside him, utterly bored. After putting a robe over herself, she pushed open the door and went out.
With a cold wind blowing through the night, her once relatively clear mind suddenly clouded significantly, her body felt excessively hot, and the steps ahead looked flat, yet she stepped onto emptiness, following which she abruptly fell down without any warning, landing solidly on the ground.
Little Buding: "..."
"Jiang Lai, are you seriously drunk?"
"The wine was nice, too bad there’s none left."
"Why drink so much when you can’t handle alcohol? Do you even know what’s going to happen tonight?"
Jiang Lai sat frozen on the ground after her fall, took quite a while before she replied.
"Hmm, the lady plans to sneak into my father’s study tonight."
"You know that and still sit here! Once she finds the forged evidence by Jiang Ling, you and Jiang Xiong are doomed!"
Jiang Ling has been waiting for this day.
Having stayed under the radar for so long, he’s finally waited for Luoyang to act.
Jiang Lai struggled to get up, her hairpin that held her long hair shattering in the fall, and this hairpin was gifted by Jiang Ling, not sturdy at all. The priciest gemstone on it fell somewhere unknown, causing her great distress.
"Don’t worry, he doesn’t have the Tiger Talisman yet, he won’t act recklessly."
"Wake up, Luoyang has already snuck in."
With Jiang Ling helping secretly, Luoyang can surely get the evidence.
Jiang Lai finally climbs back up, swaying, staggering toward the bamboo grove.
The study door was heavily guarded.
Luoyang entered from the rooftop, where the guards had long been replaced by Jiang Ling’s men, retreating early into the shadows to give Luoyang a chance.
When Jiang Lai appeared, Jiang Ling immediately noticed her.
"Where’s my dad? Is he inside? Open the door, I need to find my dad!"
As she spoke, Jiang Lai tried to push the study door, only to be blocked by the guards at the entrance.
"Miss, the general is not in the study; you’ve come to the wrong place."
"You’re lying! My dad is here every night! Is he avoiding me? I don’t care, let me in, I want to find him!"
The guards didn’t dare draw their swords against Jiang Lai nor forcibly stop her, fearing that should this pampered lady get hurt, the general would have their heads rolled off.
"Miss, the general drank a lot and went to his room to sleep. You’ve also had too much; let me have someone escort you back to rest."
"I’m not drunk! This is my home, I go wherever I want, you dare stop me?"
With that, Jiang Lai rushed over and kicked the door forcefully, shouting unclearly outside.
"Dad! Come out! Didn’t you promise to fly kites with me? Come out! Come out!"
Jiang Lai displayed the meaning of ’overbearing and unreasonable’ vividly. The guards looked at each other, clueless and unable to provoke her, yet letting her kick the door wasn’t ideal, so the leader compromised.
"The general isn’t inside. Miss, if you don’t believe, we can open the door to let you check, then you’ll know."
Jiang Lai, hands on hips, nodded, her eyes fixed on the leader as the door was opened and light turned on, she rushed in, flipping things as she shouted and searched.
"Dad! Dad, where are you! Dad!"
Having just snuck in a while ago, Luoyang was now holding her breath, not daring to move as she hid in a secret groove behind the cabinet, unable to even seek useful things as Jiang Lai’s voice came from outside.
Luoyang never expected Jiang Lai would drunkenly cause such a disturbance here, leaving her in a predicament, as the cabinet before her was kicked and swayed, hitting her head repeatedly, hurting her so much her eyes brimmed with tears, yet daring not move a muscle.
After her foot hurt from kicking, Jiang Lai mumbled a curse before turning around to leave.
"My dad’s not here! Where’s my dad gone and hid?"
The leader dared not show anger, only whispered in a low voice to pacify her.
"Miss, the general is sleeping in the room, you can go see if you don’t believe. Walk slowly, watch the steps..."
The steps ahead were only a few meters away, but Jiang Lai saw them as though tens of meters far, her dizziness severe, and she stepped into emptiness again, Little Buding couldn’t bear watching her fall face-first like a dog, closing his eyes silently.
Is this what happens when drinking makes one act more like a rabid dog than a human?
After waiting for a while, without the sound of hitting the ground, Little Buding opened his eyes.
It’s happening, the mandatory scene in romantic dramas is appearing!
The female lead falling and the male lead heroically catching her for a graceful princess carry.
However, Jiang Lai was not the female lead, just a mere side character, thus even though the male lead caught her, it wasn’t elegant, staying more like her being held by her collar as she hung like a weight in mid-air.
Jiang Ling relaxed his grip before choking her, using his arm to catch her.
Jiang Lai ended up sprawled in his embrace, her hair disheveled, looking somewhat dazed.
"Sister?"
"Jiang Lai?"
