The next moment, Li Xiaogong seemed to recall something and shook his head with a look of melancholy.
Alas! My excellent hundred-year-old snake gall, you scoundrel, you've just wasted it like this!
Fang Er was completely baffled: Snake gall? And a hundred-year-old one?
Savoring the lingering aftertaste, it seemed a bit bitter.
He looked at Li Xiaogong with some confusion: Is it really snake gall?
Li Xiaogong, looking displeased, stared at him: Otherwise? Would your brother still poison you?
Look, the Emperor is here, your father-in-law is here, and so is Mao Gong. What, you don't trust your brother, but you don't trust them?
Fang Er quickly smiled apologetically at him.
"No, no, brother misunderstood, hehehehe, you see, you didn't even say anything about adding snake gall, and you just wasted good stuff."
Li Shimin looked at the puddle of wine stains on the ground with great pity, shaking his head and sighing: Alas~~ Youngest Brother's snake gall has been hidden for many years, and he treasures it like anything. Today, he finally took it out and gave everyone a little, but you just spat it out like this.
Li Ji picked up his wine cup and drank it dry, then said with a slightly wistful tone: Good stuff, truly good stuff, a little less for every sip.
Seeing their reactions, Fang Er had already believed Li Xiaogong's words.
He couldn't help but recall something he had read in a medical book.
Snake gall, cool in nature, bitter with a slightly sweet taste; it has the effects of dispelling wind and dampness, clearing the eyes, detoxifying and relieving heat rash; it can regulate the human nervous system, endocrine system, and immune system, and delay aging.
A hundred-year-old snake gall, how powerful would its effects be?
With the mindset of not taking advantage of a good deal being a fool, he smiled apologetically at Li Xiaogong again: Brother, please don't blame me, it's just that my knowledge is shallow. Do you have any more in stock? Can you get some more for your little brother to try?
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt someone kicking him under the table. He looked at the people sitting there and found Chai Shao winking at him.
So he asked in confusion: Father-in-law, is something wrong?
As he said this, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong, and Li Ji all glared fiercely at Chai Shao.
Old Chai saw this, flinched, and waved his hands repeatedly: Nothing, nothing, just bumped into it accidentally.
But in his heart, he cursed Fang Er to death.
This little brat, it's all over!
Only then did the three turn back with satisfaction and smile at Fang Er.
Li Xiaogong took Fang Er's wine cup, first filled it with wine, then reached into his chest with his right hand and used his finger strength to crush a pill into powder.
Finally, he scattered it into the wine openly, swirled it slightly, and pushed it in front of Fang Er with a look of heartache.
Brother's stock is not much left, you should cherish it.
Fang Er did not see Li Xiaogong's movement of crushing the pill through his clothes.
Thinking of the preciousness of the hundred-year-old snake gall, he didn't gulp it down but savored it in small sips.
With his mind prepared this time, the taste of the wine no longer felt strange.
After tasting it, he gave Li Xiaogong a thumbs-up: The taste is slightly bitter, with a sweet aftertaste, just as the medical book says, good stuff, truly good stuff.
Hahahaha, of course! If it were a ten or eight-year-old snake gall, brother guarantees you'd find it too bitter to swallow.
But this hundred-year-old snake gall has a much gentler nature. Li Xiaogong continued Fang Er's words smugly, then raised his cup to signal everyone.
Come, cheers!
Hahahaha, cheers!
Li Shimin was also very satisfied. Although there was a hitch, the medicine had finally been administered.
Li Ji also smiled and raised his cup, and Chai Shao had no choice but to accompany him.
As for Chai Lingwu, this fellow was only focused on watching the dancing girls and no one paid attention to him.
After drinking a cup, Fang Er became greedy and smiled at Li Xiaogong: Brother, bring out all the snake gall! Good things should be shared by everyone!
This kid knows a place where there are giant snakes everywhere. When we go back, I'll return ten or eight to you, alright?
What is called talking to fill a gap, this is it!
As soon as these words were spoken, the smile on Li Xiaogong's face instantly disappeared, and he looked a bit awkward.
Li Shimin and Li Jing's mouths twitched.
Damn it, I was too hasty!
Seeing Li Xiaogong's expression change, Fang Er thought this guy was reluctant out of stinginess.
Looking at his father-in-law opposite him, whose face was already wrinkled with smiles, he was even more convinced of his thought that Li Xiaogong was just stingy!
Hehehehe, brother, today you have to take out the snake gall, whether you want to or not!
Believe it or not, if you don't take it out for everyone to share, this kid dares to call people to snatch it by force.
The best way to deal with a stingy person is to act shamelessly. Anyway, Li Shimin and Li Ji could also benefit from it, so how could they refuse?
Li Shimin and Li Ji indeed did not speak to stop him, but their expressions were very conflicted at this moment.
Li Xiaogong was stunned. He didn't bring troops. If Fang Er really snatched it, the matter would surely be exposed.
If it succeeded, everything would be fine, after all, Fang Er would not spread it around after benefiting.
But if it were exposed, who knows what kind of joke it would cause.
A dignified prince, ordered by the Emperor to drug a county duke, and it's that kind of drug. If you administer it, you administer it, but you could be discovered.
Damn it, how can I face those old brothers if this gets out?
Thinking of this, Li Xiaogong gritted his teeth and stood up: Fine! Then your brother will go all out today!
After speaking, he hugged the three-jin stainless steel wine pot on the table into his arms. One by one, the blue pills, just like he had drugged Fang Er earlier, were crushed into powder the moment they were taken out and thrown into the pot.
He had at least a dozen pills in that bottle.
To prevent Fang Er from saying he was hoarding later, he threw all of them into the pot.
After shaking it several times to ensure it had all melted, he filled everyone's wine cups one by one.
Seeing this, Fang Er gave him another thumbs-up: Hahahaha, brother is generous!
Then he looked at Li Shimin and smiled: Your Majesty, your subject toasts you! This is a good thing that can prolong life. You should drink more!
What happened next was completely beyond the plan of the three Li's.
To ensure the matter was not exposed, the three could only accompany Fang Er and drink cup after cup of drugged wine.
Your Majesty! You know my drinking capacity. It's far worse than yours, so let's stick to the old rules. I'll drink one cup, and you all drink two.
Come! Cheers!
After several rounds, Fang Er's mind was also a bit hazy, and he was completely unrestrained and having fun.
Brother Jiu, come, I'll offer you another cup of wine, whoever doesn't finish it is a puppy!
Elder Brother Mao, bidding farewell to the sea clouds of Panjin this morning, half a pound or eight taels is nothing!
Your Majesty, your subject also toasts you. Enjoy today's wine today, and after this cup, you'll be alright!
Hahahaha, Father-in-law, it's your turn. Life is to be enjoyed, if you don't drink, I won't!
Second Brother! Don't watch for now, come and drink. Don't think about the infinite things outside yourself; drinking is being a good comrade!
Chai Lingwu didn't notice that the wine was drugged at all, while Chai Shao didn't care. At worst, if he got drunk, he'd go to a brothel.
But Li Shimin and the other two were completely stunned. Fang Er's toasting verses were one after another, and they couldn't fend them off!
Changsun Ling'er and the others who were playing the zither and dancing nearby, hearing his heroic first half and amusing second half of the poetic verses, couldn't help but chuckle.
The zither music became disordered, and the dance steps went wrong.