Because she had never drunk modern high-proof liquor with such an extreme level of purity before.
Even Li Qingzhao, known as the "Wine Immortal of Great Song," felt her blood surge the instant that large mouthful of fiery liquor went down her throat.
Her originally cool, fair, stunningly beautiful cheeks quickly bloomed with an irresistibly alluring flush, as if brushed with the finest rouge.
A hazy, intoxicating mist also rose in her languid, autumn-water eyes.
"Phew..."
Li Qingzhao slowly exhaled a breath of hot air rich with the fragrance of liquor. Unable to resist, she stretched out her soft pink tongue and gently licked her red lips, still glistening with liquor, then carefully smacked her lips.
She was completely immersed in this unprecedented stirring of the soul, unable to stop herself from savoring the exquisite lingering aftertaste.
After a while.
Once the powerful kick of the liquor had eased slightly.
Li Qingzhao's slightly drunken eyes fixed brightly on Jiang Che, who sat across from her.
"Young Master Jiang..."
There was undisguised probing and urgency in her voice. "Qingzhao dares to ask, where did you obtain this Jade Liquid that should exist only in the heavens..."
"Where did it come from?!"
"Why have I, Qingzhao, spent years drinking throughout Bianliang City without ever tasting—or even hearing of—such a fine Immortal Family brew?"
She had no choice.
She was simply too curious, too desperate to know!
As a true female drunkard, after personally witnessing this transcendent liquor that utterly crushed everything else...
Li Qingzhao's first thought was to find out where this heavenly liquor came from, no matter the cost!
As long as she knew the place.
Even if she had to empty her private savings afterward, she would have the estate's steward and maids buy cartloads of it for her and