"Wife..." My heart leaped. She had actually still been waiting for me to return. Judging by the time, dawn must have broken already. For some inexplicable reason, I was deeply moved, as though I had returned to the time in the lower realm when I had been dead drunk.
"You drank so much..." My wife drifted over reproachfully and took me from Dai Mei and Qi Nuannuan.
Taking advantage of the alcohol, I wrapped my arms around my wife's slender waist, my face wreathed in sweetness. I had never dared hold her so boldly, yet she showed no intention of stopping me.
Dai Mei and Qi Nuannuan exchanged wry smiles. After bidding my wife farewell, they flew off in two different directions. One was the prime minister and the other the minister of finance, so naturally they did not live in the same direction. It was hardly strange.
"Even immortal wine can make you drunk. Though you were happy, how could you enjoy yourself so much that you forgot to return?" my wife said, somewhat displeased. I smiled and replied, "Having come from so far away, I had to let friends and family enjoy themselves to the fullest. How could we leave without a joyful farewell?"
"You're quite the smooth talker when you've had too much to drink." My wife let out a light laugh and supported me through the door.
The sleeping palace truly lived up to its luxury. Unlike the imperial palace in the lower realm, it was mostly gold, with red serving merely as embellishment, making it magnificent and splendid. As for the carved beams and painted rafters, they were only decorations. What filled the place was more the wondrous aura of the immortals. Even outside the windows, towers, pavilions, and terraces stood roof to roof, stretching