So it was just a coincidence... Was I overthinking it?
As Qin Yao pondered this, the ruler of the Great Yan Kingdom leaned against the armrest of his throne, propping up his head with one hand. The collar of his dragon robe had fallen farther open, his face was flushed with wine, and even his ears had turned red.
The sharp gleam in his eyes had faded beneath the haze of drink.
Even his eyes moved with a certain sluggishness...
Qin Yao was about to speak when Yan Qinyu suddenly reached for the wine jar.
"Hm? It's empty?"
He shook the jar, then narrowed his eyes and peered inside.
Sure enough, there was no wine left.
"Hmph!"
Yan Qinyu gave a cold snort.
The look on his face plainly said five words: I haven't drunk my fill!
His thick brows knotted together. He hurled the empty jar onto the floor by the hall entrance, where it shattered with a sharp crack!
"Where's the wine?!"
The roar that followed carried the true qi of the Fifth Layer of the Innate Realm and rang through half the palace!
"I'm in the middle of a fine drink! How can the wine run out?!"
He seemed genuinely drunk. Craning his neck, he shouted, "Bring more wine, now!!"
"Yes! This old servant will fetch it at once!"
At the hall entrance, the chief eunuch Nur pricked up his ears and hurried off.
Whoosh, whoosh~
The old eunuch pushed his cultivation at the seventh layer of the Qi Activation Realm to its limit, racing through the palace like the wind.
Inside the hall.
Qin Yao urged, "Your Majesty, too much wine will harm your health! Besides, I'm nearly drunk enough to fall under the table myself..."
But the ruler of the Great Yan Kingdom glared at