"Miss, where are you looking? Come on, have a drink!"
Just then, a woman brought a cup of wine straight to Helian Zhaoyue's lips. "Finish this cup, and I'll let you off!"
Helian Zhaoyue looked at the cup offered to her, gritted her teeth, and finally tipped her head back and drank it.
With a gulp, the wine went down. Helian Zhaoyue immediately rose, ready to leave.
But before she had taken two steps, another woman blocked her path with a smile. "Miss, she may have let you off, but I haven't!"
As she spoke, she offered another cup. "If you want me to let you off... you'll have to drink at least two cups!"
"You..."
Helian Zhaoyue stared at the cup before her, her chest heaving with anger.
But the women of Spring Moon Tower surrounded her. If she actually struck them, she would likely gain yet another unsavory reputation-that of someone who attacked courtesans.
Grinding her teeth, Helian Zhaoyue shot Jiang Xiaobai a fierce glare and could only sit back down.
Once seated, however, Helian Zhaoyue said, "Fine, I'll drink. But however many cups I drink, you'll drink just as many!"
If there was anything the people of Northern Yu did not fear, it was drinking.
All I have to do is drink these women under the table.
As that thought ran through her mind, similar scenes were unfolding throughout Spring Moon Tower.
The members of the Qi delegation were surrounded by women, and those of the Northern Yu Delegation had not escaped either.
Cup followed cup. No sooner had one been set down than someone offered another.
"Xiaobai!"
On the second floor, Tang Ningshuang looked down toward the first floor. "Isn't this... going a little too far?"
Indeed.
The members of the delegations below had already been