Chapter 106: Invitation 2
The combination of Baek Moo-jin’s ice wine and Sunghwa Palace Lady’s fire wine ultimately got all the celebrants at the banquet dead drunk.
There is such a thing as family tradition.
The Sunghwa Palace had a family tradition of fearing no enemy, and it seemed this applied equally to alcohol. However, the combination of ice wine and fire wine proved too potent even for heavy drinkers, intensifying their intoxication.
People were carried out one after another, others staggered while trying to maintain decorum, and before long, only Baek Moo-jin, Sunghwa Palace Master, Jin So-hye, Lee Mong-yeom, and one unfamiliar man remained at the drinking table.
Princess Seonghwa spoke.
“This liquor packs quite a punch. Lord Baek…”
“Yes, Your Highness is quite formidable too.”
Baek Moo-jin instinctively circulated his qi to expel the intoxication from his body. But each time he did, he grabbed a wine bottle, claiming to make ice wine, and froze even the alcohol expelled from his body. It was clearly a trick. But he couldn’t help it.
He didn’t want to get drunk.
Moreover, the Sunghwa Palace Master was doing the same. Almost exactly like Baek Moo-jin, whenever the intoxication rose to an unbearable level, she would secretly expel it while claiming she was making a fire wine.
It was practically a martial arts duel between Baek Moo-jin and the Sunghwa Palace Master.
Of course, those being carried out and losing consciousness in between were their subordinates. Lee Mong-yeom, being a royal attendant, was abstaining from alcohol for the purpose of guarding and remained perfectly fine. The man who looked slightly younger than Lee Mong-yeom was also quietly keeping his seat.
