The farce caused by absinthe affects not only the past few days and years...but the decades and centuries that follow!
Since then, Cai Bixia's folk image has undergone great changes. The Manchus called her a venomous beauty, while the Chinese proudly called her the most thorny rose in the Chinese nation!
After the absinthe incident, no one in Cai Bixia's life dared to cause trouble for her. This is definitely something to be proud of in the eyes of feminists.
But is it really a good thing for Cai Bixia himself? I’m afraid it’s worth debating!
Cai Tourmaline was lonely in her later years, guarding the supreme glory and endless money but no man dared to love her. This is really a tragedy for women!
Xiang Ying? Where do you think Xiang Ying is? That’s another very, very long story!
The absinthe incident also had a great impact on the Manchu Qing Dynasty, especially the reputation of the four princes including Yi Kuang, which was a disaster!
Manchus are not good at keeping secrets, and some even deliberately reveal secrets just to show off!
The news that Yi Kuang stole the chicken but failed to lose the rice has completely changed in the capital in just three days. The gossip has spread throughout the streets, alleys, restaurants, brothels, and brothels, all places where there are many people and gossip!
"Have you heard, brothers? Something big has happened to Prince Qing Yikuang!"
"I heard... That Yikuang was said to have been poisoned by a Chinese female envoy and almost lost his life!"
"Look... the information is not well-informed, isn't it? There are so many twists and turns here!"
"Come and listen, listen!"
"Then Xiao Letian has a group of beautiful women under his command. They specialize in the art of enchantment...which is to seduce men! How could the reincarnation of the Yi Kuang pervert be able to seduce such a beautiful woman!"
"It is said that the two of them had a secret tryst before they started drinking, and Yikuang even stripped Cai naked and threw her on the bed! If Yixin and the others hadn't been in such a hurry to talk about serious matters, they would probably have done it..."
real? Hee hee hee...the room was full of lewd laughter!
"But you didn't expect that these Chinese women are all snake-hearted. What is the purpose of seducing men? They want to do business with our Qing Dynasty and sell some spaceships that fly in the sky!"
"It is said that it can carry five hundred ambush troops and fly from the sky... If you think about it, you can sneak attack directly from the enemy's back. It is extremely powerful!"
"But this spaceship is too expensive. If there are less than ten of them, they dare to ask us for eight million taels of silver from the Qing Dynasty!"
"No, no... the old girl from my third cousin's family married the nephew who is in charge of Prince Qing's family. What he said is not wrong!"
"It's ten million taels of silver, and it's the finest Kuping silver. It's the silver used by the Ministry of Finance to hold down the treasury!"
"Ouch... Damn it! Isn't this a money grab? How much pay will you pay for ten million taels, and how much old rice will you have to buy! It's too wasteful to buy, don't be fooled!"
"That's right, although Guiziliu is not a thing, he is not stupid to live at home. There is no way he can let Naxiao Letian make money!"
"At the banquet, Prince Gong and Prince Chun righteously rejected the **** woman's rude request. She scolded her and her face turned red!"
"But I never expected that this woman is really vicious. When she saw that she could no longer earn money from the Qing Dynasty, she suddenly became evil... Or maybe she was angry that Yi Kuang had just taken advantage of her, and she wanted to take revenge!"
"She actually used a kind of Western poisonous wine to deceive several princes, and poisoned them all!"
"I was suffering from vomiting and diarrhea, and I almost lost my life because of my confusion... But what is difficult to convict is that the wine could not be tested for poison. Do you think it is strange?"
A group of idle people gathered together and talked nonsense, some of which they didn't have and some of which they made up, but they were all in good shape!
The table was chatting enthusiastically, but it alarmed the guests at the corner table by the window. One of them, a middle-aged man wearing a robe and mandarin jacket with a pair of Western black leather shoes exposed from the hem, snorted coldly.
"Ignorance! You even poisoned me. Do you know what it is? You've never heard of it..."
"Holy shit! I'm going to challenge Grandpa! I'm going to..." A group of people turned around and started to curse, but when they saw it, they were stunned for a moment. They looked very strange, but they had the Prime Minister's Yamen badge hanging on their waists!
This is still an official position, and it seems that he can't fight anymore. The leader, the dude who just talked about how to take off Cai Bixia's clothes, cupped his hands and said, "What do you call me? Tell me your name..."
"Shishan...Shishui...Cheng Huai...walking under the command of Third Master Qing of the Prime Minister's Yamen!"
Hiss... I'm not familiar with this person, but this name is so familiar. Mr. Qing is a popular figure in the capital, and even the Japanese have to give face to him. Xiao Letian's brother is also his wife's brother!
The deputy minister of the Prime Minister's Office is also the founder of the Qing Dynasty Telegraph Bureau... and there are dirty rumors about him and Ci'an!
Anyway, ordinary bannermen cannot afford to offend them, but Shishan Shishui and Cheng Huai are not common people, but their names often appear in the imperial palace newspapers!
He was considered an enlightened person among the Westernizers of the Qing Dynasty, and he was also a reserve cadre in the imperial court!
"It's polite... I'm going to say hello to the three adults, and then I'm going to say hello to Mr. Qing..."
"Just now the three gentlemen said that this was not poisonous wine? Why did the princes become unconscious and delirious if it was not poisonous wine?"
Cheng Huai nodded on the table, "That's called absinthe, it's a forbidden alcohol in Europe... It's barely a soft drug!"
"Soft... drugs... drugs..." a group of people shouted in long tones, with confusion on their faces.
"What does this mean? Tell me, three gentlemen!"
Shishan took a sip of tea, "The most magical thing about this absinthe is that it's hallucinogenic... Are any of you heavy smokers?"
"Yes, yes...Skinny Monkey Three smokes big cigarettes!" People pushed out a bannerman who was as thin as a monkey and laughed.
"Then let me ask you, what are the benefits of smoking? You are so addicted..."
Slim Monkey Three didn't expect to get an adult today and suddenly felt embarrassed on his face, "Sir, you may not smoke, so you don't know the benefits of it!"
"At first I choked when I smoked this thing. It was not interesting... but after I smoked it on my head, I got what I wanted!"
"Money, a house, all the beauties in the world... you don't need to do anything, just lean on the bed and hook your hands!"
"It's so comfortable, it's like living in a heavenly palace!"
Shi Shui sneered, "But no matter how good the Heavenly Palace is, it's still an illusion. It's not real, right?"
The big smoker lowered his head, "What else can I do? We, the Eight Banners die-hard farmers, have nothing to do! I'm not good at studying, and I can't handle a knife..."
"It's okay to let me do business, but the ancestral rules don't allow it... There is no hope of becoming an official, and I can't even think about getting rich. Why don't you let me dream happily!"
"That's right!" Cheng Huai tapped the table. "This absinthe is so weird. It can make people hallucinate after drinking it. It is said that you can get whatever you want!"
"And this thing is alcohol after all, and its addictiveness is much lower than that of opium... That's why Europeans call it soft drugs!"
In fact, Cheng Huai was wrong. The term "soft drugs" actually came from the mouth of Emperor Xiao Le, and was not coined by Europeans!
People immediately exclaimed, "Really? Is there such a magical wine in the world? Is it comfortable but not addictive?"
