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she might be in trouble in the future. So, she decided

to persuade him to write a certificate to prove the

words she confessed were nonsense and was not

valid. For persuading him to write such a certificate,

she was determined to make him drunk.

So, she said to Dwarf, “Today I was happy and

my husband was happy too. I am going to celebrate it.

Let’s have a feast together. I’ve got a bottle of good

wine. Stay here for a while. I’m going to get some

dishes to go with wine and come back soon.” With

that, she went out. Hearing that she had a bottle of

good wine, Dwarf was overjoyed. Almost all the coal

workers were drunkards. He waited for Black Peony

patiently and talked excitedly with her husband. She

came back in a moment. Then they began to drink. A

few cups of wine went down into Dwarf’s stomach

and his head began to swim. Soon he went into a

semiconscious state. At that moment, Black Peony

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