Chapter 82: Gambling (1) (1/2)

After hearing what the maidservant in ginger had said, all eyes landed on Chu Lian.

Amongst the various mocking, appraising, smug, and complicated looks of the crowd, Madam Huang had the fiercest gaze.

When she finally spoke up, slowly and surely, everyone could hear the frost that emanated from her.

“House Jing’an’s Third Young Madam. I expect you to take full responsibility for this matter.”

De’an Restaurant’s Mr Wang didn’t accept requests from just anyone. In the entire capital, he was the only one who could make such beautiful longevity peach buns. It was considered a great honour if he produced a plate for a noble’s longevity feast.

Madam Huang had gone to De’an Restaurant three times, and spent a whole thousand taels of silver to do so.

However, the freshly steamed longevity peach buns she had spent so much effort to obtain were now ruined, just like that.

Madam Huang’s current rage was to be expected.

Compared to House Jing’an, House Dingyuan was currently much more favoured with the Emperor, as they had an imperial concubine from their house sitting in the palace. If they were to go against each other, House Jing’an would have to bow to House Dingyuan.

Furthermore, the cause of the trouble was House Jing’an’s new Third Young Madam, who had come from the declining House Ying.

She was most likely going to be utterly humiliated here, and her crime of disrupting the Old Marquis’ longevity feast would probably spread through word of mouth, affecting her reputation.

The noble madams who had come from similarly poor houses were starting to sympathise with Chu Lian.

Xiyan was in a fit upon seeing the situation. She wanted to squeeze out of the crowd to look for Eldest Young Madam, Madam Zou. If Eldest Young Madam were here, Madam Huang might let her go for Eldest Young Madam’s sake. However, she was being held back by a few maidservants, and she couldn’t get away. She was so frenzied that her eyes were turning red.

Wei Fengzi noticed that Chu Lian still remained rather expressionless despite the trouble she was in. There wasn’t a single shred of cowardice or fear in her eyes as she stood her ground in the middle of the crowd. Wei Fengzi raised a single eyebrow and she stood up; this just turned more interesting.