Chapter 436 - Chapter 436: Chapter 436: Playing on the Lantern Festival (1/2)
Chapter 436: Chapter 436: Playing on the Lantern Festival
Although this restaurant was not bad, it couldn’t be considered as one of the top wine-houses in the county.
After all, it was a newly opened wine-house, and its reputation was still weak.
Yet today, on this special day, Prefecture Princess Luo and her party not only visited this place but also gathered together here.
Liu Sisi thought for a moment and decided to leave everyone on the ground floor while she and Mrs.Ran went upstairs first.
When Liu Sisi and Mrs.Ran were chatting and walking close to the third floor of the restaurant, they happened to see Prefecture Princess Luo looking extremely bored while listening to the County Magistrate’s wife talking incessantly about something.
Mrs.Ran quickly walked in and said loudly to the people inside, “I have the honor to meet Prefecture Princess Luo. Prefecture Princess Luo, look who I have brought with me?”
Hearing the voice, Prefecture Princess Luo casually turned her head to see a group of people coming in and immediately brightened up, standing up.
“Aunt, it turns out that you have arrived. These servants are so lazy that they didn’t even send someone to inform me so that I could go downstairs to meet you.”
Thirteenth Luo spoke while quickly moving forward to salute her.
“I have the honor to meet Prefecture Princess Luo. Is Prefecture Princess Luo feeling well?”
Prefecture Princess Luo was dressed exceptionally simple today, wearing only a pale green dress with a fortune knot tied at the hem. On her head, she wore a single jade hairpin, completely unlike the cold, and noble attire she wore when they first met.
Even her entourage had changed, with only one unfamiliar maidservant standing behind her.
Noticing Liu Sisi’s gaze, the maidservant bowed and then stood up.
“Aunt, please get up quickly. You really shouldn’t be treating Thirteen like this.” Prefecture Princess Luo reached out to help her but Liu Sisi hurriedly retreated half a step, narrowly avoiding her grasp.
“I apologize to the County Magistrate’s wife.”
Then she greeted the County Magistrate’s wife.
With no airs, the County Magistrate’s wife said, “Oh! Mrs. Di, don’t be so formal, please take a seat. Let’s talk after we sit down.”
As they spoke, everyone took their seats and were served fragrant tea.
“By the way, my elder brother was here earlier, but he found the wine-house boring, so he went downstairs to enjoy the lanterns and guess riddles. I don’t know where he’s run off to at the moment.”
Liu Sisi seized the opportunity, “That’s right! Today, our whole family came to the city to enjoy the lanterns and guess lantern riddles. It was only after hearing Mrs.Ran mention that Prefecture Princess Luo was here that we specifically came to pay our respects.”
“Aunt, why are you being so formal? Aren’t you overstating Thirteen’s importance?”
Prefecture Princess Luo shook her head with a smile before coughing lightly, “Actually, I also feel that on such a good day, it’s a bit of a waste to sit idly in a wine-house. How about I join you all to go shopping, enjoy the lanterns and guess riddles?”
As she spoke, Prefecture Princess Luo had already stood up, giving Liu Sisi no opportunity to refuse.
The County Magistrate’s wife also hurriedly stood up to mediate, “Ah! Not to mention a young girl like Prefecture Princess Luo, even an old woman like me, on a day like today, has a heart that beats excitedly, wishing to go for a stroll.”
Thirteenth Luo’s gaze flickered, “In that case, it would be better for us to go shopping together, enjoy the lanterns and guess riddles.”
“No, no, no! I can’t even recognize a single large character, so how can I participate? How about… let me wait here for the Prefecture Princess to come back?”
What a joke! It’s all fun and games until someone loses their life. After spending so much time together, the County Magistrate’s wife naturally understood her meaning: “In that case, then County Magistrate’s wife, you should go back to the residency first, and I’ll find you later.”
“Alright, let’s go!”
As she spoke, Prefecture Princess Luo had already started walking towards the door.