Chapter 29 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Chu Yue did want it, but when she saw how much Hupo was against it, she said, “We don’t need it, thank you.”

“Please wait for a while, dear customer.” Once the employee took her order, he went out.

After the employee left, Hupo said, “Milady, we’re outside, so we can’t drink. It’ll be bad if we get drunk.”

“Alright, I’ll listen to you.”

Chu Yue knew that she would never get drunk, but she could not constantly terrify Hupo, so she let it slide.

Very soon, the dishes arrived. Since it was winter, eating steamboat was the best thing to do.

The only problem with it was that it tasted a little dull. Chu Yue ordered some seasoning and condiments and mixed them inside. When Hupo took another bite, she looked delighted.

“Look, this is how people should live.”

After Chu Yue ate some food, she sighed with a well of emotions in her heart.

She had stayed for a long time in the mountain for the monk, and it was really boring. He did not know just how much she sacrificed for him.

Chu Yue could not be bothered about it anymore. Since she was able to come out, she definitely had to have fun.

Once she finished eating with Hupo, she went to pay for the food. Then, she went back to rest.

Even though it was expensive, she had to say that the conditions in the hotel were really good. The master-servant duo did not find themselves ill at ease while staying there.

Xiang City’s ice sculpture festival started the next day.

Chu Yue did not expect that there would be such a festival during imperial China. But she had to admit that it was really lively.

It was especially so at the center of the city, because those who knew how to sculpt ice were all there to show off their skills.

Hupo was very interested in this, and she followed her mistress to the place.

“Milady, there are so many people here,” Hupo cried out in shock.

Even though she had grown up with her mistress in a rich and influential family like the imperial chancellor’s, she had always stayed in her house and had never seen something as grand as this.

“Come with me,” Chu Yue said. Then, she squeezed her way through the crowd with Hupo.

When Hupo saw how her mistress had no qualms about squeezing her way through a group of men, her face turned so red that she looked like boiled prawns.

“Hurry up and move your feet. Why are you still daydreaming?” Chu Yue said and dragged her along, making her squeeze her way through as well.

Then, they saw the people who were sculpting the ice.

Huge blocks of ice stood at the center while ropes encircled the area. Aside from the sculptors, all other people were only allowed to admire the view from beyond the ropes.

There were talented people in every era.

The ice sculptures might not have been fully sculpted just yet, but they already had their basic form.

Some of them were carps that symbolized riches. Even though only their heads had been formed and the tails were yet to be done, the fish already looked to be alive.

There were some who carved pixius, which were Chinese mythological creatures that gathered wealth. Their mighty appearances and every strand of their whiskers were clear, and they looked incredibly alike the pixius depicted in paintings.

Aside from these, there were also sculptures of ice flowers. Some of them were peonies in full bloom, which symbolized riches and glory. Each petal was carved out by the ice sculptors, and they blossomed freely in the harsh winter.

The others were also things that symbolized fortune and riches as well as things that had great messages. All of them were shown before the people’s eyes, and the area was filled with so many people that not a single drop of water could flow through. The event was that popular.