The Substitute Groom Refuses to Leave novel · Chapter 14 of 24
Chapter 14: The Modest Guest
Shumo required three servants to appear modest at the commissioner's feast.
One carried the gift he was too humble to display.
Another arranged the cushion he was too unimportant to request.
The third kept moving a gilded screen so nobody could overlook his simple clothes.
Shuqiao watched from the seat beside his husband.
The commissioner hadn't arrived yet.
Qirong had announced a delay with the solemnity usually reserved for rain during a funeral.
He wanted his guests impressed before they had met the important man.
The general was eating pickled beans.
An attendant offered him a ceremonial cup too shallow to hold a proper mouthful.
Yunting thanked the man and asked whether there was tea in anything larger.
The attendant produced an ordinary kitchen bowl with visible relief.
Two older guests immediately asked for the same.
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