The Substitute Groom Refuses to Leave novel · Chapter 22 of 24
Chapter 22: Praises That Fit
Shuqiao's oldest pupil arrived with a cushion for the general's cat.
The scholar looked from the gift to his husband.
"What have you told them?"
Yunting lifted both hands.
"I haven't met them."
The pupil explained that rumors traveled faster than invitations.
Apparently the general's household awarded its best seats to vegetables and animals.
He didn't want to arrive unprepared.
Shuqiao took the cushion and invited the visiting adults into the courtyard.
One was a retired clerk who'd returned to study for pleasure.
Another sold cloth and had an opinion about every sleeve in the room.
The youngest pupil was twenty-six and taller than the general.
He ducked beneath the kitchen lintel, then apologized to the lintel aloud.
Yanzhi immediately offered him the chair with the most headroom.
Shuqiao refused to let that phrase become an argument before supper.
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