Chapter 67: Chapter 65 Better Off Without Such a Mother Chapter 67: Chapter 65 Better Off Without Such a Mother Zhang Ting was slapped, and Madam Zhou reacted quickly to support him, but failed to catch him steadily, causing both mother and son to fall. Madam Zhou even scraped her elbow.
Zhang Ting burst into tears with a “whoosh”!
Madam Zhou was furious and about to scold soone, but when she saw clearly who it was, her expression imdiately changed, and she quickly apologized with a smile, “It turns out to be Young Master Su, we are truly sorry for just now!”
Then Madam Zhou shoved her son, “Ting’er, quickly apologize to Young Master Su!”
This Young Master Su was a clan mber of Empress Su’s family in Capital City. Although he was in the third degree of mourning and the Empress’s family probably didn’t even know who he was, because he was still distantly related to the Empress, nobody was foolish enough to offend a clan mber of the Empress’ family.
Zhang Ting was unwilling, focusing only on crying heavily: It wasn’t him who collided with soone, so why should he apologize?
“You child, you were running around just now, quickly apologize, Young Master Su, we are truly sorry! The child is ignorant…” Madam Zhou urged her son to apologize while also apologizing to Young Master Su, bowing and scraping.
Ruo Zhou looked back and saw Madam Zhou acting like this and suddenly felt relieved. If his mother was like this, it wasn’t bad not having one at all.
That Young Master Su, who was drunk, didn’t make too much of a fuss and just walked away.
Madam Liu glanced back with a face full of irony, “Zhou’er, it’s like the saying goes, ‘One man’s loss is another man’s gain.'”
Having such a mother was no better than having none!
Madam Zhou’s face turned ashen, What did this cheap woman Madam Liu an by that?
After speaking, Madam Liu led her children into Tianxiang Tower.
The waiter at Tianxiang Tower glanced at them, his tone respectful, “Welco, guests. May I ask if you have made a reservation?”
Madam Liu was also there for the first ti, and of course, she had not made a reservation. She peeked inside, and indeed, most of the tables were fully occupied, and even those without people had ‘reserved’ signs on them.
“Do I need to have a reservation?”
Madam Zhou felt that she had lost face in front of Madam Liu and wanted to regain her dignity. She said with a sardonic smile, “Wasn’t I right? Not everyone is qualified to enter Tianxiang Tower! Even with silver, if you don’t have a reservation, you can’t go in, let alone when you have no silver?”
After saying this, she said to the waiter, “I have reserved table number 15.”
The waiter respectfully replied, “Welco, please co in, Madam Zhang. Your al is already being prepared on ti. Please co in and soone will escort you.”
Madam Zhou looked at Madam Liu with smug satisfaction, That was the reason she had remarried.
Madam Liu looked down on her for remarrying? Yet Madam Liu herself was looked down upon by even more people, to the point where she was stopped from having a al at a restaurant.
The waiter apologized to Madam Liu with a guilty face, “Madam, I am truly sorry, but Tianxiang Tower is fully booked today, and for the mont, we are only serving custors who have made reservations. Could you please co back later?”
Tianxiang Tower was extrely busy, guaranteed to be fully booked during al tis, and walk-in custors almost never got a table without having arrived very early. Regulars knew to send their servants ahead of ti to make a reservation.
It wasn’t that the waiter was intentionally making things difficult; it was just that Madam Liu had never dined at Tianxiang Tower before and was unaware of this.
Of course, the waiter also thought they couldn’t afford it, and suggesting they co back later was really just a way to give them a face-saving excuse to leave.
Madam Liu asked the children, “Xuanbao, Zhou’er, are you hungry? Do you want to wait?”
Ruo Xuan certainly didn’t want to wait, but knowing her brothers were also looking forward to it, she asked them, “Eldest brother, second brother, third brother, do you want to wait?”
As Madam Zhou was walking inside with her son, she looked at Ruo Zhou, and, after all, he was her own child; she couldn’t bear to see him miss a al, so she said, “Co along! It’s a rare encounter, I’ll treat you. If you miss this chance, you probably won’t get another opportunity to eat at Tianxiang Tower in your lifeti! Don’t be stubborn and pretend, if you really had silver, you wouldn’t dress so shabbily!”
Madam Liu was truly angry upon hearing this and was about to say sothing when, at that mont, a tender voice of a young boy rang out from behind everyone, “Auntie Liu, why haven’t you gone inside yet?”
Madam Liu turned around, and Madam Zhou also looked back.
Xuanyuan Que was approaching with a man in brocade clothes, with hair tied in a crown, a face of resolute and handso features, and a martial poise that was just perfect.
Ruo Xuan was indignant, her fingers surreptitiously moving, but when she saw Xuanyuan Que hesitated for a mont, “Is not the Divine Lord Xuanyuan in the manor of the village?”
Xuanyuan Que ca to Ruo Xuan’s side and grabbed her hand, which was about to form a Fairy Technique, to prevent her from using Immortal Technique at will.
He said to Madam Liu and the others, “Aunt Liu, Ruo Family brothers, let’s go inside!”
Yan Heng was already extrely surprised to see his little nephew taking the initiative to speak to others, and now he was even more astonished to see him reaching out to grab a young girl’s hand!
In the past, even when his own daughter wanted to hold his hand, he had refused her.
At this mont, the shopkeeper of Tianxiang Tower ca out to greet them, bowing respectfully to Xuanyuan Que and the man beside him, “My lord, Ninth Master!”
Yan Heng nodded, then curiously glanced at Madam Liu and the Ruo brothers, making a gesture of invitation, “Madam Ruo, young masters, please!”
So these were the Ruo Family people the Empress Dowager spoke of?
The waiter’s face turned pale when he saw this scene; he hadn’t realized the guests dressed in plain clothes held such renowned status!
If he had known earlier, he would have notified the shopkeeper to co out!
He hadn’t been rude just now, had he?
Ruo Xuan had already been pulled inside by Xuanyuan Que, leaving Madam Liu no choice but to follow with the children.
Mrs. Zhou was utterly shocked as she watched Madam Liu follow Yan Heng inside!
Yan Heng exuded an aura of scholarly elegance and nobility, clearly not an ordinary person.
When had Madam Liu gotten to know soone of such distinguished and imasurable status?
Mrs. Zhou quickly pulled her son along and followed inside.
A waiter ca forward to welco them and led them to table number fifteen.
The table numbers in the main hall of Tianxiang Tower were indicative of status; the lower the number, the better the location, naturally reserved for those of higher standing.
As for the private rooms of Tianxiang Tower, needless to say, there were only ten in total, and even the County Magistrate Zhang could only occupy the last one.
Mrs. Zhou’s status only allowed her to reserve a table in the main hall, and the fact that she had secured a table near the center relied on the influence of the Loyal Brave General Residence.
She was a niece of the old lady’s maternal family in the Loyal Brave General Residence. Although she was already three degrees of mourning distance away, the old lady still looked after her. She was able to remarry Zhang Feng and beca the wife of a Chiliarch, all thanks to the old lady of the General Residence pulling strings. Moreover, her current husband was forrly a Centurion under the command of Ruo Hai and, owing to the care of the General Residence, he had now beco a Chiliarch.
Mrs. Zhou wanted to see if the Liu family would go to a private room or sit at a table in the main hall.
Then she discovered it was neither!
The shopkeeper of Tianxiang Tower led them directly towards the back courtyard.
Mrs. Zhou: “…”
What was this maneuver?
Since there were only the two adults, Madam Liu and Yan Heng, with the children walking ahead, they walked side by side, following behind.
From behind, they seed rather intimate.
Mrs. Zhou thought of a possibility and her eyes widened.
Why should Madam Liu, that wretched woman, look down upon her?
If she herself had not yet finalized her divorce and was already hooking up with another man, wouldn’t that be even more disgraceful?
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