Lunch was finally served.
I sat upright before the rosewood dragon-carved dining table, watching twelve palace maids carrying gilded food boxes file in one after another. Their footsteps were so light they seemed to tread on clouds, and even the rustle of their silk robes was barely audible.
The head culinary official knelt and held the gold-flecked menu high above her head. As Xiao Anzi took it, I glanced at the gold-powdered xuan paper, which was densely packed with thirty or forty dish names.
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