The Madame of the Yongning Marquis Estate could not help but ask, "Are they not coming today?"
If not for the sake of the State Protector Estate, she would never have bothered to show up for Old Madame Mu. She really didn’t think much of the old woman. Her own son had disappeared the moment he arrived, and the troupe was performing nothing but the same old birthday operas she had sat through countless times before. She was thoroughly bored with it all.
"Soon, soon!" The Old Madame glanced toward the entrance, then couldn't help but look at Xiao Shuning. She used her eyes to ask what was going on. Every year, the people from the State Protector Estate arrived early. Today was her seventieth birthday; how could they be so ignorant of propriety? Did they expect the guest of honor to wait for them?
Chapter 58