Chapter 77 Ye Lingyue, You Country Bumpkin
After arriving in Li City, with a few days before the Refining Conference began, Ye Lingyue brought her newly brewed wine to the governor’s mansion to find Lan Cai’er.
To her surprise, she found Lan Cai’er was not there; upon inquiring, she learned Lan Cai’er was at the Drunk Immortal Inn, entertaining some distinguished guests from the Imperial City.
Upon hearing this, Ye Lingyue went straight to the Drunk Immortal Inn.
Upon reaching the Drunk Immortal Inn, she asked the shopkeeper and found out that Lan Cai’er and the guests were in a private room on the second floor. Climbing the stairs, Ye Lingyue reached just outside the room and heard Lan Cai’er’s familiar voice.
"County Lord An, are you insinuating that my century-old monkey wine is too low-class to be sold at Drunk Immortal Inn?"
"Princess Lan, please don’t be mad. It’s just the wine I’m talking about, not you. Drunk Immortal Inn is among the top in Daxia, not just any random brew from a country hick can be sold here," came a proud yet slightly spoiled voice from inside the room.
"An Mingxia, I addressed you respectfully as the county lord for the sake of Duke An and Heir An. Do you really think you are so noble? You called Ling Yue a vulgar country woman; what are you then? Isn’t your mother just a concubine born from the commonfolk?" Lan Cai’er was not someone to be trifled with either. Recognizing Ye Lingyue as her close friend, she was fiercely loyal.
She would not allow anyone to insult her friends.
County Lord An, full name An Minxia, was a concubine’s daughter of Duke An, whose mother was the daughter of a tavern owner whom Duke An met during an inspection.
Only because of Duke An’s favor was she brought into the mansion and eventually became a concubine, and exceptionally favored, she was made a county master.