Today, the magistrate's house welcomed a distinguished guest, and everyone was on pins and needles, trying to make everything look perfect.
The servants didn't even let a speck of dust slip by.
"Wipe the leaves on those potted plants! Heavens, what if His Excellency sees it and thinks that our place is unsightly?" The head housekeeper fretted about, pointing to the rows of the plants neatly arranged in that courtyard.
A servant jumped to the task, got a cloth somewhere and began to wipe the leaves.
They had seen the usually composed Magistrate Xu show a flash of concern himself as he told the servants to clean the place thoroughly.
He didn't even show such an expression when he was facing most of high-ranking officials at the Capital, so his guest this time must have been someone extremely important.
They could help but speculate.
"Is it a prince or even a king who had come to visit?" A servant gossiped as they wiped the vase in front of her with extreme care.
