The crowd erupted into a commotion, and Xiaoxiao had to admire the person who came up with this event.
They were clearly using this opportunity to promote the couple accessories from their Silver Pavilion.
Xiaoxiao's guess was right. That was exactly what the organizer from the Silver Pavilion had in mind. Ever since Xiaoxiao came up with that pair of couple rings at the Silver Pavilion, they'd discovered that couple jewelry sold quite well. So they had people turn the rest of their pieces into matching sets for men and women, and used this lantern festival to make a name for themselves.
The three scholars who had lost the drinking round were rather indignant, thinking that if it had been a riddle contest, they definitely wouldn't have lost, but instead they'd been defeated in the very first round—this drinking segment—by what was clearly some mud‑legged brute.
