It was a race against time to have everything ready on time.
Xiao Zai was determined that Chu Yun shouldn't overtax himself, so he delegated all the tasks regarding setting up a city-wide, royal summer solstice celebration to Xiao Ziyi, Xiao Yuan, and took up what else was left himself.
The servants didn't understand why they were being suddenly tasked with organising a feast when just hours before they were decorating the palace in mourning white garlands, but did the best they could with the time they had.
No one could say that the makeshift festival was going to impress and awe the people of Haolin, but then again, the justification they were going with was that Xiao Zai wanted to take the opportunity to thank the Gods for their boons, and saving him (and now Chu Hean) from certain death.
Xiao Yuan looked like he was about to keel over when Xiao Zai found the time to exchange two words with him.
