Inside the banquet hall of the City Lord's Mansion, distinguished guests filled every seat.
Dugu Jingtian, as the master of the City Lord's Mansion, sat alone at the long table at the head of the room. Below him were rows of square tables, seated around which were the heads of major and mid-sized families and wealthy local merchants.
At the very first table sat four people: Gao Lan, head of the Gao Family; Zhao Wuji, the newly arrived manager of the Zhao Family's businesses from the Imperial Capital; Jiang Feng, the newly appointed head of the Liu Family; and someone Jiang Feng never expected to see—Dongfang Yiyao, the Princess Xinyao recently bestowed by the Emperor.
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