On the seventh day of the eighth month, at the third quarter of the Shen hour, under the parasol trees of General Zhenwei's Mansion, Jiang Wan held the invitation from Prince Zhenbei's Estate, her fingertips tracing the hot-stamped auspicious beast patterns as she let out a sudden, light chuckle. "Prince Zhenbei's Estate is losing its patience indeed, inviting me to tomorrow's autumn hunting banquet."
"An autumn hunting banquet?" Lu Jingyuan frowned, taking the invitation to scan it briefly. "Are they trying to force you to show your hand at this banquet?"
"On the surface, it's for admiring flowers and hunting deer, but in reality, it's a Feast at Hong Gate." Jiang Wan handed the invitation to Jiang Rou. "Rou'er, do you remember the autumn hunt last year, when the Heir of Prince Zhenbei shot and wounded a white deer?"
Chapter 183