Autumn rain pattered against the green tiles, leaving droplets clinging to the carved wooden lattice windows of Zuixian Pavilion at the West City Wharf. Jiang Wan rubbed her fingertips over the confidential letter hidden inside her sleeve, looking across the rosewood table at the five family heads seated in a semicircle.
Lu Jingyuan's dark brocade robe swept across the chair, making a faint rustling sound. "You invited us here today surely not just to enjoy the rainy scenery together," he said in a flat tone, instantly tightening the atmosphere in the room.
Head Wang, Wang Chengye, stroked his beard and chuckled. "Heir Lu is too impatient. I hear the Marquis's Mansion is willing to make concessions regarding the affairs of the West City Wharf?"
Chapter 185