In the intricately carved Warm Chamber, Jiang Wan’s wolf-hair brush paused, leaving a blot of ink on the rice paper. She looked at the mountain of name cards piled before her, rubbed her temples, and said, "Jingyuan, at this rate, Taiye Pavilion in the West City won't even be able to seat them all."
Lu Jingyuan set aside his copy of the *Book of Rites*, his fingertips tracing the densely packed names on the list. "The Third Master wants to invite his protégés, the Fifth Aunt wants to bring her nephews, and even a distant cousin wants to squeeze in his business partners from the tea house." He suddenly let out a cold laugh. "They call it expanding connections; I call it turning our wedding into a marketplace for transactions."
Before he could finish, an announcement came from outside the door: "The Third Master and the Fifth Aunt have arrived!"
Chapter 244