Old Madam Li of the prestigious Li family of Beijing was celebrating her seventieth birthday. She had specifically chosen to host the banquet in Jiangcheng, her ancestral home. Almost every prominent noble family in the upper circles who received the news flocked to the event to offer their congratulations.
This wasn't entirely due to the prestige of the Old Madam; rather, word had spread that the four veteran aristocratic families of Beijing—the Gu, Quan, Qi, and Liu families—would all be in attendance. One after another, guests clamored to attend, all hoping to secure useful connections.
However, the power struggles and grudges within high society have always been intricately complex.
Chapter 250