A mysterious welcoming banquet that should have sparked intense drama ended rather uneventfully.
When the morning sun rose the next day, Tianqi seemed to have returned to its normal routine as if Xie Tian had never been there.
Only the unusual bustle of the Hong family and the silence of the Tian family, now without their archway, were somewhat peculiar.
The Hong family's excitement wasn't because of the once-in-a-lifetime son-in-law coming to visit, but because many people had arrived.
For instance, Du Jiang, the commander of the divine army who came with Du Long, Zhao Chao, the ancestor of the Zhao family, and Zhao Fu, its foremost noble, or Xing Yan, the Chief of Staff, who didn't even attend the morning court but came with his son Xing Sha...
The number of people visiting the Hong family was not many, but each had significant influence.
