Zhao Hongming looked over at the sound.
Not far away, a woman in a plain-colored long dress walked over.
At first glance, she could only be called rather ordinary.
Her skin was somewhat dark, she stood around one meter sixty tall, and she had a square face.
Perhaps because she usually practiced external martial arts, her build was rather burly as well.
As for her butt... it was big too, just like her waist.
She truly lived up to her name—better than a man.
"Shengnan, you're late again?"
The woman named Shengnan said, "I'm not like you. Practicing external martial arts means I'm usually far more active, so naturally I'm prone to sleeping."
Without the slightest restraint, she found the empty spot beside Zhao Hongming and sat down.
Zhao Hongming could even smell the faint odor of sweat on her.
Lan Tianjiao introduced them. "What a coincidence. This is the fifth elder's daughter, Li Shengnan. The one beside you is the Fifth Prince, Zhao Hongming."
"You're Zhao Hongming?" Li Shengnan looked him up and down. "Mm, you're not bad-looking."
Zhao Hongming discreetly glanced at the others.
Aside from the princes, the children of Zhengyi Sect's elders were all looking at him with considerable interest.
So these were the elders' daughters Lan Tianjiao had wanted to introduce to him.
He smiled without saying anything.
Once Lan Tianjiao saw that everyone had arrived, he instructed the servants to begin serving the dishes.
Before long, fine wine and delicacies were brought out in full.
Bear paws, shark fins, venison, abalone, roast suckling pig, steamed lamb... there was everything one could want.
At Lan Tianjiao's signal, everyone raised their cups and drained them in a single gulp.
The banquet had officially begun.
Gong Ji carved off a piece of lamb, dipped it in seasoning,