Night fell, and the lights in Jing Garden were just coming on, shining as brightly as daylight.
Servants streamed in and out without pause. The family's monthly private banquet was the busiest time for the Jing family servants. They carried dishes, lit incense, and fanned the guests, while the three stewards coordinated the operations of every department. Whenever an accident occurred, they immediately enacted a backup plan to fix it. Everyone was so busy that they never stopped moving and had no time to rest.
The Jing family members, meanwhile, were scattered throughout Jing Garden, chatting casually. A great clan like the Jing family naturally contained many little circles. The young people gathered to discuss the quality of the new girls from Fragrant Snow Sea and Golden Basin Dew. The middle-aged people gathered in twos and threes, flattering each other and building relationships. The elderly talked about health, their descendants, and the past.
The most eye-catching people present were naturally the two heirs, Second Young Master Jing Zhengwu and Third Young Master Jing Zhengtang.
Jing Zhengwu already controlled part of the Jing family's industries. Quite a few clan members present could say they depended on him to survive, so they naturally showered him with flattery. To say nothing of the fact that Jing Zhengwu's fiancée, Qin Yueshi, was the third daughter of the Qin family, one of the top ten commercial houses in the Silver Blood Society.
Unlike the Jing family, which was currently embroiled in turbulent intrigue, the Qin family was only slightly inferior to the Jing family. But the Qin family head was in the prime of his life, and the Qin family's three siblings—Qin Leyin, Qin Yueyang, and Qin Yueshi—were all renowned prodigies of the younger generation. The union of Jing Zhengwu and Qin Yueshi could be