The celebratory banquet was hosted by Xie Xuan'an at the West Pool Garden of the fortress.
This garden was built together when the Xie Family constructed the fortress back in the day.
The garden was planted everywhere with pines and bamboos, interspersed with various medicinal herbs.
It relied on the mountains and faced the water, with a pond dug and springs channeled in.
Eating, drinking, and recreation were all readily available.
It was a place used by the Xie Family in the past to host guests, rest, and entertain here.
It was just a pity that after the reckless squandering of the Heavy Martial Pavilion, the West Pool Garden had already declined quite a bit.
Many places were overgrown with weeds due to no one tending to them, exuding an aura of disrepair.
Coupled with the fact that many supplies in the manor had not yet recovered and preparations were hasty, tonight's celebratory banquet was rather shabby.
Fortunately, the main subjects of this banquet were not those literati and refined scholars, nor did they need to fuss over such pageantry and details, so it could barely manage to get by.
At this moment, Feng Zhao, like the other retainers, was ordered to assist in organizing this banquet.
Early on this day.
He arrived at the West Pool Garden as usual, leading several servants to arrange and set things up in the garden.
While bustling about everywhere, he suddenly caught sight of the familiar figure of an old man.
That old man wore a gray cloth robe, his beard and hair were gray, and his features were gaunt and thin.
At this moment, he was standing beside the main table, lowering his head to check the name list in his hands.
Standing beside him were two Xie Family servants, who were